Olympian gold winner Abhinav Bindra and World Champion Gagan Narang won their first gold medals for India in the Pairs 10 m Air Rifle Mens event at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. Bindra scored 595 and Narang scored 498. World champion Tejaswini Sawant is also to be seen in action in the 50m 3P pairs [...]
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International media goes gaga over ‘spectacular’ Delhi CWG opening ceremony
October 4th, 2010 |
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The opening ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has drawn unparalleled applause from across the world by overhauling fears of chaos with a ‘spectacular’ event. In front of a 65,000-strong audience at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the event showcased a vibrant celebration of 5000 years of Indian culture. The event has also [...]
Delhi CM Dikshit inspects Games Village, all efforts on to save CWG
September 23rd, 2010 |
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With some international teams opting to delay their arrival in New Delhi for the XIXth Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit visited the Games Village on Thursday to assess the situation. On Wednesday, Dikshit assured that Delhi is set to host the mega event in the best possible way. Referring to the footbridge collapse at [...]
Oz Sports Minister warns about more athletes pulling out from CW Games
September 22nd, 2010 |
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More Australian athletes can pull out from the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games over safety fears and a bridge collapse that has raised concerns about the event. Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib said Games officials expected more competitors to follow women’s world discus champion Dani Samuels. Citing concerns over health and security in Delhi, Australian discus [...]
Rana Dasgupta Honored With Best Book Award at the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
April 13th, 2010 |
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Rana Dasgupta, the British-Indian author of 38 years has won £10,000 as best book prize for his solo novel “bold” at The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. It is a yearly event that identifies literature from the former British colonies. The author took birth in Kent but now resides in New Delhi.
The finalists from the various [...]
Australia says decision on pulling out of Commonwealth Games ‘up to administrators’
January 10th, 2010 |
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A decision on whether Australia withdraws from the New Delhi Commonwealth Games because of security worries will be made by the sporting bodies and not the government. Acting Foreign Minister Simon Crean said Sunday the federal government has no concern about security at the games.
One dead in Commonwealth Games village fire
January 10th, 2010 |
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One woman was killed and 12 other people injured when a fire broke out on Saturday at the athlete’s village under construction for this year’s Commonwealth Games in the Indian capital. On Sunday, domestic media said that the blaze occurred at the residential quarters of on-site
New Delhi organisers assure a safe 2010 Commonwealth Games
December 30th, 2009 |
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New Delhi Commonwealth Games organisers have assured the event will be subject to tight security after a London newspaper reported there was “virtually no chance†England will send its team next year. Suresh Kalmadi, head of the 2010 organising committee said in a statement on Wednesday;
Kalmadi in trouble again, this time over Bolt’s 2010 CWG plans
December 3rd, 2009 |
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New Delhi: The bloopers by Kalmadi were very much fresh and yet another trouble sprung upon Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi.
This time he claimed that world record holder sprinter Usain Bolt will be seen in action at the 2010 Delhi Games. However manager of Jamaican superstar, Ricky Simms denied any such participation.
”I have [...]
Commonwealth “positive†ahead of Copenhagen
November 28th, 2009 |
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A deal for a climate treaty is within reachm Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said while opening the Commonwealth’s biennial summit being held in Trinidad and Tobago. The 53-nation group get-together is being largely seen as a working session on climate issues in the run up to next month’s UN climate conference.
After US, PM Manmohan Singh arrives at Port of Spain
November 27th, 2009 |
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Port of Spain: The three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is being held at the Port of Spain. After the US visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on Thursday afternoon.
The focus of this meeting is expected to be on the internationally troubling issue of climate change.
CHOGM’s taking up of the climate change issue is [...]
The Commonwealth: Wider still and weaker?
November 26th, 2009 |
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An ever-expanding club of (mostly) ex-British colonies needs to develop sharper edges or else shut up shop
BRITAIN’S empire, in the sense of overseas territories under United Kingdom sovereignty, has shrunk and shrunk: it now consists of just 14 islands, rocks and barely inhabited strips of land, the biggest of them in Antarctica. Meanwhile, the body that emerged from the empire 60 years ago, the Commonwealth, risks the opposite: growing so large, loose and floppy that it merges with the rest of humanity.
Its 53 countries already represent a fifth of earth’s land area and nearly a third of the human race; their leaders, or most of them, were due to converge in Trinidad on November 27th—with many of their staff staying on two cruise ships, looming over Port of Spain’s waterfront. Just over half the Commonwealth’s 2 billion people are Indian; but awkwardly, a poll of seven Commonwealth countries, including India, found that only a third of respondents could name something the body did. …
India should not bid for Olympics, says Sports Minister
November 26th, 2009 |
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Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister M S Gill on Wednesday said that India should not be thinking of hosting Olympics Games in the near future.
Gill’’s remarks came in response to a statement made by actor-turned-politician of Samajwadi Party (SP) Jaya Bachchan, who reportedly said that the Commonwealth Games gives an opportunity to bid [...]
Moradabad farmers cultivating flowers ahead of Commonwealth Games, Kumbh
November 14th, 2009 |
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In view of the upcoming 2010 Commonwealth Games and Kumbh Mela, farmers of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh have begun large-scale cultivation of flowers.
“We are hoping that our demand for flowers will go high. Farmers will get good returns for their hard work. So sensing the significance of the events, the farmers are now moving [...]
Prince Charles, Camilla egged as Canadians protest Commonwealth ties
November 11th, 2009 |
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Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Tuesday were met with egg tosses and shouts of “Majesty go home” from scores of anti-royalty protesters blocking the entrance to a military armory they were visiting here. The royal couple were not soiled or hurt during the incident, but had to be
Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly meet begins
October 12th, 2009 |
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The meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly commenced here today.
The meeting is being attended by Vice Patron of the CGF, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex.
Edward, who was escorted by officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, on Sunday, visited the games village, the National Stadium and Commonwealth Games Headquarters to assess [...]
Air India to be official carrier of Commonwealth Games 2010
October 7th, 2009 |
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Air India on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Commonwealth Organising Committee for being the official carrier of the Commonwealth Games 2010.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held between 3 and 14 of October in New Delhi, and will be India’’s first major international sports event after the 1982 Asian Games.
“We have [...]
Workers feel heat to finish Commonwealth Games sites in India
September 30th, 2009 |
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In the early morning Delhi air, Brij Mohan troops off to work at the building site of the Nehru stadium in the heart of the city to face the discomfort and dangers of a day’s labouring. Mohan, 28, cuts a miserable figure as he describes the pressure and workload faced by thousands of people
India assures foolproof security for 2010 Commonwealth Games
September 25th, 2009 |
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India has promised foolproof security for next year’’s Commonwealth Games to be staged in New Delhi.
The senior functionaries of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee disclosed this to reporters here on Thursday.
Earlier, plans were discussed at the two-day international security liaison conference organised by India’’s federal Home Ministry and attended by experts from 26 of the [...]