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23 may 2012Commonwealth Games' crowning glory, the aerostat, is deflated and donated [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="295"] Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India[/caption]New Delhi: Amid all the controversy about […] more...
Hindu Business LineNeed to improve data on jobsHindu Business LineFinancial constraints cannot be a possible or a comprehensive explanation for a country that could afford to spend Rs 28000 crore on the Commonwealth Games. For most advanced countries, unemployment is an important macro-economic indicator for … more...
Accused denied bail in timing equipment caseTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of AK Reddy, arrested for alleged lapses in a Rs141 crore contract for timing, scoring and result equipment for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Justice Mukta Gupta rejected Reddy's bail …and more » more...
A staggering 8,000 cyber attacks were warded off during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said Wednesday, pointing to India`s capabilities. more...
I want to make my country proud: Sushil KumarTimes of IndiaWith India having hosted the Commonwealth Games, sport itself has become popular and Indians are looking beyond cricket. (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: The last time he represented the country at the Beijing Olympics (2008), he brought home a bronze medal, … more...
Zee NewsMaken distributes cash awards to 158 sportspersonsTimes of India… events such as Olympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships (in the disciplines of Olympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games), Asian Championships, Commonwealth Championships (both for men and women) in senior, …Sports ministry gave cash awards over Rs. 2 cr to 158 sportspersonAll [...] more...
The HinduKrishna Poonia sets new national record, wins silver in HawaiiThe HinduCommonwealth Games gold medallist and Olympics-bound woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia on Monday created a new national record en route to her silver medal winning performance at the Altius Track Crew Throwdown meet in Maui Island, Hawaii.Discus Thrower Krishna sets National Record in Hawaii [...] more...
Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Olympics-bound woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia on Monday created a new national record en route to her silver medal winning performance at the Altius Track Crew Throwdown meet in Maui Island, Hawaii. more...
Point 1: Hosting major sporting events may create problems to the reputation and economy of the hosting countries. For example, Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14424311 and Vancouver Winter […] more...
Zee NewsRTI activist pens down book on Commonwealth Games scamZee NewsNew Delhi: A Delhi-based RTI activist has brought out a book containing various correspondences between the Prime Minister`s Office and the Delhi Government secretariat related to Commonwealth Games. The 496-page book `PMO to Delhi Secretariat — RTIs … more...
A Delhi-based RTI activist has brought out a book containing various correspondences between the Prime Minister`s Office and the Delhi Government secretariat related to CWG. more...
Daily NationNjoroge cruises to victory at AK meeting in MeruDaily NationCharles Wanyoro | NATION AK treasurer and Eastern branch chairman, Joseph Kinyua, presents a cash award to Commonwealth Games 3000m steeplechase silver medalist Mercy Njoroge after she won the women's 1500m race at the seventh and final NBK/AK meeting …Athletics Kenya names athletes for 10000m [...] more...
Yahoo! Eurosport UKCricket could enter Commonwealth programmeYahoo! Eurosport UKThe Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) discussed the matter at a two-day meeting in London this week, with the organisation's vice-president Bruce Robertson suggesting it is a "strong possibility" that the sport could feature at the Commonwealth Youth …Cricket could return to the Commonwealth Games programme in time [...] more...
Cricket could be included in 2018 Commonwealth GamesWalesOnlineThe Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) discussed the matter at a two-day meeting in London this week, with the organisation's vice-president Bruce Robertson suggesting it is a “strong possibility” that the sport could feature at the Commonwealth Youth … more...
LAST 365 days South Devon grass bowler Natalie Melmore reached the peak of every bowler's job when she won silver at the Commonwealth Games in India. But with […] more...
LAST 365 days South Devon grass bowler Natalie Melmore reached the peak of every bowler's job when she won silver at the Commonwealth Games in India. But with […] more...
LAST 365 days South Devon grass bowler Natalie Melmore reached the peak of every bowler's job when she won silver at the Commonwealth Games in India. But with […] more...
Cricket could make a shock return to the Gold Coast Commonwealth GamesCourier MailCRICKET could make a shock return to the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018 after an absence of two decades. There is strong lobbying for Twenty20 cricket to be included as an extra Games sport with Gold Coast Commonwealth Games chairman [...] more...
Sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, facing trial in a games-related graft case, has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Kazakhstan to attend a meeting of 73rd Asian Athletics Association Council. more...
Officials said that the number of cases against OC, which is under the scanner of investigating agencies for alleged financial irregularities, have risen to 45 from 30 in the last six months. more...
LAST 365 days South Devon grass bowler Natalie Melmore reached the peak of every bowler's job when she won silver at the Commonwealth Games in India. But with […] more...
LAST 365 days South Devon grass bowler Natalie Melmore reached the peak of every bowler's job when she won silver at the Commonwealth Games in India. But with […] more...
Wait for Games flats over, Emaar pays Rs 19 crore to DDAIndian ExpressWith the payment of Rs 19 crore by developer Emaar MGF, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is set to release the Commonwealth Games Village flats from its possession, ending the long wait of buyers. “Emaar MGF paid their dues on Tuesday to the [...] more...
The court asked DDA to issue power of attorney to the builder once its pays the dues so that the possession of the flats could be given to the owners. more...
Thinks like this are neglected because in the demo-crazy place, all forms of rules and laws are applied according to the whims and fancies of the ruling MLA. […] more...
Daily MailWait gets longer for CWG Village apartment ownersDeccan HeraldEmaar-MGF Land Ltd, the real estate firm that constructed apartments at the Commonwealth Games Village in the capital, has come under the scanner of the Delhi government for allegedly not paying Rs 314 crore as Value Added Tax (VAT).Emaar failure to pay Rs 314-crore VAT lands [...] more...
Telegraph.co.ukTrial of sports coach delayed until after OlympicsTelegraph.co.ukThe coach – who is mentoring Commonwealth Games medallist decathlete Martin Brockman – was told he would face trial after denying the charge. But Judge Michael Carroll, sitting at Maidstone Crown Court in Kent, put his trial back until the end of …and more » more...
My fellow citizens, Over the last few years, I have read and watched a series of reports about corruption in the organizing of Commonwealth Games.It has pained me […] more...
A Delhi court is likely to frame charges on Monday against six persons, including four MCD officials, for their alleged role in a corruption case involving street-lighting before […] more...
Daily MailCommonwealth Games athlete turned CID detective who discovered drugs is jailed …Daily MailAt the age of 21, Jane Aucott represented England in the discus at the Commonwealth Games. She went on to join the police, where she was introduced to drugs through contact with the criminal underworld. Aucott became addicted to heroin and crack [...] more...
More Than The GamesTRIALS 2012: Happy Haywood looking for special farewell at the OlympicsMore Than The GamesHaywood burst on the scene as a 15-year old at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she quickly became a favourite of the home crowd. Now she'll get the chance to enjoy that support again after securing her [...] more...
The CBI claimed that sacked CWG OC chief Suresh Kalmadi and others escalated the Swiss firm's TSR tender cost, causing a loss of Rs 90 crore to the exchequer. more...
Highland NewsInverness kids take the lead in Commonwealth Games festival ideaHighland Newsby Alex Johnston COMMONWEALTH Games-style events could appear across the Highlands this year -after organisers descended on Inverness to give youngsters tips on staging their own sporting festivals. Sportscotland, the Youth Sport Trust, …Scottish independence referendum will increase interest in Glasgow 2014, it is [...] more...
BBC NewsScottish firms urged to compete for contracts at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth GamesInsidethegames.bizFebruary 24 – Scotland's leading food and drink producers have been urged to showcase the best of the country's produce by competing for contracts at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The call came today from Craig Lear (pictured), Glasgow 2014's …Games 'perfect' for [...] more...
The CBI started its probe into the alleged irregularities in Rs766.89-crore bailout package given to Emaar MGF by the Delhi Development Authority in the construction of 1,168 flats in the Commonwealth Games village. more...
Delhi govt spends 76% of Plan outlayHindu Business LinePTI Despite delays in utilising funds because of allegations of graft in Commonwealth Games projects, the Delhi government has managed to spend 76 per cent of the total Plan outlay of Rs 14200 crore for the current fiscal, till January 31.and more » more...
FirstpostDelhi Police prefer hiring than buying CCTV camerasFirstpostDuring the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi Police had spent Rs 5.58 crore on hiring security equipment which included CCTV cameras for eight days to guard the road events of cycling and marathon at a cost of Rs 1.04 crore. Delhi Police keep hiring …and more » more...
BBC NewsStrathclyde Police drop probe over Commonwealth land dealsBBC NewsPolice have completed inquiries into multi-million pound land deals linked to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after finding no criminality. James Dornan, SNP MSP for the Cathcart, had asked Strathclyde Police to look into the matter. more...
A CBI special court here hearing a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games Thursday granted bail to two officials of a company and rejected the bail plea of an official of another company. more...
Commonwealth Games champ on showBundaberg News MailSQUASH: Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist Craig Rowland and South African under-23 champion Carl Hampson will head a class Wide Bay Australia Team Titles field at Bundaberg Squash Centre this weekend. It is the biggest event on the Bundaberg … more...
NDTVSuresh Kalmadi travels in open car, gets enthusiastic welcomeEconomic Times… the criminal charges and his suspension from Congress, supporters of city MP Suresh Kalmadi gave him an enthusiastic welcome when he arrived here this evening for the first time after being released on bail in the Commonwealth Games scam.Darbari gets ED clean chit in CWG [...] more...
Enforcement Directorate, ED, has filed a charge sheet against sacked Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Suresh Kalmadi along with his five colleagues for alleged financial irregularities in […] more...
Glasgow 2014 welcomes City's Youth Olympic Games ambitionsTheSportsCampus.comGlasgow is well placed to build on the legacy of the Commonwealth Games and host the world's best young athletes as it puts itself in the running to secure the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, according to Lord Smith, the Chair of Glasgow 2014.New S4M-01875 – Glasgow Bid for [...] more...
02 feb 2012Suresh Kalmadi chargesheeted in another Commonwealth Games case [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="295" caption="Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India"][/caption]New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi, recently released from jail, […] more...
India TodayBJP demands CBI probe against CMDeccan HeraldDemanding that the Central Bureau of Investigation should file an FIR against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and investigate bungling of thousands of crores of rupees in Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi BJP on Tuesday dismissed the written request by …Sheila letter to PM blames PC, Aiyar for pricey CWGDaily [...] more...
Two former office bearers of Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee, Lalit Bhanot and M Jayachandran, arrested for their alleged roles in a games-related corruption case, were granted bail […] more...
Four office bearers of the IOA on Sunday rubbished reports that the sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was showcaused by its now disbanded Ethics Commission`s and sought for an inquiry by the acting president into the matter. more...
21 jan 2012CWG scam: Lalit Bhanot, Jayachandran granted bail New Delhi: A CBI special court here Saturday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot […] more...
Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh allowed the bail pleas of CWG OC former secretary general Bhanot and former treasurer Jayachandran on grounds of parity. more...
Two former office bearers of Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee, Lalit Bhanot and M Jayachandran, arrested for their alleged roles in a games-related corruption case, were granted bail on Saturday by a Delhi court. more...
Clean Sports India (CSI), a movement for corruption-free sports in India, today demanded that Commonwealth Games scam accused Suresh Kalmadi should not be allowed to return as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president following his release from jail on bail. more...
Ranging from inflated prices of toilet paper to shoddy work at the stadia, the Games witnessed alleged massive financial bungling at many levels. more...
Pooja Sareen, Student, Apeejay Institute of Mass CommunicationDelhi High court finally granted bail to the commonwealth games scams accuse Suresh Kalmadi after almost 9 months. Suresh Kalmadi was […] more...
The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chairperson Suresh Kalmadi, an accused in a Games-related graft case.The court also granted […] more...
New Delhi, Jan 19 : The Delhi High Court Thursday granted bail to Suresh Kalmadi, MP and former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, accused in a corruption […] more...
The Delhi High Court is expected to pronounce its order on the bail plea of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chairperson Suresh Kalmadi, an accused in a Games-related graft case today, Thursday. more...
The Delhi High Court granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chairperson Suresh Kalmadi, an accused in a Games-related graft case today, Thursday. more...
Just hours after getting bail, former CWG OC president Suresh Kalmadi, who allegedly siphoned off a chunk of taxpayers’ money in the mega-event, was offered the post of Indian Olympic Association’s president. more...
Justice Mukta Gupta would also decide the bail application of VK Verma who is also an accused in the case pertaining to the mega-sporting event held here in 2010. more...
In what could spell more trouble for former CWG OC chief Suresh Kalmadi, UK-based Ashish Patel, owner of AM Films and AM Vans, has testified in London on Tuesday relating to the irregularities in organising the Queen’s Baton Relay event in October 2009. more...
The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has come under further cloud regarding the commissioning of six power plants to supply power to Delhi during the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG). more...
The Delhi High Court reserved its order on the bail plea of former CWG Organising Committee chairperson Suresh Kalmadi, an accused in a Commonwealth Games-related graft case. more...
A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of five people, arrested for their alleged roles in a Commonwealth Games-related corruption case. more...
Enforcement Directorate is set to begin penal action for alleged foreign exchange dealings and money laundering in award of contracts in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, beginning with a notice for alleged forex violation to the tune of Rs 185 crore. more...
How Commonwealth Games had threatened to bring life to a near standstill in the capital.Mani Shankar Aiyar has made quite a few new friends in Delhi. The member […] more...
Saina Nehwal, who has been struggling to replicate her superb run of 2010 when she won three Super Series women`s singles crowns as well as the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, seems fractionally slower on her feet this year, feels former badminton ace Prakash Padukone. more...
A Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam accused today sought bail from a court here on the ground of parity with the 2G spectrum scam case accused who were freed from jail on orders of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court. more...
CBI has collected voluminous documents related to various tenders executed by Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for the mega sporting event. more...
John Harnden, who was formerly chief executive of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, was named CEO of the 2015 cricket World Cup`s Local Organising Committee. more...
Sri Lankan officials think their bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games may have been doomed because of the deeply flawed games held last year in neighboring India. more...
Having served as the IOA secretary general for 24 years, Randhir Singh who announced on Tuesday that he wont be contesting the elections next year tells DNA that India should let the dust settle down before bidding for the Olympics more...
Expanding its probe, the CBI is focusing on the alleged role of another senior Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) official, also an aide of Suresh Kalmadi. more...
Robert Joske also claimed that Katich and several international players have been waiting for months to be paid the Board of Cricket Control India (BCCI)s outstanding amounts. more...
Sri Lanka has expressed confidence of winning the Games bid with just days to go before the host city is selected by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). more...
Two of the country's biggest sports events in the last 12 months mirror two Indias. The Commonwealth Games last October were organised by an older more...
Two of the country's biggest sports events in the last 12 months mirror two Indias. The Commonwealth Games last October were organised by an older more...
Leaders of the Commonwealth group of mostly former British colonies on Friday took tentative steps to tighten up on human rights abuses by members but have still to address tougher measures some warn the group must take to remain relevant. more...
Sources in the anti-corruption watchdog said large-scale financial and administrative irregularities have been found in about seven cases carried out by certain government agencies. more...
A 17-year-old village lad of Orissa overcame poverty and grabbed gold in youth commonwealth weightlifting championship in Cape Town, South Africa. more...
Vigilance Commission is looking into alleged irregularities in the execution of 71 C'wealth Games-related projects worth several crores by government civic and construction agencies. more...
Following the revelations, police registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy against the couple who bagged a Rs25 lakh contract for the job. more...
Official sources said a team of CBI had taken all files and related documents of certain OC officials including their biodata, emolument details and terms and conditions of appointments for detailed scrutiny. more...
Even as the Sports Authority of India grapples with severe financial constraints due to Commonwealth Games overspending, the sports ministry is liberally allocating funds for the Panchayat Yuva Krida more...
: Call it faulty planning or lack of foresight, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), an arm of the sports ministry, is finding it difficult to carry forward the legacy of the Commonwealth Games, held more...
The Sports Complex at the sprawling Commonwealth Games Village in East Delhi will be thrown open to the public under the pay-and-play scheme by the end of November even as the 1,168 flats there wait for a completion certificate and new owners. more...
The Commonwealth Games is one of the biggest sporting extravaganzas in the world. The commonwealth games are known for multi-sport and multinational event held once every four […] more...
Zee NewsIOA laments poor upkeep of stadiaThe HinduThe Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has lamented the poor conditions of the stadia built at huge cost for the Commonwealth Games. IOA acting President Prof. VK Malhotra, in a statement released on Tuesday, criticised the government for keeping the …IOA's president wants CWG venues opened to sportspersonsDaily News [...] more...
Zee NewsIOA laments poor upkeep of stadiaThe HinduThe Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has lamented the poor conditions of the stadia built at huge cost for the Commonwealth Games. IOA acting President Prof. VK Malhotra, in a statement released on Tuesday, criticised the government for keeping the …IOA's president wants CWG venues opened to sportspersonsDaily News [...] more...
Moneycontrol.comSC refuses to entertain Bhanot's bail plea in CWG scamTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the bail plea of former Commonwealth Games organising secretary Lalit Bhanot, who is a close aide of Suresh Kalmadi and a co-accused in a case relating to favouring a Swiss firm in a contract [...] more...
Moneycontrol.comSC refuses to entertain Bhanot's bail plea in CWG scamTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the bail plea of former Commonwealth Games organising secretary Lalit Bhanot, who is a close aide of Suresh Kalmadi and a co-accused in a case relating to favouring a Swiss firm in a contract [...] more...
Moneycontrol.comCWG scam: SC refuses bail to Lalit BhanotIBNLive.comPTI New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused bail to Lalit Bhanot, former secretary general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee in connection with the CWG scam. A bench of justices JM Panchal and HL Gokhale, however, allowed Bhanot to …CWG scam: SC rejects Bhanot's bail pleaIndia [...] more...
The court, however, allowed Bhanot to approach the appropriate court for relief and clarified the court would not get influenced by observations made by the Delhi High Court which had earlier rejected his bail plea. more...
The court also asked the jail authorities to give a separate login and password of the computer to the accused persons which should be known only to them. more...
The Commonwealth Games is one of the biggest sporting extravaganzas in the world. The commonwealth games are known for multi-sport and multinational event held once every four years. […] more...
No monitoring of CWG probe: SCTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to take up monitoring of the ongoing CBI probe into the multi-crore Commonwealth Games scam but allowed the petitioner to approach the court if in future it found any discrepancy in the investigations. …and more » more...
HRmagazine.co.ukGlasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games: 1044 jobs announced with 1044 days to goHRmagazine.co.ukGlasgow based recruitment agency Search Consultancy has signed a Tier 2 deal to become the official recruitment agency for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as the recruitment programme to fill 1044 jobs begins, with 1044 days to go. … more...
An NGO had submitted that the CBI is conducting probe against selective persons and not investigating the role of high profile politicians and government officials. more...
The court also directed various counsel, appearing for the accused, as well as the prosecution to complete the scrutiny of documents by October 20 so that the trial does not get delayed. more...
Daily MailGlasgow 2014 sponsor unveiledThe Press AssociationA recruitment firm has been named as the second sponsor of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Search Consultancy will be responsible for finding people to fill 1044 jobs ahead of the Games. Roles range from sport to corporate positions and event management. …Recruitment drive for 2014 GamesBBC NewsYoung Scot laden [...] more...
Ajay Maken has accused former minister Mani Shanker Aiyar of playing an "irreparable obstructionist role" in the CWG projects resulting in cost escalation. more...
Over Rs 340 crore spent on installing security system for CWGHindustan TimesPTI The government spent over Rs 340 crore on installing a special security system for the Commonwealth Games, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Games at an estimated cost of Rs 345.70 crore. The ISS comprised equipment such as Closed Circuit …CWG Scam: [...] more...
Mullappally Ramachandran said an Integrated Security System (ISS) was installed for the security of Games at an estimated cost of Rs 345.70 crore. more...
Games expenditure for govt: Rs 14830crTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Delhi government has come out with a project-wise break-up of its expenditure on the Commonwealth Games projects and those undertaken by its various agencies for city improvement. Out of the total figure of Rs 14830.06 crore, …and more » more...
The total expenditure incurred on the executive board members of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee was around Rs 49 lakh, sports minister Ajay Maken said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha. more...
Kalmadi is facing criminal proceedings for his alleged role in awarding a lucrative Commonwealth Games contract to a Swiss firm at inflated rates. more...
Glasgow Evening TimesA look behind the scenes at preparations for 2014 Commonwealth GamesScottish Daily RecordThe Aussie is head of Catering, Cleaning and Waste for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In July and August, three years from now, Craig will make sure that the 4500 athletes from 71 Commonwealth teams around the world and their [...] more...
Promoter of AKR Constructions, A K Reddy, who had been evading arrest since February and declared a proclaimed offender, surrendered before special CBI judge. more...
Katta skips jail, slips into hospitalBangalore MirrorIn Delhi, a city caught in the vice-like grip of an anti-corruption frenzy, politicians arrested for their role in the Commonwealth Games and 2G spectrum scams suffer in jail. In Bangalore, politicians arrested for similar crimes continue their posh …and more » more...
A latest stock taking report by India’s federal audit bureau blames the Commonwealth Games corruption scandal on prime minister Manmohan Singh’s office and the Delhi government. I preparation […] more...
The promoter of a Hyderabad-based firm, wanted by the CBI for his alleged involvement in award of a lucrative Commonwealth Games contract to a Swiss firm at inflated rates, on Saturday surrendered in a Delhi court. more...
A promoter of a private company accused of financial irregularities in the 2010 Commonwealth Games preparations surrendered before a CBI court . more...
Central Vigilance Commission annual report likely to be soon tabled in ParliamentEconomic TimesNEW DELHI: The annual report of the Central Vigilance Commission carrying details of investigation in the multi-crore Commonwealth Games scam is likely to be tabled in the ongoing session of Parliament. Sources said the report, which will have minute …and more » more...
Tehelka We didn't engineer Games mess'Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Delhi Government's attempt to blame bureaucrats and engineers for lapses pointed out in the CAG report on Commonwealth Games has been slammed. The Engineer's Council of India (ECI), which has PWD and CPWD officials as members, …CAG drags top media houses in CWG muddleTehelkaCAG member accuses of [...] more...
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Nice video: http://www.youtube.com/embed/ Video description Yendi Phillips (born September 8, 1985) is the winner of the Miss Jamaica World 2007 beauty pageant, […] more...
The Supreme Court today dismissed anticipatory bail pleas of two businessmen wanted by the CBI for their alleged role in a CWG corruption case. more...
Government replies to NHRC, denies eviction during Commonwealth GamesTimes of IndiaGURGAON: In its reply to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the state government has denied that the local administration had forcefully evicted people during the Commonwealth Games last year. The NHRC had asked the Haryana chief secretary to …and more » more...
CBI today booked eight CPWD officials and two companies for inflating rates of various items in the renovation of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex. more...
Indian Express CAG report: Delhi Government's defenceNDTV.comState Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, speaking to the media, said Ms Dikshit's name was not directly mentioned anywhere in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games that was presented in the parliament on …Corruption unlimited! Rs2,342 crore lost on Commonwealth GamesDaily News & AnalysisIndian Parliament [...] more...
The Hindu Maken sticks to statement on Kalmadi appointmentThe HinduUnfazed by the Opposition attack, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday maintained that Suresh Kalmadi's appointment as Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief was done during the National Democratic Alliance rule and he was willing to give …BJP works on House Games strategyCalcutta TelegraphGovernment bends again, agrees to [...] more...
Government today sought to pick holes in the CAG report on Commonwealth Games, saying there was no indictment of Dikshit in the main report, but only a line mentioned about her in the executive summary. more...
NDA can't wash hands of Games mess: AuditorTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The blame for the mess in organizing Commonwealth Games does not fully lie with the United Progress Alliance led by the Congress party, according to the CAG auditors. In fact, the National Democratic Alliance government led by BJP under Atal …and more » more...
Hotels, Travel Tip To Commonwealth Games DelhiGoing for Commonwealth Game in Delhi in 2010? Below is the short guide of popular hotel,cheap mbt shoes, travel tips to Delhi […] more...
Under attack from the opposition over the CAG report on Commonwealth Games, the Congress core group on Saturday met at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence at 7 Race […] more...
The Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune were expected to be a learning experience for the staging of 2010 Delhi Games. But for CAG, the OC lost the opportunity to learn and test its preparedness for Delhi 2010. more...
SAI venues - Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Dr. SP Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex, Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Indira Gandhi Stadium and Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range - were handed over to the CPWD for renovation and upgradation ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
[caption id="attachment_213" align="alignleft" width="127" caption="CEO Manmohan"][/caption]FACT: The CAG, in its 743-page report, blamed the Shiela Dixit-led Delhi Government and Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) former chief Suresh Kalmadi for mishandling the […] more...
Delhi government flouted rules by adopting CPOH of 37.5 per cent for construction of seven road and flyovers during CWG 2010 leading to increase of cost by Rs 352 crore and awarded works to companies in an irregular manner with regard to two projects, the CAG has said. more...
In a development that could spell trouble for Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, the CAG today blamed her active involvement for causing a loss of over Rs 30 crore in the Commonwealth Games-related projects. more...
The report tabled in Parliament today said that Dikshit had knowledge of wasteful expenditure to the tune of Rs30 crore related to the Commonwealth Games. more...
BJP today demanded Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's head after her reported indictment in the CAG report on the Commonwealth Games scam and insisted the Prime Minister should […] more...
A walk through Hambantota's bid for 2018 Commonwealth GamesSunday Times.lkBeginning with an overview of the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, the proposed venue for the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies, Chief Exective for Hambantota's bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Nalin Attygalle, …Hambantota 2018 is "looking forward" to hosting Commonwealth Games claims chairmanInsidethegames.bizSri [...] more...
Daily Bhaskar CWG scam: CBI starts property attachment of accusedIndian ExpressThe CBI on Wednesday began attachment of properties of three absconding accused in connection with the irregularities in awarding a contract to a Swiss firm during the Commonwealth Games and thus, causing a loss of over Rs 95 crore to the exchequer. …CWG scam: CBI orders [...] more...
FACT: Sheila Dikshit has been blamed for costing the government Rs. 31 crore in losses by deciding to use imported equipment for street lighting in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games […] more...
‘Magic’ is another of our rescued dog stories, for the story of his rescue and recovery is nothing but ‘magical’. Last year when the Commonwealth Games 2010 ended, it […] more...
Suresh Kalmadi’s lawyer is busy working on his defence. In fact, I have a feeling that he was at it even prior to the Commonwealth Games, what with […] more...
Sport Minister Ajay Maken on Mondaysaid that Suresh Kalmadi, accused of corruption in themulti-crore Commonwealth Games scam, cannot escape from thelaw just because he is suffering from dementia. more...
Weightlifter Renubala Chanu Monday returned her 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medal to the sports ministry saying she will quit the sport if her achievements are not recognised in future. more...
The Centre is likely to give its nod for regularisation of the CWG Village flats that had exceeded the sanctioned floor area ratio (FAR) after the penalty for extra construction is paid by the developers. more...
Sydney Morning Herald With world championship jitters put aside, Coutts cruises aheadSydney Morning HeraldSHANGHAI: Alicia Coutts competed in the 2008 Olympic Games, won five Commonwealth Games gold medals in New Delhi, and has ranked highly in her events this year, but she has revealed that when it comes to major international competitions, …Coutts conquers butterfliesThe AgeHuegill [...] more...
Zee News CWG scam: CVC to give fresh cases of graft to CBITimes of IndiaPTI | Jul 21, 2011, 01.22pm IST NEW DELHI: The central vigilance commission will give some more fresh cases to CBI to probe alleged criminal conspiracy and graft by certain government employees in carrying out Commonwealth Games-related projects. …CWG scam CVC to [...] more...
Second group tests Gold Coast Games bidNinemsnAnother international delegation is about to put the Gold Coast's bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games under scrutiny. A group of 13 delegates from the Oceania region arrived on Thursday, along with two from Africa and another two from the Americas. …Commonwealth Games Association(CGA) representatives to visit the Gold [...] more...
Edinburgh, July 14 (ANI): A register of the gifts and hospitality for the officials in charge of Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games has been published following the resignation of its chief executive. more...
SERIES-II During the Commonwealth Games, the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium was touted as one of the best in the world. Nine months on, the stadium tells a different tale. The seats are under a blank more...
NDTV.com Am sure Kalmadi is innocent, says Digvijaya SinghNDTV.comNew Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi, in jail for corruption related to the Commonwealth Games, has found a voice of support. Digvijaya Singh, his party's General Secretary, said today that he is sure Mr Kalmadi is innocent and should get bail. …Kalmadi, Chavan are innocent: DigvijayaIBNLive.comall 2 news articles » more...
NDTV.com CWG Organising Committee fighting 14 legal casesIBNLive.comPTI New Delhi: Already under scanner for irregularities worth crores of rupees, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is fighting 14 legal cases filed by several firms and its former employees seeking their dues. According to OC officials, …CWG: Kalmadi gets I-T noticeIndia TodayCWG scam: Kalmadi blamed by IT department, [...] more...
Already under scanner for irregularities worth crores of rupees, the Commonwealth Games OC is fighting 14 legal cases filed by several firms and its former employees seeking their dues. more...
Reuters India Indian names judge to head doping inquiryAFPThe trio were part of the women's 4×400m relay teams that won the gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, last year. Akkunji also claimed the 400m hurdles Asiad title in a personal best time. …Indian officials fired over doping [...] more...
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation on the plea of AK Reddy seeking anticipatory bail in the CWG Timing, Scoring and Results system scam. more...
The Hindu Coach sacked in India dope scandalHerald Sun'Tainted' win: India's Ashwini Akkunji, Manjeet Kaur, Mandeep Kaur and Sini Jose celebrate their win in the women's 4×400m relay final of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Picture: AFP Source: AFP INDIA'S sports minister has sacked the Ukrainian …Corporation Bank to await report on AshwiniTimes of IndiaIs [...] more...
Central Vigilance Commission presents its annual report to PresidentEconomic TimesNEW DELHI: The Central Vigilance Commission, investigating the multi-crore Commonwealth Games scam, has submitted its annual report to President Pratibha Patil, which will be tabled in Parliament. Officials said that the report carried details of probe …and more » more...
SamayLive HC rejects Bhanot bail petitionIndian ExpressThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of Lalit Bhanot, former secretary general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee who has been accused of favouring a Swiss firm in according a contract and thereby allegedly causing a loss …CWG scam: Lalit Bhanot's bail plea rejectedDeccan HeraldCWG scam: [...] more...
Under scanner for alleged bungling to the tune of crores of rupees, the organising committee is now mired in litigation with several firms and its former employees seeking their dues. more...
A court allowed the Enforcement Directorate to interrogate former organising committee treasurer M Jayachandran to ascertain violation of foreign exchange laws in award of the contract for installing the Timing, Scoring and Result system for the 2010 event to a Swiss firm. more...
Could India and Britain jointly revive the Commonwealth, not only to boost their own co-operation, but to form a significant international alliance of English-speaking democracies that span religious […] more...
The Delhi high court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of the former Commonwealth Games organising committee secretary general, arrested for alleged irregularities in a deal with a Swiss firm for the sporting event last year. more...
2010 was the year of scams in India – the 2G telecom swindle, Commonwealth Games, Adarsh and plenty of others. 2011 has emerged as the year of the fight […] more...
CBI quizzes BJP leader for 9 hrs on Rs 230cr CWG dealTimes of IndiaHighly placed sources told TOI that "Mittal was questioned on pricing, modes of payment, dates of award of major chunk , Rs 230 crore, of overlays to his relative's company PICO-Deepali Consortium by the Organising Committee during Commonwealth Games". …BJP leader questioned [...] more...
CWG: CBI questions Sudhanshu Mittal in overlays scamTimes of IndiaHighly placed sources told TOI that "Mittal was questioned on pricing, modes of payment, dates of award of major chunk , Rs 230 crore, of overlays to his relative's company PICO-Deepali Consortium by the Organising Committee during Commonwealth Games". …BJP leader questioned in CWG overlays scamEconomic [...] more...
The bitter dispute over proposed reforms of Indian sports administration in the wake of the shambolic build-up to the Commonwealth Games is showing no signs of abating despite threats that the country of 1.1 billion could be excluded from the Olympics. more...
Kingston, Jun 25 (PTI) Sachin Tendulkar''s long list of admirers keeps on growing with world and Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt today saying he was one of the "greatest cricketers" and he dreams of watching the Indian champion play on the cricket field.Bolt, one of the most celebrated modern sporting icons, also said that he would one day run in India, despite the fact that had pulled out of the Commonwealth Games held here last year."For me he (Tendulkar) is one of the greatest cricketers I have seen. He has done extremely well and he is a very aggressive cricketer. ... more...
Local boys to represent state in Commonwealth GamesChatham Star TribuneAfter two days of tryouts and a 10-inning scrimmage, three local ballplayers have been selected to play in the Coventry Commonwealth Games of Virginia. GW pitcher Blake Bivens, Tunstall High School shortstop …and more » more...
Sports Features Communications Crime rate won't put Games bid at risk: authorityABC OnlineThe Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) says concerns about a spate of violent crimes on Queensland's Gold Coast are not likely to jeopardise the region's chances of hosting the 2018 games. CGF chief executive officer Mike Hooper and …Gold Coast crime not a factor in [...] more...
Commonwealth Games officials shrug off concerns over Gold Coast crime wave in …Courier MailSENIOR Commonwealth Games officials have dismissed concerns about the Gold Coast's crime wave, saying they don't believe security will be an issue as the Glitter Strip bids for the 2018 Games. Officials from the Commonwealth Games Federation's …Exclusive: Commonwealth Games will be [...] more...
Commonwealth Games Evaluation Commission arrive to inspect Gold Coast 2018Insidethegames.bizJune 18 – The two-horse race between the Gold Coast in Australia and Hambantota in Sri Lanka to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games has entered its most critical phase to date as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) …Coast Games bid enters crucial phaseGold Coast Bulletin Newsall [...] more...
Times LIVE No ticket fiascos promises Indian GP ticket bosspitpass.comIn the wake of the ticketing fiascos that blighted the 2010 Commonwealth Games and this year's Cricket World Cup, organizers have promised that there will no such problems for the forthcoming GP. Such a fiasco meant that athletes competed in front of …Indian GP allays ticketing fearsDAWN.comall [...] more...
stv.tv Indian Grand Prix allays ticketing fearsTimes of IndiaOrganisers of last year's Delhi Commonwealth Games were left red-faced when empty galleries greeted athletes at most of the venues while fans were turned away from box offices. Then during the Feb 19-April 2 cricket World Cup, a massive demand-supply …F1 Indian Grand Prix allays ticketing fearsThe Pressall [...] more...
Whitehaven fighter beats Junior Commonwealth Games aceNews & StarCrowd favourite Ethan Scowcroft was named boxer of the night after his points win over Junior Commonwealth Games ace Danny Roberts on his home show in Whitehaven. The Sellafield electrician had been waiting for the chance of payback … more...
IT sleuths raid 17 premises of 2 firmsIndian ExpressAs part of its ongoing probe into the Commonwealth Games scam, the Income Tax department on Wednesday conducted searches at 17 premises of two firms who had allegedly won contracts worth Rs 137 crore during the mega event. The searches were carried out …and more » more...
Zee News CWG overlays scam: I-T search at 17 premises of 2 contractorsIBNLive.comPTI | 06:06 PM,Jun 15,2011 New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI) The Income Tax department today conducted searches at 17 premises of contractors who conducted overlays works worth Rs 140 crore for the Commonwealth Games held here last year. According to IT sources, …CWG overlays [...] more...
CBI today carried out searches in the premises of former top officials of MTNL and Noida-based HCL Infosystems for allegedly inflating the cost of setting up a broadcast network for the Commonwealth Games by nearly Rs400 crore. more...
Latest Games stink is Rs 572-cr deal for MTNLIndian ExpressThere is a new scandal in the Commonwealth Games, and this time the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) is implicated. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to register an FIR into an alleged Rs-572 crore contract in the awarding of … more...
Scams related to Commonwealth Games 2010 might have surfaced late last year, but the then Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar had raised questions over the unusual increase in the budget for the mega event as early as in 2006. more...
Mystery shrouds blasts at Mehrauli and JamiaTimes of IndiaBut barring the car explosion near the Jama Masjid ahead of the Commonwealth Games, the police are nowhere near cracking the other cases. Several detentions had been made. Initially, sleuths linked local Bangladeshi criminals to the blasts. …and more » more...
