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  SAI athletes stable now, Ministry sets up medical board

  Other Sports | May 08, 2015 18:32 IST

  New Delhi/Alapuzha: The three young female athletes, who survived an attempted suicide bid after alleged harassment by seniors at the SAI Centre in Kerala, are stable now even as a medical board was constituted by

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  Sack SAI chief over suicide attempt by four athletes: Congress

  National | May 08, 2015 14:11 IST

  New Delhi: A demand for sacking of Sports Authority of India (SAI) chief and setting up of an inquiry into the death of a woman athlete and suicide attempt by three others was raised in

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  'I am sorry, Amma,' SAI athlete Aparna told mother, hours before death

  India | May 08, 2015 13:02 IST

  Alapuzha (Kerala) : The budding rowing athlete,who died after consuming a poisonous fruit in an apparent suicide pact with her three colleagues, had apologised to her mother for taking the extreme step following alleged harassment

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  Kerala athletes suicide attempt: SAI D-G assures best treatment

  India | May 08, 2015 7:50 IST

  Alapuzha (Kerala): Sports Authority of India Director General Injeti Srinivas yesterday visited three girls battling for life at a hospital here after an apparent suicide bid over alleged harassment by seniors at a SAI centre.Srinivas,

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  May 07: Top Five News Headlines you might have missed today!

  India | May 07, 2015 21:17 IST

  "No place for imaginary apprehensions," PM Modi on minority issueAgainst the backdrop of criticism over minority issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that his government “will not tolerate or accept” any discrimination based on

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  Two SAI girls put on pacemakers

  Other Sports | May 07, 2015 16:53 IST

  Alapuzha (Kerala): Two of the three Sports Authority of India athletes who ate poisonous fruit to end their lives over alleged harassment by their seniors, have been put on pacemakers.Alapuzha District Collector N Padmakumar told

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  Probe death of woman athlete, suicide attempt by 3 others: CPM

  National | May 07, 2015 16:09 IST

  New Delhi:  A strong demand for a probe into the attempted suicide by four women athletes at a SAI hostel in Kerala due to alleged harassment and ragging by their trainers and seniors, was made

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  SAI offers 'coaching' help to troubled boxer Mrunal Bhosale

  Other Sports | April 20, 2015 17:45 IST

  New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday offered to sponsor a one-year diploma course in coaching at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) for financially-challenged national level boxer Mrunal Bhosale.Pune-based Bhosale drives

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  SAI sees a record 100 athletes qualifying for Rio Olympics

  Other Sports | April 16, 2015 16:54 IST

  New Delhi: In a rather ambitious projection, Sports Authority of India (SAI) sees a record 100 plus athletes qualifying for next year's Rio Olympics. "Though qualification process has barely started, our own assessment is that if

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  Sports Minister asks SAI, Boxing India to help Haryana boxer

  Other Sports | April 09, 2015 16:14 IST

  New Delhi: Moved by the plight of a state level gold-medallist boxer who is working as a domestic help, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the Sports Authority of India and Boxing India to look

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  Swaroopananda does it again, says Sai was a Muslim who used to eat beef

  India | March 24, 2015 20:18 IST

  New Delhi: Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati of Dwarka Peeth stirred another controversy by saying Sai Baba was a devoted Muslim who used to eat beef and recite Fatiha for deceased. He also accused him of

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  Sports Minister asks SAI to take stock of assets

  Other Sports | February 07, 2015 8:55 IST

  New Delhi: Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has instructed the Director General of Sports Authority of India to immediately take stock of the assets of Department of Sports including SAI, and devise a system for revenue

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  Walsh eager to return but says HI needs to "show desire"

  Hockey | November 25, 2014 14:24 IST

  New Delhi: Barely days after quitting from his position as chief coach of the national men's hockey team, Terry Walsh has expressed his willingness to return to India provided Hockey India shows some "desire" to

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  Ready to re-appoint Walsh as coach if HI agrees: SAI

  Hockey | November 24, 2014 20:33 IST

  New Delhi: Sports Authority of India (SAI) Director General Jiji Thomson Monday said the authority is ready to re-appoint chief coach Terry Walsh but only after receiving the consent from Hockey India (HI)."We had discussed

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  SAI dismisses reports of pregnancy tests on minors as baseless

  Other Sports | November 07, 2014 14:28 IST

  New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Friday dismissed reports of minor boxers being subjected to pregnancy tests as baseless saying the World Women Boxing championship squad does not have a single boxer under

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  Dhanraj criticises move to have one goalkeeper in Asian Games

  Other Sports | September 16, 2014 7:04 IST

  Mumbai:  Former India hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay is upset with the selection of only one goalkeeper in the Indian team due to take part in the Incheon Asian Games starting, Friday.     "It's a very bad

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  SAI blames AFI for sending overage players to Nanjing Asian Youth games

  Other Sports | August 19, 2013 14:18 IST

  New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Monday blamed the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) after 18 overage athletes were sent back home from the second Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China.SAI director general

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  SAI to rent out stadiums for non-sporting purposes

  Other Sports | July 26, 2013 8:59 IST

  New Delhi, July 26: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has decided to rent out its stadiums during the lean season for non-sporting activities.SAI, the nodal agency for the sports ministry, took the decision at

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  SAI paves way for India's participation in Deaflympics

  Other Sports | May 23, 2013 18:34 IST

  New Delhi, May 23: The Sports Authority of India's timely intervention has paved the way for the country's participation in the Deaflympics at Sofia, Bulgaria, after the athletes were left to fend for themselves following

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  Egypt Open: Soumyajit, Poulami to spearhead Indian challenge

  Other Sports | October 04, 2012 11:19 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 4: Soumyajit Ghosh and Poulami Ghatak will spearhead the Indian challenge in the Egypt Open table tennis championship being held at Cairo.In the men's section, Soumyajit will have for company Soumyadeep Roy,