Corruption In Cwg

• Supreme Court on CWG: Rs 70,000 crore and rampant corruption

  The audacious corruption cultivated by the  Commonwealth Games has irked the Supreme Court. In particular, the court is livid about the pedestrian bridge that collapsed near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium earlier this month, just days after it was completed."In this country, payments are made without work being done. Newly constructed bridge col...

• CWG: Australian firm, SMAM, says charges against it are 'imaginary'

  Australia-based company, Sports Marketing and Management has reacted to its contract being terminated by the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for the 2010 Games. In a statement today, SMAM said  the OC has "wrongfully, viciously, terminated agreement" and the "grounds for termination are imaginary and concocted.The company has refuted t...

• Alleged CWG corruption: Australian Firm, SMAM, fired

  As the cries of corruption become louder and clearer, the organizers of the Commonwealth Games are skidding into damage-control mode.  Three members of the Organizing Committee, which is headed by Suresh Kalmadi, were suspended today.  The Committee has also decided to fire an Australian company hired...

• CWG corruption row: Australian company denies allegations

  The games are less than two months away - and the sponsors still haven't signed on. Sponsorship for the Games stands at  Rs 405 crore as against a target of Rs 960 crore.The target was 12 sponsors  - two have signed on and there are just five co-sponsors instead of 24. Sports Management and Marketing, the company hired for sponsorship mar...

• BJP demands Sheila Dikshit's sacking

  BJP on Wednesday said Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit should be sacked for "lying" on the issue of alleged diversion of SC/ST funds to Commonwealth Games-related projects and a case should be registered against her."All we are saying is that Dikshit is lying. She has committed a criminal offence. She has misled the masses under oath. She should...