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BBC NewsFresh raids in Delhi Commonwealth Games scandalBBC NewsIndia's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided 20 locations in connection with alleged scams during the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Searches have been carried out in the capital, Delhi, Calcutta and Siliguri in the north-east, reports say.CWG scam: CBI books senior officials of CPWD, DDADaily News [...] more...
A CBI special court has granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) officials ASV Prasad and Surjit Lal and a private firm`s promoter, PD Arya, in a corruption case related to the games. 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...
Sri Lanka were drawing inspiration from Malaysia's successful Commonwealth Games in believing they can beat sole rival Australia in the 2018 bid race. more...
The Hindu India's old boys system cannot do business as usual anymoreThe NationalSuresh Kalmadi, the Commonwealth Games chief organiser, second from the left, who was arrested on Monday by India's Central Bureau of Investigation, arriving for a court hearing in Delhi on Tuesday. AP Photo Has it not been for Anna Hazare, …It isn'ta gameGulf TodayPosted [...] more...
The HinduIndia's old boys system cannot do business as usual anymoreThe NationalSuresh Kalmadi, the Commonwealth Games chief organiser, second from the left, who was arrested on Monday by India's Central Bureau of Investigation, arriving for a ... more...
Is India serious about getting rid of corruption? The government is certainly using a much heavier hand. Suresh Kalmadi, the chief of the scandal-ridden 2010 Commonwealth Games was […] 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...
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...
30 November 2010 India's Central Bureau of Investigation has raided 11 locations in connection with alleged financial irregularities at the Commonwealth Games. Searches are going on at the homes of […] more...
Removal of Village overlays from today The process of removing temporary structures from the Commonwealth Games Village will start on Wednesday with auditing agencies giving their go-ahead for the […] more...
Fans were shut out of Sunday'sCommonwealth Games cycling road race after police cut off access to New Delhi's central districts, once again embarrassing the organisers with yet another […] 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 on the streets of Delhi on Sunday. more...
Fans were shut out of Sunday's Commonwealth Games cycling road race after police cut off access to New Delhi's central districts, once again embarrassing the organisers with yet another event no one was watching. more...
RITU SARINNEW DELHI, OCTOBER 3 PROBABLY the most expensive prop used for any sporting event anywhere in the world, it was pitched by the cultural committee as the wow factor of the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies. And it was.Imported from a British firm at a cost of Rs 38 crore, the aerostat weathered many storms before it was tethered at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium this evening. First, it was endless hours of bureaucratic discussions in New Delhi; then thunder and lightning marred its testing in Liverpool, and finally a number of problems crippled its operational use during the opening ceremony. But few spectators realised what else the aerostat was meant to do today. As it turned out, till just a few hours before the gala opening, key technical heads were still uncertain whether they should take the calibrated risk of raising the aerostat. And whether the aerostat should be raised before or after the arrival of the dignitaries. There was reportedly word from Rashtrapati Bhavan that ideally, the helium-filled balloon should be raised after the arrival of President Pratibha Patil. On a calm, windless evening, the sight of the 80m×40m balloon rising to the level of the highest tier at the stadium was indeed spectacular.As the organisers now admit, the presence of the gigantic prop in the stadiums central arena presented enormous problems. There were written security clearances to be procured from various agencies like the IntelligenceContinued on page 2 Dark clouds gone, Rs 38-cr aerostat becomes opening shows silver lining Bureau and the CPWD.Then with all the security and time constraints, the organisers realised that the areostat could not fly the 40-odd drummers and large-sized puppets attached to its belly. Eventually, live drummers performed on the ground as the puppets remained tethered to the aerostat.The worst aerostat crisis, perhaps, was the fact that two months before the opening ceremony, the lighting designer, Durhan Marenghi, was asked to leave New Delhi in rather dramatic circumstances. With the key designer gone, nobody knew how to operate the lights on the reflectors hung on the aerostst, forced to leave them as static props during the ceremony. The helium bird was also involved in a serious accident, with several of its sausages or inner balloons being damaged by rainfall. Experts said the aerostat had lost lost one-third of its buoyancy and, therefore its resale value as well.After the Games end, the aerostat will present another set of problems on what is to be done with it. The cultural committee is understood to have proposed that it should be taken around the country as a landmark exhibit but government officials want to keep it in the safe custody of the Sports Authority of India. Meanwhile, new projection videos are being prepared and special effects chosen for the use of the balloon for the closing ceremony. 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...
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...
London, Sep 29 (ANI): Former Olympic 200 and 400 metres champion Michael Johnson has said that the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games were "doomed from the start". 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...
London, Sept 27 (PTI) Legendary American athlete MichaelJohnson joined the chorus of renowned sports persoanlities whohave criticised the preparation of the upcoming CommonwealthGames in Delhi by saying they were "doomed from the start". 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...
Fears that some events at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi would have to be cancelled have been allayed after safety certificates for all venues were finally issued last night - less than four weeks before the start of the Games. more...
The official mascot for the Delhi Commonwealth Games is Shera, a cuddly cartoon tiger. But, 60 days before the largest sporting event to be held in India begins, […] more...
The dire buildup to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has deteriorated further, with the organizing committee urged to fire two senior officials amid a brewing corruption scandal just two months before the opening ceremony. more...