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Government should resolve issue of farmers as soon as possible: Sushil Kum
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medalist, Sushil Kumar on Monday said that the entire nation is standing tall with the protesting farmers and their demands need to be heard by the Central Government.
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Retired Home Guard officer in Punjab returns President's medal in solidari
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], December 6 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with protesting farmers, retired commandant of Home Guards, Rai Singh Dhaliwal, returned his President's Medal on Saturday.
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Chess player Srinath to get refund for custom duty paid, confirms Rijiju
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday informed that chess player Srinath Narayanan will get a refund for the duty he had to pay to the customs department for bringing in the gold medal he won earlier this year at the FIDE (Inter
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First Black captain of US Olympic Team Rafer Johnson passes away
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 3 (ANI): Rafer Johnson, USA flagbearer and decathlon gold medalist at the Olympic Games Rome 1960 has passed away at the age of 86.
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Mahant Nritya Gopaldas condition stable, satisfactory, says Medanta hospit
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 2 (ANI): The condition of Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust chairman Mahant Nritya Gopaldas, who is undergoing treatment at Medanta hospital in Lucknow is currently "stable" and "satisfactory", the hospital said a medical bulletin on Wednesday.
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Covid vaccine before Olympics is must for athletes, says Sushil
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar has said that the coronavirus vaccine is a must for players as the world moves closer to next year's Tokyo Olympics.
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4 Olympic quota winning boxers inducted in TOPS
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): 2018 World Championship bronze medalist Simranjit Kaur was among four boxers who were included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) at the 50th Mission Olympic Cell meeting. The other three are Ashish Kumar (men's 75 kg), Satish Kumar (men's 91+ kg
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BJP MLA from Rajasthan's Rajsamand Kiran Maheshwari passes away
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], November 30 (ANI): Kiran Maheshwari, BJP leader and MLA from Rajasthan's Rajsamand passed away at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on late Sunday night.
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Want to play more matches and win medals with team: Hockey player Rashmita
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 25 (ANI): Indian women's hockey team's Rashmita Minz said she is focused on doing the basics right while expressing her desire of playing more matches and winning medals with the team.
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Congress veteran Ahmed Patel passes away following COVID complications
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], November 25 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who was undergoing treatment at a Gurugram hospital after testing positive for the COVID-19, breathed his last after multi-organ failure in the wee hours of Wednesday, his son Faisal confirmed. He was 71. Read More
Veteran of India-China, India-Pak wars: Maj Gen (Retd) R N Chibber passes
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): Major General (Retired) R N Chibber, a hero of 1962 India-China war and both the India-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971, passed away on Saturday. The veteran Army officer, decorated with Vishisht Seva Medal, was 86.
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Abhinav Bindra named as event ambassador for ADHM 2020
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): In a quest to inspire India to run, Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM) on Thursday announced India's only individual Olympic gold medalist, Abhinav Bindra, as the event ambassador for the 16th edition, scheduled to take place on November 29 in New Delhi.
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