Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) India’s star athlete Neeraj Chopra has been conferred with the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Defence in the Gazette of India, a weekly authorised journal of the Government of India, on Wednesday. Chopra … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Olympic medallist weightlifter Karnam Malleswari in Yamunanagar on Monday and also commended her efforts to mentor young athletes. PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana on Monday where he met … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt on Monday took a sharp dig at wrestler-turned politician Vinesh Phogat over her ‘haughtiness’ and mocked her for reclaiming the state benefits which she rejected earlier in a ‘fit of arrogance’. Yogeshwar Dutt, speaking to IANS, said that Vinesh showed disdain … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Tuesday that the State Cabinet has decided to offer wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat benefits at par with those of an Olympic Silver medallist under the state’s sports policy. Phogat, a Congress MLA from Julana in Jind district, had recently … Read more
