Search For "sports and youth"
Punjab raring to go for Tokyo Olympics, bagging maximum quota our sole aim
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 15 (ANI): Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Friday said that the state is all set to excel in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Sodhi honoured the 90 players, who brought laurels for the state and country in the year 2017-18,
Read More
TMC MLA says some party leaders not allowing their own people to function
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 7 (ANI): A day after Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigned from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's cabinet, another Trinamool Congress MLA Vaishali Dalmiya has raised her voice against her own party members.
Read More
Yearender 2020: It has been a challenging year, but we dealt with it, says
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged 2020, Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, feels the dreaded year was "challenging" with athletes being deprived of international competitions going into the Tokyo Olympics.
Read More
Rijiju inaugurates 8 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence across countr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs on Tuesday virtually inaugurated 8 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCEs) across India.
Read More
There's nothing better than cycling: DGP Vivek Johri flags off 'Fit India
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 20 (ANI): Thousands of people participated in"Fit India Cyclothon 2020" organized by the Department of Sports and Youth welfare in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Sunday morning.
Read More
Centre is talking about amendment in laws as farmers are right: Punjab Spo
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], December 13 (ANI): Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Sunday said that the Centre is considering amendments in the new farm laws after acknowledging that the farmers are right.
Read More
RP Singh, Piyush Chawla join Odisha govt's certificate program in Sports M
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 1 (ANI): Former Indian pacer RP Singh and spinner Piyush Chawla have joined the second certificate program in Sports Management rolled out by High-Performance Centre of the Department of Sports and Youth Services, Government of Odisha, on Monday.
Read More
Rijiju assures BAI all support to organise Yonex Sunrise India Open 2021
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): Badminton Association of India (BAI) Secretary Ajay Singhania on Monday met Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to discuss the comeback of badminton in India with the staging of prestigious Yonex Sunrise India Open Superseries.
Read More
2,339 sportspersons to be given cash prizes within next 2 months: Rana Sod
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 19 (ANI): Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi announced that 2,339 sportspersons, who were deprived of prize money during the tenure of the previous government, will be given cash prizes within the next two months. Moreover,
Read More
India, Maldives sign 4 MoUs including on GMCP, cooperation in sports
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], November 9 (ANI): India and Maldives on Monday signed four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) including on the Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP) with the Maldives foreign Affairs Minister Abdulla Shahid stating that India is "undisputed first responder, the best of fri
Read More
Hemant Soren inaugurates Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, J'khand
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 20 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren inaugurated the website of Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs and Jharkhand Sportspersons Registration portal.
Read More
Wrestler Babita Phogat resigns as Deputy Director in Haryana's Sports Depa
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], October 7 (ANI): Indian wrestler Babita Phogat on Wednesday tendered her resignation from the post of Deputy Director in the Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Haryana.
Read More