Cwg Probe

Nine years after the Commonwealth Games (CWG) were held in India, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached assets worth Rs 94.24 lakh of a company, which was involved in the renovation of two stadiums in New Delhi, under a money laundering law.

Just hours before the opening ceremony, Australian state police said they had launched a criminal probe after a complaint was made overnight.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Monday summoned an unidentified national association, believed to be India, for a meeting with its medical commission following the discovery of syringes at the Gold Coast Games Village.

The Central Vigilance Commission has declined to share details on cases of alleged corruption in execution of the multi-crore Commonwealth Games related projects in Delhi, saying it will "disproportionately divert" its resources.

BJP today mocked Rahul Gandhi over his dare to the Narendra Modi government to arrest him, saying the Centre is already probing a host of alleged scams that occurred under the Congress-led UPA government and there was no need for him to challenge it.

Arvind Kejriwal's government has ordered for an FIR or First Information Report to be filed against former chief minister Sheila Dikshit for her alleged role in a scam linked to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, sources say.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today questioned sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and recorded his statement in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in the run up to the 2010 sporting extravaganza.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit wrote a letter, dated March 28, 2011, to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, making an angry defence in the Commonwealth Games scam case and slamming the report of the Shunglu Committee which probed alleged irregularities in organising the event.

There is trouble brewing for Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), as it is charged with inflating cost of broadcast network for Commonwealth Games by nearly Rs 400 crore. A team of Central Bureau of Investigation carried out searches in the premises of former top officials of MTNL and Noida-based HCL Infosystems. "During searches condu...

On Tuesday morning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stepped up the ante in the CWG war of words, blaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi for Suresh Kalmadi's appointment as the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman. On Tuesday evening, senior BJP man Arun Jaitley sought to make clear that it was not a personal attack.

The CBI is all set to file fresh cases connected with the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi last year.And for the first time, the focus has shifted from the games Organising Committee (OC) boss Suresh Kalmadi to the Delhi government, specifically its Public Works Department (PWD) which is under Raj Kumar Chauhan - a close aide of Chief Minister Shie...

The embattled former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), Suresh Kalmadi, has now asked for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Games scam."Were the government to agree to constitution of a JPC into the 2G spectrum issue it would only be fair a similar process of Joint Parliamentary Committee should go into th...

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has been in the news after its scathing report on 2G spectrum allocation and the estimated losses to the government, but is the CAG always efficient in coming up with these reports?  Documents with NDTV show how the CAG had been unusually slow in responding to urgent requests for beginning an ...

Commonwealth Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalamdi was today questioned by the CBI in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of the sports event.Kalmadi reached the CBI office at about 10 AM. His questioning began about half an hour later, official sources said. (Read: Who is Suresh Kalmadi?)The questioning is about al...

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...

Nine years after the Commonwealth Games (CWG) were held in India, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached assets worth Rs 94.24 lakh of a company, which was involved in the renovation of two stadiums in New Delhi, under a money laundering law.

Just hours before the opening ceremony, Australian state police said they had launched a criminal probe after a complaint was made overnight.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Monday summoned an unidentified national association, believed to be India, for a meeting with its medical commission following the discovery of syringes at the Gold Coast Games Village.

The Central Vigilance Commission has declined to share details on cases of alleged corruption in execution of the multi-crore Commonwealth Games related projects in Delhi, saying it will "disproportionately divert" its resources.

BJP today mocked Rahul Gandhi over his dare to the Narendra Modi government to arrest him, saying the Centre is already probing a host of alleged scams that occurred under the Congress-led UPA government and there was no need for him to challenge it.

Arvind Kejriwal's government has ordered for an FIR or First Information Report to be filed against former chief minister Sheila Dikshit for her alleged role in a scam linked to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, sources say.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today questioned sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and recorded his statement in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in the run up to the 2010 sporting extravaganza.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit wrote a letter, dated March 28, 2011, to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, making an angry defence in the Commonwealth Games scam case and slamming the report of the Shunglu Committee which probed alleged irregularities in organising the event.

There is trouble brewing for Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), as it is charged with inflating cost of broadcast network for Commonwealth Games by nearly Rs 400 crore. A team of Central Bureau of Investigation carried out searches in the premises of former top officials of MTNL and Noida-based HCL Infosystems. "During searches condu...

On Tuesday morning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stepped up the ante in the CWG war of words, blaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi for Suresh Kalmadi's appointment as the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman. On Tuesday evening, senior BJP man Arun Jaitley sought to make clear that it was not a personal attack.

The CBI is all set to file fresh cases connected with the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi last year.And for the first time, the focus has shifted from the games Organising Committee (OC) boss Suresh Kalmadi to the Delhi government, specifically its Public Works Department (PWD) which is under Raj Kumar Chauhan - a close aide of Chief Minister Shie...

The embattled former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), Suresh Kalmadi, has now asked for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Games scam."Were the government to agree to constitution of a JPC into the 2G spectrum issue it would only be fair a similar process of Joint Parliamentary Committee should go into th...

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has been in the news after its scathing report on 2G spectrum allocation and the estimated losses to the government, but is the CAG always efficient in coming up with these reports?  Documents with NDTV show how the CAG had been unusually slow in responding to urgent requests for beginning an ...

Commonwealth Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalamdi was today questioned by the CBI in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of the sports event.Kalmadi reached the CBI office at about 10 AM. His questioning began about half an hour later, official sources said. (Read: Who is Suresh Kalmadi?)The questioning is about al...

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...