While the move resulted in Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer losing out on their annual BCCI contract, Badrinath lauded the BCCI.
Though the crowd of devotees was missing from the opening ceremony, the temple was decorated with 10 quintals of flowers and glittering with lights
Reacting to the results, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that in the by-elections held on 13 seats in seven states, the people of the country have given their support to the INDIA bloc.
The Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee on Wednesday dismissed Jyotirmath Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand's allegations that 228 kg gold bought for lining the Kedarnath temple's internal walls is missing, and asked him to approach authorities if he had any evidence.
Allu Arjun's action and Tamannaah's skin show cannot save the film.
A day after Kedarnath, the portals of famous Himalayan shrine of Badrinath were reopened on Monday for pilgrims after a gap of six months.
A priest at the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Maryland, Bhatt hails from Bengaluru. He is a Madhwa priest trained in Rig Veda and Tantrasaara (Maadhva) Agama, under his guru, Pejavar Swamiji of Udupi Ashta Matha.
S Badrinath stirred speculation by sharing a photoshopped image of Rohit Sharma in a CSK jersey.
Moderate to high turnout was recorded in 13 assembly constituencies across seven states where bypolls were held on Wednesday amid sporadic incidents of violence in Uttarakhand, Bihar and West Bengal.
Skipper S Badrinath's double century and Rahul Dravid's hundred helped South Zone amass 442 runs for the loss of six wickets on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match against North Zone at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, in Rajkot on Thursday. Badrinath scored an exact 200 while Rahul Dravid got 138 as the duo put on 312 runs for the third wicket after a shaky start where they lost both their openers cheaply.
Many Dharmagurus attended the Shubh Ashirwad ceremony.
Bhandari, a three-term Congress legislator who was also a minister in the state in the past, joined the BJP in the presence of its senior leaders, including Union Minister Piyush Goyal and the party's national general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam.
The Tamil Nadu batsman was included in the Indian squad for the fifth ODI against Australia.
On a three-day visit to Uttarakhand, President Droupadi Murmu worshipped at the Badrinath temple.
The electoral exercise, the first since the Lok Sabha elections, will decide the fate of many veterans and some debutantes including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur.
Tamil Nadu rallied from a poor start to end of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi on 184 for 3.
Tamil Nadu were 254 for 7 on day 1 in the Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra.
'Rohit Sharma has not proven himself as an opener outside India. Why is he there?'
'People want to do business in the name of the Kedarnath temple.'
On Wednesday, the team celebrated with a lively team bonding session that had everyone moving and grooving.
District Magistrate said that the could be opened for the traffic by Saturday afternoon.
Voting for the bypolls in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu were held on Wednesday.
Subramaniam Badrinath was named as replacement for Sachin Tedulkar who has been ruled out of the remainder of India's ongoing five-match ODI series against England due to a toe injury.
Weather conditions once again interrupted the crucial rescue operations in flood-hit Uttarakhand as intermittent rains in Kedarnath and Guptkashi hampered the process of clearing of debris and retrieving bodies lying underneath. Adding to the problem, water level in Bhagirathi river is rising continuously, because of which as many as 70 families residing along the river banks had to be taken to safer places.
Ambani flew to Badrinath, which reopened to the public today, from Dehra Dun in a helicopter to pay obeisance to Lord Badri.
It helps that Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt look so good together, writes Sukanya Verma.
The duo put on 193 runs for the unfinished third wicket as Tamil Nadu amassed 261 for 2 against Delhi on day 1 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Veteran Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath has been recalled into the Indian Test team as replacement of the just retired VVS Laxman.
Almost certain to make his Test debut against South Africa next month, Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath on Thursday said he has been longing for this opportunity.
An unbeaten 200-run partnership between Subramaniam Badrinath (123 not out) and C Ganapathy (70 not out) helped Tamil Nadu post 251 for 5 by close on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy Super League encounter against Mumbai at the MCA Ground, in Mumbai, on Tuesday. The defending champions made the early inroads, reducing the visitors to 51 for five inside 16 overs - with five wickets falling in the space of just 32 balls (16 runs).
Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath will lead a 15-member India 'A' squad which will play two three-day matches against a visiting Australia 'A' side next month.
Having made it to India's ODI squad, Chennai batsman S Badrinath is now eyeing a berth in the Test team also.
Captain Subramaniam Badrinath struck form to make an elegant 143, helping Tamil Nadu reach 421 and then the bowlers grabbed crucial wickets to leave Karnataka struggling at 144 for six at close in the Ranji Trophy match.
Taken by surprise when heavily armed men ambushed their convoy but quickly gathering themselves, jawans of the 22 Garhwal regiment fired more than 5,100 rounds to protect their injured colleagues and forced the terrorists to retreat into Kathua's wooded hills, officials said.
Nagnyal said 26 people were in the vehicle and most of them were residents of Delhi. Ten people died in the accident, the IG said.
All the five passengers were safe.
Allu Arjun will be seen playing an Indian Samurai in this film.
The Badrinath and Hemkund yatra remained suspended for the fifth consecutive day.
S Badrinath missed out on a double hundred by eight runs but Tamil Nadu reached a strong 443 for eight against Vidarbha on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match, in Nagpur on Sunday.