Should BCCI be under RTI: board’s VP Rajeev Shukla says ‘no’!   New Delhi: according to the latest reports coming in from Delhi, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has rejected a move by the sports ministry to bring the cricket board under the RTI. The cricket board’s vice president Rajeev Shukla said that the BCCI is not keen on the move of coming under the RTI and also refused to comment on the specifics of the new sports bill. Of course, we do not know of government or non-government bodies that may be keen on being covered by the RTI. But the resounding... 

Brett Lee’s ‘Mewsic Foundation’ starts music studio for slum children in Mumbai Melbourne: according to reports, the Australian pacer Brett Lee has opened a music studio for slum children in Mumbai. Lee first visited India in 1994 which is when he felt overwhelmed by the poverty in the country. He says ‘I’ll never forget my first experience of seeing the poverty in India on my very first trip there. I’ve seen extreme wealth and extreme poverty in India. I guess I’m lucky to have experienced that because if you only see one side you can’t fathom those extremes.’ The...