India Today CWG scam: Suresh Kalmadi provided by a Delhi Court with copy of charge sheet …Economic TimesNEW DELHI: Disgraced CWG OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi , accused of irregularities in awarding of TSR contract for the Commonwealth Games to a Swiss firm at an exorbitant cost causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the [...] more...
NDTV.com C'Wealth Games: CBI to file first charge sheet soonDaily News & AnalysisThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is all set to file first charge sheet in the multi-crore Commonwealth Games scam in a couple of days. The charge sheet into Timing, Scoring Result (TSR) system …ED charges Kalmadi with money launderingTimes of IndiaFirst charge sheet [...] more...
Imagine the army chief saying that our soldiers can't be expected defend every single part of the country, overstretched as they are, having to go abroad on UN peacekeeping missions, helping census officials, conducting elections, delivering humanitarian relief and constructing buildings for events like the Commonwealth games. Would we buy this logic? more...
Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): The Commonwealth Games Federation is trying to convince the International Cricket Council (ICC) to include Twenty20 cricket in future Games editions. more...
Kalmadi refuted the CBI allegation that he was the main functionary of the organising committee and brought about a situation to favour Swiss Timing. more...
A top Commonwealth Games official said the sports body will attempt to convince the International Cricket Council to include Twenty20 cricket in future Games editions. more...
According to DDA, the flats were constructed illegally in the upper basement of the Games Village and it has now sent a notice to private developer Emaar-MGF for carrying out the demolition. more...
Reuters India Commonwealth Games Federation pushes for Twenty20 cricketRadio New ZealandThe Commonwealth Games Federation is to approach the International Cricket Council again to push for Twenty20 cricket's inclusion in future Games. The Federation's sports review committee chairman Tunku Imran says it's fundamental for the Games sports …Commonwealth Games to push for Twenty20 cricket inclusionIBNLive.comCommonwealth games: CGF [...] more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is to approach the International Cricket Council (ICC) again to push for Twenty20 cricket's inclusion in future Games, the CGF said."It is fundamental […] more...
Taking a serious view of Shunglu committee findings, the Prime Minister`s Office has suggested to Sports Minisrty a probe by CBI and Enforcement Directorate. more...
Senior IAS officer seeks govt permission to sue Shunglu panelDaily News & AnalysisKK Sharma, an IAS officer of 1983 batch who was involved in implementation of several Commonwealth Games projects as Principal Secretary of PWD in Delhi government, rejected the panel's findings and accused it of not doing "due diligence" while …and more » more...
Government has sought the response of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee within a week on alleged irregularities in executing several contracts which were pointed out in the high level Shunglu Committee report. more...
On a modest opening day for Indian archers, Commonwealth Games gold-medallists Deepika Kumari and Rahul Banerjee were the only ones to make an impression for the country at the World Cup (Stage I) in the Croatian city of Porec. more...
Indian Express CVC nails PWD on lapses in GamesDeccan ChronicleThe Chief Technical Examination report, which will be shared with the CBI, had alleged that the PWD of higher rates, poor quality control and substandard material worth `1315.66 crore in the PWD projects of the Commonwealth Games. …C'Wealth Games scam: Six PWD projects worth Rs1,300 crore under [...] more...
SamayLive C'Wealth Games scam: Six PWD projects worth Rs1,300 crore under CVC scannerDaily News & AnalysisPlace: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Six Commonwealth Games-related projects executed by the PWD of the Delhi government are being investigated by the Central Vigilance Commission for alleged financial and managerial lapses. According to a recent report on …CBI files FIR [...] more...
Sports stars cash in on dream runBusiness StandardThe hope of a rich medal haul in the London Olympics next year and victory in the world cup cricket have led to a huge increase in the endorsement fee charged by winners in last year's Commonwealth Games and cricketers. While most Commonwealth Games …and more » more...
Moneycontrol.com Court dismisses bail pleas of Bhanot, VermaSifyNew Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A trial court Friday dismissed the bail pleas of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot and former director general VK Verma, both key aides of sacked chairman Suresh Kalmadi. …CWG scam: No bail for Bhanot, VermaindiabloomsCWG scam Court dismisses bail plea [...] more...
The Hindu Now, trouble brewing at Kalmadi schoolNDTV.comPune: If the controversy over his arrest in the Commonwealth Games scam and expulsion from Congress party wasn't enough, Suresh Kalmadi has a fresh trouble staring at him closer home. Parents of children studying at Dr Kalmadi Shamrao School, …On Kalmadi's ArrestPeople’s DemocracyNow, trouble brewing at Kalmadi schoolMid-Dayall 12 [...] more...
They were arrested by the CBI for alleged irregularities in awarding Rs107 crore contract to the Swiss firm in procuring the Timing, Scoring and Result system for the Commonwealth Games. more...
With the arrest of city MP Suresh Kalmadi by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam, uncertainty looms large over the future of the Pune International Marathon (PIM). more...
PENNY MacRAE : AFPAN INDIAN court has ordered the chief organiser of the scandal-tainted Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in police custody over corruption allegations in […] more...
S. KalyanaramanCWG scam: Kalmadi a small fry, says BJPHeadlines Today Bureau | New Delhi, April 25, 2011 | 23:16 Not satisfied with the arrest of former Commonwealth Games Organising […] more...
Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi allegedly received kickbacks for awarding Commonwealth Games contracts through a Hyderabad-based construction company, CBI sources told DNA. more...
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Delhi Government would soon send a detailed response on the Shunglu Committee findings on Commonwealth Games irregularities to the Home Ministry. more...
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Senior vice-president Vijay Kumar Malhotra will officiate as president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in the absence of Suresh Kalmadi, who is now in police custody for investigations into award of contract to a Swiss firm for timekeeping and scoring equipment for the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) It was eight more nights in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) lockup for India's high profile MP and sports administrator Suresh Kalmadi with a court Tuesday sending him to police custody till May 4 on charges of irregularities in awarding contracts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. more...
NEW DELHI: Patiala House on Tuesday granted police eight days custody of lawmaker and former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi , a day after his […] more...
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit today said the Delhi government would soon send a detailed response on the Shunglu Committee findings on Commonwealth Games irregularities to the home ministry more...
Behind the bars for misdoings in the Commonwealth Games, ex-OC chief Suresh Kalmadi would be produced in a special CBI court today at Patiala House. more...
Is the arrest of former Commonwealth Games Organising Secretary Suresh Kalmadi enough to purge the government of the CWG scam taint?The Shunglu committee, appointed to probe the irregularities […] more...
The government is likely to push for a new president to head the Indian Olympic Association following the arrest of incumbent Suresh Kalmadi in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. more...
The government is likely to push for a new president to head the Indian Olympic Association following the arrest of incumbent Suresh Kalmadi today in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. more...
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken Monday directed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to select a new president after the CBI arrested Suresh Kalmadi, former chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, for alleged irregularities in the contracts awarded for the 2010 mega event. more...
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken said Monday that he would direct the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to select a new president to replace the tainted Suresh Kalmadi, former chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, at the earliest. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee former chairman Suresh Kalmadi might have to face the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the third time on Monday for questioning in cases related to alleged irregularities the event more...
After spending huge amounts on the conduct of Commonwealth Games last year, the sports ministry is facing a financial crunch for the development of sports in the country. Recently, the Sports Autho more...
India hype typically comes from three corners: 1. Pro-English people 2. Pro-democracy people and 3. Misguided religionists. For one, Hindus do not speak English, and most of them […] more...
The Indian Premier League, 2010 Commonwealth Games and the recent ICC World Cup has taken spectator comfort for sports lovers in the country to another level, as more people are lapping up the corpora more...
The Delhi airport, built for the commonwealth games in 2010, is a really modern and attractive facility. Far nicer than I had anticipated. My transfer was there waiting […] more...
njuries and prolonged absence from the camp have ruled out half of the Indian team, which won silver in the Commonwealth Games and bronze in the Guangzhou Asian Games, from the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup h more...
7 Apr, 2011, 10.00PM IST,PTIWe are with you in your crusade but give up fast: BJP to Anna Read more on »twitter|shunglu committee|gandhian|commonwealth games|bjp|anna hazare NEW DELHI: BJP on Thursday […] more...
Bureau ReportAgency India Press New Delhi: Intensifying its ongoing probe the Central Bureau of Investigation's probing into irregularities in Commonwealth Games last October on Tuesday morning carried out searches […] more...
It has also noticed irregularities in execution of projects in some CWG venues while also claiming acts of omission and commission in some others. more...
As the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi draws to a close, the British athletes have impressed myself -and most of Britain I hope- and will leave India with […] more...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse was a special guest of the Indian Government at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last year. Now he is set to watch the […] more...
Shunglu Committee has found that over Rs 250 crore of the tax payers money has been pocketed by various contractors executing the CWG projects. more...
The Central Vigilance Commission is looking into at least 40 CWG-related construction and procurement works carried out by different government agencies for alleged financial irregularities. more...
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister-appointed Shunglu Committee has found that over Rs 250 crore of the tax payers money has been pocketed by various contractors […] more...
Call Arun @ +919560214267. Welcome to VITS Delhi - NCR Commonwealth Games 2010 Hotels Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 Hotels Delhi is located in the capital of India and […] more...
INDIANS’ anger over rising corruption has reached feverish levels. What people are calling a “season of scams” includes the alleged theft of billions by officials behind last year’s […] more...
Officials of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee had hired equipment for overlay works at over 14 times the actual price, a CVC investigation has found. more...
The CBI on Monday arrested the managing director of an Indo-Swiss supplier firm while Enforcement Directorate (ED) intensified its probe into alleged irregularities in the award of contracts. more...
: A week after Badminton Association of India president VK Verma was arrest- ed for alleged irregularities dur- ing organising of the Commonwealth Games, the first signs of revolt in the sports gov- e more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee`s (OC) former Secretary-General Lalit Bhanot and former Director-General VK Verma, who were remanded to Central Bureau of Investigation custody, would be produced in a Delhi court Tuesday. more...
With the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games over, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has been allocated Rs 1,121 crores in the 2011-12 Union Budget, almost one third of what it got in the last budget. more...
After the organisational lapses at the Commonwealth Games, it is the turn of the Cricket World Cup to come under the scrutiny. The Karnataka State Cricket Association has come under severe flak from a more...
Olympian and former India coach Limba Ram refused to read much into the disappointing show of Commonwealth Games gold medalist archer Deepika Kumari in the ongoing National Games. more...
Suspecting large scale bungling in the award of contracts for purchase of medical equipments for the Commonwealth Games, CVC has initiated a probe to examine the role of Delhi government officials and others involved in the deals. more...
Suspecting large scale bunglings in the award of contracts for purchase of medical equipments for the Commonwealth Games, CVC has initiated a probe to examine the role of Delhi government officials and others involved in the deals. more...
New Delhi, Feb 23: Lalit Bhanot and VK Verma, two close aides of Commonwealth Games (CWG) chief organiser Suresh Kalmadi, were arrested Wednesday for irregularities to the tune […] more...
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The flats at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Village are strong and will last for more than 20 years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday. more...
Published in Sri Lanka Guardian-- Can be accessed at--http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/10/war-criminal-concluding-cwg-is-best-it.html[First published by the Asian Human Rights Commission.] Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka was the guest of honour at the […] more...
Probing the corruption trail in the Commonwealth Games, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has tracked an email that, its officials say, is the first specific […] more...
Casting a wider net, the CBI today conducted searches at the premises of certain OC officials here in connection with the multi-crore CWG overlays scam. more...
The CBI on Thursday told the court that former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi’s personal assistant was the “main conduit” who accepted bribes on […] more...
Former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi`s close aide Shekhar M Deorukhkar was remanded to CBI custody for two more days for interrogation of his alleged role in the multi-crore rupees overlays scam. more...
The Commonwealth Games served as a platform for the Indian organizing committees to showcase its hosting abilities for a major tournament. The event was most definitely a notable […] more...
Prasar Bharati`s Rs 246-crore deal with a UK-based broadcast firm for the coverage of the Commonwealth Games has now come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate. more...
A CBI team from Delhi on Friday arrested Dorukhkar Shekhar, personal assistant to the former chairman of the Commonwealth Games organising committee in Pune. more...
The Braveheart Cycling Fund has named the twelve riders and two clubs it will support in 2011, with Commonwealth Games silver medalists Jenny Davis and Charline Joiner among […] more...
Suresh Kalmadi CBI on Friday arrested former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi’s close aide Shekhar Deorukhkar in the multi-crore rupee overlays scam in connection with last year’s […] more...
The overreaction to security issue and the decision to keep spectators away spoiled the cycling event during the Delhi Commonwealth Games, International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid said. more...
All the work related to the 2014 Commonwealth Games will be completed on time and Glasgow will host the best ever Games, says Louise Martin, Vice Chair of the Organising Committee. more...
Australian firms, whose dues were withheld by the CWG OC due to "under performance and contractual obligations", have vowed that they would pursue the matter by means including legal. more...
Australian firms, whose dues were withheld by the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee due to "under performance and contractual obligations", have vowed that they would pursue the matter by means including legal. more...
The embattled organising committee of the Delhi Commonwealth Games claimed that it has cleared dues amounting to Rs 111.84 crore to 36 of the 45 foreign companies involved with the conduct of the event held last year. more...
A High Level Committee, which went into alleged financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games, has strongly indicted suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli and Doordarshan Director General Aruna Sharma. more...
Ushering into its 64th year of independence, India proudly calls itself the fastest growing world economy and a future world power. Indians no longer consider themselves a deprived […] more...
On the directives of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the state government has appointed two medallists of Delhi Commonwealth Games and Asian Games as sports officers, an official said on Saturday. more...
Gold medallist wrestler Alka Tomar and hockey player Danish Muztaba, who was member of medal winning hockey team at CWG as well as Asian games, have been appointed as sports officers at the UP Power Corporation Limited. more...
Mahendroo, facing charges of causing losses to the exchequer in award of contract to the tune of Rs1.55 crore regarding queen's baton relay (QBR) in London, was released on bail by a Delhi court on January 15. more...
Sacked top OC officials Lalit Bhanot and Suresh Kalmadi, who termed his removal as "illegal and uncalled for", refused to follow the formalities of handing over charge to newly-appointed Commonwealth Games Organising Committee CEO Jarnail Singh who said he has taken over on his own. more...
All international visitors to India from September 23 to October 16, 2010, were screened by global police agency Interpol. The period was also when the 19th Commonwealth Games […] more...
Suresh Kalmadi has denied corruption allegations Related stories Suresh Kalmadi, the beleaguered chairman of the Delhi Commonwealth Games organising committee, has been sacked with immediate effect. […] more...
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi has been sacked as Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee. His deputy, Lalit Bhanot, has also been dismissed. They were reportedly […] more...
A defiant Suresh Kalmadi refused to comment on his removal as Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee but made it clear that he will not step down from his other post of Indian Olympic Association President. more...
Craig Emerson raised the issue of non-payment of dues to Australian companies for Commonwealth Games-related work with his Indian counterpart Anand Sharma on the sidelines of the Partnership Summit in Mumbai. more...
The Government has decided today to remove Shri Suresh Kalmadi from the position of the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, CWG, Delhi, 2010 and the position of Chairman, […] more...
Reuters posts this news which is now being disseminated by many newspapers: Delhi Commonwealth Games chief Suresh Kalmadi and another top official were sacked by the Indian Sports Ministry […] more...
British High Commissioner to India Richard Stagg has sought an "early resolution" to the issue of Rs 96 crore CWG-related payout due to British broadcaster SIS Live. more...
British high commissioner Richard Stagg today hit out at the Commonwealth Games organisers for delay in the payment of Rs96 crore to broadcasters SIS Live. more...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) A day after Sports Minister Ajay Maken issued directions to pay all "legitimate" dues related to the Commonwealth Games, British High Commissioner Richard Stagg today hit out at the CWG organisers for delay in the payment of Rs 96 crore to broadcasters SIS Live.Stagg sought an early resolution to the payment issue, saying that SIS Live had fulfilled its obligations under its contract with Prasar Bharati but the British broadcaster is yet to receive its outstanding dues. ... more...
His tenure as the newly appointed sports minis- ter is not going to be a cake- walk. On Thursday, Ajay Maken got a firsthand taste of the chal- lenges in his way as he formal- ly took charge of the Mi more...
The bidding process for Commonwealth Games overlays contracts was 'well-organised'. Chosen firms colluded with the organising committee to escalate bids and made massive profits. more...
CBI has arrested the head of a private firm, which had bagged over Rs 150 crore contract from Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for overlays works. more...
FROM IBNLIVE.COMNew Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission has begun probing an alleged Commonwealth Games recruitment scam after complaints of ghost employees on Organising Committee’s muster rolls violating norms […] more...
Kirit Somaiya accused the Congress-led UPA government of defending those involved in the second generation mobile spectrum scam, Commonwealth Games corrution and rice import scams. more...
JDU`s Sharad Yadav called for a Parliamentary Standing Committee meet on the handling of expenses for the Commonwealth Games 2010 on Friday, cornering the government further in the already scandal marred mega-event. more...
It has sought information whether relatives and acquaintances of certain influential people were given preferences by changing eligibility criteria to pave way for them into the Games OC. more...
NEW DELHI: They might have been sold for Rs 2 crore-plus but if a report by the technical experts of Roorkee's Central Building Research Institute is to […] more...
Indian police said Thursday they had registered a case against the director-general of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, the most senior organiser of the tainted event named in […] more...
02 January 2011 NEW DELHI: They might have been sold for Rs 2 crore-plus but if a report by the technical experts of Roorkee's Central Building Research Institute […] more...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qICgQhEDnmk] HT writes: Unfazed by eight hours plus of questioning in connection with allegations of financial irregularities ahead of the Commonwealth Games, Organising Committee chairman, Suresh Kalmadi walked out smiling […] more...
The questioning is about alleged irregularities in the Queen Baton's Relay held in London last year besides certain contracts awarded to various firms totalling several hundred crores, the sources said. more...
Langur Monkeys toGuard Games in IndiaThe Commonwealth Games, an olympics type international competition to start in New Delhi, India, next week, will have an unusual platoon guarding its […] more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi said he has not yet heard from the CBI after he informed the agency last month that he was ready to appear before it. more...
The brand new synthetic track laid at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium for the Commonwealth Games has been badly damaged, making it unfit for competition unless major repair is done on the nine- lane surf more...
NEW DELHI - The cost of construction of five Commonwealth Games venues by Central Public Works Department (CPWD) escalated by over Rs 1,110 crore than the original […] more...
The cost of construction of five Commonwealth Games venues by Central Public Works Department (CPWD) escalated by over Rs 1,110 crore than the original sanctioned amount. more...
Commonwealth Games organising committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot and his colleague RK Sacheti were among three persons questioned on Tuesday by the CBI. more...
Is Suresh Kalmadi being blackmailed?Published: Saturday, Dec 25, 2010, 18:10 ISTPlace: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Suresh Kalmadi Is Commonwealth Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi being blackmailed? The CBI which […] more...
Its been quite some time since the commonwealth games have been over...things went well, in fact i thought it was quite a show put forward in-spite of the […] more...
Its been quite some time since the commonwealth games have been over...things went well, in fact i thought it was quite a show put forward in-spite of the […] more...
CBI Friday raided the Delhi and Pune homes of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi as well as the Games office here, two months after the mega […] more...
Indian police on Friday raided the homes of the chief organiser of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, as part of a probe into graft allegations that […] more...
CBI SOURCE TELLS DHOKHA420.WORDPRESS.COM THAT KALMADI HAD PRIOR INFO ABOUT RAIDS! The CBI has finally raided Suresh Kalmadi and his cronies in the Commonwealth Games or CWG scam as […] more...
Fortunes ebbed and flowed but Indian shooters, led by the mercurial Gagan Narang, experienced more highs than lows in a year that saw them clinch a record 30 medals in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
Dear Readers, Our website will be up and live only on 1-1-11, but we cannot resist the urge to re-post some already published articles on the CWG or Commonwealth […] more...
Some of the crucial documents which could throw light on Commonwealth Games deals have gone missing with the probe agencies fearing that they could have been destroyed or hidden. more...
Sources said that the key files, which contain important information on tendering, budgetary allocation and contract details, are missing from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee office. more...
Commonwealth Games dallists Saina Nehwal gold medallists Saina Nehwal and women's doubles combi- nation of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will give the Senior National badminton championship to be h more...
The investigating agency has told cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar that Kalmadi and Bhanot should be moved out at the earliest for smooth progress of the investigations, official sources said. more...
VTU VC faces heat, thanks to RTI replyDRDO Body Approved One Research Project, But He Mentioned SevenTIMES NEWS NETWORKBangalore: From the Commonwealth Games in Delhi to land […] more...
There was more trouble for beleaguered Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and his aids as the Central Bureau of Investigation feels that they are hampering with the ongoing probe. more...
By: Laura Frangipane American football season is just beginning, but time is running out for final preparations for the 19th Commonwealth Games, which will be held in Delhi, India, […] more...
The CBI has discovered a bundle of more than three dozen unopened bids stashed way in an almirah in the Delhi office of the CWG Organising Committee following an anonymous call recently. more...
Special CBI Judge AS Yadav declined to release the accused TS Darbari and M Jayachandran, close aides of organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, while allowing the CBI's plea that the charges against them were grave and the probe was still at the initial stage. more...
The state sports directorate has admitted that the audited report of expenditure for the CYG held in Pune in October 2008, is not ready even after two years of the event. more...
While we wait for our new Commonwealth Games sample products to be finalised, I thought I'd return to our 'hands on upcycling' series, showcasing Conserve India's people and […] more...
A trip to Italy a day after the Delhi Commonwealth Games, it seems, was the secret behind Ronjan Sodhi`s gold-medal winning feat at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. more...
New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) A trip to Italy a day after theDelhi Commonwealth Games, it seems, was the secret behindRonjan Sodhi's gold-medal winning feat at the Asian Games inGuangzhou. more...
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Bolstered by India's best ever performance in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) is looking for two foreign coaches to prepare the paddlers for tougher events like the Olympics. more...
The Best of Common Wealth Games 2010 Jokes: YAHAN KHUDA HAI WAHAN BHI KHUDA HAI IDHAR KHUDA HAI UDHAR BHI KHUDA HAI AUR JAHAN KHUDA NAHIN HAI WAHAN KAL KHUDEGA (Heard during the preparation […] more...
After the organising committee (OC), it's the turn of civic agencies to face the music for alleged corruption in preparation for the Commonwealth Games (CWG). more...
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday searched the offices and homes of three Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) officials and filed cases against Lalit Bhanot and V.K. Verma and a Swiss company for alleged financial lapses. more...
The Commonwealth Games organising committee secretary general said all the decisions related to the Commonwealth Games were taken keeping government officials in the loop. more...
New Delhi: The CBI today conducted searches at 11 places, including at the residences of two top aides of Commonwealth Games chief Suresh Kalmadi, in connection with alleged […] more...
We have recently had the scandal of the corruption and bribery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi. Now that the games are over the police and […] more...
The Central Vigilance Commission has found serious procedural lapses and vast differences between the estimated and tendered costs in the development of almost all the Commonwealth Games venues here. more...
Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M S Gill said his department was making available all files for scrutiny by the CVC which is probing alleged irregularities related to Commonwealth Games and has maintained transparency. more...
From pure performance point of view, thanks to the motivation the CWG provided to the athletes of performing in front of their home crowd, every penny spent on hosting the event now seems to be worth it. more...
New Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI) Sports and Youth AffairsMinister M S Gill today said his department was makingavailable all files for scrutiny by the CVC which is probingalleged irregularities related to Commonwealth Games and hasmaintained transparency. more...
Projects like construction of the Commonwealth Games Village, hiring and procurement of medical and fitness equipment and conduct of outdoor publicity campaign by the organising committee may come under the ED scanner. more...
The redoubtable Mani Shankar Iyer often says what would otherwise have remained unsaid. Most recently he opened the can of worms which was the Commonwealth Games. In Tehelka […] more...
Had Hockey India Saini's post-Commonwealth Games report, the women's hockey team could have fared better at the Asian Games. After the Delhi Games, Saini, in her report to the sports min- istry and more...
The BJP today accused Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of trying to evade investigation by central agencies by stating that only 25 as against "initially mentioned […] more...
New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate,probing alleged irregularities in Commonwealth Gamespreparations, today questioned a senior official of one of theconsortiums that bagged contracts worth Rs 150 crore foroverlay works. more...
[caption id="attachment_9467" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="T S Darbari Arrested"][/caption] CWG scam: Darbari taunts CBI to go after big fish Utkarsh Anand Tags : CBI custody, M Jayachandran, Commonwealth Games Posted: Tue […] more...
The Centre has decided to distribute around 600 flats in the Commonwealth Games Village among various government departments and PSUs while 100 flats will […] more...
NEW DELHI: In a blow to Suresh Kalmadi, his one-time trusted aide, T S Darbari, appears to be breaking ranks. On Monday, Darbari's counsel told […] more...
CBI today arrested sacked treasurer of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee M Jayachandran in connection with the alleged bungling in the Queen`s Baton Relay (QBR) in London last year. more...
Accusing Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit of showing "favouritism" in awarding Commonwealth Games project contracts, the BJP today demanded a CBI probe into the alleged corruption and misuse of position. more...
S S Ramaswamy Guangzhou, Nov 20 (PTI) After the unexpectedly strongdisplay in the Commonwealth Games, in which they garnered 12medals, Indian track and field exponents would aim to provethat it was no flash-in-the-pan effort when they open theircampaign in the Asian Games athletics events starting heretomorrow. more...
On the evening of 14th October 2010 every Indian heaved a sigh of relief- from CWG Organizing Committee to bureaucrats, from the athletes to the government. The commonwealth […] more...
New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI) The Income Tax department hasmade seizures totalling over Rs 400 crore this fiscal duringraids, which were also conducted to detect allegedirregularities in finances of IPL and Commonwealth Games. more...
The CBI today arrested T S Darbari and Sanjay Mohindroo, former officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and close aides of chairman Suresh Kalmadi, on charges of forgery and cheating relating to the Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) in London last year. more...
Emaar MGF Land Ltd, the real estate company which built the athletes' village for the Commonwealth Games, has filed a prospectus for the fourth time in four years […] more...
The CVC has found severaldiscrepancies in a DDA project for construction of certainfacilities in the Commonwealth Games Village that led to acost escalation from Rs 38 crore to over Rs 63 crore. more...
The issue came up during the Commonwealth Games last month when the telecom operators refused to provide access to security agencies for monitoring of suspicious telephone numbers citing limited capacity of the system, official sources said. more...
The CVC has found several discrepancies in a Delhi Development Authority project for construction of certain facilities in the Commonwealth Games Village that led to a cost escalation from Rs 38 crore to over Rs 63 crore. more...
Guangzhou Simply Overshadows DelhiIt was a dream start to the Asian Games in Guangzhou which instantly overshadowed the Commonwealth Games hosted by Delhi last month. Corrupt India is […] more...
By Jes Lothman -- During October, the Commonwealth Games were played in New Delhi, India. These games similar in spirit to the Olympics but competing teams, like South […] more...
India are hoping to follow their impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games with another big medal haul at the Asian Games in Guangzhou but tougher competition awaits them in China. more...
'We are organising a public acrimony rally to expose the involvement of Delhi government as well as the Centre in the Games bungling,' Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta said. more...
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Amid charges of corruption, the organising committee of the 2010 Commonwealth Games Wednesday issued full page advertisements in leading newspapers about its budget and expenditure in conducting the event, avowedly to 'reveal facts' in 'public interest'. more...
Sports Minister M S Gill on Tuesdayinformed the Lok Sabha that the Organising Committee (OC) ofthe Commonwealth Games has failed to generate the expectedrevenue from the event. more...
My fellow citizens, Over the last few weeks, I have read and watched a series of reports about corruption in the organizing of Commonwealth Games. It has pained me no […] more...
Sports Minister M S Gill informed the Lok Sabha that the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games has failed to generate the expected revenue from the event. more...
Prasar Bharati had earlier said it knew in advance that the recently concluded Commonwealth Games, for which Doordarshan was the official broadcaster, would not bring in huge advertising revenues. more...
: The medallists at the Commonwealth Games have been kept busy after the show- piece event. Preparations for the Asian Games, in Guangzhou (China) from November 12, have been the primary focus for more...
As the 600-plus Indian contingent shifts base to Guangzhou (China) for the Asian Games, starting November 12, a candid Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, Suresh Kalmadi, spoke to the Hindusta more...
The Petroleum Sports PromotionBoard felicitated all the medal winners of the 19thCommonwealth Games with cash awards at a glittering functionhere on Monday. more...
NEW DELHI: For all the hooplah about foreign tourists flocking to the Capital for the Commonwealth Games, there has been a paltry 5% increase in their footfall as […] more...
Less than a month after being lauded for salvaging the national pride in the wake of the trouble-plagued preparations for the Commonwealth Games,India`s athletes are heading to China carrying great expectations for the Asian Games more...
Also known as the Commonwealth Games, which were held in New Delhi this October. But when did disaster come to be a synonym for the Indian government? From incredible […] more...
The sports ministry has turned down the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) proposal to bid for the 2019 Asian Games. It has held the IOA responsible for forcing their hands, saying the National Olympi more...
Some Congress leaders are unhappy that nobody at the Congress committee meet mentioned the housing and Commonwealth Games scams and how the party does not tolerate people who abuse power. more...
"Be it the corruption in the Commonwealth Games, 2G spectrum deal and Adarsh housing society in Mumbai, the prime minister, Sonia and Rahul are maintaining conspicuous silence," BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said. more...
New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) upping its ante on Commonwealth Games irregularities on Wednesday claimed that the Prime Minister's Office and the Union Cabinet approved cost escalations for the 2010 Games projects five times between 2007 and 2009 that shot the expenditure up from Rs 1000 crore to over Rs 2,400 crore. more...
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has given a free hand to the VK Shunglu committee to probe alleged corruption in organisation of the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG). more...
The charges of corruption on the Congress government does not seem to be getting over. Even if one recalls the recent past, after the Commonwealth Games, which looked […] more...
Both Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh, who addressed the meet, talked about the Kashmir situation and inclusive growth, while branding RSS as a terror outfit. more...
Rai (Haryana), Nov 1 (IANS) After doling out huge cash rewards for the Commonwealth Games medallists, the Haryana government Monday announced a whopping Rs.2 crore for athletes from the state who win gold in the 2012 London Olympics. more...
Being the wannnabe sports journalist that I am, I was thrilled to find that a sports feature-ish article I wrote, made it to the back of the newspaper. Thus […] more...
October has been a busy month. I’ve traveled through Rajasthan and Kerala, overcome a bout of Dengue, made a quick visit to the Commonwealth Games, and have been […] more...
Call it overly ambitious given how the Commonwealth Games is under the scanner but the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) whose president is also Suresh Kalmadi is ringing alarm bells. more...
The Enforcement Directorate is probing possible forex violations in the overlays work carried out for the recently held 19th Commonwealth Games besides theirregularities in the Queen Baton`s Relay more...
Loads have been written and still are about the Commonwealth Games (CWG) due to begin in India. The CWG is more news generating than any other scam, coup […] more...
The total revenue collection of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is expected to come down to Rs 600 crore only against an expenditure of about Rs 1,820 crore. more...
New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate isprobing possible forex violations in the overlays work carriedout for the recently held 19th Commonwealth Games besides theirregularities in the Queen Baton's Relay. more...
New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Miffed by corruption, security issues and chronic mismanagement by sports administration in the Commonwealth Games 2010, former Indian athletes on Friday launched 'Clean Sports India' signature campaign in New Delhi. more...
Following the overwhelming success of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry wants to continue pumping in more money and strategising for their sustained progress till the 2012 London Olympics. more...
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Delhi government was ready for probe by the investigating agencies into irregularities in the preparations for the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Friday. more...
Dikshit, however, did not give a direct reply when asked whether her government will allow scrutiny of all 76 works marked earlier as Commonwealth Games projects. more...
It was heartening to see Saina Nehwal getting much deserved sponsorship and limelight. The world no.3 has done the country proud recently by winning the gold at Commonwealth games […] more...
The Central Vigilance Commission is probing a complaint related to alleged amassing of Rs 200crore by a top Commonwealth Games official, believed to be aclose associate of Organising Committee Chairman SureshKalmadi. more...
The Scandals that marred India's image - Business news rediff.com: India's biggest scams1. Fraudulent CWG: The Commonwealth Games scam Discrepancies in tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 […] more...
The CVC is probing a complaint related to alleged amassing of Rs 200 crore by a top Commonwealth Games official, believed to be a close associate of OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi. more...
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is turning out to be a hot property in the celebrity endorsement market after a string of successes this year, most notably the gold medal she secured in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. more...
The South African team that finished fifth in the Delhi Commonwealth Games with 33 medals was "too white" and was not representative of the country`s population demographics, a Parliamentarian here has stated. more...
Saina's brand value soars after CWG success There is great news for lovers of 'other sports' in India. It is not just cricket or Sania Mirza ruling the […] more...
The South African team that finished fifth in the Commonwealth Games with 33 medals was "too white" and was not representative of the country's population demographics. more...
The commonwealth Games closed in a very delightful and spectacular manner. The many scandals hit the game but athletics healed the nation with their spectacular display […] more...
A Blairgowrie woman picked to perform in the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony is hoping to inspire local youngsters to follow in her footsteps. Jennifer Younger (22) returned from Delhi […] more...
Saina Nehwal is turning out to be hot property in the celebrity endorsement market after a string of successes this year, most notably the gold she secured at the Commonwealth Games. more...
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is turning out to be hot property in the celebrity endorsement market after a string of successes this year, most notably the gold medal she secured in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. more...
An order was issued so that the committee will have the authority to summon officials, inspect records, call evidence and to look into all the official documents pertaining to the Commonwealth Games. more...
NEW DELHI: Australia has finally paid up Rs 10,000 for damage to property by its athletes before the Commonwealth Games ended in New Delhi earlier this month. An internal […] more...
It is unfolding of scam after scam after the closing of Commonwealth Games in Delhi on 14th October. Government decided to open all discrepancies that happened during the […] more...
As the probe into Commonwealth Games related spendings gained momentum, the Delhi government has brought down the number of Games related projects to 25 and decided to provide […] more...
This month’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi were brought to Indian viewers on giant screens in marketplaces, interspersing live broadcasts of the sporting events with advertising. International Technomedia (ITM) showed […] more...
Two high-profile events in the Indian capital were held within 10 days of the uninspiring closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. The first was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's […] more...
It looks as though Washington has the sort of Monsoon Wedding last-minute event management that India displayed with just-in-time results on Delhi’s recent Commonwealth Games. In just ten days […] more...
Armed with sweeping powers, the committee headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General V K Shunglu will soon begin its probe into alleged financial irregularities in different Commonwealth Games projects. more...
New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI) Armed with sweeping powers, thecommittee headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General V KShunglu will soon begin its probe into alleged financialirregularities in different Commonwealth Games projects. more...
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) The V.K. Shunglu Committee, probing alleged financial irregularities in the just-concluded Commonwealth Games, is expected to move into its office in Vigyan Bhawan complex here Wednesday, an official said. more...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Map of Commonwealth Games 2010"][/caption] Commonwealth Games will next move to Scottish Highlands in the year 2014, as the Commonwealth Games, 2010 ended as a […] more...
Emaar MGF, the developer of the Commonwealth Games Village, suffered a setback with the Delhi High Court on Monday allowing the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to encash R90 […] more...
NEW DELHI: If dengue and malaria have come back with a vengeance, you can blame the Commonwealth Games for it. Having ensured a relatively dengue-free Games — there […] more...
NEW DELHI: The SIS Live-Prasar Bharati deal is becoming murkier with fresh revelations showing significant departures from tendering norms in the contract signed for telecast of the Commonwealth […] more...
Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli on Monday defended the contentious Commonwealth Games 2010 broadcasting payments to UK based firm SIS Live, saying that the deal was approved by I&B Ministry and it had full knowledge of the deal. more...
Miles to go before we sleep...!There were lots of things happening in India and abroad the last few weeks. While it was the commonwealth games that ushered […] more...
Following allegations of corruption involved in the Commonwealth Games broadcasting rights - Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli has come out to defend the deal with British SIS Live Communications. more...
Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli said whatever payment has been made till date is according to schedule which has been approved at the highest level--that is the information and broadcasting minister. more...
Recently I was in Delhi working as part of the coverage for the Commonwealth Games, so what better way to sample some venues I've never been to before?? […] more...
Sources said the special cell, which is functional in the Commission's office, is responsible for coordination and logical conclusion of the complaints besides speeding up the probe process. more...
Bangalore: The Commonwealth Games 2010 are over finally and nobody has or should have any doubt about India's successful hosting of the mega event. Yes, there are dark […] more...
The fiasco of the Commonwealth Games Village construction, with its dirty toilets, unfinished plumbing, scattered debris and unsightly race to the finish line is an example of the […] more...
NEW DELHI: Cracks have started appearing in the multi-agency probe into alleged misappropriation of funds in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games. Sources said Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 24 (PTI) National Broadcaster PrasarBharti had warned SIS Live, which executed a Rs 250 crorecontract for broadcasting the rights of Commonwealth Gamesthat if they do not pay up service tax on time then therelevant amount would be deducted from their final payment. more...
Ashwini Shrivastava New Delhi, Oct 24 (PTI) Faced with problems ofnon-cooperation and lackadaisical approach from some of thedepartments, the Central Vigilance Commission may inspectCommonwealth Games venues and the OC office to gather papersand possible vital evidence to further its probe. more...
Preparations for Asian Games 2010 are underway in the Flower CityWith the memories of the 19th Commonwealth Games held in Delhi fading away, the Asian athletes are grooming […] more...
Even as India celebrates the successful hosting of the Commonwealth Games, the hotel industry would like to forget what it says were 12 disastrous days for it. “We as […] more...
NEW DELHI: The Commonwealth Games organising committee has decided to opt for the auction route to dispose of its assets. In the meeting of all the functional area […] more...
It’s been a week since the curtain came down on the first Commonwealth Games ever to be hosted by India. The impressive performance of our sportsmen and women […] more...
: Nine Australian athletes have tested positive for the banned stimulant that cost Nigerian sprinter Osayomi Oludamola her Commonwealth Games 100-metre gold medal in New Delhi this month, authorities more...
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) In yet another snub for him,Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee head Suresh Kalmadi,facing charges of corruption in the sporting event, was notinvited to a thanks-giving dinner hosted by Cabinet SecretaryK M Chandrasekhar. more...
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Former comptroller and auditor general (CAG) V.K. Shunglu, who is heading a committee probing alleged financial irregularities in the just- concluded Commonwealth Games, Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. more...
Image by ComSec via Flickr Now that the Commonwealth Games are over Mani Shankar Aiyar and others who fled the city have returned to Delhi to […] more...
Talk about money and the Delhi Commonwealth Games was definitely the most expensive.And it wasn't just about financial irregularities. The Games has also left behind an unwanted legacy […] more...
Sydney, Oct 23 (DPA) Nine Australian sports stars have tested positive for the banned stimulant that cost Nigerian sprinter Osayomi Oludamola her Commonwealth Games 100-metre gold medal in New Delhi this month, authorities said Saturday. more...
CNN-IBN reports: During the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, 2006, upgradation of 17 projects and creating new infrastructure came to a little more than 5,000 crore rupees. The Australian government spent […] more...
Joining the list of critics of the scam-tainted Commonwealth Games, yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said allegations of corruption had tarnished the image of the country. On the one […] more...
India has ordered a US$41m bank guarantee given by the athletes’ village builder, Emaar-MGF, to be frozen amid reports of serious construction defects. The moves comes as a wide-ranging […] more...
New Delhi: UK-based outdoor broadcast firm SIS Live, the contract firm for the broadcast production of Commonwealth Games, is set to lose Rs 96 crore or 40% of […] more...
With the huge amount of money spent at the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010, reports statistically showed it was the costliest Games held in recent times. Sources said during the […] more...
Media claims that UK firm SIS Live, which bagged the Rs246-crore contract for broadcasting the Commonwealth Games (CWG), was "fake" and "little known" have turned out to be false. more...
From Facebook October 23 2010: Subroto Roy said somewhere in his 20s or 30s that India was concurrently many European centuries rolled into one. Certainly if Carlyle was […] more...
For quite some time now, I have been wondering about the obscene splurge on the Commonwealth Games 2010. CWG Director General Mr. V. K. Verma said that the […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The CVC, involved in probingalleged corruption in various Commonwealth Games-relatedprojects, has asked CBI to conduct investigations to ascertain"criminal conspiracy" and discrepancies in award of certaincontracts for the event. more...
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The IT department has invokedprovisions of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement betweenIndia and the UK to go after a British broadcast firm whoseIndian arm came into existence "solely" for the purpose ofexecuting a Commonwealth Games contract. more...
India recently brought an end to what according to me is a spectacular sporting event. The scale of the event is so huge that i never thought that […] more...
The CVC has found a range of discrepancies including a cost over-run of over 200 per cent on the rental of temporary fittings and installations. more...
Even as India celebrates the successful hosting of the Commonwealth Games, the hotel industry would like to forget what it says were 12 disastrous days for it. “We as […] more...
The Delhi government is planning to draw up a whittled-down version of its Commonwealth Games expenditure hoping this will help it slime out of a broader probe into […] more...
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Wednesday confiscated the bank guarantee of Rs 183 crore given by Commonwealth Games Village builder EMAAR-MGF. EMAAR-MGF also faces legal action by […] more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Delhi from October 5 to October 14 were orchestrated in typical Indian style. Until the eleventh hour, nothing was ready. There were […] more...
Coming down heavily on Emaar-MGF after “irregularities” and “deficiencies” were found in the Commonwealth Games Village constructed by it, the Urban Development Ministry on Wednesday directed the Delhi […] more...
New Delhi, October 20, 2010: The Rs. 183 crore bank guarantee furnished by Commonwealth Games village builder Emaar- MGF was on Wednesday ordered to be confiscated. DDA has taken […] more...
Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010: A mixed Depiction of stellar Performances and Controversies As the Delhi commonwealth games event ended, the foreign athletes, officials, spectators and media correspondents set back […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Delhi government Thursday directed its officials and those of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to provide records to agencies probing alleged widespread corruption in the just ended Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta Thursday held a meeting with Delhi government officials and asked them to coordinate with the agencies probing the Commonwealth Games financial irregularities. more...
Rajpal Singh, the men's hockey captain, feels India's silver medal at the Commonwealth Games has boosted the team's confidence to do well in the Asian Games, which gets underway at Guangzhou from Nove more...
With the Commonwealth Games over and India grabbing the second spot in the event and a major chunk of medals coming from shooting, many had a fair idea about the growth of shooting as a sport in the c more...
As the multi-pronged probe into alleged corruption and financial irregularties in the Commonwealth Games gathered momentum, the government on Wednesday ordered confiscation of Rs 183 crore furnished by Emaar-MGF as bank guarantee and initiation of legal action against it for recovery of other expenditure for "deficiencies" and "delays" in construction of the Commonwealth Games Village. more...
New Delhi, October 20, 2010 Centre cracks whip on Games Village builderPTI PTI File photo shows a securityman in front of the Commonwealth Games Village. The government has […] more...
Top sources in Delhi government said over six teams from CVC are likely to begin a detailed scrutiny of all the files pertaining to expenditure linked to the preparations of the Commonwealth Games. more...
Karachi, Oct 20 (PTI) Two senior members of the Pakistanhockey team Shakeel Abbasi and Rehan Butt today added theirvoices to the ongoing debate on abusive crowd behaviours inDelhi Commonwealth Games but insisted it was no excuse fortheir poor show in the crucial matches. more...
The Commonwealth Games have begun in Delhi, in fact we are into the fourth day of competition! As usual at the Commonwealth Games, Australia is dominating and again as […] more...
Delhi Belly, false starts, moths and empty seats… Amongst other things of course. If the lead-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games was farcical, the actual event isn’t far off. With […] more...
Urban development ministry directed the Delhi Development Authority to confiscate Rs183 crore bank guarantee furnished by Emaar-MGF after finding irregularities in developing Commonwealth Games Village. more...
The multi-pronged probe into the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam gathered steam on Tuesday with the ED registering a case for alleged Foreign Exchange violation, Income Tax sleuths […] more...
Income Tax officials on Tuesday scoured the offices of a number of consortiums which had been given lucrative contracts for the Commonwealth Games including the premises of BJP […] more...
Investigators on Tuesday got cracking in the Commonwealth Games scam with the ED filing a case for alleged Foreign Exchange violation while Income Tax sleuths swooped down on […] more...
NEW DELHI: An Indian government watchdog has received complaints alleging "alarming" misappropriation of up to 1.8 billion dollars in organising the Delhi Commonwealth Games, a report said on […] more...
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There was significant negative publicity before the event. Allegations of mismanagement of funds, nepotism, kickbacks, you name it. Some visiting team witnessed a dog (of Indian citizenship) taking […] more...
The CVC involved in probing alleged corruption in various CWG-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 crore. more...
The Central Vigilance Commission, involved in probing alleged corruption in various Commonwealth Games-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs. 8,000 crore. Official […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, again slammed Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and asked her to set her 'house in order' before pointing fingers at the organising committee. more...
Ashwini Shrivastava New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) The Central Vigilance Commission,involved in probing alleged corruption in various CommonwealthGames-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders andalleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 crore. more...
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sudhanshu Mittal's home was among the 23 places raided by Income Tax officials in Delhi on Tuesday in connection with the probe into […] more...
Revelling in the spotlight that has come with the Commonwealth Games women's doubles gold that she won partnering Jwala Gutta, rising badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa on Tuesday said the success is a result of the sacrifices she has made in the past four years. more...
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Government of India has beefed up physical security in and around the national capital region: Where CommonWealth Games are to take off from this evening […] more...
Revelling in the spotlight that has come with the CWG women's doubles gold, Ashwini Ponnappa said the success is a result of the sacrifices she has made. more...
Howdy All, I came across this article by Anthony Sharwood who writes for the punch. A very clever and entertaining read. Enjoy 1. Fat men can be winners Geoff Huegill won […] more...
The Pakistan Hockey Federation and national captain Zeeshan Ashraf feel one reason for the team's poor CWG performance was the crowd behaviour in Delhi. more...
I read an article last week on tsn.ca stating that Canadian summer athletics had taken a giant step backwards after being pushed from the overall medal podium at […] more...
People who see the outdoor displays (for Commonwealth Games 2010) will remember them for years to come, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee had said six months before the event. more...
THE probe into irregularities in organising of the Commonwealth Games has unleashed a blame game with Delhi chief minister Shiela Dikshit and Suresh Kalmadi pointing fingers at each […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) With CVC widening its probe intoalleged bunglings in Commonwealth Games related projects,Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today asked all departments ofDelhi Government to keep relevant documents ready and "fullycooperate" with investigators. more...
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday thanked her cabinet colleagues and officials for the success of the Commonwealth Games which concluded Oct 14. more...
Various Delhi government agencies, including the Public Works department, had spent over Rs16,000 crore to enhance city infrastructure ahead of the Games. more...
Jamshedpur, Oct 18 (PTI) Commonwealth Games goldmedallist Deepika Kumari today said that long periods ofcoaching before the just-concluded mega event helped her inachieving her feat. more...
The commonwealth games in Delhi cost a few billion dollars; this is about the size of the worldwide cocaine "industry". Now, the Dikshit tells NDTV exactly what the […] more...
AFP – India's Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji, Manjeet Kaur and Mandeep Kaur celebrate their win in the women's 4x400 Gold, Commonwealth Games Well, Indians finally got a taste of what Jamaicans […] more...
But at the eleventh hour, he had to call off the plans in the wake of the controversy kicked off by his colleague and state Congress chief Manikrao Thakre. more...
It was a thrilling finish to the 107km Commonwealth Games Road Race held in Delhi. Nicole, riding for her home country Wales, was caught up in a crash […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Sunday hit back at Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit for casting aspersions on it, saying this was 'disappointing' and 'uncalled for.' more...
After all, India is a Country where the Influential Go Scot-Free even for Rape and Murder Some of the best attractions at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, from the Aerostat […] more...
Melbourne, Oct 17 (PTI) Teenage boxer Damien Hooper hasbeen revealed as the Australian athlete sent back home earlyfrom the Delhi Commonwealth Games for alleged indiscipline. more...
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Former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said India should have focused on improving the plight of its poor instead of spending thousands of crores on the event. more...
Champion shuttlers and Commonwealth Games gold medallists Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa arrived here on Saturday to a low-key welcome.It was a private television channel which welc more...
NEW DELHI— The Indian government has launched an official investigation into allegations of corruption and mismanagement during the preparations for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, reports said Saturday.The Comptroller […] more...
Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi has promised full support to a panel set up to investigate allegations of graft and mismanagement that plagued the recent Commonwealth Games. more...
When Sex between men to men is legalized... what's the necessity to expose and raise concerns about Prostitution a big issue. After 60 years of independence from Britishers, […] more...
Chandigarh, Oct 16 (IANS) Unidentified miscreants Saturday stole a fibre-glass replica of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) mascot 'Shera' from the high-security zone of the city, police said. more...
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Congress MP and former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, the most vocal critic of the Commonwealth Games, still insists that India should not have hosted the mega sporting event. more...
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The Delhi Police registered nine criminal cases and 15 non-cognisable offences at the police station set up at the Commonwealth Games Village, said Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Saturday. more...
Chandigarh, Oct 16 (PTI) Thirty medalists of theCommonwealth Games (CWG) from Haryana and two others - SainaNehwal and Sushil Kumar - having connection with the statewould get Maruti cars. more...
NEW DELHI: Markets in the national capital suffered huge losses during Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, a traders' forum claimed on Friday. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) claimed […] more...
Six cyber networks of the Delhi Commonwealth Games faced at least 1,000 “potential” attacks in the 12 days of the event that concluded last night — that is, […] more...
The Al Qaeda-Lashkar-e-Tayyeba combine had armed terrorists to blow their way into a Commonwealth Games venue for a 26/11 Mumbai-style attack, another set had been trained to use […] more...
The Commonwealth Games 2010 came to an end Thursday evening. There have been a flood of opinions in the print and on the web about different aspects of […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Congress MP and former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, the most vocal critic of the just ended Commonwealth Games, still insists India should have never hosted the event. more...
The Comptroller and Auditor General and the Chief Vigilance Commissioner will begin scrutiny of the Games from Saturday and the report will come out by the month of March. more...
At the top of the medal tally and the undisputed champions of the Commonwealth Games, the Australian team, sadly didn't show any sporting spirit when their cricket […] more...
Saina Nehwal came back from the brink of defeat to clinch the gold medal in the women’s singles final at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian, the top seed, was […] more...
I: Sachin Tendulkar on Friday congratulated the coun- try's medal winners in the Commonwealth Games. “101 congratula- tions to all our CWG champions. Your hard work and various sacri- fices have broug more...
[caption id="attachment_9144" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="An Indian Gorkha security personnel stands guard as the aerostat, an Rs 80 crore 80x40 m helium baloon, is […] more...
Six cyber networks of the Delhi Commonwealth Games faced at least 1,000 potential attacks in the 12 days of the event that concluded last night more...
General public might have faced some difficulties due to curbs in their movements amid excessive police presence in the Capital during the Commonwealth Games but the ‘effort’ to ensure foolproof security has earned India applause from the Interpol, the global police body. more...
Shera may have been conspicuous by his absence at the Commonwealth Games, but at a Durga Puja pandal in Mayur Vihar not one, but many mascots were seen dancing to the traditional dhak. more...
It was bought for Rs 38 crore and was supposed to be the highlight of the opening and closing ceremonies. The helium balloon cost the taxpayer almost Rs 70 crore in total. Yet, on Thursday evening, as the Delhi Games 2010 came to a close, the aerostat merely ended up being a glorified backdrop for the various acts at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. more...
Sources privy to the CWG security arrangements today said that an Indian Air Force's UAV had descended below 6,000 feet on the evening of October 3. more...
India gloriously showcased its soft power in a Bollywood spectacle that brought the curtains down on the Commonwealth Games 2010 — and tears to every eye that watched […] more...
Also, in a bid to destroy the highly-secured security structure, there have been hundreds of cyber attacks, suspected to be originating from China, to penetrate the computerised system and server during the Games fortnight. more...
The Commonwealth Games baton has been officially passed to Glasgow at a £1.8million ceremony. Last night’s glittering event marked the closure of the Delhi Games and was watched by […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) The huge helium-filled aerostat,that was the cynosure of all eyes at Commonwealth Gamesopening ceremony, left a massive depression in the JawaharlalNehru Stadium as it was lifted up, prompting organisers toseek the help of security forces to cover the damage. more...
Sydney/New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) has regretted one of its athlete's indecent behaviour a few days back and has agreed to pay for the damage caused at the Games Village in a rowdy incident after Games closure, Lalit Bhanot, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee secretary general, said Friday. more...
Islamabad, Oct 15 (IANS) The controversy over carrying the Pakistani flag that marred the march-past of the country's contingent at the inaugural ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has not died down even after the squad's return home. more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkartoday congratulated the Indian athletes for putting up a goodperformance in the 19th Commonwealth Games here and helpingthe country finish second on the medal tally. more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) As the Commonwealth Games drew toa close, a fresh controversy rocked the event with reportsemerging that Australian athletes indulged in hooliganism anddamaged property at the Games Village after their cricket teamwas handed a drubbing in the Test series against India. more...
Source: Financial Express, Oct. 14, 2010New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games end on Thursday with an opportunity lost to show off New Delhi to the world after a collapsing […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): It was a triumphant evening for India when it completed the holding of the XIX Commonwealth Games in Delhi, putting at rest a thousand doubts by staging one of the most colourful galas to bring down the curtain on the eleven-day event. more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief Perry Crosswhite, who admitted that a washing machine was dropped from a balcony in Australia's section of the Games village, is now trying to cover up things by saying that he would be surprised if an Australian athlete was blamed for the incident. more...
Reports suggested that some Australian athletes went on a rampage after their cricket team lost to India in a Test Match in Bangalore. They allegedly broke a washing machine. more...
Sydney, Oct 15 (IANS) An Australian athlete was sent home for bad behaviour this week from the Commonwealth Games and a washing machine was dropped from a balcony in the Australian section of the Games Village after the closing ceremony, it was reported Friday. more...
The Australian team totally dominated the Games with their haul of 177 medals including 74 Golds. But some of their athletes seem to have been involved in vandalising […] more...
Delhi police are investigating reports that an Australian threw a washing machine out of an apartment window in the Commonwealth Games athletes' village. Unconfirmed reports in the Indian media […] more...
The chaos, the confusion, the controversies... everything else was swept aside by the spirit of celebration as the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever staged an extravagant farewell party […] more...
India made history by winning 101 medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Karnataka athletes were responsible in adding as many as 10 medals to that grand total. more...
There’s life beyond self-doubt. Even for a country that has suffered chronic bouts of that dark feeling often when the words Commonwealth Games were uttered these last few months. Fitting then that it was three extremely self-assured sportswomen from India — seasoned shuttle-sharks Saina Nehwal and Jwala Gutta, and a third, Ashwini Ponappa, emerging as Jwala’s finest understudy over the last 10 days — who guided the country into that realm of supreme confidence and pride, that only a sporting medal could guarantee. more...
The 19th Commonwealth Games ended tonight in Delhi with a triumphant, noisy ceremony coloured by nationalism. With India pushing England into third place in the medals tally when badminton […] more...
The Commonwealth Games end on Thursday with an opportunity lost to show off New Delhi to the world after a collapsing bridge, rogue snakes, health scares and heavy-handed security […] more...
On Thursday evening, when India brought the curtain down, things weren't very different from what they were at the opening ceremony. There was colour, fire- works, goose-bumps, songs and there were more...
Indian paddlers on Thursday assured the country of a total five medals from table tennis in the Commonwealth Games when reigning national champion Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das clinched a bronze, beati more...
BBC.... Commonwealth Games, Delhi. As celebrations go, the atmosphere was delightful, verging on delirious. Over almost three humid hours in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium a Commonwealth Games that at several […] more...
Eleven days of non-stop action on the sports field has sadly come to an end and today, 14 October 2010, saw Delhi bidding adieu to its beloved guests […] more...
Enraged by Australia's loss to India in cricket, some athletes went berserk, destroying electrical fittings and furniture in the Commonwealth Games Village. more...
Reuters | Oct 14, 2010 | 11:12am IST The Commonwealth Games end on Thursday with an opportunity lost to show off New Delhi to the world after […] more...
After the shambolic build-up that included a dirty athletes village and other shortcomings leading to threats of pull-out by leading competing nations, the Commmonwealth Games was on Thursday […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) Over 2,700 shots of fireworks, 25stacks of speakers producing 500,000 Watts of sound and 1,200moving lights combined with the majestic aerostat cametogether to create a spectacular closing ceremony of theCommonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here today. more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The countdown for the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday was done in Devnagri script, projecting the numbers 10 to 0 on large screens. more...
// You will agree that Table Tennis is not that popular a sport in India. However, the Commonwealth Games 2010 has given India medals and accolades in those sports which do not happen to be popular (things might have been different had there been cricket). India is steadily climbing up on her gold medal tally.To [...] more...
VK Verma invited wrath from shuttler Jwala Gutta by ignoring her and Ashwini Ponnappa after their gold medal win in the badminton event of the Commonwealth Games. more...
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are […] more...
Kushan Sarkar New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) In what turned out to be a raregesture in Indian sport, national hockey team's young centreback Dhananjay Mahadik carried a poster acknowledging thecrowd support after their 0-8 drubbing at the hands ofAustralia in the final of the Commonwealth Games, today. more...
New Delhi, October 14 (PTI) Suresh Kalmadi today evadedmedia grilling after his last formal address to the press asthe Commonwealth Games chief organiser and walked away toreceive Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the men's hockeyfinal even as a question was fired at him by a scribe. more...
Jason Wilson and Luke Doerner scored two goals apiece as world champion Australia thrashed India 8-0 to win its fourth successive Commonwealth Games men's hockey gold on Thursday. more...
IT REFERS to media-reports about public-anger showered on chairperson of the organising committee (OC) for Commonwealth Games 2010, when some young men disrupted Suresh Kalmadi from dining at […] more...
Common (the citizen of Delhi) and wealth(the visitors and officials) would end their romance today. How would be the divorce case in the court. The aftermath should be […] more...
History was made at the Siri Fort Complex in front of home crowd, when she easily defeated opponent Susan Egelstaff of Scotland with straight set win of 21-10 and 21-17. more...
I: The Sahara India group on Wednesday applaud- ed the performance of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games, saying this would set the tone for future sporting events. The group, which is deeply i more...
Delhi's celebration will reach a crescendo on Thursday as the Commonwealth Games flag comes down to begin its journey to Glasgow for the next meet. more...
Track and Field competition at the Commonwealth Games wrapped up Tuesday in Delhi, India, and all ten BC athletes on the Canadian team advanced to their respective finals. Star performer […] more...
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) India's Parupalli Kashyapdefeated compatriot Chetan Anand to win a bronze in thebadminton singles event of the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
Singapore shooter Gai Bin added another gold medal to his personal tally at the Commonwealth Games after winning the men's 25m standard pistol event on Wednesday with a […] more...
So, the Commonwealth Games.India has a love/hate relationship with them, and so do i. Last night we went to a sold out, packed stadium to watch Athletics, track […] more...
What is the Commonwealth of nations? The commonwealth of nations, or simply the commonwealth simply defines itself as association of sovereign nations that support each other and work towards […] more...
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Commonwealth Games Federationchief Michael Fennell today took some time off to watch thesemifinal table tennis match between Sharath Achanta Kamal andSingapore's Yang Zi amid a vociferous crowd which brought thehouse down with its continuous cheering of the Indian. more...
Ashwini Shrivastava New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) The atmosphere at theCommonwealth Games Village here was filled with nostalgicfeelings, just one day before the sporting extravaganza comesto an end. more...
The shamed athlete, who finished sixth in the walk race conducted on October 8, would either attend or will be represented at a provisional hearing before the Commonwealth Games Federation court later today. more...
Latest Indian addition to the English language: View cutter: "The government and civic agencies in association with the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) had identified […] more...
Discus champion Krishna Poonia criticised athletes who pulled out of the Commonwealth Gamesand said India had proved that it could host a successful event. (For Slideshow: Commonwealth Games Highlights, click here) The […] more...
On a day when medals rained for India at the 19th Commonwealth Games, history was created when Indian athletes won their first medals on the track since the legendary Milkha Singh won gold more than half a century ago. more...
AN evaluation of Uganda's performance at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games will provide basis of the country's preparations for the 2012 London Olympics, James Bakama reports. more...
England have lost another major sporting semi-final on penalties. India staged a remarkable comeback, advancing to the hockey final against Australia on Wednesday, after beating England on penalty strokes. more...
Greg Yeavich, 53, remembers how back in 1986 when he shot in the pistol events at his first Commonwealth Games, him and his manager had needed to go looking for scores and check if they'd won, and it took a week for letters commending his feat to reach Edinburgh. more...
Four young women created track history in front of a roaring full house at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday, as India grabbed a fistful of medals in what is now its best Commonwealth Games performance ever. more...
Team Singapore dominated table tennis once again at the Commonwealth Games after clinching the gold medal in the mixed doubles on Tuesday. In the all-Singapore final, second seeds Yang […] more...
Team Singapore dominated table tennis once again at the Commonwealth Games after clinching the gold medal in the mixed doubles on Tuesday. In the all-Singapore final, second seeds Yang […] more...
New Delhi, Oct.12 (ANI): India remained firm on the second position on Day-9, as Indian women helped it keep its head held high by winning a historic Gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay in the evening following the shooters Annuraj Singh and Heena Sidhu who did the country proud by winning Gold in the morning here on Tuesday at the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct.12 (ANI): If Indian sports lovers thought Monday was the finest day in athletics for the country in the history of Commonwealth Games due to it first ever Gold in Discus Throw besides a podium finish, the Indian women runners made Tuesday an unforgettable Golden Day, as they stunned all by winning Gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay here on Tuesday. more...
The special of the day was Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji and Mandeep Kaur sprinting to the women's 4x400 gold medal -- amidst thunderous backing by the capacity crowd. more...
Saina Nehwal is just a step away from a singles gold at Commonwealth Games as she defeated Scotland's Susan Egelstaff 21-10, 21-17 to reach the final. more...
New Delhi, Oct.12 (ANI): In a nerve-wracking match, India beat England 5-4 in penalty shootout in the Men's Hockey semi-final clash here on Tuesday to enter final. more...
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) A wrong umpiring decision spoiltP Kashyap's hopes of making it to a maiden Commonwealth Gamesfinal as the Indian shuttler lost his semifinal match againstsecond seed Rajiv Ouseph of England in the individualbadminton event here today. more...
Philem Dipak Singh New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) India completed an unprecedentedsuccess in athletics events in the Commonwealth Games here asthey collected one gold and four bronze today to take theirmedal count to 12. more...
The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) says the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has not responded to its request for complimentary tickets for table tennis matches at the Yamuna Sports Complex, though many seats remain vacant. more...
It will be a "spectacular mass song and dance celebration" at Thursday's Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, with a colourful laser show as the highlight, according to the creative team behind the show. more...
Sabi Hussain New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) Egged on by a capacity crowd atthe Delhi University stadium, the 'All Black' New Zealandproduced a come-from-behind performance against Australia towin their fourth Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens gold medalhere today. more...
TICKET sales for the Delhi Commonwealth Games hit 100,000 yesterday, with India's record medal haul finallly attracting the locals. Organising officials yesterday declared India's record 31 gold medals, […] more...
THE Delhi Commonwealth Games has boosted audiences for pay-TV network Foxtel, despite the event appearing on two free-to-air channels. Foxtel has dedicated 12 channels to the Games -- six […] more...
Foreign journalists taken to Agra by Commonwealth Games organisers can’t stop raving about the majestic Taj Mahal. “The trip was fantastic! I was floored by the beauty of the […] more...
Mark Lewis-Francis run a blistering anchor leg to cruise to a dramatic win for England in the 4*100m men's relay in the ongoing Commonwealth games in Delhi. The […] more...
The 42km event, traditionally among the highlights of any multi-discipline sports festival, is to be held on the last day of the Games, October 14. more...
As Indian shooters Heena Sindhu and Anuraj Singh got India its 31st gold medal, it became the highest ever medal haul for Indians in Commonwealth Games. In fact, […] more...
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) She used to hand out tips toSaina Nehwal until just four years ago and an emotionallyoverwhelmed Anna Rice could not stop the tears from flowingwhen she ended her career with a loss against the Indian aceat the Commonwealth Games here. more...
Watch the following clip of the reigning World, World Indoor and Olympic Champion Steve Hooker from the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. The Australian pole vaulter shrugged off an […] more...
Chandigarh crime branch sleuths tracked down Shera -- the official mascot of Commonwealth Games 2010 -- late Monday evening, hours after it went missing from the Verka Chowk in Mohali. The statue was found abandoned near a private school in Toga village of UT. more...
England is struggling to overhaul India for second place on the Commonwealth Games medal tally as leaders Australia claim superiority across most sports including the pool. more...
A major security lapse could be round the cor- ner with the ECIL machines refusing to validate the accred- itation cards of thousands of Commonwealth Games volun- teers, officials and media. In the more...
: Riding on a high after their magnificent display against Pakistan, hosts India will face England for a place in the hockey final of the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. World Champions Australia will more...
he sight of the nearly packed rafters at the Delhi University Stadium was heart- ening to say the least. India were taking the stage at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) for the first time since the event more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance while Parupalli Kashyap pulled off a stunning upset to advance to the women's and men's singles semifinals in the badminton event at the Commonwealth Games here Monday. more...
Boxer Vijender Singh (75kg) crashed out due to a couple of controversial warnings in his semifinals, prompting an angry Indian team to lodge a protest. more...
Agartala, Oct 11 (IANS) Tripura celebrated Monday, a day after Somdev Devvarman's gold scripted history at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Delhi. The tennis sensation, who belongs to the state's erstwhile royal family, is being hailed as a shining star of the northeast and people here are waiting for him to come so that they can felicitate him in a fitting manner. more...
The euphoria of their 7-4 win over arch-rivals Pakistan has not sinked in yet, but India will have to put their celebrations on hold for the moment and re-group their forces before they take on an unbeaten England in the second semifinal of the men's hockey event at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. more...
The capacity crowd at the Delhi University ground cheered relentlessly but that did not prove sufficient as Indian ruggers went down without putting up a fight against Wales and South Africa respectively in the opening session of the Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens event here on Monday. more...
Commonwealth Games had a grand opening inspite of the initial hiccups. Delhi was made beautiful, clean in every way that was possible by the same authorities who were […] more...
Saina Nehwal is one of the favourites to land badminton gold at the Commonwealth Games but the world number three may have to rediscover her killer instinct if she wants to win the title. more...
IN THE first case of doping at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, Nigerian athlete Osayemi Oludamola, the 100 m gold medalist has reportedly tested positive for Methylhexaneamine, […] more...
IN THE first case of doping at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, Nigerian athlete Osayemi Oludamola, the 100 m gold medalist has reportedly tested positive for Methylhexaneamine, […] more...
England archer Alison Williamson had to settle for silver in the women's archery individual recurve on day seven of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The 38-year-old was beaten 6-0 […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) TV screens will be set up at public places in Delhi to facilitate easy viewing for the upcoming marathon, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi said Monday, a day after spectators complained of missing the cycling events due to heavy security. more...
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) Hugely disappointed by the crushing hockey defeat by India, Pakistanis are blaming the pressure of playing before roaring Indian fans for the Commonwealth Games humiliation. more...
Second gold for Pakistan, Inam wins CWG wrestling title:NEW DELHI: Muhammad Inam of Pakistan won his team's second Commonwealth Games wrestling title within an hour on […] more...
Commonwealth Games organises are planning to install video screens at select points to draw more crowd on to the Delhi streets for the marathon to be held on Thursday. more...
Agartala, Oct 11 (IANS) Tripura was in celebratory mode Monday, a day after Somdev Devvarman's gold scripted history at the Commonwealth Games (CWG). The tennis sensation, who belongs to the state's erstwhile royal family, is being hailed as a shining star of the northeast. more...
Malaysian crack shot Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi will be aiming to collect her second Gold medal at Delhi on Sunday, this time in the Women's 10m Air Rifle […] more...
The Commonwealth Games in Delhi is turning out to be a windfall for various contractors. After throwing over INR 11,000 crores (over USD 2.5 billion) every part of […] more...
Minutes after winning India's first track and field silver medal of the XIX Commonwealth Games, discuss thrower Vikas Gowda threatened to “re-think“ his decision to participate for his native land in more...
When India take to the green in the Women's Triples final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon it will be a testament to the vision […] more...
The Racism slur has become the latest controversy to hit the already-troubledCommonwealth Games with at least three such incidents since the mega-event got underway last Sunday.South African […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Led by Beijing Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh, five Indian boxers moved into the semifinals, even as Melbourne Games champion Akhil Kumar crashed out in the quarterfinals at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday. more...
The Vasant Kunj flats that were built for Commonwealth Games delegates seem to have no takers. Even as the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) claims that it had 1,300 flats ready by September 23, only 620 people turned up to stay in them. In fact, according to officials working at the complex, even the national technical officials who were staying there have started leaving ‘‘after having completed their work’’. more...
The closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on October 14 will be a show of unity and solidarity. While the flag parade of the opening ceremony separately introduced each of the contingents from the 71 participating nations, the closing ceremony promises to be a fun fiesta the march-past will feature jumbled groups of participating athletes to send out a message that they are leaving as one big family. more...
Indian handcrafted items like rose buds dipped in silver, shawls, decoration pieces and, of course, collectibles sporting Mahatma Gandhi are on offer for athletes and delegates from across the world for the ongoing Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India's M.A. Prajusha did not seem unduly perturbed at having narrowly missed the gold and was content with the silver in the women's long jump at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday. She said an Asian Games medal was her next goal. more...
The Commonwealth Games official website has gone for a toss. Far from being uploaded automatically almost in real time, the website has been painfully slow, often well behind private media sites. This has virtually shut down an important window on the Delhi Games for the wider world. more...
For Commonwealth Games , 2010, Delhi prepared itself well and after overcoming the long drawn controversies, the national capital seemed finally ready to host the Games. Be it the venues, the […] more...
Amidst allegations of contaminated water in swimming pools of Commonwealth Games venues,games Federation President Mike Fennell has rubbished all such reports and said that the swimming events were perfectly successful. more...
So its only fair that my first post is dedicated to the momentous occasion that has been the Commonwealth Games (CWG) so far. This time last week we had […] more...
New Delhi, 10 October 2010: Before the Commonwealth Games started, everyday we used to come to know about the preparation for the Games in India. The bridge, the […] more...
Grouped with Wales, South Africa and Tonga in the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens event, the Indian ruggers have little chance to go beyond the preliminary league stage. more...
Young shuttlers P Kashyap and Aditi Mutatkar breezed through their respective matches as India continued their rampaging run in the individual event of the Commonwealth Games' badminton tournament on Sunday. more...
The heart of national capital remained out of bounds for 'aam aadmi' as cyclists from across the globe ruled the streets for the whole day on Sunday as police rolled out an overwhelming security depriving many spectators an opportunity to witness the Commonwealth Games event. more...
Sabi Hussain New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Grouped with Wales, South Africaand Tonga in the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens event, theIndian ruggers have little chance to go beyond the preliminaryleague stage but nonetheless would look to give their morefancied rivals a run for their money in front of home crowd. more...
Commonwealth Games officials said on Sunday a volunteer had been reported for ticket fraud and that they were still fixing the ticket system, halfway through an event where availability of tickets has been a major problem. more...
Bags of unused tickets had to be carted off to the dump on Friday, while organisers owned up to a major communications blunder as theCommonwealth Games remained beset […] more...
Commonwealth Games organisers continued to wrestle with the riddle of why crowds were so sparse at venues when so many tickets had been sold, while health issues continued […] more...
The Commonwealth Games official website has gone for a toss. Far from being uploaded automatically almost in real time, the website has been painfully slow, often well behind private media sites. This has virtually shut down an important window on the Delhi Games for the wider world. more...
Kuala Lumpur was the first Asian city to host the Commonwealth Games in 1998, which was the only time cricket was included in the list of disciplines.Gold Coast (Australia) and Hambantota (Sri Lan more...
