Cwg Scandal

A Delhi court has slapped a cost of Rs 10,000 on the CBI for its "unwarranted conduct" in creating "unnecessary confusion" and delay in the proceedings in a Commonwealth Games-related corruption case in which Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi and others are facing trial.

Suresh Kalmadi was given bail by the Delhi High Court today in a corruption case related to the Commonwealth Games. He was arrested on April 25 last year. Mr Kalmadi, a MP from Pune, served as the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games, held in India in October 2010.

The doping scandal that has hit Indian sports refuses to die, with two more female athletes now testing positive for an anabolic steroid.

For decades, Swiss Timing enjoyed a reputation for precision and professionalism at the world's biggest sports events, but a corruption case in India has it battling to save its image.

India on Sunday put behind a nightmarish build-up of scandals, filth and dirt and missed deadlines to come up with a dazzling and vibrant opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games - the country's biggest sporting spectacle - watched live by a global audience of around three billion.

Till recently, the Commonwealth Games must have appeared to be a windfall for two businessmen from Australia whose companies won contracts that added upto more than 200 crores.The entrepreneurs - Craig McLatchey and Mike Bushell - were widely known to be close friends.  McLatchey's EKS or Events Knowledge Service , is Switzerland-based, and wa...

The Union Government has formed a committee of senior officials to oversee the preparation of stadiums for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), virtually stripping the Organising Committee (OC) chairman, Suresh Kalmadi, of all his key powers.But the Organising Committee Chairman rebutted that his wings have been clipped."There are some news reports that 1...

Delhi's health directorate has issued a circular saying no government hospital or department will buy medical equipment from two companies - Mangalam and Lord Krishna. This comes three weeks after NDTV had first reported that medical equipment for the Commonwealth Games were being supplied at absurdly inflated prices.On July 29, NDTV reported how t...

With revelations around the Commonwealth Games getting murkier by the day, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has now stepped in saying the guilty won't be spared. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Sonia Gandhi said the nation's pride was riding on the Games, which were "not any individual's or party's game," and efforts should be...

The first meeting of the Group of Ministers(GoM) on Commonwealth Games will be held today.Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said that the main focus of the meet will be on delivery.This is after an emergency meeting called by the Prime Minister on Saturday to discuss CWG corruption scandals.The PM had suggested that the GoM headed by Urban De...

The corruption scandal that has hit the 2010 Commonwealth Games was traced to London after the UK government raised a red flag about money being transfered from the CWG accounts in India to AM Films based in London.

A Delhi court has slapped a cost of Rs 10,000 on the CBI for its "unwarranted conduct" in creating "unnecessary confusion" and delay in the proceedings in a Commonwealth Games-related corruption case in which Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi and others are facing trial.

Suresh Kalmadi was given bail by the Delhi High Court today in a corruption case related to the Commonwealth Games. He was arrested on April 25 last year. Mr Kalmadi, a MP from Pune, served as the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games, held in India in October 2010.

The doping scandal that has hit Indian sports refuses to die, with two more female athletes now testing positive for an anabolic steroid.

For decades, Swiss Timing enjoyed a reputation for precision and professionalism at the world's biggest sports events, but a corruption case in India has it battling to save its image.

India on Sunday put behind a nightmarish build-up of scandals, filth and dirt and missed deadlines to come up with a dazzling and vibrant opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games - the country's biggest sporting spectacle - watched live by a global audience of around three billion.

Till recently, the Commonwealth Games must have appeared to be a windfall for two businessmen from Australia whose companies won contracts that added upto more than 200 crores.The entrepreneurs - Craig McLatchey and Mike Bushell - were widely known to be close friends.  McLatchey's EKS or Events Knowledge Service , is Switzerland-based, and wa...

The Union Government has formed a committee of senior officials to oversee the preparation of stadiums for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), virtually stripping the Organising Committee (OC) chairman, Suresh Kalmadi, of all his key powers.But the Organising Committee Chairman rebutted that his wings have been clipped."There are some news reports that 1...

Delhi's health directorate has issued a circular saying no government hospital or department will buy medical equipment from two companies - Mangalam and Lord Krishna. This comes three weeks after NDTV had first reported that medical equipment for the Commonwealth Games were being supplied at absurdly inflated prices.On July 29, NDTV reported how t...

With revelations around the Commonwealth Games getting murkier by the day, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has now stepped in saying the guilty won't be spared. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Sonia Gandhi said the nation's pride was riding on the Games, which were "not any individual's or party's game," and efforts should be...

The first meeting of the Group of Ministers(GoM) on Commonwealth Games will be held today.Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said that the main focus of the meet will be on delivery.This is after an emergency meeting called by the Prime Minister on Saturday to discuss CWG corruption scandals.The PM had suggested that the GoM headed by Urban De...

The corruption scandal that has hit the 2010 Commonwealth Games was traced to London after the UK government raised a red flag about money being transfered from the CWG accounts in India to AM Films based in London.