National Games Scam

The CBI will soon move for the extradition of Chinese national Jiashu Zhao wanted in connection with one of the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam cases related to the upgradation of Delhi's Shivaji Stadium, officials said.

CBI on Thursday conducted searches at 16 locations, including the residence of former Jharkhand Sports Minister Bandhu Tirkey, in connection with National Games scam.

Adding to the ongoing political blame game between the BJP and the Congress over the Rs 11,300 crore banking fraud involving celebrity designer Nirav Modi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today launched an attack on Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday accused the government of playing a "dirty game" of targeting Opposition leaders and said the recent sudden transfer of the Enforcement Directorate chief was aimed only to "fix" the Opposition leaders with "false and irrelevant" cases, including the National Herald case.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (Vigilance) Anand Joseph Tigga said a questionnaire was given to Suresh Kalmadi, and he replied in writing. Another senior police officer said Kalmadi was the president of Indian Olympic Association when the Games were organised in Ranchi and had been accorded state minister's status.

The Congress has hit out at former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai for his comments in a national daily that quotes him as saying that he was "pressured" by the UPA to drop certain names from his reports on the coal block allocation and the Commonwealth Games scam.

In the wake of the Commonweath Games scam, the Kerala government has made it mandatory for the officials, in charge of the 35th National Games to declare their assets.

It's usually lonely at the top, say those who've enjoyed any sort of high.  For Suresh Kalmadi, however, the narrative has been a little different. First as a heavyweight in Maharashtra politics, and then as Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Commonwealth Games, Mr Kalmadi's posse was a substantial one. He is not a camera-shy man, an...

The CBI will soon move for the extradition of Chinese national Jiashu Zhao wanted in connection with one of the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam cases related to the upgradation of Delhi's Shivaji Stadium, officials said.

CBI on Thursday conducted searches at 16 locations, including the residence of former Jharkhand Sports Minister Bandhu Tirkey, in connection with National Games scam.

Adding to the ongoing political blame game between the BJP and the Congress over the Rs 11,300 crore banking fraud involving celebrity designer Nirav Modi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today launched an attack on Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday accused the government of playing a "dirty game" of targeting Opposition leaders and said the recent sudden transfer of the Enforcement Directorate chief was aimed only to "fix" the Opposition leaders with "false and irrelevant" cases, including the National Herald case.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (Vigilance) Anand Joseph Tigga said a questionnaire was given to Suresh Kalmadi, and he replied in writing. Another senior police officer said Kalmadi was the president of Indian Olympic Association when the Games were organised in Ranchi and had been accorded state minister's status.

The Congress has hit out at former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai for his comments in a national daily that quotes him as saying that he was "pressured" by the UPA to drop certain names from his reports on the coal block allocation and the Commonwealth Games scam.

In the wake of the Commonweath Games scam, the Kerala government has made it mandatory for the officials, in charge of the 35th National Games to declare their assets.

It's usually lonely at the top, say those who've enjoyed any sort of high.  For Suresh Kalmadi, however, the narrative has been a little different. First as a heavyweight in Maharashtra politics, and then as Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Commonwealth Games, Mr Kalmadi's posse was a substantial one. He is not a camera-shy man, an...