The Commonwealth Games official website has gone for a toss. Far from being uploaded automatically almost in real time, the website has been painfully slow, often well behind private media sites. more...
After five days of intense competition inside the stadia, the action at Delhi 2010 is all set to hit the city's streets. Long-distance runners, walkers and cyclists will […] more...
The world witnessed an incredible India with the XIX Commonwealth Games—a country of incredible extremes. The country that has charmed the world with its rich cultural and heritage […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) Gagan Narang shot to fame longbefore the Delhi Commonwealth Games, but the Indian shootingsensation's feat of winning four gold medals in four eventshere, all with new Games record, has made him a strongcontender for the coveted David Dixon award. more...
When the organizing committee (OC) decided to move its international technical officials (ITO) from Vasant Kunj to different hotels in the NCR, it wouldn’t have thought its decision would come to haunt it later. Complaints from delegates about long wait for transport, combined with a long commute, have now forced the OC to re look at its transportation plans. more...
CGF president Michael Fennell on Friday conceded that athletes were not treated well as the women’s 100m medal ceremony was delayed for hours on Thursday and blamed ‘‘a major communication blunder by athletics officials’’. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) While shooting is bringing in themost medals for India during the ongoing Commonwealth Gameshere, athletes say the sport presently lagging behind cricketor hockey in terms of popularity has the potential to be acrowd puller. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza saved four match points but fell short in the decisive final set tie-breaker to lose a nail-biting women's singles tennis final more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell doesn't want to jump the gun, he wants to wait till the Delhi Games are over before giving India the thumbs-up. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India take on traditional rivals Pakistan in a men's hockey match of the Commonwealth Games here Sunday and a sellout crowd is expected at the 12,000-seat Major Dhyan Chand Stadium. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Saturday issued an advisory to presenters and volunteers at venues to check unruly crowds in the stands after a South African swimmer accused Indian spectators of behaving like 'monkeys'. more...
Even as all Commonwealth Games athletes perform to near-empty stadia, our redoubtable Suresh Kalmadi and Lalit Bhanot are back to their old ways. They keep insisting that there […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) England snatched a dramatic 5-3 win against New Zealand to set up a three-way race for the two semi-final berths from Pool B of the men's hockey competition in the Commonwealth Games here Saturday. more...
Indian handcrafted items like rose buds dipped in sliver, shawls, decoration pieces and of course collectibles sporting Mahatma Gandhi are on offer for athletes and delegates from across the world. more...
Jared Tallent beat fellow Australian Luke Adams for the gold yesterday when Adams, who led with slightly more than two kilometres remaining, hit what he termed a ''blob […] more...
He became the first Indian to win a bronze and silver in different categories in gymnastics and Ashish Kumar today said he could have claimed a gold had the apparatus arrived on time for the Commonwealth Games. more...
The duo of Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh started the day on a high note for Indian shooters in the Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal in men's 25m-centerfire pistol pairs event. more...
Ashwini Srivastava New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Contrasting shades and patterns ofuniforms donned by over one lakh security personnel guardingthe 19th Commonwealth Games have not only left the foreignathletes and officials guessing but also Indians too. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation today launched an investigation into the complaints of unavailability of tickets by people despite empty seats at some stadiums. more...
Chaos ruled again at the troubled DelhiCommonwealth Games on Thursday when Australian Sally Pearson was disqualified for a false start three hours after crossing the line first in […] more...
The History of the Commonwealth What the Commonwealth does today How the Commonwealth is run The modern Commonwealth, in which all members are equal and which stands for justice, freedom, democracy […] more...
Shrugging off the disappointment of a 1-3 semifinal loss to England, Indian men's team spanked Nigeria 3-0 in third place play-off to clinch the bronze in the Commonwealth Games' table tennis competition today. more...
Unhappy with the "still unsatisfactory" attendance at competition venues, Commonwealth Games Federation on Saturday launched an investigation into the complaints of unavailability of tickets by people despite empty seats at some stadiums. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Malaysian men's hockey team player Faizal Saari has been suspended for two matches following an incident in their game Friday against Scotland at the Commonwealth Games here. more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation has told Delhi organisers to investigate the ticket system as thousands of seats remain empty at Games events. more...
C'Wealth Games organising committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot was today left embarrassed at the daily press briefing here after misinterpreting a question on reports of a South African swimmer calling Indian spectators "monkeys". more...
The duo of Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh started the day on high note for Indian shooters in the Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal in men's 25m-centrefire pistol pairs event at the Karni Singh Shooting Range. more...
Embattled Commonwealth Gamesofficials conceded a "major communication blunder" was to blame for Thursday's athletics farce as they continue to grapple with snags at the halfway point of the Delhi […] more...
There seems to be no end to setbacks for the Organising Committee (OC) of the XIX Commonwealth Games . And they seem to be coming with an automatic regularity everyday. This time the Delhi Police has overruled the committee's order to set up 63 CWG merchandise stores inside the stadium venues. "We cannot allow things to be taken in or out of the venue because of security reasons as it could be risky not just for the players but also for the spectators as well, " said Rajan Bhagat , spokesperson of the Delhi Police when contacted. more...
The pool water is clean, but the toilets in the aquatic venue are blocked. Ticket sales are on the increase but the stadiums still seem mostly empty. more...
If you thought that the Commonwealth Games dedicated traffic lane in Delhi was a corridor where only Games delegates could travel, think again. Because car stickers for the Games lane are being sold by the Organising Committee. more...
India’s first individual medal in 52 years in a running event at the Commonwealth Games was won today by a 25-year-old tribal woman who grew up running double the distance she covered in the 10,000-metre race — fetching water each time the river flowing through her village Savarpada, 90 km from Nashik in Maharashtra, dried up during summers. more...
To assert that the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games has evolved into a national embarrassment would be a gross understatement: aside from the shabby infrastructure, poor hygiene and sanitation, […] more...
India's first individual medal in 52 years in a running event at the Commonwealth Games was won today by a 25-year-old tribal woman who grew up running double the distance she covered in the 10,000-metre race fetching water each time the river flowing through her village Savarpada, 90 km from Nashik in Maharashtra, dried up during summers. more...
:It was unexpected, to say the least. Nobody doubted top-seed Somdev Devvarman's ability to cruise to the final of the Commonwealth Games But it was 21-year-old Australian Greg Jones's advancement to more...
Leading Commonwealth countries explain their positions following the latest setbacks in preparations for next month's Games in India. ENGLAND "We asked the Commonwealth Games federation to ensure that all of the […] more...
Former world champion Nathan Robertson, came to the defence of the beleaguered Commonwealth Games, dismissing all talk of it being poorly organised. more...
NEW DELHI — A giant scoreboard at the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens venue crashed to the ground on Thursday in the latest embarrassing mishap to blight the troubled […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India went down gallantly 1-3 to badminton powerhouse and top seeds Malaysia and settled for a silver in the mixed team event at the Commonwealth Games here Friday, Saina Nehwal winning the lone match. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is unhappy with the Games Organising Committee for ignoring her suggestion to issue free tickets to school and college students, an official said Friday amid reports that tickets of several events were sold to scrap dealers as waste paper. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who has learned boxing, Friday turned up at the Talkatora Stadium to watch India's Olympic bronze medal winner Vijender Singh's bout at the Commonwealth Games. more...
Ohhh – it is perhaps, all of the unpleasant stuff that goes against the organizers again… Commonwealth games shambled and criticized over every thing, and there are reasons […] more...
India has had it good so far at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in terms of a medal haul. But Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathy and a few other […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) He has himself learnt boxing froma Dronacharya awardee and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi todayshowed his love for the sport by turning up to watch theopening Commonwealth Games bout of Olympic bronze medallistand world number one Vijender Singh here at the TalkatoraStadium. more...
World number one Vijender Singh (75kg) enthralled with a convincing win in just about five minutes to enter the quarterfinals along with Asian silver-medallist Jai Bhagwan (60kg) and Dilbag Singh (69kg) on yet another superb day for the Indians in the boxing competition of the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
The Malaysian archery team were an unknown quantity. No-one expected them to win. No-one expected them to turn up. They did turn up. They wore yellow. John Inverdale was […] more...
Reuters | Oct 8, 2010 | 2:10pm IST Embattled Commonwealth Games officials conceded a "major communication blunder" was to blame for Thursday's athletics farce as they […] more...
Two days before the capital hosts a walk and cyclothon as part of the Commonwealth Games, work on the routes still remains. Delhiites can expect roadblocks in central Delhi on Sunday as cyclists will take part in the 165-km event. To facilitate the event, roads are going to be blocked off a night earlier. The events are scheduled on October 9, 10 and 14. more...
Seeing empty rooms at Delhi University hostels, it is hard to believe that the Commonwealth Games is in full swing. The hostels, which students vacated so that room could be made for tourists who were expected to arrive in Delhi during the Games, are still waiting for guests. more...
Delhi Belly, false starts, moths and empty seats... Amongst other things of course. If the lead-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games was farcical, the actual event isn't far off. With […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Australia won two more gold medals in cycling, creating a record in the men's team sprint at the Commonwealth Games here Friday. more...
The game of tennis is also a big favorite among the crowds at Commonwealth games Delhi 2010 where there were some 2000 people supporting Sania Mirza and the […] more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirzaensured India will grab at least two silver medals in tennisin the Commonwealth Games, after both of them progressed totheir respective singles finals, although in contrastingfashion. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) He was booed by the partisan crowdand felt a bit hard done by the judging in his loss to Indianboxer Jai Bhagwan in the Commonwealth Games pre-quarterfinalsbut Tanzania's Nasser Mafuru has no complaints because hethinks grumbling is against the sportsman spirit. more...
The pool water is clean, but the toilets in the aquatic venue are blocked. Ticket sales are on the increase but the stadiums still seem mostly empty. There was a "major communications blunder" at the track that nearly resulted in athletes presented with their medals despite the race being protested. more...
NEW DELHI — The pool water is clean, but the toilets in the aquatic venue are blocked. Ticket sales are on the increase but the stadiums still seem […] more...
Chairman of the Organising Committee for Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi in New Delhi on Thursday, said that the closing ceremony on October 14 would be a simpler affair as compared to the grand opening ceremony. more...
Embattled Commonwealth Games officials conceded a "major communication blunder" was to blame for Thursday's athletics farce as they continue to grapple with snags at the halfway point of the Delhi event on Friday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games are nearly half way through but the 'green calculators' - to calculate the carbon footprint during the mega sporting event - are yet to come up at the Games Village and six sporting venues. more...
P Kashyap today pulled off an upset victory against world number 16 Rajiv Ouseph 21-13, 21-17 as India demolished England 3-0 to set up the title clash against defending champions Malaysia in the mixed team event at Commonwealth Games here tomorrow. more...
New Zealand's performance in the final of the men's 4000m team pursuit overnight (NZT) encapsulated their track cycling campaign at these Commonwealth Games. more...
The build-up to the Commonwealth Games was riddled with controversies ranging from financial corruption to foot-overbridge collapse. Many of those the involved in the Games were often asked by "well-wishers'' to disassociate themselves from the event. more...
Radio coverage of the Commonwealth Games is an interesting mix of pre-event and current on air programming, bringing out the pride of the city in hosting the games. more...
Up to 15 Commonwealth Games swimmers on the England and Australian teams have a stomach virus potentially caused by the quality of water at the aquatics centre in […] more...
The joy in Dr UK Mishra's voice was unmistakable after Ashish Kumar, a trainee of the National Sports Academy, Allahabad, fetched the country its first medal in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games by winning the bronze in floor exercises on Thursday. more...
Playing in a mega-event like the Commonwealth Games is always fascinating. The journey so far has been satisfactory. The spirit in the team is high and everybody is looking forward to making a mark si more...
A month before the Commonwealth Games, Vladimir Chertkov, India's for- eign coach, had stated, “The sun is rising for Indian gymnastics“. He must have the gift of fore- sight. On Thursday, A more...
Chaos ruled again at the troubled Delhi Commonwealth Games on Thursday when Australian Sally Pearson was disqualified for a false start three hours after crossing the line first in the women's 100 metres. more...
Nigerian Osayemi Oludamola won the women's 100 metres at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday after Australia's Sally Pearson was disqualified for a false start three hours after crossing the line in first place. more...
Mismanagement in organization of CWG has remained a big fiasco for India. CWG shows ability of nation to conduct International games. India is third largest economy in Asia […] more...
Poonam Mehra New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) There was no stopping the Indianboxers' victory march at the Commonwealth Games with Asiangold-medallist Suranjoy Singh (52kg) and Amandeep Singh (49kg)advancing to the quarterfinals, while defending champion AkhilKumar (56kg) booking a place in the last-16 stage in front ofa rapturous home crowd at the Talkatora Stadium here today. more...
The Commonwealth Games have begun in Delhi, in fact we are into the fourth day of competition! As usual at the Commonwealth Games, Australia is dominating and again as […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Trinidad and Tobago women's hockey team scored their first goal in three matches at the Commonwealth Games here Thursday. With that they made a statement for hockey in their country that loves football, cricket and athletics and has only one synthetic turf. more...
Amidst NDTV reports that the Commonwealth Games swimming pool in Delhi may be contaminated, the organisers were today left red-faced with the 'Big Two' Michael Fennell and Suresh […] more...
Amidst NDTV reports that the Commonwealth Games swimming pool in Delhi may be contaminated, the organisers were today left red-faced with the 'Big Two' Michael Fennell and Suresh […] more...
Impressed with the venues and all praise for the Indian boxers, International Boxing Association President Ching-Kuo Wu says he is having a gala time at the Commonwealth Games […] more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation has promised an immediate investigation into the water quality at the Delhi Games swimming venue following reports of swimmers falling sick. CGF President Michael Fennell […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell on Thursday apologised for a bizarre car accident resulting in injuries to three Ugandan officials, including the team's Chef de Mission, at the Games Village. more...
Australia's Megan Dunn sprinted to victory in the women's 10km scratch race to win her second cycling gold of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.promocje kasynowe blackjack ruletka […] more...
The action is heating up at Delhi 2010 and our modern-day gladiators - the athletes - are in the spotlight. Here's what some stars had to say: BOXING “The facilities […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS)Scotland helped themselves to a 6-1 win against Trinidad and Tobago to notch their first win in three matches of the women's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here Thursday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Commonwealth Games Federationchief Michael Fennell today apologised for a freak accidentresulting in injuries to three Ugandan officials, includingthe team's Chef de Mission, at the Games Village in the earlyhours of yesterday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India won its first-ever archery medal in the Commonwealth Games Thursday as the trio of Gagandeep Kaur, Jhano Hansdah and Bheigyabati Chanu bagged an unexpected bronze in the women's compound team event. more...
India's Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion Renu Bala had to catch a rickshaw back to the athletes village after she missed the official transport. more...
The 19th Commonwealth Games are fast acquiring the taint of the most corrupt games ever. From treadmill to tissue roll, there are allegations of massive corruption in overlays. […] more...
Following the Commonwealth Games in Delhi? - Why not have a look and see what the local public library system is doing at their website here and as […] more...
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Uganda's Moses Kipsiro took the first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers triumphed in their own desperate race to repair the track and get the infield ready at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. more...
There is a gap of 23 places in the world rankings between Scotland and Australia and it was all too evident as the tournament favourites crushed Russell Garcia's men 9-0 at the Commonwealth Games in the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi. more...
Indian children working at one of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games construction sites. What is the difference between a volunteer of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games & a worker […] more...
This week the Commonwealth Games are taking place in New Delhi, India. I have a couple of fellow Ontarian archers competing including Crispin Duenas, Alana MacDougall and Kateri […] more...
Uganda's Moses Kipsiro took the first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers triumphed in their own desperate race to repair the track and get the infield ready at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. more...
Uganda's Moses Kipsiro edged a thrilling last-lap duel with Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge to take the 5,000 metres on Wednesday after Commonwealth Games organisers had won their own race against time to get the track ready. more...
Richards, at the Delhi Games as an ambassador for the 25-member Antigua and Barbuda delegation, said the Twenty20 competition was tailor-made for multi-sports events. more...
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New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): The Australian Sports Minister, Mark Arbib has said the Australian Commonwealth Games Association would take strict disciplinary action against wrestler Hassene Fkiri for making a rude gesture to wrestling officials after losing a fight to Indian wrestler at the Commonwealth Games. more...
Poonam Mehra New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) Impressed with the venues and allpraise for the Indian boxers, International Boxing AssociationPresident Ching-Kuo Wu says he is having a gala time at theCommonwealth Games here. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) Pakistani athletes and officialsparticipating in the Commonwealth Games can visit Agra to seethe Taj Mahal as their accreditation cards will work as visa. more...
Egged on by a capacity crowd at the Talkatora Stadium, Jai dominated the proceedings to notch up an easy 11-1 triumph after getting a bye in the first round. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Indian shooters are drawing huge crowds at the Karni Singh Range to watch stars Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, World no.3 Gagan Narang, among others, find the bull's eye with incredible regularity. more...
The highlights of the day were nothing less than India entering her name on the medals table. There was another piece of heartening news for the Indian fans. The pair of Leander Paes and Sania Mirza started their campaign in a wining style in their mixed doubles in the tennis event at the Commonwealth Games [...] more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Swimming, badminton, tennis and hockey are the biggest crowd pullers at the Commonwealth Games, officials said on day three of the competition Thursday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Down by a goal in the fourth minute, England showcased their collective character to beat Canada 4-1 and notch up their second win in the women's hockey competition of the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Delhi's civic authorities, clearing the city of stray dogs in the wake of the Commonwealth Games, are dumping them on the outskirts of the city and have also committed brutalities against these canines, animal rights activists have claimed. more...
While addressing the voters of Dariapur ward, he also made a mention of the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter as well as the chaos before the Commonwealth Games began. more...
New Delhi: India's ayurvedic, yoga and medical tourism industries may gain Rs 1,000 crore in the next three months, with thousands of tourists visiting the country during the […] more...
The Commonwealth Games is a global media event, attracting viewers from all around the world. 6081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth teams are participating in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, currently […] more...
With shoppers finally returning to Connaught Place, the Organising Committee has put up a giant LCD screen at the Inner Circle for people to watch Commonwealth Games events, especially during the cycling event in the area. The 10x15 feet wide screen has been placed in the parking lot of B-Block and, according to officials, will start working in a couple of days. more...
COMMONWEALTH GAMES, :India have opened their gold account on the second day of the Commonwealth games today. Shooters Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang have won in the 10m […] more...
I: For Australian paralympian Louise Ellery, October6 will be a big day as she gears up for the F32 shot-put event and aims to win her first Commonwealth Games medal. The 33-year-old recalls her gr more...
Rahman performs at commonwealth games Opening Ceremony 2010 CWG Delhi , IndiaAR Rahman hypnotized 60000 audiences at the ostentatious Commonwealth Games opening ceremony with his theme song performance of 'Jeeyo Utho Badho Jeeto'. The song which had received a lukewarm response earlier sounded quite peppy after it was tweaked. Rahman got lot loud cheers from the audienceThe music Maestro was welcomed by a loud cheering crowd when he stepped on stage on Sunday night to perform the Commonwealth theme song. Dressed casually in white bandhgala jacket, denim and white shoes, Rahman scorched the stage with his rendition. Rahman as promised delivered a powerful performance with his composition and dancing to the tunes of the theme was a spectacular set of dancers, who managed to make it even more colorful with their performances. Incidentally, the theme song had a grand finale as the rendition was brought to a close by a crisp and vibrant show put together by 7000 folk dancers across the country. After the performance of 'Jeeyo Utho Badho Jeeto', the Academy award winner then delivered his famous hit song 'Jai Ho', the song which got him the Oscars last year.From:IndiaolympicsViews:2926 0ratingsTime:03:30More inSports more...
On Sunday afternoon, lacking anything else to watch and being a sports fan and lover of spectacle; I put on the Commonwealth games opening ceremony. I wasn't sure what […] more...
so i planned to go to india's literary institution in delhi, sahitya akademi. it is near mandi house metro station, just two stations from CP--which i can reach […] more...
Commonwealth Games 2010 is expected to result in an overall economic impact of $4,940 million on India's GDP during a period of four years ending 2012 and create […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) As usual, India kept their supporters on tenterhooks before snatching a 3-2 win against Malaysia to provide a fitting finale for the day in the men's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Australian wrestler Hassene Fkiri was disqualified for obscene gestures and unsporting behaviour during his gold-medal bout against India's Anil Kumar in the 96kg Greco-Roman style at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday. more...
Just a quick one today, not much to say really. Worked the afternoon/evening shift today. Got quotes from Rubin Statham from New Zealand on Centre Court, then spoke to […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) South Africa (pool A) and New Zealand (pool B) emerged early front-runners for semi-final spots in the women's hockey competition of the 19th Commonwealth Games with two victories apiece. more...
This is dedicated to a nation called India. Where “making mountain out of mole hill” is not just an idiom but a habit hard to forget, where predictability […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Leading lights of tennis doubles Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi capped a successful day for the Indians at the Commonwealth Games tennis competition entering the quarter-finals with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 victory over Sri Lanka's Amresh Jayawickreme and Thangarajah Dineshkanthan Tuesday. more...
After all the trials & tribulations that overshadowed the build-up to the 19th Commonwealth Games, it has to be said that Delhi 2010 is now very […] more...
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi carved out a straight set win as India continued their domination in the tennis event of the Commonwealth Games. more...
Those athletes who excell in their respective field would be given by the Union Tourism Ministry all inclusive and complimentary journeys on luxury trains that visit the various tourist attractions of the country. more...
Swimmer Fran Halsall ignored a dose of 'Delhi Belly' to win a shock women's 50 metre butterfly gold and kick-start England's Commonwealth Games Ashes battle with rivals Australia on Tuesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) Journalists at the Main PressCentre of the Commonwealth Games could not get any informationrelated to the sporting event today as the Games InformationSystem (GIS) crashed in the afternoon. more...
As ace shooter Abhinav Bindra clinched gold today for India, Chief of CWG Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi and Bindra's father joined nation in celebration. more...
Marksmen Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang will have to jostle for Wednesday's headlines with cricketer Vangipurappu Laxman despite winning India's first gold medal in the Delhi Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. more...
The biggest sporting spectacle on Indian soil is unfolding in plush stadiums of Delhi today. The largest contingent of international athletes for any Commonwealth Games in the history […] more...
P Kashyap shone on debut while Saina Nehwal continued her rampaging run as India demolished a lowly Barbados 5-0 in the badminton mixed team event of the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
P Kashyap shone on debut while Saina Nehwal continued her rampaging run as India demolished a lowly Barbados 5-0 in the badminton mixed team event of the Commonwealth Games here today. more...
After all the muck, monkeys, mongrels and faeces that nearly marred Commonwealth Games 2010, India grabbed the chance to show its might when it got the act together […] more...
After all that muck, monkeys, mongrels and faeces that nearly marred Commonwealth Games 2010, India grabbed the chance to show its might when it got the act together […] more...
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and previously known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states. All but […] more...
There are thirty-one sports approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). This article on the CGF website provides some historical background to the Games. It is interesting to […] more...
by Koustubh Parulekar The 2010 Commonwealth Games, hosted in Delhi this October 3-14, are touted to be India’s answer to Beijing’s 2008 Olympic extravaganza; a vehicle to announce India’s […] more...
The next time because of the dedicated Commonwealth Games lanes, don't curse the peo- ple in those buses. They too have had a harrowing time travelling. The inaugural day of CWG saw a breakdown in more...
Australia took charge of proceedings at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatics Complex, winning three of the five gold on offer and breaking two Commonwealth Games records in the process. Canada won more...
It's alarming as well as surprising in terms of secu- rity arrangements made for the Commonwealth Games. Delhi police, on Monday, revoked around 1700 accreditations of volunteers, work force and paid more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Weightlifting coach Harnam Singh is not a happy man despite India winning four medals on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games Monday and feels they could have ended with at least two golds. more...
“The Commonwealth Games Federation has been consistent in saying that there have been delays in preparation of the Games. The completion date kept moving from February to March […] more...
Melbourne, Oct 4 (PTI) The Commonwealth Games openingceremony received accolades from many member countries butAustralia almost pulled out of it in protest of theircontingent being kept in "extremely hot and uncomfortable"environment before the event, a report said. more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday met with visiting Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed and New Zealand Governor General Anand Satyanand, both of who witnessed the spectacular opening ceremony of the 19th Commonwealth Games here. more...
BRIDGING the gap. On the eve of Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010 as I keyboard down my feelings, the latest news taking the rounds of international dailies is the advice […] more...
The Commonwealth sports ministers today unanimously resolved that all National Sports Federations should adopt internationally accepted good governance principles to ensure transparency and accountability. more...
The civic bodies are attributing the rapid increase in dengue cases this season to prolonged monsoon and stagnation of water at Commonwealth Games construction sites. more...
After a spectacular opening of the Commonwealth Games ceremony, creative director Bharat Bala promises an equally memorable farewell to the Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Down by a third minute goal, India fought their way to a 1-1 draw with Scotland in a pool A match of the Commonwealth Games women's hockey competition here Monday. more...
Smitha Manidharan and Annie Samson New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) After a spectacular opening of theCommonwealth Games Ceremony, creative director Bharat Balapromises an equally memorable farewell to the Games withperformances that incorporates love and fond memories of Indiawhich athletes and visitors can take away with them. more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The Commonwealth Sports Ministerstoday unanimously resolved that all National SportsFederations should adopt internationally accepted goodgovernance principles to ensure transparency andaccountability during their fifth conference here. more...
First day of competition at the Tennis today, so the first real day of work, as well as a chance to see if the whole system works. Nightmare of […] more...
The swimming and gymnastic competitions, which usually attract good crowd, drew lukewarm response from the Delhiites as most of the stands remained vacant. more...
AMIDST MUCH fanfare and pomp the XIX Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010 were declared open on Sunday. The spectacular sporting extravaganza was witnessed by millions of people across the […] more...
AMIDST MUCH fanfare and pomp the XIX Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010 were declared open on Sunday. The spectacular sporting extravaganza was witnessed by millions of people across the […] more...
Wellington, Oct 4 (ANI): New Zealand's netball team racked up 102 goals in beating Papua New Guinea 102-21 on Monday in their Commonwealth Games opener in Delhi. more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The Commonwealth Games villagewhich is otherwise abuzz with different activities wore adeserted look today as most of the athletes were busyparticipating in various events on the second day of thesporting extravaganza here. more...
Keshav, the child prodigy who endeared himself to millions of viewers through his spectacular jugalbandi with 1000-odd drummers at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. more...
Annie Samson New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) Keshav, the child prodigy whoendeared himself to millions of viewers through hisspectacular jugalbandi with 1000-odd drummers at the OpeningCeremony of the Commonwealth Games is just an ordinary sevenyear-old who is "happy" to be playing the tabla. more...
Flag snatching fiasco at the Commonwealth Games 2010The 2010 Commonwealth Games ceremony kicked off in New Delhi amid flag-bearing chaos as the Pakistan contingent was involved in a tussle. A near-capacity 60000 crowd saw the country's Chef-de-mission Mohammad Ali Shah, President of the Sindh Olympic Association and also the Sindh sports minister, carry the Pakistan flag instead of gold medalist weightlifter Shujauddin Malik. With Shah adamant on carrying the flag, Pakistan athletes and the official were involved in a tussle after which it was Shah, who bore Pakistan's flag during the opening ceremony. More here: tribune.com.pkFrom:etribuneViews:20253 6ratingsTime:03:53More inNews & Politics more...
History repeats itself, we have followed the Greeks in all senses. During the Olympics which were to be held by them there were initial hiccups and made people […] more...
London, Oct 4 (IANS) With a 'dazzling, colourful and high-octane' opening ceremony at the Commonwealth Games, India has opened its doors to the world, the British media said, comparing the event with the 2008 Beijing Olympics. more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) A day after the spectacularopening ceremony gave a new fillip to the Commonwealth Gamesafter its shambolic build-up, technical glitches overinformation about various disciplines continued to hog thelimelight. more...
Indian men have never won a medal in the Commonwealth Games since hockey was introduced in 1998 at Kuala Lumpur, where, incidentally, they registered their best performance -- a fourth-place finish. more...
"India has arrived" -- this summed up the international media comments on the dazzling opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi yesterday. more...
Students of Delhi Technological University have created "V.Shera" (Versatile Shera), the robotic version of the highly popular and lovable mascot of the XIXth Commonwealth Games.October 4, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- Delhi Technological University (DTU), f... Continue reading → more...
London/Melbourne, Oct 4 (PTI) "India has arrived" -- thissummed up the international media comments on the dazzlingopening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhiyesterday. more...
Common Wealth Games 2010 opening ceremony (CWG 2010):The Little Facts: About 1200 moving lights, 25 stacks of speakers and about 2700 shots of fireworks spread across the roof of the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium combined with a stage weighing 500 tonnes to create a spectacular opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games here today. The gigantic main stage, inspired by the ''mandala'', a sanskrit word for the geometric designs symbolic of the universe in Hinduism and Buddhism, which is one of the largest built for an opening and closing ceremony. The stage was built within seven days by about 500 workers. Weighing an approximately 500 tonnes. The stage is large enough to hold 500 people under it. The opening ceremony would have never been that spectacular had it not been for the lighting arrangements. 1200 moving lights, 120 space cannons and 16 follow spots weighing approximately 75 tonnes was what it took to enchant the about 60000 spectators. The 25 stacks of speakers produced 500000 Watts of sound. If one was impressed by the fireworks, it was because of the 2700 shots spread over 88 locations on the roof of the stadium. The crowd had erupted in joy as the firecrackers went up in air heralding the beginning of the Games. The entire system was supported by over 50 km of power cables that were used to provide constant power for the opening ceremony.From:MrsumanraoViews:2739 1ratingsTime:10:24More in more...
I enjoyed watching the spectacular show put together by the CWG organizers for its opening ceremony. The unity in diversity theme was depicted with colors and chaos. I tweeted […] more...
AS 7,000 dancers cavort with giant puppets beneath a vast balloon, the Commonwealth Games kick off yesterday in an explosion of noise and colour. more...
The Commonwealth Games opened on Sunday evening in New Delhi, India, amidst much controversy. Radio Canada described the grand Bollywood-style spectacle of the opening ceremony:After the athletes parade […] more...
As the Commonwealth Delhi Games 2010 kicked off amidst feverish support and patriotism, one of the loudest cheers from the sixty thousand strong crowd in the Jawahar Lal […] more...
With the non-availability of HD-enabled set top boxes of Doordarshan's direct-to-home services in the market, the over Rs 200-crore government funded high definition (HD) broadcast Commonwealth Games (CWG) is only benefiting the private DTH operators. more...
India reclaimed some of its lost pride with a vibrant opening ceremony to the 19th Commonwealth Games on Sunday after weeks of negative publicity about problems with the preparations. more...
Indians were left beaming with pride at what their country can deliver after the poor organisation leading up to the Commonwealth Games was briefly forgotten with a glittering opening ceremony on Sunday. more...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said it was indeed a proud moment for India to host the 19th edition of Commonwealth Games in the historic city of New Delhi. more...
Pakistani contingent was accorded a warm welcome by the cheering crowd when they marched into the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games held here on Sunday. more...
Hundreds of schoolchildren attired in the tricolour welcomed the Commonwealth Games 2010 to Delhi tonight at a glittering ceremony with ace singer Hariharan leading the performance. more...
AR Rahman had the 60,000 strong crowd at the glitzy Commonwealth Games opening ceremony up and dancing here today with his rendition of the theme song Jeeyo Utho Badho Jeeto. more...
NEW DELHI: The wait is finally over. The biggest Commonwealth Games so far was inaugurated by Prince Charles and President Pratibha Patil at the Jawaharlal […] more...
[cnn-video url="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/10/01/sidner.india.games.eyesore.cnn"] After harsh criticism and controversy, the 2010 Commonwealth Games began Sunday in New Delhi with a lavish opening ceremony. Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium gleamed with multi-colored lights as representatives […] more...
Horns, drums, children launch Commonwealth GamesAn enthusiastic crowd of 60,000 in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India, greets hundreds of performers at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.Source: […] more...
Hundreds of schoolchildren attired in the tricolour welcomed the Commonwealth Games 2010 to Delhi tonight at a glittering ceremony with ace singer Hariharan leading the performance. more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) Hundreds of schoolchildren attiredin the tricolour welcomed the Commonwealth Games 2010 to Delhitonight at a glittering ceremony with ace singer Hariharanleading the performance. more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) A plethora of musical instrumentstonight enthralled a capacity crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehrustadium during the opening ceremony of the 19th CommonwealthGames, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of India. more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) As the clock struck seven and beautiful fireworks lit the sky to signal the start of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, a huge helium balloon lifted up from the centre of the jampacked Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with colourful pupets dangling from it to welcome the spectators. more...
The initial ruckus has finally given way to a happy note with athletes giving thumbs up to the Commonwealth Games. Royal couple - Prince Charles and his wife […] more...
The initial ruckus has finally given way to a happy note with athletes giving thumbs up to the Commonwealth Games. Royal couple - Prince Charles and his wife […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) An almost impregnable securityblanket of about 7,500 security personnel, including commandosand helicopters, have been thrown over the grand JawaharlalNehru stadium, where the opening ceremony of the 19thCommonwealth Games will be held today. more...
With a hat-trick of podium finish in sight, Indian women's hockey team will seek to start their Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note against an unknown Scotland in their first Pool A match here on Monday. more...
Squash has been a poor cousin of other racquet sports in the country but with the in-form trio of Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal making waves internationally, India has a good chance of winning its first Commonwealth Games medal in the sport at the 2010 edition. more...
Australia today said it was sure that Delhi would deliver an "outstanding" Commonwealth Games and the "challenges" of the past few months would be forgotten. more...
A crucial link to the main Commonwealth Games venue ofJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the Central Secretariat-Sarita Vihar corridor today rolled out to the public just hours before the inauguration of […] more...
The stage is set, the preparations are complete and a nation waits with bated breath. Thousands of spectators from the world over will on Sunday flock to an […] more...
As the Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, India, the controversy over sub-standard accommodation and facilities for the participating nations continues to rage. Several weeks ago, visiting country delegates voiced […] more...
Just hours before the opening ceremony for the 19th Commonwealth Games, P Chidambaram today visited the Jawahralal Nehru stadium here to check the extensive security arrangements. more...
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Indian men Monday begin the campaign to defend their Commonwealth Games table tennis gold with an easy outing against minnows Vanuatu while women have their task cut out against New Zealand. more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) They have always come up withsomething special when representing the country and theIndian tennis players are expected to continue the traditionwhen the sport makes its debut at the Commonwealth Gamesstarting tomorrow. more...
Ever since its introduction in the Commonwealth Games in 1998, squash has been one of the low-profile events for India but the jinx could be broken this time when the Indian players hit the Siri Fort squash court tomorrow. more...
Finally, the D-day has arrived. Commonwealth games are here with us, after all those controversies, scams, pull-outs, television debates and what have you. Be that as it may, we, […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 3(ANI): Canada's hockey captain Ken Pereira, a player of Indian origin who will be team Canada's flag bearer at the Delhi Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony, has admitted that he is a bit amused by his identity crisis in India. more...
Sydney, Oct 3 (ANI): Defending Dani Samuels decision to withdraw from the Delhi Commonwealth Games, the coach of Australia's world discus champion, has described as 'misrepresentation and propaganda' in stories that have circulated in India since she withdrew from the Games. more...
A crucial link to the main Commonwealth Games venue of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - the Central Secretariat-Sarita Vihar corridor - rolled out to the public on Sunday, just […] more...
Commonwealth Games set to begin amid security lockdownOfficers on watch in New Delhi, 2 October 2010 The biggest ever Commonwealth Games are set to officially start amid heavy […] more...
Melbourne, Oct 3 (PTI) After days of agonising wait, starAustralian hockey player Jamie Dwyer finally received hisplaying kit which lost in transit in Singapore en route toDelhi for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Relegating all controversies surrounding its preparations to the background, the Capital is all set to play host to over 6,700 athletes and delegates from 71 countries who are here for the 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games that opens at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium this Sunday evening.While the build-up to the Games has been marred by missed deadlines, reports of shoddy construction works, allegations of corruption and mismanagement, the cleaning up of the Games Village in record time and the arrival of several thousand athletes and delegates to the city has raised expectations again about successful conduct of the Games. more...
The Public Works Department of the Delhi Government on Saturday completed all its 24 Commonwealth Games-related project with the opening of all the flyovers on the U.P. Link Road that would connect the Games Village with Noida, where some of the cycling events would be held. more...
