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  2010 Commonwealth Games A 'Complete Management Failure': Parliamentary Panel

  The 2010 Commonwealth games were a "complete management failure", a parliamentary panel has said as it cited a top officer's contention that it could have created a "national shame". The Public Accounts Committee has faulted the then Congress-led UPA government for taking the games management out of the government machinery leading to a "number of ...

• CWG: EMAAR's response to charges of poor construction

  Real estate developer EMAAR-MGF may have to  forfeit 183 crore it deposited with the government of India as a bank guarantee for the Commonwealth Games Village that it built. The government says it has frozen the account. Here is how they responded to all the charges:This has reference to the media reports about DDA "confiscating" the Bank Gua...

• After PM, Sonia meets medalists; keeps Kalmadi away

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi met the Indian medal winners in the Commonwealth Games but controversial Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi was not invited.     Gandhi, as also Rahul, met the medal winners who brought glory to the country in the just concluded Games.     Sports Minister M S Gill was...

• CWG corruption: Endgame Kalmadi and Co?

  The closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games ended with rainbow-colored splatter that lit up the night sky. The fireworks may, in fact, just be beginning.A panel has been set up  by the government to looking into the "organizing and conduct of the Games," says the Prime Minister's Office. Headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General, VK ...

• 20 policemen deployed for CWG suspended for indiscipline

  Twenty policemen deployed for various Commonwealth Games duties have been suspended for alleged indiscipline and dereliction of duty.     Among those suspended were eight police personnel who were deployed at the Games Village, three who were at various venues, seven policemen who were being used for transport and security dutie...

• Queen's Baton reaches Games Village

  The Queen's Baton Relay of the Commonwealth Games visited the athletes' Village on Saturday accompanied by the Organising Committee officials. (See Pics)The Baton arrived here at 11:00 am, 15 minutes behind the scheduled arrival, at Gate no 2 of the athletes' Village and was taken for a ride inside the residential complexes and international zone.W...

• Games Village cleaner, happier

  From filthy, uninhabitable, unlivable to comfortable, satisfactory, acceptable. The adjectives about the athletes' village that once put the Organising Committee's arrangements in bad light raising questions about India's capability to hold Commonwealth Games, have now taken a complete turnaround. Just days before the Commonwealth Games the at...

• Indian team hoists flag at CWG Village

  As venues for international sporting events go, its deviation was far from standard. But with just two days to go before the Opening Ceremony, the Commonwealth Games is now getting passable reviews.  Boxer Akhil Kumar's bed had collapsed - the fag end of a row of debacles that included foreign delegates discovering unflushed toilets and mattre...

• After snake setback, he's happy with CWG Village now

  South African High Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke, who created a sensation by claiming that a snake was found inside his country's residential block at the Commonwealth Games Village, now says that facilities have improved and are "unlike" what he saw during his previous visit.Mejeke, who had claimed that a snake was found in a room in the resi...

• CWG setbacks: Snake found in Games Village, athletes pull out

  The Commonwealth Games will begin in exactly a week from now and a lot hinges on these seven days. But the troubles, it seems, have no end. African nations are the latest to join the chorus of discontent over the 'unlivable' Village. The strongest criticism came from the South African envoy on Sunday after a snake was found in the athletes' village...

• CWG all set to drain Delhiites' wealth?

  Residents of Delhi will have to pay a huge price for the development work carried out for the Commonwealth Games, claims a study conducted by an NGO.

• Envoys of participating countries to inspect Games Village today

  Today is a crucial day for the Delhi Government as it has to keep its promise to finish the cleanup at the much maligned Games Village and hand it over to security.Although things have turned around quite a bit, a lot of work still remains to be done.Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell seems to be pleased with what he calls cons...

• CWG mess: Kiwi outfit cleans up towers for its athletes

  Dissatisfied with the upkeep at the Commonwealth Games village, New Zealand is utilising the services of a specialised outfit to clean up the residential tower where its athletes and officials would be put up.

• Delhi govt to take over Games Village maintenance from DDA

  With questions being raised over the cleanliness in the Commonwealth Games Village, Union Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar tonight directed Delhi Government to take control of the maintenance of the complex which will house the athletes.

• Glitches don't mean games will be bad: Sheila Dikshit

  A day after the foot-over bridge collapsed near Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium the beleaguered Delhi Chief Minister has now struck an aggressive tone and says there is no need to panic."Something maybe dripping, some tile may collapse, doesn't mean the entire games are bad. You (media) don't cover what we've done. We've made a parking for 1000 buses... ...