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Kiren Rijiju sanctions Rs 5 crore for Anju Bobby George's academy
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 5 crore to athlete Anju Bobby George's Athletics Academy at Bengaluru.
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Rijiju honours former hockey champions
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday honoured the former hockey players for their achievements and contribution to the country.
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Kiren Rijiju urges cricketers to promote Fit India movement
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday urged cricketers to promote Fit India movement launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month.
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Kohli and Jaitley are inspirational figures: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Former Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Thursday said that former Union Minister late Arun Jaitley and India skipper Virat Kohli are inspirational figures.
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Kyrgyzstan wants India's help in promoting Kabaddi, envoy meets Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Youth Affairs and Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju, on Thursday met Kyrgyz Republic Ambassador, Asein Isaev, who wants to promote Kabaddi in Kyrgystan.
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MP minister manages traffic after he got stuck in jam
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh [India], Sept 11 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Sports Minister, Jitu Patwari on Tuesday helped in clearing the traffic here after he got stuck in a traffic jam.
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Kiren Rijiju meets ISSF Rio World Cup medal winners
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday met with the medal winner shooters of the recently concluded International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup.
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Meet Ali and Lovely: Kolkata's young gymnasts who took social media by sto
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 5 (ANI): Kolkata-based Mohammad Azajuddin and Jashika Khan - the young gymnasts in a viral TikTok video - have garnered immense praise on social media for their acrobatics, including applause from five-time Olympic gold medalist gymnast Nadia Comaneci and
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Goa: Digambar Kamat refutes allegations levelled by Sports Minister
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Panjim (Goa) [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Refuting allegations levelled by Sports Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar regarding postponement of National Games in 2011, Leader of Opposition and Margao MLA Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said that the BJP leader's statement is 'contempt" of Goa Legislative Assem
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India bats for including shooting as event in CWG 2022
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): India has pitched to get shooting included in the Commonwealth Games 2022. Kiren Rijiju, the Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister, has written to Nicky Morgan, UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport seeking her 'personal intervention'
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Odisha to get its own ISL football club
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): The Sports and Youth Services Department of government of Odisha and the Delhi Soccer Private Limited (DSPL) on Saturday signed an agreement in the presence of Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik and Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera to launc
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Karan Johar, Rishi Kapoor congratulate PM Modi, Kiren Rijiju for launching
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 29 (ANI): Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor and filmmaker Karan Johar on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju for launching 'Fit India Movement' to make people aware of the importance of being fit and healthy.
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