The top names in the Indian cricket administration are strongly defending BCCI chief N Srinivasan. ...
04:30 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Even as Law Minister Kapil Sibal proposed a new law to fight fixing in sports, his Cabinet colleagues Rajiv Shukla and Ajay Maken spoke in two different voices over the exemption of BCCI from the Right to Information Act. Union Minister Ajay Maken, who earlier held the sports portfolio, wants the BCCI brought under the Right to Information Act. He tweeted, "BCCI should agree to come under RTI....
07:56 AM, May 20, 2013
IPL chief and Union minister Rajiv Shukla has opposed his cabinet colleague Ajay Maken's demand to bring the BCCI under the RTI's ambit. ...
11:10 PM, May 19, 2013
Some more shocking details emerged on the third day of the recently surfaced spot-fixing scandal that has tarnished the credibility of the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Here's a breakdown of Saturday's major developments. BCCI chief N Srinivasan says IPL not fixed BCCI President N Srinivasan came down hard on the players arrested in the spot-fixing case, telling CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar that those found guilty should be sent to jail, while...
09:09 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Breaking his silence on the IPL spot-fixing scandal that has maligned Indian cricket, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla has said that he "was not hiding" and the BCCI will do everything it takes "to weed out" corruption. Here are the excerpts: CNN-IBN: Your first reaction, four cricketers in police custody, answering questions from police interrogators. There's s much alleged stories about them having nexus with the under-world, what is...
01:43 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Breaking his silence on the IPL spot-fixing scandal that has maligned Indian cricket, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla has said that he "was not hiding" and the BCCI will do everything it takes "to weed out" corruption. Here are the excerpts: CNN-IBN: Your first reaction, four cricketers in police custody, answering questions from police interrogators. There's s much alleged stories about them having nexus with the under-world, what is...
01:43 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: India have no plans to pull out of next month's Champions Trophy over a rumbling controversy surrounding a former Indian player's election to an International Cricket Council (ICC) panel, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. The BCCI has been accused of using its clout to get former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan elected to the ICC Cricket Committee. Sivaramakrishnan beat Australian Tim May...
09:57 PM, May 13, 2013
Jabalpur: IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla has said that discussions on inducting another team in the cash-rich Twenty20 league would be held soon after the end of the ongoing sixth edition of the tournament. "The issue of tenth team in the IPL would be discussed after the end of the current edition," Shukla said. He said that there would be no change in its current format, which permits only a maximum...
04:27 PM, May 12, 2013
Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said that cricket ties with Pakistan should not be targeted following the death of Sarabjit Singh. ...
03:54 PM, May 03, 2013
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla responded to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's comments on the possibility of Gujarat Chief Minister's Narendra Modi being nominated as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate. Taking a dig at Modi, Shukla said that, "Modi is praising himself on development as if no one else is doing any good work. That is what Nitish Kumar is saying, asking how can you talk of ...
04:03 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Rajiv Shukla, the IPL commissioner, says there is no credibility crisis and there are no cracks in the IPL business model. ...
11:16 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Mumbai: Questioning the rationale behind holding the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in drought-hit Maharashtra, leader of opposition in the state legislative council Vinod Tawade Sunday said he has written to the tournament organisers to reconsider the decision. "What sense does it make to use many thousand litres of water to maintain the pitch on which cricket matches are played," the BJP leader said. "Moreover, this water is used in...
09:45 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Kanpur: The decision on the post of Prime Minister will be taken after the 2014 general elections, which the Congress will contest under the leadership of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Rajiv Shukla said on Saturday. "Country's leadership is currently in the able hands of Dr Manmohan Singh. As far as the PM candidate for 2014 Lok Sabha polls is concerned, the Congress Parliamentary Party will take a decision...
01:55 AM, Mar 24, 2013
The Supreme Court on Thursday announced its verdict in the 1993 Bombay blasts case and sentenced actor Sanjay Dutt to five years in jail under the Arms Act. The actor has got support from not just Bollywood but also from political circles. ...
12:02 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla on Sunday said that the government has always provided adequate help to the state in need and would do maximum for the upliftment of the people of Bihar. ...
06:40 PM, Mar 17, 2013
The high-profile T20 tournament will be played from April 3 to May 26 and the first match will be between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils. ...
09:35 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party hit a new low on Sunday as senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar referred to Narendra Modi as a scorpion and a snake after the Gujarat Chief Minister called equated the Congress party with termites. ...
01:07 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Congress hit back at Narendra Modi for his comments on the UPA government during his address at the BJP National Executive meet. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said Modi's speech is full of lies. ...
03:32 PM, Mar 03, 2013
The visiting Australian players and officials had expressed concerns but BCCI assured them all safety measures would be in place. ...
01:52 PM, Feb 22, 2013
