Cwg Corruption

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  "Truth Stands Tall": Congress Leader On Court Order On CWG Corruption Case

  Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday targeted the BJP after a Delhi Court formally closed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into alleged money laundering tied to the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) corruption case.

• Kalmadi ran committee 'like a club': Shunglu Report

  The high-level Shunglu Committee set up by the Prime Minister to probe all aspects of alleged irregularities in organising the Commonwealth Games has slammed Suresh Kalmadi, the former Organising Committee (OC) Chairman for mismanagement.The report indicts Kalmadi for causing financial losses, and a loss of image to the games and the nation. In an ...

• CWG corruption: Shunglu report 'self contradictory', says Sheila Dikshit

  Under pressure over the severe indictment by the Shunglu Committee, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said its finding was "self contradictory" and criticised the panel for lack of understanding on the city government's role in conduct of the Commonwealth Games.       Rejecting the findings of the PM-appointed ...

• CWG scam: Kalmadi's right-hand man, Lalit Bhanot, arrested

  The multiple trails of corruption involved with the Commonwealth Games have inched closer to the door of Suresh Kalmadi, who was the Chairman of the Organising Committee for the event that was held in October.The CBI has arrested two men who worked closely with Mr Kalmadi.  Lalit Bhanot served as the Secretary General of the Organising Committ...

• We were asked to kill jailed CWG officials, claim undertrials

  Two undertrials made a sensational claim before a local court on Tuesday that they had been provided with a pistol and a knife allegedly by Tihar jail officials to kill two Commonwealth Games officials lodged in the high security prison on corruption charges.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vinod Yadav took serious note of the claim and sought a...

• Did nothing wrong, ready for probe: Kalmadi

  Suresh Kalmadi is back in town after the Asian Games in China. And he confidently declared on Monday that he had done nothing wrong."I am here only, some channels are saying I am missing but I am right here. I have done nothing wrong," he said.But his troubles may just be starting. The CBI is finalising its arguments to oppose the bail of Kalmadi's...

• Entire nation shamed, says Opposition to govt

  The opposition in Lok Sabha on Tuesday took the government to task over various scams including allocation of 2G spectrum, Commonwealth Games and Adarsh housing, and said the resignation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan was "not enough".Raising the issue during Zero Hour, CPM leader Basudeb Acharia, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and ...

• Suresh Kalmadi sacked from senior Congress post

  Congress on Tuesday axed Suresh Kalmadi as secretary of its Parliamentary Party, seeking to distance itself from the Organising Committee Chairman of the Commonwealth Games in the wake of allegations of corruption."Suresh Kalmadi's resignation as Secretary of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) has been accepted with immediate effect," AICC Gene...

• Winter Session of Parliament begins today, Opposition to corner Govt on scams

  The Winter Session of Parliament that begins today is expected to be a stormy one for the Congress-led ruling coalition with the Opposition expected to slam the government on the issue of corruption.Some of the key issues likely to come up during this session include Mumbai's Adarsh Housing Society scam. The Opposition is likely to press for immedi...

• CWG: Raids at 60 places around India for financial irregularities

  In a nationwide crackdown on Commonwealth Games' suppliers and contractors, more than 300 Income Tax (I-T) officials raided over 60 locations across India on Thursday.Firms in the National Capital Region (NCR), Jamshedpur, Kolkata and Mumbai were amongst those raided to unearth unaccounted income. Shiv Naresh sports in Delhi that supplied track sui...

• Corruption Perceptions Index 2010

  Following reports of corruption in the Commonwealth Games, India has fared poorly in an index of corruption among different countries. It has slipped from 84th position to 87th.Transparency International ranked 187 countries in its annual survey. Members of the Berlin-based NGO say it is the Commonwealth Games that have hit India's image.Corruption...

• CWG: Were rules bent for broadcast rights deal?

  The controversy over the broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games is getting larger.The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has sent the files on the deal to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which has been asked by the government to investigate the apparently-indefatigable corruption that marked pretty much every aspect of the Game...

• CWG corruption: Probe panel head VK Shunglu meets the PM

  V K Shunglu, the former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), who has been appointed by the Prime Minister's office to head the probe into the Commonwealth Games met Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi today. Sources have told NDTV that the meeting  was attended by the Cabinet Secretary, Sports Secretary and the PM's principal secretary. ...

• CWG broadcast scam: SIS Live denies charges

  The broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games, worth Rs. 246 crore, is being thoroughly investigated. After allegations of favouritism and wrongdoing were leveled against SIS Live, a UK-based company that won the broadcasting rights, the company has denied all charges.  SIS Live said it never earned excessive profits or paid sub-contrac...

• Doordarshan's response to media reports on impropriety in CWG broadcasting rights deal

  After NDTV ran reports on SIS Live - the company that won the CWG broadcast rights contract - was formed in January 2010, four months after bidding for the contract had ended, Doordarshan has issued a rebuttal, which says: The television channel reports regarding the SIS Live the entity selected for production and coverage are not factually correct...