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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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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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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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Kiren Rijiju congratulates PV Sindhu on behalf of people of India
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday spoke to Indian shuttler PV Sindhu and congratulated her on behalf of the people of India for winning a gold medal at the BWF World Championships.
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Sports Ministry to appeal against WADA's decision of suspending NDTL: Kire
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that the Ministry will appeal against the decision of the WADA suspending the accreditation of India's National Dope Testing Laboratory for six months over failing to match the International Standards for L
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Kiren Rijiju applauds athletes for winning medals at Nove Mesto Athletics
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday lauded Indian athletes for their performance in the Nove Mesto Athletics Meet at the Czech Republic.
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Kiren Rijiju assures help to Mangaluru powerlifter Deepthika Puthran
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 13 (ANI): Deepthika Puthran, a powerlifter and fisherman's daughter, was assured of help by Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju after she tweeted to him after being selected to participate in Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship in Canada in September thi
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Government permits all qualified athletes to come to India : Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that the government's policy is to permit all qualified athletes belonging to any National Olympic Committee recognised by it to participate in the sporting events taking place in India.
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CWC'19: Sports Minister sends good wishes to team India for semi-final
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju said that he has sent the good wishes to the Indian cricket team on Tuesday, ahead of their semi-final clash against New Zealand in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
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Sports Minister Rijiju, Defence Secretary Mitra attend yoga events
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday attended a yoga event at Najafgarh here organised to celebrate the International Yoga Day.
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