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12 February 2010A fine balanceCommonwealth Games hopeful Ashish Kumar is another natural gymnast from Uttar PradeshAshish Kumar is composed as he balances on the parallel bars in the […] 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...
Unity games president Mark Leak has criticised the Indian condition in conference in London [slideshow id=2377900603281201293&w=426&h=320] The Unity Games happen in different cities every four years and this XIX Commonwealth […] more...
SamayLive Pilfered CWG funds could have helped Delhi's Dalits: MayawatiMangalorean.comNew Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Flaying the Congress for graft in the Commonwealth Games, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said here Thursday that the quantum of money pilfered could have transformed Dalit colonies in and around Delhi. …Mayawati hits back; says Cong 'mother of corruption'Times of IndiaMayawati [...] more...
The Hindu C'Wealth Games scam: ED to seek court's permission to question Suresh KalmadiDaily News & AnalysisThe agency has also asked Kalmadi to furnish details of bank accounts, movable and immovable properties, instances of foreign travel before the Commonwealth Games held last year, and transactions of foreign exchange in the last few years. …Kalmadi sent off [...] more...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul celebrate a goal against Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games hockey match in New Delhi.... I know this was taken a few months back, […] more...
The Uttar Pradesh government today honoured 16 players of the state who brought laurels to the country by winning medals in the recently held Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. more...
After his dream to represent Olympics shattered because of a spate of injuries and illnesses, the `Best Boxer` of the Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002, Som Bahadur Pun, now wants to make a mark as a coach. more...
Union Home Minister P Chidambaran felicitated police sportspersons who brought medal glory to the nation at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. more...
Varanasi, Nov.28 (ANI): Girls from villages are undergoing tough practice in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi District to hone their skills in athletics after being inspired by the recent Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. 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...
Bhagalpur silks ‘win’ CWG ‘golds’ BJ Mirror Correspondent Bihar ‘grabbed’ ‘gold medals’ at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games, 2010 at New Delhi, albeit with a difference. The century-old traditional Bhagalpur […] more...
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Ritul Chatterjee on Sunday not only lost his personal trainer Lenin Cherukuri but also his elder brother whom he used to call `Dada`. more...
Lenin was returning to Vijayawada along with Ritul after being felicitated by Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhan and chief minister K Rosaiah in Hyderabad last night. more...
: Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), returned home to a warm wel- come here Saturday and said he had no regrets over missing two more medals. more...
Shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta and shooter Gagan Narang were among the sportspersons who were felicitated by the Andhra Pradesh government for their medal winning performance in Delhi Commonwealth Games, here on Saturday. more...
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), returned home to a warm welcome here Saturday and said he had no regrets over missing two more medals. more...
SG posing with Commonwealth Games 2010 logo, originally uploaded by ComSec. It has been nearly a week since Delhi's hosting of the Commonwealth Games 2010 has concluded. It […] more...
The Indian hockey team, which sprung a surprise by reaching the finals of the recently concluded Commonwealth Games (CWG), will repeat a similar feat in the upcoming Asian Games, forward Shivendra Singh said on Tuesday. more...
After successfully staging the Commonwealth Games, the Capital's focus is set to shift towards cricket. Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Services will lock horns at t more...
Jwala said she was deeply hurt by the stories about her personal life in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and accused the Andhra Pradesh Badminton Association of starting the rumours. 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...
Australia's Sally Pearson after winning in the Women's 110m Hurdles Australian Para-athlete Kurt Fearnley exults after winning the 1500m event Bangladesh's Sumita Rani poses for a picture in front of […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Medals tally on the 10th day of competitions at the Commonwealth Games Wednesday. Australia continued to lead the tally while England pushed India to the third place. more...
Shimla, Oct 13 (IANS) Over 80 paragliders from across the globe will finally take wing at an annual event in Himachal Pradesh this month. Many have had to wait it out as flying during the Commonwealth Games in Delhi has been barred because of security concerns. 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...
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...
Wild monkeys and stray dogs got front row seats but a massive security operation kept most other spectators away as Australia snatched another two Commonwealth Games cycling gold medals […] more...
Australian Rochelle Gilmore had to dodge wild dogs and monkeys on her way to victory in a gruelling Commonwealth Games women's road race through the streets of Delhi on […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Medals tally Monday on the eighth day of competitions at the Commonwealth Games. Australia continued to top the leaderboard while India is at second position. more...
Sailor Harpreet Singh credited meditation for giving him the mental strength to overcome his heavily favoured mentor to win another Indian shooting gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. (For Slideshow: […] more...
Arjuna awardee and Olympian Anuj Kumar Chaudhary believes in positive thinking. After winning a silver in 84 kg freestyle wrestling event in the Commonwealth Games on Sunday, now Anuj is eagerly waiting for a promotion in the department. more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Medals tally Sunday after seven days of competitions at the Commonwealth Games. Australia continued to top the leaderboard while India reclaimed its second position. 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...
