The RCA said both had brought disrepute to the association.
The Rajasthan Cricket Association suspended its vice president him for "disgracing" the members.
BCCI vice-president Kamal Morarka said the appointment as BCCI patron-in-chief is in accordance with the rules laid down in the Board's constitution.
A prominent businessman from Mumbai on Friday revealed that he has acquired 29 items of Mahatma Gandhi memorabilia at a recent auction in the United Kingdom. "I am delighted to acquire the items, which are of national interest. I would have been happier had the government acquired them," said Kamal Morarka, former Union minister and publisher.
A lot is riding on the Rajya sabha polls that are scheduled for Saturday. Major parties are whisking away candidates of other parties, while protecting their own, MLAs are being sent to 'camps' in the final countdown to the polls for 57 seats. Here is a state-by-state look:
A minor accident led to Patekar pulling the gun on a young businessman.
Gautam Dasgupta would represent the Cricket Association of Bengal at the BCCI's Annual General Meeting to be held on September 27 and 28.
The actor apprehended arrest in a complaint filed by businessman Utkarsh Morarka, who claimed that Patekar had threatened him with a gun.
BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya and vice-presidents Kamal Morarka and Ranbir Singh Mahendra will meet on December 11.
Mumbai will host to a meeting of the World Trade Centres' Association after a gap of 20 years.
The three Tests against Sri Lanka would be played between Dec 2 and 22.
The BCCI's Tours and Programmes and Fixtures Committee felt an NCA team lacks the experience to play at the inter-zonal tournament.
The three-member committee comprises BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, Kamal Morarka and Ranbir Singh Mahendra.
You aren't dealing with a normal, civilised, law. The NDPS Act, in its preconditions for bail, and insistence on evidence of innocence rather than guilt, is worse than UAPA. Imagine yourself or your child at the other end of this, observes Shekhar Gupta.
In a move aimed at consolidation of opposition forces, six constituents of the erstwhile 'Janata Parivar' will soon become one party as their leaders on Thursday authorised Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to work out the "modalities" in that direction.
More than two decades after the then Janata Dal disintegrated, six of its constituents merged on Wednesday to form a new party which will be headed by Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav.
'If somebody in your family listens more to your neighbour than you, then doesn't the fault lie with you also? This is what is happening in Kashmir.'
A down-to-the-wire contest is likely in some of the seats in the high-stakes Rajya Sabha elections in seven states, especially in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Haryana, where the fate of candidates including senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal and senior lawyer R K Anand is being decided on Saturday.
The deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended on Friday afternoon.
It's easier to claim a slice of Gandhi memorabilia in the West than in India, says Kishore Singh
Much of the tardy reaction to competition is the result of LIC's legacy.
Pitching for larger opposition unity, six constituents of the erstwhile Janata Parivar on Monday shared dais at a mahadharna slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party's 'divisive' politics and accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of telling lies and not fulfilling poll promises on black money.
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