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• CWG scam: Enforcement Directorate set to file first charge sheet

  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to file its first charge sheet in the alleged financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games which will name some top officials of the Organising Committee (OC) of the 2010 event.

• CWG scam: Suresh Kalmadi gets bail, could leave Tihar Jail today

  Suresh Kalmadi has been granted bail by the Delhi High Court. He was arrested in April last year for alleged corruption - as chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Commonwealth Games, Mr Kalmadi allegedly sanctioned an inflated contract for timing equipment and scoreboards.

• Shashi Tharoor defends CWG links, says he was paid for consultancy before he joined govt

  A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India reveals that the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee paid former Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor $30,000, roughly 13.5 lakh rupees, for 12 days of consultancy work. The Organising Committee had hired Tharoor for his international exposure to help ensure successful st...

• Who is Suresh Kalmadi?

  Suresh Kalmadi has for long been synonymous with sports in India, as an administrator, not a sportsman. Known to be one of Pune's richest men, Kalmadi has been a controversy's child.Kalmadi has worn many more hats and was even a minister in the Narasimha Rao government in 1995-96. He presented the Railway Budget then as union minister of state for ...

• Commonwealth Games Organising Committee's term extended

  The ministers' panel on the Commonwealth Games has met for the first time after the completion of the Games and has decided to extend the tenure of the Organising Committee (OC) for the Games.The tenure of government officials associated with the OC has been extended till further orders.The Sports Ministry will now decide how long their tenure shou...