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MPs won't get Commonwealth Games flats: Kamal NathFinancial ExpressNew Delhi: Government today poured cold water on wishes of MPs to occupy the Commonwealth Games flats in Delhi, saying nothing of the sort will be done. Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath said in Lok Sabha that 100 CWG flats are going to be …No CWG flats [...] 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...
'Commonwealth Games tender may have been fudged'Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: An official working with a private firm, involved in bidding for the Delhi government's street-lighting work in run up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, on Thursday hinted to a trial court that the tender process was fudged from the word go.CWG street lighting scam: Witness [...] more...
HC sets Govt six-month deadline for Jangpura FOBDaily PioneerPointing out how the Army had demonstrated speed and efficiency in re-erecting a foot-over-bridge (FOB) near the JL Nehru stadium ahead of the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Government to construct an FOB near …Delhi High Court directs city govt to [...] 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...
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...
Govt begins to use funds,spends 76 per cent of budgetIndian ExpressAfter struggling to spend the budget funds this fiscal, following the Commonwealth Games controversies, the Delhi government has finally found ways to utilise the money. Till last month, it had managed to spend nearly 76 per cent of the total plan …and more » 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...
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...
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has revealed that it would be distributing free condoms at the Commonwealth Games. NACO Director-General K. Chandramouli said that […] more...
Government should consider setting up sports academies at stadiums built for the Commonwealth Games, according to IOA's Acting President Vijay Kumar Malhotra who today said better utilisation of the e more...
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has revealed that it would be distributing free condoms at the Commonwealth Games. NACO Director-General K. Chandramouli said that […] more...
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has revealed that it would be distributing free condoms at the Commonwealth Games. NACO Director-General K. Chandramouli said that […] more...
New Delhi: Government has declined to disclose details of follow-up action on the Shunglu Committee report on large scale financial and managerial irregularities in Commonwealth Games related projects.Replying […] 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...
Only Thyagaraj Stadium can proudly claim that it has organised seven national and two international events in the one year after the Commonwealth Games, besides providing free access to school students to train. 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...
Even Games showpieces sinkTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: Friday's downpour proved that even engineering marvels showcased by the Delhi government during the Commonwealth Games are vulnerable. Tall claims by town planners fell flat when the Ring Road bypass linking Salimgarh Fort to IGI stadium …and more » more...
"Delhi Commonwealth 2010", these words have been on the lips of every Delhiite for the past year, the single biggest event to come to town after the Asian […] 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 HinduDelhi wary of Games sequelCalcutta Telegraph30: The Delhi government has agreed to host the 2012 South Asian Games, the consent from the Sheila Dikshit administration coming even as it struggles to shake off the ghost of corruption in the run-up to last year's Commonwealth Games. …CWG mess: 'Cabinet only took policy decisions'Hindustan TimesOfficers and [...] 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...
2010 Commonwealth Games, the next big event after the Beijing Olympics is to knock on the door of Delhi about two years. In addition to the usual questions […] 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...
16 Aug 2011 If a single event encapsulates the corruption, sleaze and political callousness that bedevils the common man today, it is the Commonwealth Games of 2010, whose reverberations […] 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...
The Home Ministry has received the responses of the Delhi government, Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi Municipal Council and Municipal Corporation of Delhi on the Shunglu Committee report. 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 Delhi government has directed them to submit elaborate reports including explanation on grounds for taking decisions questioned by the CAG. more...
BBC News No reason for me to resign: DikshitChandigarh TribuneDespite the raging controversy over yesterday's report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) indicting the Delhi government for not exercising due diligence while organising the Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, in an exclusive …CWG scam: Delhi matched Pune in Games follyEconomic TimesCW Games probe: CBI [...] more...
The committee met to discuss the political situation, including the CAG's report that has indicted the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Delhi government for irregularities in the 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...
On Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit 's role in the CWG scam Delhi government today said she did not favour any particular firm and all due procedures were followed in awarding contracts. more...
Hindu Business Line CAG's CWG report: Delhi govt defends SheilaZee NewsNew Delhi: Stung by the allegations of serious irregularities in awarding contract for street-lighting to a disqualified firm called Space Age during last year's Commonwealth Games (CWG), the Delhi government on Wednesday said that at no stage the …CAG picks holes in Games' contractsIndia TodayCommonwealth Games [...] 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...
