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Corruption scandal hits CWG
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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.
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August 06, 2010 48:03
As one controversy after another rock the Commonwealth Games, should Suresh Kalmadi be sacked? Or would it be a bad move? We debate.
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August 06, 2010 13:20
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CWGOC) Suresh Kalmadi has clarified that he's not quitting, atleast not before the Games.
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August 06, 2010 1:59
An angry debate unfolded in the Lok Sabha over allegations of mammoth corruption for the Commonwealth Games. Opposition parties united to attack the government, saying it must explain where every paisa has been spent.
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August 06, 2010 3:00
As heads rolled in the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, everybody talked about how the big fish might have escaped once again. A K Mattoo, who took charge as the Treasurer of the Organising Committee, for the first time admitted to NDTV that the committee's credibility had taken a beating.
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August 05, 2010 41:38
Small fish in the net, big sharks free. Should the buck stop with Suresh Kalmadi?
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August 05, 2010 3:29
Darbari, Mahindroo suspended while treasurer Anil Khanna resigns. The deal with Australia-based firm SMAM called off.
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August 05, 2010 2:19
Sources say the contract finalised by suspended Kalmadi aide TS Durbari allowed Australia-based Sport Marketing and Management to get commission on all the sponsorship money, whether or not it had struck the deal.
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August 05, 2010 2:01
Suresh Kalmadi's key aides Mohendroo and Darbari have been suspended along with M Jaichandran, who handled Finance and Accounts. Moreover, the investigation into allegations of corruption has been handed over to the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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August 05, 2010 2:07
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, the Sports Minister said, "What is there to examine? Nothing is ready." He added, "India will get there."
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August 04, 2010 4:23
Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia feels the country would have been better off without hosting the Commonwealth Games given the organisational chaos that has marred the build-up to the October 3 to 14 event in Delhi.
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August 04, 2010 3:43
Now, another email accessed by NDTV shows Ashish Patel got detailed and written instructions on how much to charge for the taxis he provided from Sanjay Mahendrro - one of Kalmadi's closest aides, and a senior official of the Organizing Committee.
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August 04, 2010 1:27
So how does someone explain toilet rolls for nearly Rs. 4000 or air conditioners for Rs. 4 lakh or treadmills for Rs. 9 lakh? Well the Commonwealth Organising Committee (OC) tried to explain on Wednesday.
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August 04, 2010 0:28
"The government should not allow this sort of corruption to go on. These Games have become loot games. There are still two months to go and if we do not act immediately, it will be like giving full licence for corruption," said CPM Politburo Member Brinda Karat.
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August 04, 2010 2:53
An email accessed by NDTV clearly shows that an official of the OC, Sanjay Mohindroo, told Ashish Patel of AM Films what rates to charge for cab hire in London.
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August 04, 2010 1:54
In an interview to NDTV's Swati Maheshwari, Ashish Patel of AM Films denied that the cab hire rates were inflated.
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August 03, 2010 37:10
Is it time for heads to roll in the Commonwealth Games scam?
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August 03, 2010 4:10
As the allegations of corruption get larger and louder for those involved with the Commonwealth Games, the trouble-shooting for Suresh Kalmadi is becoming tougher.
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August 03, 2010 1:44
BSP, BJP and the Left parties created an uproar in Parliament over allegations of diversion of funds for SC/ST schemes to Commonwealth Games projects and demanded a Parliamentary probe into it.
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August 03, 2010 0:43
Secretary General of the CWG Organising Committee Lalit Bhanot has said that Suresh Kalmadi has met External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and a decision on the issue of the lettter will be taken.
