Stalwarts of Indian sports paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday, describing him as a visionary, who had quiet strength and humility.
'The karyakartas who wanted to contest were disappointed and it took some time to explain to them why we needed an alliance.'
Exigencies of electoral politics and individual ambitions often stoke family feuds and sibling rivalries.
Senior Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi's wife Deepa had on Sunday said that though the Trinamool was part of the United Progressive Alliance government, yet it issued statements against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and government policies. Also, she charged that Mamata put no photos of either Dr Singh or Congress chief Sonia Gandhi when she inaugurated projects in West Bengal.
The meeting was scheduled to be held in December, 2003, but was put back repeatedly although it is supposed to meet twice a year.
The AIFF admitted that professionalism in Indian football is still a distant dream, as only six clubs satisfy the guidelines proposed by the Asian Football Confederation.
The Englishman will take charge of the national team on June 20.
"I have been told by Dasmunshi that as per tournmanet rules, Bhutia can't play," IFA secretary said.
FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter was accorded a warm welcome when he arrived in Kolkata on Saturday night on a four-day official visit to India.
"It was unanimously decided by the leaders that the correct forum for deciding the issue is either the Election Commission or the courts."
The I&B minister's banning of AXN channel and threatening to ban 4 more channels for so-called obscene content has surprised many.
The club says the referee denied them two penalties during last Sunday's crucial National Football League match against East Bengal.
Sukhwinder Singh has been appointed India's soccer coach for the Doha Asian Games to be held in 2006.
Bhaichung Bhutia has been adjudged the Best Player of the 10th ONGC National Football League
The National Football League would remain a 10-team affair, the AIFF informed on Sunday
AIFF president P R Dasmunshi said the fixtures would be finalized at the executive committee meeting on December 17.
The government on Thursday said it would explore the possibility of allowing more agencies to do television-rating points.
Dasmunshi said the chief minister, who cannot avoid administrative responsibility for the incident, should offer a public apology for it.
The AIFF has also appointed Atanu Bhattacharya as the goalkeeper coach for the Indian team.
The 36th commission meeting had 7 points on its agenda, including the sharing of the Teesta river.
"The design of the project is strictly according to the Indo-Pak water treaty and will not become hurdle in the peace process," Union Water Resources Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi explained.
The liquor baron said he would seek support of the current incumbent Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi.
The West Bengal government's inability to make police arrangements for the matches at the Salt Lake stadium, scheduled between January 18 and 20, forced the postponement.
Victory over defending champions Japan in the Asian Cup qualifiers will make every member of the Indian football team richer by Rs 100,000.
An urgent meet of clubs has been called to discuss a clash of dates between the World Cup qualifiers, AFC Cup and the NFL
The AFC had slapped a year's ban on India hosting foreign team following violence in the IFA Shield final.
'That would be very bad for them and suicidal for both the Gandhis and the Congress party.'
Incumbent Praful Patel is set to be re-elected unopposed as the president of All India Football Federation for his third term at its Annual General Meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday after the Delhi High Court vacated a stay on the elections of the national sports body on Tuesday.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday set aside the election of Praful Patel, who was last year elected as the president of All India Football Federation for a four-year term, his third successive tenure.
'He was full of Hindustan, its tehzeeb and its culture.'
The former Union minister had suffered a stroke in 2008 and was hospitalised since then.
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