New manes, den planned for SherasTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: Nine months after the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government is looking for a way to showcase the 12 mammoth models of Games mascot Shera that were made using mosaic culture of plants. The models, each one weighing around a tonne, …and more » more...
Rediff Will take action in CWG Scam: CVC Pradeep KumarIBNLive.comNew Delhi: The newly appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar has said that he will pursue the Commonwealth Games scam report on the Delhi government and take action. In his first television interview after taking over as the CVC, …New CVC promises dishonest officers will be brought [...] more...
Firm fined Rs55 crore penalty for delay in C'Wealth Games projectDaily News & AnalysisPlace: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Delhi government today decided to impose a financial penalty of Rs55 crore on a private firm for "considerable delay" in execution of the Barapullah elevated road, which was a key Commonwealth Games (CWG) infrastructure …Firm in [...] more...
Moneycontrol.com C'Wealth Games scam: Home ministry studying Delhi govt's response on Shunglu …Daily News & AnalysisPlace: New Delhi | Agency: PTI The home ministry is studying the Delhi government's response on allegations made by the Shunglu Committee about bunglings in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects. "We have received the 3400 page, 14 volumes report. …CWG scam: [...] more...
The Hindu CWG scam: MHA defends Sheila govtIndia TodayThe Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi government – which has been treated with kid gloves by the Centre despite the damning observations of the Shunglu Committee report on alleged irregularities in the Commonwealth Games – seems to have convinced the Union …C'Wealth Games scam: Home ministry studying Delhi govt's response [...] more...
The Delhi Government today sent its response to the Union Home Ministry on allegations made by the Shunglu Committee about bunglings in the Commonwealth Games projects. more...
City Mayor Rajni Abbi appealed to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to institute a CBI inquiry into the "allegations" against Delhi government in the Shunglu Committee report on irregularities in the Commonwealth Games works. more...
The Hindu Commonwealth Games scam: Delhi cabinet trashes Shunglu panel findingsEconomic TimesNEW DELHI: The Delhi Government on Wednesday approved its response to the Shunglu Committee report, rejecting all the findings of the panel which pointed out to alleged bunglings in Commonwealth Games projects. "The Cabinet has approved the report …Delhi govt ready with rebuttal to Shunglu [...] more...
The Delhi government approved its response to the Shunglu committee report, rejecting all the findings of the panel which pointed out to alleged bunglings in Commonwealth Games projects. more...
The Delhi government will file a detailed response on Shunglu committee findings to home ministry which has asked it to explain its position and the action taken on the report that indicted chief minister Sheila Dikshit for alleged Commonwealth Games irregularities. 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...
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...
The Delhi Government is now preparing its response to a fresh report of Central Vigilance Commission which found deficiencies in certain CWG projects. 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...
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...
The Delhi government today honoured the medallists of last year`s Commonwealth Games and Asian Games with cash awards and distributed an amount of Rs 2.80 crore among the athletes, who brought laurels for the country. 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: Athletes and officials at theCommonwealth Games Village seemed to haveenjoyed steamy sessions as an average of about640 condoms were used every day during the11-day-long sporting extravaganza, […] 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...
The CVC has gathered more than 5,000 documents including contract, payment and third party inspection report details from various civic and construction agencies in connection with alleged corruption in the conduct of CWG. 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 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...
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...
'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, 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...
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...
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pulled up the Delhi government for trying to side step its request for information related to all Commonwealth Games […] 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...
It is the seasons of festivals embracing all over the country & India adds one more festivals to the season to celebrate by successfully holding the Commonwealth Games […] more...
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has not received any fresh complaints from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) regarding alleged irregularities in the Commonwealth Games since […] 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...
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...
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...
NEW DELHI: The Central Vigilance Commission is scrutinising 22 more Commonwealth Games-related construction and procurement done by different government agencies for alleged financial irregularities . CVC has also found […] more...
NEW DELHI: Shiela Dikshit may have attempted to shift the onus for the Commonwealth Games mess on the Organising Committee led by Suresh Kalmadi, but the focus of […] 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...
