In what could mean a clean chit to former Gujarat Director General of Police P C Pande, the Supreme Court appointed special investigation team has told a special court in Ahmedabad that there was no evidence of dereliction of duty by the IPS officer during the 2002 riots.
Newly-appointed Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ehsan Mani said that the dispute with the Board of Control for Cricket in India regarding bilateral series is beyond 'amicable settlement' as they are yet to find a common ground of solution.
Aziz Bouhaddouz headed an own goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time to give Iran a stunning 1-0 victory over Morocco in the first Group B game of the World Cup on Friday.
Describing India as a 'grey market' for gambling in cricket, former International Cricket Council chief Ehsan Mani urged the International Cricket Council to ask the Indian government to legalise betting.
Former International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani lashed out at the Pakistan Cricket Board for taking a "stubborn" stance when the 'spot-fixing' allegations first came out, saying it should have promptly suspended the tainted players.
Pakistan's cricket community reacted with shock to fresh allegations that some players took bribes for spot fixing in the current series against England.
The police has scheduled a press conference later in the day to give more details about the plot as security experts warned that the plotters could have been planning to blow up hydroelectric plants and transmission lines to hit the US. "There are ways of attacking the US through Canada. The whole energy for New York comes from Quebec," they said
General Ehsan Ul Haq, former director of the Inter Services Intelligence, has urged the United States to stop demonising the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and pressuring Pakistan to go after it, saying it's not a priority for the Pakistan army.
'Since 2002, we have not received any justice and we are still fighting for it.'
Zakia Jaffery, widow of slain ex-MP Ehsan Jaffery, killed in the 2002 riots at Gulburg society, and her family members, have been provided security by Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the instance of Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Paving the way for the trial court to pronounce its verdict in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, the Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated its stay order.
PCB chief wants ICC to pursue India on bilateral playing ties
Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani said there is a clear trust deficit between the ICC and the PCB.
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) today recorded the statement of former Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani, an accused in a 2002 post-Godhra riot case. The statement was recorded on a complaint filed by Zakia, whose husband Ehsan Jaffery, a former Congress MP was killed along with 69 others in a riot at Gulburg Society in Ahmedabad, SIT officials said.
Rubbishing Ehsan Mani's claim that PCB was dragging its feet on the resumption of international cricket in Pakistan by delaying the report on the Lahore attack, board chief Ejaz Butt said they were ready with the document but were awaiting government's clearance to submit it to ICC.
According to Girish Patel, human rights activist and senior advocate of Gujarat high court, Modi could easily avoid SIT till some time in April when the Supreme Court is likely to examine a proprietary and legal issue raised by Ram Jethmalani over the constitution of the SIT by the apex court. Ram Jethmalani is representing one of the accused in the Gulbarg Society case where Ehsan Jafri and 68 people were killed by the mob on February 28, 2002.
Zakia, whose husband and former MP Ehsan Jaffrey was killed during the 2002 riots in Gulburg society along with 69 others, has alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, his cabinet colleagues, police officials and senior bureaucrats aided and abetted post-Godhra riots.
Reacting to the SIT's summons in connection with Ehsan Jaffery murder case in 2002 riots, the Gujarat government on Thursday said the chief minister will cooperate with the process of law.
The Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team investigating the 2002 post-Godhra riots has summoned Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the Gulbarg Society massacre, on March 21.
Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the country's current international isolation.
Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the country's current international isolation.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia was questioned by Supreme Court-constituted Special Investigation Team, which is probing some cases of 2002 riots, for more than four hours in Gandhinagar on Monday.
Former president Ehsan Mani has backed the International Cricket Council's decision to persist with the Decision Review System, saying it has helped in reducing umpires' mistakes.
A former official of Pakistan's foreign office with links to the Shia group Tehrik-e-Islami has been detained by security agencies for his alleged connections with militants who carried out a suicide attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi frequented by military personnel.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia, who was summoned by the Special Investigation Team for questioning in a 2002 Gujarat riot case, failed to appear on Monday before the Supreme Court-constituted agency in Ahmedabad.
The Gujarat government on Friday stated that the Supreme Court did not have the power to stay the ongoing trial in the post-Godhra communal riots case and that the Special Investigation Team instituted by it cannot summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other accused in the murder of ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafri during the riots.
The Pakistan Sports Ministry on Friday said it has not received any report from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan team in Lahore last year.
While the task for the Special Investigation team (SIT) could be over with the questioning of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi some of his key cabinet colleagues are yet to be quizzed about their role in post-Godhra riots.
The 74-year-old R K Shah speaks about why he quit as a special public prosecutor, the problems he faced in trying to get the accused convicted and whether there is eveidence against Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the case.
India and Pakistan meet in their opening World Cup match at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday. Ahead of what promises to be a thrilling contest here's a fact-file on the teams.
Pakistan Cricket Board managing director Wasim Khan said that they need to move forward as they could not wait forever to play India.
Zakia Jaffery, wife of slain ex-MP Ehsan Jaffery, on Thursday welcomed the special investigation team's move to summon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning with regard to a post-Godhra riots case.
Earlier, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had made it clear to their Bangladesh counterparts that it will not host them on a neutral venue during the upcoming home series in January-February.
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday shared dais with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who had appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with the 2002 riots case.
Ignoring calls of shunning a function attended by Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday shared the dais with the Gujarat chief minister at a convocation in Gandhinagar, hours after he was questioned by Special Investigation Team in a 2002 riots case.
Indian boxers came good on Sunday as they advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian Youth Boxing Championship in Tehran, Iran.
Hong Kong's victory over Nepal in their first match and the abandonment due to rain in the second means no team can close the gap on Netherlands and PNG, who became the first two teams from the ICC World Cricket League Championship (WCLC) to confirm their places in the CWCQ.
'There appears to be no end to the errors that our leaders are willing to commit and no risk they are unwilling to run,' notes Mihir S Sharma.
The court had concluded the arguments on quantum of sentence on Friday last week after taking into consideration submissions made by both the prosecution and defence lawyers as well as the lawyer of the victims.
Sania Mirza and her Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik seem to have finally got the time to celebrate their respective recent victories.
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