Suresh Kalmadi Raids

• CWG scam: Ready to face any inquiry, says Suresh Kalmadi

  Suresh Kalmadi, sacked chairman of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee, today claimed that the officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who conducted searches at his premises in the city recently, did not find anything incriminating against him."CBI officials came to my place. But what have they found? They could find on...

• CWG scam: CBI files fourth FIR, conducts raids

  The CBI today raided about 10 premises in the National Capital Region after it registered a fresh FIR in connection with its probe into the alleged multi-crore Commonwealth Games overlays scam.The raids come a day after the agency questioned Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi.Official sources said the CBI registered the FI...

• CWG scam: CBI to quiz Kalmadi after January 3

  The CBI has summoned Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi to appear before it for interrogation relating to alleged irregularities in the conduct of the Commonwealth Games (CWG).CBI sources said Kalmadi has been served a notice, and the agency has taken necessary permission from the Lok Sabha Secretariat as the OC head ...

• CWG scam: CBI questions Suresh Kalmadi's aides

  Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi's key aide Lalit Bhanot and political advisor Manoj Bhore are being questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today.  Last week on Friday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) launched simultaneous raids at Kalmadi's home and offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Pu...

• CWG scam: Suresh Kalmadi raided, passes the buck

  After eight hours of raids at his offices and homes across cities, Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee, was characteristically defiant. "I am innocent till proven guilty. I have not taken any decision alone," he said after the raids. (Read: Who is Suresh Kalmadi?)On Friday, the Central Bureau of Investigatio...

• After CBI raids, Suresh Kalmadi takes defiant stand

  On a cold Delhi morning, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) turned the heat up for Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee. (Read: Who is Suresh Kalmadi?)For eight hours, the CBI raided Mr Kalmadi's homes in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, and his office at Phoenix Mills in Mumbai. Mr Kalmadi said the raids didn't...

• Raids could loosen Suresh Kalmadi's hold over Pune

  Raids that lasted eight hours at his houses in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune didn't seem to affect Suresh Kalmadi's holiday cheer.''I'm not hurt. I told you I wanted to give good Games. After that I'm ready for any investigations. So I am happy they've come and gone and they've taken whatever they wanted," said the man who chaired the Organizing Committee...

• Kalmadi should turn approver, says BJP

  BJP on Friday dubbed the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI raids on the residences of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi as "too little, too late" and accused the government of trying to shield the real culprits behind the scam."The raids are too little, too late. This is what the BJP thinks on the development," party sp...

• Who is Suresh Kalmadi?

  Suresh Kalmadi has for long been synonymous with sports in India, as an administrator, not a sportsman. Known to be one of Pune's richest men, Kalmadi has been a controversy's child.Kalmadi has worn many more hats and was even a minister in the Narasimha Rao government in 1995-96. He presented the Railway Budget then as union minister of state for ...

• Commonwealth Games scam: I am innocent till proven guilty, says Kalmadi

  On a cold Delhi morning, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) turned the heat up for Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee.  (Read: Who is Suresh Kalmadi?)The CBI raided Mr Kalmadi's homes in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, his office at Phoenix Mills in Mumbai, his farmhouse in Pune, and the residence of ...

• CWG scam: CBI files case against Bhanot, Verma

  One by one, the men who were part of Team Kalmadi are being formally charged with corruption worth crores. Two aides who worked closely with Suresh Kalmadi have been arrested. Two others have been accused by the CBI on Tuesday of abusing their position "to enter into a criminal conspiracy to cheat the government of India."Kalmadi was the Chairman o...