The Delhi government on Monday announced cash awards of 15 lakh, 10 lakh and five lakh for gold, silver and bronze medal winners from the city in the Commonwealth Games. The decision was taken at a hi 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 (ANI): As the Central Vigilance Commissioner widened the ambit of its probe into the alleged financial and administrative irregularities related to the Commonwealth Games, the Comptroller Auditor General has said it would submit its audit report to the government in three months. 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 (PTI) BJP today demanded setting up of aJoint Parliamentary Committee to probe into reports ofcorruption in Commonwealth Games projects. more...
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday declared cash rewards for all the capital's sportspersons who won medals at the Commonwealth Games which concluded Oct 14. The capital's 10 medal winners include seven wrestlers and three shooters. 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...
Blueline buses will be back on the roads from tomorrow after being temporarily sidelined for the Commonwealth Games, even as the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will start inducting vehicles used to ferry athletes into its fleet. more...
With the successful completion of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, a collective sigh of relief might well have risen over Raisina Hill. The stuttering prelude to the games, marked by a frantic pace to meet deadlines, had kept a fretful government on edge. more...
As the Commonwealth Games came to an end, the fate of 1,600 Bluelines which were phased out from central Delhi and routes leading up to Games venues was hanging in balance. Though the buses will be back on the original routes from October 18 as per the official notification, sources say that the transport department, and Delhiites in general, seem to be keen to phase them out from the routes for good. more...
Marred by series of controversies in the build-up, the Delhi Commonwealth Games got the ultimate pat on the back from the CGF chief Michael Fennell, who declared the mega-event as 'truly exceptional'.Delivering his address during a spectacular and colourful closing ceremony, Fennell said, "Today, we bring down curtains on 19th CWG Delhi. more...
Marred by series of controversies in the build-up, the Delhi Commonwealth Games got the ultimate pat on the back from the CGF chief Michael Fennell, who declared the mega-event as "truly exceptional". more...
New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) It was a musical performance witha difference! 'Indian Ocean', a contemporary fusion band, has given aserious message for checking corruption and maintainingharmony through their songs performed at Commonwealth GamesVillage here yesterday. 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...
New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) The fusion of Indian music andjazz amid synchronised beats of drums by Hariharan, Sivamaniand Louis Banks cast a magical spell on athletes and foreigndelegates at Commonwealth Games Village here today. more...
The Delhi government is planning to create a separate wing in the public works department (PWD) to maintain the expansive infrastructures built across the city for the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehnditoday mesmerised the residents of Commonwealth Games Villagehere by his energetic performance. 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...
THE COMMONWEALTH Games (CWG) Village is confronting a civic problem again. It is not the dirty loos or spit-stained bathrooms, but choked drains, which are now […] more...
Thu, Oct 7 12:47 PM THE COMMONWEALTH Games (CWG) Village is confronting a civic problem again. It is not the dirty loos or spit-stained bathrooms, but choked drains, which […] more...
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has much reason to cheer with the Commonwealth Games underway without any big glitches. And she didn't hide her joy as she joined 160 underprivileged children in singing songs at the Central Park of Connaught Place here. more...
At a meeting, all the cabinet ministers of the Delhi government heaped praise on their leader, saying her hard work and dedication have turned the tide from negativity to a positive approach surrounding the Games. more...
Travel chaos at the Commonwealth Games con- tinued to haunt athletes, offi- cials and technical delegates even on Sunday, the day of the opening ceremony and the eve of the start of the competitive ev 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...
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...
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...
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...
The Army will hand over the newly built Bailey foot overbridge outside main Commonwealth Games venue Jawaharlal Nehru stadium to the authorities on Friday, six days after it was tasked to con- struct more...
NEW DELHI: The foot overbridge outside main Commonwealth Games venue Jawaharlal Nehru stadium was made ready by the today, eight days after it collapsed causing a major embarrassment […] more...
The Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games 2010 reached the Millennium City on Wednesday amidst great pomp and show. Deputy commissioner R K Kataria received the baton after it crossed the Jhajjar-Gurgaon border near Farrukhnagar. 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...
The Commonwealth Games Village is "absolutely ready" and "for the first time, I am feeling very satisfied," Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Wednesday as the city braced for the mega sporting event starting Sunday. more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Bharatanatyam to garba and dandia to bhangra -- dance and music representing India's diversity welcome the athletes and officials at the sprawling Commonwealth Games Village here. more...
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) The Commonwealth Games Villageis "absolutely ready" and "for the first time, I am feelingvery satisfied", Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit saidtoday as the city braced for the mega sporting event startingon Sunday. 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...
