Over 10 tonnes gold, Rs 15,900 crore cash: Tirupati Temple Trust declares assets
Hyderabad: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on Saturday released a white paper and declared its assets, including fixed deposits and gold deposits.
It has declared that the investment guidelines of the Temple have been strengthened since 2019, by the current Temple trust board, reported NDTV.
The trust, however, denied the social media reports on the decision of the Devasthanams chairperson and the board to invest surplus funds in the Securities of the Andhra Pradesh government. It said that the surplus amounts were being invested in scheduled banks.
The TTD, in a press release, requested devotees of Srivari to ‘not believe such conspiratorial false propaganda’. It also assured the devotees that it had made cash and gold deposits in various banks in a transparent manner.
The trust has said that the worth of its assets amounts to a total of Rs 2.26 lakh crore, reported Times of India. It said that it had 10.3 tonnes of gold deposits in nationalised banks worth more than Rs 5,300 crore. It also had a cash deposit of Rs 15,938 crore.
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Congress to hold convention in Hassan on December 5: Deputy CM DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru, Dec 1: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday said the Congress would hold a convention on December 5 at Hassan to protect the Constitution.
Speaking to reporters after a preparatory meeting at the KPCC office, Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress chief, said many leaders of the party have expressed their intention to hold the party convention in Hassan.
All the ministers and district in-charges are making necessary preparations. Many organisations and communities have supported this event, he said.
"AICC leaders have directed us to organise a programme on protection of the Constitution and developments in the country. We held a preparatory meeting at KPCC office with the leaders and office bearers of four districts. All leaders of the party will be invited to the convention,” he added.
Shivakumar said the party will invite all those who are championing the cause of the Constitution. The objective of the convention will also be to create awareness against those spreading propaganda against the state government, he said.
He said the Congress will also hold events at Sandur and Shiggavi to express gratitude to the people who blessed the party candidates to win in the recent assembly bypolls.
A similar event will also be held in Channapatna where Congress candidate C P Yogeeshwara won the assembly bye-election, the deputy CM said.
To a question on Zilla Panchayat and Taluk Panchayat elections, he said, “The elections will be held soon. We have discussed this in the Cabinet meeting. We are preparing for elections in February next year.”
When asked whether such a convention would be conducted across the state, he said, “We have to do it across the state. After the Hassan convention, we have a big programme in Belagavi. We will share more information on the programme after a meeting tomorrow.”
On Cabinet expansion, he said, “I am only the KPCC president and Deputy CM, and not a CM. There is no discussion on that right now and there is no need as well. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has already replied to this question.”