Delhi-based designers Ashima and Leena Singh have designed 4,000 dresses for performing artistes who would feature during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here this Sunday and on October 14. more...
I have been part of the Indian team at quite a few multi-dis- cipline events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games and South Asian Federation Games. Now, add the Commonwealth Games to the l more...
On Saturday, the eve of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, tickets are still available. It is not as if there isn't a demand. The speed at which the ones priced Rs 5000 and Rs 1000 were sold off more...
Just what does it mean to be hosting the Commonwealth Games at a cost of Rs 70,000 crore here where till the other day the government was practising […] more...
The Commonwealth Games begin later today in Delhi, assuming all goes as planned. There's been enough muddling about the preparation that New Zealand teams almost stayed home, and […] more...
The capital of India, New Delhi is hosting the Nineteenth Commonwealth Games and if you are among those who are packing their bags, then do take the initiative […] more...
Officials accompanying the Commonwealth Games' Queen's Baton to Rajghat 'entered the samadhi precinct bearing the Baton wearing their shoes in gross violation of all standard rules, norms and protocol.' more...
Eminent Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev today alleged financial irregularities to the tune of Rs1 lakh crore in implemntation of Commonwealth Games projects. more...
The troubled Commonwealth Games start in Delhi tomorrow. Delhi's Chief of Police has assured journalists that the games will pass off peacefully - that the security measures in place […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (PTI) Commonwealth Games OrganisingCommittee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot today said sprintlegend P T Usha could not have been given invitation for theopening ceremony tomorrow as she figures among the Indiancontingent. more...
With Delhi all set to declare the Commonwealth Games (CWG) open, I think I should stop the India bashing and wish the country well. My love for India […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (PTI) Shooting and weightlifting havealways contributed in swelling India's medal tally at theCommonwealth Games and the players from the host nation wouldlook to better their record when they compete before the homecrowd in favourable conditions from Monday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) He has got the looks and, of course, the punches. Vijender Singh, who hit the headlines winning a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has a huge fan-following at the Commonwealth Games Village and, obviously, he is not complaining. more...
Karachi, Oct 2(ANI): Former Pakistani hockey player Samiullah has said that the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF)'s duty would not end by passing the buck to the players. more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) People going to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Sunday evening for the inauguration of the Commonwealth Games can use Delhi Metro's new Central Secretariat-Sarita Vihar line which will open about 12 hours ahead of the event, an official said. more...
Athletes and tourists at the Delhi Commonwealth Games will be protected by the Indian army, police - and monkeys. The black-faced langurs are deployed at sporting venues to chase […] more...
After reading this article on the telegraph website today the Commonwealth Games in Delhi still looks to be in crisis a day before the Opening Ceremony is due to take […] more...
The 19th Commonwealth Games opens tomorrow in New Delhi, with more than 70 nations fielding a team. The Commonwealth Games takes place every four years and is the […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 2(ANI): England's chef de mission Craig Hunter reckons that India would be a real force to be reckoned with during the Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
Delhi MetroDelhi Metro's Central Secretariat- Badarpur corridor, which provides connectivity to the main Commonwealth Games venue, is likely to be operational just hours before the event […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 2(ANI): The New Zealand team's 'unmasked' Delhi Commonwealth Games accommodation tower at the athletes' village has made the earlier reports of "unlivable" conditions hard to fathom. more...
COMMONWEALTH GAMES INDIA 2010The Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi between Oct 3 and Oct 14, 2010. The games will be the largest multi sport event […] more...
nstead of feeling offended after he was frisked by securitymen at the Commonwealth Games Village here on Friday, Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib said it was “good thing“ that Indian authorities more...
If you thought that everything was fine at all the venues for the Commonwealth Games with just a couple of days to go for the event, then you're wrong. Some mem- bers of the Games Work force along wit more...
It's Saturday, the day before the opening of 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi, India from 3rd to 14th October 2010. Today is the eve […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Despite being frisked at the Commonwealth Games Village Friday, Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib, instead of making a fuss, praised the strict security measures in place. more...
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games beginning Sunday will be biggest ever with 6,700 athletes and officials participating, the organisers announced Friday. more...
Mascot Shera does not seem to worry yet... India does not take part to the Football World Cup, and is not really much involved in Winter Olympics. Indeed, India’s […] more...
"India’s preparations for the 72-nation Commonwealth games, which are scheduled to open in Delhi on October 3rd, have not won favourable reviews. “Commonfilth”, was one of the kinder […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) A controversy-marred build-up toCommonwealth Games notwithstanding, Indian cyclists are hopingto make it big in the upcoming quadrennial mega-event. more...
Commonwealth Games chief Mike Fennell has criticised Delhi's organisers for failing to heed warnings over preparations for the 2010 event. The Games, which open on Sunday, have been […] more...
With the start of the Commonwealth Games beginning Sunday, India will be look at on a giant microscope to see if the games will be as flawed as […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Indian Army has built in record time a footbridge near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and handed it over to the Commonwealth Games organisers, an official said Friday. more...
Prasar Bharati Corporation ( PBC) , owners of Doordarshan (DD) the official broadcaster of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) has moved Delhi High Court apprehending ''indiscriminate'' use of CWG […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 1(ANI): New Zealand's Commonwealth Games team boss Dave Currie has confirmed that the Delhi Commonwealth Games would be his last as chef de mission. more...
The tight security at the Games Village forced Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib to walk to the residential complex of his country's athletes as he could not take his official vehicle into the premises because it did not have the necessary accreditation. more...
The fortified Games village in New Delhi failed to gain the confidence of New Zealand tennis player Ellen Barry as she became the latest to pull out of the Commonwealth Games citing security concerns. more...
Wellington, Oct 1 (PTI) The fortified Games village inNew Delhi failed to gain the confidence of New Zealand tennisplayer Ellen Barry as she became the latest to pull out of theCommonwealth Games citing security concerns. more...
Bringing heavy duty equipment and expert staff, top five-star hotel chains, including the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, are helping in the last-minute massive clean-up drive at the Commonwealth Games Village, officials said. more...
ickets for the opening ceremony are being sold by the organisers of the Commonwealth Games for as much as Rs 50,000 a pop. But when it comes to the welfare of the over 3000 artistes per- forming at th more...
The build-up to the series has- n't been as feverish as an India- Australia encounter normally causes. But that has a lot to do with the Commonwealth Games and the Pakistan cricketing saga which has h more...
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathisuffered a rare defeat together as they made a shockfirst-round exit from Thailand Open, the only ATP tournamentthey played together ahead of the Commonwealth Games. more...
As the countdown to the Commonwealth Games moved into its final three days, athletes continued to flood into a heavily guarded Indian capital as the host of problems surrounding the event showed signs of easing. more...
Not so much a Commonwealth Games themed post today, mainly as I haven't really seen or heard anything new. The "Queen's Baton" (the Olympic torch but not as good […] more...
Acclaimed writer Salman Rushdie has ridiculed the Commonwealth Games as a "great humiliation" for India and suggested that OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot be "severely spanked" for his much-criticised comments on hygiene standards. more...
India's weaknesses in staging multi-discipline sports events stood exposed during the crisis-hit run-up to the Commonwealth Games but Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has still not lost hope of bringing the Olympics to the country. more...
Naxalite separatist militants will be targetting foreign nationals and athletes in next week’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi – according to TOP SECRET documents leaked to PKKH from […] more...
India's weaknesses in staging multi-discipline sports events stood exposed during the crisis-hit run-up to the Commonwealth Games but Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has still not lost hope of bringing the Olympics to the country. Kalmadi, who was speaking at the Global Sports Summit "Turf 2010" organised by FICCI, said organising good a Commonwealth Games would help the country organise the Olympics also. more...
India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he and his teammates will keenly follow the progress of their compatriots at the Commonwealth Games. more...
Special artwork has been created by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor to welcome visitors during the Commonwealth Games. more...
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) is also gearing up for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and has increased manpower at stations to ensure smooth movement of commuters from October 3-14. more...
After being put off by all the mess about the Commonwealth Games, Delhiites now seem to be getting into a 'lets do it' spirit with a whopping 74 per cent respondents expecting Delhi to be a better place to live after the Games. more...
With only a couple of days left for the grand start of Commonwealth Games (CWG), UT administration is prepared to welcome the sports tourists. The administration and private operators in the hospitality sector have laid out lucrative discounts on room rents and menu. The tourism department has elaborated plans to hold regular cultural evenings at Sector-17 Piazza. more...
To expedite the process of installing accreditation card readers at all the entry gates to the Commonwealth Games venues, a team of Delhi Police officers visited the OC office inside the Village late on Tuesday night to collect data of all the people who have been given accreditation cards. The data is being given to ECIL so that it could be fed into card readers that will monitor entry and exit of people. more...
It's a race against time for the Commonwealth Games organising committee (OC) and Swiss Timing, the international firm chosen to install the timing scoring result (TSR). The deadline for TSR installation is Friday and sources said most venues are yet to get the required equipment. more...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Commonwealth Games project has bred corruption and is meant for public purpose only till October 14 — the closing day of the Games — after which “everything” will be used for “private purpose”. more...
In a veiled reference to the unfinished works at the Commonwealth Games venues, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the fact that some of the works to be done by other agencies had not been done had put an “extra burden” upon the security system. more...
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has taken a host of measures to provide easy access and comfortable travelling to commuters during the Commonwealth Games. more...
There were two main reasons why Bonnie Mugabe went unnoticed during the Commonwealth Games Chef de Mission Conclave earlier this year in Delhi. more...
: Nippy Pakistan hockey forward Rehan Butt on Wednesday expressed confi- dence in his team's strength for the Commonwealth Games.“We have done our training well and I am confident of the team's su more...
: Finally, each official concerned with the much- maligned Commonwealth Games heaved a sigh of relief as Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit on Wednesday officially declared the Games Village ready. Hav more...
To thwart attacks by monkeys and hungry animals, India has deployed 100,000 security guards and 38 monkeys to secure venues in New Delhi ahead of the start of […] more...
The foot overbridge outside main Commonwealth Games venue Jawaharlal Nehru stadium was made ready by the army today, eight days after it collapsed causing a major embarrassment to the country. more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) The foot overbridge outside mainCommonwealth Games venue Jawaharlal Nehru stadium was madeready by the Army today, eight days after it collapsed causinga major embarrassment to the country. more...
Well, so much for posting every day... But it was a busy one yesterday. We all got our accreditation cards and uniforms. It wasn't exactly the most well […] more...
'There is huge corruption in the Commonwealth Games. But the Central government is trying to hide the issue instead of taking it seriously,' CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said. more...
Pakistan high commissioner Shahid Malik, who visited the Commonwealth Games village yesterday, had expressed satisfaction over the facilities and said that the Pakistan athletes would be staying there. more...
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar on Wednesday reviewed the facilities at the Commonwealth Games Village and expressed satisfaction at the progress made in works. more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Life has turned full circle for Akhil Kumar. Four years ago in Melbourne, he was only the second Indian boxer to win gold in the Commonwealth Games, and many believe that his feat inspired India's string of recent success in the sport, including Vijender's Olympic bronze. more...
One of the most amazingly directed Cinema of recent years has been Peepli [Live]. Pure Aamir Khan style dedication is what exactly the subject demanded. And without a […] more...
- After all the recent controversies over hygiene and cleanliness issues at the CWG Games Village, ANI reports say Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Lalit […] more...
Joining the long list of star pullouts from the Delhi Commonwealth Games, South Africa's 800m world champion Caster Semenya on Wednesday withdrew from the event citing a back injury. more...
Canberra, Sept 29 (ANI): After a fresh alert was issued saying there is a "high risk of a terrorist attack" at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the advice is based on "factual assessment" and is not meant to criticise the Indian government or its people. more...
Canberra, Sept 29 (ANI): The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs has released a fresh alert saying there is a "high risk of terrorist attack" at the Delhi Common Wealth Games, which are scheduled to start from October 3. more...
With nearly 100,000 police guarding the Commonwealth Games in India's capital, the biggest threat will be attacks on soft targets, from bombs in markets to a shooting of a tourist on a crowded street. more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) There is nothing quite like having the sun on the back to lift the mood, especially after experiencing unprecedented rains that all but swept the Commonwealth Games down the Yamuna. more...
Two hundred strong Delhi Government doctors and nurses are on war path, doing dharna and shouting slogans against the Organizing Committee of Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 for denying […] more...
You read it here first! The Conmanwealth Games 2010 in Delhi is disgraced before it starts. India is a place of extremes and we find ourselves laughing at […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Bringing heavy duty equipment and expert staff, top five-star hotel chains, including the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, are helping in the last-minute massive clean-up drive at the Commonwealth Games Village, officials said. more...
Joining the long list of star pullouts from the Delhi Commonwealth Games, South Africa's 800m world champion Caster Semenya today withdrew from the event citing a back injury. more...
Johannesburg, Sep 29 (PTI) Joining the long list of starpullouts from the Delhi Commonwealth Games, South Africa's800m world champion Caster Semenya today withdrew from theevent citing a back injury. more...
As the Commonwealth Games begins, the media circus making a mockery of it is about to reach a crescendo. It seems almost impossible to listen to critical voices […] more...
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram dropped in at the Delhi Police headquarters here on Tuesday to take stock of the security arrangements for the Commonwealth Games scheduled to kick off on October 3. more...
Beijing is not getting drawn into the chorus of critical comparisons between the Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Olympics. At a media briefing on Tuesday, a foreign journalist asked what was Beijing's more...
China on Tuesday backed India`s ability to conduct the Commonwealth Games successfully saying that the Indian government has made "great efforts" to host them. more...
HI Isle DAncers, I'm currently in Glasgow on second week of rehearsals (BOOTCAMP!) in preparation for the Delhi Commonwealth Games handover ceremony to Glasgow. We've been working really hard, […] more...
The family of the Indian tennis star Sania Mirza today dismissed as rumours the buzz that she may not stay at the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi. more...
The Delhi high court today asked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee to preserve all documents pertaining to the Queen's Baton Relay on a plea by suspended official M Jeychandren seeking appointment of a local commissioner to examine the relevant papers relating to the sports event. more...
An estimated 40,000 women from India's northeast were recruited by various escort services for the Commonwealth Games, sparking fears that a vast majority of the women could be engaged in a prostitution racket in New Delhi during the 12-day mega event, rights groups and a minister said here Tuesday. more...
Dances, drums, music, yoga, textiles...The sights, sounds and colours of India, encapsulating 5,000 years of the country's culture, are set to mesmerise at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) opening ceremony Oct 3 and the creative team behind it says they are ready and waiting! more...
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3023099.htm http://www.abc.net.au/iview/?series=2810604#/view/646211 I have just been sent this link from ABC Australia's Media Watch which exposes the report by Channel 7 on Delhi CWG's security weakness. Channel 7 journalist reported that […] more...
[caption id="attachment_26272" align="alignright" width="112" caption="Monkey Business"][/caption] Holy crap, New Delhi officials at this years Commonwealth Games have called in the big guns to cope with major security issues. Yes, […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) The family of the Indian tennisstar Sania Mirza today dismissed as rumours the buzz that shemay not stay at the Commonwealth Games Village here. more...
Over 15 lakh people used the Delhi Metro in a day to escape the huge traffic snarls on key roads with some fast lanes dedicated to the movement of Commonwealth Games athletes and in view of fewer and overcrowded buses, an official said Tuesday. more...
Ahead of Commonwealth Games, the city was on Tuesday brought under a heavy security blanket to defend it against any aerial threat like rogue aircraft, microlights or balloons. more...
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Around 600 combat engineers of the Indian Army, working on war footing for a little over four days, have managed to rebuild a footbridge near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium -- days after it collapsed causing embarrassment ahead of the showpiece Commonwealth Games. more...
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is gearing up to open two new Metro lines Central Secretariat to Badarpur and Airport Express Line by the end of this month. On Monday, train trial runs on the Badarpur line were extended till the Sarita Vihar train depot. more...
Having failed on all fronts, the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee (OC) and the Delhi Police decided to pull out all stops to at least make the opening and closing ceremonies a grand event. But here, too, there’s a hitch. more...
Naxalite separatist militants will be targetting foreign nationals and athletes in next week's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi - according to TOP SECRET documents leaked to PKKH […] more...
Siyast Aur Pakistan Naxalite separatist militants will be targetting foreign nationals and athletes in next week's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi - according to TOP SECRET documents […] more...
NEW DELHI: A vocal critic of the Commonwealth Games, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday left the Capital, saying he will be "hell out […] more...
CWG suffered lot critic from Indian community as well as from other countries. It seems to be a best example of mismanagement. Media and entertainment channels have spread […] more...
It seems like paul the octopus (who predicted the FIFA world cup results correctly) is in high demand once again. New delhi seeks his services badly to know […] more...
With less than a week left for the Commonwealth Games, Harris Mbulelo Majeke, South African High Commissioner to India on Monday, said that he is optimistic that India would host a memorable Commonwealth Games. more...
The crisis-hit Commonwealth Games has got support from an un expected quarter in Australia's hockey coach Ric Charlesworth, who said controversies are not new in multisport events. more...
? Wales and Scotland to send teams to Delhi? Commonwealth Games given 48 hours to save itself? Owen Gibson: India tries to save reputation with 10 days to […] more...
ALTHOUGH NEGATIVE counting has begun for the grand event, the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010, bizarre events are still unfolding, adding new twist and drama to the event. In the latest twist, one of the senior most officials linked with the hosting of the games, Mike Hooper, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the games fired salvo on the Organising Committee, the Government of India, the government of Delhi for the widespread mess up and lacunae in the run of to the games. more...
After missing several deadlines, the crucial Barapullah Nallah elevated road, linking the Commonwealth Games Village in east Delhi with the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium was finally inaugurated today. The four-km-long […] more...
My column , Dev 360, in The Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle (Sep 28th, 2010 ) http://www.asianage.com/columnists/sensex-aur-shauchalaya-911http://www.deccanchronicle.com/op-ed/sensex-aur-shauchalaya-915 We can thank Commonwealth Games organising committee general-secretary Lalit Bhanot for placing toilets […] more...
TOI reports: Michael Hooper, CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation who has been in Delhi for the past several years, has been living it up royally even as the […] more...
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit seems to have decided to take on Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) CEO Mike Hooper. A day after he demanded that the Games lane restrictions be implemented for 24 hours, blaming traffic snarls in the city on India’s vast population, the CM hit back saying the remarks were “very unkind and undiplomatic”. more...
To prevent the flow of narcotics in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games when a large numbers of foreigners are expected, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has decided to seek the help of agencies like the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Customs. The NCB's Delhi unit and headquarters at a recent meeting with the heads of other agencies, mooted steps to prevent peddlers from selling narcotics like heroin and cocaine to foreign tourists. more...
Michael Hooper, CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation who has been in Delhi for the past several years, has been living it up royally even as the Games preparations were floundering. more...
India’s only Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Monday flew down from Pune to join the Indian shooting squad for the Commonwealth Games, but did not check into the Games Village despite completing all formalities. more...
It will be a different experience altogether for Indian gymnasts when they perform in front of the home crowd and perhaps the biggest ever challenge. more...
England Commonwealth Games athletes and officials have been banned from wearing Team England clothes outside of Games venues in New Delhi, as intelligence officials warn of increased kidnapping risks to Britons, Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians in the Indian city. more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 : Expressing unhappiness over the state of residential facilities for their athletes, diplomats from Africa's Commonwealth nations are to visit the Games Village for […] more...
There has been enough written, enough read, enough said and more than enough shown about the Commonwealth Games to held in Delhi, October 2010. They have thrown out […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Union Home Secretary G K Pillaitoday held a meeting to review the preparedness of securityagencies for the Commonwealth Games. more...
If River Yamuna doesn’t over run Delhi and the rain Gods to whom our ex Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar praying to answers or not the 19th Common […] more...
I feel it is time to stop the skepticism on the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Actually, the global media has a habit of anticipating and blowing the lid out […] more...
By Yasser Latif Hamdani (Published in the Daily Times on 27 September 2010)The pictures that have emerged from the Athletes Village at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi have […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Among the first to check in themuch-criticised Commonwealth Games Village, Indianweightlifting contingent today gave thumbs up to thefacilities there, saying that they are satisfied with thesecurity and cleanliness in the sprawling campus. more...
I AM sorry readers; I was among the first, who started writing about negativism around the Commonwealth Games. Now I feel it is time to stop the skepticism […] more...
The first photos of the accommodation for athletes at the Commonwealth Games in India have emerged. One shows a filthy leaking toilet, another a stained and dirty shower […] more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Monday claimed that all major problems in the much-criticised Athletes Village have been sorted out and a majority of the flats were ready to be occupied. more...
Indian workers raced to finish preparations Monday for the Commonwealth Games as hundreds of athletes and team officials arrived in New Delhi. The city's chief minister said she was confident they would complete the job ahead of the event's opening Sunday. more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) The Delhi Government todayappeared to blame the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) forthe mess surrounding the Commonwealth Games Village and thecapital's developer also came under scathing attack at ameeting convened by the Cabinet Secretary last night. more...
The problems at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi demonstrate the importance of delivering some projects on time. Some projects on time? Surely all projects should be delivered on time, […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Scotland athletes, who moved into the Commonwealth Games village in Delhi on Sunday, described the village as a "pleasant surprise" in stark contrast to the dirty beds, flooded rooms and unusable toilets that made the team consider pulling out more...
New Delhi, Sept.27 (ANI): New Zealand support staff's move into the Commonwealth Games village is being seen as a sign that progress is being made in getting the athletes' accommodation ready before the event that takes off on October 3 and lasts till October 14. more...
Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Rubbishing security concerns over Australia's warnings that its citizens in Delhi should not fly national flags, Australian Commonwealth Games Federation chief Perry Crosswhite has said the Games venues are secure and there would be no issue there. more...
What Im reading:Top Delhi Commonwealth Games CWG 2010 VideosView these best Delhi commonwealth games CWG 2010 promos, theme songs, official videos and learn more about Incredible India. The […] more...
“The Commonwealth Games and the Indian Reality” David Robinson International sport is often said to be about far more than the competition, promoting intercultural understanding, friendship […] more...
Amid negative publicity for the Commonwealth Games, the Organising Committee is facing a massive shortfall in meeting its revenue target. Till date, only Rs 335 crore has come to the OC's kitty against the target of Rs 1,620 crore from various sources, including sponsorship, ticket sale, merchandise and broadcast rights. While the OC has received Rs 137 crore as sponsorship money, it has got Rs 185 crore for TV rights so far. more...
Even criminals in Delhi seem to be cashing in on the Commonwealth Games. In two separate cases of robbery reported from north and southwest Delhi on Saturday night, robbers posing as Delhi Police personnel looted two men of cash and gold jewellery worth several lakh rupees. In both cases, these robbers pretended to be part of the amplified security measures in operation due to the Commonwealth Games. more...
Even criminals in Delhi seem to be cashing in on the Commonwealth Games. In two separate cases of robbery reported from north and southwest Delhi on Saturday night, robbers posing as Delhi Police personnel looted two men of cash and gold jewellery worth several lakh rupees. In both cases, these robbers pretended to be part of the amplified security measures in operation due to the Commonwealth Games. more...
re all this fuss over the state of the delhi games sitecoming as it does/ did in the midst of continuing controversy over the legacy of the world […] more...
re all this fuss over the state of the delhi games sitecoming as it does/ did in the midst of continuing controversy over the legace of the world […] more...
Over 6,000 people, including some members of Indian cycling team for the Commonwealth Games, participated in the `Indian Cyclothon`in Chandigarh on Sunday. more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday inaugurated a state-of-the-art sports injury centre at Safdarjung Hospital here for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.The Rs.70-crore centre, equipped […] more...
[caption id="attachment_7562" align="aligncenter" width="295" caption="Sheila Dikshit"][/caption] CWG setbacks: Snake found in Games Village, athletes pull outNDTV Correspondent, Updated: September 26, 2010 22:54 IST New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games will […] more...
NEW DELHI — Two more Australian athletes withdrew Sunday and a South African competitor reportedly found a snake in his room as complaints over cleanliness, security and construction […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Diplomats of Africa's Commonwealth nations Sunday said there was some improvement in the facilities for their players in the Commonwealth Games Village, but they will take a final decision on their teams' full-strength arrival only after another inspection Monday evening. more...
The 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games are a mess.Bridges are collapsing all over the place. The Games Village is a stinky public potty as highlighted so aptly by BBC […] more...
Taking a U-turn, CGF CEO Mike Hooper owned up the responsibility for the mess around the Commonwealth Games after blaming India's central and state governments for all the problems. more...
Amid a spate of allegations of corruption surrounding the upcoming Commonwealth Games, a leading industry lobby Sunday demanded a separate law to deal with corruption in sports. more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) A "complete review" of thesecurity preparedness for the Commonwealth Games was held herethis evening by Union Home Secretary G K Pillai who expressedsatisfaction at the arrangements made for the sporting event. more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Sunday met senior Delhi Police officers to review the security preparedness for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
The Rs70-crore centre, equipped with the latest facilities, will cater to sports persons during the Games. It will be open to the public after the Games. more...
A group of around 20 support staff will be the first occupants of the accommodation to ensure that conditions continue to be on track for 48 athletes. more...
The Centre aims to provide world class treatment for sport-related injuries to sportspersons of the country besides catering to the needs of the participants of the Commonwealth Games. more...
London, Sept 26 (ANI): Olympic stars have reportedly backed British athletes' decision to go to India for the Commonwealth Games despite concerns over the poor facilities. more...
Two police stations - one in the Athletes' Village and other in Paharganj - will cater to sportspersons and tourists arriving in the capital for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Residents of Delhi will have to pay a huge price for the development work carried out for the Commonwealth Games, claims a study conducted by an NGO. more...
by Finian CunninghamFeatured WriterDandelion Saladfinian.cunningham@yahoo.com25 September, 2010 As the Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, India, the controversy over sub-standard accommodation and facilities for the participating nations continues to rage. Several weeks […] more...
India’s bid document in 2003 for the CWG estimated the cost of hosting the event at Rs18.99 billion. After several revisions the estimates now range from an official figure […] more...
The controversy surrounding accommoda- tion at the Commonwealth Games Village refuses to die. After the thumbs down from countries like New Zealand and Australia, Saturday saw numerous African and Asi more...
I: With barely a week left for the Commonwealth Games, the deputy director general of Press Operations, Manish Kumar, has been shift- ed to environment functional area. With some 600 interna- tional m more...
The controversy-hit 19th Commonwealth Games here Oct 3-14 are finally on the home stretch, despite some more pullouts by star athletes, and Australia, which hosted the previous edition, […] more...
Delhi Metro’s two remaining sections Airport Express Line and Central Secretariat to Badarpur will be opened for public use next week. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is in the process of getting the mandatory certification from Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS). The two lines will become operational soon, marking the completion of Phase II of Delhi Metro construction. Two stations on the Airport Express Line, however, will not open before the Commonwealth Games. more...
Doctors and paramedics are upset with the facilities provided to them at Games venues. With medical staff posted full time at various venues, doctors say they are neither allowed to carry food inside nor are they provided meals. The state health department says they have taken up the matter with OC. more...
Amid all the gloom and doom, here’s a piece of good news the OC has finally got the video of Delhi Games 2010 theme song by A R Rahman out. The video, which didn’t get an official launch in the midst of the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games Village, showcases a much peppier version of the theme song, Swagatham. more...
The Delhi government has requestedthe Army to construct a bailey bridge in place of the foot-over bridge that had collapsed on Tuesday outside the mainCommonwealth Games venue of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell has rubbished CWG Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot's view that the other nations' standard of hygiene is different from that of India. more...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper on Saturday said that only a small number of athletes have withdrawn themselves from the Games. more...
Taking a cue from the Commonwealth Games, a sports theme based shopping festival - 'Shilpotsav-2010' - will be held here Oct 22-31 to attract tourists staying back after the Games. more...
New Delhi, Sep. 25 (ANI): The Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper on Saturday said that only a small number of athletes have withdrawn themselves from the Games. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation President Mike Fennell on Saturday said that he was satisfied with the preparations in the athletes village, adding that it is a far cry from the unsatisfactory situation earlier. more...
New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) After becoming a rage during theFIFA World Cup in South Africa, Vuvuzelas are now set to maketheir presence felt in the Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
The Commonwealth Games, Delhi, 2010. After much of chaos, controversy, speculation and deliberation it is going to be held, yes it will be. A total damage of Rs.85,000 […] more...
Good news for the Commonwealth Games finally came on Friday with the first athletes arriving in Delhi from England. It has been a difficult week for the games, […] more...
The news media in India and specifically in Delhi has become increasingly critical of the Commonwealth Games (CWG). Most of the sport related issues centre on the withdrawal […] more...
NEW DELHI: Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell on Friday inspected the Commonwealth Games Village and said "considerable improvements" have been made there even as embattled organisers continued their sprint against time to complete preparations for the October 3-14 event. more...
THE NAME was ‘British Empire Games’, when it was held for the first time in 1930. This multi-sport international event has been held once in four years. The […] more...
THE NAME was ‘British Empire Games’, when it was held for the first time in 1930. This multi-sport international event has been held once in four years. The […] more...
PKKH EXCLUSIVE Naxalite separatist militants will be targetting foreign nationals and athletes in next week’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi – according to TOP SECRET documents leaked to PKKH […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell said Saturday that 'damage' has been done to India's image and hoped that lessons have been 'learnt' from the controversies surrounding the Oct 3-14 Games preparations. more...
Celebrating the spirit of Commonwealth Games 2010, Coca-Cola India Friday announced its partnership with the Delhi Tourism in jointly organising one of the country's biggest ever cultural extravaganza - "Delhi Celebrates". more...
Toronto, Sep 25 (IANS) Lashing out at nations, particularly Australia, New Zealand, Canada and England, for criticizing India for its handling of the Commonwealth Games, Commerce Industry Minister Anand Sharma Friday warned that they may have a price to pay in terms of business opportunities in the emerging economy. more...
There’s good news for the city. Delhi Metro’s two remaining sections — Airport Express Line and Central Secretariat to Badarpur — will be opened for public use next week. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is in the process of getting the mandatory certification from Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS). more...
With India’s preparedness for Commonwealth Games coming under intense international scrutiny and the organisers trying to finish work after long-past deadlines, Congress is worried over the image deficit it may cause the party and the government. more...
While Scotland gave the green light yesterday for their athletes to travel out to the Commonwealth Games, English officials in Delhi warned that "more and swift action" was required to make the athletes' village fit for habitation. more...
It was another day of frenetic activity at the Commonwealth Games Village as top-ranking officials continued to drop in for inspections throughout Friday. Early on a sunny day, at 8:50 am, OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi and vice chairman Randhir Singh entered, and along with CGF president Mike Fennell, more...
Entering the Main Press Centre for the Commonwealth Games was a breath of fresh air. The site will be the nerve-centre and second home for over 2000 print, online and broadcast journalists who are expected to cover the event. Walking into the centre on a warm Friday afternoon, a rarity these days, more...
India's industry minister is lashing out at critics of his country's readiness to host the Commonwealth Games, warning potential trade partners to treat the emerging economic powerhouse with "respect." more...
The Commonwealth Games is losing its backbone.All events of this magnitude are powered by the services pro- vided by volunteers, from pro- viding information, to liaising between teams and organis more...
Entering the Main Press Centre for the Commonwealth Games was a breath of fresh air. The site will be the nerve-centre and second home for over 2000 print, online and broadcast journalists who are exp more...
t was another day of frenetic activity at the Commonwealth Games Village as top-ranking officials contin- ued to drop in for inspections throughout Friday. Early on a sunny day, at 8:50am, OC chair- m more...
NEW DELHI (AP) The first foreign competitors arrived Friday for the troubled Commonwealth Games, where frantic last-minute work by an army of cleaners was said to be paying off with improved conditions at the fetid athletes' village. more...
Doordarshan, which holds the broadcasting rights to the Games, is learnt to have held meetings with TAM Sports in Delhi on Friday on how the telecast can be monitored during the Games. more...
The government on Tuesday faced embarrassment when the under-construction foot overbridge collapsed injuring 27 people outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games. more...
The government on Tuesday faced embarrassment when the under-construction foot overbridge collapsed injuring 27 people outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Australian Commonwealth Games Chief, Perry Crosswhite, indicated here today that the Australian contingent would be ready to move into the Games Village on September 27. more...
The four-kilometre-long corridor will now be exclusively used for ferrying Commonwealth Games participants from the athletes' village near Akshardham temple to the main venue more...
Gill, who had come with a file, sought permission at the fag end of the meeting to give a presentation on the preparations for the mega sporting event that will take place here from October 3 to 14, sources said. more...
The first batch of athletes arrived in India for the Commonwealth Games on Friday, opting to stay at a hotel instead of unfinished, filthy accommodation as the future of the showcase event hung in the balance. more...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The controversy-hit 19th Commonwealth Games here Oct 3-14 are finally on the home stretch, despite some more pullouts by star athletes, and Australia, which hosted the previous edition, even questioning why the Games are being held in India. more...
The first batch of athletes arrived in India for the Commonwealth Games on Friday, opting to stay at a hotel instead of unfinished, filthy accommodation as the future of the showcase event still hung in the balance. more...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Celebrating the spirit of Commonwealth Games 2010, Coca-Cola India Friday announced its partnership with the Delhi Tourism in jointly organising one of the country's biggest ever cultural extravaganza - 'Delhi Celebrates'. more...
New Delhi, Sep. 24 (ANI): Australian Commonwealth Games Chief, Perry Crosswhite, indicated here today that the Australian contingent would be ready to move into the Games Village on September 27. more...
New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) With advertisers hard to come by,oil PSUs have been roped in to bailout public broadcasterDoordarshan - the official telecaster of the 12-dayCommonwealth Games. more...
Former world champion road cyclist Greg Henderson became the first selected New Zealand athlete to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games, saying there are "too many risks" in going to Delhi for the troubled event. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell today inspected the Commonwealth Games village here and said "considerable improvements" have been made there. more...
The Commonwealth games are played every four years amidst nations who historically were a part of the Imperial British Empire. Today to be a part of the Commonwealth […] more...
London, Sep 24 (PTI) England have committed participationin the Commonwealth Games but the first batch of athletes whowould land in Delhi today would put up at hotels instead ofthe Games' Village as it would be "several days" before theirliving quarters are ready. more...
Wellington, Sep 24 (PTI) They have already delayed thedeparture to Delhi and it would be another 24 hours before NewZealand take a final call on whether to participate in thetroubled Commonwealth Games or become the first country topull out altogether. more...
Melbourne, Sep 24 (PTI) Former world champion roadcyclist Greg Henderson today became the first selected NewZealand athlete to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games,saying there are "too many risks" in going to Delhi for thetroubled event. more...
New Zealand will decide within 24 hours whether it will attend the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, though its team manager Dave Currie says last minute attempts to bring facilities up to scratch were "like trying to stop the Titanic." more...
A joke doing the rounds says that Kalmadi tried, in despair, to hang himself from a ceiling fan but the ceiling collapsed. We can do nothing right. Corruption and inefficiency have come to symbolise the organisation of the Commonwealth Games, in the popular imagination . more...
In some of the most disgusting stories about the Delhi Games, one is about a two year old being run over by a truck--bringing the total number of […] more...
An eleventh hour rescue by a Kiwi cleaning company could save a possible threat of New Zealand's team's withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.September 24, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- An eleventh hour rescue by a Kiwi cleaning company could s... Continue reading → more...
The New Zealand team will delay its departure for the Commonwealth Games by at least two days because of the "tremendously disappointing" state of the athletes' village in New Delhi, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) said on Thursday. more...
With just 10 days to go for the Delhi Commonwealth Games and many countries expressing strong concern about securi- ty and hygiene, there's an Australian team in another part of the country which has more...
At the Games Village on Thursday evening, Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) chief Perry Crosswhite said that conditions at the venue were acceptable now, with the Australian athletes sc more...
England committed to the troubled Commonwealth Games on Thursday after all 17 member sports agreed to go amid signs of improvement on the ground in India. more...
Seeking to inject a sense of urgency, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called sports minister MS Gill and urban development minister Jaipal Reddy for a review of the Commonwealth Games alongwith Shiela Dikshit. more...
-England boss admits competition is 'on a knife-edge'-Scotland team confirms it has delayed its departure to Delhi-Countries worried by 'unsafe and unfit for human habitation'-Australian film crew enter […] more...
