Maharashtra government sets up IT award in Rajiv Gandhi's nameThe award would be conferred on August 20, the late Congress leader's birth anniversary, every year. But this year the recipient will be se...
11 Aug, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
PM Modi remembers Major Dhyan Chand during the launch of Ujjwala 2.0"Bundelkhand has been a source of energy for India's independence. Rani Lakshmi Bai, Durgavati, Maharaja Chattrasal- the fragrance of their...
10 Aug, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
Renaming Khel Ratna award not people's wish, but 'political game': Shiv SenaIndia's highest sporting honour Khel Ratna Award, which was named after former PM Rajiv Gandhi, was on Friday rechristened in the honour of...
09 Aug, 2021, 02.26 PM IST
Congress supports renaming Khel Ratna Award, says rechristen stadia tooThey welcomed the move but urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to change the names of sports stadiums named after him, Arun Jaitley and othe...
07 Aug, 2021, 07.45 AM IST
Better late than never: Sporting fraternity welcomes decision to rename Khel Ratna after Dhyan ChandDhyan Chand is widely regarded as the greatest player in hockey. In his career that spanned from 1926 to 1949, he clinched Olympic medals i...
06 Aug, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
List of National Sports Award winners 2020Following is the list of National Sports Award winners for the year 2020:
29 Aug, 2020, 02.29 PM IST
Dilip Tirkey hopes campaign will bring Bharat Ratna for Dhyan ChandDilip Tirkey and other former Indian hockey stars, got together at Jantar Mantan in Delhi, demanding Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand.
01 Sep, 2016, 10.33 AM IST
Dilip Tirkey hopes campaign will bring Bharat Ratna for Dhyan ChandMany parliamentarians had petitioned for this, the sports and home ministry had recommended his name, but it was Sachin Tendulkar, who was ...
01 Sep, 2016, 01.38 AM IST
Karan Johar to co-produce Dhyan Chand's biopicDhyan Chand is considered as the greatest field hockey player of all time. Johar took to Twitter to announce that he has acquired the right...
07 Oct, 2014, 06.46 PM IST
Government officials wary of asset declaration circularThousands of government officials have to declare assets owned by each member of their family in line with a government circular.
22 Aug, 2014, 05.52 AM IST
Recommendation to confer Bharat Ratna on Dhyan ChandAs per speculations PMO receives recommendations for conferring country's highest civilian honour to hockey great Major Dhyan Chand.
12 Aug, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
UMYAS denies recommending Dhyan Chand's name for Bharat RatnaMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports today denied that it suggested the name of hockey legend Dhyan Chand for Bharat Ratna Award in 2013-14.
30 Jul, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
- Ex-players march to PMO, demand Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand's name has already been recommended by the Sports Ministry for the honour.
08 Jan, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
More transparency needed in awarding of Bharat Ratna: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThere has been a growing demand from various quarters for awarding Vajpayee and Dhyan Chand, after the Centre recently bestowed Bharat Ratn...
22 Nov, 2013, 03.40 PM IST
Bharat Ratna: Does hockey legend late Dhyan Chand deserve it more than cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar?In India's bitterly divided polity that has parties torn down the middle, a debate has been triggered on who should have been awarded first.
18 Nov, 2013, 01.02 AM IST
Nava Bharat Ratnas: Sportsmen’s race has begun for India’s highest civilian honourSportsmen’s race has begun for Bharat Ratnas. There's an inevitability about the demand that the honour be bestowed on Sachin Tendulkar.
06 Jun, 2012, 10.18 AM IST
More work to start at Major Dhyan Chand StadiumCPWD has been asked to add new features at DC Stadium.
02 Aug, 2010, 11.04 AM IST