New Delhi: In more shocking revelations into the IPL scandal, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has said that Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra has admitted to betting in the Indian Premier League. Neeraj Kumar said, "Kundra was called because we got to know he was involved in betting. Kundra admitted that he was into betting." Kumar added that Kundra even placed bets on matches of his team Rajasthan Royals through...
01:37 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra has surrendered his passport to the Delhi Police and he will be questioned again in connection with the IPL scandal. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the police are probing whether Kundra was betting on matches, specially of his own team. Sources say Rajasthan Royals player Siddharth Trivedi told police that Kundra's business partner Umesh Goenka used to ask players for specific information during...
01:10 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals player Ankeet Chavan, who was suspended amidst the IPL spot-fixing scandal, is expected to surrender on Thursday. Ankeet had been granted was given conditional bail by a Delhi court till June 6 for his wedding. He is likely to surrender before a court in Saket in Delhi. Ankeet is likely to be sent to Tihar Jail where the other two accused players Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila...
10:23 AM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra has been allowed to leave for Mumbai but only after surrendering his passport to the Delhi Police, according to sources. Sources say Kundra has been asked not to leave the country. He has not been given a clean chit just yet after being questioned for hours in connection with the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal on Wednesday. Raj Kundra's friend Umesh Goenka on...
09:48 AM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals owner and actress Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra was questioned for almost 12 hours by the Delhi Police's Special Cell on Wednesday. Kundra's statement has been recorded and he may be called in for again. This comes as sources have told CNN-IBN that the police found some of Kundra's answers to be inconsistent. Officers have declined to officially state what Kundra is being questioned for. Sources...
09:19 AM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals owner and actress Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra was questioned for almost 12 hours by the Delhi Police's Special Cell on Wednesday. Kundra's statement has been recorded and he may be called in for questioning on Thursday as well. This comes as sources have told CNN-IBN that the police found some of Kundra's answers to be inconsistent. Officers have declined to officially state what Kundra is...
07:48 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Jaipur: A twelve-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling hook in Sriganganagar city with family members claiming he was apparently upset over actress Jiah Khan's death. Babu, a fifth class student of Gurunanak Basti in Sriganganagar district, on Tuesday committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling hook in his home, investigating officer (IO) Ramesh Kumar told PTI on phone. Deceased's family members told the...
07:27 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Where is the IPL spot-fixing and betting probe heading? CNN-IBN's managing editor Vinay Tewari joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. I MCOCA right invoked on Sreshanth..now how will not get bail for 6 months atleat.. Asked by: Manojwa A. Hi Manoj....the police have told us MCOCA has been added to the case...not against specific people as yet. And legally, people named in the same FIR can...
06:59 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals' owner Raj Kundra has been questioned by the Delhi police in matter relating to betting and spot-fixing case that has tainted Indian cricket. Three players from Rajasthan - Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - are in custody after being accused of spot-fixing in the sixth edition of the IPL. Kundra is the first person to be questioned after Maharashtra Control of...
11:04 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Jaipur: The Airport Authority of India is going to operationalise civil airports in Jaisalmer and Bikaner this year, AAI Chairman VP Agrawal said on Tuesday. Till date, both cities only have air force stations for flight operations. The AAI will also initiate survey of unused but potential airstrips and runways which could be revived in order to improve air connectivity in the state, Agrawal told reporters. "Jaisalmer airport, spread over...
11:13 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: Reeling under simmering heat and high humidity, North India got some reason to cheer on Tuesday as the eagerly-awaited monsoon advanced further to hit Goa two days ahead of its schedule. "The South-West monsoon had reached Kerala on June 1 and it took three days to hit Goa," IMD (Goa) Director KV Singh said. In the national capital, hot and sultry weather continued as the maximum temperature settled...
08:49 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: There's trouble for the arrested cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the IPL spot-fixing case. Prosecution has invoked the harsh Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against them. MCOCA is one of the most stringent laws. It provides for any confession made in front of the DCP in Delhi or the SP in any other state to be accepted as evidence. The MCOCA charge is...
01:14 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The bail pleas of suspended cricketer S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and 12 other accused in the IPL spot-fixing case will come up in Delhi's Saket court on Tuesday. This after the court extended Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila's judicial remand by a day on Monday. The Delhi Police had initially asked for an extension of up to June 5, which was dismissed by the court. Bookies Ashwani Aggarwal and...
07:46 AM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The IPL 6 spot-fixing and betting controversy has raised many questions about the BCCI as well as the current state of Indian cricket, and as revealed by an opinion poll conducted by CNN-IBN recently, the overwhelming response is one of disillusionment towards the governing body of the sport in India. The poll, conducted among residents of six cities - Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai - on...
09:00 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Mumbai: Alleged bookie Kishore Badlani was on Monday arrested by the Mumbai police in the IPL betting scandal and remanded in police custody till June 6 by a local court. Badlani alias Kishore Pune was detained this morning by the police's crime branch at the international airport and later arrested and produced before a metropolitan magistrate this afternoon. Kesu Pune alias Kishore Badlani is believed to be one of the...
04:45 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Jagmohan Dalmiya, who returned to the BCCI corridors of power on Sunday by taking over the duties of the cricketing body's president, will also handle the duties of the treasurer and the secretary, sources said on Monday. The two posts were vacated by Ajay Shirke and Sanjay Jagdale, who rejected the requests of BCCI board members to come back and are unlikely to return. In effect, Dalmiya will...
04:13 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP president Vasundhara Raje on Sunday said, the party, if voted to power, will take initiatives to improve condition of farmers in the state. Addressing the Suraj Sankalp Yatra in Nagaur district, Raje said the state government did not take any step for welfare of the farming community and did not consider the report of Kisan Ayog, which was submitted to the state government in 2012. The former...
03:15 AM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was on Sunday asked to take over BCCI's day to day activities by its members after its current chief stepped N Srinivasan stepped aside in the wake of the IPL scandal, told CNN-IBN that he is "confident of winning back the trust of the fans". Dalmiya was chosen to take over the BCCI's workings after a long meeting of the cricketing body's board members in...
11:25 PM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Arrested bookie Tinku Mandi has been sent to the custody of the Mumbai Police till June 6. Sources say he has admitted to having financial dealings with suspended Rajasthan Royals cricketers Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila. Cricketer Ankeet Chavan is set to get married to IT consultant Neha Sambari on Sunday after he was released on conditional bail which ends on the June 6. The cricketer was given...
08:18 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Lalit Modi has held Rajiv Shukla responsible for the entire "mess" in India Premier League and said by merely resigning from the position of the IPL chairman doesn't absolve the politician-cum-cricket administrator from his "wrongdoings". Shukla on Saturday resigned from the high-profile position in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal that rocked Indian cricket, a development which puts further pressure on the beleaguered BCCI President N Srinivasan to...
09:19 PM, Jun 01, 2013
