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• in Sports
  Viewership: Gain and Loss
  Commonwealth games at India have failed to pull crowds, and when they were just turning the tide with India bagging a few medals, Indian Cricket Team has won a test match against Australia in what turned out to be a dramatic encounter.
  by nenevinay / on Oct 5, 2010
• in Travel
  The Commonwealth Games. In a Week? Really?
  In Delhi, a city of contrasts and contradictions, India is preparing for the Commonwealth Games. But how ready are they - really?
  by mistressdior / on Sep 27, 2010
• in Sports
  Stage Set for Sex Tourism to Flourish during Commonwealth Games, New Delhi
  Like all other international sports events, "Commonwealth Games 2010" is also going to be a good opportunity for “Sex Tourism.” Can government stop it?
  by vijji / on Aug 21, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “commonwealth games”

 

• Watching the Olympic Games 2012: Shooting

  
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  How it works There are broadly three event types: pistol, rifle and shotgun competitions and 15 medal events. Athletes are required to shoot from three different positions, depending on the discipline: standing, kneeling or prone. In the shotgun events, competitors aim at moving clay targets, the pistol and rifle ...
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• Rochelle Gilmore: The Roar interview

  
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  Commonwealth gold medallist and Sprinting specialist for FAREN HONDA – CICLI KUOTA, Rochelle Gilmore, has kindly given-up her time to answer questions from GreenEDGEFans for the Roar. GreenEDGE Fans (GEF): You have been cycling for a long time. In your BMX days along with your brothers you made your local paper when ...
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• Not involved in Games’ equipment purchases: Kalmadi

  
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  New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Thursday told a Delhi court hearing a corruption case related to the 2010 sporting event here that he was not involved in procurement of equipment.He said that the OC only gave recommendations for buying timing, ...
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• Pluses, minuses of UPA-II government (Three years of UPA II: Not much yo celebrate)

  
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  New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Achievements and failures of UPA-11 in the last three years since it was returned to power in May 2009:Achievements1. MNREGA 2.0: A reformed package of UPA’s flagship rural employment guarantee scheme unveiled.2. Public Procurement Bill, 2012: Legislation introduced in parliament to codify ...
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• DDA sells 87 CWG apartments for almost Rs 400 crore; highest bid for flat at Rs 7.27 crore

  
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  NEW DELHI: Nearly Rs 400 crore worth of residential apartments by the Yamuna in Delhis Commonwealth Games Village were lapped up in an auction on Monday, but the owner - Delhi Development Authority - managed to sell only 87 of the 110 flats which went under the hammer.The authority said it received a total of 218 bids ...
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• Three years of UPA-II: Not much to celebrate

  
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  New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-II government completed three years in office Tuesday amid charges of policy paralysis and key initiatives remaining mired in fractious coalition politics.There have been some positives. In the last three years, there have been no big terror incidents, ...
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• Bowlers to get double the chances of a medal

  
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  GUERNSEY bowls’ new formula for the format of future Commonwealth Games has been accepted.
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• India creating architecture to ensure cyber security: NSA

  
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  New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) India is creating a “coherent and comprehensive” security policy to deal with the “anarchic new world” of cyber threats, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon said here Wednesday.“(The) government is in the process of putting in place the capabilities and the systems in India ...
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• 8,000 cyber attacks warded off during CWG: NSA

  
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  New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) A staggering 8,000 cyber attacks were warded off during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said Wednesday, pointing to India’s capabilities.“There were over 8,000 attacks during the Commonwealth Games on ticketing and other systems. This was pure ...
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• CWG scam: High Court declines bail to Reddy

  
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  New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of A.K. Reddy, arrested for alleged lapses in a Rs.141 crore contract for timing, scoring and result equipment for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.Justice Mukta Gupta, while dismissing Reddy’s bail plea, said: “I don’t find any merit in ...
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• Agartala marathon for unity

  
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  Agartala, May 13 (IANS) Around 1,500 athletes and sports lovers, some of them from other parts of the country, Sunday participated in the 6th ONGC Agartala Marathon aimed at propagating unity in the society.Indian women athletes Mandeep Kaur and Jauna Murmur, who won gold medals in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, also ...
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• Striving hard for a podium finish in London: Discus thrower Krishna Poonia (Interview)

  
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  New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) India’s Commonwealth Games gold medallist Krishna Poonia has set herself a target of 65 metres in the discus throw to make a podium finish at the 2012 London Olympics. For that she has to outdo her life’s best (63.69 metre) to be in the league with top contenders [...]
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• Five Indian shuttlers qualify for London Games

  
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  New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) For the first time in Olympics, Indian badminton will see a record participation from five players in four different categories.According to the new world rankings released Thursday, Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa and V. Diju made the cut. While Saina qualified ...
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• British wrestler Myroslav Dykun suspended after positive drugs test

  
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  Great Britain wrestler and London 2012 medal prospect Myroslav Dykun has been suspended after testing positive for amphetamines. Ukrainian-born Myroslav Dykun won gold at the Commonwealth Games two years ago (Picture: PA) The Ukrainian-born 29-year-old, who has been a British citizen for five years having initially ...
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• CWG scam: CBI raids 20 locations (Second lead)

  
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  New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday registered a case as part of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam and raided 20 places in the national capital region, Uttar Pradesh and Kolkata and Siliguri in West Bengal, a CBI official said.A case has been registered against the Central ...
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• One arrested for illegal mining in Goa

  
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  Panaji, May 2 (IANS) One person has been arrested here for illegal mining at a site acquired by the government for building a stadium for the National Games 2014 and the Portuguese Commonwealth Games 2013.The Portuguese Games is a multinational sporting event similar to the Commonwealth Games. It involves ...
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• CWG scam: CBI raids 20 locations (Lead)

  
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  New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The CBI Wednesday raided 20 locations in Delhi, the national capital region (NCR), Kolkata and Siliguri in connection with another Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam, an official said.“It is a case involving tenders for laying synthetic tracks in five CWG stadia. Losses worth Rs.30 crore have ...
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• CWG scam CBI conducts raids files FIRs

  
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  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed four FIRs in the ‘synthetic turf’ scam that took place during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. As many as 20 places in Delhi, Kolkata and Ghaziabad have been raided by the CBI sleuths this morning in connection with this scam. The scam-hit Commonwealth ...
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• CWG scam: CBI raids 20 locations

  
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  In a fresh case registered in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday raided 20 locations in Delhi, the national capital region, Kolkata and Siliguri, an official said. “It is a case involving tenders for laying synthetic tracks in five CWG stadia. Losses worth Rs.30 ...
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• CWG scam: CBI raids 20 locations

  
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  New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) In a fresh case registered in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday raided 20 locations in Delhi, the national capital region, Kolkata and Siliguri, an official said.“It is a case involving tenders for laying synthetic tracks in five CWG ...
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