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Remove Rajiv Gandhi's name from Nagarahole National Park: Kodagu locals pe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kodagu (Karnataka) [India], August 8 (ANI): Locals from Karnataka's Kodagu district have sent a petition to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Karnataka Chief Minister urging for the renaming of the Rajiv Gandhi National Park to General Cariappa National Park after Field Marshal KM Ca
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Assam Chief Minister hails decision to rename Khel Ratna award after Major
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 7 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday lauded the decision to rename Khel Ratna award after Major Dhyan Chand and said the move will go a long way in fulfilling the aspirations of a New India.
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Major Dhyan Chand's son lauds PM Modi's decision to rename Khel Ratna Awar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 6 (ANI): Ashok Kumar, the former Indian hockey player and son of legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand, on Friday, lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision for renaming Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Puruskar.
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Befitting that India's highest sporting honour be named after Major Dhyan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur stated that it's befitting that India's highest sporting honour, Khel Ratna, is being renamed after hockey legend Dhyan Chand.
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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the Khel Ratna award will now be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award was earlier named after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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Tokyo Olympics: The India-Germany match will be seen as an example in worl
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Ashok Dhyanchand, former India hockey player and son of Major Dhyan Chand, on Thursday congratulated the men's hockey team for winning a bronze medal in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. It took 41 years, but the dream of every Indian was finally realised on Thur
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Anurag Thakur to cheer for Indian athletes at National Stadium during open
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): As the 32nd Summer Olympics start on Friday in Tokyo, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur and Minister of State in the ministry Nisith Pramanik will watch the opening ceremony at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
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Hockey stars recall India's 'fantastic achievement' in junior World Cup 20
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): On this day four years ago India's junior men's hockey team lifted the junior World Cup in front of a jam-packed Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium in Lucknow.
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Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium to get 6 squash courts, Jaishankar lays
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar laid the foundation stone of six squash courts at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, on Wednesday, in the presence of Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju.
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'Sonchiriya' duo Ronnie Screwvala, Abhishek Chaubey collaborate for biopic
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): The life and times of Indian field hockey player Major Dhyan Chand will soon be seen on the big screen as a biopic. The movie will be a collaboration by 'Sonchiriya' producer Ronnie Screwvala and director Abhishek Chaubey.
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Kiren Rijiju unveils new logo of Sports Authority of India
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday unveiled the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) new logo at Delhi's Major Dhyan Chand Stadium.
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Hockey India celebrated Major Dhyanchand's 115th birth anniversary in full
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Hockey India Member Units across the country celebrated hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand's 115th birth anniversary by organising various activities to remember the greatest field hockey player who was part of India's incredible gold medal-winning feats in the
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