Commonwealth Games work progress reviewed

October 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Sports Minister M S Gill visited Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday to take stock of preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. After visiting the stadium, Gill said that the entire work would be completed on time.

October 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on Wednesday expressed his satisfaction with the preparations, including security set up for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be staged in New Delhi. After visiting the various sports facilities here, Smith said that he was confident that India would stage a 'first class' Commonwealth Games on time.

October 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 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.

October 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sports minister M.S. Gill said Monday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken special interest in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and holds meetings regularly to ensure the success of the mega event that will be held here next year Oct 3-14.

October 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mike Fennell, the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), has expressed satisfaction with the Indian government's assurances of support to ensure a successful holding of the event. Addressing delegates during a cultural function hosted by the Organising Committee at historic Qutub Minar here on Sunday, Fennell said: He said, "We have come here amidst many reports about Delhi's preparedness, which are not quite accurate, but Sport Minister Gill has given us all the assurance that all the resources that are necessary to ensure the successful celebrations of the Games in 2010, will be provided by the government." Earlier, Fennell had complained about the lack of preparations in New Delhi, and had written to the organisers expressing his concern at the organisers' reluctance to hire foreign experts and the tardy progress of work.

October 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid skepticism over New Delhi's preparedness for holding the Commonwealth Games next year, Vice Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), Prince Edward- the Earl of Wessex, visited various sites here to assess the preparations on Sunday. Prince Edward, who was escorted by officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, visited the games village, the National Stadium and Commonwealth Games Headquarters to assess progress ahead of the mega event to be held in October 2010.

October 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief Michael Fennell, who last month raised doubts about the preparations for the 2010 Games here, is satisfied with the progress after taking stock of the situation, Secretary General of the Organising Committee Lalit Bhanot said Saturday. Fennell, along with delegates from 71 countries, are here for the CGF General Assembly.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid mounting concern over New Delhi's slow preparation for the Commonwealth Games next year, a team of the games' committee on Thursday visited the Thyagraj Stadium, which is expected to open at the end of December. Led by Mike Fennell, the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the team also visited the games village to assess the progress there.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mike Fennell, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), was caught napping during the 2010 Commonwealth Games presentation here on Thursday. Fennell, along with his team, is in India to inspect the sites ahead of the games.

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chairman Mike Fenell Wednesday met India's Sports Minister M.S. Gill to discuss the progress of work for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

October 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The countdown for the Commonwealth Games, to be hosted by India in 2010, is marked by the unveiling of a Commonwealth clock. The 12-day event, which starts from October 3, 2010, at the 75,000-capacity Jawaharal Nehru Stadium in the heart of New Delhi, will be India's first major international sports event after the 1982 Asian Games.

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Premier of Victoria John Brumby called on Suresh Kalmadi, the Chairman of Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010 here on Saturday. Brumby during his visit met the organising committee officials and reviewed the progress of various stadiums and infrastructure projects coming up for the Commonwealth Games.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is fully geared to ensure the 2010 Commonwealth Games are free of any security related incidents and is committed to making the mega sports event a big success, Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken emphasised Wednesday. Addressing a conference of security liason officers of Commonwealth countries and representatives of Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs), Maken pointed out that several task specific and inter-ministerial committees have been constituted for this purpose.

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A four-month old Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report seems to have alarmed Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell so much that he shot off a letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to seek the intervention of the Prime Minister in the organization of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. A top official of the organising committee told IANS that the CAG report had details of last year's preparation but development work including construction of venues and organisation have improved rapidly in the last few month.

June 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Haryana government Saturday announced that the commissioning of the first phase of the state's biggest power plant is being advanced to ensure power supply to the national capital much before the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The first 500 MW unit of the prestigious 1,500-MW Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project, being set up in Jhajjar district of Haryana, 200 km from Delhi, will now be commissioned in April 2010.