Chandrababu Calls Sonia an Anaconda December 30, 2013 10:46
The Telugu Desam Party President Chandra Babu Naidu described Sonia Gandhi as anaconda a destroyer. He gave a call at Tirupati talking in the 'Praja Garjana' program at Tirupati that the anaconda of Congress party should be fought against to ensure welfare of the poor and to eradicate corruption. He said that the prices have gone up 3 times in the last 10 years due to increase in the corruption in the country. Chandrababu said that Sonia Gandhi is not only an anaconda to go on devastating political moves but also makes many anacondas to help in her destroying acts. She made YSR, Jagan and Robert Wadra to corrupt more for her political gains. -SriJa
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Agistation of TTD employees December 14, 2013 14:52
TTD employees have been demanding residential plots for long. They have been negotiating with the management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams but in vain. Today, the employees decided to pressurize more have gone to the office of the TTD in Tirupati with placards. They shouted slogans and demanded immediate attention of the management with regards to the house plots to the permanent employees working for TTD. -SriJa
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Telugu Talli Offered Idli November 23, 2013 14:41
Tirupati that has not been cooled with regards to the Samaikyandhra movement opposing the decision of the Government to bifurcate the State staged the protest in a different style. An idli made to five feet with inscriptions of Samaikyandhra on it was offered to Telugu Thalli at Tirupati in the Idli Festival. The event took place in a school compound in Tirupati where Rayalaseema delicacies were made and exhibited in which idlis of different varieties were cooked. Idlis with different vegetables and different pulses made the event colorful and protein rich. Students made shapes of different deities of Hindu Religion that were very attractive. The compound was filled with the cheers of the students also reverberated with the slogans in favor of Samaikyandhra. -SriJa
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Cut Forest To Play Cricket? November 21, 2013 13:57
Yes. It is so. The rich vegetation at the foothills of Tirumala is going to get cut to make it a play ground that will be surrounded by a stadium for the people to sit and watch it. And the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy laid a foundation stone for it on Wednesday! It is an International Cricket Stadium that is going to come up in the site in which four lakh fully grown trees are standing high unaware of the threat in store for them. The trees include valuable red sanders. It is a catchment area with water flowing from the hills and a place to wild animals to rest. The area is spread in 30 acres and belongs to Sri Venkateswara University. The Intellectual Forum opines that an international stadium is welcome at Tirupati but not at the cost of the forest when barren lands are available at Renigunta. It is also feared that the foothills of Tirumala which is already under security threat will only be adding to it. -SriJa
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New Year Venkanna Darshan Tickets in Advance November 06, 2013 11:46
It is customary to visit temples and ashrams on the New Year day to get blessings from God and Gurus although the beginning of the year as per the English calendar has no significance in the Hindu calendar. TTD expecting heavy rush on the day is opening the sale of tickets of Rs.50/- from 7th November for the special New Year darshan on 1st January 2014. The tickets are made available at the e ticket counters of TTD in the country. But, TTD said that advance tickets will not be available for 11th January 2014 on which Vaikuntha Ekadashi falls. The pilgrims desirous of having darshan on that day have to get tickets from the current ticket vending counters on that day. -SriJa
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Boys Flee From Juvenile Observation Home September 25, 2013 09:13
18 minors ran from the observation home in Tirupati by removing the windows of the bathrooms. The minors held in crimes are kept in the observation homes during the trial of their cases. At the time of the incident 38 boys were staying the home. They all belong to Chittore, Nellore and Prakasham districts. Police went in to action the moment it went to their notice. They could catch 8 boys in the extensive search made by them in Tirupati and Renigunta stations. Samaikyandhra movement also helped them in nabbing the minors facing criminal charges. As the only transport the boys could depend was railways and it also can be boarded without a ticket. Police are questioning the boys who were brought back to get a clue about other boys. -SriJa
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Alipiri Tirumala Foot Hills Blocked September 24, 2013 15:02
