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Staying true to our core value of being “a mission, not an industry”, TNIE, throughout 2020, published reports that broke new grounds, revealed unknown facts, informed readers and forced the powers that be to rethink their stance. Our reports also inspired other media outlets to follow up.
Here are a few of TNIE’s reports that made an impact, those that correctly predicted political outcomes and, in the process, became the talk of the state as well as the country.
Sabarimala: Govt U-turn
On December 3, TNIE reported how the portal launched by the Travancore Devaswom Board in association with the Kerala Police said that “females and other gender (transgender) aged below 50 and above 65 won’t be allowed darshan” at Sabarimala temple. The report, ‘Kerala restores Sabarimala curbs for women’, exposed the govt’s hollow stand that it would allow women of all ages entry into the hill shrine.
RT-PCR test mandatory for Sabarimala pilgrims from today
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Common service centres opened in 27 post offices
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December 25, 2020 01:17 IST
The facility will be extended to post offices other than those in Mangaluru Division in phases, says Senior Superintendent of Post Offices
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Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Mangaluru Division, Shriharsha N. addressing a press conference in Mangaluru on Thursday.
The facility will be extended to post offices other than those in Mangaluru Division in phases, says Senior Superintendent of Post Offices
Mangaluru Postal Division has opened common service centres in 27 post offices, including in the city. It will be extended to other post offices in phases, according to Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Mangaluru, Shriharsha. N.
HC tells magistrate to vacate TDB’s rooms
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The Kerala High Court has ordered the Additional District Magistrate, Sabarimala, to vacate the rooms of the Travancore Devaswom Board’s (TDB) administrative office-cum-guest house at Nilakkal.
The directive came on a petition filed by the TDB challenging the District Collector’s order taking over possession of the building for the functioning of the office of the Additional District Magistrate.
The TDB said that there were three rooms in the building. During the pilgrimage season, urgent board meetings were held in the building. The guest house was required for its essential activities. The board expressed it inability to allot rooms when the District Collector sought to spare space for the office of the Additional District Magistrate. Instead, the board offered to provide three rooms in its hotel complex, adjacent to the guest house. However, the District Collector issued an order taking over
Sabarimala Pilgrimage: How to book online for slot in VirtualQ for Darshan on arrival; Step-by-Step Guide Updated Dec 23, 2020 | 12:42 IST
The Devaswom s online booking system enables pilgrims to reserve their place in the Virtual Queue for Sabarimala pilgrimage at a specified hour on any day on a First Come, First Serve basis. Swami Ayyappa Sabarimala Pilgrimage through forest | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights In order to avail these services, the devotees have to register themselves in the online portal by furnishing personal information which include their name age, address, contact no, photograph, details of photo identity cards etc.
After successful completion of booking, an automated SMS is generated and sent to the person who makes the registration.
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