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Wrestling Body Office Moved Out Of BJP MP Brij Bhushan's Residence
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday moved its office out of the residence of its former president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, after the sports ministry had recently raised serious objections to it.
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Delhi Women Panel Notice To Sports Ministry On Sex Harassment Charge
The Delhi Commission for Women has issued notices to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the city police after wrestler Vinesh Phogat accused BJP MP and Wresting Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexually explo
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Haryana to Probe 'Discrimination' in Cash Awards to Everesters
The BJP Government in Haryana has ordered inquiry into the "discriminatory award of jobs and cash rewards" to those who climbed the Mount Everest during the previous Congress regime in the state.
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Centre Sets Up Investigation Into Suicide Attempts at Kerala Sports Hostel
The Union Sports Ministry has ordered that a medical board be set up to investigate the suicide attempt by four teenage athletes at a hostel run by the Sports Authority of India in Kerala.
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Mani Shankar Aiyar slams Maken over his letter to the Prime Minister
After Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken accused former sports minister Mani Shanker Aiyar of playing a "malicious" and ''obstructionist role'' in the Commonwealth Games projects resulting in cost escalation, Mani Shankar Aiyar has hit back.
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Kalmadi takes on Congress with this angry letter
Suresh Kalmadi has written to the government to protest against his dismissal as the Chairman of the Organising Committee (OC) for the Commonwealth Games.Mr Kalmadi was fired on Tuesday by new Sports Minister Ajay Maken. Mr Kalmadi's deputy, Lalit Bhanot, was also fired as Secretary General of the Committee.The CBI had written to the governme...
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Was the CAG slow in probing Commonwealth Games?
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has been in the news after its scathing report on 2G spectrum allocation and the estimated losses to the government, but is the CAG always efficient in coming up with these reports? Documents with NDTV show how the CAG had been unusually slow in responding to urgent requests for beginning an ...
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IHF hits back at sports ministry for questioning polls
The Indian Hockey Federation on Saturday shot back at the sports ministry for expressing displeasure over its recently-concluded election, saying the government has no power to declare its poll process "null and void" as it has complied with all the stipulated guidelines.
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I am ashamed to be called a Bengali swimmer, says Prasanta
Upset over his alleged ill treatment by West Bengal Sports Ministry, bronze medalist Prasanta Karmakar on Wednesday said he is "ashamed" to be called a Bengali swimmer.Karmakar, who created history on Wednesday by bagging country's first medal in swimming, said he was given "step-motherly" treatment by the sports ministry of the state he hails from...
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Ministry asks IHF to postpone Oct 3 polls
With the Indian Hockey Federation failing to clarify its stand on its merger with IWHF, the Sports Ministry on Thursday advised the sport body to postpone its polls, scheduled for October 3.
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Adhere to govt guidelines for polls: Sports Min to IHF
With the Indian Hockey Federation scheduled to conduct its polls on October 3, the Sports Ministry has reminded the KPS Gill-led body to abide by the governments guidelines to be recognised as a National Sports Federation.
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103 players tested positive this year: Sports Ministry
Admitting that the menace of doping was rampant in the country, the Sports Ministry on Friday disclosed that 103 Indian sports-persons, including juniors have flunked dope test in the last eight months.
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101 athletes flunked dope test till July 2010: Ministry
The number of sportspersons who flunked dope test in the first seven months this year stood at a whopping 101, the highest in the last four years.
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Sports Ministry officials go globetrotting for CWG
The Commonwealth Games have come as a godsend for travel-happy officials. It has now been disclosed that Sports Ministry officials made nearly 90 foreign visits in last four years in "preparation" for the sports mega-event. These trips cost the ministry nearly Rs 92 lakh.In reply to an RTI application seeking details of foreign visits by various Mi...
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All deals related to CWG should be made public: Gill
Sports Minister M S Gill on Saturday promised to take "prompt and appropriate" against corruption cases in the Commonwealth Games and said all deals related to the sporting extravaganza should be be tabled in Parliament. Gill said that if any irregularities related to October 3-14 mega event were brought to his Ministry's notice, it would deal with...
