Common Wealth Games
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Income Tax Raids On Firms Which Bagged CWG Contracts
India | Oct 28, 2010, 12:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 28: The Income Tax department today conducted raids on some contractors here as part of its probe to detect alleged financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games.Official sources said teams of about 150
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India Slips 3 Places In Global Corruption Rankings
India | Oct 27, 2010, 11:44 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 26 : India has slipped to 87th spot in Transparency International's latest ranking of nations based on the level of corruption, with the global watchdog asserting that perceptions about corruption in the
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Poonia Accepts Samuels Challenge But Spurns January Date
Other Sports | Oct 26, 2010, 09:30 PM ISTNew Delhi , Oct 26: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Krishna Poonia is game for the USD 20,000 winner-takes-all discus throw contest with world champion Dani Samuels of Australia but rejected January 22 date for the
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Kalmadi Left Out Of Cab Sec's Dinner Party
Other Sports | Oct 24, 2010, 04:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: In yet another snub for him, Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee head Suresh Kalmadi, facing charges of corruption in the sporting event, was not invited to a thanks-giving dinner hosted by Cabinet Secretary K
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Aus Athletes Caught Doping During Commonwealth Games
Other Sports | Oct 23, 2010, 10:29 PM ISTMelbourne : Nine Australian athletes have tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexaneamine and some of them could be from the Commonwealth Games squads. The authorities have not revealed the identity of the athletes but they
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Aussie Athletes Took Away Medicines, Devices Worth Rs 1 Crore
Other Sports | Oct 22, 2010, 05:33 PM ISTAustralian athletes, apart from allegedly vandalising Commonwealth games village, took away medicines and devices worth over Rs one crore, Delhi govt has written to the Australian Chef De Mission, reports MidDay. They were the ones
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Burglaries In CWG OC Head Office, One Held
India | Oct 22, 2010, 04:17 PM ISTThe timing is rather suspicious. Over the last seven days the CWG Organising Committee (OC) head office has been burgled several times. Computers of senior OC officials were targeted by the accused who stole the
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We Will Beat India In Asian Games: Zeeshan
Hockey | Oct 22, 2010, 11:21 AM ISTKarachi, Oct 22 : Pakistan hockey captain Zeeshan Ashraf has vowed to avenge their defeat against India in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games when the two arch-rivals meet for the third time this year in next
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My Grandmother Wanted A Grandson: Saina Nehwal
Other Sports | Oct 22, 2010, 02:11 PM ISTShe is one of the most sought after female sporting stars in India but when Saina Nehwal was born in patriarchal Haryana, her own grandmother refused to look at her because of the inherent discrimination
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Rs 100 Crore Hi-Tech Security System Failed During CWG
India | Oct 20, 2010, 04:01 PM ISTTETRA -- the much-touted Rs 100 cr security communication system for CWG -failed completely during the Games, reports MidDay. Though the authorities ensured that there were no loopholes in the Commonwealth Games security, but the
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No Records Of Baton Relay Contract: CBI
India | Oct 20, 2010, 12:14 PM ISTNEW DELHI: The CBI probe into the alleged CWG scam seems to have hit a wall.The agency has not found any documented contract related to London-based AM Films and AM Car and Vans, which were
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Tenure Of CWG Organising Committee Extended: Reddy
India | Oct 18, 2010, 07:59 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 18: As the probe into allegations of corruption in the conduct of Commonwealth Games gained momentum, Government today decided to extend the tenure of the Organising Committee till further orders. "Senior officials
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Hurdles Kept Disabled Away From CWG Spectacle
India | Oct 17, 2010, 11:07 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 17 : Organisers of the just-concluded Commonwealth Games may boast of holding a world-class sporting extravaganza, but the disabled and activists working in this area have said that the event was far
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Ready For Probe Into CWG, Says Kalmadi
India | Oct 16, 2010, 08:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Saturday said he is ready to provide all kind of support to the Prime Minister-appointed high-level committee formed to look into allegations of corruption related
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Kalmadi Kept Out Of Sonia's Meeting With Medal Winners
India | Oct 16, 2010, 06:38 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 16: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi received yet another snub today when Congress President Sonia Gandhi met the Indian medal winners in the mega sporting event but kept him out.
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Sorry CWG Anthem Was A Disappointment, Says Rahman
Other Sports | Oct 16, 2010, 08:36 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct.15 : Double Oscar winner A R Rahman, who composed the Commonwealth Games Theme Song 'Yaaro India Bula Liya', today said he was "sorry" if this number has let down anybody after it
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When An Air Force UAV Was Almost Shot Down At Games Opening
India | Oct 15, 2010, 11:40 PM ISTIt was a major security scare on the day of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) opening ceremony when an IAF's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle came below the prescribed height -- possibly to give its controllers a peep
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'Al-Qaeda, LeT Planned To Attack Commonwealth Venues On Oct 12-13'
India | Oct 15, 2010, 10:27 PM ISTThe glitzy closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi, Oct 15: Al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had planned to attack some venues of the just-concluded Commonwealth Games on October 12 and 13, prompting the
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Games Over, PM Orders Probe Into CWG
India | Oct 15, 2010, 10:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 15: With the Commonwealth Games over and demands for probe for mounting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight appointed a high-level committee headed by a former CAG to go into allegations of corruption
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Wrestler Sushil Decides To Skip Asian Games
Other Sports | Oct 15, 2010, 09:41 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 15: Commonwealth Games gold medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar has decided to skip next month's Asian Games in China because of a shoulder injury.Sushil, who won the Commonwealth Games gold in the 66kg