The political lords and the bureaucrat herds need ONE TIGHT SLAP.How dare they make me hang my head in shame and be humiliated in the eyes of the […] more...
The application, filed by advocate Ajay K Agrawal, sought a direction to the Centre to defer the Games for at least one month with an aim to save the country "from national shame". more...
That the Commonwealth Games mess is a national shame has been commented upon by every newspaper and television channel. But even as the media lambasts Suresh Kalmadi (who […] more...
THE Commonwealth Games were “on a knife edge” yesterday as it emerged the crumbling stadiums have been built by children. Tots as young as three were drafted in to […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The first batch of Indian athletes Thursday checked into the Commonwealth Games Village which has come in for severe criticism after many nations said the conditions were 'filthy and unliveable.' more...
Photo credit: NYT. Cross-posted today on The Huffington Post: NEW DELHI -- Last Sunday at 11:10am, two men opened fire on the steps of my favorite site in New Delhi: Jama Masjid, […] more...
Delhi is not the first host of a major sporting event to come under intense scrutiny in the build-up to the opening ceremony and the start of competition. more...
However the Games turn out, Delhi has failed. It has failed to put on an effortless show of false glamor. It has failed to muzzle its muckraking press. It […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Three of the four labourers, who were critically injured when an under-construction foot overbridge collapsed near the main venue of the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday, are still critical, while another has shown improvement, doctors said Thursday. more...
Chandigarh, Sep 23 (PTI) At a time when internationalathletes are worried about their security in India during theCommonwealth Games, the visiting Australian cricket team todaygave thumbs up to the security arrangements for their touragainst the hosts. more...
New Zealand has joined Scotland and Canada in delaying their arrival in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games, as organisers struggle to provide suitable athlete accommodation in time for the multi-sport event. more...
AS THE run up to the preparation for the Commonwealth Games take an ugly turn with every other structure falling apart, the Games fiasco has got the authorities […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The negative publicity of the Commonwealth Games has pained some of the top Indian athletes, who are now keeping their fingers crossed for the successful hosting of the Games beginning here Oct 3. more...
London, Sep 23 (IANS) From raising issues of child labour to pointing to the 'agonisingly inefficient infrastructure', the British media Thursday launched a scathing attack on the poor preparedness for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) that will begin in New Delhi Oct 3. more...
Wellington, Sep 23 (PTI) In an unusual move, the NewZealand contingent for the Commonwealth Games might baseitself in Singapore till the athletes village, which wasdubbed as "filthy and uninhabitable", is made fully ready forthe teams to move in. more...
Melbourne, Sep 23 (PTI) Some of the world's top athleteshave either pulled out or having second thoughts aboutcompeting in the Delhi Commonwealth Games but the Australianswimming team and hurdler Hayley Butler today said they remaincommitted to the October 3 to 14 event. more...
27 people were injured by the footbridge that collapsed on Tuesday in India. 5 of the hurt people are in critical condition. The bridge was built for the […] more...
A journalist from a leading newspaper says, "CWG has become a Delhi game rather than India game because if you look at the local newspapers in Delhi, almost all of them have a CWG section." more...
The Below Given Material Is Not Mine, I liked It So I am Posting It Pakistan has officially declared that everyone in that country was loving every […] more...
The Commonwealth Games in New Delhi will be an 'appealing target' for Pakistan-based terror group LeT due to its political and economic significance for India, a top US counter-terrorism official has warned. more...
23 September 2010 Pressure is growing on India to deal urgently with problems concerning its hosting of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, amid increasing criticism and concerns over hygiene […] more...
Amidst the mess surrounding the preparations for Commonwealth Games, there is some music to the ears literally for all Kailash Kher fans and sports lovers. more...
People of Delhi are paying a very high price for its arrogant leadership, corrupt bureaucracy and insensitive planning.They are killing animals, they are cutting trees, they are displacing […] more...
Enlarge Photo Workers clean a billboard outside the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 22,... New Zealand has joined Scotland and Canada in delaying their arrival […] more...
A few days down the line, we would have headlines that say - India is largest Gold medal winner at the commonwealth games. Guess why??? None of the […] more...
Pressure is growing on India to deal urgently with problems concerning its hosting of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, amid increasing criticism and concerns over hygiene and security. For […] more...
Here is a Morning Report interview with Michael Hooper from October 2009. At that time Hooper was in a spat over Games preparedness with Mr Kalmadi, head of […] more...
The New Zealand Olympic Committee has advised its athletes to delay their arrival into Delhi for the Commonwealth Games until at least September 28. more...
New Zealand has joined Scotland and Canada in delaying their arrival in Delhi, as organisers struggle to provide suitable athlete accommodation in time. more...
New Zealand has joined Scotland and Canada in delaying their arrival in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games, as organisers struggle to provide suitable athlete accommodation in time for the multi-sport event. more...
British team officials have warned the Commonwealth Games are on a "knife edge" over complaints of filthy housing and growing structural and security fears. more...
Teams considering pulling out of the Commonwealth Games may get a clearer picture on Thursday as Federation president Mike Fennell seeks a crisis meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. more...
The head of the international organisation that controls the Commonwealth Games is today to arrive in Delhi for crisis talks with India's Prime Minister in an attempt to salvage a situation rapidly descending into chaos and farce. more...
She could have sashayed on the ramp with designer clothes but Prachi Tehlan rejected all the modelling assignments that came her way and instead decided to run around on the wooden court wearing loose track pants while playing netball. more...
Oh India, how I adore you. Your sights, sounds and smells may be overwhelming, but they only add to the charm that you exude. India, you are probably […] more...
There has been a lot of hype about New Delhi not being ready for next week's Commonwealth games. It's all a media beat-up. We should just listen to the person in charge. The […] more...
The embattled organisers of thescandal-marred Commonwealth Games will have a lot ofexplaining to do to their international boss Michael Fennellwhen he arrives Thursday on the opening of the much-criticised Athletes` Village. more...
The leading Commonwealth swimmingnations, including Australia and Britain, have discussedstaging an alternative competition if next month`s Delhi Gamesare cancelled. more...
: Even as the various government agencies and Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) burn midnight oil to salvage the situation at the Games Village, scathing criticism from partic- ipating coun more...
Expressing disappointment over last-minute “problems“ surrounding the Commonwealth Games prepa- rations, British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday said his country was ready to help India o more...
Much like the collapsing stadiums, which were billed as world class initially, the R 50 crore helium showpiece -- aerostat -- for the Commonwealth Games cere- monies at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium al more...
Does the public and the consumer matter? A good PR team must be put in place. There is no doubt that media frenzy has caught the Commonwealth Games authorities […] more...
Betwa Sharma New York, Sep 22 (PTI) With the Delhi CommonwealthGames hit by a series of concerns, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna today sought to reassure the world that India wasdetermined to make the event a success, and that security willnot be a worrying issue. more...
New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) With questions being raised overthe cleanliness in the Commonwealth Games Village, UnionCabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar tonight directed DelhiGovernment to take control of the maintenance of the complexwhich will house the athletes. more...
Kulala Lumpur, Sep 22 (PTI) The Malaysian government hasdecided to send security officials with its Commonwealth Gamescontingent for the next month's sporting event but maintainsthat it trusts the security promises made by the organisers. more...
Kenya's defending Commonwealth Games 800 metres champion Janeth Jepkosgei and 2007 world marathon champion Luke Kibet have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games in India because of injury, officials said on Wednesday. more...
A portion of false ceiling in the Commonwealth Games weightlifting venue in Delhi caved in on Wednesday, a day after 27 workers were injured when a footbridge collapsed near the same sports complex. more...
The Commonwealth Games plunged into deep trouble after England admitted their participation is “on a knife-edge” while Scotland athletes delayed their departure to Delhi and Wales set a […] more...
Muslims love death more than non-Muslims love life...religion of peace?A militant group has threatened to attack the Commonwealth Games scheduled to begin in the Indian capital in two […] more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee treasurer A K Mattoo admitted that there are concerns about hygiene and cleanliness at the Games Village but promised to sort out all the mess within the next 36 hours. more...
Chef de Mission of England Craig Hunter warned CWG OC that time is running out for them to clean up the preparation mess even as sports minister Hugh Robertson said it would be "an utter tragedy" if Games do not go ahead. more...
England admitted their participation is "on a knife-edge", Scotland athletes delayed their departure to Delhi and Wales set a deadline of today evening for the organisers to certify safety in all venues and CWG Village. more...
Obviously, there is a lot of media coverage in Australia about Delhi Commonwealth Games [Delhi CWG] which will start on 3rd October, 2010. Both, Sydney Morning Herald and the […] more...
India already seems to have lost the Commonwealth Games even before the first swimmer has splashed into the Dr SPM Aquatic Complex, the first archer let loose his […] more...
Commonwealth Games 2010 News The 19th Commonwealth games are all set to be held in Delhi from October 3, 2010 to October 14, 2010. This 12 day […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) A day after an under-construction foot overbridge collapsed near the main venue of the Commonwealth Games, workers were busy removing mangled steel and heaps of debris Wednesday from the site where at least 27 labourers were injured. more...
The status of preparedness at the Commonwealth Games Village was reviewed this morning by the Lt. Governor of Delhi. The Mayor of the Games Village, the Principal Secretary […] more...
Chef de mission of England Craig Hunter today warned the Commonwealth Games organisers that time is running out for them to clean up the preparation mess. more...
Commonwealth Games England president Kelly Holmes said that Games would be a success and Indians will feel "proud" despite the construction delays, security and health concerns. more...
'It is minor. It is only a false ceiling coming down, or parts of it. It will be corrected now,' cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar, who oversees Games preparations, told CNN-IBN television. more...
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) A portion of a false ceiling at the main venue of the Commonwealth Games Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium collapsed here Wednesday, a day after a foot overbridge near the stadium came crashing down. more...
After Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Canada, Chef de Mission of England, Craig Hunter, warned the Commonwealth Games organisers that time is running out for […] more...
Enlarge Photo Labourers pull a hand cart loaded with bricks and sacks of sand in front of... A cancellation of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi could be disastrous […] more...
Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib today said more athletes are likely to pull out of the scandal-hit Commonwealth Games in India but his country is committed to take part in next month's multi-sporting event. more...
'Not such a big issue that we should be ashamed' says Lalit Bhanot, organising committe secretary-general about he fiasco that is the Commonwealth Games 2010 to be held […] more...
Footbridge outside main venue collapses, 23 hurt Fennell terms Athletes’ Village filthy, tells OC to fix things Officials scramble to sweep dirt under the carpet Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 21. […] more...
Australian sports minister Mark Arbib today said more athletes are likely to pull out of the scandal-hit Commonwealth Games in India but his country is committed to take part in next month's multi-sporting event. more...
A lot of people in my country are angry over how the Commonwealth Games (CWG) has unfolded. And that was what prompted me to start this blog in […] more...
The Canadian media tore India apart Tuesday, describing its Commonwealth Games preparations as 'a bad joke' on the world and said India was frittering away what could have been its 'showcase moment.' more...
A cancellation of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi could be disastrous for the future of the event and for India's world standing, according to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. more...
A trio of top British athletes, including injured Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu, pulled out of the troubled Commonwealth Games in India on Tuesday. more...
New Zealand Olympic Committee officials have arrived in Delhi to inspect Commonwealth Games facilities and security after their team manager criticised the accommodation in place for athletes. more...
NEW DELHI: Day after New Zealand chef de mission Dave Currie expressed his disappointment over Commonwealth Games village, the country's Prime Minister John Key said there is no […] more...
Australia's government backed India on Wednesday amid concerns about New Delhi's ability to stage a successful Commonwealth Games next month, saying it was confident preparations for the event would be finished on time. more...
New Zealand Olympic Committee officials have arrived in Delhi to inspect Commonwealth Games facilities and security after their team manager criticised the accommodation in place for athletes. more...
The status of preparedness at the Commonwealth Games Village was reviewed this morning by the Lt. Governor of Delhi. The Mayor of the Games Village, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, the Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Secretary of Delhi, the Vi... Continue reading → more...
Eleven days before the beginning of the Commonwealth Games, Delhi and India were hit by a double whammy of embarrassment and humiliation a steel-and-concrete foot overbridge on the busy road outside the main athletics venue collapsed, and Games chiefs savaged the athletes' Village as "filthy" and "unliveable". more...
: It seems that there is no end to top athletes pulling out of the Commonwealth Games. Australia's world champion discus thrower Dani Samuels, three English athletes, the world triple jump champion more...
Amidst complaints by several countries about the “substandard“ conditions in the Commonwealth Games Village, Cabinet Secretary K.M.Chandrasekhar visited the site Tuesday and asked officials to “cl more...
The organisers of the Commonwealth Games are yet to obtain a terror insurance cover for the 9,000 athletes, Games staff and officials for the sporting event which is barely a fortnight away. Insura more...
Secretary general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Lalit Bhanot put up a brave front in the face of a media onslaught and said that there was no reason to panic about the Games or the G more...
CEO of Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper expressed disappointment over the state of cleanliness at the Games Village here, calling the conditions "filthy". more...
Reuters/Adnan AbidiThe Commonwealth Games, a track and field competition is scheduled to run October 3-14, 2010 in New Delhi, India. Unfortunately this event that only occurs every four […] more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games has been beset by a raft of problems -- including security, venue and health fears -- ever since Delhi were awarded the event in November 2003. more...
Leading Commonwealth countries explained their positions on Tuesday following the latest setbacks in preparations for next month's Games in India. more...
Despite scathing criticism from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) as well as visiting delegates from New Zealand, Canada, Scotland and Ireland, the organising committee (OC) thinks there's nothing to be embarrassed about. more...
London, Sep 21 (PTI) England's Olympic 400 metreschampion Christine Ohuruogu and Melbourne Commonwealth Games1500m title holder Lisa Dobriskey have withdrawn from theCommonwealth Games in Delhi next month. more...
What shining India, The self declared Global Economic Power, The self declared - Superpower can not build an Olympic village in 8 years. More time should have given to […] more...
Britain's Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu has pulled out of next month's Commonwealth Games due to injury, her management team said on Tuesday. more...
NEW DELHI: In a major embarrassment for organisers of the Commonwealth Games, an under-construction foot overbridge today collapsed outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue of the […] more...
COMMONWEALTH Games organisers have suffered a major set back — after a bridge close to the main stadium collapsed. Several people are said to have suffered injuries in the accident in New Delhi. more...
Ambulances for Commonwealth Games will now be brought from different government agencies, including the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central government hospitals and Centralized Accident and Trauma Services (CATS). more...
The Commonwealth Games in Delhi, scheduled to open in 12 days' time, are under severe threat after a footbridge collapsed, injuring 23 people, and UK officials […] more...
A meeting, which took stock of the progress of various unfinished projects, also deliberated on the shortcomings pointed out by Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell. more...
In the wake of firing incident near Jama Masjid, the home ministry has directed the Delhi police to tighten security in and around the national capital ahead of the Commonwealth Games beginning October 3. more...
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A pedestrian bridge under construction for next month's Commonwealth Games here collapsed Tuesday, adding to concerns raised about India's preparedness for the international […] more...
In New Delhi ,in a major embarrassment for organisers of the Commonwealth Games, an under-construction foot over-bridge today collapsed outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Mike Hooper, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), Tuesday expressed disappointment over the state of cleanliness at the Games Village here, calling the conditions 'filthy'. more...
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell Tuesday said that parts of the Commonwealth Games Village are still not fit for the accommodation of athletes and asked the Organising Committee to take 'quick action' in the next 24 hours to set it right before the athletes start arriving Thursday. more...
New Zealand chef de mission for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Dave Currie, today said the event may be called off if the concerns regarding the Games Village are not addressed at the earliest. more...
ONE OF best gifts Delhi got from the Commonwealth Games is Delhi Transport Corporation’s (DTC’s) Millennium Park Bus Depot which may find its name in the Guinness Book […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) Commonwealth Games Federationpresident Michael Fennell has expressed concerns over theGames Village preparation, saying that the condition of theresidential zone there has "shocked" many contingents. more...
A sure shot way to impress participating countries is to impress their media. The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has taken that to heart, as was apparent with the inauguration of a plush Media Centre at Pragati Maidan on Monday. Billed as the “largest media centre in the history of the Commonwealth Games”, the centre is expected to draw a contingent of nearly 2,000 mediapersons, and will open for operations on September 23. The centre will be run by the Press Information Bureau, and is located at Hall No 12 and 12 A of Pragati Maidan. more...
No country has expressed securityfear and informed the organisers about pulling out of nextmonth`s Commonwealth Games after Sunday`s firing incident thatinjured two foreign nationals. more...
I will be leaving for Delhi, India in 2 days to assume my post as Ombudsman for Team Canada at the XIX Commonwealth Games. Though I have worked […] more...
The group, which has been working round-the-clock, is satisfied with the security being put in place to guard the participating athletics, officials and spectators, official sources said. more...
To thwart any aerial threat during the Commonwealth Games, about 150 personnel of Delhi Police’s Special Weapons and Tactics Team have been trained by the IAF and the NSG to shoot down suspicious manned and unmanned “flying objects”. more...
In a strike clearly aimed at creating fear and uncertainty ahead of the Commonwealth Games, two motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on a group of Taiwanese nationals outside Jama Masjid on Sunday morning. Two tourists were injured in the attack, triggering a clampdown by the Delhi government. more...
Australia's CWG chief Perry Crosswhite dismissed speculations that the shooting incident near Jama Masjid was linked to the Commonwealth Games. more...
The India holidays tours which was made live on 1st Oct 2010 offers Commonwealth Games 2010 holiday vacation packages,group tour bookings. The Commonwealth is primarily an organization in which […] more...
For the biggest sporting extravaganza in the country, the underlying flavour seems to be Indian with caterers spreading out an array of regional cuisines in their elaborate menu. more...
In yet another setback for India, yesterday’s Jama Masjid firing adds to the CWG Organising Committee’s list of woes. It is no longer the question of the stadia […] more...
: Australia's Delhibound Commonwealth Games contingent has been warned that there is an 80 per cent risk of terror attacks in the Indian capital but the country remained committed to partic- ipating i more...
Commonwealth Games, 2010- The stage is all set for New Delhi to showcase the mega event that begins 3rd October. After spending nearly 40,000 crores of public money, […] more...
The shooting outside Jama Masjid here Sunday in which two foreign tourists were injured will not impact the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot said. more...
The motive appears to be to scare people ahead of the Commonwealth Games, police say, adding the attacks do not show signs of the involvement of terrorist outfits like the Indian Mujahideen. more...
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has entrusted a prominent hospital in the capital to conduct gender verification tests to determine the sex of a participant in case of any suspicion. more...
Melbourne, Sep 19 (PTI) Australia's Delhi-boundCommonwealth Games contingent has been warned that there is an80 per cent risk of terror attacks in the Indian capital butthe country remained committed to participating in the event. more...
In a big boost to the preparation of Indian cyclists for next month's Commonwealth Games, the newly bought technologically advanced cycles from England were today delivered to them after much delay. more...
Indian wrestlers would look to make amends of the embarrassment they have brought to the nation by the dope flunk of six grapplers and win a rich haul of medals in the Commonwealth Games. more...
For the first time in the history of Commonwealth Games, Doordarshan is pro- viding 'high definition' cover- age to its viewers and is all geared up with more than 350 ultra modern cameras and well- t more...
England's Chef de mission Craig Hunter today said the arrangements at the Delhi Games Village is much better as compared to the Beijing Olympics. “The Commonwealth Games Village here is better than more...
Defending champions Australia on Friday named a 16-strong women`s hockey squad, including 11 debutants, for the October 3 to 14 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
After so many star pullouts, Commonwealth Games organisers have some reason to smile as Mark Cavendish confirmed his participation for the road-race event on October 10. more...
Bhopal, Sep 17 (PTI) The Queen's Baton Relay for theupcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi was accorded a grandwelcome at the Boat Club here today, on its arrival fromIndore even though Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan gave the event a miss. more...
Saved from missing the Commonwealth Games by a last-minute loan from the Organizing Committee, Indian weightlifters would look to erase the dope shame of the previous two editions with a rich haul of medals in the October 3-14 mega-event held in Delhi. more...
The CRPF has already procured two such ambulances which will be used during the Commonwealth Games. CRPF director general Vikram Srivastava said more such ambulances would be bought. more...
England's Chef de mission Craig Hunter on Thursday said the arrangements at the Delhi Games Village is much better as compared to the Beijing Olympics. "The Commonwealth […] more...
NEW DELHI: England’s Chef de Mission Mr. Craig Hunter has said that the Games Village for the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi is better than the accommodation […] more...
Mona Parthsarathi New Delhi, Sept 17 (PTI) For the first time in thehistory of Commonwealth Games, Doordarshan is providing 'highdefinition' coverage to its viewers and is all geared up withmore than 350 ultra modern cameras and well-trained crewmembers who will be covering the events on road, by air andunder water. more...
Weightlifting contributes a big chunk of medals to India's tally in the Commonwealth Games and this time also, the lifters are expected to repeat the show. more...
Commonwealth GamesWith just over a fortnight to go for the Commonwealth Games the Games Village, which will be home to over 7,000 athletes and officials from 53 […] more...
Government of Rajasthan is also planning to commence the 'Discover Rajasthan in Common Wealth Games 2010' programme to cash in the 10 million tourists that are expected to step on India's turf, during the second most important sports event.September 17... Continue reading → more...
I: With just over a fortnight to go for the Commonwealth Games the Games Village, which will be home to over 7,000 athletes and officials from 53 countries, had a soft opening on Thursday. The comp more...
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) England's Chef de mission CraigHunter today said the arrangements at the Delhi Games Villageis much better as compared to the Beijing Olympics. more...
London, Sep 16 (PTI) With dengue fever creating a panicsituation in Delhi ahead of the Commonwealth Games, Englandteam chef de mission Craig Hunter is on a shopping spree inthe Indian capital for protective clothing for his athletesand officials. more...
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) England's Chef de mission Craig Hunter's comments on the Games Village will be music to the ears of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and his team. more...
JOY-TRAVELS dot com, India’s leading online travel portal has announced the launch of Commonwealth Games 2010 Tour Programme across indian Travelers. […] more...
JOY-TRAVELS dot com, India’s leading online travel portal has announced the launch of Commonwealth Games 2010 Tour Programme across indian Travelers. […] more...
With CWG just 17 days away, Delhi government is facing yet another crisis - it might have to tackle a different flood during the Games if the reservation […] more...
With less than a fortnight left for the final dress rehearsal for the Commonwealth Games on September 30, the costumes for the 5,000-odd participants are still not ready. more...
While the merchandise for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games was launched two months before the event, that for the 2002 Manchester event found themselves in city stands with as many as 300 days to go. more...
I: For a team that has failed to achieve much in FIH- organised tournaments, the Commonwealth Games has been a happy hunting ground for the India women's hockey team. The women have reached the fin more...
The Heads of the Missions were briefed about the infrastructure, security and steps taken to deal with the threat of dengue,� an Organising Committee source said. more...
The Organising Committee has refused to make public its documents of controversial contract with companies supplying overlays worth over Rs 630 crore for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Oz track and field athletes are having a second thought about participating in next month`s CWG after receiving an e-mail from the national federation, warning them of "a high risk of terrorist attack" on the mega-event in Delhi. more...
Former Hockey Olympian, AslamSher Khan, on Wednesday called for boycott of the Commonwealth Gamesas they were not required in a country like India. more...
India`s two hockey teams -- men`sand women`s -- have fared contrastingly at the Commonwealth Games so far but they will go into Delhi edition with a commongoal -- to emerge as champions before the home crowd. more...
Mayengbam Suranjoy Singh is favoured for the gold at CWG. But the mercurial Manipuri boxer also has an eye on the Asian Games and the London Olympics. more...
Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag said Tuesday that India would stand to benefit from home ground conditions during the Cricket World Cup 2011.Meanwhile, talking about the Commonwealth Games that is being hosted in New Delhi next month, Sehwag said he was confident that sports other than cricket would also do well in India. more...
India's two hockey teams, men's and women's, have fared contrastingly at the Commonwealth Games so far but they will go into Delhi edition with a common goal to emerge as champions before the home crowd. more...
MOST OF the Indians may have failed to understand what is a Vuvuzela but they will soon realise that it is called a 'bhopu' in our mother tongue. […] more...
MOST OF the Indians may have failed to understand what is a Vuvuzela but they will soon realise that it is called a 'bhopu' in our mother tongue. […] more...
e is normally at his swashbuckling-best on the cricket field. On Tuesday though, Virender Sehwag put his skills to use by exhorting the country to support the Commonwealth Games. Expressing his dis more...
Civic bodies are blaming incessant rains and stagnation of water at Commonwealth Games construction sites for the rapid increase in dengue cases this season. more...
There is little doubt that shooting is India's best bet for medals in the Delhi Commonwealth Games but coach Sunny Thomas has his fingers crossed.An […] more...
he Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), for the second consecu- tive day on Monday, took the media to visit the venues. This time around it was the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and the lawn bowls more...
: New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hes- itation pulling out if any secu- rity concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said on Monday. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at CWG but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said. more...
New Zealand were committed to competing at CWG but would have no hesitation pulling out if any security concerns were raised, team management said. more...
Commonwealth GamesMore than 7,000 athletes and officials from 71 countries will take part in next month's Commonwealth Games to be held in the Capital. Secretary-general of […] more...
VK Malhotra launched another verbal attack on Sports Minister MS Gill, saying that his claims of doubling the prize money for Commonwealth and Asian Games medal winners are "totally misleading". more...
BJP MP Ram Jethmalani today attacked the government over allegations of corruption in Commonwealth Games projects, asking why nobody has been arrested in the matter so far. more...
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has reposed faith in Oscar winning composer A.R Rahman's theme song for the Games that has been widely panned for being uninspiring. more...
Well till now everyone just thought that the 2010 commonwealth games will be bringing a great amount of shame to India and truck loads of green to Kalmadi […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Archery Association of India (AAI) president V.K. Malhotra Sunday termed as 'misleading' Sports Minister M.S. Gill's promise of doubling the prize money of medal winners at international events and claimed the amount has not changed since the 2002 Commonwealth Games. more...
A police station is coming up in Commonwealth Games Village to exclusively deal with the complaints of and against athletes and delegates visiting here for the sporting extravaganza. more...
Marwah Studios Multimedia Team At Pune With QBR CWG PUNE: Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Chairman Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, MP, led the welcome of the Queen’s Baton 2010 […] more...
The Mozart of Madras who received widespread flak and criticism for his Commonwealth Games (CWG) theme song has reportedly tweaked his song. The song is to be made […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Saturday announced that the Games Village will have a soft opening Thursday. more...
Melbourne, Sep 11 (PTI) Within two days of AustralianHigh Commissioner to India assuring biggest ever contingenttaking part in Delhi Commonwealth Games, top sports officialshere said they are monitoring terror threats and may pull outif the situation worsens. more...
Diganta Biswas New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) Not many Indian players will goas defending champions at the upcoming Commonwealth Games butthe table tennis team has at least two, one as a team. more...
Recently, 18 players, including Commonwealth Games squad members, had failed the dope test with 12 of them testing positive for the same substance -- Methylhexanamine. more...
The payment row that threatened to derail India's tennis campaign in the upcoming Commonwealth Games was resolved today with the government approving Rs1 crore for five elite players. more...
Melbourne, Sep 11 (IANS) Despite assurances from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), some of the Australian athletes are closely monitoring the security situation in Delhi and are even contemplating to pull out from the Oct 3-14 Games. more...
While thousands of hotels and rooms have hurriedly been added to accommodate guests during the Commonwealth Games, the association of hotel groups in Gurgaon is now up in […] more...
More than 7,000 athletes and officials from 71 coun- tries will take part in next month's Commonwealth Games to be held in the Capital.Secretary-general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Commit more...
As a measure of heightened security, the government has decided to shut down Delhis airspace during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games. more...
In a letter to the Organising Committee, director of information and publicity Keshav Chandra requested it to allow 379 journalists, who were given accreditations by the Delhi government, to cover the mega sporting event. more...
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot Friday allayed fears of athletes pulling out of the Oct 3-14 Games because of dengue in the national capital, categorically stating that that no country has expressed apprehensions about the mosquito-borne disease. more...
Fear of a dengue epidemic in the Indian capital notwithstanding, England today said that theywould be sending a 371-strong contingent of athletes to nextmonth`s Commonwealth Games. more...
There is little doubt that shooting is India's best bet for medals in the Delhi Commonwealth Games but coach Sunny Thomas has his fingers crossed. more...
: Kenyan athletics chiefs have defended world 800m record holder David Rudisha's decision to pull out of the Commonwealth Games. “He explained his case to us and we feel he has done this country proud more...
Kiwi cyclist stewart banned for 2 yearsWELLINGTON: New Zealand track cyclist Adam Stewart has been banned for two years for attempting to use a banned substance. more...
CWG organising committee secretarygeneral Lalit Bhanot on Thursday said all the venues are completeand they are ready to host not only the next month`sCommonwealth Games but also Olympics. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi tells DNA that all the infrastructure will be in place before the opening day of the showpiece event. more...
London, Sep 9 (PTI) Fear of a dengue epidemic in theIndian capital notwithstanding, England today said that theywould be sending a 371-strong contingent of athletes to nextmonth's Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Sep 9 (PTI) CWG organising committee secretarygeneral Lalit Bhanot today said all the venues are completeand they are ready to host not only the next month'sCommonwealth Games but also Olympics. more...
The trials were conducted on Nizamuddin Bridge, Ring Road-Captain Gaur Marg upto Kalkaji Mandir and Sardar Patel Marg, Mother Teressa Crescent Road from 12 noon to 2pm, which led to traffic snarls on both the stretches. more...
Cricketer-turned-entrepreneur Kapil Dev, who runs a sport lighting firm, today said he did not bid for any Commonwealth Games contract as his 'business ethics' prevents him from pitching for government work. more...
Even the most passionate upholders of 'national pride' don't deny that the arrangements for October's Commonwealth Games are in a mess. Some feel that the chaos will persist […] more...
Recently, the central government disclosed that its total spend on the Delhi Commonwealth Games is likely to be Rs 11,494 crore. This number is disconcerting for two reasons. […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) India is targeting to win over 75 medals and secure the third position in the medal rankings in the Commonwealth Games next month, Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot said Thursday. more...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will review the preparations for the Commonwealth Games on Friday, which are less than a month away, at a high-level meeting. more...
Deadlines for completion of key projects continue to be pushed further with Delhi Government on Wednesday saying that some works would drag on even till October 3 -- the day the mega sporting event begins. more...
Following allegations of corruption against the Suresh Kalmadi-headed organising committee, the railway ministry wanted to know how its grant would be used. more...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (PTI) A multipurpose aerostat to be usedfor the next month's Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony, wastoday unveiled at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where thequadrennial sporting extravaganza will commence on October 3. more...
With the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee being mired in corruption allegations, the Railways has decided against giving it sponsorship worth Rs 100 crore and instead allocate it to the Sports Ministry. more...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (PTI) Just 25 days ahead of theCommonwealth Games, deadlines for completion of key projectscontinue to be pushed further with Delhi Government todaysaying that some works would drag on even till October 3 --the day the mega sporting event begins. more...
Pride of the nation? No, shame of the nation. The following is a list of the 107 “negative” headlines on the Commonwealth Games that have greeted readers of The […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (PTI) Amid concerns over the dengueoutbreak in the capital ahead of Commonwealth Games, civicauthorities have sought the help of army engineering personnelto prevent mosquito breeding near the athletes' village here. more...
Don't be surprised if you see men in khaki springing out of a vehicle that says 'All India Tourist Permit' at a crime scene instead of 'Delhi Police' once the Commonwealth Games begin. Or if your local SHO goes by in a private Indica, beacon light flashing. Because all the wheels of the Delhi Police's middle level officers will be used as escorts for athletes and officials for the Games. more...
Inside Dilli Haat dancers from Manipur performed to the beat of traditional folk music before guests who gathered to mark the beginning of Delhi Celebrates a cultural extravaganza to mark the Commonwealth Games. more...
Notwithstanding the municipal commissioner's proposal suggesting cuts in budget works with civic treasury facing cash crunch, Pune mayor Mohansingh Rajpal on Tuesday said that PMC had unlimited budget' for cultural festivals and events like the Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games (CWG). more...
NEW DELHI: The adverse publicity of the Commonwealth Games has badly affected the Ayurvedic and Medical Tourism industry, which was expected to be the largest beneficiary of the […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The growing list of dope offenders among Indian sportspersons ahead of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games is a 'serious' matter and a high-level probe should be initiated by the sports ministry, Indian Olympic Association vice-president V.K. Malhotra said here Tuesday. more...
Thiruvanathapuram: Union Home Secretary G K Pillai ruled out any specific security threat to forthcoming Delhi Commonwealth Games to be held nextmonth. The acquiring of para gliders by […] more...
Seeking to allay apprehensions regarding the Commonwealth Games, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday asserted that the event beginning Oct 3 "will be held" and urged people to take part in the cultural festivities taking place in the capital during the period.Launching the calender for the 'Delhi Celebrates' events, Dikshit said Delhi will be the most happening place for the next two months with hundreds of artists and performers descending onthe capital for taking part in the festivities till Nov 4. The Games themselves will be held Oct 3-14. more...
Australian swimmers have been given permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi if they are worried about their safety, a report said. more...
With four days remaining for the 'lockdown' to be announced and just 10 days left to welcome the first foreign delegation, the Commonwealth Games Village still remains a chaotic construction site. more...
With the much-discussed aerostat or balloon show for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games likely to be tested in the next couple of days, the entire cost of the eyeball-catching spectacle will be around Rs 70 crore. more...
Commonwealth Games will not just be restricted to sporting events. It is going to be one of the biggest shows Delhi has every hosted showcasing country's rich and diverse culture of dance, art, music, theatre and culinary expertise. While the sporting extravaganza would run for 10 days, from more...
From grandeur to plausibility — the delay in the preparations for the Commonwealth Games has even put the opening and closing ceremonies in jeopardy. Coupled with the incessant rainfall, the delay has put a question mark on the quality of the show. It has also left the performers with just a more...
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat inaugurated an exhibition on sports and Information Technology on board Commonwealth Games Express, a special train which arrived at Vasco this morning on its 75th day of the journey. more...
At dawn on September 18, 2009, Group Captain S C Chafekar lined up his An-32 transport aircraft for a landing approach to the spectacular, 13,300-foot high Nyoma airstrip in Ladakh, sending a herd of local Khyang (Tibetan wild asses) fleeing in panic. This first ever fixed wing aircraft landing at Nyoma, the army’s newest Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), close to the frontline with China, was made possible by a new “miracle compound” called RBI-81. more...
Suresh Kalmadi on Monday said he and the rest of his staff were "demoralised", "hurt" and "pained" by the negative publicity surrounding the Commonwealth Games. "We don't deserve it," said the Organising Committee (OC) chairman, who dropped in at the Hindustan Times office to chat about the problems plaguing the Committee, the state of the venues and how the Games will be conducted. more...
Melbourne, Sep 6 (PTI) Australian swimmers have beengiven permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games in NewDelhi if they are worried about their safety, a report said. more...
New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) The Ministry of Home Affairs hasasked central security forces to "work overtime" to ensureadequate security for Commonwealth Games stadia to save thegovernment from any "embarrassment". more...
Thiruvanathapuram, Sep 6 (PTI) The Centre today said nospecific security threat had been received to the CommonwealthGames to be held in Delhi next month. more...
September 01, 2010The U.S. Mission in India alerts U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in India to safety and security issues related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled […] more...
Corruption is the unacknowledged mistress of the Indian politician. Something we live with stoically, though with latent unease, like the ghost in the attic. Then why suddenly all this ballyhoo about bribes, doctored e-mails, manipulated tenders and multi-crore deals concerning the Commonwealth Games? more...
Source: Business Standard, Sept 6, 2010New Delhi: The finance ministry is doing its bit to make it easier for the suppliers, contractors and vendors and sub-vendors of the Organising […] more...
In what appears to be further bad news for Delhi's preparations for the Commonwealth Games, the MeT Department has said that heavy rains are likely to continue in […] more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is relying on Indian officials to provide bona fide building certificates for all of the sporting venues suspected of dodgy construction. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper has once again left the Organising Committee red-faced by warning just 28 days ahead of the Games that some events may be in jeopardy if all completion certificates do not come on time. more...
