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What does this sort of news say about India?

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Indian police officials arrest an unidentified man (L) who allegedly threw a shoe at the Chief Organiser of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi (extreme R) while being escorted to the court in New Delhi on April 26, 2011. The chief organiser of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games appeared in court on corruption charges after a probe into alleged financial wrong-doing at the event.​
 
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India's ruling United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, left, leaves after paying tributes to Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing in the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, on the eve of his funeral Tuesday, April 26, 2011​
 
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, second right, arrives to pay his last respects to Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, on the eve of his funeral Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The 84-year-old guru's Sunday death triggered an outpouring of grief from followers who included Indian politicians, movie stars, athletes and industrialists.
Many followers believe the holy man will rise 3 days after death but that did'nt happen.​
 
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, second right, arrives to pay his last respects to Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, on the eve of his funeral Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The 84-year-old guru's Sunday death triggered an outpouring of grief from followers who included Indian politicians, movie stars, athletes and industrialists.
Many followers believe the holy man will rise 3 days after death but that did'nt happen.


Hmm i wonder why didn't this holy man didn't rise up? Cos he wasn't a holy man but a con man?
 
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5 August 2011 Last updated at 11:25 ET
Auditor slams Delhi Commonwealth Games preparations

India's state auditor says preparations for last year's Commonwealth Games were deeply flawed, riddled with favouritism and vastly over budget.

A report for parliament said there were serious irregularities with bidding and contracts, and that the seven years organisers had to prepare were wasted.

The games cost $4.1bn (£2.5bn) instead of the $270m (£166m) first estimated, while revenue was only $38m (£23m).

The head of the organising committee is already in jail on corruption charges.

Law Minister Salman Khursheed said parliament would reflect on the report and "decide what needs to be done".

Suresh Kalmadi's appointment, on the recommendation of the prime minister's office despite objections from the then-sports minister, was also criticised in the auditor's report.

Due diligence 'conspicuously absent'

India's government had hoped hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi would showcase its status as an emerging global power, but it was instead deeply embarrassed by construction delays, budget overruns and corruption allegations.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India's report concluded that the root of the organisers' problems were the model of governance set up in 2003, in which "authority was dissipated, accountability was defused and unity of command was not provided for or followed".


Huge amounts of public money were placed at the disposal of non-government officials unwilling to heed advice from civil servants.

"The modus operandi observed over the entire gamut of activities leading to the conduct of the games was: inexplicable delays in decision making, which put pressure on timelines and thereby led to the creation of an artificial or consciously created sense of urgency," the report said.

"Since the target date was immovable, such delays could only be overcome by seeking, and liberally granting, waivers laid down in government procedures."

Many contracts were awarded after single bids, while some were handed out on a "nomination basis", without any competition.

The exorbitant rates charged by contractors to counter the delays caused huge financial loss to the organising committee and the government.

At the same time, the federal and local governments failed to examine the organising committee's proposals, budgets and actions.

"Appropriate due diligence was conspicuously absent at all levels."

The report said the contract for a timing, scoring and results system was awarded to Swiss timing company, Omega SA, after a rival, MSL Spain, was disqualified irregularly. The contract for building the athletes' village was handed to Emaar MGF Constructions on the basis of a single bid.

Delhi's state government was also accused of wasting at least $29m with its "ill-conceived and ill-planned" plan to beautify the city before the games, including spending $7.7m extra on foreign-made street lighting.

This revelation led to the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to demand the immediate resignation of Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit.

Ms Dikshit rejected the demand but said she would co-operate fully with the parliamentary committee which will investigate the audit report



http://saiindia.gov.in/english/home...e_Audits/Report_No_6_CWG/Report_no_6_CWG.html
 
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Labourers use brushes to sweep dust and stones from an access road to the Buddh International Circuit, the venue for the first ever Indian Formula One race at Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi October 21, 2011. India will hold its first ever F1 Grand Prix October 28-30 that will showcase its emergence on the world-stage.


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In this Oct. 11, 2011 photo, workers leave the Buddh International Circuit that will hold the first ever Indian Formula One Grand Prix in Noida, India. After over a decade of conceptualization, India will finally join the elite club by hosting an F1 race on Oct. 30.

