New Delhi: Eighty-seven flats in the Commonwealth Games Village out of 110 put on sale found buyers on Monday with the highest bid for a dwelling going beyond Rs 7.31 crore. Sale of tenders and their submission for the flats went on till 2 pm on Monday and later the bids were opened for all the 110 flats put on sale. Public sector companies like SBI, HPCL, ONGC and others...
11:51 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday morning carried out raids in Delhi, NCR, Kolkata and Siliguri in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. According to sources, the raids were conducted with regard to the scam concerning the laying of synthetic tracks laid across stadia during the Games. The investigating agency has, meanwhile, four new cases in the Commonwealth Games scam. The raids were carried out in...
10:15 AM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi-based RTI activist has brought out a book containing various correspondences between the Prime Minister's Office and the Delhi Government secretariat related to Commonwealth Games. The 496-page book is titled 'PMO to Delhi Secretariat - RTIs expose Commonwealth scam' and is written by advocate Vivek Garg. The book is a compilation of letters and notes from Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Members of Parliaments, former and present...
12:29 PM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: The scam-hit Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is currently facing 45 legal cases filed by private companies seeking outstanding payment for their CWG-related work. Officials said that the number of cases against Organising Committee, which is under the scanner of investigating agencies for alleged financial irregularities, have risen to 45 from 30 in the last six months. "There are 45 court cases being contested by us. They are in...
04:58 PM, Apr 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued show-cause notice to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and his close aides Lalit Bhanot and V K Verma. The High Court, in the show-cause notice, asked them as to why they should not be suspended from the offices held by them in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Kalmadi, Bhanot and Verma, all accused in the multi-crore Commonwealth Games...
05:45 PM, Mar 21, 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
New Delhi: A number of documents related to Commonwealth Games projects have either gone missing or are untraceable making tough the ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in conduct of the Games. Sources said that problems were being faced by officials of various probe agencies including the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (I-T) department. "There are many documents related to the...
05:33 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to decide on the plea of one of the accused in the Commonwealth Games Time Scoring and Results (TSR) scam on Monday. Switzerland-based firm, the Swiss Timing Omega, is seeking a stay on possible coercive measures against it, ordered by a lower court. Sacked CWG Olympic Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi had allegedly granted the contract to Swiss Timing, causing a loss of...
07:27 AM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association is convening an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss Suresh Kalmadi involvement in a host of scams during the Commonwealth Games organised in India in 2010. The sports body is under pressure from the International Olympic Council to take action against the former Commonwealth Games chief. The IOC has threatened to take action against Kalmadi if the IOA remained passive on the issue. Faced...
10:22 AM, Mar 02, 2012
London: In what comes as a relief for former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, AM Films and AM Vans owner Ashish Patel has not named him in his statement to the London police. According to reports, though Patel did not name Kalmadi, he mentioned the names of Sanjay Mahindroo and T S Darbari in his statement. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now likely to file a...
05:41 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has written a letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), seeking a report on sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi's "current and exact situation before the courts of justice". In a letter addressed to the acting IOA president Vijay Kumar Malhotra, the IOC has threatened to refer the case to its Ethics Commission at any moment, should the action taken by...
01:24 AM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has written a letter to the chairman of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), seeking a full report on former CWG OC Chief Suresh Kalmadi's "exact situation before the courts of justice". The letter stated: "It is our understanding that, to date, your NOC has not taken any action or measure with respect to Mr Kalmadi. We now ask you to send us a...
04:20 PM, Jan 21, 2012
While Suresh Kalmadi has decided to stay away from the functioning of the IOA, he will not resign as the president. ...
08:40 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi, accused in the Commonwealth Games scam, will stay away from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for the time being. However, CNN-IBN has learnt that he will not resign from the post of president. Kalmadi's continuing involvement as the IOA president has drawn much flak. Now, CNN-IBN has access to a letter written by the man himself on January 3. The letter says, "I have not been...
08:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: "Law has taken its course," that is how Congress reacted on Thursday to Delhi High Court granting bail to Suresh Kalmadi in a 2010 Games-related graft case. "I do not want to say anything; law has taken its course. It is the process of law. We never interfere in the process of law. I want to say only this much," party spokesman Rashid Alvi told reporters when asked...
03:41 AM, Jan 20, 2012
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