News for 'Shankaracharya'

Seer's counsel seeks FIR copy

Seer's counsel seeks FIR copy

Rediff.com16 Nov 2004

Submitting the application before Magistrate G Uttamaraj, the counsel said he had earlier filed an application seeking certain facilities like hospitalisation and permission to conduct pujas when the seer was arrested.

VHP bandh in TN has little impact

VHP bandh in TN has little impact

Rediff.com13 Nov 2004

Shops were open and bus and train services were unaffected.

Kanchi acharya remanded in custody

Kanchi acharya remanded in custody

Rediff.com12 Nov 2004

Kanchi Shankaracharya was produced before a magistrate in Kancheepuram on Friday and was remanded in judicial custody\n

Seers return to Kanchi

Seers return to Kanchi

Rediff.com8 Jun 2005

. Jayendra also offered 'arthi' to the idol of Adi Sankara, Mutt sources said.

Kanchi case: Summons to top scribes

Kanchi case: Summons to top scribes

Rediff.com14 Feb 2005

The summons has been issued in connection with a case registered against columnist S Gurumurthy for misleading the investigation.

Alcohol traces found in priest's body

Alcohol traces found in priest's body

Rediff.com23 Jan 2005

The killer had first strangled the 40-year-old official, hacked his forehead with a sharp object and then thrust a knife on the neck.

Charge sheet filed in Sankararaman murder case

Charge sheet filed in Sankararaman murder case

Rediff.com21 Jan 2005

The police on Friday filed a charge sheet in the sensational murder case that led to the arrest of both the pontiff and his deputy.

Jaya writes to PM defending junior seer's arrest

Jaya writes to PM defending junior seer's arrest

Rediff.com13 Jan 2005

The Tamil Nadu chief minister dismissed apprehensions that the arrest would disrupt daily prayers at the mutt.

Junior Kanchi seer arrested

Junior Kanchi seer arrested

Rediff.com10 Jan 2005

The arrest was made at the Kanchi mutt at around 1800 IST.

Another key accused in Kanchi murder case held

Another key accused in Kanchi murder case held

Rediff.com27 Dec 2004

Ravi Subramaniam is an accused in the murder case. He was presented before the first class judicial magistrate in Kanchipuram.

Fire breaks out at Shabri Kumbh mela site

Fire breaks out at Shabri Kumbh mela site

Rediff.com13 Feb 2006

A bonfire lit by some devotees to beat the cold could have spread to bushes at the foot of the Kailash hill, atop which several VIPs, sadhus and sants were staying in tents.

Accused in Kanchi case recants

Accused in Kanchi case recants

Rediff.com24 Nov 2004

Kathiravan told a remand court in Kanchipuram that the police tortured him right from November 3, the day he was arrested.

Court rejects plea for extension of seer's custody

Court rejects plea for extension of seer's custody

Rediff.com22 Nov 2004

The public prosecutor sought the extension of the seer's police custody saying the police needed to verify some bank accounts.

Seer's arrest: Advani starts dharna

Seer's arrest: Advani starts dharna

Rediff.com20 Nov 2004

BJP to take seer's case to Kalam

BJP to take seer's case to Kalam

Rediff.com19 Nov 2004

Petitions filed in HC opposing bail to seer

Petitions filed in HC opposing bail to seer

Rediff.com16 Nov 2004

An advocate and the president of a political outfit have filed the petitions opposing grant of bail to the seer.

Kanchi seer remanded in murder case

Kanchi seer remanded in murder case

Rediff.com12 Nov 2004

The arrest follows investigation into the murder of Sankararaman, who had once managed the accounts of the Mutt.

TN police restrained from arresting Kanchi seer

TN police restrained from arresting Kanchi seer

Rediff.com16 Dec 2005

Besides the seer, seven others have been named in a complaint recently lodged by an employee of the temple at Tiruvarur.

'Sankararaman murder brutal, cold-blooded'

'Sankararaman murder brutal, cold-blooded'

Rediff.com31 Mar 2005

This was stated in the chargesheet, running to 1,873 pages, filed by superintendent of police K Premkumar on January 21.

