West Bengal sports minister Subhas Chakraborty said the former BCCI president's faction had not leaked coach Greg Chappell's email on Sourav Ganguly.
Jagmohan Dalmiya refused to resign from the president's post of the Cricket Association of Bengal.
Jagmohan Dalmiya was banned for misappropriation of funds and would not be allowed to hold any position at the national or state level.
In his desperate bid to bring back the India-England World Cup match to Eden Gardens, Cricket Association of Bengal chief Jagmohan Dalmiya on Saturday called on Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, though authorities in Kolkata denied taking any political help.
Sharad Pawar said pending the Board's action, Jagmohan Dalmiya can attend BCCI meetings as president of Cricket Association of Bengal.
Life might have come a full circle for astute cricket administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya after being appointed the Interim BCCI chief nearly six and half years after he was expelled from the same office, but he does not consider this an individual victory.
BCCI interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya congratulated the Indian cricket team for winning the Tri-Nation series at Port of Spain.
The BCCI Working Committee decided to maintain status quo on the issue of telecast rights.
Jagmohan Dalmiya said he will attend ICC executive board, development board and annual conference on behalf of the BCCI.
BCCI's interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is likely to represent the Indian Cricket Board at the International Cricket Council's annual conference scheduled to start in London from June 23.
The Calcutta high court on Friday took up Jagmohan Dalmiya's perjury case against the Board of Control for Cricket in India and its president Sharad Pawar for allegedly producing false documents before it. Justice Nadira Patheriya directed that the matter be heard on April 18.
It was Dalmiya's decision to open sports broadcasting to private channels in the country. Until the late 1990s, Doordarshan held sole rights to broadcasting BCCI events in India. Dalmiya along with IS Bindra, another cricket administrator, took on the state and fought for air waves to be opened up in cricket broadcasting.
Chirayu Amin has been appointed new chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL), while former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was dropped from the Governing Council of the IPL.
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.
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.
The Mumbai police was directed not to arrest former BCCI secretary S K Nair, and treasurers Kishore Rungta and Jyoti Bajpai in the misappropriation of funds case.
The BCCI chief said "positive signals" are coming from the Indian government.
The cricket mogul won the International Journal of History of Sport achievement award for his contribution to the world of sport.
Taking his battle a step further, a miffed Jagmohan Dalmiya on Tuesday accused the International Cricket Council of double standards and claimed that the Wankhede Stadium, venue for the World Cup final, cannot get clearance by means of hosting a Twenty20 match.
A Bhopal Divisional Cricket Association member has alleged that BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya's appointment as patron-in-chief till 20O7 amounts to contempt of court.
He had bailed out N Srinivasan at his most critical juncture but former ICC and BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya has been left in the lurch if the various sub-committees formed at BCCI's Annual General Meeting on Sunday is any indication.
According to former BCCI president I S Bindra, Dalmiya did this for his political survival.
Former BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya says he has become a victim of conspiracy.
Jagmohan Dalmiya would take over as the President of the Asian Cricket Council at its Annual General meeting to be held in London on Tuesday.
'There is no one to lend solidity to the middle order and he would be the right person,' said Kiran More, former chairman of selectors.
The BCCI is still awaiting a formal communication from the Centre about the go-ahead for the cricket team's tour to Pakistan.
Former BCCI president has been accused of misappropriation of funds during the 1996 World Cup
The BCCI chief said if the court had no objection to Jadeja playing the Ranji Trophy, the board won't come in the way.
Outgoing interim chief of BCCI Jagmohan Dalmiya admitted that Bombay High Court's verdict of terming the two-member probe panel "illegal and unconstitutional" has put them in an "embarrassing position."
The BCCI chief said the Indian trainer's resignation had nothing to do with his contract.\n\n
Former West Bengal Director General of Police Dinesh Bajpai will take on the veteran cricket administrator in the Cricket Association of Bengal's election for president.
Paying rich tribute to Jagmohan Dalmiya who passed away recently, Cricket Association of Bengal president-designate Sourav Ganguly said that the former BCCI chief was one administrator who had only friends all over the world.
The six-nation tournament was originally scheduled for April in Pakistan at the end of India's forthcoming Test series.
The BCCI chief ruled out the possibility of the issue figuring at the ICC's Executive Committee meeting.
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