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In what could be a severe jolt to the crisis-ridden Commonwealth Games, the Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday said his ministry has asked PSUs to hold back sponsorship money totalling up to Rs 260 crore for the event. "We have already asked PSUs to hold on. Instructions were issued by DPE secreta...

As the final countdown for the Commonwealth Games begins, the mega sporting event continues to be cold shouldered by corporates.

Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit on Tuesday launched a battery-operated rickshaw, "E-rick", sponsored by cellular services provider Vodafone Essar, to promote eco-friendly transportation in the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

Australia-based company, Sports Marketing and Management has reacted to its contract being terminated by the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for the 2010 Games. In a statement today, SMAM said  the OC has "wrongfully, viciously, terminated agreement" and the "grounds for termination are imaginary and concocted.The company has refuted t...

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...

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...

A cascade of corruption allegations threaten the credibility of the organizers of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Suresh Kalmadi, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, has set up a three-member team to investigate those allegations. Video Special: Corruption scandal hits CWGThe team's report on whether crores - much of it taxpayers' money - w...

In what could be a severe jolt to the crisis-ridden Commonwealth Games, the Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday said his ministry has asked PSUs to hold back sponsorship money totalling up to Rs 260 crore for the event. "We have already asked PSUs to hold on. Instructions were issued by DPE secreta...

As the final countdown for the Commonwealth Games begins, the mega sporting event continues to be cold shouldered by corporates.

Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit on Tuesday launched a battery-operated rickshaw, "E-rick", sponsored by cellular services provider Vodafone Essar, to promote eco-friendly transportation in the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

Australia-based company, Sports Marketing and Management has reacted to its contract being terminated by the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for the 2010 Games. In a statement today, SMAM said  the OC has "wrongfully, viciously, terminated agreement" and the "grounds for termination are imaginary and concocted.The company has refuted t...

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...

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...

A cascade of corruption allegations threaten the credibility of the organizers of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Suresh Kalmadi, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, has set up a three-member team to investigate those allegations. Video Special: Corruption scandal hits CWGThe team's report on whether crores - much of it taxpayers' money - w...