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CWG Scam: Trial Against Organising Committee Members Begins Next Month

Nearly 11 years after the CBI registered an FIR in the over Rs 600-crore CWG overlays scam case, the trial against former Organising Committee members and others will begin next month, officials said on Sunday.

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.

Will Suresh Kalmadi leave Tihar Jail soon?

Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking its response to the bail plea of Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi, accused of corruption in the organisation of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG). The High Court cited the Supreme Court ruling that bail should be the rule and jail an exception.

CWG scam: Kalmadi blamed by I-T department, may be asked to pay for losses

Problems seem to be mounting for sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) chairman Suresh Kalmadi. The Income Tax (I-T) department has now blamed Mr Kalmadi for "serious lapses of control" during his reign as the chairman of the CWG Organising Committee (OC). In a notice sent to the Committee, details of which have been accessed exclusively by NDTV, the I-T...

CWG scam: Ready to face any inquiry, says Suresh Kalmadi

Suresh Kalmadi, sacked chairman of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee, today claimed that the officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who conducted searches at his premises in the city recently, did not find anything incriminating against him."CBI officials came to my place. But what have they found? They could find on...

Organising Committee members are being targetted: Kalmadi

A day after the arrest of two of his close aides, sacked Commonwealth Games OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi today accused the investigating agencies of "targeting" only the Organising Committee when government officials were also part of the entire decision-making process.He expressed shock and displeasure over the way the entire matter has been handled...

CWG scam: CBI raids houses of Organising Committee officials in overlays case

Casting a wider net, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today conducted searches at the premises of certain Organising Committee (OC) officials here in connection with the multi-crore CWG overlays scam.Official sources said the searches were conducted at the premises of R P Gupta, U K Ridhi, A K Saxena, Surjeet Lal and Nukesh Jain, who were ...

CWG dues: Official response from Suresh Kalmadi

CWG dues: Payments to Oz firms in 10 days, says Ajay Maken

On his first day at his new job as Sports Minister, Ajay Maken is coping with a major international embarrassment for India on account of the Commonwealth Games and the team that organized it.Australian firms are threatening to sue the Organizing Committee, which was chaired by Suresh Kalmadi, because they have still not been paid for the services ...

Australian company official's open letter slamming CWG organisers

Controversy-marred Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi last year finds itself in yet another embarrassing situation with an Australian company deciding to sue the event's organisers over unpaid bills.Here's an open letter from Ric Birch, who was the mastermind behind the successful opening and closing ceremonies of the mega-event, slamming the Or...

OC fails to generate expected revenue from CWG

Sports Minister MS Gill on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games has failed to generate the expected revenue from the event.

ED questions CWG OC Director General in connection with Queen's Baton Relay

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Director General V K Verma on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here for questioning in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities in the Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) in London last year.Official sources said Verma came to ED office at 11.15 am and brought relevant papers...

Now, Cabinet Secretary snubs Kalmadi

In what is being seeing as another snub for the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman, Suresh Kalmadi, Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar hosted a 'thanks giving' dinner on Friday where most CWG officials were invited, except Kalmadi.The dinner was attended by the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Lt Governor Tejender Khanna and the ...

Malhotra wants President Patil to open CWG

Holding that inauguration of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) by Prince Charles would amount to "violation of Indian Constitution", General Association of National Sports Federations chief Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Thursday asked the government to ensure that President Pratibha Patil does the honour on Sunday.

CWG Scam: Fennell, Hooper pushed for deal with EKS

The allegations of mammoth corruption in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games are steadily scaling up to some of the senior-most men involved with organizing the event.It now seems Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Mike Fennell and CEO Hooper pushed for contract for EKS. NDTV has learnt that Hooper 'recommended' Craig McLatchey's EKS to...