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The Hindu
08-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Personal remarks on Prashanthi Reddy, attack on Prasanna Kumar Reddy's house brings old rivalry to the fore
Unidentified miscreants, ransacked the residence of former Kovur MLA Nallapureddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy on Monday night. The attackers reportedly barged into the residence, damaged the furniture and left in a huff, not before issuing a warning to the former MLA's mother N. Srilakshmi, who was alone at home at that time. The attack came in the backdrop of the reported derogatory remark allegedly made by Mr. Prasanna Kumar Reddy at a party meeting early on Monday against the current MLA and TTD Trust Board member Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy, also the wife of Member of Parliament Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy. At a meeting of party workers, the former MLA had reportedly talked ill of Ms. Prashanthi, though she is distantly related to him. The talk came as a rude shock not only to the people of the constituency, but also to the party workers and the media persons present at the venue. It may be recalled that ahead of the General Elections 2024, Mr. Prasanna Kumarr Reddy had made a similar personal remark against Ms. Prashanthi Reddy, when the two were pitted against each other in Kovur. This time, Mr. Prasanna Kumar Reddy insisted that he stood by his comment and would never go back on his statement. After filing a complaint personally with the Superintendent of Police by naming the members of Vemireddy family and their followers, Mr. Prasanna Kumar Reddy however expressed displeasure at the department's functioning and said he had no faith on getting justice on this issue. Prashanthi turns emotional Meanwhile, Ms. Prashanthi Reddy turned emotional against the comments made against her and said it amounted to 'character assassination'. She said she would file a defamation case against him and also take the issue to the National Commission for Women (NCW). She however denied any role in the attack on Mr. Prasanna's residence and said her party, which had values as its foundation, would never encourage such attacks. Party workers took exception to the 'below the belt' remark and staged a demonstration in Kovur against the alleged cheap behaviour on Tuesday. Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy expressed solidarity with Ms. Reddy and demanded a public apology from Mr. Prasanna. While maintaining that the TDP would never encourage attacks, he said the attack on Mr. Prasanna's residence could have been resorted to by any of the beneficiaries of the Vemireddy family.
Hans India
07-07-2025
- General
- Hans India
Vadas will be served in MTVAC from 11 am to 10 pm daily
Tirumala: Tasty and delicious Vada in Annaprasadam menu will be henceforth served from 11 am to 10 pm every day in Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Annaprasadam Complex (MTVAC), informed TTD Trust Board Chairman BR Naidu. Accompanied by Board member Shantaram, he visited MTVAC in Tirumala on Sunday evening and commenced Vada serving in the evening Annaprasadam menu to devotees. Later speaking to the media, the Chairman said that TTD commenced serving Vada in MTVAC from March 6 this year aiming to provide tastier Annaprasadam. ''From today onwards, Vada will be served till the end of the day in Annaprasadam Complex. On an average, nearly 70,000 to 75,000 Vadas will be served to devotees every day in MTVAC,' he added. Annaprasadam Deputy EO Rajendra Kumar, catering special officer GLN Sastry and others were present.
Hans India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Naidu to offer silk robes to Goddess Gangamma in Kuppam on May 21
Kuppam (Chittoor district): Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to visit his constituency of Kuppam twice this month for two significant occasions. On May 21, the Chief Minister will offer silk robes to Goddess Gangamamba at Sri Prasanna Tirupati Gangamamba temple in Pathapeta as part of the annual jatara celebrations. This visit will be followed by another on May 25, when he will return along with his family to take part in the housewarming ceremony of his newly built residence. In anticipation of the CM's May 21 visit, Government Whip and MLC Dr K Srikanth, district Collector Sumit Kumar, and district SP VN Manikanta Chandolu reviewed the preparatory arrangements on Monday. As part of the Advanced Security Liaison (ASL) protocol, officials inspected the helipad site at Dravidian University Grounds in Gudupalli mandal. Discussions included setting up barricades, sanitation measures, and other related logistical arrangements. Later, the team visited Sri Prasanna Tirupati Gangamamba temple and discussed traffic regulation and crowd control measures with temple chairman Ravichandra Babu. Special attention is being given to managing the large crowds expected during the silk robe offering ceremony by the Chief Minister. TTD Trust Board member V Santharam, AR Additional SP Nanda Kishore, PRSE Chandrasekhar Reddy, District Transport Commissioner Niranjan Reddy, Kuppam RDO Srinivasa Raju, AR DSP Mahaboob Basha, and Municipal Commissioner Srinivas Rao were among the officials who took part in the ASL review and planning activities.
The Hindu
19-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
TTD Trust Board member demands vigilance probe into ‘Tulabharam scam' in Tirumala during YSRCP government
The BJP State spokesperson and a member of the TTD Trust Board G. Bhanuprakash Reddy has demanded a vigilance probe into what he termed as 'Tulabharam scam' at the abode of Lord Venkateswara during the erstwhile YSR Congress Party government. Mr. Bhanuprakash Reddy formally addressed the complaint to Director-General of Police (Vigilance and Enforcement) and submitted the same to the Superintendent of Police (V&E), Tirupati, on Monday. Tulabharam is a form of fulfilment of vow, where the devotees weigh themselves against banana, rice, jaggery, coins etc., and submit the same as an offering to Lord Venkateswara. Alternately, they pay an equivalent amount worth the offering. In the complaint, he said that the amount offered by the devotees towards 'Tulabharam' had not reached the TTD exchequer during 2019-2024. His other charge was that an employee hired on contract basis was deployed to man the point, instead of a regular employee placed in the past. 'During the said period, the staff working at the Tulabharam had misappropriated lakhs of rupees daily by diverting the donated amount for their personal use', he said in the complaint. Further, he said that the modus operandi was to remit a smaller amount in the bank to avoid suspicion and siphon off the remaining funds. 'This is a form of deceiving the devotees, which amounts to criminal breach of trust', he told the media later. Immediately after coming to power in 2024, the NDA government had initiated vigilance probe into several cases of alleged irregularities, but 'Tulabharam' remained out of the department's radar, Mr. Bhanuprakash observed. He suspected the hands of influential persons in the scam, as the scores of complaints received from the devotees during the previous regime had been relegated to the dustbin.
Hans India
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hans India
BJP slaps legal notice on Niharika enterprises
Tirupati: BJP senior leader and TTD Trust Board member G Bhanu Prakash Reddy issued a legal notice to Neelamegam Santhanam (Cine Actor), Niharika Enterprises, a cinema company in Tamil Nadu for hurting the sentiments of devotees of Lord Venkateswara. In a statement on Wednesday, Bhanuprakashsaid that a cinema company in their cinema 'DD Next Level'had portrayed devotional chanting GovindaNamavali in an indecent manner in a song, hurting the sentiments of devotees of Lord Venkateswara. He demanded a public apology from cine enterpriser and deletion scenes containing the Govida Namavali or else he will be forced to file a criminal case and defamation suit. Reddy lamented that Hindus have become a soft target for film makers and misusing even devotional chanting. Reddy warned that if the film company failed to respond he will go ahead with the case through party legal advisor K Ajay Kumar.
