New Delhi: Terming the 2010 Commonwealth Games a "nightmare", Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi on Friday said the event is being remembered more for its controversies, which denied the nation the pride it got from the performance of its athletes.
"What a nightmare it was, something we should have been proud of, that pride was denied to the nation... Unfortunately we did not get any time to bask in the glory of its success. Few days after the games, raids and inquiries were ordered," he said after releasing a book on preparation for the mega event.
Authored by former deputy director general of Organising Committee (OC) HP Singh Rishi, "Sports Scare - The Ghost that Haunted CWG Delhi" narrates his 15-month stint with the organisation.
Applauding the performance of Indian athletes who won 101 medals in various sporting events, he said, "Fortunately our sportspersons brought the glory. The bitterness was, I would not say was entirely erased from our memory, but it was compensated by the excellent performance by sportsmen." ...
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10:37 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday framed charges against six accused, including four MCD officials, in the 2010 Commonwealth Games street lighting case. The trial in the case will begin on April 3. The persons who face charges in the scam are MCD Superintendent Engineer DK Sugan, Executive Engineer OP Mahala, Accountant Raju V and civic body's tender clerk Gurcharan Singh besides Director JP Singh and Managing Director TP...
12:20 PM, Mar 12, 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: 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: The CAG report on the Commonwealth Games mess expected to be tabled later this week in Parliament, only confirms a trail of irregularities that have been tracked by CNN-IBN over the last several months. Sacked as CWG Organising Committee Chief, jailed for his alleged involvement in TSR Scam and now struggling to prove that his mind is working well, Suresh Kalmadi is living his worst nightmare. CNN-IBN has...
10:43 PM, Aug 02, 2011
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games may have been over last year, but its legacy continues to haunt the government. The fancy lights and signboards installed before the Games are now the focus of the CAG audit on CWG spending. Now, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has found herself in the middle of the muddle of the controversy. The CAG report said just street lighting alone caused a loss of over...
08:52 PM, Aug 02, 2011
New Delhi: He slept in a separate cell, attended a roll call at 6 am, stood in queue for breakfast, watched some TV and at times conversed with two other inmates. Suresh Kalmadi, the latest high-profile entrant at Tihar Central Jail, is not getting any VIP treatment in India's largest prison and has made no special requests either, authorities said Thursday. Kalmadi, an MP and former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee...
11:15 AM, May 06, 2011
PM nominated CWG OC CEO Jarnail Singh talks to Rajdeep Sardesai about the TSR deal. ...
12:21 AM, Apr 29, 2011
New Delhi: After CNN-IBN revealed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's representative on the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Jarnail Singh, cleared the time scoring deal, the Central Burau of Investigatin (CBI) has come out to defend him. The CBI has said that Commonwealth games organising committee CEO Jarnail Singh's role was limited in the time scoring and result equipment scam. Jarnail Singh's role was limited to signing files, claimed the CBI. ...
08:50 PM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: After CNN-IBN revealed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's representative on the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Jarnail Singh, cleared the time scoring deal, the Central Burau of Investigatin (CBI) has come out to defend him. The CBI has said that Commonwealth games organising committee CEO Jarnail Singh's role was limited in the time scoring and result equipment scam. Jarnail Singh's role was limited to signing files, claimed the CBI....
08:50 PM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: In a joint letter to the Sports Minister, eight foreign missions including Britain, France, Germany, Italy have mentioned a huge list of pending bills of the Commonwealth Games 2010. In more More embarrassment for the former Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi, the letter also says that four months after the games, nearly 20 companies from these countries are still awaiting full payment against contracts entered into in good...
07:35 AM, Apr 12, 2011
New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN reported on the findings of the Shunglu Panel on scam in construction of games village, the round of denials and counter denials has begun. In its second report, the VK Shunglu panel has squarely blamed the Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna and EMAAR MGF, the real estate developer, as the main culprits for the delays and corruption in the Commonwealth Games Village project. Responding...
08:00 PM, Mar 24, 2011
Ranchi: Beleaguered former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi hit out at the authorities and said that the OC cannot be singled out and blamed in the CWG scam. His aggression came a day after his closest aide Lalit Bhanot was arrested by the CBI alongwith VK Verma - two of the senior most officials of the CWG OC. In his defence, Kalmadi said all approvals were obtained...
02:46 PM, Feb 24, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI today arrested Additional Director General of CWG Organising Committee K U K Reddy and supplier Praveen Bakshi in connection with the overlays supply case. The premises of Reddy, ADG-Finance, and Bakshi, a former IAF group captain, were searched by the agency on February 18 along with that of five other CWG organising committee officials and suppliers in connection with the multi-crore overlays scam. The searches, spread...
09:09 PM, Feb 22, 2011
New Delhi: Pained by reports of his alleged involvement in Commonwealth Games-related scam, former Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Sunday said he would resign as Member of Parliament in case any proof of him having taken even a single rupee surfaces. "I can vouch that I have not gained financially even a single rupee out of these games and if proved otherwise I am prepared to step down as...
06:02 PM, Feb 20, 2011
New Delhi: Shekhar Deorukhkar, an aide of then Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi, was on Saturday brought before a special court here and sent to five days in remand of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an official said. "He was presented before the magistrate in the court and has been sent to five of days in CBI remand," informed CBI Deputy Inspector General Vinita Thakur. Deorukhkar...
06:45 PM, Feb 12, 2011
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi has been sacked as the Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee with immediate effect. Kalmadi was asked to hand over charge to CEO Jarnail Singh on Monday by Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken. Lalit Bhanot has also been removed as Secretary General of the Organising Committee with immediate effect. The decision to remove Kalmadi and Bhanot was taken by the Union Sports Minister in the interest...
04:05 PM, Jan 24, 2011
MS Gill's controversial tenure as sports minister of India comes to an end. ...
09:20 PM, Jan 20, 2011
