Sports Ministry
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Ailing hockey Olympian MP Singh desperately seeks kidney donor
Cricket | Oct 28, 2020, 09:36 PM 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 | Oct 06, 2020, 08:11 PM 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 | Sep 18, 2020, 09:34 PM 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 | 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 to start Target Olympic Podium Scheme for juniors for 2024 and 2028 Olympics
Sports | Jul 04, 2020, 04:21 PM ISTThe Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju on July 03 said that the ministry will launch Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Junior to groom young athletes for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics.
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IOA, Sports Ministry to revise preparation plans after Olympics postponement
Other Sports | Mar 25, 2020, 12:10 PM ISTThe IOA welcomed the International Olympic Committee's decision to postpone the Summer Games, supposed to be held in July-August, to the summer of 2021 owing to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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SAI centres to be used as quarantine facilities to tackle COVID-19: Sports Ministry
Other Sports | Mar 22, 2020, 02:25 PM ISTThe decision to allow all SAI regional centres, stadiums and hostels to be used as quarantine facilities was taken following a request from the Health Ministry.
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Sports Ministry de-recognises Indian Rowing Federation for violating Sports Code
Other Sports | Jan 22, 2020, 10:24 PM ISTThe Ministry also wrote to the Indian Olympic Association to constitute an ad hoc committee to discharge the functions of the RFI.
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Sports Ministry organises Fit India Plog Run in a tribute to Gandhi
Other Sports | Oct 02, 2019, 08:26 PM ISTOver 28 lakh people participated in the Fit India Plog Run organised by the Sports Ministry in a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.
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BCCI handed dressing down by Sports Ministry for conducting dope tests
Cricket | Aug 01, 2019, 11:04 AM ISTThe Sports Ministry said that the BCCI does not have the right to conduct dope tests on players as it is not authorised by the government or the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).
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BCCI 'cold war' with sports ministry leaves South Africa A's India tour in limbo
Cricket | Jul 31, 2019, 08:18 PM ISTWhile the BCCI claimed that it had made the application in March and waiting for the clearance letter, a sports ministry official said it is yet to get it.
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Sports Ministry should include Sepak Takraw under the Department of Personal Training
Sports | Sep 28, 2018, 09:30 PM ISTHarish Kumar, member of Indian Sepak Takraw team that won bronze medal at the Asian Games 2018, sells tea at his father's shop to support his family. Harish Kumar said, "I have many family members and there is a very meagre source of income. I help my father at the tea shop to support my family.
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Sports Ministry sanctions Rs. Five lakhs for gold medallist archer-turned labourer Ashok Soren
Other Sports | Jul 24, 2018, 01:42 PM ISTThe 28-year-old Jamshedpur-based former archer had won two gold medals at the 2008 South Asian Games.
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Hockey players to get monthly allowance from Sports Ministry under TOPS scheme
Other Sports | Jul 11, 2018, 05:37 PM ISTThe monthly allowance under TOPS has been started by the ministry last year but the hockey team is getting the pocket allowance for the first time.
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Weightlifting federation happy at new inclusions in TOPS
Other Sports | May 10, 2018, 06:46 PM ISTThe government handed extensions to Sanjita Chanu and Pardeep Singh who were originally in the TOP Scheme only till the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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India should boycott 2022 Commonwealth Games, says NRAI chief Raninder Singh
Other Sports | Apr 17, 2018, 07:25 PM ISTNational Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Raninder Singh on Tuesday said the country must boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham if shooting sport is not reinstated at the event.
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Government trying to politicise sports, alleges Congress' Manish Tewari
National | Apr 10, 2018, 10:03 AM ISTCongress leader Manish Tewari has accused the sports ministry of trying to "politicise" sports by seeking information on medal record of Indian athletes in the past four years for a comparison with the UPA government.
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Sports Ministry directs NADA to conduct dope test for Indian cricketers
Cricket | Oct 29, 2017, 05:48 PM ISTThe Sports Secretary has also asked the doping agency to plan and frame teams to conduct test whenever the team is ready.
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PV Sindhu thanks Sports Ministry for Padma Bhushan nomination
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2017, 07:44 PM ISTA three-time medallist at World Championship, Sindhu has been unstoppable ever since becoming the first Indian to win a silver at the Rio Games last year.
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Poor governance in sports reason for failure of athletes, says government
Other Sports | Aug 10, 2017, 06:45 PM ISTIt is true that the performance of our country in the field of sports has been below potential, says union minister Kiren Rijiju in the Lok Sabha.