Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (IANS) In a major overhaul of the Sabarimala pilgrimage, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Friday announced a series of sweeping reforms, including complete digitisation of pilgrim services, AI-based crowd management and a significant expansion of online accommodation booking, ahead of the two-month annual pilgrimage season beginning in the middle of November. Announcing the measures, TDB President K. Jayakumar made it clear that the Ayyappa Sangamam would no lon…
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Kochi, Feb 10 (IANS) The investigation into the alleged gold theft at the Sabarimala shrine has entered a crucial phase with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoning hugely popular Malayalam actor Jayaram for questioning. The ED has issued a notice directing the actor to appear before its office in Kochi on February 17.Jayaram has been summoned for his association with Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused in the high-profile case.According to sources, the ED is investigating whether the accus…
Kochi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday made scathing observations in the Sabarimala gold theft case, strongly reinforcing suspicions that the gold plates at Lord Ayyappa’s sanctum were systematically removed as part of a planned plunder of Devaswom assets.The Division Bench described the existing inspection reports as “grave and alarming” and raised serious doubts over whether those entrusted with safeguarding temple properties themselves led the alleged crime.While consideri…