Pak athletes can visit Taj;accreditation cards to work as visaPTI | 08:10 PM,Oct 06,2010 New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) Pakistani athletes and officials participating in the Commonwealth Games […] more...
Australian Luke Adams's dreams of finally winning the Commonwealth Games 20k walk gold were dashed when he tripped on a 'blob' on a Delhi street on Saturday. (For Slideshow: Commonwealth […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Medals tally at the Commonwealth Games Saturday. Australia continued to be atop the leaderboard while England overtook India to claim the second position. more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation has told Delhi organisers to investigate the ticket system as thousands of seats remain empty at Games events. more...
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has promised an immediate investigation into the water quality at the Delhi Games swimming venue following reports of swimmers falling sick. (For Slideshow: Commonwealth Games […] more...
Enlarge Photo Labourers stand outside the New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium September 3, 2010. Three Ugandan officials,... Three Ugandan officials, including their chef de mission, spent a […] more...
Shimla, The Commonwealth Games in New Delhi have been a bonanza for kiwi growers in Himachal Pradesh as the exotic fruit is much sought after among the […] more...
CWG athletes have to pay fee to enter Taj MahalAgra, Oct 3: Uttar Pradesh tourism department has decided not to permit any Commonwealth Games athletes and officials inside […] more...
Hyderabad, Oct 4 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Sports MinisterK Venkata Reddy and TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu todaycongratulated V Srinivasa Rao, who won bronze medal in the56kg class weightlifting competition in the ongoingCommonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
: Bangladesh has announced a prize of Taka one million ($14,382) for each gold medal winner in the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi to encourage its 12-member shooting team. The 10m air rifle event rem 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...
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...
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...
Commonwealth Games and the upheaval in common lives. Danish Raza The other day I came across Munnabhai after a long while. In his late 50s, Munnabhai is a fruit vendor. […] more...
Himachal trout goes to Delhi - for Games!Shimla, Sep 22 (IANS) Trout from Himachal Pradesh is being snapped up in large numbers by organisers of the Commonwealth Games […] more...
On my usual hunt for news from the BBC, I came across this interesting picture gallery from a BBC Sport report on the Commonwealth Games 2010. I was […] more...
We’ve already shared the commonwealth games theme song ‘O Yaaro, ye India bula Liya’. A new song ‘Shera’ has now been released by the CWG organising committee. Shera, […] more...
IN AN innovative way to attract tourists from across the world, particularly from the United Kingdom, Himachal Pradesh has chronicled all the existing churches and cemeteries of the […] more...
IN AN innovative way to attract tourists from across the world, particularly from the United Kingdom, Himachal Pradesh has chronicled all the existing churches and cemeteries of the […] more...
Expressing confidence that the upcoming 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held successfully, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill on Tuesday announced doubling of cash awards for the CWG and Asian Games. more...
The Swimming Federation of India today told the Bombay High Court that that selections of the Indian team for synchronized swimming are only for forthcoming Commonwealth Games and not for the Asian games. more...
Bhopal, Aug 29 (PTI) 'Angvastrams', made of the famousChanderi fabric, will adorn medal winners at the forthcomingCommonwealth Games in New Delhi. 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...
Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee have been included along with national champion Tarundeep Rai in the Indian men's recurve team for this year's Commonwealth Games. 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...
Commuters can expect permanent relief from congestion at Badarpur border from October. The under construction 4km-long flyover at the border will be opened for public in October first week. more...
The post of jury of appeal in shooting demands integrity from the incumbent.But at the Commonwealth Games, the position, which can make or mar a shooter's medal hopes, has been given to one who is 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...
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...
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...
The central public sector enterprises have been told to verify how their money would be utilised, and that it is not mandatory for them to sponsor the Games. 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...
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...
Jayanti is traumatized by the thought of the speeding truck that crushed to death her two-year-old daughter, Varsha, on Monday night inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium complex. The world has collapsed for her and her husband, Hari, but it’s work as usual at the complex. The fear of the contractors enforcing a strict deadline was palpable on Wednesday. Hundreds of laborers worked at a frantic pace while security guards maintained a hawkish vigil at the many gates. more...
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has announced that his government will provide free week-long boarding and lodging in its hotels to world record holding athletes during the Commonwealth Games. more...
Hyderabad, Aug 14 (IANS) The Queen's Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) reached this Andhra Pradesh capital Saturday to a rousing reception. 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...
Jayanti is traumatised by the thought of the speeding truck that crushed to death her two-year-old daughter, Varsha, on Monday night inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium complex. The world has collapsed for her and her husband, Hari, but it’s work as usual at the complex. The fear of the contractors enforcing a strict deadline was palpable on Wednesday. Hundreds of labourers worked at a frantic pace while security guards maintained a hawkish vigil at the many gates. 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...
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...
New Delhi: Eying the growing domestic tourist sector, Mahindra Holidays and Resorts, a part of Mahindra group, said it will be adding 1,000 more holiday homes under its newly-launched Homestays brand. more...