The debate for the new Sports Bill is getting hotter as sportspersons and administrators are openly expressing their views. ...
09:35 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Olympics silver-medalist shooter Rajvardhan Singh Rathore has backed the Sports Bill as a positive step to improve the sports system in India. ...
11:45 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Eminent sports personalities came out in support of the revised National Sports Development Bill on Thursday and criticised the opposing Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the BCCI, while calling for a healthy debate on the issue. The stars stated that the bill was not only about cricket, but 66 other disciplines as well. The panel, including eight former sports icons and Pankaj Advani, said the IOA should read...
10:15 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Former India captain Kapil Dev favoured the Sports Ministry's move to make BCCI function as a National Sports Federation (NSF), as proposed in the National Sports Development Bill. The BCCI had rejected the bill at its Working Committee meeting in Kolkata on October 29, saying certain aspects of the bill are meant to "destroy the autonomy" of the board but Kapil said the cricket board should abide by...
07:41 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Reiterating its stand on the contentious Sports Bill, the BCCI said that until and unless its reservations were addressed by the Sports Ministry, the bill was not acceptable to them even in the revised form. BCCI member and IPL governing council chairman Rajeev Shukla made it clear that the board had rejected the bill at its Working Committee meeting in Kolkata on October 29, and had shot off...
07:28 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: The BCCI, which had rejected the revised Sports Bill last week, on Friday wrote a letter to the Sports Ministry, conveying their strong reservations on various aspects of the controversial bill. The Cricket Board had rejected the bill at its Working Committee meeting in Kolkata on October 29, saying certain aspects of the bill are meant to "destroy the autonomy" of the Board. "While the BCCI is all...
08:08 PM, Nov 04, 2011
The Indian Sports Minister is hoping to get the revised sports bill a thumbs from all quarters. ...
11:42 PM, Oct 17, 2011
New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken unveiled his new revised Sports Bill on Monday. Hinting at the BCCI's opposition to it, Maken said that the Bill will enhance greater transparency in the functioning of sports federations. He added that sporting bodies which do not want to come under the RTI raise suspicion. "We strongly feel the functioning of the sports federations should be transparent. If they oppose it then there...
12:44 PM, Oct 17, 2011
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10:02 PM, Sep 01, 2011
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, whose outspoken views on 'twitter' have been much talked about, on Thursday said he would continue to use the micro-blogging site despite some hostile posts which included personal attacks against him. "Just in case anyone is under the mistaken impression that I've been bullied off twitter - sorry but here I am and I'm not going anywhere," Omar said in a tweet....
02:29 PM, Sep 01, 2011
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11:48 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: Some of the top bosses of Indian sports - Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah, CP Joshi, Praful Patel and Vilasrao Deshmukh on Tuesday attended the Cabinet meet on Sports Bill and their unanimous verdict was that the Bill is intrusive, draconian, authoritarian and unjust. Cornered at the Cabinet on Tuesday, it was the turn of Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken to hit out on Wednesday. "They are using Government...
09:42 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday directly attacked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for refusing to come under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Maken said that the board gets tax exemptions and land, and therefore is accountable to the people. Ajay Maken lashed out at the BCCI, a day after his Sports Bill aiming to bring sports bodies under RTI was sent back...
01:58 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: As India debates whether the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should come under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah removed his tweet slamming his father Farooq Abdullah for participating in Cabinet discussions even though he heads a sports body. Farooq Abdullah is the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association. In what is being seen as father...
12:16 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Tuesday rejected the Sports Bill which sought to regulate the operations of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and other sports bodies. Ajay maken's dream project has fallen through atleast for now - Sharad Pawar and Farooq Abdullah amongst its chief critics. It's clear that his move to include cricket along with other sports in the Bill and bring it under the...
07:03 AM, Aug 31, 2011
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