Mumbai: After the Congress, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday demanded that Mumbai Cricket Association lift its five-year ban on actor Shah Rukh Khan from entering Wankhede Stadium.
Khan's Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians were set to face off at the Wankhede Stadium here Tuesday and the star would miss the match if the ban is not lifted.
Thackeray said it was "wrong" on the MCA's part to ban Khan from entering the stadium.
"He is the owner of the team. Is he some terrorist," Thackeray said....
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12:03 PM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: Sources say that actor and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) owner Shah Rukh Khan will not be attending his team's match against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday night. Shah Rukh reportedly wants to avoid any distractions ahead of the crucial game. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Congress unit earlier in the day wrote to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) asking them to allow Shah Rukh into the Wankhede Stadium for...
01:36 PM, May 07, 2013
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress unit has written to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) asking them to allow actor Shah Rukh Khan into the Wankhede Stadium for Tuesday's IPL match of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). KKR is to take on the Mumbai Indians but team owner Shah Rukh Khan can't attend the match after the MCA wrote a letter to the Churchgate Police station, asking them to keep him away from...
12:39 PM, May 07, 2013
Mumbai: The Mumbai Cricket Association has informed a local police station to prevent Kolkata Knight Riders principal owner Shah Rukh from entering the stadium, when his team takes on Mumbai Indians in the city on Tuesday. "We wrote a letter to Marine Lines police station today asking them not to allow Shah Rukh Khan inside the stadium tomorrow (when Kolkata Knight Riders play Mumbai Indians). This was after the police...
11:30 PM, May 06, 2013
With Mumbai Cricket Association making it clear that Shah Rukh Khan would not be allowed to attend his side's IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium, Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore today said the Bollywood star would be present at the ground "in spirit if not in person". ...
12:08 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The report said that a triple centurion, four double centurions and nine hundred-makers in the Elite group have missed out. ...
08:31 AM, Jan 13, 2013
Tickets for the second and final T20 between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium on December 22 will be sold only online. ...
07:54 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Tendulkar will be felicitated for completing 23 years in international cricket and for completing 100 centuries. ...
08:53 PM, Nov 19, 2012
The shifting of the match scheduled from November 3-5 was necessitated as there were a lot of security issues. ...
02:05 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Abhishek Nayar and Dhawal Kulkarni have been reprimanded by the MCA and dropped for a pre-season tournament in Nagpur. ...
02:47 PM, Sep 14, 2012
MCA is toying with an idea of erecting a statue of Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar at Wankhede Stadium. ...
04:19 PM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: Different versions of the spat between the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) officials and the Kolkata Knight Riders team owner Shah Rukh Khan are being reported with actor Chunkey Pandey's wife Bhavana saying that her daughter was one of the children the superstar was protecting at the Wankhede Stadium. "She was there and witnessed the whole thing," Bhavana tweeted, responding to a Twitter user's query on the incident. "Saying...
06:33 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Shiv Sena on Saturday lashed out at actor Shah Rukh Khan for the Wankhede brawl episode, saying he should have been handed a life ban by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). The party said in its mouthpiece 'Saamna', "Shah Rukh Khan has been insulted several times by the security at American airports but we didn't see him lose his cool there. The rich make their own law...
10:23 AM, May 19, 2012
Mumbai: Not many would dare to do what Vikas Balkrishna Dalvi accomplished. For several moments on Wednesday night, the 52-year-old security guard was the one man standing between Shah Rukh Khan and his entourage, and the Wankhede pitch. Whether as recompense or to de-escalate the situation, Vikas has been sent on temporary leave by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) officials. Speaking exclusively to MiD DAY, Vikas " whos been working at...
10:01 AM, May 19, 2012
Mumbai: The ugly row between the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and the Kolkata Knight Riders team owner Shah Rukh Khan may have been triggered off by the Bollywood superstar's refusal to oblige guests of some the MCA's officebearers, MiD DAY has learnt. According to a source, the MCA officebearers were hurt that Shah Rukh didnt sign autographs or pose for pictures with some of their guests. "There were some guests...
09:54 AM, May 19, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday seemed to be batting for Shah Rukh Khan in the IPL brawl case when she asked the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to "reconsider their decision". "We love Maharashtra... It's the capital city of India in respect to business. From Sachin to Shah Rukh... we love all... SRK is our brand ambassador. I don't know whether it will be right for me...
03:45 PM, May 18, 2012
Mumbai: Actor and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan has been banned for five years from entering the Wankhede Stadium over the alleged scuffle with the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) officials and the security staff. This came even as Shah Rukh claimed that it was the MCA officials who started the scuffle by manhandling children at the stadium. When asked whether the children were manhandled, MCA chief Vilasrao Deshmukh...
12:14 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Friday reportedly said that it may not impose a ban on actor Shah Rukh Khan if the latter apologised for his behaviour at the Wankhede Stadium post an IPL match on Wednesday night. Victory turned sour for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner, who had an altercation with the security and the officials of the association post the match. The MCA officials...
09:41 AM, May 18, 2012
The MCA is likely to meet today and take a final call on the spat between Shah Rukh Khan and its officials. ...
08:53 AM, May 18, 2012
Mumbai: The police have filed a non-cognisable offence against actor and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan over Wednesday's scuffle at the Wankhade stadium. While the actor insists that he was provoked first, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) will meet on Friday to finalise action against him. Not long after the Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off an edge of the seat win to seal their place in the play...
08:24 AM, May 18, 2012
