NEW DELHI: The summer heat seems to have caught up with Commonwealth Games officials. As part of the Games preparation, Delhi government is planning to procure ice-making machines in "large quantities''. The cause visiting officials of the Commonwealth Games Federation have asked the government to make sure ice is easily available to athletes during the Games. The request apparently came up in a meeting with health officials late last week.

New Delhi: The Centre has decided to set up a multi-agency Special Task Force (STF), comprising Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel, to take charge of security and traffic management during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.  Besides having the entire Delhi Police at its disposal, the STF will also have thousands of paramilitary personnel - mainly drawn from CRPF and CISF - and intelligence officials from IB at its command.