New Delhi: Three Union Sports Ministers had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on various issues including lack of cooperation from the CWG Organising Committee and lack of accountable mechanism in it for spending government money, the Rajya Sabha was told on Thursday. "The Union Ministers had written on issues ranging from cheaper alternatives for conducting the Games, the need for supporting rural sports, lack of cooperation from the Organisation...
06:28 PM, Aug 11, 2011
New Delhi: The Monsoon storm in Parliament is expected to continue on Thursday as well. Both Houses will reconvene today after being adjourned on Wednesday after the Opposition created a rukus. Both Houses saw noisy scenes with NDA members slamming the police lathicharge on the youth BJP workers on Tuesday. Sports minister Ajay Maken will on Thursday issue a clarification on charges levelled against him regarding the selection of Suresh...
09:06 AM, Aug 11, 2011
New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as OC Chairman created pandemonium inside Parliament and outside as well on Tuesday as the BJP cornered the UPA Government on the issue of corruption in the Commonwealth Games. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely and Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha led the Opposition's charge inside Parliament. It all started in Rajya Sabha at 12 noon...
10:50 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: Pandemonium and ruckus marred the Lok Sabha on Tuesday following allegations by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken took bribe from former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda. BJP MP Yashwant Sinha while making a statement on the Comptroller and Auditor General report on the Commonwealth Games accused Maken of going to Jharkhand's capital Ranchi to threaten Koda and returning with bigger bags. "Ajay ...
05:37 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blamed the United Progressive Alliance Government for the Commonwealth Games mess and claimed that its ministers were misleading the country. Starting the debate on the Comptroller and Auditor General report on the Games BJP MP Arun Jaitley alleged that Sports Minister Ajay Maken's defence of the Government "conceals more and reveals less". "A major international games event became the largest scandal. It's...
12:31 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit should be sacked if she does not resign after her indictment by the government auditor on the Commonwealth Games. Accusing the chief minister of being involved in corruption, BJP and allies, joined by other opposition parties raised the pitch for Dikshit's resignation in parliament, forcing the house to be adjourned for the day....
10:40 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games storm has hit Parliament once again, with the Opposition training its guns on the Prime Minister and the Delhi Chief Minister. But caught in the crossfire was Sports Minister Ajay Maken for this statement made last week blaming the NDA for Suresh Kalmadi's appointment as Organising Committee Chairman. "Mr Maken has concealed many facts," said BJP leader Yashwant Sinha. Finally the government had to concede...
10:36 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government has bowed to Opposition's pressure and agreed to a debate in the Lok Sabha on Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement in Parliament on the National Democratic Alliance government's role in the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirti Azad will initiate the debate in the Lok Sabha on the issue. Earlier, both the...
03:23 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha were adjourned for the day on Monday, following an uproar over the CAG report on Commonwealth Games and Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on Kalmadi's appointment. The BJP moved a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha against Maken for his statement in Parliament that the NDA government was responsible for the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as the...
11:05 AM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: In view of complaints against the CWG Organising Committee headed by Suresh Kalmadi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was open to an idea of restructuring it in 2007, but it did not materialise as no concrete proposal came forth. Sports Minister Ajay Maken suggested this as he insisted that nothing could be done about Kalmadi because he had been elected OC Chairman by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and...
11:03 AM, Aug 07, 2011
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi's elevation as Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief is proving to be an embarrassment for both the Congress and the BJP. For the past 24 hours, sports minister Ajay Maken has been trying his best to lay the entire responsibility for appointment Suresh Kalmadi as OC chairman on the NDA. "It's the city government that signs the host city contract. The national Government never signs on the...
06:54 PM, Aug 03, 2011
New Delhi: In a surprise move, the Government on Tuesday stepped in to defend Prime Minister in the CWG row, even though the CAG report on the Commonwealth Games has yet to be tabled in Parliament. Sports Minister Ajay Maken, while defending the Prime Minister, squarely blamed the NDA for Suresh Kalmadi's appointment as the Commonwealth Organsing Committee chief. But the opposition refused to tone down its attacks on the...
12:19 AM, Aug 03, 2011
Sports Minister Ajay Maken blamed NDA for appointing Suresh Kalmadi as CWG OC chief. ...
10:46 PM, Aug 02, 2011
New Delhi: After briefing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the CAG report, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said that the nomination of Suresh Kalmadi as the Commonwealth Games chairman began under the NDA rule and he held former sports minister Vikram Verma responsible for signing the contract between India and the CWG Federation in India as a country. In his statement in Parliament, Maken said that the bid document was...
02:30 PM, Aug 02, 2011
The sports ministry looks at legal options, as it tells the IOA to remove Kalmadi as president. ...
08:06 AM, Apr 26, 2011
New Delhi: Arrested in the Commonwealth Games scam, Suresh Kalmadi will appear in a Delhi court on Tuesday. With many more allegations and probes against him, a bigger setback may be in store for his career. Sports Minister Ajay Maken has asked the Indian Olympic Association to remove Kalmadi as president - saying that the government will take the legal recourse to remove Kalmadi in case the Indian Olympic Association...
07:12 AM, Apr 26, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai discusses with a panel, if it is possible to remove Suresh Kalmadi from IOA. ...
11:42 PM, Apr 25, 2011
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi could be sacked as Indian Olympic Association President following his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Commonwealth Games Time Scoring Equipment scam. Sports Minister Ajay Maken said that his ministry would write to the IOA asking them to remove Kalmadi and elect a new President as it is embarrassing for the country that the IOA chief has been arrested. Kalmadi, who is a...
03:17 PM, Apr 25, 2011
From the ministry of sports to railways to the UP government, all are willing to extend help to Sonu. ...
10:15 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: Politicians are rushing to meet Sonu Sinha, the national level volleyball player who was thrown out of a moving train for resisting a robbery attempt. Sonu has now been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) after she had to undergo a second surgery. From the ministry of sports to railways to the UP government, all are willing to extend help to the maimed volley ball...
08:52 PM, Apr 18, 2011
