New Delhi: Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi, while defending himself and his tenure in the IPL, said he had information about match-fixing and spot-fixing in the sport and that he had told CEO Sundar Raman about irregularities in IPL. He also said he was attacked and criticised for trying to bring "accountability and transparency" in IPL.
"There should be zero-tolerance against incidents such as spot-fixing and there should be accountability in the sport despite big money being involved," Modi said, slamming the current management of the League. Three Rajasthan Royals bowlers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested on Thursday on charges of spot fixing.
Modi, who was incharge of IPL in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and was instrumental in launching IPL, said during his tenure as the chief, all precautions were taken against match-fixing and spot fixing and that everyone always "operated as a family". "I was always saying this was waiting to happen. I believe that there is more to this controversy. There is credibility crisis in the organisation," Modi said.
He also alleged that IPL rules are being destroyed to benefit some owners. He defended himself and said he was "the target of underworld because I had zero tolerance towards match-fixing"....
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07:23 PM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai: Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi's niece, Jayati Modi, is all set to make her debut with Dharma Productions' 'Gippi'. The young actress says her selection in the film had nothing to do with the fact that she comes from an influential background. "The fact that I am his niece held no influence on me being a part of the film," she told IANS. "No one even...
11:23 AM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)-appointed disciplinary committee, looking into the alleged financial irregularities by suspended Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi, is likely to complete its investigation by the end of this month, a move being objected to by the defence. The three-member Committee met for two consecutive days in the national capital - April 22 and 23 for over two hours each during...
04:33 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Mumbai: In a fresh trouble for former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, DRI has issued a show cause notice to him and two others for evasion of customs duty of Rs 18.32 crore in the import of an aircraft. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence sources said on Tuesday that the aircraft was imported with the involvement of "dummy" companies floated by Modi to evade customs duty by showing it as one...
05:55 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Mumbai: Former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi's young niece Jayati, who is making her acting debut with Karan Johar's 'Gippi', says she took up acting because of superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The 17-year-old will be seen in Johar's upcoming home production, directed by Sonam Nair. "Whenever I am upset I prefer watching Shah Rukh's movie. I think his onscreen presence is so powerful that it has the ability to make you...
04:46 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Claiming that he has got the only copy of 'slapgate' video, former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi on Friday claimed that the BCCI had not made the footage of the incident public on the suggestion of vice-president Arun Jaitley and said he would now consider releasing it. "The idea of not releasing the vid in public was Arun Jaitley's at that time. We accepted wht he said. But let...
10:36 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi's niece Jayati is set for her Bollywood debut. She will be seen in filmmaker Karan Johar's upcoming film 'Gippi'. The 16-year-old plays her age as school girl Shamira. She landed the role through social media. "The auditions were conducted through Facebook and Jayati got to know about it through one of her friends. She registered in Delhi with a group...
11:11 AM, Apr 10, 2013
The second edition of the tournament came under the scanner for alleged financial irregularities and led to the sacking of the then commissioner Lalit Modi. ...
09:18 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Former Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi will stay in Britain for now as the UK has asked India to seek his extradition as per law. According to sources, Britain cited rule book to India on Lalit Modi and said an extradition can be considered only when such a request is backed by a court order. ...
11:36 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has denied any role in the attempt to access senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley's phone records. Modi's name surfaced in the controversy as someone whose call records were being sought as well as also possibly as someone who might have had a hand in this. ...
07:26 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Arun Jaitley, Vijay Goel, Sudhanshu Mittal and Nitin Gadkari - all these BJP leaders were allegedly on the radar of private detective Anurag Singh and his aides. Police are investigating whether this could have be done by rival factions within the BJP itself. ...
08:50 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Modi has said that spot-fixing is 'rife in the game' and that he has survived three attempts on his life for refusing to fix IPL matches. ...
10:52 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: Exploring the possibilities of bringing back former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi, who is facing charges of financial irregularities in the conduct of the T-20 cricket tournament, India has written to the British Foreign Office on the issue. The former IPL commissioner has been staying in the UK for nearly two years. This comes two days after, according to sources, the Finance Ministry wrote to the...
06:23 PM, Nov 14, 2012
New Delhi: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday clarified that his co-operation with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its investigations into the allegations of financial irregularities against him in the conduct of Twenty 20 cricket tournaments remained full and unequivocal. "I have constantly re-iterated my willingness to co-operate with any further questioning by the Indian authorities. I remain legally resident in England and the general nature of the current...
05:36 PM, Nov 13, 2012
New Delhi: The government has initiated fresh steps to bring back former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, facing charges of financial irregularities in the conduct of the T-20 cricket tournament, from the UK where he has been staying for nearly two years. The Finance Ministry, sources said, has written to the External Affairs Ministry pointing out that Modi continues to stay in the UK for a long time even though his...
10:25 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The Court of Appeal has rejected the former IPL chairman’s appeal against the amount of damages he had been instructed to play Cairns. ...
05:14 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Lalit Modi had claimed that Board president N Srinivasan was trying to gift the Hyderabad franchise to his friends. ...
08:03 PM, Oct 27, 2012
"So finally Sun TV has got an IPL franchise. I had predicted 3 months ago it will be SUN as BCCI president wanted it that way," Modi tweeted. ...
11:02 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi appeals to the BCCI to run the T20 league properly in the wake of Deccan Chargers failing to find a new buyer. ...
10:02 AM, Sep 14, 2012
