New Delhi: The controversy within the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refuses to die out. A day after CNN-IBN aired an exclusive report, which has been given by Justice UC Banerjee, who still claims to be the Chairman of the Ethics Commission of the IOA, an all out war has now broken out on whether the order is valid or not. The Chairman of the disbanded Ethics Commission of IOA had...
06:51 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Melbourne: India's veteran tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi slammed the All India Tennis Federation's (AITA) policies when it comes to pairing players for big international events. Bhupathi was baffled by the AITA's decision to pair Sania Mirza with Leander Paes for the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, even though he and Sania won the Australian Open mixed doubles title in 2009 and also reached the final once. Asked if he...
09:28 PM, Jan 19, 2012
A look at the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governments legislative performance over the last three parliamentary sessions explains why everyone seems to be up in arms against the breakdown of decision-making at the Centre. The 2010 winter session was a complete washout as the UPA kept blocking the Oppositions demand for a Joint Parliamentary probe of the 2G scam, eventually relenting just before the budget session began. Consequently, 31 non-financial...
12:01 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: One year after the Commonwealth Games those who booked flats in the Games Village are yet to get possession. Over 450 home buyers paid Rs two crores each, that's around Rs 1500 crore for flats in the games village. Rajiv and Upasana are among the 450 who booked a 3-BHK-flat in the CWG village. A year after the games, they are yet to getheir flat while they continue...
01:24 PM, Nov 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission has decided to speed up and complete its probe by December-end into alleged irregularities in the multi crore Commonwealth Games-related works. Sources said that the decision in this regard was taken recently and a directive has been issued to a Special Cell of the Commission entrusted exclusively with the Games-related probe. This follows complaints by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of non-cooperation from certain...
03:42 PM, Nov 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Centre has extended by two months tenure of a Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Defence Minister AK Antony, to examine the alleged irregularities in the conduct of last year's Commonwealth Games, sources said. According to the sources, the decision was taken after receiving recommendations from the GoM seeking more time to scrutinise documents, cross-check responses received from the different departments involved in alleged irregularities, and to...
11:40 AM, Nov 06, 2011
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Two of the country's biggest sports events in the last 12 months mirror two Indias. The Commonwealth Games last October were organised by an older ...
12:08 AM, Nov 04, 2011
New Delhi: Indian Grand Prix organizers said they expect the country's inaugural Formula One race later this month to help erase the "shameful" memory left behind from last year's Commonwealth Games. The Games were expected to highlight India's rapid development and boost its role on the world stage, but instead earned ridicule over poor preparation, construction delays and corruption charges. "We will make up for the shameful memories of the...
11:57 PM, Oct 19, 2011
New Delhi: The CVC will give some more fresh cases to CBI to probe alleged criminal conspiracy and graft by certain government employees in carrying out Commonwealth Games-related works. Sources in the anti-corruption watchdog said large-scale financial and administrative irregularities have been found in about seven cases carried out by certain government agencies. "We have found irregularities in inviting tender for works and giving undue favours to the selected vendors....
12:47 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday took potshots at President Pratibha Patil for getting a Rs 6 crore armoured Mercedes car for her use, saying it appears to have been made for superhero Batman, and has been procured at a time when the poverty line is being fixed at a mere Rs 32 per day. "Colossal extravagance of spending 6 crore on President's car laughable, if not tragic, at a...
09:17 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition seeking monitoring of the CBI probe into alleged corruption cases related to the Commonwealth Games. A bench comprising justices RM Lodha and Gyan Sudha Misra said there was no need to interfere with the investigation by the CBI into the alleged corruption cases related to the mega sporting event. "Since CBI is investigating, we do not want to...
12:17 PM, Sep 16, 2011
A family member of Delhi High Court blast victim said instead of fighting, we have just accepted terrorism. ...
10:06 AM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: Wednesday's blast at the Delhi High Court has confirmed a growing belief that the terrorist is smarter and working a step ahead of our security apparatus. Consider this: concealing the bomb in a briefcase was apt for the High Court. Litigants, lawyers and visitors to court routinely carry briefcases full of documents, inviting no suspicion. Gate number 5 was chosen with care - located next to ongoing construction...
08:59 PM, Sep 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of sacked CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, a Lok Sabha MP, seeking permission to attend the ongoing Parliament session. "In view of the gravity of the offence and the allegation of huge magnitude, it would be totally inappropriate to grant him permission solely on the ground of freedom of speech inside the Parliament House, on the foundation that...
06:26 PM, Aug 30, 2011
New Delhi: Two days after the CBI filed FIR against the Emaar MGF properties in Delhi and Hyderabad, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has sealed two buildings at the Commonwealth Games village in the capital. The DDA said Emaar MGF broke building rules during constructions. The action comes after the CAG report on the Commonwealth Games charged DDA for favouring Emaar-MGF, an allegation the organisation has denied. According to the...
08:01 PM, Aug 20, 2011
New Delhi: Three Union Sports Ministers had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on various issues including lack of cooperation from the CWG Organising Committee and lack of accountable mechanism in it for spending government money, the Rajya Sabha was told on Thursday. "The Union Ministers had written on issues ranging from cheaper alternatives for conducting the Games, the need for supporting rural sports, lack of cooperation from the Organisation...
06:28 PM, Aug 11, 2011
New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as OC Chairman created pandemonium inside Parliament and outside as well on Tuesday as the BJP cornered the UPA Government on the issue of corruption in the Commonwealth Games. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely and Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha led the Opposition's charge inside Parliament. It all started in Rajya Sabha at 12 noon...
10:50 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games storm has hit Parliament once again, with the Opposition training its guns on the Prime Minister and the Delhi Chief Minister. But caught in the crossfire was Sports Minister Ajay Maken for this statement made last week blaming the NDA for Suresh Kalmadi's appointment as Organising Committee Chairman. "Mr Maken has concealed many facts," said BJP leader Yashwant Sinha. Finally the government had to concede...
10:36 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: In view of complaints against the CWG Organising Committee headed by Suresh Kalmadi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was open to an idea of restructuring it in 2007, but it did not materialise as no concrete proposal came forth. Sports Minister Ajay Maken suggested this as he insisted that nothing could be done about Kalmadi because he had been elected OC Chairman by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and...
11:03 AM, Aug 07, 2011
