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CWG Scam: Trail leads to more Qs about Craig McLatchey
Till recently, the Commonwealth Games must have appeared to be a windfall for two businessmen from Australia whose companies won contracts that added upto more than 200 crores.The entrepreneurs - Craig McLatchey and Mike Bushell - were widely known to be close friends. McLatchey's EKS or Events Knowledge Service , is Switzerland-based, and wa...
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Kalmadi's wings clipped, Government takes control of Games panel
The Union Government has formed a committee of senior officials to oversee the preparation of stadiums for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), virtually stripping the Organising Committee (OC) chairman, Suresh Kalmadi, of all his key powers.But the Organising Committee Chairman rebutted that his wings have been clipped."There are some news reports that 1...
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CWG corruption row: Delhi govt blacklists two medical equipment suppliers
Delhi's health directorate has issued a circular saying no government hospital or department will buy medical equipment from two companies - Mangalam and Lord Krishna. This comes three weeks after NDTV had first reported that medical equipment for the Commonwealth Games were being supplied at absurdly inflated prices.On July 29, NDTV reported how t...
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CWG scandal: Now Sonia steps in, says guilty will be punished
With revelations around the Commonwealth Games getting murkier by the day, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has now stepped in saying the guilty won't be spared. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Sonia Gandhi said the nation's pride was riding on the Games, which were "not any individual's or party's game," and efforts should be...
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Key Group of Ministers meet on CWG today
The first meeting of the Group of Ministers(GoM) on Commonwealth Games will be held today.Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said that the main focus of the meet will be on delivery.This is after an emergency meeting called by the Prime Minister on Saturday to discuss CWG corruption scandals.The PM had suggested that the GoM headed by Urban De...
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CWG Scam: Trail leads to more Qs about Craig McLatchey
Till recently, the Commonwealth Games must have appeared to be a windfall for two businessmen from Australia whose companies won contracts that added upto more than 200 crores.The entrepreneurs - Craig McLatchey and Mike Bushell - were widely known to be close friends. McLatchey's EKS or Events Knowledge Service , is Switzerland-based, and wa...
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Kalmadi's wings clipped, Government takes control of Games panel
The Union Government has formed a committee of senior officials to oversee the preparation of stadiums for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), virtually stripping the Organising Committee (OC) chairman, Suresh Kalmadi, of all his key powers.But the Organising Committee Chairman rebutted that his wings have been clipped."There are some news reports that 1...
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CWG corruption row: Delhi govt blacklists two medical equipment suppliers
Delhi's health directorate has issued a circular saying no government hospital or department will buy medical equipment from two companies - Mangalam and Lord Krishna. This comes three weeks after NDTV had first reported that medical equipment for the Commonwealth Games were being supplied at absurdly inflated prices.On July 29, NDTV reported how t...
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CWG scandal: Now Sonia steps in, says guilty will be punished
With revelations around the Commonwealth Games getting murkier by the day, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has now stepped in saying the guilty won't be spared. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Sonia Gandhi said the nation's pride was riding on the Games, which were "not any individual's or party's game," and efforts should be...
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Key Group of Ministers meet on CWG today
The first meeting of the Group of Ministers(GoM) on Commonwealth Games will be held today.Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said that the main focus of the meet will be on delivery.This is after an emergency meeting called by the Prime Minister on Saturday to discuss CWG corruption scandals.The PM had suggested that the GoM headed by Urban De...
