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2nd ranked Para powerlifter Sakina ignored for CWG 2018
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Para athlete Sakina Khatun, who was struck down by polio when she was just one-and-a-half years old, will not represent India at next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia despite being at the number two spot in CWG and Asian rankings.
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'Rejections made me stronger', says Para-athlete Shrimant Jha
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Differently-abled arm wrestler Shrimant Jha, who recently won silver medal at the Para-arm wrestling World Cup in Poland, has said that the rejections he faced at an early age inspired him to become an athlete.
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Outstanding performance of athletes at National Para-Swimming Championship
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 8 (ANI): Para athletes gave an outstanding performance at the 17th National Para-Swimming Championship organised by the Para-Swimming Association from 4-8 November in Udaipur.
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Suvarna Raj allotted top berth in train, again
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Almost three months after she was allotted an upper berth while travelling by train from Nagpur to Delhi, para-athlete turned social worker Suvarna Raj had to go through the same situation on Friday.
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SpiceJet rejects charges of 'mistreating' para-athlete as '
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): National Carrier SpiceJet on Monday strongly condemned the report of the airline mistreating a para-athlete as absolutely baseless.
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I would've been much happier if I received Khel Ratna 12 yrs ago: Jha
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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Vijay Goel promises probe in para-athlete begging case
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Union Sport Minister Vijay Goel on Wednesday said that the case of Indian para-athlete Kanchanmala Pande's begging in Germany will be probed.
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Indian para-athlete forced to beg in Berlin!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], July 12 (ANI): In an another shocking incident, an Indian para-athlete Kanchanmala Pande, who is completely sightless, was forced to beg in Berlin as the amount sanctioned by the government could not reach her.
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Deepa Malik accuses Delhi Govt. of mistreating Para athletes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Paralympic silver-medalist Deepa Malik on Tuesday charged the Delhi Government with overlooking paralympics athletes and felicitating only able-bodied Rio Olympic medallists.
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Para-athlete was informed about upper berth seat, clarifies Railways
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Following para-athlete Suvarna Raj's allegation that she was forced to sleep on a train's floor, the Indian Railways on Sunday clarified that the medal-winning athlete already knew that she was booking an upper berth seat and that repeated attempts
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Women activists for action in para-athlete's harassment incident
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The women activists on Sunday condemned the incident where a national level weightlifter was unheard by the police when she went to report a complaint against alleged harassment and urged the authorities to bring guilty to book.
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Para-athlete accuses railways for cruelty, demands to meet Prabhu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): International para-athlete turned social worker Suvarna Raj on Sunday alleged that she was allotted an upper berth on a Nagpur-Delhi train even though she is physically handicapped. She has, hence, demanded to meet Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu asking h
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