BJP leader Arjunamurthy on behalf of the Ayodhya, Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra invited megastar Rajinikanth for the 'Ayodhya Kumbabhishek' event on January 22.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said that "tactics of returning awards should be stopped". Vij's statement came in connection to the announcement of wrestler Vinesh Phogat returning her Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award.
After ace wrestler Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri, Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday announced that she will return Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023 on Wednesday. Pawan, who won gold medals in the Asian Games Hangzhou and Asian Kabaddi Championships this year, is one of the Arjuna Awardees.
Nasreen Shaikh, who captained India to a gold medal at the South Asian Games applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's effort to take every sport to new heights.
Krishan Bahadur Pathak and Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam have been awarded Arjuna Award each for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023, while Shivendra Singh has been conferred with Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2023.
Up-and-coming archer Aditi Swami, who was listed for the Arjuna Award alongside other athletes, expressed her happiness stating that it was her dream to win laurels for the country.
The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024 (Tuesday) at 11:00 hours, as per a press release from the ministry.
Khel Ratna is the country's highest sporting honour given annually by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The nominated stars receive their awards from the President of India.
Shami's name was recommended for this year's prestigious Arjuna award by the selection committee after his spectacular performance in the cricket World Cup 2023.
The bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad in an order passed on November 20, 2023, said that the facts of the present case indicate that there were complaints against the petitioner-Parsanta Karmakar, who was a coach, regarding the videos and photographs of female swimmers taken by him and his