New Delhi: A special court is likely to take cognisance of the CBI's chargesheet in the 2010 Commonwealth Games Queen Baton Relay case.
Former organising committee members TS Darbari, Sanjay Mahendroo and M Jaychandran have been accused of financial irregularities.
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.
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08:52 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi is ready to face what's widely believed the toughest grilling that he has been subjected to so far by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A two-member CBI team has returned from London after carrying out extensive investigations in the Queens baton relay scam. CNN-IBN has learnt that the CBI has got some new leads about how Kalmadi...
06:30 PM, Apr 24, 2011
New Delhi: Sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi is ready to face what's widely believed the toughest grilling that he has been subjected to so far by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A two-member CBI team has returned from London after carrying out extensive investigations in the Queens baton relay scam. CNN-IBN has learnt that the CBI has got some new leads about how Kalmadi ...
06:30 PM, Apr 24, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to former official of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, TS Darbari, in the Queen's Baton Relay scam case. Darbari was granted bail by Justice Hima Kohli after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that it was not in a position to file a chargesheet immediately in the case. Justice Kohli observed that the CBI had failed to file the...
12:28 PM, Jan 14, 2011
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games chief Suresh Kalmadi was finally grilled by the CBI for nearly nine hours on Wednesday over his involvement in the overlays contracts, the aerostat purchase and the AM films deal during the Queen's Baton Relay in London. Sources says Central Bureau of Investigation wanted to grill Kalmadi again on Thursday but he asked for three days time before the next round of questioning. A concerned Suresh...
10:36 PM, Jan 05, 2011
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi will finally appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday. Suresh Kalmadi to be grilled by CBI over AM Films. In the time scoring and recording contract - Kalmadi will be quizzed about the need to award the deal to Omega. The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief will also be quizzed about the overpricing of the aerostat. On December 24, Kalmadi's house had been raided...
06:55 PM, Jan 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi's officews and residences across the country in connection with the alleged cases of corruption and irregularities in the Games. CBI officials started the raid at around 7 AM at his offices and residences in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. Besides Kalmadi, the premises of his personal secretary Manoj Bhure in Pune were also...
12:25 PM, Dec 24, 2010
New Delhi: Two undertrials lodged in the high security Tihar Jail who alleged that they were asked to kill jailed CWG officials had been apparently paid to do so. Earlier the two undertrials, in an application made to a Delhi court, claimed the deputy jail superintendent asked them to kill the three sacked OC officials. TS Darbari, Sanjay Mahendroo and M Jayachandran are close to CWG chief Suresh Kalmadi. DG...
07:06 AM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: In a sensational claim, two under trials lodged in the high security in Tihar Jail, in an application to a Delhi court, on Tuesday alleged that they were asked to kill jailed Commonwealth Games officials. The two inmates named, Sarvesh and Amit wrote that jail officials asked them to kill CWG officials and also provided them a pistol and a knife to do so. The three jailed officials...
11:21 PM, Dec 21, 2010
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi is back in India after leaving everyone guessing about his whereabouts. In his first address to the media on Monday, after his return to the country from the Asian Games in China, Kalmadi said he had done no wrong and welcomed investigation into allegations of corruption in the CWG. Kalmadi, who is to be questioned by the Central Bureau of...
01:05 PM, Nov 29, 2010
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi's troubles are increasing. TS Darbari, who was sacked from the Organising Committee and arrested following allegations of corruption, on Monday blamed Kalmadi and another former OC member, Sanjay Mohindroo, for the AM Films fraud. Darbari claimed that he had no role in the fraud and offered to give all details in a letter to CBI Director dated November 3. The letter...
04:44 PM, Nov 22, 2010
New Delhi: Congress MP and Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi seems to be in trouble. Former commonwealth games officials TS Darbari and Sanjay Mohindroo, two of his trusted aides now under CBI custody, are accusing him of being responsible for all financial transactions. However, Kalmadi has till now maintained that he is not responsible for any financial irregularity and scam in Commonwealth Games. "I am ready to face...
11:15 PM, Nov 16, 2010
New Delhi: A day after Suresh Kalmadi's aides were arrested for forging an email that justified selection of AM Cars for the Queen's Baton Relay in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, the government on Tuesday asked each agency and ministry to conduct independent investigations. Making a suo motto statement in Parliament, Sports Minister MS Gill said that all agencies and ministries concerned will conduct investigations into the allegation of...
12:11 PM, Nov 16, 2010
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is likely to issue summons to senior officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee in connection with a case of alleged violation of foreign exchange regulations related to the Queen’s Baton Relay in London. The ED is likely to question Games OC chief Suresh Kalmadi and other top brass including Secretary General Lalit Bhanot, Jt Director General TS Darbari, DG VK Verma and Vice Chairman...
04:46 PM, Oct 20, 2010
![ED summons sacked CWG treasurer Jayachandran]( "ED summons sacked CWG treasurer Jayachandran")
Jayachandran was expelled from the CWG Organising Committee on charges of irregularities in Queen's Baton Relay. ...
07:10 PM, Aug 13, 2010
New Delhi: Denying any role in the alleged money trail during the QBR launch in London, CWG Organising Committee Director General VK Verma on Thursday held sacked officials T S Darbari and Sanjay Mohindroo responsible for all the deals at that time. "Darbari and Mohindroo are the two officers who were entirely responsible for the entire project (deal with AM Films) as they were of the level of joint DGs....
04:17 PM, Aug 12, 2010
New Delhi: TS Darbari, who was sacked from the post of joint director general of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee in the wake of the corruption scandal that has rocked the event, on Wednesday pleaded innocence. "I am being made a scapegoat. There is no document anywhere which shows my involvement in the controversy. I wasn't even a part of the committee that gave its go ahead for the deal. All...
05:56 PM, Aug 11, 2010
The committee will look into allegations of financial impropriety in dealings with AM FIlms. ...
09:14 PM, Aug 03, 2010
