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[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption]We all probably remember what can only be described as a farce the build up to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi collapsing bridges ,snakes […] more...
October has been a busy month. I’ve traveled through Rajasthan and Kerala, overcome a bout of Dengue, made a quick visit to the Commonwealth Games, and have been […] more...
Chennai has a bad reputation, so when I was flying there to visit a professor and his wife during the Commonwealth Games chutti, I was honestly a little […] more...
When Team Scotland’s photos of the Commonwealth Games athlete village made it into the media, word spread instantly via online and social media. Now with the Games finished, nearly […] more...
The Commonwealth Games end on Thursday with an opportunity lost to show off New Delhi to the world after a collapsing bridge, rogue snakes, health scares and heavy-handed security […] more...
New Delhi, 10 October 2010: Before the Commonwealth Games started, everyday we used to come to know about the preparation for the Games in India. The bridge, the […] more...
URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6963ZI20101007?ut...(Reuters) - Thousands of flushed condoms threaten to choke the Commonwealth Games village's drainage system, media reports said, in the latest problem to hit the venue […] more...
The Commonwealth Games have begun in India. With fears of unsafe buildings, vermin, snakes, dengue fever, Delhi belly and terrorism, who does the Royal Family send? Prince Charles. I think […] more...
Marred by high profile withdrawals, squalid conditions and in a constant state of disarray this year’s Commonwealth games has been a disastrous failure for the emerging nation of […] more...
AS 7,000 dancers cavort with giant puppets beneath a vast balloon, the Commonwealth Games kick off yesterday in an explosion of noise and colour. more...
Spectacular Bollywood-style Opening, India Proves CWG Critics WrongNEW DELHI, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- Brushing aside weeks of callous criticism, of poor hygiene, dengue threat, scams, shoddy works to […] more...
The opening made the heart swell with pride as percussion artistes from all corners of the country - Manipur, Kerala, Punjab, and Karnataka among others played each of their unique drums in unision. more...
The newspapers have been filled with reports about the Commonwealth Games these past few days. Reading them, I am struck by the fact that the Games offer us an opportunity […] more...
With less than 48 hours to go for the Commonwealth Games, are things finally in place? Can we hope for a safe and successful show? 1) The Delhi High […] more...
With less than 48 hours to go for the Commonwealth Games, are things finally in place? Can we hope for a safe and successful show? 1) The Delhi High […] more...
"This is a great opportunity to promote 'Aman ki Aasha'" is the message that the Pakistan contingent will be spreading during the Commonwealth Games. more...
Report: Snake in room adds to C'weath Games woesIndian workers transplant saplings for landscaping outside the Indira Gandhi International Stadium ahead of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, […] more...
As the Commonwealth Games begins, the media circus making a mockery of it is about to reach a crescendo. It seems almost impossible to listen to critical voices […] more...
Less than a week before the start of New Delhi's Commonwealth Games - an event that officials hoped would lure 100,000 foreign sports fans and burnish the country's […] more...
Putting behind ncident, South African boxer Siphiwe Lusizi today said the facilities at the Commonwealth Games village were “top class“ and the team was looking for- ward to the sporting events.Th more...
The Ayodhya verdict could not have come at a worst time. It comes on the eve of the beginning of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Not only Delhi but […] more...
Well, everyone is talking about the commonwealth games, for better or for worse. I think most of the people including the best of investigative journalists have missed the […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): With less than a week left for the Commonwealth Games, South African High Commissioner to India Harris Mbulelo Majeke on Monday expressing confidence said India will host a 'memorable' Commonwealth Games. more...
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Monday claimed that all major problems in the much-criticised Athletes Village have been sorted out and a majority of the flats were ready to be occupied. more...
By T S Sudhir The peak mosquito season has been around in Delhi for atleast two months now, the Commonwealth Games village went to the dogs, cows have always loved Delhi's roads and […] more...
South African High Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke, who created a sensation by claiming that a snake was found inside his country's residential block at the Commonwealth Games Village, now says that facilities have improved and are "unlike" what he saw during his previous visit. more...
With just six days to go for the Commonwealth Games, athletes from all different countries have started arriving. And not all are complaining. Athletes from England who are […] more...
With just six days to go for the Commonwealth Games, athletes from all different countries have started arriving. And not all are complaining. Athletes from England who are […] more...
The Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is already receiving criticism, and it hasn't even started yet. From nasty bedsheets to snakes in the athlete's village, it's pretty grim. […] more...
NEW DELHI: After the delays, shoddy construction and dirty venues, a fresh source of embarrassment emerged over the weekend for Commonwealth Games organizers - snakes. While the South […] more...
Athletes who have arrived here for the Commonwealth Games began training for the start of play in one week despite continuing unease over housing and security arrangements, while the event's top official said he hopes India "learned a great lesson" from its lack of preparation. more...
The Malaysian and Botswanian teams today joined the ranks of those complaining against the state of affairs in the Commonwealth Games Village, while the South African envoy cried "a threat to the lives of athletes" after a snake was found in one of the rooms allotted to the country's sportspersons. more...
The bridge collapse and a suspected militant attack on two foreign visitors threw the Games into crisis. An outbreak of dengue has only compounded worries. Several top athletes, including world […] more...
[caption id="attachment_7562" align="aligncenter" width="295" caption="Sheila Dikshit"][/caption] CWG setbacks: Snake found in Games Village, athletes pull outNDTV Correspondent, Updated: September 26, 2010 22:54 IST New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games will […] more...
NDTV breaks more news from Delhi: The Commonwealth Games will begin in exactly a week from now and a lot hinges on these seven days. But the troubles, it […] more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Despite frantic efforts by the Commonwealth Games organisers to improve faciliities at the Games Village, stray dogs, last minute work and the discovery of a snake in one of the aprartments Sunday drew howls of protests from the visiting teams. more...
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Diplomats of Africa's Commonwealth nations Sunday said there was some improvement in the facilities for their players in the Commonwealth Games Village, but they will take a final decision on their teams' full-strength arrival only after another inspection Monday evening. more...
Just when things seemed to be getting on track, the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games has plunged into a new crisis on Sunday. A snake was found in a room allotted to South African athletes, who are yet to check in, High Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke told reporters. more...
There seems to be no end to the problems confronting the organisers of the Commonwealth Games with the South African envoy here claiming that a snake was found in an athlete's room in the Village. more...
The commonwealth were supposed to be the stepping stone on which India would have announced their arrival, the stage where world could see the power India has become […] more...