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is seeking a hefty Rs 750-crore insurance cover for the event against cancellation. According to sources, the OC was hopeful the government would take care of everything in case the event was cancelled. After nothing concrete came out of the discussions more...
To address the information needs of native and foreign guests during the Commonwealth Games, 2010, tourist information cafes would be set up across the Capital. While 30 people-friendly kiosks have already been installed at prime market locations in the MCD area, another 10 will follow soon in the more...
Just days after six wrestlers and two throwers tested positive for methylhexaneamine, three Indian swimmers, including two who were part of the national squad for next month's Commonwealth Games, have failed the dope test. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper has once again left the Organising Committee red-faced by warning just 28 days ahead of the Games that some events may be in jeopardy if all completion certificates do not come on time. more...
: Crores of rupees are being spent on the Commonwealth Games but the world-famous sports industry of Jalandhar is not among the beneficiaries. Sport products producers are upset they have not bene- more...
Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper said that it's not yet confirmed by the Organizing Committee that the Games Village and other venues are structurally safe. more...
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) There is a mad scramble to finish Commonwealth Games projects with less than a month to go for the mega event. With the city hurrying to ready itself, questions are now being raised on the quality of work. more...
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, which has been receiving flak for tardypreparations, is seeking a hefty insurance cover of Rs 750crore in the event of cancellation of the sportingextravaganza. more...
Are We ready for CWG 2010Cricket is not the national game, yet it has got all the glorious, royal treatment that it actually shouldn’t deserve. While we have […] more...
London, Sep 5(ANI): Australian tennis star Samantha Stosur insists that missing the New Delhi Commonwealth Games would not be important to her, as she eyes one of the rarest feats in women's tennis. more...
Get ready to enjoy a wet Commonwealth Games. That is at least what the Organising Committee (OC) expects as it begins ordering raincoats for performers, workers and even spectators in anticipation of a downpour. more...
Ace Indian shuttler and brand ambassador of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Saina Nehwal on Saturday evening regretted for describing preparations for the Commonwealth Games 2010 "not being up to the mark in comparison to the games held in Melobourne and Beijing on previous occasions." more...
With 29 days to go for the Commonwealth Games, the organising committee on Saturday launched a campaign to spread awareness about the mega event and muster support for the Indian sportspersons. Under the campaign titled -- 'Go India! Go for Gold' the OC in collaboration with HT Media and Muthoot Pappachan group will collect about one lakh hand imprints from citizens as a gesture of 'high five' in support of the Indian teams. more...
The Commonwealth Games are set to become a part of the school curriculum in Delhi to get city's children involved in the event, the build-up to which has been been marred by corruption allegations and construction delays. more...
Hyderabad, Sep 4 (IANS) India's badminton star Saina Nehwal retracted and regretted her stunning remarks that the country was not yet ready to host mega sporting events like the Commonwealth Games. more...
Randhir Singh hits back SAI, Sports MinistryIndian Olympic Association secretary general Randhir Singh hit back at the Sports Authority and the Sports Ministry saying they are motivated to pull him down. At the same time, he admitted that the Indian athletes have lost out on the home advantage for CWG 2010. Nilanjan Datta caught up with him -- It's a NewsX exclusive.From:newsxliveViews:15 0ratingsTime:03:10More inSports more...
In a major embarrassment for the Commonwealth Games organisers, its brand ambassador and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal today questioned India's capability of holding such a mega-event. more...
New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): Britain's world diving champion Tom Daley has said that he has no security fears ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which kicks off on October 3. more...
Lalit Bhanot, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), has said that doping incidents will not affect India''s performance in the upcoming mega-event, after four […] more...
Sanjoy Majumder gets a first hand look at one of the venuesIt was meant to be Delhi’s moment of glory.By staging the Commonwealth Games successfully in its […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): Lalit Bhanot, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), has said that doping incidents will not affect India's performance in the upcoming mega-event, after four Indian wrestlers were ruled out of the 2010 Games, failing to pass the doping test. more...
Shot-putter Saurav Vij's name will not be struck-off the Commonwealth Games' squad, CWG OC secretary general Lalit Bhanot said on Friday, a day when the athlete appealed for his B-Sample to be tested. more...
Construction delays and other problems which have marred the build-up to the Commonwealth Games have also led to sponsors giving a cold shoulder to participating teams with Australia on Friday claim- more...
Over 450 highly trained officials will handle the anti-doping measures, under the supervision of a nine-member CGF Medical Commission chaired by Malaysian Dr M Jegathesan, during the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
Saurav Vij`s name will not be removed from the Indian squad for the Commonwealth Games as of now and a decision on his participation will be taken later this month, CWG OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot said. more...
Construction delays and other problems which have marred the build-up to Delhi Commonwealth Games have also led to sponsors giving a cold shoulder to participating teams with Australia. more...
Britain's European 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah withdrew from next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games on Friday and said he will not race on the track again this year. more...
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Dope tainted shot putter SauravVij's name will not be removed from the Indian squad for theCommonwealth Games as of now and a decision on hisparticipation will be taken later this month, CWG OC SecretaryGeneral Lalit Bhanot today said. more...
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Information will be merely a touchscreen away for over 100,000 visitors who are expected to visit the capital during the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
There is much hue and cry over the preparation of the 19th Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi in October 2010. Criticism of the slow ongoing progress […] more...
Pride of the nation? No, shame of the nation. The following is a list of the 107 "negative" headlines on the Commonwealth Games that have greeted readers of The […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) As concerns mount over threat ofdengue during the Commonwealth Games, authorities here saidround-the-clock surveillance was being maintained at allvenues to check breeding while athletes will be given mosquitonets and repellents to keep the vector-borne disease away. more...
With just 30 days to go before the official opening of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, organizers continue to struggle with basic preparations like safety certificates for structures and the wherewithal to fight a potential epidemic. more...
Did you know there are 53 Commonwealth countries but 71 teams are participating in the 19th Commonwealth Games here? This is among the many interesting facts on the […] more...
Asian Games organisers are poised to switch the quadrennial event from 2018 to 2019 to avoid clashing with the Commonwealth Games in the future. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi today promised that the CWG here will be as successful as the Melbourne edition despite the spate of corruption allegations that rocked its build-up. more...
Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar said it`s not time to create controversies and people should be "happy and excited" about the Commonwealth Games, scheduled for October 3-14. more...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) Olympic bronze medallist wrestlerSushil Kumar today said it's not time to create controversiesand people should be "happy and excited" about theCommonwealth Games, scheduled for October 3-14. more...
The US has warned its citizens travelling to or residing in India during the upcoming Commonwealth Games of a threat of "terrorist action and violence" and asked them to "take care when travelling within Delhi". more...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Did you know there are 53 Commonwealth countries but 71 teams are participating in the 19th Commonwealth Games here? This is among the many interesting facts on the sporting jamboree that will take place Oct 3-14. more...
After missing the deadline repeatedly, the Games committee faces the wrath of the Union Home Minister who visited the venue yesterday. P Chidambaram is reportedly unhappy with the […] more...
Artworks are Great – Artists Aren’t! Musical Compositions are Great – Musicians Aren’t!That’s my take on AR Rahman’s complete failure in composing the CommonWealth Games 2010 Theme song […] more...
India's failure to prove all Commonwealth Games venues and the athletes village are structurally sound and safe to use could jeopardise the event. more...
The Commonwealth Games Media andPublicity Committee Chairman Tarlochan Singh on Wednesday asked theSports Authority of India to stop shunting away journalistsfrom the selection trials of the event at its various centres. more...
Union home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday admitted in the Rajya Sabha that the Delhi government had erred in diverting funds earmarked for SCs/STs to develop infrastructure for the Commonwealth Games. more...
It’s not just the Queen of England uninterested in coming to Delhi for the Commonwealth Games. Ticket sales by the Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA) show that even spectators from Commonwealth countries are not buying tickets for the Delhi Games 2010. As per sales figures, only 16,000 tickets have been sold so far by the 70 CGAs in-charge of selling the tickets in their respective countries. Interestingly, the Jamaican CGA, headed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell, has not been able to sell a single ticket till date. more...
The much-awaited Central Secretariat to Qutub Minar Metro line will be opened to public at 3pm on September 3. With this, Delhi Metro’s existing Line 2 Central Secretariat to Jehangirpuri will get linked to the Gurgaon section, from Qutub to Huda City Centre, making it the longest Metro line in the city. With trains running at a frequency of three minutes, commuters will be able to cover the 45-km distance in just an hour and 20 minutes at a fare of only Rs 29. more...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) India's full bore shooters, who have been practising with borrowed rifles, suffered a serious set-back Tuesday after their selection-cum-practice tour to England for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games was delayed due to visa problems. more...
Mumbai, Sep 1 (PTI) The Indian Boxing Federation (IBF)today dismissed Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh'scriticism that the boxing trials for the upcoming CommonwealthGames and the Asian Games at Patiala were not done in a propermanner, insisting they were transparent. more...
NOTHING SEEMS to be working well for the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee. The Organizing Committee lately has been at the centre of the storm for alleged rampaging corruption. […] more...
NOTHING SEEMS to be working well for the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee. The Organizing Committee lately has been at the centre of the storm for alleged rampaging corruption. […] more...
NOTHING SEEMS to be working well for the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee. The Organizing Committee lately has been at the centre of the storm for alleged rampaging corruption. […] more...
In a bid to facilitate smooth functioning of all the venues during 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi has made elaborate arrangements to ensure efficient Cleaning and Waste Management. more...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Bizarre as it may appear, but the Indian cyclists for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games will be lucky if they can ride their competitive bikes before the Games get under way. more...
It needed just 2 medals, Sushil's bronze in Beijing Olympic and another one by Ramesh Kumar in the World Wrestling Championships 2009, Herning to perk up wrestling once again in India. Some out-of-the-skin performances by juniors, and of late, women wrestlers have only been adding to it. In a sport where decades can pass before something noteworthy comes up, such a successful streak has made Indian wrestlers an buoyant bunch. more...
The Centre has admitted that the Sheila Dikshit government violated guidelines to divert funds meant for Schedules Castes and Tribes to finance its pets projects for the Commonwealth Games. more...
The national capital Delhi is gripped under dengue fever. The toll of dengue patients is reportedly increasing on daily basis giving fear to Delhi's civic bodies to curb […] more...
The national capital Delhi is gripped under dengue fever. The toll of dengue patients is reportedly increasing on daily basis giving fear to Delhi's civic bodies to curb […] more...
When the selection committee meets in New Delhi on Wednesday to pick the 10m air rifle team for the Commonwealth Games, India's only individual Olympic gold- medallist, Abhinav Bindra, will need 'grac more...
Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh, who has been named for both Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, is unhappy with the way the selection trials were held as he felt a few “deserving“ boxers were more...
A 92-member team has been selected to represent the country at the Commonwealth Games.Announcing the team on Tuesday the Athletics Federation of India officiating secretary general said, India had more...
The Centre admitted on Tuesday that diverting money meant for the welfare of scheduled castes and tribes by the Delhi government to projects related to the Commonwealth Games was inappropriate, and gave an assurance that an equivalent amount would be put back into the fund. more...
New Delhi, Aug. 31 (ANI): In a bid to facilitate smooth functioning of all the venues during 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi has made elaborate arrangements to ensure efficient Cleaning and Waste Management. more...
Delhi police commissioner YS Dadwal is expected to give a presentation on the deployment of security personnel, traffic management and contingency plan for emergency. more...
Avevo gia’ accennato in un post precedente alla preparazione per i Commonwealth Games a Delhi. Tutto molto all’indiana, con tante parole e presentazioni ma pochi fatti. Ora ci […] more...
The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event which features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Organised every four years, they […] more...
Last year in October, when Dharamveer Singh made his debut with the national hockey team during the Canada tour, the youngster attributed his success to mentor Baljeet Singh Dadhwal. more...
A month after the scheduled date, the organizing committee (OC) is still claiming that merchandise for the Commonwealth Games 2010 will be available ‘‘soon’’. more...
After the Central Vista, it seems to be the turn of Shivaji Stadium to miss the Commonwealth Games 2010 deadline. The stadium, which is being built by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), was to be part of the list of practice venues for athletes who are expected to start arriving from September 23. However, organizing committee (OC) officials say the facility is not even near completion. ‘‘As of now, we are not taking a call on Shivaji Stadium. We have already lined up other venues in case the stadium is not completed on time,’’ admitted Lalit Bhanot, secretary general, OC. more...
The antecedents of only 1,591 volunteers - of the 20,000 chosen for the Commonwealth Games - have been verified and the remaining are yet to get the green signal from Delhi Police even as the mega sporting event is just 34 days away. more...
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The antecedents of only 1,591 volunteers - of the 20,000 chosen for the Commonwealth Games - have been verified and the remaining are yet to get the green signal from Delhi Police even as the mega sporting event is just 34 days away. more...
With the total cases of the vector-borne disease crossing 800, Municipal Corporation of Delhi statistics shows that the month of August itself had seen 689 dengue cases. more...
Chandigarh, Aug 30 (IANS) Haryana has announced special holidays for all school children in the state Oct 8 to 13 to enable them to watch the Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be organised in New Delhi, an official spokesman said Monday. more...
Sending out a clear message to the Commonwealth Games organisers that they are under close scrutiny, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Sunday morning, inspected the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium the venue for both the opening and closing ceremonies of the event. more...
At the Tour de Delhi on Sunday, the test event for the Commonwealth Games road cycling, Indian's foreign coach Graham Seers came out strongly against the selection procedures for the Indian team. more...
World No. 39 India's Sharath Kamal clinched the men's singles CWG title in Melbourne four years ago, and he has what it takes to defend his title. more...
Premji in a recent article in a leading national daily had said that the thousands of crores of rupees being spent on Games could have been used for building schools and improve infrastructure. more...
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Taking an exception to WiproChairman Azim Premji's questioning the priorities of thegovernment in view of the huge money spent on theCommonwealth Games, Sports Minister M S Gill today said theindustry should look what it was doing for sport, beforecriticising. more...
Bhopal, Aug 29 (PTI) 'Angvastrams', made of the famousChanderi fabric, will adorn medal winners at the forthcomingCommonwealth Games in New Delhi. more...
Singh's inspection visit comes as part of the series of steps he has taken to streamline and expedite the preparations for the October 3-14 mega event which have been rocked by a spate of corruption allegations. more...
Manmohan Singh today visited the Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex and asked authorities to quickly complete remaining work as people were expecting a "flawless" opening to the Commonwealth Games. more...
The issue of the commonwealth games is one of massive corruption. An event which was supposed to cost Rs 655 crores has inflated to Rs 11,494 crores (not […] more...
On a day when the national hockey squad for Commonwealth Games and Asiad was announced, serious differences between key officials came to light. more...
Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, today assured that all Commonwealth Games-related projects would be completed in time. more...
Against the backdrop of construction delays and missed deadlines, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit a few Commonwealth Games venues in New Delhi on Sunday for an on the spot inspection of the facilities. The Prime Minister's inspection visit comes as part of the series of steps he more...
The Commonwealth Games 2010 being held in 'Incredible India' (pun intended) unveiled (unlike how media revealed their scam) the CWG Theme Song. Composed by A.R.Rehman - the song […] more...
The signboards which were supposed to help tourists find their way in Lutyens’ Delhi have already been damaged with the Commonwealth Games still more than a month away. more...
Here is another broken promise. To ensure an ‘‘uniform look’’ in the city, civic bodies were expected to install similar street furniture on 54 major roads leading to stadiums, airport and railway station before the Commonwealth Games. But with streetscaping work yet to complete, the civic agencies were drastically cutting down on what they had promised. more...
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today inaugurated Prem Nagar underpass and the Kushak and Sunheri Nallah parking facility near Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games. The site, developed by the MCD at a cost of Rs 303.95 crore by covering Kushak and Sunheri nallah, will provide parking facility for 820 buses during the Games and afterwards. Though developed to provide ample parking facility during the Games, the Chief Minister described it as a permanent infrastructure for Delhi. Such a facility was necessitated keeping in mind the large number of players, officials, mediapersons and spectators expected to visit the stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies. She expressed confidence that the parking facility will suffice during the Games. A total of 10,000 hutments and staff quarters of DJB and MCD, pipelines, BSNL power cables and water pipelines were relocated or shifted to bring up this parking area, which took a record time of 16 months. The parking area stretches over approximately 1.28 lakh sq mts. A length of 1030 metres was covered over Kushak Nallah extending from Sewa Nagar Culvert to Nehru Stadium South Gate, while a stretch of 950 metres was covered over the Sunheri Nallah from Dayal Singh College Campus upto Lala Lajpatrai Marg behind Lodhi Hotel. The waterway of both of the nallahs beneath the parking has been kept at 46 meters. There are three sets of modern toilet complexes and two restrooms at each parking. more...
Scared of losing bid to Hamilton, Delhi had promised to make the CWG Village a university hostel after the event but scrapped the plan, a new book has claimed. more...
It suddenly struck me that no news is good news for the Indian media. Ruthlessly suppressing any glimmer of positivity, hope or encouragement that it might behove them […] more...
The relentless digging is all that Delhi has to show in the name of the Commonwealth Games. Everything else is hidden - shrouded in mystery and intrigue. more...
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Another deadline for completion of projects at the venues for Commonwealth Games here will be missed with Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy saying today there will be delay by a "couple" of days beyond August 31. more...
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Jaipal Reddy, the man heading the Group of Ministers (GoM) for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) has clearly stated that Games' venues won't be complete by Aug 31, the […] more...
The Centre on Thursday admitted that Rs.678.91 crore, meant for carrying out welfare projects for people belonging to the Scheduled Castes in the Capital, was spent on various Commonwealth Games-related infrastructure projects by the Delhi government. more...
Delhi will be gaining infrastructure and better transport facilities thanks to the Commonwealth Games but that is coming at a cost. The city lost about 40,000 trees to Metro construction, flyovers and other Games-related projects in the past few years. Despite this, the green cover has been growing at an average annual rate of 1% which sources say is due to the high rate of compensatory plantation except that most of it is in city forests that are at the edge of the city. more...
Thanks to the Commonwealth Games you won't be able to walk barefoot on the dew-moist lawns of India Gate. Delhiite's favourite late night drive to India Gate to enjoy ice creams has hit the Games hurdle. A civic agency is planting new grass at the India Gate lawns — the biggest open space in the more...
The group of minister overseeing the preparations for the Commonwealth Games met on Thursday to discuss the opening and closing ceremonies and installation of the much-delayed overlays at the event's venues. The meeting of the GoM, headed by UDminister Jaipal Reddy was also attended by sports minister M S Gill, tourism minister Shailja, CM Shiela Dikshit and CWG OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi among others. more...
After weeks of uncertainty, decks were finally cleared for Indian weightlifters' participation in the Commonwealth Games with the games Organising Committee releasing Rs 1.75 crore to the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF). more...
The Queen`s Baton Relay of the Commonwealth Games, which began its tour of Kerala, was declined entry ito the state assembly complex as local organisers had failed to inform the legislative officials of it`s itinerary in advance. more...
The Group of Minister overseeing the preparations for the Commonwealth Games met today to discuss the opening and closing ceremonies and installation of the much-delayed overlays at the event`s venues. more...
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26 (PTI) The Queen's Baton Relayof the Commonwealth Games, which began its tour of Keralatoday, was declined entry ito the state assembly complex aslocal organisers had failed to inform the legislativeofficials of it's itineary in advance. more...
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) The government today admitted thatover Rs 670 crores meant for Scheduled Caste welfare projectswere diverted by the Delhi government for Commonwealth Games,triggering protests in the Rajya Sabha from BJP, BSP and theLeft. more...
Some of the top PSUs may have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games in the wake of corruption allegations, but Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi is unperturbed, saying he is confident of making up the deficit through the private sector. more...
The Organising committee of the XIX Commonwealth Games is trying hard to keep their heads above water, in more ways than one and make it a memorable event. Considering […] more...
Wrestling has always been one of the main strenghts of the Indian contingent participating in the Commonwealth Games and the same holds true for the XIX Commonwealth Games […] more...
The gross spending on the Delhi Commonwealth Games has been estimated at Rs. 11,494 crore which is quite exorbitant compared to its original estimate of Rs. 655 crore. If the additional amount of Rs. 16,560 spent by Delhi government for the development of infrastructure in the capital and the real cost of labour had to be included, then the real cost of the games will be much higher, says Azim Premji. more...
Only two per cent of tickets for October's Commonwealth Games in Delhi have been sold, with organisers banking on a late rush to fill stadiums. more...
Following disclosures of corrupt practices in the setting up of the commonwealth games, many Indians have had reservations about such white elephants. Azim Premji gave voice to these […] more...
Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Recently, the central government disclosed that its total spend on the Delhi Commonwealth Games is likely to be `11,494cr. This number is disconcerting […] more...
The Commonwealth Games tickets are finally here. And for the first time in the history of this sporting event, tickets have been printed on the same paper as currency notes. more...
Over 3,00,000 people have been evicted and displaced from their homes due to projects related to the Commonwealth Games (CWG), a report by an NGO Hazard Centre has said. "Very few of them have been given alternative accommodations. Even after strict High Court directives, the Delhi government and more...
The increasing number of star pullouts may be taking the sheen off the Commonwealth Games but Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi is not too worried. more...
Over 1,000 personnel fromspecialised units of the Army are likely to be roped in forspecific security-related duties during the upcomingCommonwealth Games here. more...
: In a big boost to upcoming Delhi Commonwealth Games, middle distance running powerhouse Kenya are sending a strong athletics team which will be led by men's 800m world record holder David Rudisha an more...
Till Tuesday, the sports ministry had been sleeping on a proposal from the Cycling Federation of India (CFI) to import 88 cycles for the Commonwealth Games. more...
NEW DELHI: Promising the best-ever coverage in the history of Commonwealth Games, the Organising Committee (OC) on Wednesday said that they have finalised deals with right holding […] more...
The Commonwealth Games host city Wednesday got its own song and logo which according to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit marks the countdown for the mega event and showcases Delhi in an exciting manner. more...
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) finally announced the sale of tickets at outlets for spectators with less than 40 days to go for the Games. The launch of tickets was earlier scheduled for Aug 1. more...
Over 1,000 personnel from specialised units of the Army are likely to be roped in for specific security-related duties during the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi . Official sources said the Army personnel are scheduled to be deployed by September 15, a little more than a fortnight ahead of the start of the sporting extravaganza on October 3. more...
New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) Over 1,000 personnel fromspecialised units of the Army are likely to be roped in forspecific security-related duties during the upcomingCommonwealth Games here. more...
“The RSTs are over.“ “No clue about VSTs.HELP.“ “The Acc. Cards are still awaited. Any one to share the grief?“ Such updates are all over the place on social network- ing sites these days, as Comm more...
Despite the Sports Ministry's directive to the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) on Tuesday, to lend an interest-free loan to the Indian Weightlifting Federation, its chairman Suresh Kalmad more...
: The 30,000 odd volunteers for the Commonwealth Games have a reason to cheer.Organising Committee chair- man, Suresh Kalmadi, along with ace shooter and CWG brand ambassador, Abhinav Bindra, on T more...
Once denied entry to the India squad because of poor health, Surinder Kaur is now a pillar of strength for the women's hockey team. Last year's Arjuna Awardee, who has been leading the squad for the l more...
Sports Ministry directed Commonwealth Games Organising Committee to immediately release Rs 1.75 crore interest-free loan to the Indian Weightlifting Federation so it can pay the doping fine. more...
A high-level meeting was held to take stock of the security measures being put in place for the upcoming Commonwealth Games amidst rising concerns over the delay in construction of Games related venues. more...
Indian men have never been to the podium since hockey's entry to the Commonwealth Games and they will have to play out of their skins to break the jinx. more...
Aiyar, a minister in the UPA-I government and known for his open criticism of the Commonwealth Games did not mince words to criticise the present dispensation. more...
The Sports Ministry today directed the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee to immediately release Rs 1.75 crore interest-free loan to the Indian Weightlifting Federation so that it can pay the doping fine of $ 3,75,000 to the international parent body before the August 31 deadline. more...
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The sports ministry and the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) seems to be in a deadlock over the issue of bailing out the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) by paying off their outstanding fine worth $375,000 to the international federation. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Friday made it clear that he would not quit despite the charges of corruption levelled against him with regard to the upcoming mega event, asserting that he was still the boss. more...
Union urban development ministry is hopeful that its plea for armed forces not charging for services rendered during the upcoming Commonwealth would be considered. more...
New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Friday made it clear that he would not quit despite the charges of corruption levelled against him with regard to the upcoming mega event, asserting that he was still the boss. more...
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The embattled Commonwealth Games organiser, Suresh Kalmadi’s woes just don’t seem to end. Now, there is a demand in his home constituency, Pune, that the accounts of the Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Pune in 2008 — also led by Mr Kalmadi — be reopened. The CYG had to be held in Pune because facilities in Delhi were not ready. more...
Despite the Commonwealth Games being held in Delhi, it is rather disappointing that not a single badminton player from the capital will feature in this edition of the games. more...
India will be fielding a 10-member contingent for the Commonwealth Games squash competition, Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) said here Monday. more...
Citing preoccupation of policemen due to festive season next month, the Maharashtra Government has requested the Centre to reschedule the arrival of Queen`s baton relay for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The sports ministry Monday asked All India Tennis Association (AITA) to submit more documents for the reimbursement of the long-pending bills of the top tennis players, who last week threatened to skip Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games over their dues. more...
As the Queen’s Baton jogs around the country, as athletes stretch and train, as October approaches, the media coverage and public criticism of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to […] more...
Vilasrao Deshmukh’s decision to not allow public sector undertakings to sponsor the Commonwealth Games has been lauded in the state government. The politicians say Kalmadi deserved to be shown his place. In fact, a section within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which is loyal to energy and water resources minister Ajit Pawar, is also sending congratulatory notes to Deshmukh. more...
Even as the government on Wednesday claimed that there was no ‘‘specific threat’’ to the Commonwealth Games, the security agencies which have a grand plan to secure all the stadiums and the Games village by installing multi-layered cover will take over all the venues for various drills and setting up sophisticated gadgets on September 1, keeping in mind the ‘‘general threat’’ to such a mega event. more...
The signature song of the Delhi Games 2010 may not be ready but the creative team, which zipped off to London along with top brass of the organizing committee (OC) on Monday, would be hoping at least its signature stunt the helium balloon is ready to be unveiled. With just 46 days left, the creative team will be present for the testing of the balloon, otherwise known as the aerostat, in London over the next few days. The aerostat, which has been rented for Rs 38 crore, will be the showpiece of the opening ceremony, say the OC officials. more...
As the countdown for the Commonwealth Games intensifies, the organizing committee (OC) is moving towards setting up one of the most important aspects of the Games the doping control centers at all the venues. These facilities, which will be set up at both competition and training venues, are of international standards and form an important more...
More than 30 dogs and puppies have made the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here their home, causing a huge problem and embarrassment to the officials in charge of stadium facilities and venue operations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. more...
Over 40,000 personnel of Delhi police are now 'English literate' and 'well mannered'. They have undergone behavioural and English speaking and writing training to ensure an international standard policing during the Commonwealth Games. Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal has spent lakhs of more...
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Believe it or not, with only over a month left for the Commonwealth Games, the players are still waiting for their equipment to arrive and the venues to open. more...
: Believe it or not, with only over a month left for the Commonwealth Games, the players are still waiting for their equipment to arrive and the venues to open. But the Games organisers are clearly no more...
: Believe it or not, with only over a month left for the Commonwealth Games, the players are still waiting for their equipment to arrive and the venues to open. But the Games organisers are clearly no more...
The CYG, held between October 12-18, 2008 saw the participation of all the 71 Commonwealth countries and it was looked upon as a dress rehearsal for Delhi's Commonwealth Games. more...
In a series of startling disclosures, a suspended senior official of the Organizing Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games has alleged that Sanjay Mohindroo, the deputy director general and OC boss Suresh Kalmadi’s key aide had tried to appropriate over Rs 22 lakh from the funds meant for the Queen’s Baton relay inauguration in London last October. more...
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) With less than two months to gofor the Commonwealth Games, a Lok Sabha member today demandedthat Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) should take steps onwar footing to check spread of dengue in the national capital. more...
A couple of weeks ago Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit said that anyone who criticised the Commonwealth Games i.e., criticised the government was being unpatriotic. This newspaper pointed out […] more...
England is ready with her women hockey team for the CWG. Here it should be noted that England has won bronze medal in 2006 in Melbourne. England has won silver medals in commonwealth games in year 1998 and 2002. England’s 16 members women hockey team hoping for the better performance as compared with past however [...] more...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games tickets will be finally available in retail outlets across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) from Wednesday. more...
The University Community for Democracy, which has been protesting against displacement of students from Delhi University hostels owing to the Commonwealth Games, held a public meeting at the Arts Faculty here on Friday. The meeting was attended by scholars and teachers who spoke on the matter and other contentious Games-related issues. more...
All agencies involved in the preparation of the Commonwealth Games were on Friday directed by a Group of Ministers to hand over the venues to the Organising Committee by 31st August. more...
Remember the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee's controversial deal with Australia-based Sports Marketing & Management (SMAM)? The one that was hurriedly scrapped when it was discovered that SMAM was getting money for jam - a commission, ranging between 15 and 23%, not only on sponsorships brought by it for the Games but also on sponsorships coming to the Games anyway, like money from PSUs? more...
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has admitted that it will be able to deliver only half the rooms that it had promised in Vasant Kunj where Games delegates are to be accommodated. At Friday's meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Commonwealth Games, DDA officials said that of the 3,179 upcoming flats in Vasant Kunj, they would be able to deliver just 1,600 of the promised rooms before the Games. more...
The R 30,000-crore makeover Delhi is getting for the Commonwealth Games includes everything — flyovers, underpasses, subways, bus stations and even waterless toilets. But it lacks one crucial element: the veins of the city — its drainage system. The long-forgotten drainage system is now crumbling. And along with it are the roads. more...
Hoping to better the bronze medal-winning per- formance fours years ago in Melbourne, England has named a 16-member women's hockey squad for the Games. England already has two Commonwealth Games silve more...
he Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has finalised the contracts for the catering services. As report- ed by HT, the conracts went to Graviss Hopitality and Seven Seas. The catering for the loun more...
Even as corruption allegations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games fly thick and fast, the 2007 Military World Games (MWG) organised by India has now come under the scanner of government auditors, who have more...
This was revealed in a letter Union urban development minister Jaipal Reddy wrote to defence minister AK Antony with a request that the army waive a bill of Rs11.29 crore for services. more...
The Comptroller and Auditor General tabled a report in parliament on Friday on violation of financial rules and regulations in the conduct of MWG. more...
As organizers of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi struggle to hold on to sponsors, the Indian cricket board on Friday announced a new sponsor for its home matches. more...
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the Railways would first see the ''credentials'' of the Commonwealth Games oganisers and then release the Rs 100 crore sponsorship money. more...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Top Indian tennis players Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna have threatened to pull out of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games over the non-payment of their dues. The sports ministry has held the All India Tennis Association (AITA) responsible for not submitting the requisite documents for reimbursement. more...
A day after asking PSUs to hold back the sponsorship money for Commonwealth Games, Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Friday said spending money for the sporting event was not compulsory for the public sector units. "Sponsorship was not compulsory, it was voluntary. It was left to the PSUs and more...
Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell criticised the mess around the village on Thursday after a two-day inspection of the venues for the October 3-14 Games in the Indian capital. more...
The Haryana government Friday announced that Oct 14 will be observed as a public holiday in the entire Gurgaon district in view of the closing ceremony of the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG). more...
The crisis-riden CWG has received a further jolt with two power PSUs, NTPC and PowerGrid, deciding to hold back their Rs 40 crore sponsorship money out of a combined committed sum of Rs 60 crore for the event. more...
The Heavy Industriesand Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday saidhis ministry has asked PSUs to hold back sponsorship moneytotalling up to Rs 260 crore for the event. more...
Commonwealth Games FederationPresident Michael Fennell downplayed Dawn Fraser`s fearsof a Munich-like terror attack during the CWG, saying the Australian swimming legend was not sufficiently informed tomake such a statement. more...
For a country of over a billion, India should have been better-placed just 45 days before the Commonwealth Games, feels Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief Perry Crosshwhite. more...
Dawn Fraser has called on athletes to boycott the event but the Australian Commonwealth Games Association rejected her apprehensions insisting that the Indian capital would be safe and secure. more...
Chandigarh, Aug 20 (IANS) The Haryana government Friday announced that Oct 14 will be observed as a public holiday in the entire Gurgaon district in view of the closing ceremony of the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG). more...
The Lt governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh started it by running some distance carrying the Queen's Baton and then handing it over to the chief secretary, Vivek Rae. more...
London, Aug 20 (PTI) Hoping to better the bronzemedal-winning performance fours years ago in Melbourne,England has named a 16-member women's hockey squad for theupcoming Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
We have been seeing the news about Commonwealth Games 2010 held to be in Delhi,both kinds of news bad news and good news but mostly bad kind of […] more...
In a move reflecting the deep concern in the government over the Commonwealth Games, the role of the Suresh Kalmadi-led Organizing Committee has been further constricted, with the Centre deputing 10 senior officials to oversee critical aspects of the Games. more...
The Indian government has missed a deadline to certify all Commonwealth Games sporting venues are structurally sound and safe to operate following reports of dodgy building practices. more...
Australia's triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice will have shoulder surgery and miss the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, the emotional swimmer said Thursday. more...
The former Australia swimmer Dawn Fraser has called for her country to boy- cott the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing fears of a tragedy similar to that which unfolded at the 1972 Olympic Games in more...
: That network and technology integration are key elements in the success of the Commonwealth Games was highlighted when Mike Fennell, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, brought up the is more...
: Seven world champions are part of cycling pow- erhouse Australia's 27-strong team, announced today for the October Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The 2004 Olympic and reign- ing Commonwealth Games more...
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Thursday said the government had appointed 11 top bureaucrats to oversee the last phase of work for the mega event at the request of the organising committee and there was no 'take over' of the Games. more...
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) In what could be a severe joltto the crisis-ridden Commonwealth Games, the Heavy Industriesand Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today saidhis ministry has asked PSUs to hold back sponsorship moneytotalling up to Rs 260 crore for the event. more...
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) With allegations of corruptionplaguing the Commonwealth Games (CWG), Railway Minister MamataBanerjee today said Rs 100 crore promised by her ministry forthe event would be given only after ascertaining "credentials"of the expenditure. more...
Melbourne, Aug 19 (PTI) For a country of over a billion,India should have been better-placed just 45 days before theCommonwealth Games, feels Australian Commonwealth GamesAssociation chief Perry Crosshwhite but he believes Delhiwould get over the scandal-marred build-up to pull off asuccessful show. more...
Melbourne, Aug 19 (PTI) Seven world champions are part ofcycling powerhouse Australia's 27-strong team, announced todayfor the October Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
Sania Mirza will spearhead a rather weak Indian challenge at the Commonwealth Games after being named in a four-member women's team by the AITA. more...
In the meeting, Dikshit briefed Fennel about progress of various key infrastructure projects like Barapullah Nallah elevated road and Games Village and told him that all the works will be completed well on time. more...
The Queens Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) reached the temple town, the last tour in Andhra Pradesh, today evening to a rousing reception. more...
New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- There is a groundswell of"opposition" to the Commonwealth Games' selection trials for the cycling team, with several state associations expressing reservations over the process. more...
There is a groundswell of “opposition“ to the Commonwealth Games' selection trials for the cycling team, with several state asso- ciations expressing reserva- tions over the process. The general-se more...
: Mangled ears; sweat, dripping like a rivulet down his face; a soft groan every now and then, give you a hint of the pain he is enduring. All this to max- imise power, flexibility, reflexes and to ge more...
With just 45 days left for theCommonwealth Games and many key projects yet to be completed,Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said she was still"nervous" about the preparations. more...
In view of the controversy about the forthcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG) in the country, a former Olympian has strongly favoured that the Games theme song should be alike the popular song `Mile sur mera tumhara` of late 1980s. more...
With just 45 days left for the Commonwealth Games and many key projects yet to be completed, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said she was still "nervous" about the preparations. more...
The CWG organizing committee has submitted a “written commitment” stating that NTPC’s sponsorship amount will be utilized for the realization of the bona fide objectives of the committee more...
