Delhi CWG 2010 (3-14Oct): 9 Australian athelets caught doping

[Sridhar]

OC U-turn on word to Army

Dipak Kumar Dash, TNN, Oct 12, 2010, 11.26pm IST


NEW DELHI: The Army which saved the day for the organizing committee (OC) by constructing foot-overbridges and providing men and material free of cost for the successful commencement of the Commonwealth Games tasted the thanklessness of the OC.

Highly placed sources in the forces said though the OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi had promised to give at least 378 tickets of Rs 750 each to the forces for the closing ceremony, the committee has now informed them of their inability to keep their word.

Said a senior officer, "On October 8 Kalmadi had assured the President Services Sports Control Board of giving equal number of tickets for the closing ceremony. But on Monday, it informed that no ticket was available for us despite the fact that we had made the advance payment for the tickets. The official reason was that there was reduction of 450 seats in case of one category of tickets,'' he added.

However, SPS Dhillon, deputy director general of the OC said they have informed the forces that only 250 tickets could be given to them since all tickets have been sold out. "We had taken good care of the forces in the opening ceremony and it is also being done in the case of closing ceremony. When everything is going perfectly fine, some people are raking up insignificant issues,'' he claimed.

OC U-turn on word to Army - The Times of India

 

[nitesh]

'Watching your flag rise above the rest is the best feeling'

 

[pmaitra]

There is a nice table at the BBC site that provides information, not only about the countries and their medal tally, but also about the population per medal and GDP per medal. All three are provided in tabs marked towards the top-right of the tables:

BBC Sport - Commonwealth Games medals table

Needless to say, the performances of some smaller countries with tiny populations does indeed put India to shame. Definitely no credit should be taken away from the athletes; the victory is the victory of the athletes, and India may take credit only later and in humility.

 

[nitesh]

^^

he he he West can not take that India is winning so many medals so they come up with some nuisance again. And can you explain me your reason for shame.

 

[nitesh]

Indian athlete fails dope test: Rediff Sports

 

[SHASH2K2]

OC U-turn on word to Army

Dipak Kumar Dash, TNN, Oct 12, 2010, 11.26pm IST


NEW DELHI: The Army which saved the day for the organizing committee (OC) by constructing foot-overbridges and providing men and material free of cost for the successful commencement of the Commonwealth Games tasted the thanklessness of the OC.

Highly placed sources in the forces said though the OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi had promised to give at least 378 tickets of Rs 750 each to the forces for the closing ceremony, the committee has now informed them of their inability to keep their word.

Said a senior officer, "On October 8 Kalmadi had assured the President Services Sports Control Board of giving equal number of tickets for the closing ceremony. But on Monday, it informed that no ticket was available for us despite the fact that we had made the advance payment for the tickets. The official reason was that there was reduction of 450 seats in case of one category of tickets,'' he added.

However, SPS Dhillon, deputy director general of the OC said they have informed the forces that only 250 tickets could be given to them since all tickets have been sold out. "We had taken good care of the forces in the opening ceremony and it is also being done in the case of closing ceremony. When everything is going perfectly fine, some people are raking up insignificant issues,'' he claimed.

OC U-turn on word to Army - The Times of India

Kalmadi is D** . He should be handed over to Army Jawans for a week. I am sure his coming generations will be corruption free .

 

[The Messiah]

^^

he he he West can not take that India is winning so many medals so they come up with some nuisance again. And can you explain me your reason for shame.

according to bbc logic then even china needs to dragged down the table in the olympics medal tally....

 

[nitesh]

according to bbc logic then even china needs to dragged down the table in the olympics medal tally....

And the funny part is, our members are dying to die in shame for this nonsense :emot15:

 

[Sridhar]

Walker Rani Yadav flunks dope test, suspended



Walker Rani Yadav flunks dope test, suspended

 

[The Messiah]

And the funny part is, our members are dying to die in shame for this nonsense :emot15:

they should also make a table by taking into account the funding that each nation puts into all the sports on a yearly basis....plus the money that athletes make through sponsorships.

but they wont since england will go quite down the list.

 

[nitesh]

they should also make a table by taking into account the funding that each nation puts into all the sports on a yearly basis....plus the money that athletes make through sponsorships.

but they wont since england will go quite down the list.

No, there is no need for this, simple medal tally is enough to see which nation is performing. It is all done to show India in a negative way, and the funny part is that our people are feeling ashamed.

 

[nitesh]

3 GOLD in boxing way to go............

 

[Vinod2070]

I think this population and GDP per medal info is useless but interesting. A far better indicator would be GDP per capita per medal. That will drag England right to the bottom.

