States » SouthPosted at: Jan 24 2026 7:05PM


Temple turns legal: Halappa threatens Rs 5 crore suit

Bengaluru, Jan 24 (UNI) The political row over the Siganduru temple has escalated into a legal battle, with former minister Haratalu Halappa issuing a defamation notice to Congress MLA Beluru Gopalakrishna and warning of a Rs 5 crore lawsuit unless an unconditional apology is tendered or evidence is produced.
Halappa accused the MLA of repeatedly making false claims that he had attempted to bring the Siganduru temple under the Muzrai department during his tenure as an MLA. Dismissing the allegations as 'baseless' and 'malicious', Halappa said he had never even contemplated handing over the temple to the government or Muzrai authorities.
Calling the repeated statements an attempt to tarnish his image, Halappa said the issue was being deliberately politicised by exploiting the religious sentiments of lakhs of devotees. He asserted that his family had been devotees of the Siganduru temple for generations and that he had always stood for the protection and growth of the temple, without siding with any particular group.
Please log in to get detailed story.
Tags: #Temple turns legal: Halappa threatens Rs 5 crore suit
More News

ePlane to build India's first Electric Air Taxi

19 Feb 2026 | 2:49 PM

Chennai, Feb 19 (UNI) The ePlane Company, India’s leading developer of electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, on Thursday announced that it is building India’s First Electric Air Taxi using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries.
The ePlane Company will create a high-fidelity “Digital Twin” of the e200x, setting a new benchmark for aerospace simulation. Additionally, it will use the NVIDIA IGX platform as the onboard computing platform to host a variety of critical applications.

see more..

Low Pressure area over Bay to become less marked, yet another system to form in 24 hrs

19 Feb 2026 | 2:46 PM

Chennai, Feb 19 (UNI) With the Low Pressure Area (LPA) over the Bay of Bengal likely to become less marked whiole moving towards Sri Lanka, the Met office on Thursday announced yet another LPA will form over the same region in the next 24 hrs, promising heavy rains in Southern districts on February 21 and 22, where an Yellow alert was issued.

see more..

Woman critically injured in sledgehammer attack by stalker in Suryapet

19 Feb 2026 | 2:35 PM

Suryapet, Feb 19 (UNI) In a shocking incident, a young woman was critically injured after a stalker attacked her with a sledgehammer at Sneha Nagar Colony in Suryapet on Thursday.

see more..

(REOPEN) ELECTIONS TN DMDK TWO LAST CHENNAI

19 Feb 2026 | 2:11 PM

Though it was for the first time it had entered into an alliance with the DMK, the DMDK had in the past forged electoral ties with the AIADMK and the BJP after the party faced the 2006 Assembly elections on its own within a year of launching the party, and Vijayakanth emerging as the sole winner from the Vridhachalam constituency.

see more..

Former CPI(M) MLA PK Sasi quits KTDC chairmanship, likely to eye Ottapalam seat

19 Feb 2026 | 1:58 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (UNI) Former CPI(M) MLA P.K. Sasi has resigned as Chairman of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC), fuelling speculation that he is preparing to contest the upcoming Assembly elections, with the Ottapalam constituency emerging as a likely battleground.
Sasi, leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), submitted his resignation to the Chief Minister, stepping down from the state-run tourism body just days before Kerala heads to the polls.

see more..