Saturday, October 16, 2010

DTN News: CWG Delhi 2010 - Witchhunt Has Started To Find Scapegoat For Excessive Expenditrure To Tune Of US$ 14 Billion....NSI News Source Info # 1125

DTN News: CWG Delhi 2010 - Witchhunt Has Started To Find Scapegoat For Excessive Expenditrure To Tune Of US$ 14 Billion....NSI News Source Info # 1097
The media has already decided to convict Suresh Kalmadi as the major player in conjuction for excessive expenditure, alleged irregularities and corruption involved in organising the Commonwealth Games 2010 for 12 days sports show costing treasury Rs. 70,000 crores or US$ 14 billion, hugely successful and incident free.
In the interim, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday, Oct 15 sent a harsh message to the tainted Organising Committee by not inviting OC chief Suresh Kalmadi to his residence, where he met and congratulated the CWG 2010 medal winners. However, Sports Minister MS Gill was part of the meeting.
The clamour for Kalmadi’s head resumed on Friday. The Congress distanced itself from him, saying, “We are not in the business of giving a clean or unclean chit to anyone.”
This is in tune with Sonia Gandhi’s message at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting on August 19: “I trust that as soon as the Games are over, the government will look into the allegations of malpractice and spare no one found involved.”
Just a day after the conclusion of the 12-day sporting event, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) began the investigation. On Friday, Oct 15, the auditing watchdog sent its inspection officials to the CPWD office to check the account related to the Games projects.
"We have started with the CPWD office inside the S P Mukherjee Stadium today. Now that the athletes have vacated the venues, we will gradually start sending our inspection officers to all the stadia," a CAG official is quoted as saying.
The Centre appointed the high-level committee headed by the former Comptroller and Auditor-General, VK Shungloo, to look into “all aspects of organising" of the scandal-marred Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Quoting the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), media reports suggest that the committee is expected to submit its report to Dr Manmohan Singh in three months.
It would be imperative for Suresh Kalmadi to present his case/story voluntary to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) instead being pursued, to maintain his credibility as Kalmadi is being isolated from every concern. Once Kalmadi's case is being processed, obviously heads will roll and instead of three months resolving the case, it will linger for timeless a period like any other numerous cases in the twilight zone in Indian history.
Let us see, if Dr Manmohan Singh's government has the real will to stamp out corruption and bring those entities invovled in alleged irregularities and corruption for CWG Delhi 2010 to justice.

Friday, October 15, 2010

DTN News: Australian Players Damaged Property In Games Village....NSI News Source Info # 1124

DTN News: Australian Players Damaged Property In Games Village....NSI News Source Info # 1124

Thursday, October 14, 2010

DTN News: Russia Reveals Detailed Data On Defense Spending Until 2013....NSI News Source Info # 1123

DTN News: Russia Reveals Detailed Data On Defense Spending Until 2013....NSI News Source Info # 1123
(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - October 15, 2010: Russia has made public for the first time in many years a detailed account of its defense spending until 2013, the Vedomosti daily said on Tuesday.
State Duma Defense Committee head Viktor Zavarzin said last week that the country's defense spending, including R&D, would total 487 billion rubles ($16.3 bln) in 2010, 574 bln ($19.2 bln) in 2011, 726 bln ($24.3 bln) in 2012, and 1.16 trillion ($38.8 bln) in 2013.
The share of spending on R&D will drop from 22 percent in 2010 to 16 percent in 2013, the lawmaker said.
The spending will focus on procurement of RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles and Bulavasubmarine-launched ballistic missiles, Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers, Su-35 Flanker-E long-range fighter jets, submarines, corvettes and frigates for the Black Sea Fleet, and battlefield command-and-control systems for the Ground Forces.

DTN News: Israeli Firm Sells UAV Assembly Components To Russia....NSI News Source Info # 1122

DTN News: Israeli Firm Sells UAV Assembly Components To Russia....NSI News Source Info # 1122
(NSI News Source Info) TEL AVIV, Israel - October 15, 2010: Israel Aerospace Industries said on Wednesday it has signed a contract with the Russian defense firm Oboronprom on the delivery of assembly components and servicing for aerial drones.
"The deal will begin to be implemented during 2011," the company said in a statement posted on its website.
The contract was signed in the presence of the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko.
The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed, but Israeli media earlier speculated that the three-year contract could be worth $400 million.
Russia has already signed two UAV contracts with Israel. Under the first contract, signed in April 2009, Israel delivered two Bird Eye 400 systems (worth $4 million), eight I View MK150 tactical UAVs ($37 million) and two Searcher Mk II multi-mission UAVs ($12 million).

DTN News: CWG Delhi 2010 - Grand Closing Ceremony....NSI News Source Info # 1121

DTN News: CWG Delhi 2010 - Grand Closing Ceremony....NSI News Source Info # 1121
India's ruling Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi, first lady Gursharan Kaur, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, vice president of India Hamid Ansari and Britain's Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex attend the closing ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games at Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on October 14, 2010. The Games ended after 11 days of fiery competition that went some way to mending the damage done to Indian pride and prestige tarnished by the chaotic buildup to the event.

DTN News: CWG 2010 - INDIA'S SHOULD REACH A CENTURY (100 MEDALS) FOR MEDALS....NSI News Source Info # 1120

DTN News: CWG 2010 - INDIA'S SHOULD REACH A CENTURY (100 MEDALS) FOR MEDALS....NSI News Source Info # 1120