Kanchi seer to receive charge sheet copy

Kanchi seer to receive charge sheet copy

Rediff.com10 Feb 2005

The Judicial Magistrate-I court in Kanchipuram had issued summons to the seer asking him to appear before the court to receive the copy.

Kanchi seer to stay at Kalavai mutt

Kanchi seer to stay at Kalavai mutt

Rediff.com11 Jan 2005

The Supreme Court on Monday granted him bail in the Sankararaman murder case with the condition that he will not visit the Kanchi mutt till investigations in the case are over.

TN appeals against HC bail for seer

TN appeals against HC bail for seer

Rediff.com5 Jan 2005

The TN government requested the SC Bench, headed by Chief Justice R C Lahoti, to hear the Special Leave Petition along with the appeal filed by the seer seeking bail in the Sankararaman murder case, which the court refused.\n

Police arrest Kanchi Mutt manager

Police arrest Kanchi Mutt manager

Rediff.com25 Dec 2004

Sundaresa Iyer is a confidant of incarcerated Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, who is the prime accused in the murder of temple official Sankararaman and the assault on former mutt employee Radhakrishnan.

Kanchi seer files another bail plea in SC

Kanchi seer files another bail plea in SC

Rediff.com16 Dec 2004

Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati on Thursday filed another petition in the Supreme Court seeking bail in a attempt-to-murder case.

Seer's bail hearing adjourned

Seer's bail hearing adjourned

Rediff.com2 Dec 2004

The hearing was adjourned after public prosecutor K Duraisamy sought time on the ground that Supreme Court lawyer Tulsi could come to the court only on Monday to reply to additional citations put forward by the seer's counsel.

Parliament's winter session likely to be stormy

Parliament's winter session likely to be stormy

Rediff.com30 Nov 2004

The BJP is seeking to make an issue out of Kanchi Shankaracharya's arrest and Jharkhand Mukthi Morcha chief Shibu Soren's reinduction into the Union Cabinet.

Math not popular in Kanchipuram

Math not popular in Kanchipuram

Rediff.com22 Nov 2004

VHP bandh for seer's release begins

VHP bandh for seer's release begins

Rediff.com22 Nov 2004

The day-long bandh has been called by the VHP to give vent to the feelings of Hindus over the unjust arrest of the Kanchi seer.

Seer's remand: HC order on Monday

Seer's remand: HC order on Monday

Rediff.com20 Nov 2004

Justice A K Rajan reserved his orders on Saturday on the petition filed by the seer.

BJP launches 3-day stir against seer's arrest

BJP launches 3-day stir against seer's arrest

Rediff.com20 Nov 2004

The BJP has dubbed the seer's arrest as an "assault on religion".

Cops have shocking info on seer: Jaya

Cops have shocking info on seer: Jaya

Rediff.com17 Nov 2004

Based on information provided by two people arrested in Chennai on November 9, the police got information about the seer's links with those hired to murder the temple official, she said.

PM in Srinagar; militants spoil show

PM in Srinagar; militants spoil show

Rediff.com17 Nov 2004

Hindu organisations protest arrest

Hindu organisations protest arrest

Rediff.com13 Nov 2004

Dharnas, rallies and fast are the means through which the protest is being expressed.

In defence of Hindu gurus

In defence of Hindu gurus

Rediff.com9 Jan 2006

Ayodhya: Do you have a solution?

Ayodhya: Do you have a solution?

Rediff.com8 Jul 2003

If you had to defuse the ticking time bomb, how would you do it?

Kanchi seer offers gold crown to Lord Venkateswara

Kanchi seer offers gold crown to Lord Venkateswara

Rediff.com1 Oct 2004

Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi offered the crown costing Rs 1.5 crore.

Kanchi junior seer's bail plea rejected

Kanchi junior seer's bail plea rejected

Rediff.com27 Jan 2005

There is evidence that Sankararaman had more resentment towards the junior seer, his brother Raghu and Sundaresa Iyer than the senior seer, the judge said.