Tirupati

IIT Tirupati Placements 2023 vs 2024: Salary package, sectors, top branch

January 13, 2026 9:33 am

IIT Tirupati placements 2023 vs 2024: While 2023 was marked by uneven placement conversion across departments despite salary figures at the top end, the 2024 placement season showed broader improvement in placement percentages

From Friday, book Srivani Trust tickets for VIP darshan at Tirupati temple online

January 07, 2026 11:08 am

As part of a one-month trial run, the Srivani Trust tickets will be issued online every day at 9 am, with bookings open until 2 pm, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams said.

New scandal at Tirupati: Polyester shawls passed off as silk, ordered at Rs 55 crore

December 10, 2025 4:59 pm

According to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Board, an initial probe revealed that the silk shawls given to visiting dignitaries were made of polyester and not pure silk.

Singed by adulterated ghee controversy, Tirupati temple board now puts focus on quality of rice

November 13, 2025 10:18 pm

Sri Venkateswara temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district uses tonnes of rice daily for its annaprasadam.

Rs 250-crore adulterated ghee sent to make Tirupati temple laddus from 2019 to 2024: SIT

November 11, 2025 8:01 am

The tradition of the laddu prasadam of Lord Venkateswara is now more than 300 years old. The temple at Tirupati started offering the laddu as prasadam to devotees in 1715.

Pilgrims landing at Tirupati without prior booking will now have a place to stay

September 30, 2025 2:09 pm

At Tirupati temple, AI will be used to manage crowd, identify missing persons

September 26, 2025 7:24 am

Comes months after a stampede at the temple killed six and injured over 40 people.

From UK to Andhra, scamsters targeting Tirupati Balaji devotees, temple trust jumps to action

September 10, 2025 1:35 pm

Board which manages Sri Venkateswara temple says it has come across instances of people duping devotees by promising accommodation, free darshan, or even unapproved events

'Mumtaz Hotels not in the picture': Naidu govt finds a way to retain Oberoi investment near Tirupati temple, appease Hindu groups

August 27, 2025 5:23 am

Following protests, the government had earlier cancelled land allotment for resort at Tirumala foothills; project to now have only Oberoi Group name

Tirupati temple board suspends 4 employees for 'practising other religions'

July 20, 2025 7:50 am

TTD sources said that the board has taken a decision not to allow any non-Hindu to work in the TTD, especially in the temples governed and managed by it.

Man donates finger after Sonia, Rahul’s bail in National Herald case

January 10, 2016 8:51 am

Bengaluru, Jan 10 (ANI): Induvalu Suresh, a 35-year-old granite businessman from Ramanagara is now being hailed as Congress Ekalavya after he cut his left hand's little finger as an offering to the Tirupati. The offering was made as thanks giving after Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi were granted bail in the National Herald case in December last year. On December 25, Suresh went to Tirupati, chopped off his little finger and dropped it in the hundi as a token of gratitude.