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...
Indian car market leader Maruti Suzuki Tuesday said it has handed over the first lot of environment-friendly cars to the Delhi government for use during the Commonwealth Games (CWG). more...
It was a relatively sunny start of the week for the Delhi Games 2010, with the intense work in the Games Village showing visible results. While the scenario seemed to be brighter sources said that the number of uninhabitable rooms which had been put at 150 is now only 30-40 rooms both team delegates as well as athletes admitted that the Village had improved significantly. The best news for the organizing committee (OC), however, was the arrival of another batch of over 500 athletes from various countries for the Games. 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...
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 […] 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 […] more...
Around 550 Athletes and delegates, from Australia, Canada and England are arriving in New Delhi on Monday night to participate in the Commonwealth Games. On Sunday night, players […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Official support today poured into improve conditions at the Commonwealth Games village, withOil Minister Murli Deora personally arranging for men andmaterial needed to keep the village ticking. more...
Expressing solidarity with the upcoming Commonwealth Games, petroleum minister Murli Deora today made a surprise tour of the games village, the first visit by a minister. more...
It was a chaotic Monday on Delhi roads today as the exclusive lane for Commonwealth Games remained out of bounds for normal traffic while around 1,600 blueline buses kept off the stretches on selective stretches. 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...
UNION AND Delhi government in the interest of every section of society should declare a very special Commonwealth Games holiday of 20 days for all offices, shops, schools, […] more...
A fact that most students of physics learn early in their careers is that the lack of a free path leads to viscosity. Now, as the Sydney Morning […] more...
Bharati racism against Africans in general and South Africans in particular are nothing new. Kenyans, and Ugandans were so upset with the Indian racism that they expelled all […] 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...
No end to the controversies over the Commonwealth Games (CWG) -this time over an interview given by Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) CEO Mike Hooper to a New Zealand media, which is blown up into a controversy. more...
Commonwealth Games Federation boss Mike Fennell might talk about sharing the blame for poor preparations of the Delhi mega-event but its CEO Mike Hooper says the CGF cannot be held responsible for the Organising Committee's failure to meet deadlines. more...
Just as things were beginning to look up for the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games, a spate of pullouts, more complaints about the athletes' village and the continuous negative publicity added to the hassled organisers' woes just one week before the mega-event. more...
Amid instances of how preparations for the Commonwealth Games have not been up to the mark, the successful first full trial run on the elevated road connecting Ring Road near Sarai Kale Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday came as a big relief for the Delhi government. Public Works Department (PWD) minister Raj Kumar Chauhan announced that the elevated road would be opened for general commuters from October 15, immediately after the Games. 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
After having failed to ‘expel’ or ‘hide’ beggars from the city, Delhi government has now decided to turn them into traffic police officers in order to […] more...
A small portion of a false ceiling at the main Commonwealth Games venue of Jawaharlal Nehru stadium complex here today fell, causing more embarrassment to the organisers and […] 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...
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...
'I would like to tell you very categorically that these minor glitches and hitches do come around....but to make out as the whole thing is collapsing - I am sorry, we do not agree with that,' Sheila Dikshit said. more...
A day after a suspension pedestrian overbridge crashed, false ceiling collapsed at the Weightlifting arena of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, which is also the venue of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. 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...
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...
CEO of Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper expressed disappointment over the state of cleanliness at the Games Village here, calling the conditions "filthy". 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CWG: Delhi govt misses another deadlineThe Delhi Government's deadline for completion of all Commonwealth Games work and clearance of debris expired today.From:newsxliveViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:24More inNews & Politics more...
The nineteenth edition of Commonwealth Games is hosted by India and people are excited for welcoming tourists. The Commonwealth 2010 games will be held from October 3 to […] more...
As the D-day draws closer to the Games, is the national capital prepared for the event? What’s the buzz happening in and around the city of Delhi? 1) For […] more...
As the D-day draws closer to the Games, is the national capital prepared for the event? What’s the buzz happening in and around the city of Delhi? 1) For […] more...
The dengue outbreak has also raised concern among several countries which are sending teams to participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held next month. 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...
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...
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...
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...
Just a week left for an international team to fly in for a final inspection and the Commonwealth Games Village still looks like an island in the Yamuna. […] 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...
