Common Wealth Games
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PM Says, Aiyar Opposed Commonwealth Games On Ideological Grounds
India | Jul 02, 2011, 06:32 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 2: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Sports Ministry for “relevant details” regarding the letters written by former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on last year's Commonwealth Games. “The letters written
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Shunglu Finds Lapses In CWG Appointment Of Shashi Tharoor
India | Jun 19, 2011, 01:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 19: The Shunglu Committee has found irregularities in the appointment of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as an international consultant to advise Commonwealth Games Organising Committee about host of activities related to the
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South Africa To Bid For 2022 Commonwealth Games
Other Sports | Jun 03, 2011, 08:33 AM ISTDurban, June 3 : South Africa will bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games having last week pulled out of the race to stage the 2020 summer Olympics, the country's Olympic federation chief Gideon Sam
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Cong Cracks Whip On Kalmadi, Suspends Him After CBI Arrest
India | Apr 25, 2011, 09:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, April 25: Cracking the whip, Congress today suspended Suresh Kalmadi hours after the controversial party MP was arrested by CBI in connection with irregularities in the Commonwealth Games projects.The axe fell on the
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The Commonwealth Scam Probe So Far
India | Apr 25, 2011, 05:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 25: Following is a timeline for the CBI probe into the Commonwealth Games scam so far: April 25, 2011: Suresh Kalmadi is arrested under Sections 120 B and 420 (criminal conspiracy and
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CWG Scam: CBI Searches 20 Locations
India | Apr 05, 2011, 09:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 5: The CBI today registered the ninth case in its probe of alleged corruption during Commonwealth Games naming seven senior engineers of CPWD and DDA for allegedly inflating cost of laying of
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CWG Infrastructure Works Made Contractors Richer By Rs 250 Cr
India | Mar 27, 2011, 04:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 27: The Prime Minister-appointed Shunglu Committee has found that over Rs 250 crore of the tax payers money has been pocketed by various contractors executing the Commonwealth Games projects. The high-level committee
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CBI Registers Case Agst Lalli, Dehlvi, Carries Out Searches
India | Mar 04, 2011, 12:14 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 4: The CBI today carried out searches at the residence of suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli after registering a case against him and others for alleged irregularities in the award
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Maken Not To Attend National Games Closing Ceremony
Other Sports | Feb 26, 2011, 01:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 26 : After intense speculation, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has decided to give the closing ceremony of the 34th National Games a miss today, citing "preoccupation with current parliament session" as the
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PM Warns Wrongdoers, As Kalmadi Points Finger At Sports Ministry
India | Feb 24, 2011, 06:03 PM ISTNew Delhi/Ranchi, Feb 24: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said no wrongdoer can "escape punishment" in the CWG scam even as Suresh Kalmadi, the sacked chairman of the Games' Organising Committee, accused probe agencies of
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Law To Take Its Own Course: Kalmadi On Arrest Of Bhanot, Verma
India | Feb 24, 2011, 08:16 AM ISTRanchi, Feb 23 : Former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee head Suresh Kalmadi, whose two close aides were arrested in connection with alleged corruption in a Games-related project, today said the law will take its own
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Lalit Bhanot, Verma Questioned, Later Arrested By CBI
India | Feb 23, 2011, 06:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 23: Former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot was on Wednesday arrested after being questioned by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in a Rs 107 crore contract that
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Rs 55 Lakh Reward For Clues On Jama Masjid Attack
India | Feb 18, 2011, 11:14 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 18 : Groping in the dark in the September 19 Jama Masjid attack case, Delhi Police has announced a reward of Rs 25 lakh for anyone with information on the car blast
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I Was Officially, Formally, Legally Paid, Says Tharoor
India | Feb 13, 2011, 02:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 13 : Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor is back in the news over payment of money by the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games for consultancy services. Tharoor today described the reports
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CWG Broadcast Deal Under ED Scanner
India | Feb 13, 2011, 12:10 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) Prasar Bharati's Rs 246-crore deal with a UK-based broadcast firm for the coverage of the Commonwealth Games has now come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate. Official sources said
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Former Kalmadi Aide Darbari Ready To Sing
India | Nov 23, 2010, 08:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a blow to Suresh Kalmadi, his one-time trusted aide, T S Darbari, appears to be breaking ranks. On Monday, Darbari's counsel told a trial court that on November 3, well before his
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Kalmadi's Aide Jeychandren Arrested
India | Nov 22, 2010, 09:16 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 22 : CBI on Sunday arrested Commonwealth Games organising committee treasurer M Jeychandren, for his alleged role in the Queen's Baton Relay scam. Jeychandren, as joint director-general of finance and accounts, was
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PM Should Accept JPC Demand, Says Gadkari
National | Nov 18, 2010, 04:21 PM ISTMumbai, Nov 18: BJP president Nitin Gadkari today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to break his silence on the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam and 2G Spectrum allocation issue, challenging him to accept the Opposition demand
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We Will Give All The Answers, Says Kalmadi
India | Nov 17, 2010, 05:16 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 17: The Commonwealth Games corruption probe is gaining steam after the arrest of two former Organising Committee officials but an unfazed OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi today said he would give "satisfactory answers"
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CBI Arrests Darbari, Mahendroo On QBR Muddle
India | Nov 15, 2010, 08:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 15: The CBI today stepped into the Commonwealth Games corruption muddle and arrested two sacked senior officials of the Games Organising Committee on charges of forgery and cheating relating to the Queen's