Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal gets bail in graft case
- 13-Sep-2024
India’s Supreme Court granted bail on Friday to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, paving the way for his release almost six months after he was arrested. Kejriwal’s release is expected to boost the morale of his decade-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as it will allow him to campaign […]
India’s social media monitoring plan worries Supreme Court
- 13-Jul-2018
NEW DELHI: A government plan to monitor social media could turn India into a “surveillance state”, the Supreme Court was cited as saying on Friday as it asked the government to respond to such worries within two weeks, a lawyer involved in the case said. The government wants social media users monitored and fake news […]
Indian court bars student doctors over cheating
- 14-Feb-2017
NEW DELHI: India’s highest court Monday barred hundreds of students from becoming doctors after they were caught paying bribes and cheating on exams to gain admission into prestigious medical schools. Around 630 students from central Madhya Pradesh state were found to have copied answers, had proxies sit their exams or just outright paid to gain […]
India threatens to cancel England Test in funds row
- 08-Nov-2016
MUMBAI: India’s cricket board threatened Tuesday to cancel the first Test against England, less than 24 hours before it was due to begin, unless judges end a freeze on its bank accounts. The supreme court last month ruled that the board would have to seek prior approval from a special panel investigating its governance in […]
BCCI faces Supreme Court intervention after resisting reforms
- 07-Oct-2016
MUMBAI: The influential Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is facing a possible leadership crisis after the country’s Supreme Court demanded it accept sweeping changes by Friday. The BCCI finds itself on a sticky wicket after it agreed to implement only part of a raft of changes recommended by a court-appointed panel, which […]
India may miss ICC Champions Trophy – BCCI chief
- 04-Oct-2016
MUMBAI: Indian cricket boss Anurag Thakur warned Monday that a key reform demanded by the country’s highest court may force India to miss next year’s Champions Trophy in England and Wales. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) opposes a recommendation that would prevent cricket from being played up to 15 days after […]
Supreme Court bars ministers, bureaucrats from BCCI
- 18-Jul-2016
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has barred ministers and bureaucrats from holding posts in the country's cricket board (BCCI) as part of administrative reforms in the world's richest national cricket body.
Scandal-hit IPL loses sponsor Pepsi
- 18-Oct-2015
MUMBAI: India's cricket officials Sunday announced a new sponsor for the scandal-hit Indian Premier League (IPL) after Pepsi pulled out of the glitzy Twenty20 tournament.