Just a week left for an international team to fly in for a final inspection and the Commonwealth Games Village still looks like an island in the Yamuna. Unable to drain the rainwater that has collected, which is breeding mosquitoes, a desperate Delhi government has decided to call in the 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...
The alleged Commonwealth Games scam might turn out to be much bigger after government agencies upload all the details of their Games-related projects on their respective websites. The Right to Information (RTI) watchdog has directed the agencies to make the information public. The Central 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...
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...
Central Delhi will come to a virtual halt for nearly three days, thanks to three road events during the Commonwealth Games. Three road events — marathon, cycling and long walk — to be held on October 9, 10 and 14 will severely impact traffic in and around Connaught Place. Vehicles will not beallowed near the market and there would be no parking arrangements either. 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...
The power arrangement blueprint for the Commonwealth Games was prepared nearly two years ago, but with the event less than a month away, the arrangements on the ground have sharply deviated from what was projected on paper. 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...
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 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...
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit appeared to be in her element as the 72-year-old shook a leg and sang Delhi's Commonwealth Games song 'Dilli Meri Jaan' with the band Euphoria. more...
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshitappeared to be in her elements today as the 72-year-old shooka leg and sang Delhi's Commonwealth Games song 'Dilli MeriJaan' with the Euphoria band at a function here. more...
Delhi government`s preparations for the Commonwealth Games have not only been a story of missed deadlines, dug-up roads, unfinished projects or rubble strewn all over but also of some projects silently shelved. 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...
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 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...
With 33 days left and after the PM's visit, the Delhi Government reviewed the preparations of the Commonwealth Games. The cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, […] more...
Delhiites will witness around 1,900 new buses making their debut on city roads during the Commonwealth Games. The vehicles will be brought in to ensure hassle-free transportation for athletes, officials and spectators during the mega-event from October 3 to 14. more...
http://sports.rediff.com/report/2010/aug/02/malhotra-blasts-delhi-government-for-cwg-corruption.htm Indian Olympic Association vice-President and BJP leader VK Malhotra on Monday lambasted the Delhi government for the corruption and inordinate delays that have marred the build-up to the […] more...
Dikshit had said the preparation has been affected by the incessant rains and if the showers did not stop then the deadline for completion of the unfinished projects may be extended beyond September 10. 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...
With barely a month remaining for the Commonwealth Games, there was no progress on the Renuka Project planned to supply drinking water to the national capital for the sporting event. more...
In a matter of days, hundreds of thousands of visitors from more than 85 Commonwealth countries will flood India's capital city for the Games. Yet with just 36 […] more...
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit refused to spell any deadline for preparations and only said all works will be over before commencement of the event. more...
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...
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...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s promise to act against anyone indulging in corruption in the Commonwealth Games preparations may have settled the dust for a while but people believe the issue has certainly tainted the country’s image internationally. In a survey by AZ Research, a Bengaluru-based more...
In one of the last appointments to be made, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has added one more tier to its media and communications wing to give it what many would say is a much-needed image makeover. 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...
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...
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...
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...
Both Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) have in their reports have found deficiencies and slippages in various Commonwealth Games-related projects. more...
Faced with a controversy about the high rates at which medical equipment for the medical centers at Commonwealth Games venues were being procured, directorate of health services (DHS), Delhi government has found the easy way out. more...
The government had set many a deadline in the last few years to phase out the privately-owned blueline buses and replace them with swanky low-floor buses ahead of the mega sporting event. more...
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said “nervousness” is natural until the Commonwealth Games get over on October 14 and urged the media to highlight the “good things” in the capital ahead of the mega sporting event. more...
As concerns grow over timely completion of Commonwealth Games works, lack of coordination between different agencies in the national capital is emerging as one of the key reasons for the mess. 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...
The emergency medical services (EMS) needed for such a massive showpiece event as the Commonwealth Games, which will have top athletes from all over the world, is still in a rag-tag state. 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...
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...
'Delhi is fully prepared for the Commonwealth Games': The state government will leave no stone unturned to sell you this line. Never mind broken roads and flooded stadia — the proof before your eyes — Delhi is ready because CM Sheila Dikshit's on tape giving Games preparedness both thumbs 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...
