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CWG broadcast deal: CBI files FIR against Lalli
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against suspended Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli today and is conducting raids at his house and office in connection with alleged irregularities in the award of broadcasting rights of the Commonwealth Games. The deal reportedly resulted in a loss of Rs 135 crore to the exchequer.The CBI i...
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Organising Committee members are being targetted: Kalmadi
A day after the arrest of two of his close aides, sacked Commonwealth Games OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi today accused the investigating agencies of "targeting" only the Organising Committee when government officials were also part of the entire decision-making process.He expressed shock and displeasure over the way the entire matter has been handled...
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Rs 1300 Crore deficit for Commonwealth Games, taxpayers will Pay
One crooked deal after another has revealed that the team that organised the Commonwealth Games in India was incorporated as the worst sort of Badmaash Company. Adding to the injury of the thousands of missing crores is the insult that the various deals were crassly crafted. But the corruption that became the currency of the Games is now goin...
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CWG broadcast deal: PM acts on Shunglu Committee report
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has referred the Shunglu Committee report on suspended Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli's alleged irregularities to CBI.Prasar Bharti Director General Aruna Sharma, also indicted by Shunglu Committee, has been reverted to her home cadre of IAS in Madhya Pradesh.Here's a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office:The Pri...
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Supreme Court to Govt: Explain why Prasar Bharti CEO Lalli must go
The Supreme Court today sought from the Centre evidence on alleged irregularities committed by former Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli in running the public broadcaster on the basis of which he was suspended last December.A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the government to file a statement of facts relating to Lalli's suspension within ...
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No dubious deal involved in using services of Zoom: SIS Live
SIS Live, the sole broadcaster for the Commonwealth Games, on Thursday claimed there was no "dubious" deal involved in using the services of Zoom communications for CWG telecast and that at no point of time had it violated terms of the contract signed with Prasar Bharti.
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CWG corruption: Broadcast deal shows glitches
The inquest of the broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games reveals a financial bending of the rules that has become a pattern for virtually every aspect of the event.NDTV has been reporting over the last week that the Rs 246-crore deal is being cross-checked now by, among others, Income Tax officials. Sources say that they have uncovered e...
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CWG: Were rules bent for broadcast rights deal?
The controversy over the broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games is getting larger.The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has sent the files on the deal to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which has been asked by the government to investigate the apparently-indefatigable corruption that marked pretty much every aspect of the Game...
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Doordarshan's response to media reports on impropriety in CWG broadcasting rights deal
After NDTV ran reports on SIS Live - the company that won the CWG broadcast rights contract - was formed in January 2010, four months after bidding for the contract had ended, Doordarshan has issued a rebuttal, which says: The television channel reports regarding the SIS Live the entity selected for production and coverage are not factually correct...
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Top official denies CWG broadcast right deal reeks of impropriety
The broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games, worth Rs 246 crore, is being thoroughly investigated now, sources say. BS Lalli, the CEO of Prasar Bharti, which oversaw the deal, says no rules were violated to favour SIS Live, a UK-based company that won the rights.(Watch: Everything is above board says Prasar Bharti CEO) The Managing D...
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CWG broadcast deal: CBI files FIR against Lalli
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against suspended Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli today and is conducting raids at his house and office in connection with alleged irregularities in the award of broadcasting rights of the Commonwealth Games. The deal reportedly resulted in a loss of Rs 135 crore to the exchequer.The CBI i...
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Organising Committee members are being targetted: Kalmadi
A day after the arrest of two of his close aides, sacked Commonwealth Games OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi today accused the investigating agencies of "targeting" only the Organising Committee when government officials were also part of the entire decision-making process.He expressed shock and displeasure over the way the entire matter has been handled...
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Rs 1300 Crore deficit for Commonwealth Games, taxpayers will Pay
One crooked deal after another has revealed that the team that organised the Commonwealth Games in India was incorporated as the worst sort of Badmaash Company. Adding to the injury of the thousands of missing crores is the insult that the various deals were crassly crafted. But the corruption that became the currency of the Games is now goin...
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CWG broadcast deal: PM acts on Shunglu Committee report
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has referred the Shunglu Committee report on suspended Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli's alleged irregularities to CBI.Prasar Bharti Director General Aruna Sharma, also indicted by Shunglu Committee, has been reverted to her home cadre of IAS in Madhya Pradesh.Here's a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office:The Pri...
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Supreme Court to Govt: Explain why Prasar Bharti CEO Lalli must go
The Supreme Court today sought from the Centre evidence on alleged irregularities committed by former Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli in running the public broadcaster on the basis of which he was suspended last December.A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the government to file a statement of facts relating to Lalli's suspension within ...
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No dubious deal involved in using services of Zoom: SIS Live
SIS Live, the sole broadcaster for the Commonwealth Games, on Thursday claimed there was no "dubious" deal involved in using the services of Zoom communications for CWG telecast and that at no point of time had it violated terms of the contract signed with Prasar Bharti.
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CWG corruption: Broadcast deal shows glitches
The inquest of the broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games reveals a financial bending of the rules that has become a pattern for virtually every aspect of the event.NDTV has been reporting over the last week that the Rs 246-crore deal is being cross-checked now by, among others, Income Tax officials. Sources say that they have uncovered e...
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CWG: Were rules bent for broadcast rights deal?
The controversy over the broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games is getting larger.The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has sent the files on the deal to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which has been asked by the government to investigate the apparently-indefatigable corruption that marked pretty much every aspect of the Game...
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Doordarshan's response to media reports on impropriety in CWG broadcasting rights deal
After NDTV ran reports on SIS Live - the company that won the CWG broadcast rights contract - was formed in January 2010, four months after bidding for the contract had ended, Doordarshan has issued a rebuttal, which says: The television channel reports regarding the SIS Live the entity selected for production and coverage are not factually correct...
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Top official denies CWG broadcast right deal reeks of impropriety
The broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games, worth Rs 246 crore, is being thoroughly investigated now, sources say. BS Lalli, the CEO of Prasar Bharti, which oversaw the deal, says no rules were violated to favour SIS Live, a UK-based company that won the rights.(Watch: Everything is above board says Prasar Bharti CEO) The Managing D...
