Hindustan Times
Suresh Kalmadi’s arrest in connection with allegations of irregularities in the award of a particular contract for the Commonwealth Games is perhaps giving nightmares to many others. Read more
(20 votes, average: 2.05 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Ashok Chavan, B S Lalli, CBI, commonwealth games, Congress, corruption, CWG, Delhi Chief Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Jaipal Reddy, Kanimozhi, Kumari Selja, Manohar Singh Gill, Prasar Bharti, Prime Minister, Sheila Dikshit, Shunglu committee, sports minister, Suresh Kalmadi, Tejinder Khanna, UPA government
The decision of the authorities to restart the renovation work in Connaught Place and many other parts of the capital has not been well received by the common people. Read more
(7 votes, average: 2.57 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Filed under New Delhi · Tagged CAG, Chief minister, commonwealth games, Connaught Place, CP, Delhi, Lt Governor of Delhi, national capital region, NCR, NDMC, New Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, Tejinder Khanna
The sacking of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and the removal of Suresh Kalmadi from the position of the Congress Parliamentary Party’s secretary is certainly not enough. Read more
(13 votes, average: 3.69 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Ashok Chavan, commonwealth games, Congress, Congress Parliamentary Party, corruption, CWG, Grand Old Party of India, Indian Olympic Association, Maharashtra Chief Minister, Suresh Kalmadi, Urban Affairs Ministry
Brijesh Gupta will be the new Commissioner of Delhi police, a position every AGMUT cadre IPS officer strives for during his active career. Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup · Tagged anti Sikh riots, Barakhamba road, Brijesh Gupta, CBI, Commissioner of Delhi police, commonwealth games, Crime Reporter, DCP, Golden Temple, Indira Gandhi's assassination, Intelligence Bureau, IPS officer, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, SSB, Tolstoy Marg, Yudhbir Singh Dadwal
As expected the blame game has started in full swing and a lot of scandals are likely to be unearthed in connection with the CWG projects. The guilty must be punished if the government wants to restore its credibility and a thorough probe by our enforcement agencies must look into every aspect of corruption. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Filed under india · Tagged commonwealth games, CWG, CWG scam, Delhi Chief Minister, Game Village, Lt Governor of Delhi, Manmohan Singh, Manohar Singh Gill, Prime Minister, S. Jaipal Reddy, Sheila Dikshit, Sports Ministry, Suresh Kalmadi, Tejinder Khanna, Urban Development Ministry
The Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi have been a great success with India getting its biggest medal haul. However that does not mean that those responsible for the mess up during the run up to the Games should go scot-free. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Bhupinder Singh Hooda, commonwealth games, Commonwealth Games 2010, CWG, Discuss, Haryana Chief Minister, Indian gold medallists, Manohar Singh Gill, Milkha Singh, MS Gill, National Anthem, Prime Minister, Sheila Dikshit, Suresh Kalmadi, tricolour
Union Sports Minister and former bureaucrat Manohar Singh Gill’s latest action in snubbing renowned wrestling coach Satpal during a photo opportunity with World wrestling champion Sushil Kumar on Tuesday is the perfect example of people wanting to shine in reflected glory. Read more
(17 votes, average: 4.94 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged CEC, Chief Election Commissioner, commonwealth games, Congress, Congress Party, CWG, Guru Hanuman, MS Gill, P Gopichand, parliament, Prime Minister, punjab, Punjab Chief Minister, RTI, Saina Nehwal, Satpal, Sport Minister, Sushil Kumar, Tarn Taran, Union Sports Minister, World wrestling champion, wrestling coach
I have always maintained that AR Rehman is a greatly overrated composer and even though he has won an Oscar for the Slumdog Millionaire score, his compositions are more or less similar or have a very limited range. Read more
(51 votes, average: 2.73 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Filed under New Delhi, india · Tagged Anandmath, Anil Biswas, AR Rehman, C Ramchandra, commonwealth games, Hansraj Behal, Hemant Kumar, Kalyanji Anandji and RD Burman, Khayyam, Lata Mangeshkar, Madan Mohan, Naushad, OP Nayyar, Ravi, Roshan, Sajjad, Salil Chaudhury, SD Burman, Shankar Jaikishen, SN Tripathi and even Lakshmikant Pyarelal, Suresh Kalmadi, Vande Matram
The way things are unfolding, every Delhiite is getting greatly disappointed by those who are in charge of the affairs of this historic city. Read more
(19 votes, average: 3.42 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup · Tagged BJP, commonwealth games, Congress, corruption, Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi government, Delhiite, lok sabha, Lt. Governor Tejinder Khanna, Mayawati, MPs, National Capital Territory, nightmare, parliament, police, traffic flow, traffic jams, water logging
The countdown of the Commonwealth Games has started. There are hardly 70 days left for the big event to happen and the way things are moving it will be extremely surprising if all ends well. I for one would want the Games to be held given that the country’s prestige is involved and thousands of crores have been spent in building the infrastructure and doing up the Capital. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.82 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Filed under New Delhi · Tagged Asian Games, athletes, Baraat, Buta Singh, commonwealth games, Connaught Place, Delhi, Dhoni, Dowry Act, Federer, Gen Sethna, Hindustan Times, HKL Bhagat, HKL Kapoor, Indian wedding, Jagmohan, MS Gill, Nadal, news, Rajiv Gandhi, Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag, sports complexes, stadiums, Test match, United Coffee House, Usain Bolt, Wimbledon
