Indian news round-up
The chairman of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation, Verghese Kurien said in Vadodara ``It was a humorous advertisement and people should have taken it in the right spirit.'' Kurien was defending the advertising campaign for Amul against
Natarajan Sriram
07-May-2000
Chairman defends Amul campaign
The chairman of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation, Verghese Kurien said in Vadodara ``It was a humorous advertisement and people should have taken it in the right spirit.'' Kurien was defending the advertising campaign for Amul against which the ICC persident Jagmohan Dalmia has filed a defamation suit.
Speaking to an Indian newspaper on Saturday, Kurien said ``we have put up so many hoardings about people and happenings over the years and each one of them was taken in the right spirit.''
He said "Technically, I cannot be held responsible for the advertisement as the agency handling our account, Da Cunha Associates, is not required to consult us on putting up hoardings."
Sports Minister calls for proof
Union Sports Minister for Sports SS Dhindsa said in Calcutta ``We have had too many charges without any proof. This mud-slinging must stop.'' ``Making allegations is one thing. Proving them is another,'' Dhindsa said. Thus driving home the point of backing up the various allegations with ample proof.
Speaking to a private news channel on Saturday, Dhindsa said that he had requested all players and officials to furnish all the information they had in this regard to the CBI, which was conducting an inquiry into the match-fixing allegations. He categorically said, ``Nobody should rush to the press.''
Regarding the on-going enquiry by the CBI, he said ``It's not possible to set a deadline as the CBI will require some time to collect data from the Interpol and some state governments to complete the investigation. But they have been told to make it as fast as possible.''
`Too early for any breakthrough' says CBI official
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Joint Director RN Sawani, on Friday said that the CBI has not yet made any significant progress regarding the match fixing case. He said ``it's too early for any breakthrough. We are going into this with a very open mind.''
Speaking to the media in New Delhi, Sawani said that a team would soon interrogate Prabhakar as soon as he returns from Lucknow and added that the former President of the BCCI, IS Bindra has not yet given the document that he claims to have prepared regarding the match-fixing case. ``No, nothing has reached us yet. Bindra is away from the country. He's yet to return to Chandigarh from London where he has gone in connection with the ICC meeting'', Sawani noted.