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
Simranjit Kaur, Gaurav Solanki nominated for Arjuna awards by boxing federationSimranjit (60kg) is a 2018 world championships bronze winner and is among the four Indian women boxers who have qualified for the Tokyo Oly...
28 Jun, 2021, 06.49 PM IST
A documentary on early years of hockey legend Dhyan Chand in worksProducer and entrepreneur Joyeeta Roy and Prateek Kumar Mishra will work on the documentary.
19 May, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
Abhishek Chaubey to direct a biopic on legendary hockey player DhyanchandThe player earned 3 Olympic gold medals in 1928 (Amsterdam), 1932 (LA) and 1936 (Berlin) for India.
16 Dec, 2020, 04.42 PM IST
Justice Mukul Mudgal to head selection committee for Dronacharya and Dhyanchand awardsThe selection committee features former Commonwealth Games gold-winning air pistol shooter Samresh Jung and shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa among...
11 Sep, 2018, 02.55 PM IST
DigiDhanMela attracts 9,500 peopleDigital transactions worth Rs 60,000 were conducted at the event that concluded today, it said.
18 Dec, 2016, 10.23 PM IST
IT Min to run digital payment fair on December 17-18MEITY will handhold users in downloading, installing and using various digital payment systems for carrying out digital transactions.
15 Dec, 2016, 10.54 PM IST
Demands in Rajya Sabha to confer Bharat Ratna to DhyanchandAmid demands from members in RS for conferring Bharat Ratna to Indian hockey icon Major Dhyanchand, Govt said it was in agreement with the ...
16 Mar, 2016, 05.07 PM IST
Camp for Men's Hockey World League Final begins on Sept 5The preparatory camp of Men's Hockey team for the upcoming World League Final will be held at Major Dhyanchand National Stadium from Septem...
31 Aug, 2015, 02.06 PM IST
Women hock team's Olympics entry tribute to Dhyanchand: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan"Best wishes to India's women hockey team as they bag historic Olympic berth on National Sports Day. A true tribute to Major Dhyanchand," C...
29 Aug, 2015, 03.01 PM IST
Focussed on Olympic qualification now: L Sarita DeviSarita Devi has been provisionally suspended for her emotionally-charged protest at Asian Games where she refused to accept bronze medal af...
07 Nov, 2014, 06.54 PM 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
'Pravasi chidiya' Uma Bharati lying about Bundelkhand: Congress MP Pradeep JainUma Bharati had recently promised voters a separate Bundelkhand state within three years, if BJP is voted to power at the Centre.
18 Apr, 2014, 02.55 PM IST
Dilip Tirkey confident of 'defending' challenges from heavyweightsRajya Sabha member Tirkey is making his debut in electoral politics on a BJD ticket from the tribal belt of Sundargarh, also called the nur...
27 Mar, 2014, 12.54 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh to give Rs 1 crore reward to Sushil Kumar, Vijay Kumar eachMP Govt has announced a cash reward of Rs 1 cr each to Olympic silver medallist Sushil Kumar & Vijay Kumar & Rs 50 L each to the bronze med...
30 Aug, 2012, 04.08 PM IST
- Civic agencies come under CBI scanner
Agency to probe role of govt bodies in Commonwealth Games, to question OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi today.
05 Jan, 2011, 02.19 AM IST
- CWG: Construction cost of CPWD stadia jumped by Rs 1,110 cr
Besides, over Rs 20 cr were spent on installing CCTV cameras in three other stadiums, developed by PWD, in the national capital.
02 Jan, 2011, 11.45 AM IST