New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to decide on the plea of one of the accused in the Commonwealth Games Time Scoring and Results (TSR) scam on Monday. Switzerland-based firm, the Swiss Timing Omega, is seeking a stay on possible coercive measures against it, ordered by a lower court. Sacked CWG Olympic Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi had allegedly granted the contract to Swiss Timing, causing a loss of...
07:27 AM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi will remain the President of the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) despite pressure from the IOC and despite being accused in the CWG scam. The IOA has said that Kalmadi will not execute his powers and that VK Malhotra will continue as the acting President. Kalmadi is out on bail after spending over nine months in jail. "Kalmadi has written two letters to the IOA acting president,...
02:08 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association is convening an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss Suresh Kalmadi involvement in a host of scams during the Commonwealth Games organised in India in 2010. The sports body is under pressure from the International Olympic Council to take action against the former Commonwealth Games chief. The IOC has threatened to take action against Kalmadi if the IOA remained passive on the issue. Faced...
10:22 AM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi, who was in jail for nearly nine months in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam, on Wednesday participated in a Parliamentary committee meeting on defence and gave suggestions about improving the performance of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Kalmadi, a former pilot, attended his first Parliamentary Committee meeting after his release on bail in January and inquired about the delays in completion of the indigenous Light Combat...
08:41 PM, Feb 29, 2012
London: In what comes as a relief for former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, AM Films and AM Vans owner Ashish Patel has not named him in his statement to the London police. According to reports, though Patel did not name Kalmadi, he mentioned the names of Sanjay Mahindroo and T S Darbari in his statement. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now likely to file a...
05:41 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Pune: Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Sunday said he was sure to "get justice" in CWG case and attributed the warm welcome accorded to him on his arrival in the city to its culture. "I have taken along with me all sections of society in the 30-35 years of my political life which has reflected in the warm welcome. Not only during good times but to...
09:41 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Mumbai: Suresh Kalmadi, facing corruption charges, will not campaign for the upcoming Pune civic polls. He has been suspended from the Congress party. But Kalmadi got a hero's welcome in Pune on Saturday evening. Party workers defied the leadership and celebrated his homecoming. The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls. Congressmen and women lined up at his Pune home...
09:12 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Ajit Pawar is making the issue his election plank in the hopes of replacing Suresh Kalmadi. ...
11:59 AM, Feb 05, 2012
Pune: Notwithstanding the criminal charges and his suspension from Congress, supporters of city MP Suresh Kalmadi gave him an enthusiastic welcome when he arrived in Pune on Saturday evening for the first time after being released on bail in the Commonwealth Games scam. His arrival coincided with the last day of withdrawal of nominations for the civic elections, in which he could have played a major role for Congress with...
09:05 PM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a complaint under FEMA against sacked CWG Organising Committee (OC) Chief Suresh Kalmadi and 4 others in the Queens Baton Rally case. The complaint is in connection with financial irregularities in the payments made to a London based firm AM Films. The complaint points to foreign exchange violations, unauthorised payments and over invoicing to to the tune of Rs 4.6 crore....
08:59 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed sacked CWG Organising Committee (OC) Chairman Suresh Kalmadi's plea seeking exemption for two days from appearing before the court in order to visit Pune for a medical check-up and to meet his family members. Kalmadi's plea for exemption from personal appearance on February 3 and 4 was rejected by Special Judge Talwant Singh on the ground that he was earlier allowed to...
05:37 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: Former CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi's troubles refuse to die down. Now, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) has written to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Acting President VK Malhotra asking what action he is contemplating against Suresh Kalmadi, who is accused in the Commonwealth Games scam. The IOC's National Olympics Committee (NOC) relations Director Piere Mairo has sought details of the chargesheet filed against Kalmadi. CNN-IBN has...
01:26 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Panaji: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief Suresh Kalmadi was made the scapegoat in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Venkaiah Naidu said on Monday. Naidu who was speaking at a public function in Mapusa, 15 km from here, described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "mauni baba" (the silent sage) for his silence in the face of corruption. "Why was Kalmadi alone arrested in the...
01:24 AM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Vice President Jagdish Tytler has come down heavily on former CWG chief Suresh Kalmadi, saying he should be sacked. Tytler said, "If Kalmadi is not resigning from the IOA, then he should be sacked with immediate effect. Merely giving soft statements will not work. If he doesn't resign, he should be kicked out." Earlier, Sports Minister Ajay Maken also asked for immediate action against...
04:41 PM, Jan 27, 2012
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11:47 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: The controversy within the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refuses to die out. A day after CNN-IBN aired an exclusive report, which has been given by Justice UC Banerjee, who still claims to be the Chairman of the Ethics Commission of the IOA, an all out war has now broken out on whether the order is valid or not. The Chairman of the disbanded Ethics Commission of IOA had...
06:51 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has suspended and served a show cause notice to former Commonwealth Games (CWG) OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi. CNN-IBN accessed a copy of an interim suspension order passed by the Ethics Commission against Suresh Kalmadi, Former Secretary-General of CWG OC Lalit Bhanot and and former Director-General VK Verma. However, sources told CNN-IBN that Kalmadi will challenge the order. The order is dated December 6,...
05:53 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has suspended and served a show cause notice to former Commonwealth Games (CWG) OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi. CNN-IBN accessed a copy of an interim suspension order passed by the Ethics Commission against Suresh Kalmadi, Former Secretary-General of CWG OC Lalit Bhanot and and former Director-General VK Verma. The order is dated December 6, 2011 but is being served against them now as all...
01:16 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has written a letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), seeking a report on sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi's "current and exact situation before the courts of justice". In a letter addressed to the acting IOA president Vijay Kumar Malhotra, the IOC has threatened to refer the case to its Ethics Commission at any moment, should the action taken by...
01:24 AM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has written a letter to the chairman of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), seeking a full report on former CWG OC Chief Suresh Kalmadi's "exact situation before the courts of justice". The letter stated: "It is our understanding that, to date, your NOC has not taken any action or measure with respect to Mr Kalmadi. We now ask you to send us a...
04:20 PM, Jan 21, 2012
