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Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur is a member of 16th Lok Sabha from Hamirpur in Himachal. He was first elected to Lok Sabha in May 2008 in a by poll as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.He is three time MP, being a member of 14th, 15th and 16th Lok sabha. He was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from May 2016 to February 2017. He stepped down from his position of BCCI president after the Supreme Court ordered him to cease and desist works within BCCI. On 29 July 2016 he became the first serving BJP Member of Parliament to become a regular commissioned Officer in the Territorial Army.

Conflict of Interest: BCCI asks its officials to come clean
Cricket | Jul 25, 2015, 02:56 PM
Kolkata: Taking a serious note of the recent controversies, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has directed all its affiliated associations to come clean on the issue of conflict of interest.In a letter
Image makeover: BCCI officials to sign 'no conflict of interest' undertaking
Cricket | Jul 24, 2015, 05:21 PM
New Delhi: In its bid to clean the image of the sport, the BCCI has notified all the Board members to sign an undertaking declaring that they do not have ‘conflict of interest' while holding
BCCI stresses on standard of fitness of every player
Cricket | Jul 23, 2015, 09:31 PM
New Delhi: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur and selectors committee chairman Sandeep Patil on Thursday stressed upon the importance of every player having to meet fitness standards in order to
No rift between Dhoni and Kohli: BCCI
Cricket | Jun 30, 2015, 12:10 AM
New Delhi: Insisting that all is well in the Indian cricket dressing room, BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur and chief selector Sandeep Patil on Monday dismissed reports about a rift between limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni
BCCI confirms Indian team's selection for Zimbabwe tour
Cricket | Jun 27, 2015, 05:26 PM
New Delhi: In a clear hint that the Indian cricket team will go ahead with the tour of Zimbabwe, the BCCI today confirmed that the selection committee will meet here on Monday to pick
Sachin, Sourav and Laxman join BCCI's advisory panel
Cricket | Jun 01, 2015, 01:50 PM
New Delhi: In what has been described as the start of a new innings, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, former India captain Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman today joined the BCCI in a newly-constituted advisory panel
Team India coach to be announced by June 6: Anurag Thakur
Cricket | May 25, 2015, 10:17 PM
Kolkata: After a closed door meeting at BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya's residence, secretary Anurag Thakur on Monday said that national team's support staff including name of the Team Director, will be announced by June 6,

Advani supports opposition at crucial meet on net neutrality
Politics | May 22, 2015, 10:02 AM
New Delhi: Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani embarrassed his own government when he called for annulling the meeting of representatives of private internet service providers Airtel, Vodafone and Idea on contentious net
BCCI's legal costs is Rs 56 crore in 2 yrs
Cricket | May 21, 2015, 09:54 PM
New Delhi: The BCCI expenditure on legal matters in the last two years went up to Rs 56 crore, it was disclosed at its finance committee meeting here today. It is learnt that due to the
Rahul Gandhi is misleading people on food park issue: BJP
Politics | May 19, 2015, 08:47 AM
Lucknow: Hitting back at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for accusing the Narendra Modi government of engaging in "politics of revenge" over the cancelling of a mega food park in Amethi, BJP MP Anurag Thakur on
Ram Mandir a dream of millions of Indians: Anurag Thakur
Politics | May 19, 2015, 08:42 AM
Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur on Monday said millions of people in the country wish that a grand Ram temple should be built in Ayodhya.Talking to reporters after addressing the national executive
CSA, CA chiefs invited for IPL final, to discuss CLT20
Cricket | May 16, 2015, 04:56 PM
New Delhi: The BCCI will discuss the fate of Champions League T20 with the Presidents of Cricket South Africa and Cricket Australia, who have been extended special invitations to watch the May 24 IPL final
Second round of talks over Indo-Pak series in coming weeks: Anurag Thakur
Cricket | May 14, 2015, 06:18 PM
Chandigarh: Amid speculation over the fate of the proposed India-Pakistan series to be held in the UAE, BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur indicated that a second round of talks between the cricket boards of the two

Govt gives green signal to India-Pakistan cricket series in December: Sources
Cricket | May 13, 2015, 09:28 PM
New Delhi: The government of India has given its green signal to the most anticipated India-Pakistan cricket series to be held in UAE in December this year, according to sources.The decision came after Pakistan Cricket
Team India will get new coach ahead of Bangladesh tour: Anurag Thakur
Cricket | May 05, 2015, 10:09 PM
New Delhi: Team India's new coach will be decided ahead of the Bangladesh series in June this year, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur told India TV in an exclusive interview today.Thakur also hinted at appointing an
Anurag Thakur hints at Srinivasan ouster from ICC
Cricket | May 04, 2015, 09:50 PM
NEW DELHI: Promising to clean up cricket, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur on Monday hinted at initiating a probe against N Srinivasan in order to pave the way for his ouster from the ICC chairman's post.The
BCCI to establish High Performance Centre
Cricket | Apr 30, 2015, 06:44 PM
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday that it will be establishing a High Performance Centre, following a meeting of National Cricket Academy (NCA) officials here."A road map
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Anurag Thakur mull early SGM to oust N Srinivasan
Cricket | Apr 28, 2015, 11:56 PM
New Delhi: The BCCI's new regime under Jagmohan Dalmiya's leadership is exploring the option of an early Special General Meeting (SGM) in its bid to oust N Srinivasan as the Board's representative in ICC.In order
ICC trying to malign Anurag Thakur by using me: Bookie Karan Gilhotra
Cricket | Apr 28, 2015, 09:41 PM
New Delhi: Karan Gilhotra, against whom the ICC has issued an advisory to the BCCI Secretary asking him to stay away from suspected bookies, on Tuesday accused the global cricket body of trying to "malign"
Himachal Congress seeks action against Thakur for links with 'bookies'
Cricket | Apr 27, 2015, 07:38 PM
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday demanded action against BCCI secretary and BJP MP Anurag Thakur for his alleged links with a suspected bookie over which ICC had also sent a letter to

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Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur

Conflict of Interest: BCCI asks its officials to come clean

Image makeover: BCCI officials to sign 'no conflict of interest' undertaking

BCCI stresses on standard of fitness of every player

No rift between Dhoni and Kohli: BCCI

BCCI confirms Indian team's selection for Zimbabwe tour

Sachin, Sourav and Laxman join BCCI's advisory panel

Team India coach to be announced by June 6: Anurag Thakur

Advani supports opposition at crucial meet on net neutrality

BCCI's legal costs is Rs 56 crore in 2 yrs

Rahul Gandhi is misleading people on food park issue: BJP

Ram Mandir a dream of millions of Indians: Anurag Thakur

CSA, CA chiefs invited for IPL final, to discuss CLT20

Second round of talks over Indo-Pak series in coming weeks: Anurag Thakur

Govt gives green signal to India-Pakistan cricket series in December: Sources

Team India will get new coach ahead of Bangladesh tour: Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur hints at Srinivasan ouster from ICC

BCCI to establish High Performance Centre

Jagmohan Dalmiya, Anurag Thakur mull early SGM to oust N Srinivasan

ICC trying to malign Anurag Thakur by using me: Bookie Karan Gilhotra

Himachal Congress seeks action against Thakur for links with 'bookies'

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