New Delhi: The mother and sister of Rajasthan Royals cricketer S Sreesanth, who was arrested on spot-fixing charges, met him in police custody on Saturday evening, police sources said.
Sreesanth's mother Savitri Devi, and sister Nivedita met the cricketer at the Delhi Police special cell in Lodhi Colony, where the cricketer is being kept, the sources said.
The three hugged each other, and cried. Savitri Devi wished that her son is released soon.
The Rajasthan Royals team was rocked by the spot fixing scandal after Delhi Police arrested their three players Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan and 11 bookies in a post-midnight operation in Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad on May 16....
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08:46 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI chief N Srinivasan's grip over Indian cricket is fast slipping away and while he is refusing to resign, his detractors in the Board are plotting his removal. Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was sent to police custody till May 29 on Saturday in connection with the IPL betting case. BCCI's top brass leaders met on Saturday evening in Kolkata ahead of the big IPL final. The dinner hosted...
08:36 AM, May 26, 2013
Johannesburg: Indian spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar led thousands of people gathered in 23 countries via a live weblink in a special meditation session billed I-Meditate Africa to mark Africa Day on Saturday. "Let's pray for a violence-free, stress-free and prosperous Africa where nature is preserved, with its wildlife and water," the founder of the Art of Living Foundation said after guiding thousands of people from all races and...
02:47 AM, May 26, 2013
As events unfold in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal, one man who would be watching it all happen closely is BCCI chief N Srinivasan. With his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's arrest in the case, pressure is mounting on Srinivasan to resign as the BCCI top boss. ...
11:45 PM, May 25, 2013
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11:39 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: The crisis in the Indian Premier League continues and the heat is on BCCI chief N Srinivasan to quit after his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by the Mumbai Police late on Saturday night on charges of betting and spot-fixing. However, a defiant Srinivasan said that he will not be bulldozed into resigning and that he has done no wrong. Sources said that...
11:31 PM, May 25, 2013
In spite of the arrest of his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan for his alleged involvement in the betting scam, N Srinivasan has declined to step down from his post as BCCI chief. ...
11:26 PM, May 25, 2013
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11:20 PM, May 25, 2013
Kolkata: A dinner hosted by CAB President Jagmohan Dalmiya on Saturday brought BCCI officials and state unit representatives face to face with the beleaguered Cricket Board chief N Srinivasan. BCCI officials, who attended the dinner, did not appear to be too keen to press for a change of leadership at the moment, sources said. They said a consensus seemed to have emerged at the dinner against seeking Srinivasan's ouster at...
09:31 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: It is a controversy that's caught the interest of the entire nation. Chennai Super Kings team principal and son-in-law of BCCI chief N Srinivasan Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by the Mumbai Police amidst high drama. Later, a defiant Srinivasan refused to step down. Meiyappan was sent to police custody till May 29 after a three-hour long argument in a court. A tired looking Meiyappan had earlier been interrogated for...
08:41 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Saturday said that BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh will be interrogated face-to-face in connection with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal. Mumbai Police Joint CP (Crime) Himanshu Roy while addressing a press conference said that Gurunath Meiyappan was produced in court earlier in the day and the police obtained his custody upto May 29. "This is important...
08:27 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai/Kolkata: BCCI President N Srinivasan's rivals were on Saturday said to be plotting a strategy to seek his ouster even as he remained defiant rejecting demands for his resignation in the wake of the arrest of his son-in-law and CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan on betting charges. However, doubts over Sunday's IPL final involving CSK and Mumbai Indians were cleared with IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla saying that the match will...
07:50 PM, May 25, 2013
Karachi: The manager of Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, allegedly under the scanner in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal, on Saturday claimed that his client has not indulged in corruption and is innocent. "Asad has no links with any bookie nor is he involved in any corrupt practice. He has had a very clean career," Rauf's manager Shahzad Ahmed told PTI. "I think it is totally unfair the way the...
07:42 PM, May 25, 2013
Kolkata: Apologising on behalf of MS Dhoni, who could not attend the pre-match conference, Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said on Saturday that the team players and support staff are distressed about the news related to the franchise. Fleming said that everyone in the team management was proud to have represented CSK in the past six seasons and that none of their players had any knowledge of betting or...
07:33 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: In a bid to counter president N Srinivasan's rivals in the BCCI, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association has already started calling up office-bearers of other state units urging them to show solidarity in his hour of crisis. Hectic lobbying is expected during the dinner hosted by CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya at a Kolkata hotel which is scheduled to start at around 8 pm. The who's who of BCCI are...
07:16 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Mohammad Yahya alias Yusuf, a bookie arrested in the connection of the spot-fixing scandal, was in touch with several cricketers apart from the three arrested Rajasthan Royals players, the Delhi Police said on Saturday. During the interrogation, Yahya claimed that knew many Indian as well as foreign players and contacted them for spot-fixing, said an officer who did not want to be named. Yahya, 45, was arrested at...
06:59 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: There may be a big clamour to oust N Srinivasan through a Special General Meeting (SGM) following the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL betting charges, but such a meeting can be postponed or even stopped from taking place by the BCCI President. The Board chief has been bestowed with powers to scuttle even a requisitioned SGM of the Board convened for this purpose, as per...
06:42 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Former BCCI President IS Bindra on Saturday demanded immediate removal of incumbent N Srinivasan due to the ongoing IPL spot-fixing scandal, calling him "arrogant" and insisting that his continuance would damage Indian cricket. "I have been keeping quiet on this issue but his statement that he will not step down, in Mumbai today, shows that he is as arrogant as ever," Bindra told PTI. "I demand that he...
06:38 PM, May 25, 2013
Jammu: Disfavouring suggestions to make his father and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah BCCI chief, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said sports bodies should be administered by sportspersons and not by politicians. Replying to a question on former IPL chairman Lalit Modi's suggestion to make Farooq Abdullah the BCCI chief, Omar said "I for one will not be in favour of that." "I am personally of the...
06:12 PM, May 25, 2013
Lucknow: Amid public resentment over power crisis, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the state government will work on a large scale to ensure power supply was in accordance with the electricity demand. The Samajwadi Party government has inherited a loss of Rs 25,000 crore from the previous Mayawati regime, but it was working on setting up of new projects which would free people of the power...
05:52 PM, May 25, 2013
