Hindustan Times
Now that former Union Telecom Minister A. Raja is out on bail and has started attending Lok Sabha, speculation has started as to whether he will give the reasons for his resignation in Parliament. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup, india · Tagged 2G scam, A Raja, Advani, bail, CBI, Indian Olympic Association, Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi, lok sabha, MPs, Pankaj Vohra, parliament, Subramanium Swamy, Suresh Kalmadi, Telecom, Tihar
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
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
I was in Chennai last week when Anna Hazare was dominating the news everywhere. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Adarash scam, Anna Hazare, Ashok Chavan, CAG, Chattrrapati Shivaji, Chennai, Commonwealth Game scam, corruption, Guru Gobind Singh, Hindustan Times, inflation, L.K.Advani, Manmohan Singh, news, Shunglu committee report, Suresh Kalmadi
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