Ongoing streetscaping work for the Commonwealth Games has made driving on the main Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG) Road and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (SPM) Marg a nightmare for motorists as jams have become a constant feature due to bad planning and shoddy implementation of construction work. Despite strong opposition by the traffic police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is constructing cycle tracks on the narrow roads, thereby shrinking space available for traffic. On SPM Marg, all left turns have been blocked as part of the new design defeating Delhi government’s aim of making as many stretches signal free as possible. Malba and other construction material carelessly dumped around has aggravated the situation. more...
After the chief minister’s office issued orders last month setting July 31 as the deadline for stopping all digging work, the Delhi government’s urban development department on Wednesday issued orders banning road cutting exercises for any kind of work by any agency from August 20. While the July 31 deadline set by the CM’s office was made to sound sacrosanct, urban development minister AK Walia’s orders setting August 20 as the deadline for banning all road cutting work is likely to lead to confusion. 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...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Delhi Government will now have tomake public details of penalties levied on contractors foundresponsible for delay in works related to Commonwealth Gamesfollowing the orders of Central Information Commission in thisregard. more...
Amid allegations of corruptioninvolving Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi Chief MinisterShiela Dikshit on Sunday warned that anybody found guilty wouldface stern action. more...
Taking a cue from the 'I love New York' logo campaign, one of the most successful campaigns branding a city, chief minister Sheila Dikshit plans to unveil a logo. more...
New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) Amid allegations of corruption inseveral Commonwealth Games projects, Chief Minister SheilaDikshit categorically said that "stern action" will followagainst those found involved in any irregularities. more...
Amid allegations of corruption involving Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit on Sunday warned that anybody found guilty would face stern action. Under attack for rubbles still piled up across the city in connection with the Games preparations, she apologised to citizens for the "inconvenience". more...
Under attack for rubbles still piled up across the city in connection with the Commonwealth Games preparations, the Delhi chief minister apologised to citizens for the "inconvenience". 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...
With 49 days left for the Commonwealth Games, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has claimed that it is yet to begin upgrading of 30 major roads for the Games. According to the civic agency, these roads still have to be handed over by other agencies, which are currently carrying out digging activity. The MCD claims that it will need at least 15 days to relay these roads before the Games. more...
CENTRAL INFORMATION Commissioner, Shailesh Gandhi has done a smart job in directing Delhi Government and NDMC to put on their websites various information relating to forthcoming Commonwealth Games […] more...
CENTRAL INFORMATION Commissioner, Shailesh Gandhi has done a smart job in directing Delhi Government and NDMC to put on their websites various information relating to forthcoming Commonwealth Games […] more...
Congress may have defended the government’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games but concerns about financial impropriety are far from allayed. 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...
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 Delhi government is spending liberally to dress up the capital before the Commonwealth Games in October, but the Supreme Court has chided it for neglecting India Gate more...
Facing criticism for delay in completion of several infrastructure projects related to the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government Wednesday imposed a ban on digging city roads from August 20.Remain updated on India travel with travel2india24x7.co.in more...
Facing criticism for delay in completion of several infrastructure projects related to the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government Wednesday imposed a ban on digging city roads from Aug 20. 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...
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...
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...
Delhi government faced another setback over CWG 2010 as a number of deadlines set by chief minister Sheila Dixit failed to come up with the results. more...
In what could probably be a cause of worry for the Delhi government, the local civic body has found mosquitoes breeding at seven Commonwealth Games sites. It has issued notices to the officials concerned. more...
The UPA government faced all round flak in Lok Sabha on Monday on the issue of "mismanagement and corruption" in preparations for the Commonwealth Games (CWG). more...
New Delhi, Aug.9 (ANI) Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Monday said that a total of rupees 28,054 crore have been spent on the games of which Rs. 16,560 crore were given to the Delhi Government for upgradation of the capital's infrastructure and building of various stadia. more...
Urban development minister S Jaipal Reddy today said that a total of Rs28,054 crore have been spent on the games out of which Rs16,560 crore was given to the Delhi government for upgrading the capital infrastructure more...
Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy said a total of Rs 28,054 crore have been spent on the games out of which Rs 16,560 crore was given to the Delhi Government for upgrading the capital infrastructure. more...
The Commonwealth Games might be hanging over their heads, but even that has not stopped the civic agencies from again pushing the deadline to remove tonnes of construction and demolition waste strewn on the Capital’s streets. As the deadline to remove the malba is set to expire on August 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...
