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  1. `Dollar’ all powerful, Seshadri gets 4th extension

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    / June 26, 2012 / Leave a comment
    He has easily been the most famous face in Tirumala, after Lord Venkateswara. Tales of his clout are legendary and Pala Seshadri, more popularly known as `Dollar’ Seshadri, proved that once again. He got an unprecedented 4th extension as officer on special duty for another two years. This despite a...

  2. Prohibition in Tirupati?

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    / June 25, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The demand for total prohibition in the temple town of Tirupati has become the latest political weapon with newly elected MLA Karunakar Reddy of the YSR Congress sitting on a fast over the issue. Reddy who was TTD chairman during Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s regime said, “Let us wash the...

  3. A wake-up call for Chandrababu Naidu

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    / June 15, 2012 / Leave a comment
    “It is all Chandrababu Naidu’s fault,” a senior Telugu Desam leader told me after the results of the byelections in Andhra Pradesh had delivered a duck for the party. When I asked him to explain, he rewinded to December last year. “All this is the result of the no-confidence motion...

  4. BJP – Beautiful Jaya Prada – may join BJP

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    / May 26, 2012 / Leave a comment
    She has not changed in all these years. Yes, I am talking of Jayaprada and am not talking only about the way she looks. The actor, described by a person no less than Satyajit Ray as `the most beautiful face on the Indian screen’, has said, “she is getting lots...

  5. Jagan’s Tirumala visit creates controversy

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    / May 2, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The visit of YSR Congress party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy to Tirumala’s Balaji Temple today turned controversial with critics saying he went in for a darshan without signing the formal declaration about his faith in Lord Balaji, violating temple rules. TTD rules require people belonging to non-Hindu religions to sign...

  6. Tirumala temple starts 2012-13 with a record

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    / April 2, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The richest God in the world started the new financial year 2012-13 on a high note. Lord Venkateswara’s shrine at Tirumala received the highest hundi collection ever – Rs 5.73 crores – on April 1, setting a new record. A clear sign that this is one place where there is...

  8. Nagarjuna denies political interest

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    / February 28, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Source : AP News Live Stung by reports of a political foray in the future, actor Nagarjuna clarified on Monday that he was far from planning to enter politics. Explaining his words in Tirumala the other day, he said that he had only pointed out that everybody should keenly follow  the...

  9. Landing at Tirupati? God bless you

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    / February 2, 2012 / 1 Comment
    God helps those who help themselves. You won’t find a better example of that than what happened at Tirupati airport on January 9. `The Times of India’ reports that since the two Air Traffic controllers who were rostered for duty had not turned up, the airport authorities asked a fireman...

  10. Oh, my God !

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    / January 5, 2012 / 2 Comments
    If you or anyone in your family is appearing for SSC or Inter Board exams in Andhra Pradesh, you better not write the name of any divine being on your answer sheet. For if you do so, you may end up being debarred for a period of up to eight...

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