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: Thousands of crores were spent on hosting the Commonwealth Games but a year on, the people employed by the organising committee are yet to be paid. With the CWG Organising Committee top brass in jail, they are not even hopeful of being paid. Being selected as a commentator for the CWG 2010 was a matter of pride for 45-year-old Vikram Nayar but the entire experience has now left ...
11:11 AM, Aug 11, 2011
New Delhi: The Monsoon storm in Parliament is expected to continue on Thursday as well. Both Houses will reconvene today after being adjourned on Wednesday after the Opposition created a rukus. Both Houses saw noisy scenes with NDA members slamming the police lathicharge on the youth BJP workers on Tuesday. Sports minister Ajay Maken will on Thursday issue a clarification on charges levelled against him regarding the selection of Suresh...
09:06 AM, Aug 11, 2011
New Delhi: In a fresh twist to the CWG-Suresh Kalmadi appointment controversy, CNN-IBN has accessed documents which suggest that Mike Fennel of the Commonwealth Games Federation pushed for Kalmadi as games Chief. The document states that an objection was raised by Commonwealth Games Federation in July 2003 about a government nominee being appointed as head of the Organising Committee (OC). In september 2003, a commonwealth games evaluation commission came to...
08:47 PM, Aug 10, 2011
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11:30 PM, Aug 09, 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 Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blamed the United Progressive Alliance Government for the Commonwealth Games mess and claimed that its ministers were misleading the country. Starting the debate on the Comptroller and Auditor General report on the Games BJP MP Arun Jaitley alleged that Sports Minister Ajay Maken's defence of the Government "conceals more and reveals less". "A major international games event became the largest scandal. It's...
12:31 PM, Aug 09, 2011
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12:03 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi The Commonwealth Games storm hit Parliament once again on Tuesday. Both houses had to be adjourned till noon on Tuesday after uproar over CAG indictment of the Delhi government in the Commonwealth Games projects. The pandemonium in the Lok Sabha continued even after the House resumed forcing the Speaker, Meira Kumar, to adjourn the House till 2 PM. Stepping up its attack on the government, BJP on Tuesday...
11:09 AM, Aug 09, 2011
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12:18 AM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit should be sacked if she does not resign after her indictment by the government auditor on the Commonwealth Games. Accusing the chief minister of being involved in corruption, BJP and allies, joined by other opposition parties raised the pitch for Dikshit's resignation in parliament, forcing the house to be adjourned for the day....
10:40 PM, Aug 08, 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: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government has bowed to Opposition's pressure and agreed to a debate in the Lok Sabha on Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement in Parliament on the National Democratic Alliance government's role in the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirti Azad will initiate the debate in the Lok Sabha on the issue. Earlier, both the...
03:23 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday burnt effigies of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in several areas of the city demanding her immediate resignation over the CAG report indicting her for alleged irregularities in several Commonwealth Games projects. Launching a "mass movement", the city unit of the party held demonstrations at over 30 places and burnt her effigies as part of the protest. "We will not stop...
12:06 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha were adjourned for the day on Monday, following an uproar over the CAG report on Commonwealth Games and Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on Kalmadi's appointment. The BJP moved a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha against Maken for his statement in Parliament that the NDA government was responsible for the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as the...
11:05 AM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: The CWG mess is likely to dominate Parliament on Monday as the BJP will seek Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's resignation over financial irregularities reported by the CAG. The Congress for the moment is backing her completely. Having sacrificed its chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in Karnataka, the BJP has now decided to press for Delhi Chief Minister's resignation after she was indicted by the CAG. On Sunday morning...
07:53 AM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: Battling CAG indictment for financial irregularities and "ill-conceived" CWG projects, Delhi Government has directed concerned agencies to prepare detailed replies to all the allegations made by the auditor. The departments and agencies whose projects figure in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for any sort of irregularities, wrongdoings and procedural lapses were told strictly to be ready with the reports at the earliest. "All the concerned...
05:34 PM, Aug 07, 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
New Delhi: Armed with reports stating massive corruption, the BJP has approached the CBI to register cases of graft and conspiracy in alleged irregularities worth several crores of rupees in construction of CWG stadia. A complaint claiming financial bungling and other irregularities have been given by BJP's RTI Cell to CBI Director AP Singh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Comptroller and Auditor General VK Shunglu for necessary action. It...
10:12 AM, Aug 07, 2011
New Delhi: The CAG report on the Commonwealth Games has also pointed out serious lapses in the organisation of the the opening and closing ceremonies. It says that there were delays in the planning stage and that the competition track had major shortcomings. It was a world class opening ceremony which managed to somewhat mend the rising apprehensions in the months leading up to CWG 2010. But behind the glamour...
07:19 AM, Aug 07, 2011
