Topic: Rahul Johri
BCCI CEO Rahul Johri to take gender sensitisation classes today, 2 days before SC hearing
SC hearing on BCCI will include appointment of ombudsman who is expected to look into sexist comments made by Hardik Pandya and K.L. Rahul.
Pandya-Rahul case illustrates how SC’s bid to clean up BCCI has only made things murkier
The BCCI still doesn't have an ethics officer or an ombudsman. If it did have the latter, Hardik Pandya and K.L. Rahul's careers wouldn't have been in limbo.
Indian cricket is run by people who can’t stop fighting & think Croatia won FIFA World Cup
Email exchange between Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, who have been at loggerheads on almost all issues facing BCCI, reveals personal slurs & lack of consensus.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), meant to oversee the smooth functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is comprised of just two members — CoA chairman Vinod Rai and his colleague Diana Edulji.
That, however, hasn't stopped the two from squabbling for power, and they have repeatedly failed to reach a consensus.
A series of email exchanges between Rai and Edulji pertaining to Hardik Pandya and K.L. Rahul’s controversial remarks on an episode of Koffee with Karan reveals a number of things about the all-powerful two-member administrative panel — the most important being that the CoA appears to be completely split down the middle.
From the professional to the personal
In the emails, written between 9 January and 13 January, we learn that chairman...
Why the Johri investigation has been a kick in the gut for women
Women who deposed against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri were treated like fodder in this power struggle and became collateral damage.
#MeToo clean chit to BCCI’s Rahul Johri: Divided CoA can’t serve Indian cricket well
Probe into sexual harassment allegations against Rahul Johri returned a split 2:1 verdict, deepening divide between CoA chief Vinod Rai & member Diana Edulji.
A politician ‘tried to persuade’ sexual abuse complainant to go easy on BCCI CEO Johri
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Handling of sexual abuse complaints by CoA boss will ruin Indian cricket
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Sourav Ganguly slams CoA over handling of BCCI CEO Rahul Johri’s sexual harassment cases
Sourav Ganguly writes to BCCI and says reports of sexual harassment allegations against CEO Rahul Johri show the board in poor light.
Fresh allegation of sexual harassment against Indian cricket board CEO Rahul Johri
While CoA member Diana Edulji is strongly in favour of terminating Johri’s contract, chairman Vinod Rai wants an independent probe against him.
CoA split on Rahul Johri sexual harassment charges shows Vinod Rai has dropped the ball
CoA member Diana Edulji wanted BCCI CEO Rahul Johri to resign or be removed, but chief Vinod Rai insisted on setting up a three-member inquiry panel.
Is AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal also guilty of treating Muslims as an unthinking votebank?
Days after Delhi voted in the Lok Sabha elections, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Muslim vote “shifted” to the Congress at the last minute.
Defence
Break-in at IAF’s Paris office handling Rafale procurement, cops probe espionage angle
The IAF's office in Paris houses the team that coordinates with Dassault Aviation on manufacture of Rafale jets and the weapons package onboard the aircraft.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.