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New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Union Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal from the Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry for providing a budget of Rs.687.06 crore for overlays, on the plan side of the Ministry to be provided to the Commonwealth Games.
Organising Committee.
The proposal is being made in the context of the decision of [...]

New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): The fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships got underway here on Friday.
Inaugurated by Sports Minister MS Gill, the opening ceremony was presided over by Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games-2010 and Abhay Singh Chautala, President, Indian Boxing Federation.
Indian boxing heroes such as Vijender Singh, Akhil Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Nanao [...]

New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennel on Wednesday visited the Games Village along with the Chefs de Mission of Commonwealth Games to monitor the preparations for the forthcoming event.
The Chefs de Mission of 71 participating nations, are in New Delhi to attend a seminar from March 8-12 about the security [...]

New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): The Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, has asserted it will be the best ever sporting event.
Addressing media persons here on Thursday, Kalmadi said: “It will be the best Commonwealth Games ever. There is no doubt about it. Now, all the people, even our biggest [...]

New Delhi, Sep.16 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOC) President Suresh Kalmadi on Wednesday expressed confidence about the Commonwealth Games being held successfully in 2010.

Addressing a press conference here, Kalmadi, who is the Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Commitee, said: “Sports [...]

New Delhi, Sep 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved grant of Rs. 110 crore to the Kerala Government for the conduct of the 35th National Games.

The grant would be utilized towards upgradation of existing sports infrastructure, laying and development of playing surfaces [...]

New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Kumari Selja has called upon experts and stakeholders in the tourism sector to develop world class tourism infrastructure for putting India’s tourism industry on the world tourism map.

Inaugurating a workshop on the subject here today she said, “We should look at comprehensive development of infrastructure which includes roads, water, [...]

New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval for implementation of the scheme of developing Traffic And Communication Network in NCR/mega cities and Model Traffic System of Delhi Police in the 11th Five Year [...]

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy on Monday refuted accusations that the metro rail mishap was a result of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) pushing to complete the rail project ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2010 deadline. [...]

New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has proposed to substantially enhance the allocations for the Commonwealth Games 2010 from Rs. 2,112 crore in the interim budget to Rs. 3,472 crore.

Presenting the Union Budget for the year 2009-10 in Lok Sabha on Monday, Mukherjee said: “The Commonwealth Games present the country with [...]

Bhopal, June 27 (ANI): A 12-member team of physically challenged swimmers is practising hard in the recently organised swimming camp here ahead of Commonwealth Games 2010.

The second coaching camp for the physically challenged swimmers was jointly organised by the National Paralympic Association and National Paralympic Committee.

BK Dabas, [...]

New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Does ‘Dilli’ more effectively describe the cosmopolitan character of the national capital than ‘New Delhi’?  So feels Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister M.S. Gill, who wants the name of the Indian capital changed to Dilli, saying the word is more close to the people’s heart.
Speaking at a conference ‘Delhi [...]

New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): The countdown to the Commonwealth Games in 2010 has officially begun. The prototype of Queen’s Baton was unveiled at a spectacular show here last evening.

Delhi Lt. Governor Tejinder Khanna performed the honour to a thunderous applause from the hundreds of enthusiastic sports lovers who had gathered at the [...]

New Delhi, Mar. 8 (ANI): The Central Government has sanctioned nearly 80 crore rupees to the Delhi Police to upgrade its equipment to provide foolproof security and avert any Lahore-type attack on sportsmen during the Commonwealth Games.

“A total of Rs 78.26 crore has been sanctioned to Delhi Police to procure additional security equipment like [...]

Melbourne, Mar 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants answers from Pakistan after claims surfaced that Pakistani security forces abandoned travelling Sri Lankan cricketers and Australians umpires during a terrorist attack in Lahore on Tuesday.

Australian officials claimed they were abandoned in their van for some eight [...]

Melbourne, Mar 5 (ANI): Australian Commonwealth Games Association CEO Perry Crosswhite said the 2010 Games are unlikely to return to Melbourne, and dismissed security fears in the wake of the attack on the Sri Lankan players in Pakistan.

“At this stage, the 2010 Games are on at New Delhi and we have no reason to believe [...]

New Delhi, Jan. 27 (ANI): Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs (Independent charge), Minister M.S. Gill visited the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Tuesday to review the preparations for the Commonwealth Games to be held here in 2010.

Appreciating the hands on involvement in the project, Gill said he was overwhelmed by the architecture [...]