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CM Yogi announces free AC-3 tier train travel for athletes
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 27 (ANI): Reiterating his government's commitment to fostering sports culture in the state and promoting athletes, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced AC 3-tier train travel free for the first time for the sportspersons
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CM Yogi: UP making significant efforts to foster sports culture; develop i
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded the sportspersons in the state on Monday for demonstrating the potential of Uttar Pradesh at national and international levels and said that the state government is determined to support the sports fra
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Anurag Thakur felicitates sportspersons of Guru Nanak Dev University in Am
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Cash prizes worth more than Rs 2.00 crore and trophies to overall best performing colleges who brought laurels to the university in various sports disciplines at the International, Khelo India and All India Inter-Varsity levels during its 52nd Annual Sports Prize Distribution Function hel
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Rajasthan to give 2 pc reservation to sportspersons in government jobs
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gehlot said state government has taken continuous decisions in the interest of sports and players
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Uttarakhand Sports Department increases prize money for medal winners
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 9 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Sports Department on Friday increased the amount awarded to the players and coaches of the state who have won medals at the national or international levels.
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Karnataka to provide 2 pc reservation in all state departments to sportspe
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 17 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said his government will provide two per cent reservation in all state departments to sportspersons on the lines of the existing quota in the police and forest department.
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Politics should be kept away from sports, says Robert Vadra
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Robert Vadra, husband of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, reacting to the row over the Delhi Aam Aadmi Party denying a cash reward to wrestler Divya Kakran who won a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022, said that politics should no
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Army chief felicitates defence personnel who won medals in Commonwealth Ga
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Indian Army sportspersons performed exceedingly well, clinching four Gold, one Silver and three Bronze medals in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games 2022.
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J-K: Enhanced infrastructure provides better prospects for sportspersons p
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 4 (ANI): The improvement of sports infrastructure and the regular happening of sports events in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35(A) three years ago has made it an emerging hub of sports.
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Locket Chatterjee hits out at Mamata-govt over lack of facilities for spor
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Locket Chatterjee on Tuesday hit out at the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal over the lack of facilities for sportspersons in the state.
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CWG: Anurag Thakur lauds PM Modi for constantly encouraging sportspersons
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur on Saturday congratulated all the sportspersons who bagged medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for constantly encouraging the sportspersons of the
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Around Rs 9.5 cr gets released under "Sports for Women" component of Khelo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Thakur, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Tuesday informed, "All schemes of the Department of Sports are gender neutral and cater to all sportspersons equally. However, one of the components of the Khelo India Scheme "Sports for Women" is specifically de
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