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Olympics 2024: Sports Ministry provides 40 ACs for Indian athletes amid Paris heatwave
Other Sports | August 02, 2024 22:45 ISTParis Olympics 2024: Facing extreme heat and humidity, this decision followed consultations with the Indian Olympic Association and the Indian Embassy in France. The Embassy procured and delivered the ACs, funded by the Ministry of Sports, to enhance athletes' comfort, rest, and performance.
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Budget 2024: Khelo India gets Rs 900 crore ahead of Olympics in Sports Ministry's allocation
Other Sports | July 23, 2024 18:17 ISTIndia's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2024-25 today and Khelo India has once again got the lion's share. The government has invested heavily in the program over the last few years to unearth sporting talent in the country.
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Sports Ministry gets Rs 45 crore hike from previous year, IOA chief PT Usha calls it 'positive step'
Other Sports | February 01, 2024 21:14 ISTThe Indian Sports Ministry has received a boost in the interim Budget presented by the country's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. As per it, the Sports Ministry will get a total of Rs 3,442.32 crore, a 45-crore hike from the last year. IOA chief PT Usha has welcomed it.
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Sports Ministry warns suspended WFI president Sanjay Singh with legal action over 'dubious claims'
Other Sports | January 30, 2024 22:55 ISTThe Union Sports Ministry of India has warned the suspended Wresting Federation chief Sanjay Singh of legal action over unsubstantiated claims. Singh in an interview on Tuesday, January 30 claimed that WFI and he will be back in power in a few days' time.
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Nationals will go ahead: Suspended WFI president Sanjay Singh remains adamant despite notice
Other Sports | January 08, 2024 20:08 ISTThe suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh remained defiant about hosting the senior nationals and mentioned that he neither recognised the suspension of the body nor the ad-hoc committee after the Sports Ministry issued the notice.
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Wrestling Federation of India office moved out of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh's residence
Other Sports | December 29, 2023 21:35 IST"The WFI will operate from a new address in New Delhi after vacating Brij Bhushan's premises," a source told PTI on Friday. The new Wrestling Federation of India office is reportedly located in the Hari Nagar area of New Delhi.
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WFI Controversy: Sports Ministry Suspends New Wrestling Body | Know The Full Controversy
News | December 24, 2023 16:52 ISTThe Sports Ministry has suspended the just-elected Wrestling Federation of India body after the new President Sanjay Singh announced the U-15 and U-20 nationals.
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Asian Games 2023: India to not have any representation for breakdancing, ministry refuses
Other Sports | August 24, 2023 14:53 ISTBreakdancing is one of the two medal events making its debut in the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou. Two men and women each were nominated for the event by Breakdance Federation of India (BDFI) but ministry refused to clear the teams. Know why...
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WFI writes to Sports Ministry, rejects allegations against President Brij Bhushan
Other Sports | January 21, 2023 17:26 ISTWrestlers Protest | India's top wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia made serious allegations against WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
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Wrestlers protest: Players' meeting with Sports minister to resume again today as deadlock continues
India | January 20, 2023 12:39 ISTWrestlers protest: The meeting is likely to resume today again (January 20) as wrestlers refused to back down from their demand that the government immediately disband the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur meets protesting wrestlers, says allegations are serious in nature
India | January 19, 2023 23:58 ISTThakur said that the Ministry has already taken cognisance and sent a notice to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
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Sports ministry approves additional financial aid for Olympic medallist wrestler Bajrang
Other Sports | January 12, 2022 17:27 ISTThe Tokyo Olympic bronze medal winner was granted ₹1.76 lakh to support his foreign exposure training by the Sports ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC).
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Dope violators eligible for national sports awards if ban period served: sports ministry
Other Sports | September 08, 2021 15:55 ISTA decision that will benefit the likes of boxer Amit Panghal, whose 'inadvertent' violation in 2012 has denied him a shot at the honours.
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Sports Ministry issues new SOPs, allows stadiums to be filled upto 50 per cent capacity
Other Sports | December 27, 2020 23:02 ISTThe ministry said that the spectator management will be done in accordance to the Ministry of Home Affairs' guidelines issued on November 25.
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Olympic-bound athletes will be given priority when COVID-19 vaccine is available: Kiren Rijiju
Other Sports | November 29, 2020 14:20 ISTThe union sports minister also said that the country is expected to send the largest ever contingent of athletes to the postponed Tokyo Olympics which is scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 next year.
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Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 5 lakh for family of deceased footballer Manitombi Singh
Football | November 06, 2020 19:32 ISTDefender Manitombi Singh, who died in August at the age of 39 in Imphal after long illness, was the only earning member of his family and is survived by parents, wife and an eight-year-old son.
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Ailing hockey Olympian MP Singh desperately seeks kidney donor
Cricket | October 28, 2020 21:36 ISTBoth of Singh's kidneys are damaged and he has been searching for a donor for about a month; has urged sports ministry for help.
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Sports minister Kiren Rijiju sanctions Rs 5 lakh each to two needy sportspersons
Other Sports | October 06, 2020 20:11 ISTThe Sports Ministry announced financial help of Rs 5 lakh each to boxer Sunil Chauhan and his brother Neeraj, who is an archer, considering the hardships they were facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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No decision yet on recognition of sports federations, Centre tells HC
Other Sports | September 18, 2020 21:34 ISTThe Supreme Court earlier asked the high court to dispose of a petition in which it had passed the orders restricting the ministry and the IOA from taking any decision without its prior approval.
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Kiren Rijiju lays foundation stones for various sports facilities in Ladakh
Other Sports | September 14, 2020 16:45 ISTThe estimated project cost is Rs 10.68 crore and scheduled to be completed by January next year.
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