 
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An aerial view of the newly-inaugurated Buddh International Circuit ahead of the Indian Grand Prix in Greater Noida, some 60kms from New Delhi, on October 18, 2011.

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The Red Bull Renault Formula One show car drives on the newly-inaugurated Buddh International Circuit ahead of the Indian Grand Prix in Greater Noida, some 60kms from New Delhi, on October 18, 2011. The first ever Indian Grand Prix will take place on October 30.​
 
It will have many problem when start. Facilities not working.......................
Commonwealth game with so many problem..........................really a shame.
Using stick to sweep the track is a laughing matter. Have no money to buy vacuum sweeper.
 
Ever notice ah neh cannot do anything right? We got a half breed ah neh to organized our youth olympic and he over spent and got a fuck up results and this ah neh country also like that with their commonwealth games I hope this is not a track record.
 
Rajat Kumar Gupta , also called Dakat Gupta in his native Bengal, is a former longtime top senior partner and director at management consultancy McKinsey & Company, serving as managing director (chief executive) from 1994 to 2003. In this capacity, he was recognized as the first Indian-born CEO of a global corporation. After retiring from active practice, though maintaining an affiliation at McKinsey, Gupta served as corporate chairman, board director or strategic advisor to a variety of large and notable organizations (full list): corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter and Gamble and American Airlines, and non-profits including The Gates Foundation, The Global Fund and the International Chamber of Commerce. Rajat Gupta is additionally the co-founder of four different organizations: the Indian School of Business with Anil Kumar, the American India Foundation with Victor Menezes and Lata Krishnan, New Silk Route with Parag Saxena and Menezes again, and Scandent with Ramesh Vangal.

On October 26, 2011, Gupta was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of securities fraud and conspiracy as part of an ongoing and wide-ranging insider trading case in which close friends and business partners Raj Rajaratnam and Anil Kumar were convicted or pleaded guilty, respectively. The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Gupta the same day. Gupta entered a plea of not guilty and was released on $10 million bail.

The SEC had previously filed suit and later dropped charges against Gupta in March-August 2011. Around that time, Gupta's conversations on tape with Rajaratnam while Gupta was a board member of Goldman Sachs attracted widespread attention and notoriety. In the wake of the original SEC charges, Gupta resigned the majority of his corporate and philanthropic positions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajat_Gupta

Let the facts speak for themselves.
Ignore history at your own peril.
 
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Formula One grid girls watch the qualifying session for the Indian F1 Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi October 29, 2011.​
 
From behind photo look like almost all are white Ah neh.
 
Indian grid girls

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Grand Prix grid girls stand on the track during the drivers' parade in the Formula One Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International circuit in Greater Noida, southeastern outskirts of New Delhi on October 30, 2011.​
 

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Suresh Kalmadi, accused of corruption in the Commonwealth Games, arrives home after he was freed from Tihar jail on January 19, 2012, as the Delhi high court accepted his bail plea. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vice-president Tarlochan Singh said on Thursday that Suresh Kalmadi was welcome to re-join the sports organisation as its president again.​
 

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Indian member of parliament and ex-chairperson of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi arrives at parliament for the opening of the budget session in New Delhi on March 12, 2012. Budget session for the Indian Parliament began with the general budget to be tabled on March 16.​
 
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Bollywood actor and Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan (R) is watched by his daughter Suhana (2L)as he gestures towards a security guard blowing a whistle to directs children accompanying him off the playing field after the IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai early May 17, 2012.

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According to local news reports, Khan is to be banned by Mumbai Cricket Association from entering the Wankhede Stadium for life following an altercation he had with security and officials of the association.​
 
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Former cricketer and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Member of Parliment Kirti Azad (3L) sits on hunger strike to highlight problems in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament, which he feels is hurting the reputation of cricket, outside Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on May 20,2012. Earlier this week, Indian police arrested and charged Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach with molesting a woman and beating up her fiance after a late-night party at a posh New Delhi hotel, and in a separate event Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is co-owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise, was involved in an ugly late-night row with officials at Mumbai's main cricket stadium. The annual IPL tournament faces allegations of massive corporate corruption, money-laundering and tax evasion, as well as secret deals to hide teams' real owners and even links to India's criminal underworld.​
 
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