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Wrestling Body Office Moved Out Of BJP MP Brij Bhushan's Residence
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday moved its office out of the residence of its former president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, after the sports ministry had recently raised serious objections to it.
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Delhi Women Panel Notice To Sports Ministry On Sex Harassment Charge
The Delhi Commission for Women has issued notices to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the city police after wrestler Vinesh Phogat accused BJP MP and Wresting Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexually explo
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Haryana to Probe 'Discrimination' in Cash Awards to Everesters
The BJP Government in Haryana has ordered inquiry into the "discriminatory award of jobs and cash rewards" to those who climbed the Mount Everest during the previous Congress regime in the state.
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Centre Sets Up Investigation Into Suicide Attempts at Kerala Sports Hostel
The Union Sports Ministry has ordered that a medical board be set up to investigate the suicide attempt by four teenage athletes at a hostel run by the Sports Authority of India in Kerala.
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Mani Shankar Aiyar slams Maken over his letter to the Prime Minister
After Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken accused former sports minister Mani Shanker Aiyar of playing a "malicious" and ''obstructionist role'' in the Commonwealth Games projects resulting in cost escalation, Mani Shankar Aiyar has hit back.
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Kalmadi takes on Congress with this angry letter
Suresh Kalmadi has written to the government to protest against his dismissal as the Chairman of the Organising Committee (OC) for the Commonwealth Games.Mr Kalmadi was fired on Tuesday by new Sports Minister Ajay Maken. Mr Kalmadi's deputy, Lalit Bhanot, was also fired as Secretary General of the Committee.The CBI had written to the governme...
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Was the CAG slow in probing Commonwealth Games?
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has been in the news after its scathing report on 2G spectrum allocation and the estimated losses to the government, but is the CAG always efficient in coming up with these reports? Documents with NDTV show how the CAG had been unusually slow in responding to urgent requests for beginning an ...
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IHF hits back at sports ministry for questioning polls
The Indian Hockey Federation on Saturday shot back at the sports ministry for expressing displeasure over its recently-concluded election, saying the government has no power to declare its poll process "null and void" as it has complied with all the stipulated guidelines.
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I am ashamed to be called a Bengali swimmer, says Prasanta
Upset over his alleged ill treatment by West Bengal Sports Ministry, bronze medalist Prasanta Karmakar on Wednesday said he is "ashamed" to be called a Bengali swimmer.Karmakar, who created history on Wednesday by bagging country's first medal in swimming, said he was given "step-motherly" treatment by the sports ministry of the state he hails from...
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Ministry asks IHF to postpone Oct 3 polls
With the Indian Hockey Federation failing to clarify its stand on its merger with IWHF, the Sports Ministry on Thursday advised the sport body to postpone its polls, scheduled for October 3.
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Adhere to govt guidelines for polls: Sports Min to IHF
With the Indian Hockey Federation scheduled to conduct its polls on October 3, the Sports Ministry has reminded the KPS Gill-led body to abide by the governments guidelines to be recognised as a National Sports Federation.
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103 players tested positive this year: Sports Ministry
Admitting that the menace of doping was rampant in the country, the Sports Ministry on Friday disclosed that 103 Indian sports-persons, including juniors have flunked dope test in the last eight months.
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101 athletes flunked dope test till July 2010: Ministry
The number of sportspersons who flunked dope test in the first seven months this year stood at a whopping 101, the highest in the last four years.
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Sports Ministry officials go globetrotting for CWG
The Commonwealth Games have come as a godsend for travel-happy officials. It has now been disclosed that Sports Ministry officials made nearly 90 foreign visits in last four years in "preparation" for the sports mega-event. These trips cost the ministry nearly Rs 92 lakh.In reply to an RTI application seeking details of foreign visits by various Mi...
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All deals related to CWG should be made public: Gill
Sports Minister M S Gill on Saturday promised to take "prompt and appropriate" against corruption cases in the Commonwealth Games and said all deals related to the sporting extravaganza should be be tabled in Parliament. Gill said that if any irregularities related to October 3-14 mega event were brought to his Ministry's notice, it would deal with...
