New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday questioned former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi in connection with an alleged illegal contract worth Rs 71 crore. The contract under scrutiny was awarded to a firm called Event Knowledge Service.
Sources say the Mauritius based company was given three different contracts during the 2010 Common Wealth Games. Kalmadi and former Organising Committee treasurer Jaya Chandran have been accused of signing forged documents that authorised the deal.
The contract was signed without the approval of the Group of Ministers. The records show that the EKS agreements were made in 2006, while the GoM was informed about the same much later.
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03:50 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to question former Indian Olympic Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi in connection with alleged irregularities in Rs 70-crore contract given to a firm Event Knowledge Systems for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The agency had registered the case in 2012 naming Kalmadi and other senior officials of the Organising Committee of CWG, CBI sources said. They said Kalmadi is likely to be called this week in...
01:26 AM, Jun 06, 2013
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12:45 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Modifying a trial court order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Investigating Officer and the Public Prosecutor can interview the prosecution witnesses "before hand" in the Commonwealth Games-related graft case involving sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi. Justice Kailash Gambhir said, "The order is modified to the extent that the duo can interview the prosecution witnesses before hand." The court modified the trial court's March 14...
03:16 PM, May 14, 2013
London: Britain's most successful Olympian Chris Hoy is to retire from track cycling having exhausted "every last ounce of effort and energy", the six-time Games gold medal winner said on Thursday. Hoy, 37, has decided against competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in his native Scotland. "I am officially announcing my retirement. It was not a decision I took easily or lightly, but I know it's the right...
04:49 PM, Apr 18, 2013
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08:12 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Switzerland-based Swiss Timing Ltd has been put on trial for allegedly conspiring and cheating the exchequer in a Commonwealth Games scam case, involving Suresh Kalmadi and nine others, by a Delhi court which also asked CBI to file a chargesheet against the firm's 3 senior officials. ...
06:29 PM, Mar 07, 2013
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08:07 PM, Feb 19, 2013
A Delhi court dealing with a CWG related corruption case on Monday said two of the accused had paid Rs 71.73 lakh for actor Shilpa Shetty's performance in the closing ceremony of 2008 CWG Youth Games at Pune "merely to fulfil the last moment wish" of Suresh Kalmadi. ...
09:06 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Former Commonwealth Games chief Suresh Kalmadi still remains defiant and unwilling to let go of his sporting appointments. Abhay Singh Chautala's elevation to the presidency of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) may not have had the sanction of the International Olympic Committee(IOC) but it officially ended Kalmadi's 16-year reign as the undisputed boss of Indian sports. ...
07:29 AM, Feb 05, 2013
A special CBI court on Monday framed charges against Suresh Kalmadi for allegedly favouring Swiss Timing in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and causing a loss of Rs 95 crore to the exchequer. ...
11:47 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Tough times are ahead for the man who once headed one of India's top sporting bodies. A special CBI court on Monday framed charges against Suresh Kalmadi for allegedly favouring Swiss Timing in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and causing a loss of Rs 95 crore to the exchequer. ...
07:44 PM, Feb 04, 2013
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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
A Delhi court is likely to frame charges against sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and others on Monday for allegedly cheating, conspiring and causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer in a Games-related corruption case. Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur had on January 10 posted for Monday the framing of charges in the case that also involves former OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot...
11:30 AM, Feb 03, 2013
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06:34 PM, Jan 13, 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: A Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges against sacked Commonwealth Games chief Suresh Kalmadi and 10 others in the CWG scam case. All the accused will be charged with the offence of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and also under Prevention of Corruption Act. Passing the order, Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh fixed January 10 as the deadline for formally framing charges against all the accused in...
11:18 AM, Dec 21, 2012
Mumba: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) can still avoid an Olympic suspension by calling off its controversial December 5 election, its secretary general Randhir Singh told Reuters on Thursday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will propose the suspension to its Executive Board next week after being told that government regulations would apply for the IOA election. "I think we can still avoid it by calling off the elections," Singh, who has...
04:19 PM, Nov 29, 2012
