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Sports Ministry decides to name all new, upgraded sporting facilit
Updated : 19 hours, 38 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): In an effort to honour sporting heroes of the country, the Sports Ministry has taken a decision to name all upcoming and upgraded sporting facilities of the Sports Authority of India, after renowned athletes, who have contributed to sports in India.
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Rijiju meets representatives of sports goods and equipment manufac
Updated : 4 days, 9 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday met with the representatives of sports goods and equipment manufacturers and discussed in detail ways to improve the coordination between the government and sports manufacturers in the c
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LS Speaker says faith of citizens in democracy has increased, urge
Updated : 6 days, 10 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said that faith of people in democracy has continued to increase and urged the youth to work ceaselessly towards taking India on the path of prosperity and progress.
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Youth played a big role in fighting coronavirus pandemic: Kiren Ri
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju feels the young brigade of the country has played a huge role in battling the coronavirus pandemic.
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BCCI to extend support to all North-Eastern states for facilities,
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Friday said that the BCCI will extend support to all the North-Eastern states for several facilities including capacity building and cricketing infrastructure.
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Rijiju calls upon corporates, PSUs to be stakeholders in India's s
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has urged corporates and leading Public Sector Units (PSUs) to come forward to contribute to the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) as part of their corporate social responsibility, in a bid to s
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Kiren Rijiju requests Piyush Goyal for restoration of railway conc
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju wrote to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, seeking restoration of fare concession for athletes to ensure they can reach their place of training and competition conveniently.
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Kiren Rijiju inaugurates 162-bed hostel at Karni Singh Range
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju inaugurated a residential hostel in the premises of the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
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Jay Shah and Rijiju meet Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu, discuss
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Arunachal Pradesh [India], January 5 (ANI): Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu on Tuesday said he had a "fruitful discussion" on the promotion of cricket with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren
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Assam Rifles Public School becomes first Khelo India Sports School
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Monday launched the Assam Rifles Public School (ARPS) in Shillong as a Khelo India Sports School. At present, nine Sports Schools have been approved across the country, out of which five are manage
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Rijiju extends New Year greetings, urges people to 'stay fit'
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Friday extended New Year greetings to everyone and urged people to "spread love and compassion".
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Yearender 2020: It has been a challenging year, but we dealt with
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged 2020, Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, feels the dreaded year was "challenging" with athletes being deprived of international competitions going into the Tokyo Olympics.
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