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Avoid handshakes, Rijiju advises sportspersons as coronavirus surges
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): Amid coronavirus outbreak, Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday advised sportspersons and countrymen to avoid shaking hands and follow India's traditional ways of greeting.
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Kiren Rijiju expresses grief over demise of Khelo India University Games'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday expressed grief over the demise of a technical officer JK Sharma.
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India to take part in every sport if it is held as per rules: Rijiju on pa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 29 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said India is ready to take part in every sport if it is held as per rules irrespective of the host nation.
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We are going to send a large contingent for Tokyo Olympics: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that there a large Indian contingent will be participating in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
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SPMCIL to hand over Rs 1 crore cheque to Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) will hand over Rs 1 crore cheque to Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju for National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) at
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SGFI suspended over violating provisions of NSDCI
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has suspended the recognition of School Games Federation of India (SGFI) over violation of provisions of National Sports Development Code of India (NSDCI), 2011.
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Rijiju brushes aside coronavirus threat, says India will participate in Ol
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Thursday brushed aside the threat of coronavirus and said India would participate in 2020 Tokyo Olympics in full flow.
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PM Modi directed all govt depts to work for youths, says Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed all government departments to work for the welfare of the youngsters as India has a 20 per cent of global youth's population.
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Traditional sports parameter cannot be compared with Olympic sports, says
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Reacting to another Kambala racer Nishant Shetty who broke Srinivas Gowda's 100m record, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said that parameter level of traditional sport cannot be compared with Olympic sports.
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Khelo India University Games is revolutionary step, says Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that the first-ever Khelo India University Games is a revolutionary step in the country.
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Kambala jockey Gowda not sure about participating in SAI trial
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mangalore (Karnataka) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Srinivasa Gowda, a Kambala jockey, will meet Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday but he is not sure about his participation in trial at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru, which was arranged by Union Minister of
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Ladakh, J-K to host first-ever Khelo India Winter Games
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is set to organise the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games in the Union Territory of Ladakh in the third week of February and in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of March.
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