Revellers spraying colour on each other as part of Holi celebrations in Tirupati on Monday. Spraying of colours and splashing of water jets marked the Holi celebrations across Tirupati on Monday. The various educational campuses were abuzz with elation, as students played Holi with effervescence and zeal. The fervour was especially felt in the upmarket … Read more
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Senior Congress leader Chinta Mohan. | Photo Credit: File Photo Chinta Mohan, on January 4 (Thursday), demanded the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) and the State government immediately drop the plans to construct mega complexes in the place of the second and third choultries in Tirupati, at a cost of ₹450 crore, and instead, use the … Read more
Tirupati Mayor R. Sireesha Yadav felicitating the cadets who returned home from New Delhi with medals at NCC Nagar in Tirupati on Thursday. It was a hero’s welcome for the champions who returned home with medals from the national capital. Seventeen cadets from the NCC Tirupati group gave a stupendous performance at the recently held … Read more
Collector K. Venkataramana Reddy speaking at a cancer awareness and training programme at SVIMS University in Tirupati on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Collector K. Venkataramana Reddy, while quoting the preliminary estimates prepared by the medical and health department, has said that nearly 10% of the population of the district is prone to cancer. … Read more
Tamil inscription from the 11th century C.E. found at Tondamanadu in Tirupati district. Two fragmented inscriptions, written in Tamil and believed to be from the 11th century and the 13th century C.E., were found from the ruins of an old Lord Shiva temple at Tondamanadu village in Tirupati district. K. Muniratnam Reddy, director (epigraphy), Archaeological … Read more
Santanu Bhattacharya assuming the office of the Director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), in Tirupati on Wednesday. His predecessor K.N. Ganesh is also seen. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Santanu Bhattacharya, a professor of organic chemistry at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, took charge as Director of Indian Institute of … Read more
The top functionaries of the ruling YSR Congress (YSRCP), the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and CPI engaged in a war of words over claims of development in the State. With TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh criticising the State government over the lack of development during his Yuva Galam walkathon, Member of Parliament (Rajampeta) P.V. … Read more
The ASI team from New Delhi, accompanied by MLA B. Karunakar Reddy, at the excavation site of Thathayagunta Gangamma temple in Tirupati on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT An official team from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi, visited the famous Thathayagunta Gangamma temple in Tirupati on Sunday to inspect the temple … Read more
Anand Nilayam and the Maha Gopuram of the Tirumala temple of Lord Venkateswara. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement TTD Executive Officer A.V. Dharma Reddy, on Tuesday, directed the officials to finish setting up shoe-keeping centres at 11 locations in Tirumala by the second week of April, before the onset of summer vacations. Shoe-keeping centres shall come up at … Read more
The tour, which leaves every day at 5 a.m. from the TTDC office returns by 9.30 p.m. after taking tourists to Tirupati, Tirumala and Thiruchanur. A file photograph of passengers boarding a TTDC bus in Chennai | Photo Credit: File It’s a four-decade old tour, yet it runs full house every day. The Tamil Nadu … Read more