Protesting the decision of Congress Party for bifurcation of the State, bandh is being observed today in Tirupati town Autos and Taxis were stopped by NGOs at Tirupati. The few buses that were plying between Tirupati and Tirumala also were stopped by protesters. Even private buses are not allowed to pass Alipiri to climb Tirumala hills. Yesterday also the pilgrims faced hardships because of the inadequate bus service between Alipiri and Tirumala. Today the transport service is totally stopped. The supporters of Samaikyandhra are coming to the roads and exhibiting their hostility towards ruling party’s decision. -SriJa
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New Feet For Balaji September 18, 2013 15:05
The damaged feet of Lord Venkateswara in the Padala Mandapam on Narayanagiri was removed yesterday and the feet sculptured out of granite was installed today at that place. The process was undertaken methodically as per Agama Sasthra and it was performed by the TTD Chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju. The feet of Venkateswara believed by the devotees as the place where the Deity first placed his feet when he descended from Vaikuntham (heavens), abode of Lord Vishnu. As the previous feet was damaged with a toe disfigured probably due to the coconuts broken there, TTD has taken steps to avoid recurrence of such incident in future. -SriJa
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Tirupati bandh For Two Days August 27, 2013 13:26
In the wake of a 48 hours total bandh at Tirupati, the temple town will be cut off from the world during that time as announced by Mabbu Chenga Reddy of Mabbu Yuvasena and Tirupati Employees JAC Convener Srikanth Reddy. The pilgrims who are planning to visit Tirumala are requested to postpone their tour plan accordingly. They said that not even a single vehicle will enter Tirupati nor leave during those 48 hours bandh that will observed on 28th and 29th. As all business including banks will be closed, they warned that even food may not be available in Tirupati and requested to keep it in mind and also requested to cooperate in making the bandh successful. In fact the agitators wanted to protest at Alipiri to block the way for the pilgrims visiting Tirumala. But the TTD Employees JAC told them that the devotees visiting Tirumala are their Gods ensuring their daily bread. Heeding to their request, the bandh organizers stopped their plan to picket at Alipiri. (AW-SriJa)
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APNGOs Will Have to Leave Hyderabad-VH August 17, 2013 16:50
The senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao had a bad experience at Tirupati. When he came to know that some protesters of Samaikyandhra were waiting for him at Alipiri the foot of Tirumal hills, he sent his family members away to Tirupati and he stayed back in the cottage at Tirumala. After getting confirmation from the police that the situation is under control, he ventured to come down to Alipiri. Some of the protesters whirled chappals on the vehicle of VH and some lay down on the road in front of the vehicle. Police lathi charged and made VH’s car pass Alipiri safely after which they changed the vehicle as a precautionary measure and transported VH to Tirupati airport. VH talked to the media and expressed his opinion that the APNGOs will have to leave Hyderabad although others will be allowed to stay. (AW-SriJa)
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Tirupati Returned to Normal Rush August 10, 2013 15:42
The Samaikyandhra movement brought down the number of visitors to the temple town of Tirupati during the last 10 days. Now apparently with the idea of making the best of three continuous days of holidays, devotees started visiting Tirumala in large numbers. Ramzan holiday on Friday followed by second Saturday and Sunday made pilgrims to decide to keep other things aside to pay a visit to Tirumala to have Darshan and get blessings from Lord Venkateswara. Two complexes meant for waiting for the darshan of the deity are full and queues outside can be seen upto 4 kms long. Estimated time for general category is 23 hours and for special darshan it is expected to take 14 hours. (AW-SriJa)
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Gall Aruna Kumari flags off bike rally August 08, 2013 14:52
Minsiter Galla Aruna Kumari flagged off bike rally at Tirupati in support of Samaikyandhra movement. On this occasion she spoke to the media persons. She said that she resigned long back to support the Samaikyandhra movement. She expressed her trust on the four members committee to study the implications in the bifurcation of the State issue that they will come to a conclusion keeping in view of the feelings of the Semandhras. Galla Aruna Kumar held the State Ministry of Medical Education and Health Insurance during the YSR regime and later she held Roads and Buildings Ministry. She is representing Chandragiri constituency in the Assembly. (AW-SriJa)
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