The Board of Control for Cricket in India will donate Rs. 1 crore to those affected by Sunday's tragedy.
New BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said he will strive to make the BCCI a more professional organization.
T S Krishnamurthy, appointed as an observer for the BCCI elections, said the present president cannot file his nomination.
BCCI chief Ranbir Singh Mahendra said the issue was blown out of proportion.
Ranbir Singh Mahendra has said that the selection committee will decide Sourav Ganguly's fate as captain
The BCCI said it will produce live telecast of the upcoming Test series and distribute it through Sony TV.
The BCCI denied that Glamorgan had approached it seeking Sourav Ganguly's release.
The BCCI has said that money would not be a factor when appointing the next coach of India.
Former West India batsman Desmond Haynes has also been called for an interview by the BCCI for the India coach post.
BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra said efforts are on 'to get in touch with 2-3 other former internationals from abroad before the final selection is made'.
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Sunil Gavaskar, S Venkatraghavan and Ravi Shastri are the other members of the committee
The three-member committee comprises BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, Kamal Morarka and Ranbir Singh Mahendra.
The company claims it was the lowest bidder for production rights of the India-Pakistan series.
The BCCI President said that Pakistan's tour is in doubt due to the long-running court battle over TV rights.
ZEE Telefilms shot off a letter to the BCCI, urging it to "leave the unpleasantness behind" and find a way to sort the telecast rights issue
The BCCI chief said the former India captain is not being selected as the selectors do not want to tamper with the wining combination.
'This team has been made to be fearful and distrusting by the rumour mongering and deceit that is Sourav's modus operandi of divide and rule.'
India's coach said he will discuss the happenings on the Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe tours at the review committee meeting on September 27.
India's captain, on returning from Zimbabwe, said he will talk to the BCCI on the issue if asked to.
President-elect Ranbir Singh Mahendra said the AGM had to be adjourned as it could not complete its business because of a stay order passed by a Chennai court.
When his attention was drawn to the comments made by his NCP colleague Praful Patel about moving Court, Pawar said "I will request him not to think and act like that."
Ranbir Singh Mahendra said that the BCCI would like to bid for the 2011 World Cup independently.
A committee, to be set up in the next 48 hours, will shortlist candidates and make its recommendations.
The BCCI will confirm the producer of live television feed for the India-Pakistan series by March 1.
Dalmiya, 74, has had a long-standing association with Indian cricket having first joined the BCCI way back in 1979 and served in various positions.
Goel, a left-arm spinner for generations, along with Mumbai's Padmakar Shivalkar, played their best cricket in the 1970's, an era that belonged to none other than the legendary Bishan Singh Bedi.
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