
New Delhi: Breaking a 30-year-old jinx, ruling Congress in Haryana on Sunday won the Ratia Assembly constituency in Fatehabad district. Congress's candidate Jarnail Singh defeated Sarfi Devi of main opposition INLD. Singh polled 65,071 votes as against 52,368 polled by Sarfi Devi of INLD. The bypoll were held on November 30. Jarnail won the seat by a margin of 12,703 votes. Mahavir Prashad of the BJP ended at third position....

11:52 AM, Dec 04, 2011

The families of the 1984 riots say that they still have not received justice even after 27 years. ...

04:05 PM, Nov 01, 2011

Patiala: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said that the recent book published by Congress party vindicated Akali Dal's stand that leaders of the ruling party at the Centre was responsible for the 1980s crisis in the state. He, however, refused to comment on the allegation that militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala was planted by former President Gyani Zail Singh and Congress general secretary Sanjay Gandhi as mentioned in...

05:53 PM, Jun 12, 2011

New Delhi: Disgraced CWG OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, accused of irregularities in TSR scam, on Thursday tried to shift the blame for award of the contract to OC CEO Jarnail Singh insisting that he was aware of the contract and was informed at all stages of decision. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, pressing for bail to Kalmadi, told Special CBI Jugde Talwant Singh that the award of TSR contract was always...

06:44 PM, May 26, 2011

New Delhi: In a significant decision, the Central government has removed from its 'blacklist' the names of 142 wanted terrorists and their associates, including the heads of various Sikh extremist groups. The wanted persons whose names have been deleted are believed to be currently based in countries like Pakistan, the US, Canada, Norway, France and Germany, and the government's step will enable them to move freely around the world and...

12:30 PM, May 15, 2011

New Delhi: On Friday CNN-IBN broke the story of involvement of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee OC CEO Jarnail Singh in giving a go ahead to the Timing, Scoring and Result (TSR) deal. And now it is learnt that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is also planning to summon Jarnail Singh for investigations in TSR deal. They are now wondering why Singh, despite being the CEO, did not raise the ...

08:12 PM, Apr 29, 2011

New Delhi: On Friday CNN-IBN broke the story of involvement of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee OC CEO Jarnail Singh in giving a go ahead to the Timing, Scoring and Result (TSR) deal. And now it is learnt that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is also planning to summon Jarnail Singh for investigations in TSR deal. They are now wondering why Singh, despite being the CEO, did not raise the...

08:12 PM, Apr 29, 2011

New Delhi: The CEO of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee told CNN-IBN that he had no option but to sign the inflated deals since most deals and purchases were left for the last moment. Talking to CNN-IBN, Jarnail Singh said, "In the TSR contract, when I came into the scene, it was too late. At that stage, if I hadn't approved it, it would have put the games delivery at...

07:27 AM, Apr 29, 2011

PM nominated CWG OC CEO Jarnail Singh talks to Rajdeep Sardesai about the TSR deal. ...

12:21 AM, Apr 29, 2011

New Delhi: After CNN-IBN revealed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's representative on the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Jarnail Singh, cleared the time scoring deal, the Central Burau of Investigatin (CBI) has come out to defend him. The CBI has said that Commonwealth games organising committee CEO Jarnail Singh's role was limited in the time scoring and result equipment scam. Jarnail Singh's role was limited to signing files, claimed the CBI. ...

08:50 PM, Apr 28, 2011

New Delhi: After CNN-IBN revealed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's representative on the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Jarnail Singh, cleared the time scoring deal, the Central Burau of Investigatin (CBI) has come out to defend him. The CBI has said that Commonwealth games organising committee CEO Jarnail Singh's role was limited in the time scoring and result equipment scam. Jarnail Singh's role was limited to signing files, claimed the CBI....

08:50 PM, Apr 28, 2011

Full text of the CEO of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Jarianil Singh's letter regarding the choice of Swiss Timing for the time scoring deal for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi: Jarnail SinghChief Executive OfficerFebruary 15, 2010Dear Shri Bhatnagar,The complaint from one Mrs. Sangita Goyal dated 24 Nov 2000 forwarded by Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) vide its letter dated 24 Dec 2009 to M/o Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) and...

05:12 PM, Apr 28, 2011

Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper has shirked all blame saying he just went with Commonwealth Games Organising Committee recommendations on the time scoring deal. Hooper spoke to CNN-IBN after the channel revealed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's representative on the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Jarnail Singh, knew and approved of the time scoring deal which has led to the arrest of Suresh Kalmadi. The Sports Ministry and important Commonwealth ...

03:46 PM, Apr 28, 2011

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday alleged that there has been a cover-up in the Commonwealth Games scam cases. "This is a part of the cover-up. The whole affair is getting closer to the Cabinet. There is definitely suspicion that cover-up operation is going on. People of India are losing patience, this cannot go on," said BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman. Nirmala was reacting to the CNN-IBN report...

01:41 PM, Apr 28, 2011

New Delhi: The final report, prepared by the VK Shunglu Committee investigating CWG scam, has slammed former CWG OC chief Suresh Kalmadi, former Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy and CWG OC CEO Jarnail Singh. CNN-IBN accesses key points of the sixth and final Shunglu panel report. Slamming Suresh Kalmadi, Former Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy and CWG OC CEO Jarnail Singh, the report observed that poor coordination between Kalmadi and...

09:24 AM, Apr 05, 2011