Cwg Broadcast Scam

• 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...

• 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...

• Shunglu report: PM takes serious view of findings

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken serious view of the findings of the Shunglu panel that is investigating the Commonwealth Games broadcast scam.The panel, in its interim report, has reportedly indicted Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli, finding him guilty of causing a loss of nearly Rs 150 crore to the exchequer. Sources say the report could also sp...

• CWG broadcast rights: Shunglu report indicts BS Lalli

  The Shunglu committee on Monday submitted an interim report on alleged irregularities in awarding broadcasting rights during Commonwealth Games to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), even as the term of the panel has been extended till March 31 to submit its full report.Sources say that the committee in its first report on the CWG broadcast rights h...

• 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...

• CWG broadcast scam: SIS Live denies charges

  The broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games, worth Rs. 246 crore, is being thoroughly investigated. After allegations of favouritism and wrongdoing were leveled against SIS Live, a UK-based company that won the broadcasting rights, the company has denied all charges.  SIS Live said it never earned excessive profits or paid sub-contrac...

• 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...