In a letter to the IOA, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stated that Dow Chemicals had no role in the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. ...
03:17 PM, Feb 16, 2012
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has written to the PM, demanding that Dow should pay compensation or India should withdraw from the Olympics. ...
08:04 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: Despite protests by anti-Dow activists and resignation of the Ethics panel chief, the organisers of the London Olympic Games have refused to terminate their sponsorship deal with the company. Organising Committee chief executive Paul Deighton has said that Dow will stay as the Olympic sponsor. In fact the committee went to say that the responsibility to clean up the Bhopal site lies with the Indian government. This, despite...
07:14 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: Despite the resignation of the Ethics panel chief, the London Olympic Committee stands firm, says Dow will remain a sponsor for the Olympic Games. The London Olympics Organisisng Committee said on Friday that Dow Chemicals will remain the sponsors of the 2012 London Olympics. The chief executive of the London Olympics said that the clean up of the Bhopal disaster site is the Indian government's responsibility. "Absolutely comfortable...
12:41 PM, Jan 27, 2012
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
New Delhi: The controversy surrounding the continuation of Commonwealth Games scams accused Suresh Kalmadi, Lalit Bhanot and VK Verma in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had got murkier. The Ethics Commission passed an order suspending Kalmadi, Bhanot and Verma. But the order had been passed by a body that has been reportedly disbanded by the IOA. So is the Ethics Commission's order suspending Kalmadi, Bhanot and Verma still valid? Why ...
11:45 AM, Jan 23, 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
New Delhi: Former Commonwealth Games OC Chief Suresh Kalmadi has decided to 'step aside' as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President. Kalmadi, who has not resigned officially, said that he would not represent the IOA. In a letter to IOA Acting President VK Malhotra, Kalmadi said he will step aside as the IOA President. "I will not be able to represent the IOA. I will not be taking part in...
02:19 PM, Jan 20, 2012
The organisers of London Olympics have stuck by Dow, leaving India's Olympic association in a tight spot. ...
10:38 PM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry is mounting pressure on the Indian Olympic Association to seek the ouster of Dow Chemicals as sponsors of the London Olympics 2012. The ministry has written to the Indian Olympic Association, asking it to take up the matter with the International Olympic Committee. CNN-IBN accessed a copy of the letter in which the ministry asked the IOC to raise the matter with International Olympic Committee...
12:13 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Full text of Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi letter on the ongoing investigations in the Commonwealth Games scam: Date: 24 February 2011 The officers of the Organising Committee have always co-operated with the investigating agencies, making all documents available to them and presenting themselves at the CBI offices whenever called. The etire focus is on members of the Organising Committee who have been sports administrators. Others who worked hard...
01:15 PM, Feb 24, 2011
IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi claimes that there is nothing wrong in sports administrators holding on to their posts for a long time. ...
12:13 AM, May 06, 2010
The sport has been included in the 2016 Olympics. ...
02:09 AM, Dec 11, 2009
The sport has been included in the 2016 Olympics. ...
02:09 AM, Dec 11, 2009
In the interest of the Games I am ready to take one step back, says Kalmadi. ...
02:39 AM, Nov 23, 2009
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