
Shirdi: Two devotees have donated gold worth Rs 60 lakh to the Sai Baba temple, Shirdi Sansthan sources said. A devotee from Delhi donated a 1.5 kg-gold bell, while a person from Mumbai offered a 900 gm gold pot before Sai Baba. During the last five years, the Sansthan has received various gold offerings from devotees, sources said, adding that now the total gold in Sai Baba's treasure is 280...

05:28 PM, May 18, 2012

Shirdi: The Shri Saibaba Samadhi temple has received Rs 3.9 crore in the form of cash donations during the Ram Navami festival that was celebrated last week, sources said in Shirdi. The devotees also donated 696 grams of gold and three kilograms of silver ornaments during the festival. The temple trust also earned a revenue of Rs 60 lakh through the sale of prasadam, sources from Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust...

10:50 AM, Apr 04, 2012

Aurangabad: In an embarrassment for Maharashtra government, the Bombay High Court on Friday ordered interim stay on appointment of members to the newly-constituted board of Shri Saibaba Sansthan (trust), which governs the famous shrine of Saibaba at Shirdi. Hearing a petition which challenged the appointment of members of ruling parties - Congress and NCP - to the trust, the Aurangabad bench of Justices Bhushan Gawai and Sunil Deshmukh asked the...

05:17 PM, Mar 30, 2012

Shirdi: The Maharashtra government has reappointed former Congress MLA Jayant Sasane as the chairman of Shirdi Saibaba Trust, which was recently disbanded by the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan last night released a list of 15 members in the wake of the HC's directives to appoint a new board in 15 days, sources said. The high court in its March 13 verdict dissolved the...

06:44 PM, Mar 28, 2012

Mumbai: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has ordered the dismissal of the Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi. The court while passing the order on Tuesday instructed Shirdi collector to overlook the formation of a new committee within 15 days. The court's decision came on a PIL filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Shirdi president Rajendra Gondkar and social activist Sandip Kulkarni. Saibaba Sansthan Trust governed the Sai Baba...

01:42 PM, Mar 13, 2012

Shirdi: The famous Shirdi Sai Baba shrine in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district has received 36 kg of gold and Rs 401 crore in cash towards donations in year 2011, a top official said on Wednesday. The offerings are at least 20 per cent higher compared to year 2010, he said. "The Trust received 36 kg of gold which is almost fifteen percent more than 31 kg it had received in 2010....

12:59 AM, Feb 09, 2012

Shirdi: The famous Shirdi Sai Baba shrine in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district has received 36 kg of gold and Rs 401 crore in cash towards donations in year 2011, a top official said on Wednesday. The offerings are at least 20 per cent higher compared to year 2010, he said. "The Trust received 36 kg of gold which is almost fifteen percent more than 31 kg it had received in 2010....

06:21 PM, Feb 08, 2012

Mumbai: A replica of the Sai Baba temple in Maharashtra's Shirdi town will be recreated here as part of a four-day festival starting Dec 15, an organiser said on Tuesday. The replica of the temple will have a 24-feet-tall idol of Sai Baba, the biggest ever created so far in Mumbai, which will be put up at the sprawling Bandra-Kurla Complex grounds for the Shri Sai Satcharitra Mahaparayan festival. The...

01:55 PM, Dec 14, 2011

Mumbai: Iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar will be the first recipient of the 'Sai Ratna' award instituted by the famous Saibaba temple trust at Shirdi in Maharashtra. "Members of the Sai Sansthan met on Monday and it was unanimously decided to confer the Sai Ratna award on Sachin," chairman of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Jayant Sasane, told PTI. The award is likely to be given to Sachin after the IPL tournament,...

06:11 PM, Apr 04, 2011

Nagpur: The famous pilgrim centre of Shri Saibaba temple in Shirdi, one of the richest temples in Maharashtra, has ornaments and jewellery worth over Rs 32-crore and investments running into Rs 4,27,17,02,929-crore,according to official documents. The administration of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (Shirdi), governed by the Managing Committee which was constituted by the Maharashtra Government way back on August 23, 2004 has Kisan Vikas Patras worth Rs 51,71,00,100 crores besides...

12:52 PM, Jan 04, 2011

Speculation rises after the former Union minister and his "good friend" Sunanda Pushkar performs puja together. ...

10:40 AM, Aug 02, 2010

The actor apparently assaulted a cameraman at the temple ...

12:17 PM, May 10, 2010

He has turned over a new leaf for Maalik Ek ...

03:21 PM, Mar 29, 2010

Durban: Kumar Sangakkara hit a superbly-crafted century on the third day of the second Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead on Wednesday and put Sri Lanka in a strong position to close out the game. Sangakkara's 108 enabled Sri Lanka to reach 256 for 7 in their second innings - an overall lead of 426, eight runs more than the highest successful run-chase in Test history. The left-handed former...

12:47 PM, Apr 04, 2008