Trial in a Commonwealth Games related case involving Suresh Kalmadi and nine others will commence on Wednesday in a Delhi court which had invoked charges of criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating and other offences against them entailing maximum punishment of life term. ...
08:07 PM, Feb 19, 2013
While a Central Bureau of Investigation court in Delhi framed charges against sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairperson Suresh Kalmadi and 9 others in the TSR scam, the Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that the CBI was silent on Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's role. Kalmadi has pleaded not guilty in the case. ...
12:51 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Over two years after the Commonwealth Games, a Delhi court is framed charges against sacked organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and nine others in the TSR scam first reported by CNN-IBN. Kalmadi pleaded not guilty in the court. All the accused in the case are out on bail. ...
10:48 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Over two years after the Commonwealth Games, a Delhi court is likely to frame charges against sacked organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and nine others in the TSR scam first reported by CNN-IBN. Kalmadi, Lalit Bhanot, VK Verma and others have been charged with cheating, criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence and the Prevention of Corruption Act. ...
08:22 AM, Feb 04, 2013
The IOC has offered a lifeline to suspended India by inviting its government officials for a meeting at its headquarters. ...
05:49 PM, Jan 15, 2013
The IOC wrote a letter to IOA asking its national sports federations not to associate with the illegitimate individuals purporting on its behalf. ...
06:18 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Former CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi will face trial in a Delhi court on Thursday in the Commonwealth Games Scam. Kalmadi has been charged with cheating and conspiracy after allegedly abusing his office and causing a loss over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer ...
10:32 AM, Jan 10, 2013
New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee has asked its Indian member Randhir Singh to take all measures, including legal action, against "illegitimate individuals" claiming to represent the suspended Indian Olympic Association. Miffed after new Secretary General of the suspended IOA, Lalit Bhanot, began official correspondence with national sports federations on two major international multi-sport events, the IOC said the move was in violation of its directives. The world body has...
10:49 AM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee has refused to recognise the elections conducted by the suspended Indian Olympic Association, saying the "so-called" office-bearers have no legitimacy. The IOA went ahead and conducted its elections despite being suspended by the IOC and the world body has now even threatened legal action. "The suspended Indian Olympic Association is no longer entitled to exercise any activity or right conferred upon it by the...
02:19 PM, Dec 07, 2012
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday suspended IOA for conducting elections under government's sports code. ...
12:01 AM, Dec 06, 2012
Indian sports crisis deepens. Should sports ministry involve more efficiently to find out a solution? ...
11:13 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: Abhay Singh Chautala on Wednesday took over as the president of the Indian Olympic Association while the tainted Lalit Bhanot became the secretary general after the IOA conducted its controversial elections defying the IOC's directive not to go ahead with the polls. Chautala and Bhanot were declared elected unopposed in the polls conducted by an Election Commission made up of retired High Court Justices, just a day after...
09:19 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: The controversial Lalit Bhanot has been unanimously elected secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) with the proviso that he would present his case before the International Olympic Committee (IOC), explaining the legal position of the corruption cases he is facing in connection with the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Bhanot said after the election that he has scrupulously followed the law of the land and the house has...
08:07 PM, Dec 05, 2012
CWG-tainted Lalit Bhanot has been elected unopposed as the secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association. ...
08:32 PM, Nov 30, 2012
CWG tainted Lalit Bhanot's return has fuelled further divide in the Indian Olympic Association. ...
12:14 PM, Nov 16, 2012
IOA vice-president Jagdish Tytler says that it's sad that people involved in CWG scam still want to hold the top posts. ...
09:52 AM, Oct 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 CBI special court Tuesday decided to resume March 13 the hearing in a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) held in New Delhi. The trial was put off after a defence counsel raised doubts over getting a fair trial. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Talwant Singh said the scrutiny of documents of the case would resume March 13. Judge Singh on February...
06:36 PM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a complaint under FEMA against sacked CWG Organising Committee (OC) Chief Suresh Kalmadi and 4 others in the Queens Baton Rally case. The complaint is in connection with financial irregularities in the payments made to a London based firm AM Films. The complaint points to foreign exchange violations, unauthorised payments and over invoicing to to the tune of Rs 4.6 crore....
08:59 PM, Feb 02, 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
