Sports

Kolkata, Aug 31 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the state is planning to roll out a sports policy so as to provide benefits to promising sportspersons.”Our government has helped many of our sportspersons who brought honour…

Shimla, Aug 31 : The 14th edition of Hero MTB Himalaya with 72 riders from more than 15 countries will flag off from the Himachal Pradesh capital next month, event organisers said on Friday.The annual cross-country multi-stage mountain biking race wi…

Kolkata, Aug 30 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh and a government job for Swapna Barman, India’s first-ever Asian Games gold medal winner in heptathlon.Congratulating Barman, Governor Kesha…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 30 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced an additional cash reward of Rs 1.5 crore for sprinter Dutee Chand for winning a silver medal in 200 meters race at 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.The Chief Minister also…

Shimla, Aug 29 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the assembly on Wednesday that although Cricketer M.S.Dhoni has been declared a state guest he is bearing his own expenses and the government is only providing him security.Thak…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 29 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched ‘My heart beats for hockey’ campaign for the promotion of Men’s Hockey World Cup, at Kalinga stadium here.”The countdown for the mega event of Men’s Hockey World Cup beg…

New Delhi, Aug 29 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the sportspersons on the occasion of the National Sports day and urged people to give priority to sports and fitness related activities.Modi also paid tributes to Hockey legend Dhya…

Ranchi, Aug 29 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday announced a cash award of Rs 10 lakh for Madhumita for winning the silver medal in Compound Women’s Team category at 18th Asian games in Indonesia.Madhumita Kumari along with her tea…

New Delhi, Aug 28 : The Delhi government on Tuesday hiked the cash incentive for a gold medal winner in Olympics/Paralympics from Delhi from Rs 1 crore to Rs 3 crore.Similarly, silver and bronze medal winners will now get Rs 2 crore and Rs 1 crore re…

Lucknow, Aug 27 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday congratulated Rae Bareli resident Sudha Singh for winning a silver medal at the 3000 meter steeplechase competition at the ongoing Asian Games-2018 in Indonesia.Extending his gr…