 

[The Messiah]

3 GOLD in boxing way to go............

would have been 4 or even 5 if not for farce decisions by umpire/ref/judge. two of our boxers lost because of points being awarded to opponent!

 

[SHASH2K2]

L-G miffed with Sheila taking credit for Village turnaround

NEW DELHI: The curtains are not yet down on the Commonwealth Games but the heartburn has already begun. Displaying his annoyance with Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit cornering all the credit for cleaning up the Games Village — which had been dubbed 'unlivable' by several countries — in the last one week, Delhi's lieutenant governor Tejender Khanna has written to PM Manmohan Singh protesting the "unfair and factually incorrect" projection of this "turnaround miracle."

Khanna said the claim that this turnaround "was achieved within a few days by one single agency 'taking over' the management of the Games Village is, in my perception, unfair, factually incorrect and demoralizing for the personnel of all the other agencies who have been working earnestly as a team to expeditiously bridge the gaps that were noticed."

The letter is dated October 7, a day after TOI carried an interview of the chief minister where she had talked about how she was given "charge" of the Village at the last minute and turned things around in four days, while holding the DDA — of which the L-G is the chairman — and Games OC guilty of "carelessness".

L-G takes credit for rebuilding FOB

The L-G, in his letter to the PM, has said that the "additional staff provided under CM's directions by MCD and NDMC have been basically deployed for outside cleaning of the landscape area in the residential zone of the Village and for some cleaning by the NDMC staff in the common areas of towers like lifts and staircases. None of them have, however, been involved in the deep cleaning of washrooms, etc."

Khanna added, "I had visited the Village along with the other project sites of the DDA on 29 August, 2010 for over four hours and sent a detailed communication on 31 August 2010 to the Hon'ble Union UD minister Shri Jaipal Reddy enclosing my observations and also actions required to be taken by various agencies." His letter talks about how he had stressed the need for OC to establish custodial control over all flats and deployment of staff for housekeeping.

"During that visit when Lt Gen Ashok Kapoor of OC, in charge of the Games Village, had mentioned to me that he did not have proper staff to take charge of the keys of the flats of different towers, I immediately arranged 70 junior commissioned officers who had been selected by Raj Niwas... to be deployed two per tower in the Games Village under OC's supervision. Surprisingly the OC deployed their outsourced housekeeping staff only w.e.f. 15 September 2010 through two agencies namely ISS and Kalpataru and did not take any corrective action."

Khanna has taken credit for requisitioning the Army's help to build the temporary bridge near Jawaharlal Nehri Stadium after the foot-overbridge collapsed. While the CM, in her interview had said that the decision to post Delhi government officers at Games venues had been her own, Khanna says the decision was actually taken at a meeting chaired by him at the Village on September 20 at the suggestion of the chief secretary.

Admitting that after the towers had been furnished by ITDC, the "state of cleanliness of rooms and particularly the washrooms was adversely impacted", he has said that even after they were handed over the rooms, the OC "did not take proper custodial responsibility thereof".

The letter talks about the procedural hassles that had caused wastage of much time before actual construction of the Village could begin, and also DDA's "bailout" of developers Emaar-MGF that is described as an "out-of-the-box decision taken by DDA with the participation of the Union secretary for urban development."

The letter also outlines the role of Raj Niwas at the instance of the OC, in deploying Metro Waste Handling Agency and the Global Excellence Lions Group for keeping the Games Village clean. He also points out that it was during meetings at Raj Niwas that decisons on electronic surveillance, the secure communication network TETRA and the detailed transportation, parking and traffic plans were taken.

L-G miffed with Sheila taking credit for Village turnaround - The Times of India

 

[nitesh]

We are at 96 medals and now we will get 4 medals more.....

1. Saina Nehwal
2. Jwala G/Ashwini
3. Indian Hockey team
4. Kamal Vs Roy all-Indian TT Bronze match


These 4 are guaranteed to take us to 100. :emot112:

 

[Vinod2070]

For once, the claim of 100 medals that was made before the games would be met.

Let's see about the other claim of second spot. If we win both gold medals (Saina and Hockey), we can do it.

 

[Vinod2070]

India is already at 98 medals and tied with England at 37 golds each.

I get the feeling that India will be in second spot as Saina's gold is almost assured.

 

[Ray]

And we will all forget the scams!

Dixit is talking about holding the Olympics!

It was a dirty thought when Kalmadi said so!

Dixit is trying to hog the limelight after the massive screw up she was also a part of!

Clever little dame!

If India has bagged so many Golds, it is not credit to any of the sports federation, the Govts or any bumbling govt organisations. It is all credit to the individuals. India salutes them!

 

[nitesh]

^^

Sir honestly speaking, have we thought that any real action will happen?