In a last-minute effort to set the house in order for the Commonwealth Games, the government has decided that Joint Secretaries of departments... more...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) With just 45 days left for theCommonwealth Games and many key projects yet to be completed,Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit tonight said she was still"nervous" about the preparations. more...
There is no specific threat to the Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in October, but a general one from terrorists who want to strike at high profile targets, Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken said on Wednesday. more...
NEW DELHI:There is no specific threat to the Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in October, but a general one from terrorists who want to strike at high […] more...
Government owned entities Mahanager Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd. (TCIL) will be paid at least Rs. 235.55 crore for digital services and equipment provided at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, according to a statement filed in the Lok Sabha: MTNL will be paid Rs. 150 crore to set up the Games Data Network (GDN) for Games Applications, Voice & Multimedia, Security Data Network (SDN) for CCTV/Video Surveillance, and Broadcast Network (BN) for High Definition Broadcast. It will receive Rs. 182 crore from Ministry of Sports on a “wet lease” basis, Rs. 30 crore from Ministry of Home Affairs for uses of security data network and Rs. 73 crore from Organising Committee for using data and various other services. MTNL is going to provide communication facilities in 48 sites in the city. more...
An investigation by a news channel has revealed a web of ownership details of firms awarded contracts by the Organising Committee of the Delhi Games that point to conflicts of interest. The channel, NDTV, revealed evidence linking Australia-based company, Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM) to more...
Safety, as reported by HT 10 days ago, will be the primary concern of Commonwealth Games Federation when its president arrives here for his two-day visit on Wednesday. The CGF chief, Mike Fennell, during an exclusive interview with HT, had asked the Games Organising Committee to provide fitness more...
: Safety, as reported by HT 10 days ago, will be the primary concern of Commonwealth Games Federation when its president arrives here for his two-day visit on Wednesday. The CGF chief, Mike Fennell more...
An investigation by a news channel has revealed a web of ownership details of firms awarded contracts by the Organising Committee of the Delhi Games that point to con- flicts of interest. The channel more...
New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) Against the backdrop of a spateof controversies surrounding the Delhi Commonwealth Games, theGames Federation president Michael Fennell arrived heretonight on a two-day visit. more...
The allegations of mammoth corruption in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games are steadily scaling up to some of the senior-most men involved with organizing the event. And they aren't all Indian. more...
Patiala, Aug. 17 -- The Commonwealth Games will be weightlifter Soniya Chanu's first major multi-discipline event, and the lifter from Manipur is leaving no stone unturned to make the opportunity count in front of her home crowd. more...
New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman said negative publicity about the Commonwealth Games was hurting India's image overseas. more...
Rahman claim that the theme song which he prepared for the Commonwealth Games would be far more better than the hugely popular Shakira song “Waka Waka”,which got the entirely different mixture of Hindi and English. more...
The Commonwealth Games will be weightlifter Soniya Chanu's first major multi-discipline event, and the lifter from Manipur is leaving no stone unturned to make the opportunity count in front of her ho more...
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CWG OC) vice- chairman Randhir Singh on Monday said all the venues are in top shape and will be ready in a week's time. Randhir Singh and CWG OC secretary-general Lalit Bhanot, addressing a joint press conference in New Delhi, said they visited all the venues, except the Kadarpur Shooting Range, in the last couple of days and were satisfied with the preparations. more...
With 47 days to go for the Commonwealth Games, Delhi Police has procured a radiation meter and is training its personnel to use the meter with the help of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Delhi Police officers were given a demonstration on the meter last week. more...
Venues may not be ready but according to the authorities, Delhi’s bus and auto drivers are more than ready to welcome the hordes of tourists for the Commonwealth Games 2010. As part of the run-up to the Delhi Games, the city’s ambassador’s bus drivers, police personnel, auto wallahs, immigration officials and tourist guides have been put through intensive training so that they can put their best foot forward. The training, given by various agencies including the Delhi Police, tourism ministry and the Delhi government, is basically along the lines of imparting communication skills and etiquette. more...
Students and teachers in Delhi University have finally come together to protest against the eviction of students from college hostels to accommodate tourists during the Commonwealth Games. Members of the University Community for Democracy a group of students, teachers and former students in DU, formed two months ago will go on a relay hunger strike from Thursday onwards at Arts Faculty to make DU authorities come forward and take responsibility for helping out the evicted hostellers. The group also wrote to the National Commission for Women on Wednesday highlighting the problems faced by female students in searching for accommodation outside the campus. more...
Talk about a meteoric rise. Jubilee Sports Technology (I) Pvt Limited was registered as a business venture of Siddharth Verma and Rohit Jain on September 6, 2006. Until March 2007, the company did absolutely no business, according to its annual return for the financial year 2006-07. But it has since pocketed a series of lucrative contracts, at exorbitant rates, to supply turf to Commonwealth Games venues. more...
If you have a mania for fitness and want nothing less than the very best treadmill, Harrods of London can sell you the exercise machine for £10,000, or […] more...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) The Monsoon session of DelhiAssembly is likely to start on a stormy note tomorrow with BJPset to corner the government on allegations of corruption inCommonwealth Games works as well as delay in implementation ofprojects linked to the event. more...
As Doordarshan goes into the high-definition mode for the Commonwealth Games, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Monday said no new recruitments will be made in the national network for the event. more...
After Ms Sonia Gandhi goaded the government leadership to step forward and insulate Congress from attack over corruption in the Commonwealth Games preparations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to promise Parliament firm action against the guilty. more...
Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the beleaguered organising committee of the Commonwealth Games, said "Eveything is going well. I liked the song." more...
It is the first meeting of the GoM after prime minister Manmohan Singh directly stepped in yesterday convening an emergency meeting on review of preparations for the Commonwealth Games. more...
Dambulla (Sri Lanka), Aug 15 (PTI) Controversy andcorruption-plagued they might be but Indian cricket captainMahendra Singh Dhoni today hoped that the Delhi CommonwealthGames in October will earn "goodwill" for the country. more...
With prime minister Manmohan Singh stepping in after questions were raised on the preparation for the Commonwealth Games, government today said the focus now was on the delivery of the mega event. more...
Asking people to treat the Commonwealth Games as a national festival, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday exuded confidence that the country will successfully host the October event, […] more...
Faced with scathing criticism relating to the preparations for the Commonwealth Games, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today convened a high-level meeting which took a series of key decisions in this regard, including asking the concerned agencies to complete the pending works and conduct thorough investigations into all the complaints that have been received of ''procedural and other irregularities''. more...
New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) Stepping up its efforts toensure clean air during the Commonwealth Games here, DelhiGovernment has decided to crack the whip on industrial unitsflouting the prescribed air quality standards. more...
New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) Asking people to treat theCommonwealth Games as a national festival, Prime MinisterManmohan Singh today exuded confidence that the country willsuccessfully host the October event, preparations for whichhave been plagued by controversies. more...
The Group of Ministers for the Commonwealth Games, which has now been empowered to take all necessary decicions for the smooth conduct of the event, will meet here tomorrow to take stock of the preparations. more...
Suresh Kalmadi today lost his free hand in running the Commonwealth Games after the Prime Minister stepped in to rescue the showpiece event from the delays and corruption charges that have marked its preparations. more...
Much has been talked about during the past year about bulging revenues, and the Organising Committee (OC) officials continue to claim that they have exceeded targets and expectations as far as television rights for the Commonwealth Games are concerned. more...
Until 48 hours before Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chairmanSuresh Kalmadi directed his subordinate M Jeychandren to release of payments for A M Films UK Limited, the company did not have any director or employees, according to documents with TOI. more...
For the first time since the preparations for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), scheduled to kick off in Delhi on October 3, began to receive adverse notice, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ordered the Ministries concerned to investigate all “procedural and other irregularities.” more...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday stepped in to rescue the Commonwealth Games by putting the Suresh Kalmadi-led Organizing Committee under the supervision of an Empowered Committee and authorizing a GoM to speed up decisions for the mega event. more...
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh today convened a high-level meeting to review the preparations for the Commonwealth Games scheduled to begin on 3rd October. The meeting was […] more...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday met Sports Minister M.S. Gill, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and other ministers to discuss ways to control the damage over the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games and to ensure the Games' smooth conduct. more...
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and apprised her of the preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, a source said. more...
PM Manmohan Singh clipped the wings of controversial Commonwealth Games chief Suresh Kalmadi and directed thorough probe into complaints of irregularities and severely punish those found guilty. more...
New Delhi, Aug.14 (ANI): Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Vice-Chairman Randhir Singh and Secretary General Dr. Lalit K Bhanot have been visiting the competition venues over the past four days to review the state of readiness of various stadia and to address issues reported by the media about the delay in construction work at various venues. more...
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday met Sports Minister M.S. Gill, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and other ministers to discuss ways to control the damage over the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games and to ensure the Games' smooth conduct. more...
The prime minister will meet the sports minister MS Gill, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and cabinet secretary KM Chandrashekhar today at 4:30 pm. more...
The West Bengal government is extremely cut up with the Commonwealth Games authorities for refusing to pay for the Santhali dance troupe that will perform at the event's closing ceremony in Delhi. more...
Melbourne, Aug. 14 -- Satisfied with security for the Delhi Commonwealth Games as of now but jittery nonetheless, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association said on Friday it continues to keep a "watching brief" on how things unfold in the run-up to the October 3-14 event. more...
Cornered by one controversy after another, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) was dealt another blow on Friday after Games merchandising company Premier Brands pulled out. “We have decided to withdraw as the project has got delayed too much,” said Suresh Kumar, chairman of Premium Brands, leading sports merchandising firm in India. “I will never come forward for any event organised by the Indian Olympic Association,” he said. more...
At a time when there are reports of fresh scams every day ahead of the Commonwealth Games the congress core group discussed the issue of forming a new supervisory committee to for the CWG games, say sources. more...
Athletes should not be apprehensive about security at the Commonwealth Games in October despite concerns raised by Australia, the head of the games organising federation said on Friday. more...
Sponsorship deals for the Delhi Commonwealth Games will now be marketed by the organising committee, a senior official said, even as Australian firm Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM) accused the committee of wrongfully terminating its services. more...
Congress may have defended the government’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games but concerns about financial impropriety are far from allayed. more...
Country’s largest power producer NTPC is likely to restrict its sponsorship deal for Commonwealth Games to Rs 20 crore, dealing yet another blow to the tainted Games. The organising committee of Commonwealth Games is struggling to tide over the huge funds crunch. more...
Short of forcing him to resign as chairman of the organising committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games (CWG), the government is tightening the noose around Suresh Kalmadi over financial irregularities in the Rs20,000-crore event. more...
Amid all the cynicism surrounding it, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) is proud of the Games Village and believes that it will serve as a “home away from home” for the athletes and officials. more...
atisfied with security for the Delhi Commonwealth Games as of now but jittery nonetheless, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association said on Friday it continues to keep a “watching brief“ on how t more...
Engulfed in a spate of corruption scandals, the Commonweath Games organising committee was on Friday dealt another blow with merchandising company Premier Brands pulling out of the mega event. more...
The official merchandising and licensing partner of the Delhi Games, Premier Brands had been contemplating to withdraw as the delay in starting the process is amounting to huge losses every day. more...
The official merchandising and licensing partner of the Delhi Games had been contemplating withdrawal as the delay in starting the process is causing huge losses every day. more...
Melbourne, Aug 13 (IANS) Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief executive Perry Crosswhite is satisfied with New Delhi's preparations and security arrangements for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, a media report Friday said. more...
New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) A first of its kind sportsinjury centre with a budget of Rs 70 crore is coming up at theSafdarjung hospital in the national capital which will caterto athletes participating in the Commonwealth Games. more...
With the Congress Core Committee scheduled to meet on Friday evening to discuss the Commonwealth Games (CWG) preparations and the controversies surrounding it, Congress circles indicated that the party was veering round to the view that Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi should not be immediately replaced. more...
"The fastest man on no legs", triple paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is aiming to qualify as an able-bodied athlete for the Delhi Commonwealth Games. more...
London, Aug 13 (PTI) "The fastest man on no legs", tripleparalympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is aiming to qualifyas an able-bodied athlete for the Delhi Commonwealth Games butremains non-committal on whether he would actually participatein the mega-event. more...
Wellington, Aug 13 (PTI) Olympian Marina Erakovic wastoday named in New Zealand's four-strong tennis team for theOctober 3 to 14 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
Olympic bronze medalist and brand ambassador of the Delhi Commonwealth Games Vijender Singh felt support from a passionate home crowd will be a big boost for […] more...
The crores of taxpayers' money that has been spent on the Commonwealth Games 2010 will be put to good use after the mega sporting event. According to senior officials in the Delhi government, two of the stadia renovated for the Delhi Games will be turned into "sports schools''. Education ministerArvinder Singh Lovely said, "Both Chhattrasal and Thyagaraj stadium will be used for coaching the young talent in the city. This is to ensure that the venues are put to good use, specially after we have spent crores upgrading them.'' more...
The UK firm accused of receiving inflated payments from the organisers of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) has sent a bill to the Organising Committee of £122,692 (Rs 89.52 lakh) as unpaid dues for services during the Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR). more...
Delhiites interested in catching all the glittering live action of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium would now have the option of parking their cars at the nearby Safdarjung airport by simply flashing their entry ticket which would double up as parking token. Visitors can then proceed to the free shuttle service bus provided by the Delhi Transport Corporation there to get dropped at the venue and be ferried back to the parking after the event through a dedicated route directly connecting the airport to the stadium. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who is also the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, finds himself in the dock yet again after an inspection report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) revealed that an avoidable expenditure of Rs.4.11 crore was incurred by the OC for renovation of the IOA Bhawan here. more...
Olympic bronze medalist and brand ambassa- dor of the Delhi Commonwealth Games Vijender Singh felt sup- port from a passionate home crowd will be a big boost for pugilists chasing glory in Delhi. T more...
The UK firm accused of receiving inflated payments from the organisers of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) has sent a bill to the Organising Committee of £122,692.... more...
As controversy rages over scamsin Commonwealth Games, a group of NGOs today raised the issueof "large-scale human rights violation" due to the event. more...
Common Wealth of Corruption Over the last few decades, a number of countries have leveraged the hosting of sporting events like Olympics, Soccer World Cup, Commonwealth Games for economic […] more...
New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) Already under attack from variousquarters, the CWG Organising Committee has come in forcriticism from government auditor CAG over appointment of twoconsultants for broadcast rights and sponsorship agreements. more...
New Delhi, Aug.12 (ANI): The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Thursday strongly denied charges made in the interim report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) related to selection procedure of Fast Track Sales Ltd. more...
The baton would be received by the representatives of Andhra Pradesh Olympic Association at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on August 14. more...
CAG, in its inspection, has found discrepancies in choosing consultants for global broadcasting rights and sponsorship deal for Commonwealth Games. more...
Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh said support from home crowd will be a big boost for pugilists chasing glory at the Commonwealth Games. more...
We have had an earlier post on the University Community for Democracy which was formed in the wake of the arbitrary and authoritarian eviction of students from the hostels […] more...
Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy has made a call for support from all quarters while disclosing that a total of Rs 28,054 crore have been spent on the Commonwealth games out of which Rs 16,560 crore was given to the Delhi Government in order to upgrade the capital infrastructure and building of various stadiums. more...
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its interim inspection report has found some discrepancies in choosing consultants for global broadcasting rights and sponsorship deal for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games here. more...
New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Commonwealth Games 2010 will be available on high definition (HD) mode, considered best in the world, through Direct To Home platforms to millions of viewers across India. more...
Troubles just don't seem to end for Suresh Kalmadi as the report found discrepancies in choosing consultants for broadcasting rights and sponsorship deals. more...
The scandal-ridden Commonwealth Games organising committee is frozen in inertia, too afraid to finalise new contracts, as pressure appears to mount on its chief Suresh Kalmadi to resign, even from within his own party. more...
The Aerostat, a giant helium-filled moored balloon planned as the showpiece of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games, has run into rough weather. more...
The Aerostat, a giant helium-filled moored balloon planned as the showpiece of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games, has run into rough weather.... more...
New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) Amid raging controversy overthe allegations of corruption in the Commonwealth Games, theCentral Public Sector Units may not release more funds for themega sporting event till a clearer picture emerges on thevarious issues that have been raised so far. more...
England Commonwealth Games contingent Chef de Mission Craig Hunter has said England is looking forward to a fantastic Commonwealth Games in Delhi this October. “We’ve already got […] more...
There is a lot of hue and cry about preparedness of Delhi to host XIX Commonwealth Games from Oct.3 to 14, 2010. Less than 2 months are left […] more...
Sprint legend Milka Singh feels India has very little chance of winning an athletics medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games due to the apathy of those at the helm of affairs. more...
The build up to the Commonwealth Games might be marred by controversies but former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said all the problems would be sorted out once the event starts on October 3.Talking to reporters at a promotional event near his residence in Behala, the iconic Bengal cricketer said he was nobody to comment on the controversies surrounding the CWG.Ganguly, who was the star attraction of the Queens Baton Relay's stop-over in Kolkata a few days ago, said. more...
There is a lot of hue and cry about preparedness of Delhi to host XIX Commonwealth Games from Oct.3 to 14, 2010. Less than 2 months are left […] more...
About 1,000 private and government schools in Delhi and national capital region (NCR) will adopt areas in their vicinity and maintain them during the Commonwealth Games. more...
Haryana government on Monday approved a budgetary allocation of Rs 1,588.6 crore for the extension of Delhi Metro to Faridabad. The new Metro link from Badarpur to YMCA Chowk will hugely benefit residents of the NCR city and work is expected to start in a couple of months. more...
Enough has been said in press and media about the Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi between 3rd to 14th October 2010. About 8000 athletes from 72 […] more...
India already seems to have lost the Commonwealth Games even before the first swimmer has splashed into the Dr SPM Aquatic Complex, the first archer let loose his […] more...
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has said that Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi should step down on moral grounds if his name figures in a CBI prima facie case. more...
Delhiites can rule out any kind of electricity tariff revision this year — reduction or hike. With Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) chairman and two members unable to reach a consensus on tariff in Delhi, major decisions have been put on hold till the end of the Commonwealth Games in October. more...
The Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) for the 19th Commonwealth Games-2010 was accorded a rousing welcome with thousands of people waving at it standing on both sides of roads in the Capital City on Monday evening. more...
Dope-tainted Manipuri lifter L. Monika Devi and Sarabjit Singh, who broke his own national record in the over 105kg category, will lead India at the Commonwealth Games from October 3-14. A silver-m more...
[caption id="attachment_230" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Baichung Bhutia, Sourav Ganguly pass on the Commonwealth Games baton"][/caption] Our politicians and bureaucrats seem to have literally interpreted the Commonwealth Games as common wealth […] more...
IF YOU are coming from abroad for Commonwealth Games in India, then you must come to adjoining Haryana. Visitors during the Commonwealth Games will be accorded special treatment of Haryanavi delicacies along with an insight into the state’s rich cultural heritage, if they choose to stay in the tented air-conditioned dwelling units specially readied for them. more...
The Queens Baton Relay (QBR), one of the greatest traditions of the Commonwealth Games, reaches the Orissa at Jamsola Gate on Sunday and scheduled to depart from here on August 11 . more...
We now know what the Commonwealth Games stand for. (It’s) Common (for everyone to make) Wealth (at these) Games. Toilet rolls for Rs4,000 each! Must be gold-laced. Treadmills at Rs27 lakh! The high end ones cost less than a tenth of that. more...
After unveiling of the new building block at the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi railway station, the much-neglected Paharganj side is now gearing up for a new look, hopefully in time for the Commonwealth Games in the Capital in October. more...
Following threats by the state-owned sponsors to withhold further disbursal of funds towards the sponsorship of the Commonwealth Games 2010, the Games organizing committee (OC) is making all out efforts to woo the existing sponsors besides seeking the government's help to get new ones for this mega more...
It seems the city will fail to meet the August 31 deadline, set by the chief minister herself, of completing the Commonwealth Games-related infrastructure projects. Senior Delhi government officials say, critical portion of work on at least three projects, the elevated road on the Barapullah drain, more...
A heady mix of social awareness groups, anti-establishment urban art aficionados, ex-pat neo-radicals and revolutionary student groups are taking the city's nascent graffiti movement beyond freestyle frescoes in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games. The city's landscape is their canvas as these more...
ndian squash players are not getting the daily allowances sanctioned by the sports ministry in January 2008 as part of their training for the Commonwealth Games, the players say. The core probables of more...
Communist Party of India (CPI) today said those responsible for huge corruption in preparation for Commonwealth Games should quit forthwith. "We have crossed all limits of corrupt practices. Though we are hosting Commonwealth Games, we have broken Olympics record in corruption", CPI general more...
British queen furious over CWG baton controversy! Thus,PM Apolitical Dr Manmohan Singh , the man from World bank and IMF is OBLIGED to take action on alleged CWG bunglings. […] more...
"Bring the focus back on the athletes." "It's not often that we get a chance to participate in front of our home crowd in such a major Games." "Punish the guilty though." more...
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday demanded that Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) should act immediately on alleged corruption in the Commonwealth Games projects. “Why hasn’t the CVC filed FIRs against those accused (of irregularities) so far? Why did it not prevent when it was happening?” Singh asked. more...
Since the first edition of the Commonwealth Games in 1930, the world has witnessed 19 such events. But never before has any edition of the games attracted as […] more...
Bring the focus back on the athletes.“ “It's not often that we get a chance to participate in front of our home crowd in such a major Games.“ “Punish the guilty though.“ This is respo more...
Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi today unveiled the victory medals for XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. Delhi 2010 medals combine sporting excellence with fine craftsmanship. more...
In a fresh controversy involving Indian Olympic Association President and Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CWG OC) Suresh Kalmadi, India's national broadcaster- Prasar Bharti - has rebutted the claim that it has committed free commercial time for the games. more...
Suresh Kalmadi's claim of innocence is largely based on the fact that the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) has had a budget of only Rs 1,600 crore, while the bulk of the expenditure on the Games was made by agencies of the Central and Delhi government agencies such as MCD, DDA, PWD, CPWD, NDMC and RITES. more...
Thousands of crores are being spent on the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but organisers are struggling to provide Indian athletes with even Rs 200 worth of essential dietary supplements each day. HT has learnt that athletes are getting supplements worth barely Rs 60 per day, less than one-sixth more...
The govt has said it was willing to ask the CBI to look into charges of irregularities by state agencies involved in Commonwealth Games projects and accused the […] more...
: Thousands of crores are being spent on the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but organisers are struggling to pro- vide Indian athletes with even R 200 worth of essential dietary supplements each day. HT has more...
There are some strange things happening in the build-up to the Commonwealth Games. This time it is the handing over of the stadiums by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to the Commonwealth Games more...
THE CLOCK of Commonwealth Games is ticking and merely 57 days are left for the biggest sporting event in India to begin, since the 1982 Asian Games. However, […] more...
Members of the BJP, Left parties and Samajwadi Party targetted the government on the issue, with the Left demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe charges of corruption in the games projects. more...
The motto of Commonwealth Games Federation is Humanity, Equality, and Destiny. Who would have ever imagined that destiny will become the major driver of Games when India will […] more...
Rajdeep Sardesai blogs for IBNLive: When a society is steeped in corruption, it would be unrealistic to expect that a 40,000 crore rupee event will be above it all, […] more...
The Centre today ruled out setting up an apex committee to oversee the scandal-ridden Commonwealth Games but assured Parliament it would look into the corruption charges. more...
The city police have provided additional security at the residence of Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi following protests against him by political parties, who have demanded his resignation in the wake of alleged corruption in the organisation of Commonwealth Games. more...
The Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games today suspended two top officials and terminated its contract with the Australian sports marketing company Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM), which has failed to bring in sponsors for the Games. more...
Many Commonwealth Games projects that MCD announced with much fanfare a year back have been scrapped now. These include parking projects, construction of 17 railway underbridges and overbridges and redevelopment of Chandni Chowk. The projects on which work did start are now running behind schedule. more...
It was expected to be a deluge, but so far, it’s just a trickle. Hotels in New Delhi which earmarked thousands of rooms for Commonwealth Games visitors are still waiting for the bookings. Delays in preparing Games venues, corruption charges and competitive mudslinging are seen to have taken the sheen out of Incredible India and frustrated the travel and hospitality industry, though Games officials put up a brave face. The 19th Commonwealth Games, an 11-day mega-sporting event, kicks off in the Capital less than two months from now. more...
Senior officials in the Delhi government today revealed that 38 labourers working at different Commonwealth Games related projects have died during the construction process, while two were seriously injured. more...
Rocked by corruption allegations, CWG Organising Committee suspended Suresh Kalmadi aide T S Darbari, Sanjay Mohindroo and M Jayachandran and terminated a multi-crore contract with an Australian company. more...
The Queen's Baton Relay for the upcoming Commonwealth Games was given royal reception after it reached the Jharkhand border from West Bengal in Maithon on Wednesday aftrenoon. more...
However, the sports minister rejected demand from nominated member Mani Shankar Aiyar for a high-level committee on the lines of the one set up in the country for the 1982 Asian Games. more...
The Rs 42-crore Jamia Sports Complex, which will be used as a practice venue for table tennis and rugby during the Commonwealth Games, was inaugurated by minister for youth affairs and sports Dr M S Gill on Wednesday. more...
At a time when most of the construction activities due to the Commonwealth Games are courting controversy, the organisers can heave a sigh of relief. more...
The controversial and lucrative overlay contracts for the Commonwealth Games were won by obscure Indian entities with little experience handling such large projects. more...
Under fire for alleged irregularities by officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, its chairman Suresh Kalmadi is learnt to have told the government.... more...
The scholarships are awarded under the national sports policy as cash incentive to performers in recognised state, national and international meets. more...
Indian government, having cleared the Games, committed itself to a massive spend and quite naturally, the vast sums attracted the predators like in the salmon season. more...
The condition of the Delhi and the shambolic Commonwealth Games is not something you guys are not aware of, Yeah its on news for the last 20 days.When […] more...
Cornered by allegations of corruption in the Commonwealth Games' preparations and isolated within his own party, under-fire Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Wednesday said he is ready to face any CAG or judicial probe into the financial transactions related to the event. "I,as Chairman of the Organising Committee, am prepared to face any scrutiny by (Comptroller and Auditor General) CAG or even a judicial probe for all financial transactions being reported by the media. All the people found guilty will be punished and brought to book," Kalmadi said in a statement. more...
If it took just Rs 85 crore for the modernisation of Ferozeshah Kotla stadium then why did the renovation of the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium cost Rs 961 crore? This was the CPM’s poser to the government on Monday as allegations of diversion of funds for SC/ST schemes to Commonwealth Games projects rocked Parliament. more...
After being on a tool-down strike since July 21 for non-payment of their dues by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the municipal contractors are now threatening to stop work on Commonwealth Games-related projects if their dues are not settled by the civic body. more...
The railways is fully geared up to face security challenges during the Commonwealth Games period to be held in New Delhi from October 3 to 14. The railway ministry is said to have given its approval to install close circuit cameras (CCTV) in all premier trains across the country to ensure foolproof security on running trains. more...
The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) have charged that more than Rs.744 crore has been diverted from the Special Component Plan (Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan) between 2006-07 and 2010-11 for Commonwealth Games-2010 expenses. more...
It's now down to the last 60 days. The 'Games train' has left the station. We are terrified of failing before the glare of the world's cameras. Meantime, Delhi is going through what has been labelled as the 'winner's curse'. more...
The Delhi Development Authority will not be able to provide nearly 2,000-odd flats for Commonwealth Games delegates as the flats meant to house them are not yet ready. These multi-storey flats are still under construction in pockets D6 and D7 of Vasant Kunj. This is another blow to the government already mired in allegations of large-scale corruption, delay in execution of several Games-related projects and inferior quality of material used in construction. more...
The good news is that there will be no significant power shortfall during the Commonwealth Games 2010. But the bad news is, the government will still fall short of its power target for the October event. Only about 2,500 mw or one-third of the intended power capacity addition target of 7,100 mwenvisaged for this mega event is likely to be met. more...
With just 60 days to go, the Commonwealth Games organisers are making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Corruption charges are flying thick and fast, heads are rolling and inquiries are being commissioned. Amid all this, things like stadia preparation, logistic readiness and the like, the core areas in a giant event like the Commonwealth Games, seem to have taken a backseat. But that may not be the case. more...
In what appears to be an attempt to cover up widespread corruption in the Commonwealth Games projects also highlighted in the recent CVC report the CBI has denied that the streetlighting project regarding which it has registered a case has anything to do with the Games. more...
BSP disrupted proceedings in the Lok Sabha over alleged diversion of about Rs 750 crore, earmarked as special component for the development of SC/ST, for Commonwealth Games. more...
Clouds of corruption grew darker over upcoming Delhi Games as the ED stepped-up investigations on money paid by CWG organisers to Australian company, Sports Marketing and Management, and Switzerland-based Event Knowledge Services. more...
Alleging that funds meant for Scheduled Castes had been diverted by the Delhi government to the Commonwealth Games, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs Tuesday walked out of the Lok Sabha. more...
The CBI has registered a case against some MCD officials and a private firm for alleged irregularities in a street lighting project undertaken by the municipal body ahead of the Commonwealth Games. more...
With sceptics writing off the Commonwealth Games as an organizational disaster, India's top sports officials have assured the participating countries and the nation that they are ready to host the "best ever" games. more...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating money paid by Commonwealth Games 2010 organisers to Switzerland-based Event Knowledge Services (EKS) and an Australian company, Sports Marketing And Management (SMAM), as it’s suspecting money laundering. more...
The CBI has registered the first case of corruption relating to Commonwealth Games (CWG), against five MCD officials and the managing director of a private firm for causing a loss of Rs 3.62 crore to the government. The charges include corruption, misuse of official position,manipulation of tender more...
Squash player Saurav Ghosal likened the Commonwealth Games, sans the stars, to the India cricket team taking the field without Sachin Tendulkar. "The decision of Usain Bolt and others to not take part in the Games is disappointing because they are big names and people like to watch them. more...
A lack of basic equipment and staff notwithstanding, the Delhi government’s only trauma centre — Sushruta — has set itself the lofty target of becoming a world-class trauma facility before the Commonwealth Games. The administration is hoping to get a project worth Rs 10 crore approved, tenders floated and renovation completed — all in the 62 days before the Games. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) Secretary General Lalit Bhanot on Monday said about 700 people have been sent as part of venue operations teams to the stadiums to assess facilities. more...
Amid allegations of corruption in Commonwealth Games projects, Congress said it would certainly like to know "the truth" and asserted that anyone found guilty should be punished. more...
The Indian High Commission here refused to join issue with Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi over the controversy involving a London-based firm hired for the baton relay ceremony. more...
Upcoming Commonwealth Games will be like `Indian cricket team without Sachin Tendulkar` if star athletes continue to withdraw from the sporting extravaganza, ace squash player Saurav Ghosal said. more...
Only the third Indian shot-putter to breach the 20m mark, Asian champion Om Prakash Singh is now aiming for a medal in the October Commonwealth Games after putting in a lot of hard work and praying for a little bit of luck. more...
If you have a mania for fitness and want nothing less than the very best treadmill, Harrods of London can sell you the exercise machine for £10,000, or about Rs 7 lakh. Now, how much do you think Suresh Kalmadi and his Commonwealth Games organising panel should pay to rent — rent, mind you, not buy — a treadmill for 45 days? more...
Commonwealth Games organizing committee chairperson Suresh Kalmadi on Saturday steered clear from taking responsibility for the mess unraveled by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in its findings on infrastructure and construction projects. ‘‘The OC will not take over any stadium on August 1 if it is not complete,’’ he said. more...
From the outside, Karni Singh Shooting Range one of the venues of Commonwealth Games looks like a fortress complete with very high stone walls, recently extended with more stones, and glistening barbed wire. Inside, it’s a chaotic construction site with mounds of earth and paving stones dotting the area. The armed CISF men though give away the fact that this is not just any construction site but the venue for a world class event that is due to start in less than 70 days. more...
Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has said that the decision on caterers for the venues will be taken by August 10. more...
There have been 42 deaths at the Commonwealth Games construction sites since work began a few years ago while 16 more have been reported from the places where DMRC is hard at work to finish Metro projects before October. This information was revealed by the Union labor ministry in reply to a question raised in the Rajya Sabha. Though it was not clear whether all such deaths were due to accidents, Delhi Police confirmed almost all these deaths were ‘‘unnatural.’’ more...
‘‘Do you want me to go to jail?’’ This was how an agitated chief minister Sheila Dikshit responded on Friday when she was repeatedly asked to comment on CVC report on corruption in Delhi government projects for the Commonwealth Games. more...
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Amid allegations of corruption in Commonwealth Games projects, Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekhar has conveyed concern over the charges as well as delay in preparations to the Organising Committee of the mega sporting event. more...
Weeks after conservation work on Lodi-period Gol Gumbad commenced, the state archaeology department along with Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Wednesday finally demolished all the encroachments in the vicinity of the monument. The structure is crucial for the government because of its proximity to Jawaharlal Nehru stadium the main venue for the Commonwealth Games 2010. more...
Security heads of 31 participating nations, including Pakistan, will take stock on Thursday of the security in Commonwealth Games village and venues where a four-layer protection will be provided during the fortnight-long mega sporting event here in October. more...
Reverberations of senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remarks on the Commonwealth Games preparations was still being felt by the government. Though Congress managers rushed in to downplay the former Union minister’s remarks, there was a growing concern about the fate of the event. more...
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, which is still finding catering for the event too hot to handle, has now decided to break the problem down to bite sizes to make it easy. Instead of one tender for all catering needs, from athletes to security staff, three tenders will now be floated. more...
Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta today assured full support to the government in making the Commonwealth Games successful and said it should speed up the pace of Games-related projects to build a ''good image of the national capital''. ''We are with the government in making the Games successful. If the government needs our help, thousands of BJP workers are ready for that. But it should work honestly in completing the projects well in time,'' Mr Gupta told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of Delhi BJP unit's monthly magazine 'Bhajpa Sandesh'. more...
Critical of the absence of any reference to “Islamic influence on Indian history,” in either the opening or closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games, the Group of Ministers has asked the Games organisers to provide a “true” representation of India’s inclusive culture by weaving this in. more...
Tata’s motors are a now official vehicle supplier of commonwealth games 2010, and it will provide complete transport services to Queen’s Baton Relay.Organizing committee of commonwealth games ordered 1800 vehicles for this huge event from Tata’s motors. During the occasion, demand of jeeps, cars, and trucks will also be catered by the company.Tata’s plans to [...] more...
The Central Vigilance Commission is examining all construction work related to Commonwealth Games being undertaken by civic agencies following complaints of alleged large-scale corruption. The anti-corruption watchdog has also decided to formulate vigilance guidelines to check Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects. more...
A confluence of 'bazaars' displaying the best of textiles and artistic wares from across the country will provide a glimpse of India's traditional art and culture to visitors during the Commonwealth Games. more...
As the Congress-led governments in Delhi and the centre pray for a successful Commonwealth Games, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar Tuesday said he would be "unhappy" if the Games were a success. more...
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The Delhi Government will provide 10,000 school guides for the inaugural ceremony of the Commonwealth Games come October, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced on Friday at the inauguration of the wrestling training venue for the Games at Ludlow Castle Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya near Kashmere Gate here. more...
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New Delhi, Dec 20(ANI): The Group of Ministers (GoM) and the core committee responsible for the completion of the projects related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games met to review and discuss the preparations for the mega event on Sunday. more...
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New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) With the 2010 Commonwealth Games less than 15 months away, the Delhi government Friday unveiled a slew of measures for improving greenery, streetscaping and beautification around stadia in the national capital during the event. more...
New Delhi: Taking inspiration from the Beijing Olympics held last year, the Delhi government, too, is keen to display its commitment towards the conservation of environment to the world. It plans to introduce ‘hybrid’ electric buses during the Commonwealth Games to be held in October 2010. more...
Security is the prime concern ahead of next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi due to the tense situation in the region, organisers said on Wednesday. more...
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): A Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) security delegation arrived here on Monday to inspect all the facilities and the stadiums before the games to be held in 2010. more...
Yet another 2010 Commonwealth Games project has hit a bureaucratic roadblock. The environment department of Delhi government is yet to give the green signal to MCD to widen the road leading to Karni Singh shooting range. And while the project has been stuck for over six months, the government is now thinking of making the road one-way, at least for the duration of the Games. more...
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Taking note of terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Tuesday said his force would provide full security to Commonwealth Games scheduled in the national capital. more...