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  1-Year Jail To Municipal Engineer In Commonwealth Games Scam In Delhi

  A Delhi court has awarded a one-year jail term to a former NDMC executive engineer for criminally conspiring with Decor India Private Ltd in the award of a contract to the firm for renovation of New Delhi Convention Centre prior to 2008-CWG games.

• Delhi googled CWG the most in the year 2010

  Obvious isn't it? What was bigger news in Delhi this year than Commonwealth Games 2010? The scams, the controversies, the rising and falling infrastructure, and of course the sports - no wonder CWG occupied the minds of netizens from the Capital this year more than anything else. And this is reflected in the findings of the 2010 online study by Goo...

• Third Nigerian fails dope test in CWG

  The Commonwealth Games Federation says a third Nigerian runner has failed a doping test during the Oct. 3-14 New Delhi Games.

• CWG: Did some Australians get rowdy?

  As the Australian contingent left for home after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games, allegations have surfaced that their athletes at the Games Village indulged in hooliganism and damaged some property.Delhi Police said it has found a broken washing machine from a residential block and it was trying to find out what went behind it.Reports sug...

• CWG closing ceremony: Roads to avoid on Thursday

  The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Connaught Place in the national capital will turn into a security fortress on Thursday ahead of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and marathon race.Police are describing the security measures taken for the Games as "so far so good" and want to sustain the momentum.Commuters passing through the localities close...

• CWG Day 8: India aims to maintain lead over England

  Enjoying an impressive run in the Commonwealth Games medals tally, India is keen to continue the good work on the eighth day of the Commonwealth Games. (See: CWG 2010 Medals Tally)Out of six gold medals in Athletics on Monday, India would want to clinch at least two with Krishna Pooniya representing the country in discus throw and  Renjit Mahe...

• Central Delhi off limits today

  As the CWG cycling event gets underway, all plans to travel around Delhi, especially central Delhi, on a Sunday morning will have to be cancelled.Several roads in the central Delhi area have been cordoned off as the 165-km cycling for men and 100-km cycling for women, is underway.The cordon was laid on Saturday midnight and will last till 7 pm on S...

• Delhi govt takes charge of Games Village; Fennel seeks meeting with PM

  The Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi opens for the athletes coming for the mega event today. The teams of several participating countries will start staying there from today. Of the 34 towers in the village, as many as 16 are said to be in an unlivable condition.Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today took stock of the maintenance and clea...

• Commonwealth Games chief rushing to New Delhi

  Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell is rushing to New Delhi on an emergency visit amid widespread anger over India's frenzied last-minute preparations for the event which is due to open a week from Sunday.

• CWG puts Delhi on hold

  Delhi has been put on hold. While the Capital is gearing up for the CWG carnival, lakhs of phone lines across the city have gone silent. According to the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), the telecom giant that provides landline connectivity to a majority of households in Delhi, digging work in preparation for the Games has hit the network ...

• Traffic trials for Games give Delhi a Terrible Tuesday

  Delhiites had a harrowing time reaching their destinations on Tuesday morning as the city police conducted trials on exclusive lanes for Commonwealth Games during peak office hours.The rehearsals were conducted on four stretches for two hours from 8 am, which threw traffic out of gear as police blocked one lane on these roads for Games traffic. The...

• Delhi's handicraft street gets ready for Games village

  Discounts, new stocks, eye-catching displays...state emporia selling exotic and colourful products from around India are set to make Commonwealth Games (CWG) visitors shop till they drop.

• On Day 2, Games boss Fennell meets Sheila Dikshit

  Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday morning. It is the second day of his two-day visit to Delhi to inspect the CWG venues. He's scheduled to hold a press briefing later in the evening. Fennell spent all of Wednesday inspecting the v...

• Commonwealth Games boss Fennell inspects venues

  Against the backdrop of a spate of controversies surrounding the Delhi Commonwealth Games, CGF president Michael Fennell visited a few stadiums on Wednesday to inspect the facilities and take stock of the progress made in completing all the work at the venues.     Fennell began his inspection tour with the net-ball venue Thyagar...

• 42 workers paid with life for Commonwealth Games

  As scam after scam is unraveled before the Commonwealth Games, perhaps the biggest scandal of these Games is the human cost - the story of 42 labourers who died on the job working in pathetic conditions.And it's not just them, over 6 lakh labourers in the Capital are working in what are evidently callous and inhuman conditions. And even though he m...