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Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur

DOB: October 24, 1974

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.

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BCCI to host mini IPL overseas in September

Cricket | Jun 24, 2016, 04:19 PM IST

The BCCI is set to introduce a new Twenty20 event, to be branded as mini IPL, outside India in September.

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Will Kumble make the cut? BCCI to name Team India’s head coach by today evening, says Anurag Thakur

Cricket | Jun 23, 2016, 03:16 PM IST

The Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) is likely to announce the Team India’s head coach by today evening.

Anurag Thakur

BCCI chief Anurag Thakur likely to back ‘Big Three’ in ICC meeting at London

Cricket | Jun 13, 2016, 02:27 PM IST

Anurag Thakur, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is likely to back International Cricket Council’s ‘Big Three’ arrangement

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BCCI seeking ‘Hindi speaking’ head coach for Indian team

Cricket | Jun 01, 2016, 11:49 PM IST

New Delhi: The BCCI on Wednesday finally invited applications for the head coach of the Indian cricket team with the circular comprising a nine-point criteria including one stating a ‘desire’ to have a Hindi speaking

Anurag Thakur

BCCI to develop green stadia under Go Green initiative: Thakur

Cricket | May 30, 2016, 05:33 PM IST

Vijaywada: The BCCI has written to the Union Ministries of Power and Environment to “guide” it in developing green stadia as part of its new ‘Go Green’ initiative, its new chairman Anurag Thakur said today.

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Youth brigade emerging as BCCI’s newfound mantra

Cricket | May 24, 2016, 08:14 PM IST

‘youth’ seems to be the new mantra for the Board of Control of Cricket in India

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Youngest BCCI President Anurag Thakur shares good rapport with cricketers

Cricket | May 22, 2016, 02:53 PM IST

New Delhi: Anurag Thakur, the new BCCI president, has taken over the reins of the world's richest cricketing body at a time it is fighting an existential battle against a complete restructuring recommended by the

Anurag Thakur

BJP MP Anurag Thakur unanimously elected as new BCCI president

Cricket | May 22, 2016, 10:58 AM IST

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Anurag Thakur has been unanimously elected as the youngest ever president of the body at a special general meeting on Sunday after Shashank Manohar stepped

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Anurag Thakur set for unanimous elevation as BCCI president

Cricket | May 21, 2016, 01:57 PM IST

Anurag Thakur is set to be unanimously elected BCCI president in the Board's Special General Meeting (SGM) here tomorrow, replacing Shashank Manohar who stepped down from the position to take up the ICC chief's job.

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Anurag Thakur set to be new BCCI president

Cricket | May 18, 2016, 11:49 AM IST

Mumbai: BJP MP Anurag Thakur is all set to be the new president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as he has got the unanimous backing of all six east zone association

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BJP MP Anurag Thakur frontrunner for BCCI president post?

Cricket | May 11, 2016, 01:33 PM IST

BJP MP and BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur is the frontrunner to become president of the cricketing body after Shashank Manohar stepped down on Tuesday.

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Anurag Thakur proposes 10 years of jail term for fixers in private bill

Cricket | May 01, 2016, 06:36 PM IST

New Delhi: BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, who is also a Lok Sabha MP, has introduced three private member bills including a significant 'National Sports Ethics Commission' bill which recommends "10 years of jail term" for

Anurag Thakur

Hassled by drought, court action, BCCI may move IPL 2017 out of India

Cricket | Apr 21, 2016, 08:14 PM IST

The members of the IPL’s governing council are likely to deliberate on whether the 2017 edition of the cash-rich tourney can be held abroad, said Anurag Thakur

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Afridi criticised by BCCI for his comment on Kashmir

Cricket | Mar 23, 2016, 05:53 PM IST

Anurag Thakur today criticised embattled Shahid Afridi for saying that "a lot of people from Kashmir" had come to support his team during the World Twenty20 match against New Zealand in Mohali.

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Take revenge for shifting of Indo-Pak match venue: Anurag Thakur

Cricket | Mar 20, 2016, 04:29 PM IST

Take revenge for shifting of Indo-Pak match venue: Anurag Thakur

India First Campaign

BJP youth wing launches 'India First' campaign

Politics | Mar 11, 2016, 10:27 PM IST

BJP youth wing today launched 'India First' campaign from Ahmedabad against those who have come out in support of 'separatist activities' in the country

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Mallya got loans worth crores under UPA rule: Anurag Thakur

Politics | Mar 11, 2016, 09:00 PM IST

BJP MP Anurag Thakur said that it was during the UPA rule that Vijay Mallya got loans worth crores which have not been repaid to banks.

world t20 two member pak team in himachal to review security

World T20: Two-member Pak team in Himachal to review security

Cricket | Mar 07, 2016, 10:35 PM IST

New Delhi: A two-member team from Pakistan today arrived in India to review the security arrangements at Dharamshala where India and their arch rivals are scheduled to face-off in the World T20 series on March

pepsi back as bcci associate sponsor with new four year

Pepsi back as BCCI associate sponsor with new four-year partnership

Cricket | Mar 03, 2016, 10:04 PM IST

New Delhi: Beverage major PepsiCo, which pulled out as title sponsors of the BCCI backed IPL in October, on Thursday entered into a four-year partnership with the apex cricket body as an associate sponsor for

was afzal guru not a terrorist anurag thakur asks cong

Was Afzal Guru not a terrorist? Anurag Thakur asks Cong

Politics | Feb 27, 2016, 07:29 AM IST

Mathura: BJP's youth wing chief and MP Anurag Thakur today criticised former Home Minister P Chidambaram for his remarks on Afzal Guru's hanging in the 2001 Parliament attack case, and asked Congress whether it held

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