New Delhi: Rattled by the spot-fixing scandal that has shaken Indian cricket, IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla and BCCI vice-President Arun Jaitley on Friday met Law Minister Kapil Sibal, demanding that a strong anti-fixing legislation be "enacted as soon as possible".
"Today Arun Jaitley, who is a BCCI vice-President and the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee and me met Law Minister Mr Kapil Sibal and requested that the strongest possible law should be made to crack down on match-fixing," Shukla told reporters after the meeting.
"We welcome the initiative. The strongest possible punishment should be given. We want a law to be enacted as quickly as possible because in the absence of a law, these people are taking advantage," he said.
"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....
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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
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01:43 PM, May 18, 2013
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09:57 PM, May 13, 2013
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04:27 PM, May 12, 2013
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09:45 PM, Mar 31, 2013
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. ...
01:55 AM, Mar 24, 2013
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12:02 PM, Mar 22, 2013
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09:35 PM, Mar 06, 2013
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01:07 PM, Mar 04, 2013
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03:32 PM, Mar 03, 2013
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01:52 PM, Feb 22, 2013
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06:48 PM, Jan 23, 2013
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01:00 PM, Dec 18, 2012
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02:37 PM, Dec 12, 2012
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01:05 PM, Nov 30, 2012
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