‘To expand like Gujarat’: PM Modi’s big prediction on BJP’s rise in Kerala | India News – The Times of India

‘To expand like Gujarat’: PM Modi’s big prediction on BJP’s rise in Kerala | India News – The Times of India

PM Modi in Kerala (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday projected the BJP’s breakthrough in Kerala’s capital as the start of a larger political shift in the state, saying the party’s recent victory in the Thiruvananthapuram corporation reflected growing public confidence ahead of the assembly elections.Addressing a large BJP rally at…

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Sabarimala gold theft case: SIT arrests chief priest Kandararu Rajeevaru; links with Potti under probe | Thiruvananthapuram News – The Times of India

Sabarimala gold theft case: SIT arrests chief priest Kandararu Rajeevaru; links with Potti under probe | Thiruvananthapuram News – The Times of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The special investigation team probing the Sabarimala gold scam arrested Friday Kandararu Rajeevaru, the tantri (chief priest) of the Ayyappa temple, after detaining and questioning him earlier in the day.Rajeevaru was arrested for his alleged close links with prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti and for giving “silent permission” to the replating of the dwarapalaka (guardian)…

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Gold stripped from Sabarimala through organised op: SIT | India News – The Times of India

Gold stripped from Sabarimala through organised op: SIT | India News – The Times of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/THRISSUR: Gold embedded in sacred structures of Sabarimala temple in central Kerala was allegedly stripped, diverted and converted through a planned operation involving temple officials, intermediaries and private jewellers, a state-appointed SIT told a vigilance court. In a report seeking police custody of key accused, SIT said gold-plated copper sheets forming part of the sanctum…

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