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Rajyavardhan Rathore takes charge as new Sports Minister
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Olympic silver-medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore on Monday took charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports.
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Will make sure sportspersons get both facilities and respect: Rathore
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore, who has been appointed as the new Sports Minister, on Monday said that he will focus on providing sportspersons across the country both 'suvidha and sammaan' (facilities and respect) so that they can impr
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Rajyavardhan Rathore replaces Vijay Goel as new Sports Minister
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore was on Sunday appointed as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports.Rathore was till now serving as Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting.
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Fraudsters accused of duping Olympic medallist nabbed in Indore
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Spetember 1 (ANI): Two of the six people, who were absconding in a case of fraud allegedly committed against Olympic medal-winning shooter Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, have been nabbed by the police in Indore.
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India's Maheshwari Chauhan strikes bronze at Asian Shotgun C'shi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Astana [Kazakhstan], Aug 12 (ANI): Shooter Maheshwari Chauhan clinched a bronze medal in the women's skeet event of the Asian Shotgun Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, last evening.
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Maheshwari Chauhan wins India's first ever medal in women's skee
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11(ANI): India's women skeet shooter Maheshwari Chauhan capped off a stellar performance as she won an individual bronze, which is India's first medal of any colour at the top international level in women's skeet, on Day Five of the ongoing 7th Asian
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Sindhu, Saina get first-round byes at World Championships
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Rio-Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one Saina Nehwal have received first- round byes at the World Championships starting in Glasgow, Scotland from August 21.
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PV Sindhu takes charge as Deputy Collector in AP Govt.
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 9 (ANI): Rio-Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu on Wednesday assumed charge as the Deputy Collector in the Andhra Pradesh Government.
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Kynan Chenai traps bronze at 7th Asian Shotgun Championships
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 8 (ANI): Trap shooter and Olympian Kynan Chenai won the bronze medal in the Men's Trap, his first international medal at the senior level, at the ongoing 7th Asian Championship Shotgun, being held at Astana, Kazakhstan.
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'Shocked' my name is not among Khel Ratna recipients: Deepa Mali
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana)[India], August 7 (ANI): Deepa Malik, who scripted history by becoming India's first-ever woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games, said on Monday that she was "shocked" that her name was not there in the list of recipients for the prestigious Rajiv Gandh
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Manju Kumari secures bronze at Junior World Wrestling
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): India's Manju Kumari has won the bronze medal with a 2-0 victory over Ukraine's Ilona Prokopevniuk in the Junior World Wrestling Championship in Tampere, Finland.
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I would've been much happier if I received Khel Ratna 12 yrs ago: Jha
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur [India], Aug.3 (ANI): India's star para athlete Devendra Jhajharia, who will be honoured with this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, admitted on Thursday that he would have been much happier had he been chosen for the prestigious award 12 years ago when he clinched the g
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