India wins 4 key posts in Commonwealth Youth Council electionFour Indian youth activists have been elected to key positions in the Commonwealth Youth Council, representing over 1.5 billion young peopl...
23 Sep, 2024, 10.43 PM IST
Randhir Singh set to become first Indian President of Olympic Council of AsiaThe 44th Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly will be held at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on September 8. Former India...
07 Sep, 2024, 02.41 PM IST
Four Indians shortlisted for 2023 Commonwealth Youth AwardsFour Indian young leaders have been shortlisted for this year's Commonwealth Youth Awards. The group of 50 social entrepreneurs, innovators...
29 Jul, 2023, 09.54 AM IST
Indian lifters sign off with 20 medals at Commonwealth ChampionshipsHaving clinched the silver in the last edition, Punjab lifter Lovepreet finished second best once again in the 109kg weight class after lif...
16 Jul, 2023, 08.16 PM IST
Receiving Khel Ratna award is the best way to finish 2022: Achanta Sharath KamalThe CWG gold medallist will receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, the country's highest sporting honour, from President Droupadi ...
30 Nov, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
Amit Panghal, Vikas Krishan nominated for Khel Ratna by BFI; 3 names for ArjunaThe BFI has nominated world bronze-winning trio of Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), Simranjit Kaur (64kg) and Manish Kaushik (63kg) for the Arjuna...
01 Jun, 2020, 06.36 PM IST
Table Tennis makes an impression in IndiaTo put the achievement in perspective, it was the first time that India returned home with an Asian Games medal since table tennis was intr...
22 Dec, 2018, 11.46 AM IST
Landmark year for weightlifters but no getting away from dope shame eitherRecords shattered, a teen star discovered and a best-ever medal haul at a marquee event -- it could well have been the perfect year for Ind...
18 Dec, 2018, 12.48 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails Indian athletes in 43rd Mann ki BaatThe performance was special as a lot of things happened for the first time. For instance, every Indian wrestler won medal in the Commonweal...
29 Apr, 2018, 02.29 PM IST
Why it makes sense for India to leverage relationship with Commonwealth nationsIndia has already undertaken development-oriented and capacity-building projects in Commonwealth countries in the Pacific and the West Indi...
05 Apr, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
Weightlifting: Indian lifters sweep team trophies at Commonwealth championshipIndia bagged the top honours in senior men, senior women, junior men, junior women and youth girls categories, while finishing runners-up i...
16 Oct, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Sports Ministry issues guidelines for Arjuna Awards criteriaThe guideline, which is released by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports today, will be applicable from 2014 onwards.
03 Jan, 2014, 05.05 PM IST
Indian climate change activist wins Commonwealth youth awardPriti Rajagopalan plans to use the grant to start an urban organic farming project to produce food for the local area and to invest in a so...
19 Oct, 2013, 05.10 PM IST
- CWG scam: Delhi matched Pune in Games folly
The Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games learnt nothing from the experience of the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games hosted in Pune.
06 Aug, 2011, 05.07 AM IST
- TSR scam: Contract awarded before firms applied
Top CWG Organising Committee officials had awarded the contract for Timing, Scoring and Result (TSR) system to Swiss company Omega much bef...
03 Jul, 2011, 11.34 AM IST
- CWG: CBI has solid proof to nail Kalmadi in TSR scam
CBI has the testimonies of two key witnesses, former organising committee COO Vijay Kumar Gautam and Sujeet Panigrahi to back its charges.
21 May, 2011, 01.17 AM IST
- CWG corruption: CVC seizes documents from OC office
A team of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has seized documents from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee office here to avoid any...
25 Nov, 2010, 04.26 PM IST