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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Rich Indian cricket board got richer, earned Rs 1,000 crore

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Market Conditions may be grim and global giants may be declaring bankruptcy but one organisation is , celebrating a bumper year. In fact, the best year in its 79-year history .

The income of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) this year has crossed Rs 1,000 crore, well in excess of earlier estimates. Board treasurer N. Srinivasan will make a formal announcement at the BCCI annual general meeting on September 27 and 28.

The board’s income in 2007-08 was Rs 1000.41 crore, up a strong 46 per cent from Rs 651.83 crore in 2006-07. It’s a significant improvement from the board’s own forecast for the year, which was Rs 862.30 crore.

What pushed the figure up was the increase in income from the sale of media rights, up to Rs 559.31 crore from the previous year’s Rs 313.62 crore. But it’s not just television rights — every other source of income saw a mammoth rise.

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Monday, September 1, 2008

Wrestler puts his medals on auction

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Even as the country celebrates wrestler Sushil Kumar's bronze medal at Beijing, grappler Shokinder Tomar on Sunday put up his Arjuna Award and Commonwealth Games medals for auction.

Medals in hand, Shokinder - who bagged a silver at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games and received the Arjuna in 2004 - led a procession in his hometown, Malakpur village in Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, demanding that the medals be auctioned to buy wrestling mats and for land to build a stadium.

The procession had over 100 wrestlers, including woman wrestler Anshu Tomar and Shyam Singh, father of Rajiv Tomar, who competed at Beijing.

Shokinder told HT it was not a publicity stunt.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

If BRT Doesn't Work We'll Scrap IT Corridor Of Chaos Says Government

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If things don't improve on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stretch in two days, the government may in all likelihood dump the project that has created a traffic nightmare in south Delhi and caused widespread anger.

"If the people of Delhi feel that it is not working, we could take a decision. After all in a democratic setup, policies and programmes are drawn for the benefit of the people," said Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf on Tuesday He, however, still hoped that the 5.8 km corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand flyover would "succeed" after the faults are rectified.

"We do not want to do anything to inconvenience the people in an election year," he said.

His comments came even as jams on the BRT continued to fuel public anger for the third straight day.

The anger echoed in the Rajya Sabha as well where members demanded scrapping of the project - "one of the most ill-conceived transport schemes ever seen by the Capital".

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit meanwhile chaired an emergency meeting with all BRT stakeholders. A source said she was "angry, disturbed and annoyed" due to the complete failure of the project so far. "She has realised that the cascading effect of the corridor had practically led to huge traffic problems in most south Delhi localities," the source added.

Abandoning the project did not come up for discussion but Dikshit gave a stern warning to all involved in the project - DIMTS, transport department, DTC, tranc police, RITES and two professors from IIT-Delhi. "You people had advised us that the project is doing wonders elsewhere. The experience suggests otherwise," she told the oncials and gave them two days to improve the system.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Whispers of death at 2010 Games hub

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The construction site of the Commonwealth Games Village on the Yamuna riverbed has been hit by an outbreak of a deadly brain fever There is talk of deaths and panic, and frightened workers want to leave for home.

"Nine workers from the construction site have come to us with meningitis in the past 10 days," said Dr VR. Sood, Medical Superintendent at Bimla Devi Hospital in Mayur Vihar II, the closest health centre. "So many cases from a single, enclosed space is worrying."

This year, Delhi has had 109 cases of meningitis - from all across the city, with a population of over 1.25 crore, and 13 deaths.

Most workers are from Bihar and UP and live in cramped and unhygienic quarters at the construction site. Meningitis bacteria travels through air riding tiny, invisible droplets on exhaled breath. "An overcrowded, unhygienic and enclosed area fuels the outbreak," said Dr Bir Singh, professor of community medicine at AIIMS. Infection follows high fever, which can turn fatal if not treated aggressively.

Rintu, a worker from Malda, Bengal, told Hindustan Times, "The fever is spreading fast inside the camp. People are falling unconscious. We are scared." Sheesh Mohammad, a worker from Bihar, said: "Doctors at the camp are giving medicine for simple fever But this doesn't look like a simple disease."

Some workers even attributed the outbreak to a curse. "Jamnaji bali maang rahi hain (The river is seeking sacrifice)," said Shankar, for simple fever But this doesn't look like a simple disease." Some workers even attributed the outbreak to a curse. "Jamnaji bali maang rahi hain (The river is seeking sacrifice)," said Shankar, a worker from Bihar. Workers claimed people have died and even named some victims, but HT was unable to verify them independently with the neighbourhood hospital or MCD.

The MCD sent its officials to inspect the site, which happened in the presence of HT reporters. The officials picked up blood samples for testing, but they were certain of the outbreak.


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