Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea of Subramanian Swamy challenging the Andhra Pradesh government's decision to appoint a one-member committee to review the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the Tirumala laddu controversy. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi was hearing Swamy's plea, which also assailed statements made by the Andhra Pradesh chief minister on the row. CJI Kant said, "Such an administrative enquiry cannot be called as overlapping with the criminal proceedings which led to the chargesheet and supplementary chargesheet." "There is no conflict of interest/overlapping, and the scope of the investigation/enquiry, having been well demarcated, shows that apprehension of the petitioner does not have a solid foundation. Let both processes continue strictly in accordance with the law," the court said. Swamy argued that the state government's move undermines the authority of the SIT, which was constituted earlier by the .

The existing SIT, set up by the Andhra Pradesh government, will be replaced by the new team, which will comprise CBI officers, Andhra state police personnel and an FSSAI member

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Andhra Pradesh Government visited the Tirumala godowns on Monday.

The controversy over animal fat in the preparation of Tirupati laddus have not affected the sales of the prasadam as over 1.4 million ladoos were sold over a four-day period

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu has sparked a controversy by alleging that animal fat was used in laddus at Tirupati's temple during Jagan Mohan Reddy's regime, a claim rejected by Reddy's party

The TTD decided to continue the sale of online seva, which started during Covid-19 pandemic and fetched Rs 100 crore

Those not submitting ID proof would be allowed to Tirumala, but will not get privileged darshan

Punjab National Bank offers 1.75% interest on short-term deposits