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CBI grills Kalmadi over Rs 70 cr worth contracts awarded during CWG

Jun 06, 2013

The Lok Sabha MP from Pune was questioned for about three hours during which he was asked various details related to the controversial contracts, official sources said. #India #Suresh Kalmadi #Commonwealth Games #CBI #NewTracker #Contracts
CWG case: Kalmadi questioned by Enforcement Directorate

May 29, 2013

Sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was today questioned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in the run-up to the 2010 sporting extravaganza. #Suresh Kalmadi #NewsTracker #CWG #CBIC #Timing Scoring and Result
CWG case: Delhi HC says prosecution witnesses can be interviewed earlier

May 14, 2013

Modifying a trial court order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Investigating officer and the Public Prosecutor can interview the prosecution witnesses 'before hand' in the Commonwealth Games-related graft case involving sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi. #India #Suresh Kalmadi #New Delhi #CBI #CWG Scam #CWG #Common Wealth Games #Swiss Timing #Kailash Gambhir #AKR Constructions

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Is Kalmadi attempting to sneak back into power?

May 06, 2012

When Kalmadi's name was included for Parliament roster duty earlier this year, was it just a case of incompetent clerks, or was it a trial balloon sent heavenwards to check how the winds of public perception were flying? #ThatsJustWrong #Suresh Kalmadi #Commonwealth Games #Supreme Court #Delhi High Court #Central Bureau of Investigation

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CWG scam: CBI likely to question Suresh Kalmadi

2013-06-05 19:56:00

New Delhi: The CBI is likely to question former Indian Olympic Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi in connection with alleged irregularities in Rs 70-crore contract given to a firm Event Knowledge Systems for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The agency had reg #Central Bureau of Investigation #New Delhi #Suresh Kalmadi
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100 real life Indian blockbusters we’d love to read - Part 2

2013-06-16 04:38:00

Vijay Simha This is a take on the state of India, disguised as a wishlist of 100 non-fiction books that would be great to read. These could be fun and an important window into real India. Part I: 1-50 51. Breakfast at The PM's, by AB Bardhan The permanen #Indian National Congress #Jairam Ramesh #Palaniappan Chidambaram
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N Srinivasan and BCCI cannot escape responsibility for the rot in the IPL

2013-06-04 03:56:00

After the fiasco of a meeting of the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) on June 2, N Srinivasan, the cricket board’s president who decided to ‘step aside’ and not resign, justified the decision. He said, “I have not done anything wrong. There a #BCCI #India #Rajeev Shukla

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