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"BJP's apathy and blatant disregard ...", K'taka Deputy CM Shivakumar on S
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
"First, the moving announcement to quit wrestling by #SakshiMalik, who brought glory to the country with her Olympic medal, and now #BajrangPunia returning the Padma Shri award raise serious questions about the BJP's intent and commitment to the cause of female wrestlers. BJP's apathy and
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"I came here as woman": Priyanka Gandhi meets Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Friday met Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia and assured the ace wrestlers of her support in their grievances.
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"Will not take it back home": Bajrang Punia leaves Padma Shri on Kartavya
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
India's ace wrestler Bajrang Punia, who on Friday announced that he is returning his Padma Shri after former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's aide was elected president of the federation, said he will not take the medal back home and placed it on the pavement near Kartavya Path in cent
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"I am returning my Padma Shri...": Wrestler Bajrang Punia writes to PM Mod
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
India's ace wrestler Bajrang Punia on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he is returning his Padma Shri as a mark of protest over the results of the recent Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections where Sanjay Singh, an aide of former WFI president Brij Bh
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"Personal call": Yogeshwar Dutt on Sakshi Malik's retirement
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Olympic medalist Sakshi, who was one of the faces of wrestlers' protest against former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, on Thursday announced that she is quitting wrestling after Brij Bhushan's aide Sanjay Singh was elected as the new president of t
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"BJP's policy to make daughter cry, torment": Congress's Randeep Surjewala
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Reacting to this, Surjewala while addressing a press conference in the national capital, said, "The announcement of the retirement of the country's first female wrestler to win an Olympic berth after the election of BJP MP Brij Bhushan's assistant and 'nominee' Sanjay Singh, accused of sexua
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"I quit wrestling…," Sakshi Malik breaks down after Brij Bhushan aide elec
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik, who was a face of wrestlers' protest against former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, on Thursday announced that she is quitting wrestling after his aide Sanjay Singh was elected president of the federation
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Brij Bhushan's aide Sanjay Singh elected new president of Wrestling Federa
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh-aide Sanjay Singh was on Thursday elected as the new president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
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"We are hopeful that government will keep their promise": Sakshi Malik and
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections will be held on December 21 and the results will be declared on the same day after counting of votes.
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Sakshi, Bajrang meet Sports Minister Anurag Thakur ahead of WFI election
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Olympic medallist wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia met Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at his residence ahead of the Wrestling Federation of India election which will be held later this month
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WFI elections set to be held on December 21, results to be declared on sam
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections will be held on December 21 and the results will be declared on the same day after counting of votes.
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"These bronze medals should have been gold": Former WFI chief Brij Bhusan
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"I congratulate the players because our overall performance has been good... We have won 5 medals in wrestling and all of them are bronze. One of our players is going to be in the finals which means that a silver is assured... But I think that these bronze medals should have been gold," Brij
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