The Commonwealth Games Scam

The CBI will soon move for the extradition of Chinese national Jiashu Zhao wanted in connection with one of the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam cases related to the upgradation of Delhi's Shivaji Stadium, officials said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday claimed that the alleged scam of Rs 2,500 crore in the BJP-ruled municipal corporations was bigger than the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam.

Nine years after the Commonwealth Games (CWG) were held in India, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached assets worth Rs 94.24 lakh of a company, which was involved in the renovation of two stadiums in New Delhi, under a money laundering law.

A Delhi court has awarded a one-year jail term to a former NDMC executive engineer for criminally conspiring with Decor India Private Ltd in the award of a contract to the firm for renovation of New Delhi Convention Centre prior to 2008-CWG games.

Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed his criticism of the NDA government's sudden ban on high value notes that he has called "organised loot", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivered a stinging rebuttal. Mr Jaitley said an exercise backed by "an ethical and moral rationale" was being described as loot, before going on to refer t...

The Central Vigilance Commission has declined to share details on cases of alleged corruption in execution of the multi-crore Commonwealth Games related projects in Delhi, saying it will "disproportionately divert" its resources.

A special court has accepted CBI's closure report in an alleged corruption case relating to the 2010 Commonwealth Games against several officials of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), a private firm and its director.

Two MCD officials and a private firm's director, who were sentenced to four years in jail in the first conviction in a 2010 Commonwealth Games scam case, were today granted bail by the Delhi High Court.

A court in New Delhi on Tuesday reserved its order on pronouncing the quantum of sentence in Commonwealth Games (CWG) street lights case after the CBI requested it to award maximum punishment to the four convicts.

Suresh Kalmadi, who was jailed and later released on bail in connection with the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam, was nominated for the honorary post at the 80th Council Meeting of the AAA in Jakarta on March 12.

The Congress has hit out at former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai for his comments in a national daily that quotes him as saying that he was "pressured" by the UPA to drop certain names from his reports on the coal block allocation and the Commonwealth Games scam.

Suresh Kalmadi, refused a ticket by Congress, tonight said that he will decide his future course of action after discussions with his supporters tomorrow amid speculation that the tainted MP from Pune may contest as an Independent.

The Congress is likely to re-nominate former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal from Chandigarh, in a move that signals his political rehabilitation. But former Commonwealth Games organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who represents Pune in the Lok Sabha, is not likely to be as lucky. The party has, sources said, made up its mind to deny a...

Pointing at yet another purported scam under the Sheila Dikshit regime, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has asked its Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to probe alleged irregularities worth Rs 184 crore in the construction of the Ring Road bypass ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The anti-corruption bureau today registered a First Information Report of FIR in an alleged Rs 31-crore scam crafted around expensive street-lighting for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. The FIR was registered on the complaint of Arvind Kejriwal, who heads the Aam Aadmi Party government.

The CBI will soon move for the extradition of Chinese national Jiashu Zhao wanted in connection with one of the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam cases related to the upgradation of Delhi's Shivaji Stadium, officials said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday claimed that the alleged scam of Rs 2,500 crore in the BJP-ruled municipal corporations was bigger than the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam.

Nine years after the Commonwealth Games (CWG) were held in India, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached assets worth Rs 94.24 lakh of a company, which was involved in the renovation of two stadiums in New Delhi, under a money laundering law.

A Delhi court has awarded a one-year jail term to a former NDMC executive engineer for criminally conspiring with Decor India Private Ltd in the award of a contract to the firm for renovation of New Delhi Convention Centre prior to 2008-CWG games.

Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed his criticism of the NDA government's sudden ban on high value notes that he has called "organised loot", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivered a stinging rebuttal. Mr Jaitley said an exercise backed by "an ethical and moral rationale" was being described as loot, before going on to refer t...

The Central Vigilance Commission has declined to share details on cases of alleged corruption in execution of the multi-crore Commonwealth Games related projects in Delhi, saying it will "disproportionately divert" its resources.

A special court has accepted CBI's closure report in an alleged corruption case relating to the 2010 Commonwealth Games against several officials of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), a private firm and its director.

Two MCD officials and a private firm's director, who were sentenced to four years in jail in the first conviction in a 2010 Commonwealth Games scam case, were today granted bail by the Delhi High Court.

A court in New Delhi on Tuesday reserved its order on pronouncing the quantum of sentence in Commonwealth Games (CWG) street lights case after the CBI requested it to award maximum punishment to the four convicts.

Suresh Kalmadi, who was jailed and later released on bail in connection with the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam, was nominated for the honorary post at the 80th Council Meeting of the AAA in Jakarta on March 12.

The Congress has hit out at former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai for his comments in a national daily that quotes him as saying that he was "pressured" by the UPA to drop certain names from his reports on the coal block allocation and the Commonwealth Games scam.

Suresh Kalmadi, refused a ticket by Congress, tonight said that he will decide his future course of action after discussions with his supporters tomorrow amid speculation that the tainted MP from Pune may contest as an Independent.

The Congress is likely to re-nominate former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal from Chandigarh, in a move that signals his political rehabilitation. But former Commonwealth Games organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who represents Pune in the Lok Sabha, is not likely to be as lucky. The party has, sources said, made up its mind to deny a...

Pointing at yet another purported scam under the Sheila Dikshit regime, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has asked its Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to probe alleged irregularities worth Rs 184 crore in the construction of the Ring Road bypass ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The anti-corruption bureau today registered a First Information Report of FIR in an alleged Rs 31-crore scam crafted around expensive street-lighting for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. The FIR was registered on the complaint of Arvind Kejriwal, who heads the Aam Aadmi Party government.