Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi proposed the name of veteran administrator I S Bindra as a possible successor to N Srinivasan, who has rejected demands for his resignation as BCCI president in the wake of arrest of his son-in-law on charges of betting in IPL.
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Saturday demanded that Chennai Super Kings be terminated from the League after the arrest of the team's owner Gurunath Meiyappan.
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi hit out at cricket administrators over the arrest of three cricketers for their alleged role in spot-fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League, saying the ICC and BCCI have been 'sleeping'.
Claiming to have been vindicated after the Supreme Court barred N Srinivsan from contesting BCCI Presidential elections owing to conflict of interest, sacked IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said the verdict will clean up corruption in the game.
A senior BCCI official rubbished former IPL chairman Lalit Modi's claims that Board president N Srinivasan was trying to gift the Hyderabad franchise to his friends, saying the whole process of Sun TV winning the bid was done in a transparent manner.
Former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi hailed the Supreme Court's observation that N Srinivasan should step down as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India to facilitate a fair probe into the IPL spot-fixing scandal, saying the Tamil Nadu strongman must now be shown the door once and for all.
Amid continuous disruptions by Opposition members, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has convened an all-party meeting on Thursday to discuss better functioning of the Lok Sabha, proceedings of which have been virtually washed out in the monsoon session so far.
The Congress president was angry with Tharoor over the leak of his views against party's stalling tactics in Parliament in the media.
The monsoon session of Parliament beginning Tuesday is set to be stormy as Congress and several other Opposition parties appeared to be closing ranks to corner the government on a range of issues including Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi controversy.
Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra came down hard on the Board of Control for Cricket in India over its handling of the Indian Premier League, saying recent controversies are a 'dampener' for the cash-rich tournament.
Former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has settled his libel case against England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke out of court, an ECB statement said on Wednesday.
Rahane and a few Rajatshan Royals players, who had come for training found the SMS gates locked by the sports council employees for close to half an hour before they could enter after the intervention from franchise officials.
Keith Vaz, Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MP was on Thursday re-elected as chair of the British Parliament's influential Home Affairs Select Committee.
The Modi sarkar said that the former even though the IPL boss committed all offences during the UPA rule no action had been taken by them.
Sadly, the Lodha panel verdict on the IPL spot-fixing scandal of 2013 can't guarantee such incidents won't happen in the future, says Bikash Mohapatra/Rediff.com.
India changed its stance towards Britain over Lalit Modi who has ED cases against him, and Vasundhara Raje, who gave the ruling BJP its most triumphant victory in Rajasthan, is in the dock for alleged nepotism.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who has been facing the opposition's pressure to quit in connection with the 'Lalitgate' may have survived the first salvo, but it remains to be seen how dexterously she manages the show in the coming days, says Prakash Bhandari.
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi fired a fresh salvo at BCCI president N Srinivasan, alleging that he is trying to "gift" the Hyderabad franchise to his "friends".
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday left for New York where she is going to participate in the International Yoga Day event being organised by the Indian Mission at the United Nations.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India president N Srinivasan on Tuesday rubbished Lalit Modi's claim that the 2009 auction of Andrew Flintoff was rigged.
Faced with the tricky issue of how to deal with the possible re-entry of banned former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi into Rajasthan Cricket Association, the BCCI has decided to become a party in the Supreme Court case challenging the RCA polls and get its position clarified.
The two-day hearing of the Cricket Board's Disciplinary Committee probing allegations of financial irregularities against former IPL chairman Lalit Modi, which was scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday, in New Delhi, has been put off to next month.
The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League will go ahead next month without the Indian cricketers after talks failed with the Indian board (BCCI), Sri Lankan sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Reuters on Friday.
Former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi has lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India, claiming that the 2009 auction was rigged in favour of the Chennai Super Kings, whose owner is the current BCCI president N Srinivasan.
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Saturday blamed BCCI President N Srinivasan's arrogant style of functioning for Sahara Group's decision to snap all the ties with the Cricket Board.
In a setback to former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, the Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed his plea seeking reconstitution of the BCCI-appointed disciplinary panel probing allegations of financial irregularities against him.
The International Cricket Council confirmed that it had received a letter from Lalit Modi in 2013 in which the former IPL commissioner alleged that three players were bribed by a business tycoon.
Relieved after winning a libel suit against axed IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, who had accused him of match-fixing, former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said he feels "complete vindication".
Axed IPL commissioner Lalit Modi will be appealing against the London High Court's verdict in the libel case filed against him by former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns.
Government on Thursday claimed that it had Congress "cornered" on the penultimate day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament.
Volunteers of Aam Aadmi Party's youth wing demand the resignation of the external affairs minister in Lalitgate.
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has been declared bankrupt in a London court over unpaid bills of 65,000 pounds (Rs 53 lakh approx) owed to a private security firm.
Enforcement Directorate has issued notice to the BCCI to explain transfer and routing of funds to the tune of Rs 1,600 crore in the conduct of the second season of Indian Premier League cricket tournament.
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Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns has sued former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi in a London court claiming that his career was turned into "dust" because of the latter's tweet accusing him of corruption.
The stormy monsoon session of Parliament came to an end on Thursday, becoming a virtual washout and delaying legislations which could not be passed because of continuous acrimony.
Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns' libel suit against sacked Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi will come up for hearing in the London High Court on March 5.
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Wednesday claimed that he was threatened by the underworld and there have been three attempts to kill him for refusing to fix Indian Premier League matches.
'The Congress has no moral right to throw mud at others. The Gandhis talking of corruption sounds worse than the devil quoting scripture.'
Owners of IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala on Wednesday moved the Bombay High Court to challenge the BCCI's decision to terminate the team's contract at its Annnaul General Meeting.
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