Ipl Kochi Row

Trouble for Kochi Tuskers Kerala never seems to end -- a fresh row has broken out now between the franchise and Cochin Corporation over alleged tax evasion on ticket sales.

The BCCI has taken up very seriously the issue of entertainment tax involving the Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Kochi Municipal Corporation, a top state cricket association official said on Tuesday.

Shashi Tharoor attended a meeting of the Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) which owns the competition's latest team Kochi.

Shashi Tharoor lost his job as junior minister in External Affairs over the IPL Kochi row, but he has been nominated by Speaker Meira Kumar to be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs.

Sunanda Pushkar gave up her stake in the IPL Kochi franchise amid a row involving her friend and Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.

IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Sunday exuded confidence of resolving the controversy over ownership of Kochi franchise.

Following is the text of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's statement, clarifying his position on the Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League, in the Lok Sabha.

With the furore over Kochi franchise's ownership showing no signs of settling down, the IPL's Governing Council members meet here "informally" for the first time after the event's Commissioner Lalit Modi sparked the row on Twitter.

Shouted down by an Opposition that wants a statement only from the Prime Minister now, Junior Foreign Minister Shashi Tharoor today read out a personal explanation on the Kochi IPL imbroglio outside Parliament after tabling it in the House.

Describing Shashi Tharoor's controversial relationship with the new IPL team from Kochi as "a copybook case of corruption, "the BJP has said it "demands the PM must sack Tharoor".

Trouble for Kochi Tuskers Kerala never seems to end -- a fresh row has broken out now between the franchise and Cochin Corporation over alleged tax evasion on ticket sales.

The BCCI has taken up very seriously the issue of entertainment tax involving the Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Kochi Municipal Corporation, a top state cricket association official said on Tuesday.

Shashi Tharoor attended a meeting of the Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) which owns the competition's latest team Kochi.

Shashi Tharoor lost his job as junior minister in External Affairs over the IPL Kochi row, but he has been nominated by Speaker Meira Kumar to be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs.

Sunanda Pushkar gave up her stake in the IPL Kochi franchise amid a row involving her friend and Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.

IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Sunday exuded confidence of resolving the controversy over ownership of Kochi franchise.

Following is the text of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's statement, clarifying his position on the Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League, in the Lok Sabha.

With the furore over Kochi franchise's ownership showing no signs of settling down, the IPL's Governing Council members meet here "informally" for the first time after the event's Commissioner Lalit Modi sparked the row on Twitter.

Shouted down by an Opposition that wants a statement only from the Prime Minister now, Junior Foreign Minister Shashi Tharoor today read out a personal explanation on the Kochi IPL imbroglio outside Parliament after tabling it in the House.

Describing Shashi Tharoor's controversial relationship with the new IPL team from Kochi as "a copybook case of corruption, "the BJP has said it "demands the PM must sack Tharoor".