The Union health ministry on Friday urged eight states and Union Territories to take up immediate containment measures including preventing crowds, conducting widespread testing as well as increasing vaccine coverage on a priority basis in districts where the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus has been detected.
According to BJP insiders, every Union minister has been given 3-4 seats to mentor and has been told to work hard on these constituencies in the next 20 months to ensure the party's victory.
For the first time the Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai will be hosting a three-day divine marriage ceremony of the Lord of Tirumala Tirupati Balaji with his consorts Goddesses Sridevi and Bhudevi.
Happy birthday, Mohan Babu!
Pilgrims belonging to faiths other than Hinduism will have to submit a declaration form from August 13 before entering the Tirumala shrine near Tirupati stating that they have faith in the presiding deity, Lord Venkateswara
Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair.
The development came to light on Wednesday when Chiranjeevi's brother-in-law and close advisor, Allu Arvind, flew in to Tirupati and went around the city to select a suitable venue for the star's maiden public meeting. Lakhs of fans and supporters from all over the state and abroad are likely to attend the inaugural meeting.
The contribution of top 10 states was about 85.5 per cent to the total number of domestic tourist visits during 2010.
Rediff readers shared these pictures from their travels.
Party insiders concede statements of the Raja kind have the potential to hurt the DMK's electoral chances in closely-fought seats in 2024, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Jaganmohan Reddy will be sworn in as chief minister on May 30.
A 27-year-old man from Tirupati was arrested by the cyber cell of the CB-CID for creating a page containing paedophilic content on social networking site Facebook.
Raju's grandfather had commissioned a similar sahasra nama mala for Lord Balaji 50 years ago. Raju now wanted to offer a new garland.
The judiciary cannot be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the legislature or the executive, or else the rule of law will become illusory, he said.
Thousands of people held celebrations at various places throughout the night to welcome 2020.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which governs the ancient shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala here, on Wednesday announced that Lord Hanuman's birthplace was Anjanadri, a hillock at Japali Theertham located about 5 km from north of the hill temple.
'It was disappointing on two counts. One is on the leadership issue and second is how the Congress must win elections.'
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"I lost my close friend. Sivaprasad fought relentlessly for the rights of AP. His death is loss not only to Chittoor district but also the entire state," Chandrababu said.
Rediff reader Varaprasad K from Bangalore explains what he likes about food in Andhra Pradesh.
At least five bogies of three empty stationary trains were damaged as a major fire broke out in quick succession at Puri railway station on Thursday, triggering panic among passengers and affecting rail services.
Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi today strongly refuted reports that his party has merged with Congress, saying it was only a "media creation".
Two movies, Ingale Marga (Road to Ingale) and Tirupati Express releases today,September 5.
It was a mixed bag for the many film personalities who contested the Lok Sabha polls in Andhra Pradesh. Of the twelve personalities from the film industry who had contested the elections, only four managed to win.
The fare for the inaugural flight is Rs 1 and the tariff for the first three months is Rs 999.
According to the woman, who is still semi-conscious, five persons took her in a vehicle on Friday, after which she was gang rape
Explaining the preventive steps taken up for the control of AIDS and HIV to media persons in Tirupati on Thursday night, Chandravadan said nearly 400 sex workers were engaged in the flesh trade in the holy hills visited by pilgrims from across the world.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a forum comprising 40 farmer unions, called for a Bharat Bandh on Monday against the Centre's three agriculture laws. Here is its impact across the country:
The third additional district magistrate's court in Tirupati has directed the District Superintendent of Police T V Sashidhar Reddy to conduct an inquiry into allegations that tennis star Sania Mirza had shown disrespect to the national flag.
a team led by ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan and her student Vinay Sagar from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, have discovered that the coat colouration and patterning which make the wild cats appear dark boil down to a single mutation
The Rail Land Development Authority has invited online bids from private players to redevelop the station into an integrated commercial, retail, and hospitality hub.
Actor-director-producer Mohan Babu turned 67 on March 19, and a big birthday celebration was organised for him at the Sree Vidyanikethan school in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
The new facility was inaugurated by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams chairman B Karunankara Reddy.
The richest Hindu temple in the world could soon come to the rescue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to recycle tonnes of idle gold and cut economy-hurting imports.
In the wake of 73 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India so far, the Union health ministry has made functional 52 laboratories for testing samples while 57 labs have been designated for helping in sample collection for Covid-19 to enhance capacity for diagnosis and detection of the disease. "Following the increase in load of screening samples from suspected cases with symptoms and travel history to the affected countries, the department of health research/ICMR has commissioned 52 laboratories for COVID-19 testing in India," an official said.
Banks in talks with temple trusts to push gold scheme
Three persons were killed as six unidentified gunmen made an unsucessful bid on the life of former legislator from Chittoor C K Babu, police said in Tirupati on Friday.
The move of expelled All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader V K Sasikala to stay away from politics has fuelled various theories on her decision while the ruling party confined itself to poll related work like holding interview for ticketaspirants.
