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Rs 23.61 cr Security at Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple 18 October 2012
Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram, which is extremely popular for the Brobdingnagian statue of sleeping Vishnu idol has been rated the temple in the world with the costliest security after a sum of Rs 23.61 crores was approved for purchasing...
Keywords: Thiruvananthapuram, Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, , Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple
Read MoreCrude Bomb Hurled at BJP Office in Thiruvananthapuram 07 September 2016
In a shocking incident, a crude bomb was hurled at a BJP office in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. After this BJP alleged CPI(M) workers for the attack. No one was injured in the incident, police said.The incident occurred around midnight after...
Keywords: Crude bomb, BJP office, Thiruvananthapuram, BJP office
Read MoreThreat to Jaya, Modi, Kerala temples 27 July 2011
Guruvayoor police received a letter today written reportedly by unidentified Al Qaeda terrorist operatives from Chennai threatening to assassinate the Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Chief Ministers Jayalalitha and Narendra Modi and blow up the now world-famous Sree Anantha Padmanabha Swamy...
Keywords: Thiruvananthapuram, Modi, Sree Krishna Temple in Guruvayoor, Al Qaeda threat to Jayalalitha
Read MoreHijack high drama at Thiruvananthapuram airport 19 October 2012
Commandos surrounded a plane an the Thiruvananthapuram airport after a pilot sent out an emergency hijack alert to the officials today morning. However, this was only high drama as the alert was sent to the officials after the passengers tried...
Keywords: cockpit, hijack alert, Thiruvananthapuram, hijack
Read More3-tier security around Anantha Temple 01 August 2011
The Kerala government has put in place a 3-tier security system to the now famous Sree Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram today in view of the fire accident that took place near the temple on Sunday. Meanwhile, Raja Marthanda...
Keywords: 3-tier security, 3-tier security, Naga Bhandam, Anantha Temple
Read MoreRobbers use Modern technique to Rob ATMs 09 August 2016
In a shocking incident, Rs 2.4 lakh was stolen using wireless magnetic data receivers, by fraudsters. The robbers robbed three ATM machines, including the one next to the state police headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram. The thieves withdrew money using the data...
Keywords: Data, complaints, ATM Machine, complaints
Read MoreKerala shivering with intense fever! 07 June 2013
Due to the reach of the south-west monsoon ready in action in Kerala previous week, quickened to act as occasion demands for the Keralites to reach out for umbrellas as well as warm clothes, on the contrary a range of...
Keywords: communicable diseases in kerala, hepatitis a, communicable diseases, dengue fever
Read MoreShashi Tharoor Arrested in Thiruvananthapuram for Protesting Against Note Ban 06 January 2017
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and some of his other party men were detained for opposing against demonetisation outside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office on Friday in Thiruvananthapuram. Tharoor is the local MP from Trivandrum, had said earlier that...
Keywords: RBI, arrest, Shashi Tharoor, demonetization
Read MoreMultiple Raids Carried Out In Thiruvananthapuram In Gold Smuggling Case 16 July 2020
Multiple Raids Carried Out In Thiruvananthapuram In Gold Smuggling Case:- The gold smuggling case in Kerala is shaking the state and the government. The investigation agencies conducted multiple raids in Thiruvananthapuram in relation to the case. The Income Tax officials...
Keywords: Kerala gold smuggling case highlights, Kerala gold smuggling case highlights, Kerala gold smuggling case highlights, Kerala gold smuggling case raids
Read MoreSri Anantha Padmanabha - The destination for salvation 19 August 2015
The Sri Padmanabha Swamy temple is considered as the richest temple in the world after the evaluation of the treasure found in the different vaults. In terms of precious metals and precious stones, it is by far the wealthiest institution...
Keywords: Kingdom of Travancore, Lakshadeepam, Murajapam, Murajapam
Read MoreTreasure hunters on prowl, destroy old temples 19 July 2011
After the centuries’ old gold treasure was found in the ancient temple of Sree Anantha Padmanabha Swamy in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, unscrupulous gangs in Andhra Pradesh have embarked on treasure hunting and in the process began the destruction of ancient...
Keywords: ancient temple, Gooty, Madakasira, Thiruvananthapuram
Read MoreCongress worker misbehaves with Shashi Tharoor's wife 30 October 2012
Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of the new cabinet minister for Human Resources Department, HRD, Shashi Tharoor, had to repeatedly keep herself safe from prying hands in the crowd at the Thiruvananthapuram airport. A malayalam news channel has put up the...
Keywords: sunanda pushkar, narendra modi, youth congress worker, gujarat chief minister
Read MoreTemple treasure value revised to Rs.5 lakh Cr 07 July 2011
Fresh estimates of the treasure unearthed from the secret chambers of the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala has been revised to Rs. 5 lakh Cr. though no one was willing to state the value of the treasure...
Keywords: Naga Bhandam, Naga Bhandam, Sixth chamber, Temple treasure
Read MoreTemple chambers last opened in 1931 08 July 2011
(The following is the reproduction of an informative article published in the leading English daily the Hindu on the discovery of the huge gold treasure in the Sree Ananthapadmanabha Swamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.) Reports in 'The Hindu', and...
Keywords: Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore royal family, Travancore royal family, gold treasure
Read MoreKerala Excise Minister K. Babu accused Bar Hotelier Biju Ramesh of conspiracy 01 April 2015
Bar hotelier Biju Ramesh is trying to dethrone the UDF government by joining hands with the Opposition LDF, Kerala Excise Minister K. Babu said on Tuesday."Biju Ramesh is nothing but a tool in the hands of the Opposition," Babu said,...
Keywords: Kerala Excise Minister, UDF Government, K. Babu, K. Babu
Read MoreOpening of temple chamber deferred by SC 08 July 2011
The Supreme Court today directed its special committee of observers not to open the chamber B of the Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram of Kerala till July 15 and asked the former Travancore royal family and the Kerala government...
Keywords: Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy, Temple treasure, Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore royal family
Read MoreSC team to return, to Sree Padmanabhaswamy’s vault 31 January 2012
The surprise revelations of the Lord’s Wealth sometime last July, led to weird imaginations of the people and many readers were repeatedly asking for more news on the interesting issue. But we could not comply with the request as the...
Keywords: Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, temple treasure, Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, temple treasure
Read MoreTop goon visits Padmanabha Swamy 01 August 2011
After the local people and devotees raised a hue and cry over the visit of a goon (da) a few days ago to the now famed Sree Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple of the 16th century in Thiruvananthapuram of Kerala, police...
Keywords: security at the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple, Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Venugopal K. Nair
Read MoreAlliance Air lands in Kochi instead of Kozhikode, perturbed flyers 18 January 2012
One of the rarest incidents in the aviation industry awaited the 23 passengers of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode-Kochi-Agatti flight on Monday. The passengers were informed by the crew of Alliance Air that they were landing at Kozhikode, but to their surprise landed...
Keywords: Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode-Kochi-Agatti flight, wrong landing of Alliance Air, wrong landing of Alliance Air, Passengers accommodated
Read MoreVisa-on-Arrival at Hyderabad airport 08 August 2013
Hyderabad's international airport is one among four airports across the country that will soon have a Visa-on-Arrival facility. Bangalore, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram airports will also have the facility starting 15th August. Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility is currently operational at...
Keywords: Visa on Arrival, Hyderabad international airport, Foreign tourists., international tourists
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