Games Corruption

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  "Truth Stands Tall": Congress Leader On Court Order On CWG Corruption Case

  Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday targeted the BJP after a Delhi Court formally closed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into alleged money laundering tied to the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) corruption case.

• CWG scam: 36 crores wasted on badminton, squash courts

  Nearly a year after the Commonwealth Games were held in Delhi, evidence of the seemingly-ubiquitous corruption that underlined the event continues to tumble out.

• CWG scam: Suresh Kalmadi arrested, suspended by Congress

  Suresh Kalmadi has been arrested for corruption and cheating. His party, the Congress, has suspended him.Mr Kalmadi was interrogated this morning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the fourth time about a slate of contracts that saw the most expensive firms being hired for equipment and services for the Commonwealth Games that were he...

• CWG Scam: Kalmadi sacked from Organising Committee

  The man who positioned himself as the face of the Commonwealth Games in India has been sacked. Suresh Kalmadi was dismissed as Chairman of the Games' Organizing Committee this evening.  His deputy, Lalit Bhanot, has also been fired as Secretary General.   The Organising Committee's term ended in October, after the Games ended. But it...

• CWG corruption: Endgame Kalmadi and Co?

  The closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games ended with rainbow-colored splatter that lit up the night sky. The fireworks may, in fact, just be beginning.A panel has been set up  by the government to looking into the "organizing and conduct of the Games," says the Prime Minister's Office. Headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General, VK ...

• Golfers disheartened with shoddy preparation for CWG

  Disappointed with the controversy-ridden build-up for this year's Commonwealth Games, Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa said the shoddy preparation for the quadrennial sporting extravaganza is nothing short of a national "shame".

• CWG alleged corruption: Darbari appears before Enforcement Directorate

  Suspended CWG Organising Committee Joint Director General T S Darbari appeared before the Enforcement Directorate today in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities relating to the Queen's Baton Relay in London.Official sources said Darbari, a close aide of OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, has been asked to explain certain financia...

• Kalmadi aide Darbari, earlier suspended, now sacked

  Acting on the persistent plea of the Sports Ministry, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee today terminated the services of its tainted Joint Director General T S Darbari in the wake of the corruption scandal that has rocked the event. (Read: Who is T S Darbari?)Darbari, who had been suspended pending an inquiry after his name cropped up in ...

• Allegations of corruption in CWG a major concern: Fennell

  With the allegations of corruption making headlines each day, there is a cloud over the Commonwealth Games. While Games authorities promise it will be the best games ever, the President of Commonwealth Federation Mike Fennell sounds a worried man.

• Queen furious over Commonwealth Games controversy: Report

  The British Queen is said to be furious over allegations of corruption involving a UK-based firm and the baton relay of the Commonwealth Games which is to be held in New Delhi this October, a media report said.The baton relay, which bears a message from the Queen and is carried by runners around the world before it arrives in host city, has been su...

• I've done no wrong, don't make me scapegoat: Darbari

  Ousted Joint Director General of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and close Suresh Kalmadi aide T S Darbari has spoken out for the first time since the controversy over the allegedly out of turn and informal contract to a London firm broke out.According to India Abroad news service, Darbari has written to the chief executive (CEO) of the...

• I will quit, if my leaders ask me to: Kalmadi

  Suresh Kalmadi on Friday ruled out stepping down as Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman in the wake of corruption allegations but said he would quit if asked to by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Sonia Gandhi.

• CWG alleged corruption: Finance Ministry checks

  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...

• Commonwealth Games: Three Kalmadi aides suspended, Oz firm deal scrapped

  After days of public affirmations of transparency, the team organizing the Commonwealth Games has been forced to admit that financial impropriety seems to be the underlying fact of virtually every aspect of the event.Also came the admission - however reluctantly - that at least some of the rot stems from within. Three key officials have been suspen...

• Aiyar breaks vow of silence on 2010 Games

  After attacking the holding of Commonwealth Games, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Wednesday suggested that a high-level committee be formed to ensure that a "clean and successful" event is held."Let us have a high-level apex committee to which all the agencies including the Organising Committee will be responsible. We may still get a clean G...