“BCCI HAS ALWAYS ACTED IN BETRAYAL, NOT FULFILLED ITS OBLIGATIONS AND PROMISES”

Sahara had raised the issue regarding significant reduction in the number of matches which was one of the most important basis and criteria for the bid, since 2011. BCCI had made pre-bid representations that 94 matches will be held in every season and then arbitrarily reduced the number of matches from 94 to 74 & then 76. Sahara had placed its bid for the IPL franchise based on the representations of BCCI which were false. The reduction in the number of matches has had a substantial financial impact due to the reduction in the central revenues under the Franchise Agreement. This is not the only time that BCCI has treated Pune Warriors India with disdain and in an unfair manner.  Right from day one, when the rule of player retention was altered prior to IPL Season 4 (which was...

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PEACE SPEECH OF ‘SAHARASRI’ SUBRATA ROY SAHARA DURING SAHARA BALKAN PEACE FESTIVAL

Your Excellencies Hon’ble Ministers Distinguished Guests Esteemed Journalist Friends And our respectable elders and loving young ones who are witnessing this Peace festival live on Television Channels. On behalf of Sahara Pariwar that is Sahara Family and myself I convey my thanks from the core of my heart that all of you have gathered here on our invitation. This would not have been possible without the support and blessings of His Excellency President, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Hon’ble Dy. Prime Minister and their highly committed capable team of Republic of Macedonia. I shall fail in my duties if I do not thank my senior colleague...

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Historic Sahara Balkan Peace Festival organized by Sahara India and Government of Macedonia brought World Leaders come together for Peace

Skopje, October 7, 2013: The Government of the Republic of Macedonia and Sahara India Pariwar, had organised the first ever ‘Sahara Balkan Peace Festival’ in Skopje, Macedonia, the land of Mother Teresa. The two day festival was organised on 2nd October the International Day of Non Violence celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The event aimed at bringing Balkan countries on one platform to pledge for World peace and will be organized every year in one of the Balkan countries on rotation basis. The first ‘Sahara Balkan Peace Festival’ witnessed the gracious presence of Former Prime Minister of the U.K., Mr. Tony Blair...

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Sahara Welfare Foundation awarded with Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices by Asian Leadership Awards at Dubai

Lucknow, September 30, 2013: Sahara Welfare Foundation has been awarded the “Corporate Foundation with Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices” in a glittering Asian Leadership Awards ceremony held at Dubai. Sahara Welfare Foundation was presented with this prestigious award on the basis of CSR work undertaken by the Sahara Group in uplifting the lives of underprivileged in the country and for the humanitarian work being done under the VEDAS (Village Esteem Development Adoption by Sahara) project. This is the first international award that Sahara Welfare Foundation has received as an organisation. Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Kumkum Roy Choudhury, Executive Director Worker, Sahara India Pariwar, said “Sahara India Pariwar has always been committed in...

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