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• CWG corruption allegations: Congress snub for Suresh Kalmadi?

  The Congress party is looking to distance itself from Suresh Kalmadi, the man at the centre of the allegations of corruption in the Commonwealth Games. Kalmadi, who is the chairman of the CWG Organising Committee, is also a Congress MP from Pune. The party has said that it holds no brief for Mr Kalmadi. And sources now tell NDTV that the party is d...

• CWG in Parliament: BJP upset as Sports Minister suggests using RTI

  BJP staged a walkout in Lok Sabha, claiming that M S Gill has insulted Parliament by suggesting MPs should use RTI to get information about CWG preparation costs.The House is "the Supreme Body", how can we be asked to go down the RTI route, asked senior BJP leaders.Dissatisfied with the reply of the Sports Minister, Leader of the Opposition Sushma ...

• No question of my quitting, says Kalmadi

  The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CWGOC), Suresh Kalmadi has clarified that he's not quitting, atleast not before the games. "I'm not quitting. The question was post-games will you quit, and I said if Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and the IOA want me to quit, then why not." (Read:...

• CWG alleged corruption: Finance Ministry checks

  The Finance Ministry today said that it too is verifying the documents to check financial irregularities in award of works related to the Commonwealth Games."We are only at the background ... whatever is in the public domain we are verifying ... just as other agencies are looking, just like ED and others, we are also verifying the documents, the pe...

• 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...