Rahul Sharma

Ganguly backs under-fire Rahul Sharma

The Mumbai Police confirmed that Rahul , who was arrested at a rave party on May 20, tested positive for drugs. ...  

Rahul Sharma, Wayne Parnell test positive for drugs

Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell who played in IPL 5 for Pune Warriors India were caught at a Mumbai rave party on May 20. ...

Rave party: Rahul, Parnell test positive

Presently the Indian legspinner, Rahul Sharma is in Sri Lanka for the one-day series starting on Saturday. ...  

Juhu 'rave' party: cricketers' test reports awaited

Mumbai: At least 44 out of the 46 people who were arrested from a rave party on May 20 in Mumbai during the IPL have tested positive for drugs. However, the medical reports of cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell, who attended that party, are still awaited. Ninety-two people were detained at the venue after the Mumbai police busted the party. Twenty-seven of the attendees have tested positive for cannabis,...  

India 'A' off to a good start against WI 'A'

India 'A' bowled out West Indies 'A' for 252 on the opening day of their four-day unofficial Test. ...  

Ganguly not ready to rule himself out of IPL 6

Ganguly went through a lean patch both as a batsman and a skipper with Pune Warriors this season. ...  

'Rave' party: Police trying to decode invite

Mumbai: Two disc jockeys who played music at the rave party in suburban Juhu hotel were on Tuesday called to the police station for the second consecutive day for probe into the matter even as the investigators are trying to decode the language used in the invitation, police said. "DJ brothers Romeo and Deepesh Sharma of Designer Hippies were today called to the station for the second day and their...  

IPL cricketers deny drug use at the Mumbai party

Mumbai: In yet another blow to IPL's image, cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell were found attending a party busted by the Mumbai police. Police claimed illegal drugs were recovered from the party venue at a Juhu hotel. The players though deny any involvement. Both Parnell of South Africa and Rahul, who play for Pune Warriors, claimed innocence with the Indian leg spinner saying he will quit cricket if his...  

Rave party: BCCI not to comment till probe is over

BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale, however, said that the board and IPL are aware of the reports on the rave party. ...  

I didn't know it was a 'rave' party: Shilpa Sakhlani

Television actor Shilpa Sakhlani who was present at the party last night claimed innocence, saying she didn't know it was a 'rave' party. ...

I was told it's a birthday party: Rahul Sharma on 'rave' party

Pune Warriors India player Rahul Sharma said he would stop playing cricket if his medical tests come positive. ...

Rahul Sharma pleads innocence in rave row

The Pune spinner said that he had gone to the hotel to attend a birthday party and had no idea about a rave party. ...  

I didn't know about a 'rave' party: Rahul Sharma

New Delhi: India and Pune Warriors India cricketer Rahul Sharma on Monday refuted allegation that he was present at a rave party at a Mumbai hotel, claiming that he had gone there to attend a birthday celebration. "I was invited to a birthday party. Wayne Parnell was with me, I did not know that there was a rave party at the hotel," said the spinner, who along with his Pune...  

Mumbai: 'Rave' party organiser sent to custody

Mumbai: The organiser of the party in Mumbai where drugs were allegedly being used has been remanded to police custody till May 25. The organiser, Vishesh Vijay Handa, was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs Act after the police busted the party on Sunday night in Mumbai. The reported presence of two Indian Premier League (IPL) players, Rahul Sharma of India and Wayne Parnell of South Africa, at the party has...  

Mumbai: Rave party busted, IPL players quizzed

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police busted an alleged rave party at a hotel in Juhu on Sunday night. At least 100 people including 38 women, mostly foreign nationals, were detained. The police have also arrested the party organiser, Vishesh Vijay Handa, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Two international cricketers, Rahul Sharma of India and Wayne Parnell of South Africa, who play in the IPL for Pune Warriors...  

Rave party busted, 2 IPL players detained

Mumbai Police have detained more than 80 people and claim to have recovered large quantities of cocaine from the Juhu hotel. ...  

India ill-prepared for the Australia tour

Insight Edge |  Aakash Chopra

Now that the series against the West Indies is in the bag, is it worth asking how we should've treated it? Should it have been ...

Gujarat govt targets another IPS officer

New Delhi: DIG Rahul Sharma has become the second IPS officer in Gujarat to be charged with misconduct and misbehaviour. Sharma is in trouble allegedly for handing over two CDs containing locations of politicians during the 2002 riots in Ahmedabad. Sharma has been asked to respond to the chargesheet in 30 days. While the Gujarat government may have played it safe in chargesheeting Sharma on just two grounds, activists believe...  

Gujarat IPS officer chargesheeted for misconduct

New Delhi: Gujarat IPS officer Rahul Sharma was chargesheeted for indiscipline on Saturday. He was chargesheeted for misconduct in taking away CDs from the 2002 riots case papers. The chargesheet came a day after Home Mininister P Chidambaram said that the Centre is willing to intervene in the IPS officers versus Gujarat Government fight. Sharma's lawyer Mukul Sinha said, "This is shocking, we are studying the chargesheet. They have targeted...  

Guj HC rejects petition of IPS officer Sharma

Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Friday rejected IPS officer Rahul Sharma's petition seeking details of the grounds on which he was served a show cause notice by the state government in February this year over providing phone call records related to the 2002 riots. Justice Abhilasha Kumari, hearing the case, said the court did not find it appropriate to interfere when an alternative statutory provision for appeal was available to...