Sports Minister
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Kiren Rijiju lays foundation stones for various sports facilities in Ladakh
Other Sports | Sep 14, 2020, 04:45 PM ISTThe estimated project cost is Rs 10.68 crore and scheduled to be completed by January next year.
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Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 5 lakh for ailing junior footballer Ramananda
Football | Sep 09, 2020, 08:41 PM ISTThe Sports Ministry has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs five lakh to young Indian footballer Ramananda Ningthoujam, who is suffering from a kidney ailment.
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Kiren Rijiju condoles Dronacharya awardee athletics coach Rai's death
Other Sports | Aug 29, 2020, 11:06 AM ISTRai, who was to be bestowed the honour on Saturday and had even participated in the dress rehearsal for the first-of-its-kind virtual ceremony, died on Friday evening after suffering a heart attack in Bengaluru. He was 79.
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju sanctions Rs 5 lakh for financially distressed Wushu player
Other Sports | Jul 30, 2020, 12:45 PM ISTAccording to a release issued by the sports ministry, the 22-year-old athlete, who has won 24 gold medals at the state Wushu Championship, was sanctioned the money through the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons.
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Salary cap of Rs 2 lakh removed for Indian coaches: Kiren Rijiju
News | Jul 07, 2020, 10:47 AM ISTYouth Affairs and Sports minister, Kiren Rijiju on hiring of Indian and foreign coaches said that coaches will be hired on a contractual basis of 4 yrs keeping in mind with the Olympic Games.
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Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Munda to inaugurate Khelo India e-Pathshala
Other Sports | May 31, 2020, 04:33 PM ISTThe programme is "India's first-ever national-level open online coaching and education programme for grassroot-level athletes," according to a statement from SAI.
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Making sports interesting without spectators is a major challenge, says Kiren Rijiju
Sports | May 29, 2020, 07:10 PM ISTAs far as IPL and other sporting leagues go, we need to ensure that health and other mechanisms are in place before we take any informed decision, says Kiren Rijiju
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Kiren Rijiju visits SAI office as sports ministry resumes operations
Other Sports | Apr 13, 2020, 03:40 PM ISTSports Minister Kiren Rijiju visited the Sports Authority of India's headquarters wearing a mask and sanitised his hands before entering the premises
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Sports Ministry swings into action to help stranded World Cup winner in US
Other Sports | Apr 10, 2020, 10:24 AM ISTKiren Rijiju's office on Thursday evening said the Indian Embassy in San Francisco has been contacted and they are sending a doctor to attend Ashok Diwan who is currently dealing with health issues.
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju launches 3rd Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati
Other Sports | Nov 30, 2019, 10:35 PM ISTBesides Rijiju, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was also present as the composite logo, players jersey, Mascots and the theme song of the 3rd edition of the Games was launched.
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Sports Minister steers clear of Nikhat Zareen-Mary Kom controversy
Other Sports | Oct 18, 2019, 12:44 PM ISTNikhat Zareen had written a letter to Kiren Rijiju, demanding that she be given a trial bout against Mary Kom before the Indian squad for next year's Olympic qualifiers in China is decided.
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Need to finish in top-10 by 2028 Olympics: Kiren Rijiju
Other Sports | Oct 10, 2019, 06:26 PM ISTRijiju said with India set to become the third-largest economy in a few year's time, the country cannot lag behind in sports and the prevailing mediocrity in management of National Sports Federations (NSF) is "unacceptable".
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju shares his fitness mantra, urges people to adopt healthy lifestyle
Sports | Sep 30, 2019, 10:58 PM ISTIn an exclusive conversation with India TV, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju opened up on his fitness routines, and urged the people to participate in the Fit India Movement.
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Bringing BCCI under NADA is big achievement for me: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju
Cricket | Aug 26, 2019, 09:48 PM ISTThe implication of BCCI coming under NADA is huge as the country's richest sporting body is now under tremendous pressure to fall under the government's Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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Kiren Rijiju replaces Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore as Sports Minister
Other Sports | May 31, 2019, 04:18 PM ISTAlong with the Independent charge of the Sports and Youth Affairs, Rijiju was also named as the Minister of State for Minority Affairs.
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Kiren Rijiju replaces Rajyavardhan Rathore as Sports Minister
India | May 31, 2019, 04:05 PM ISTAlong with the Independent charge of the Sports and Youth Affairs, Rijiju was also named as the Minister of State for Minority Affairs.
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A trip to nostalgia: Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore launches '5MinuteAur' challenge
Other Sports | Jan 09, 2019, 02:26 PM ISTRathore, an Olympic silver medallist in shooting, urged India's leading athletes and actors to share their childhood stories when they would ask their parents to let them play for that five extra minutes.
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Miffed wrestler Bajrang Punia meets Sports Minister after Khel Ratna snub
Other Sports | Sep 21, 2018, 03:58 PM ISTBajrang Punia, who won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, has been snubbed for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award this year.
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Countdown for 2020 Olympics has started: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Other Sports | Sep 04, 2018, 11:37 PM ISTA visibly delighted Rathore congratulated Indian medal winners of the just-concluded Asian Games but said their real journey has just begun.
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Indian government felicitates Asiad medal winners with cash awards
Other Sports | Sep 04, 2018, 08:26 PM ISTWhile individual gold medal winners were given away Rs 40 lakh, the silver and bronze winners took home Rs 20 and Rs 10 lakh each.