Even as several MCD projects related to the Commonwealth Games face allegations of irregularities, the data available shows that 191 officials of the civic body have been booked in corruption cases since 2007. more...
Never in all the years I have known him have I ever agreed with Mani Shankar Aiyar about anything. So it is with some nervousness I admit that on the Commonwealth Games I agree with him one thousand per cent. Who was the lunatic who bid for them in the first place? He needs to be identified and horsewhipped in public for putting India in such a disgraceful situation. If it was Suresh Kalmadi, then horsewhipping is not punishment enough because having landed the Games he should at least have known that he should do nothing that would expose India’s corrupt and incompetent underside to an international audience. 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...
August 5, 2010, at all news channel on prime time whether it is NewsPoint with Abhigyan Prakash or NewsHour with Arnab Goswami or India@9 with Rajdeep Sardesai or […] 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...
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...
As most people in India already know, the Delhi government is shakily preparing to host the Commonwealth Games 2010. Shakily because the city doesn't seem any more close […] more...
Under a scoring system a restaurant has to obtain a minimum of 40% in order to obtain a food safety certificate from the consultancy TQS Global Management System. more...
Yet another embarrassment seems headed the organising committee’s (OC) way. As per international norms, athletes are expected to start coming to Delhi from the middle of September, and they will presumably expect that the training venues are ready when they arrive. more...
Having allegedly spent Rs 10 lakh to hire a treadmill, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) is looking for ways to cut cost. And what better way to do so than to cut expenditure on the opening and closing ceremonies. more...
The Holy Lord, a last-minute miraculous falling in place of things, a big stick, generous money flow and the rare coming together of the ‘world famous in India’ babudom will probably scrape us through the Commonwealth Games (CWG). The tragic, ‘unHindi’ movie ending to the tale is that India is unlikely to emerge the undisputed winner even if she successfully manages to wave off the last athlete into the final departing flight of an A-380 from the hopefully still swanky T3 terminal. 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...
Two NGOs today demanded a probe by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the alleged diversion of SC/ST funds to Commonwealth Games-related projects by Delhi government. 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...
Terming the alleged diversion as "unjust", Mayawati said yesterday, utilising money meant for uplift of SC/ST sections of the society for Commonwealth Games is not justified. more...
Roads and pavements still dug up, roofs of newly built stadia leaking and a top investigating agency looking into the complaints of poor quality of material used in construction of roads, flyovers and buildings. Exactly two months to the Commonwealth Games, the situation does not look too bright 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...
The upcoming Commonwealth Games has helped bring back to life a number of forgotten and unprotected monuments that had been heavily encroached over the years and were lying in a dilapidated condition . In an effort to revive these lesser-known heritage structures, Delhi government and Intach Delhi Chapter are jointly carrying out conservation , restoration and illumination work on the sites. more...
Thousands of crore may have been spent on setting up venues and the village for Commonwealth Games, but the men who actually lay the brick do not even get enough wages to afford one square meal for the family every day. A study by Child Relief and You (CRY) at the Siri Fort construction site has revealed 84% laborers are paid much less than the stipulated minimum wage of Rs 203 per day for unskilled workers. 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...
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...
Delhi toes Beijing line, eco-friendly buses to ferry Games athletes ... New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held from October 3 to October 14, 2010. ... more...
Cost overruns for CWG 2010The Delhi government had said the common man would one day have to bear a large part of the big burden of the Commonwealth Games. With the games round the corner that moment is here. And the question emerges once again, can India afford it?From:newsxliveViews:465 1ratingsTime:02:57More inNews & Politics more...
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...
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...
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: The Delhi Government presented its Budget for 2008-09 which emphasizes on improving the capital's infrastructure.The Budget was presented by Finance Minister AK Walia in the Assembly who allocated Rs 1,189 crore for the development of infrastructure related to Commonwealth Games which is head in the capital.A state-of-the-art Games Village is being built along the east bank of the Yamuna River by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) .A new indoor stadium will be constructed for Commonwealth Games and the existing ones will be repaired.The stadiums which will host the different games include Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Major Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium complex,Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range,Talkatora Indoor Stadium, Tyagaraj Sports Complex, Siri Fort Sports Complex, , RK Khanna Tennis Complex,Yamuna Sports Complex, Delhi University and the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.Many new flyovers are also being constructed for the 2010 Commonwealth Games along with the expedition of the work related to Delhi Metro. more...