The nine-day annual “Navaratri brahmotsavam” concluded Thursday at the famous Lord Venkateswara temple at nearby Tirumala with the celestial bath of processional idols of the presiding deity and his divine consorts in the holy tank.
Author: PTI
A row broke out in Kerala over an audio clip which urged Lord Ayyappa devotees to reach Sabarimala disguised as devotees and create trouble with a Minister targeting the BJP over it and the latter denying any link.
In an embarrassment for the Congress, senior leader and Karnataka water resource minister has conceded that his party committed a “major blunder” by recommending religious minority status for the Lingayat community in the run-up to the 12 May assembly polls.
BJP national secretary H Raja Thursday alleged that police personnel were unleashing violence against Lord Ayyappa devotees at Sabarimala and demanded resignation of Kerala Chief Minister Pinaryi Vijayan.
Even as a row is raging in Kerala over the Sabarimala temple, the entry of a woman into the Kollur Sri Mookambika temple’s Laxmi Mantapa, open only for priests, has kicked up a controversy in Karnataka.
DMK president M K Stalin Thursday defended his party obtaining court stay against the probe into alleged irregularities in the construction of a building complex during his party’s rule to house the secretariat, saying the allegations were fabricated.
Celebrating the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh on a government college campus has landed a woman student in trouble as she has been suspended for allegedly organising it without permission.
Taking exception to Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s reported comments that he can relate to Pakistan more than South India, BJP’s Tamilnadu unit Tuesday staged a protest here demanding action against the Congress leader for drawing such comparisons.
Attacking Congress over its leader Shashi Tharoor’s remarks on Ram temple, the Telangana unit of BJP Tuesday alleged insulting Hindus had become a chronic habit of the party.