New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken is unlikely to attend the closing ceremony of National Games. The snub came a day after sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) Chairman Suresh Kalmadi attacked the Sports Ministry in an interview with CNN-IBN.
The Prime Minister is also unlikely to attend the closing ceremony, he had skipped the opening ceremony as well.
Speaking to CNN-IBN, Kalmadi had said the CBI was ignoring government officials, including those from the Sports Ministry, who had approved key decisions along with the OC.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and former union sports minister MS Gill have also ignored Kalmadi's outburst against them....
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07:25 PM, Feb 25, 2011
New Delhi: Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising secretary Suresh Kalmadi in a no-holds-barred interview to CNN-IBN has hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and former sports minister MS Gill. Kalmadi says investigating agencies must summon Sheila Dikshit, MS Gill and Jaipal Reddy. He has asked why the Delhi Chief Minister says that all scams were in the OC even before the games began. Kalmadi claimed the Prime Minister supported...
09:09 PM, Feb 24, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pulled up Union Sports Minister MS Gill and Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy on Friday during a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi for the delay in the preparation for Commonwealth Games. During the meeting Singh sent a strong message to Gill that it was not the time to talk but to act and then castigated Reddy for the sloppy work at the Games...
03:12 PM, Sep 24, 2010
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has stepped in to clear the Commonwealth Games mess. Singh has called Union Sports Minister MS Gill and Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy, who also heads the Group of Minister on the Commonwealth Games, for a meeting at 5:00 PM on Thursday evening to discuss the preparations for the Games which are scheduled to be held in Delhi from October 3 to 14....
01:12 PM, Sep 23, 2010
New Delhi: With 35 days left for the Commonwealth Games, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday visited the centrepiece Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies, and asked officials to "redouble their efforts to quickly complete" the work as people "expect a spectacular" opening to the mega event. "The Prime Minister, this morning, visited the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex where the opening and closing ceremonies of...
09:29 PM, Aug 29, 2010
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of a spate of controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a meeting with the ministers concerned this evening to review preparations for the mega event to be held in October. The meeting will be attended by Sports Ministers M S Gill, Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and others involved, official sources said. The meeting assumes...
01:50 PM, Aug 14, 2010
While rejecting Opposition's demand for a JPC probe, Gill said that his first priority was to hold the Commonwealth Games. ...
09:01 PM, Aug 10, 2010
The CWG games are just 2 months away but only two out of 17 venues meant for sporting events were ready on August 1. ...
10:35 AM, Aug 02, 2010
M S Gill has asked his officers to get the details regarding the alleged harassment of Indian shooters. ...
03:14 PM, May 16, 2010
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
Delhi's Nila Gumbad is a 16th century monument. ...
11:25 AM, Dec 31, 2009
The Sports Minister is not worried even as the clock ticks away. ...
12:14 PM, Nov 30, 2009
The world is gearing up for Commonwealth Games 2010. ...
03:19 AM, Oct 30, 2009
Union Sports Minister MS Gill visited the Nehru stadium on Monday. ...
12:35 AM, Oct 27, 2009
PM on his visit to Thailand said Delhi will hold a spectacular event. ...
09:33 PM, Oct 26, 2009
Building of a new tunnel has delayed the work at the stadium. ...
07:02 PM, Oct 26, 2009
The Sports Minister seemed satisfied with the progress of the work. ...
10:11 PM, Aug 24, 2009
Sports Minister MS Gill is to meet FIFA President Sepp Blatter. ...
09:40 PM, Aug 10, 2009
BCCI says WADA's 'Whereabouts Clause' is unacceptable. ...
03:49 PM, Aug 03, 2009
