Monsoon Session 2025: Centre to table major Bills from July 21- Here’s what’s on the agendaThe Monsoon Session of Parliament, scheduled from July 21 to August 21, will see the introduction and passage of key legislations. Presiden...
16 Jul, 2025, 10.19 AM IST
Finance Ministry gets new secretaries; Senior bureaucrat Arvind Shrivastava named Revenue SecyIn a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, IAS officer Arvind Shrivastava has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary, succeeding his rol...
18 Apr, 2025, 05.59 PM IST
Uttarakhand gears up to host 38th National Games, IOC to sponsor eventThe Uttarakhand government is preparing to host the 38th National Games, with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) as a bronze sponsor. The third l...
25 Jan, 2025, 08.27 AM IST
Gandhi, Ambedkar, Shivaji statues relocated in Parliament to ensure Oppn can't hold protests: CongressThe Congress alleged that statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar, and Chhatrapati Shivaji were relocated in Parliament to prevent Oppositi...
07 Jun, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
Coming up: Fit India campaign from August 29Incidentally, Modi had called for a fitness movement in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address, in March 2018.
23 Jul, 2019, 08.44 AM IST
Rs 100 crore earmarked for funding of athletes under TOPS for 2020 Olympics: SAIThe TOPS, which was launched in September 2014, is a flagship programme of the sports ministry to provide financial assistance to potential...
30 Dec, 2018, 03.14 PM IST
Manmohan Singh PMO passed buck on CWG scams: PACThe PAC also asked the CBI to take up de novo (afresh) investigation into cases of alleged corruption that were closed by the agency.
10 Apr, 2017, 07.59 AM IST
Delhi govt mulls roping in Pullela Gopichand to give sports a boostThe Delhi government also felicitated Sindhu's physiotherapist besides the Olympic participants who are residents of Delhi.
31 Aug, 2016, 05.38 PM IST
ICC could fine PCB if Pakistan pulls out of WT20: Shahryar Khan"I just spoke to the PM's secretariat today and until the government has not given clearance to send the team to India for the World T20," ...
18 Feb, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
Indira Gandhi stadium to host India-Africa Summit in OctoberLack of a mega convention hall in Delhi forces govt to pick the sports complex as venue for the summit which is likely to see participation...
20 Jun, 2015, 04.04 AM IST
National Games mascot Ammu in Limca Book of RecordsAccording to the Limca Book's 2015 Special Literature Edition, it is a play about a mascot which had been staged in most number of schools.
11 Feb, 2015, 02.29 PM IST
Cost-effective National Games Village a hit with the athletesThe National Games Village has managed to impress one and all for being professionally managed and well-maintained.
09 Feb, 2015, 01.34 PM IST
Theme song of National Games to be launched tomorrowThe song has been composed embodying the larger theme of national integration, sportsman spirit and the country's youthful exuberance.
23 Dec, 2014, 03.44 PM IST
South India's largest indoor stadium to come up at KannurThe largest Indoor stadium in south India is coming up at Mundayad in Kannur district of Kerala as part of the 35th edition of the National...
01 Nov, 2014, 06.56 PM IST
Sachin Tendulkar names his football team 'Kerala Blasters'Sachin also accepted Oommen Chandy's request to be Goodwill Ambassador of the National Games, to be held in Kerala in January-February 2015.
27 May, 2014, 02.28 PM IST
- Union Budget 2011: Sports gets Rs 1,121 crore
The Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,121 crores in the annual budeget for 2011-12, which is nearly one-third of la...
28 Feb, 2011, 04.44 PM IST
- EC asks sports ministry to reply on C'wealth Games ad
Having already said that the cost of advertisement should be recovered from officials who gave the order, EC will fix responsibility after ...
01 Apr, 2009, 02.27 PM IST