According to former BCCI president I S Bindra, Dalmiya did this for his political survival.
The BCCI announced an initial list of 17 players who will be awarded yearly contracts.
British Minister of State for Immigration and Citizenship Tony McNulty presented the award to Bilimoria, who is the youngest chancellor of the Thames Valley University.
The BCCI said on Wednesday it was making arrangements on its own to broadcast next month's Test series against Australia.
After controversy over the telecast rights, the BCCI is planning to make arrangements to broadcast the India-Australia series.
It is learnt that the former president sent a 29-page reply to the show cause notice issued to him for alleged misappropriation of the 1996 World Cup funds.
The BCCI may not have accepted his resignation but Rajeev Shukla said he would not take up the IPL chairman's post next year.
Former skipper Sourav Ganguly preferred to remain tight-lipped about whether he is a possible contender for the job of India coach, saying "let's not speculate".
Zee Telefilms claimed Rs 1630 crore for the "losses caused to us" due to the cancellation of the telecast rights.
The Cricket Association of Bengal dubbed the suspension of Jagmohan Dalmiya by the BCCI as "unfair and unjust".
Sharad Pawar said pending the Board's action, Jagmohan Dalmiya can attend BCCI meetings as president of Cricket Association of Bengal.
Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani included seven former governors and five former Union ministers in the council.
The Madras high court came down heavily on former BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya for termination of the tender process for telecasting cricket matches in the country.
The BCCI's review committe will look to resolve the Ganguly-Chappell spat.
Former BCCI president Inder Singh Bindra rebutted talk of a 'secret understanding' with the Jagmohan Dalmiya faction.
The Kolkata high court stayed the BCCI's AGM till conclusion of the hearing on an appeal filed by the Jagmohan Dalmiya group.
All three observers appointed by Kolkata high court -- K N Singh and M M Punchi and S C Sen -- were present at the meeting.
However, the cricket Board's ruling combine threatened to move court against the decision of the observers.
Former BCCI president has been accused of misappropriation of funds during the 1996 World Cup
The former BCCI president raised questions on the award of global media rights by the Board and alleged that it has lost Rs 81.40 crore on the deal.
The Pune District civil court told the BCCI it cannot suspend the cricketer without holding an inquiry.
A consensus builder, Jaitley was regarded by some as Modi's original 'Chanakya'.
The Indian World Cup team members, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and star batsman Virat Kohli, arrived home.
Jagmohan Dalmiya resigned as president of the Asian Cricket Council and the Afro-Asian Cricket Cooperation.
New BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said he will strive to make the BCCI a more professional organization.
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BCCI officials met Dr. Manmohan Singh to request him to exempt tax for next year's ICC Champions Trophy
I S Bindra had on Friday alleged that the former BCCI chief and coach Greg Chappell had hatched a conspiracy to keep Ganguly out of the Indian team.
Prasar Bharti will telecast all the Test matches and one-day internationals in the coming months involving India, Australia, South Africa and Pakistan.
Sourav Ganguly is likely to go for another appeal against the six-match ban slapped on him by the ICC
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.
The Madras High Court on Monday stayed an order of a single judge who had held that termination of tender proceedings was 'improper'.
At a function in Delhi where Tourism and Culture Minister Jagmohan on Friday presented the National Tourism Awards for 2003, Kerala was adjudged the best state for tourism-related programmes.
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