Baby elephant runs amok at Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupathi Balaji Temple

September 24th, 2009 KANJIRAPALLY - An elephant went on a rampage in Kerala, injuring one of the mahouts and damaging three vehicles, on Wednesday. The incident took place in Kanjirapally near Kottayam, when the elephant named 'Sundaran' turned violent while pulling logs around 10 in the morning.

September 23rd, 2009 SRIHARIKOTA - Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) do not just rely on scientific calculations before a rocket launch - they also seek divine help. Prior to every launch, the scientists make a visit to Tirupathi to have a 'darshan' of Lord Balaji seeking his blessings by placing a replica of the rocket to be launched.

August 24th, 2009 JAIPUR - A female elephant, which turned amuck and went on a rampage in Rajasthan's Jaipur city on Sunday, died here on Monday. Thirty-five year old elephant Naina, which was on its way to Amer Fort with foreign tourists on its back, had suddenly turned aggressive on Sunday.

August 17th, 2009 JALPAIGURI - A female elephant cub, which was rescued few months back from a village in West Bengal, died on Sunday due to a stomach ulcer. The elephant cub, Aronno, was rescued from Rethi village after it got separated from its group.

August 12th, 2009 COIMBATORE - The Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri district is witnessing many visitors eager to have a glimpse of two new arrivals-a baby elephant and a panther cub. Wildlife authorities here are nurturing these two babies, who are of the same age.

August 2nd, 2009 TINJHORA - Forest rangers from Chapramari Reserve Forest in West Bengal rescued a calf elephant believed to be around 15 months, after it had got separated from the herd and strayed into Tinjhora village near Chapramari Reserve Forest in Dooars region of West Bengal. It is believed that the elephant calf got separated while the herd was crossing River Murti close to the Chilcote Tea Estate located in Jalpaiguri district.

June 13th, 2009 Tripati, June 13 (ANI): Karnataka Tourism Minister, Gali Janardhan Reddy, presented a diamond studded gold crown worth 450 million rupees to the famed Hindu temple Lord Venkateswara at Tirupati on Friday. Weighing 32 kilograms, this crown is made of pure gold, and has a huge 890-carat emeralds besides 70,000 diamonds.

May 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Veteran Tamil actor and producer K. Balaji died here Saturday, his family members said.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy blew up a set advantage to go down 6-4, 2-6, 0-6 to the fifth-seeded Japanese Hiroki Moriya in the first round of the $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament at the DLTA complex here Monday. The 19-year-old Balaji, National runner-up, benifitted from his opponent's erratic play in the first set, but struggled with his serve, hitting as many as 12 double-faults.

April 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE /TIRUPATHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani has expressed confidence that his party led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would get people's mandate in the general polls. Advani, who was unveiling the party's 'Vision Document' on infrastructure development for the country, here on Tuesday, said that the NDA would emerge as the single largest grouping in Parliament.

April 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy prayed separately at the famous Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirupati.

April 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - A Dutch tourist was trampled to death by a wild Asiatic elephant Tuesday at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam while eight other foreigners had a miraculous escape. A park official said a group of nine foreign tourists entered the 430 sq km park early Tuesday for bird watching and viewing primates when a lone rogue elephant charged at the visitors.

March 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An elephant has triggered panic in an Uttar Pradesh village after killing two people and injuring four in the last 10 days, an official said Tuesday. The elephant trampled a young man to death Monday evening in Nagraganja village of Basti district, 250 km from here.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lakshmipathy Balaji has earned a national call after nearly three years and will replace injured fast bowler Munaf Patel for the rest of India's One-day cricket series in Sri Lanka. Munaf injured his groin during a warm-up game and bowled just five overs in the first ODI and was subsequently left out of the second match in Colombo paving the way for the 27-year-old Balaji to make a comeback in international cricket.

January 18th, 2009 NOIDA - A two-day-old girl was found abandoned in this Uttar Pradesh town on the outskirts of the national capital Monday, police said. The baby girl was lying beside the road between Sai Temple and Community Centre in Sector-61 when a passerby noticed her and informed the police.