Cag On Cwg Scam

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.

The CBI has formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to study the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games and to see whether any fresh case could be registered.The SIT, headed by a Joint Director, will also collaborate with other investigating agencies like the Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate, CBI sources sa...

On Tuesday morning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stepped up the ante in the CWG war of words, blaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi for Suresh Kalmadi's appointment as the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman. On Tuesday evening, senior BJP man Arun Jaitley sought to make clear that it was not a personal attack.

Parliament did not transact any business on Monday. The Opposition came armed with two CWG-related issues - they wanted Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to resign for being faulted by the government's auditor and wanted a debate on Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on Suresh Kalmadi's appointment, that, it claimed, misled Parliament. Af...

The Delhi government has come out in defence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. State Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, speaking to the media, said Ms Dikshit's name was not directly mentioned anywhere in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games that was presented in the parliament on Friday. He said that t...

The explosive Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games dominated Parliament today with the Opposition demanding the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Mrs Dikshit, the report finds, cost the government hundreds of crores through mismanagement.

The report of the government's auditor - the Comptroller and Auditor General - has been tabled in Parliament. Among those it faults for mismanagement are Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna. These are the highlights of the 800-page report:

Delhi's chief secretary PK Tripathi today clarified that the Chief Minister played no part in Space Age being awarded a contract for street lighting in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games.Sheila Dikshit has been blamed for costing the government Rs 31 crore in losses by deciding to use imported equipment for street lighting in the city during the g...

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.

The CBI has formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to study the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games and to see whether any fresh case could be registered.The SIT, headed by a Joint Director, will also collaborate with other investigating agencies like the Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate, CBI sources sa...

On Tuesday morning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stepped up the ante in the CWG war of words, blaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi for Suresh Kalmadi's appointment as the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman. On Tuesday evening, senior BJP man Arun Jaitley sought to make clear that it was not a personal attack.

Parliament did not transact any business on Monday. The Opposition came armed with two CWG-related issues - they wanted Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to resign for being faulted by the government's auditor and wanted a debate on Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on Suresh Kalmadi's appointment, that, it claimed, misled Parliament. Af...

The Delhi government has come out in defence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. State Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, speaking to the media, said Ms Dikshit's name was not directly mentioned anywhere in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games that was presented in the parliament on Friday. He said that t...

The explosive Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games dominated Parliament today with the Opposition demanding the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Mrs Dikshit, the report finds, cost the government hundreds of crores through mismanagement.

The report of the government's auditor - the Comptroller and Auditor General - has been tabled in Parliament. Among those it faults for mismanagement are Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna. These are the highlights of the 800-page report:

Delhi's chief secretary PK Tripathi today clarified that the Chief Minister played no part in Space Age being awarded a contract for street lighting in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games.Sheila Dikshit has been blamed for costing the government Rs 31 crore in losses by deciding to use imported equipment for street lighting in the city during the g...