New Delhi: The BCCI Disciplinary Committee chief Arun Jaitley met Indian Premier League chief Rajeev Shukla on Friday to discuss the spot-fixing and illegal betting scandal in the IPL. Both the leaders met Law Minister Kapil Sibal demanding that a strong anti-fixing legislation be "enacted as soon as possible".
"We have requested Kapil Sibal to ensure that the strongest possible punishment is made in the new law to bring an end to fixing in all games," Shukla said after the meeting. "We will soon meet the Sports Minister (Jitendra Singh) because he also wants a strong law. We will request him that a law should be made," he added.
Indian cricket has been thrown into disarray because of the IPL spot-fixing scandal which led to the arrest of three players, including Test pacer S Sreesanth, and several bookies with underworld connections. The scandal has reached the doorstep of BCCI President N Srinivasan with the Mumbai Police summoning his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings owner Gurunath Meiyappan for questioning after his name cropped up during the interrogation of betting suspect and Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh....
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01:11 PM, May 24, 2013
IPL commissioner Rajeev Shukla said that all guilty will be punished whether they are administrators or players. ...
11:30 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: In a move that clearly depicts the BCCI's urgent need to clean up the mess in the aftermath of the spot-fixing scandal in the IPL, a number of important decisions were taken at the board's emergency Working Committee meeting in Chennai on Saturday. Two days after CNN-IBN had broken the story of the ICC having warned the Indian cricket board of the possible dangers of fixing in the ...
09:31 AM, May 20, 2013
Chennai: Jolted by the sensational IPL spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI's all-powerful working committee will hold an emergency meeting here on Sunday to discuss the fallout of the controversy and decide the future course of action against the three arrested cricketers. The BCCI is under intense pressure to take a tough stand as it is a second case of spot-fixing in the cash-rich IPL and indications are that they could even...
02:41 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Indian Premier League Chairman Rajeev Shukla Friday warned of "strongest possible action" against those players found guilty of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of the cash-rich league. Reacting to the sensational arrest of Indian paceman S Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates -- Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila -- Shukla said that the development has come as a shock for the organisers. The three Rajasthan Royals...
06:16 PM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar has written to the BCCI, requesting them to slot an "additional final" of the Indian Premier League in the city to raise help funds for the drought-hit people of Maharashtra. "The BCCI, in the past, has always come forward and helped in such matters. I earnestly request you to arrange for an additional final of the T20 league on May 28 to be played either...
03:52 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The IPL Governing Council is likely to shift the Qualifier and Eliminator matches from Chennai in order to allow respective teams with Sri Lankan players, freedom to choose their best playing eleven. The members of the IPL governing council will be meeting in Chennai on Monday to decide the fate of the first Qualifier at the Chepauk on May 21 and the Eliminator on the following day. "The...
11:49 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla feels that Sachin Tendulkar should be allowed to retire on his own terms considering the huge contribution the veteran batsman has made to Indian cricket. "He (Tendulkar) has made a huge contribution to Indian cricket and is a guiding spirit of the team. Nobody has to tell him to go. When Sachin feels, it's time; he will go on his own," Shukla said....
04:58 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Strong reactions coming in from the Congress leaders after Narendea Modi's speech targeting the UPA Government. Commenting on Modi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Rajeev Shukla said. "The speech that Modi gave shows that he is neither worthy nor capable of being a national leader". ...
11:40 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Shukla said that franchises wanted to only fill specific slots in their squads, adding that a full-fledged auction will be held next year. ...
05:39 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Accusing BJP of creating "instability" in Karnataka, Union Minister Rajeev Shukla said the current political situation has hurt the financial interests of the state on February 2. "The ongoing political crisis in Karnataka highlights the sorry state of affairs precipitated by an incompetent BJP government, which has been more focused in pulling out all stops to manufacture an artificial majority in the Assembly rather than providing effective governance to the...
06:41 PM, Feb 02, 2013
"Indian Hockey League is being run by responsible people and they understand the public sentiments," said IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla, who is also a member of Hockey India League's Governing Council. ...
07:10 PM, Jan 15, 2013
New Delhi: Despite several disruptions over FDI in retail and promotion quota bill issues, the Winter Session of Parliament (Nov 22-Dec 20) was better than the previous Monsoon Session, during which 13 out of 20 days were washed out to protests over faulty coal block allocations, the government said Thursday. "This was a better session," Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari told IANS. "It was a fruitful session as key...
11:14 AM, Dec 21, 2012
The participation of Pakistani players in the auction will be decided by the governing council at its next meeting. ...
06:50 PM, Nov 21, 2012
The Andhra Pradesh High Court said the on Azhar ban was unsustainable. ...
05:27 PM, Nov 08, 2012
The five venues for the limited-overs series in December-January are Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. ...
04:03 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Now the IPL team has time till September 15 to sort out its financial mess. ...
10:20 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla says that BCCI is satisfied with the improvement Yuvraj Singh is showing ...
03:40 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting to senior BJP leader LK Advani's comments on his blog on Sunday, whereby he wrote that a non-BJP, non-Congress PM was 'feasible' in 2014, the Congress said that it was nothing but an admission of defeat. "He has conceded defeat. He has said that a BJP prime minister cannot be made in the 2014 General Elections," said Congress leader Rajeev Shukla. "I hope that history repeats itself...
01:04 PM, Aug 05, 2012
Although this year's IPL drew massive crowds, it was rocked by a spate of controversies involving franchise owners as well as players. ...
01:10 PM, Jun 01, 2012
