As former CAG Vinod Rai apologises to Sanjay Nirupam of the Congress, we revisit the scam that changed Indian politics, bolstered AAP and BJP.
Senior Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam calls the 2G spectrum case a politically-motivated move and holds it accountable for the current situation of the Congress party.
Diana Edulji said that the CoA should have handled Rahul Johri matter better. Not everyone is above the board, she claimed
But BCCI didn’t get a single dollar of $570 million of the projected ‘Big Three’ formula for India. Amicus Curie mediation was very constructive; 75-80% state associations were very happy with whatever CoA did.
Vinod Rai, who implemented the cricket reforms, says the BCCI will have to prove to the Supreme Court that some rules it approved were ‘impractical’.
The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators said the constitutions of Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Maharashtra are not in accordance with the BCCI stipulations.
CoA chief Vinod Rai said that the committee wouldn't have given the Kapil Dev-led three-member CAC the go-ahead if they did find any conflict of interest in them being appointed to pick the head coach of the Indian men's team
The complaint was filed by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Life member Sanjeev Gupta stating that Dravid has taken a "Leave of Absence" and not resigned from his position at India Cements (owners of IPL franchise CSK) before taking up the role of National Cricket Academy's Director of Cricket
The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA), which last week extended the deadline of holding state elections by two weeks to September 28, had issued an ultimatum to state bodies to put their house in order by September 12
As per the Vinod Rai-led panel, seven of the 38 state units were non-compliant as recent as last week. The list now has been reduced to four -- Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh.
Not all BCCI members have complied with Lodha Committee recommendations, but CoA head Vinod Rai expects 30-plus states to take part in BCCI elections on October 22.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given in writing that it would adhere to the anti-doping policy of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), thus becoming a National Sports Federation
The government on Monday bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir to create two Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir but the Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) won't have any separate state body for the newest UT for the time being
The Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) finally got the go-ahead to pick the next India coach. The Committee of Administrators (CoA) received the ‘no conflict’ declaration from the members of the CAC, which also includes Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy.
Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy will comprise the three-member committee to select Indian cricket team’s next head coach, the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) decided on Friday.
Social media was abuzz with talks of a cold war between Kohli and Sharma after it was reported that the two have had a fallout following India's loss to New Zealand in the World Cup semifinals. CoA chief Vinod Rai has refuted those allegations.
The CoA, which was appointed by the Supreme Court in January 2017 to oversee the sweeping reforms recommended by the Lodha panel, announced election date for BCCI and state cricket associations after due consultation with the apex court-appointed amicus curiae P S Narsimha
The former CAG cited the example of South Africa, which was banned for 21 years from 1970 till 1991 due to the apartheid when black South Africans were racially discriminated against.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.