Maken Kalmadi

Ajay Maken said that the tainted people should not be allowed into sports federations and serious action should be taken against them

Scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi was tonight denied a ticket by Congress which fielded young leader Vishwajeet Kadam in his place as it released the third list of 58 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls naming several Union Ministers and senior leaders.

Continuing his tirade against Suresh Kalmadi, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Sunday maintained that the tainted sports administrator should not attend London Olympics and termed as "absurd" the demand for his resignation.

Faced with mounting pressure to drop his Olympic trip to London, a defiant Suresh Kalmadi hit back at Ajay Maken, accusing the Sports Minister of carrying out a vilification campaign against him and called for his resignation.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Friday said that though sacked CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, accused in a Games-related graft case, has been allowed by a Delhi Court to go to London for the upcoming Olympic Games, he should voluntarily desist from going to the mega event.

Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday, said that although he would try not to get too intrusive, he is uncomfortable with the idea of Suresh Kalmadi returning as the President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

There is war over the Commonwealth Games and the report of the government's auditor on it. In Parliament, where heated words were exchanged between the Opposition and the Treasury benches in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shouting slogans against Congress president Sonia Gandhi alleging that she had a role in appoi...

Parliament did not transact any business on Monday. The Opposition came armed with two CWG-related issues - they wanted Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to resign for being faulted by the government's auditor and wanted a debate on Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on Suresh Kalmadi's appointment, that, it claimed, misled Parliament. Af...

Sports Minister Ajay Maken, who blamed NDA for the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as the Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, went into a huddle today with two of his predecessors Mani Shankar Aiyar and M S Gill minutes before Rajya Sabha had to reassemble for Zero Hour.

Suresh Kalmadi may not be in parliament on account of being in jail, but he was very much the central player in Parliament today. Sports Minister Ajay Maken attempted to explain in the Lok Sabha just how Mr Kalmadi ended up as the man in charge of organizing the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in September 2010.

Suresh Kalmadi may not be in Parliament on account of being in jail, but he was very much the central player in Parliament today. Sports Minister Ajay Maken attempted to explain in the Lok Sabha just how Mr Kalmadi ended up as the man in charge of organizing the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in September 2010.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has told NDTV that he is seeking legal opinion from the Law Ministry and the Attorney General on whether his ministry can on its own have Suresh Kalmadi sacked from his post as President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).Within hours of the arrest of the disgraced Commonwealth Games chief, the Sports Ministry had sh...

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday said the Indian Olympic Association would be asked to elect a new president in case incumbent Suresh Kalmadi is arrested by the CBI and threatened intervention by the Ministry if the IOA fails to act.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken today said the Indian Olympic Association would be asked to elect a new president in case incumbent Suresh Kalmadi is arrested by the CBI and threatened intervention by the Ministry if the IOA fails to act.     The former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman, Kalmadi, is likely to be arrest...

After intense speculation, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has decided to give the closing ceremony of the 34th National Games a miss today, citing "preoccupation with current parliament session" as the reason.Since yesterday, there were doubts about Maken's travel to Ranchi for the National Games closing ceremony today apparently because he doesn't wan...

Ajay Maken said that the tainted people should not be allowed into sports federations and serious action should be taken against them

Scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi was tonight denied a ticket by Congress which fielded young leader Vishwajeet Kadam in his place as it released the third list of 58 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls naming several Union Ministers and senior leaders.

Continuing his tirade against Suresh Kalmadi, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Sunday maintained that the tainted sports administrator should not attend London Olympics and termed as "absurd" the demand for his resignation.

Faced with mounting pressure to drop his Olympic trip to London, a defiant Suresh Kalmadi hit back at Ajay Maken, accusing the Sports Minister of carrying out a vilification campaign against him and called for his resignation.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Friday said that though sacked CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, accused in a Games-related graft case, has been allowed by a Delhi Court to go to London for the upcoming Olympic Games, he should voluntarily desist from going to the mega event.

Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday, said that although he would try not to get too intrusive, he is uncomfortable with the idea of Suresh Kalmadi returning as the President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

There is war over the Commonwealth Games and the report of the government's auditor on it. In Parliament, where heated words were exchanged between the Opposition and the Treasury benches in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shouting slogans against Congress president Sonia Gandhi alleging that she had a role in appoi...

Parliament did not transact any business on Monday. The Opposition came armed with two CWG-related issues - they wanted Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to resign for being faulted by the government's auditor and wanted a debate on Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on Suresh Kalmadi's appointment, that, it claimed, misled Parliament. Af...

Sports Minister Ajay Maken, who blamed NDA for the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as the Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, went into a huddle today with two of his predecessors Mani Shankar Aiyar and M S Gill minutes before Rajya Sabha had to reassemble for Zero Hour.

Suresh Kalmadi may not be in parliament on account of being in jail, but he was very much the central player in Parliament today. Sports Minister Ajay Maken attempted to explain in the Lok Sabha just how Mr Kalmadi ended up as the man in charge of organizing the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in September 2010.

Suresh Kalmadi may not be in Parliament on account of being in jail, but he was very much the central player in Parliament today. Sports Minister Ajay Maken attempted to explain in the Lok Sabha just how Mr Kalmadi ended up as the man in charge of organizing the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in September 2010.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has told NDTV that he is seeking legal opinion from the Law Ministry and the Attorney General on whether his ministry can on its own have Suresh Kalmadi sacked from his post as President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).Within hours of the arrest of the disgraced Commonwealth Games chief, the Sports Ministry had sh...

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday said the Indian Olympic Association would be asked to elect a new president in case incumbent Suresh Kalmadi is arrested by the CBI and threatened intervention by the Ministry if the IOA fails to act.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken today said the Indian Olympic Association would be asked to elect a new president in case incumbent Suresh Kalmadi is arrested by the CBI and threatened intervention by the Ministry if the IOA fails to act.     The former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman, Kalmadi, is likely to be arrest...

After intense speculation, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has decided to give the closing ceremony of the 34th National Games a miss today, citing "preoccupation with current parliament session" as the reason.Since yesterday, there were doubts about Maken's travel to Ranchi for the National Games closing ceremony today apparently because he doesn't wan...