Govt to earn Rs 13,000 crore via stake sales in NTPC and IOC.
Sanjay Singh claimed that the veteran wrestlers who have been protesting do not want junior wrestlers to progress
Wrestling has introduced drastic changes designed to keep the ancient sport in the Olympic programme, the newly-elected president of the world governing body (FILA) said on Saturday.
Wrestling has introduced drastic changes designed to keep the ancient sport in the Olympic programme, the newly-elected president of the world governing body (FILA) said on Saturday.
The IOA elections were due in December last year but could not be held due to amendments in the poll process.
IOC, in the annual performance memorandum it signs with the petroleum ministry, stated that the Navratna oil companies should be granted freedom to fix retail selling price of petrol, diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene.
The dashing India forward scored three goals in a 4-0 win over CISF in the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
The IOC took back US sprinter Marion Jone's five Sydney 2000 Games medals after she admitted to taking drugs.
The former South Africa captain said the inclusion of cricket in the Olympic Games is a big push to attract more countries to the game and it is a big chance for cricket to challenge football in terms of global sports.
Besides IOC, Royal Dutch Shell is believed to have evinced interest in reviving the petrol pumps, industry sources said. Reliance, as part of a two part bid process, had sought expression of interest from IOC, Shell, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum by Friday for a possible partnership for reopening the petrol pumps.
India has welcomed the IOC's invitation to attend a meeting at its headquarters in Switzerland and sees it as a positive step towards its return to the Olympic fold, a top government official told Reuters on Friday.
Ukraine would not rule out boycotting the Olympic Games if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete in the Paris 2024 Games, its sports minister said.
Faced with huge under-recoveries, Indian Oil Corporation on Saturday sought an immediate upward revision of petrol and diesel prices to the the extent of Rs 10.50 paise per litre.
The Indian Olympic Association's acting president V K Malhotra and IOC member in India Randhir Singh are apparently miffed with the world body's changed stance.
After making it available at petrol pumps, the convenient 5-kg cooking gas (LPG) cylinder will now be available at kirana stores and supermarkets in select cities.
Denmark is opposed to Russian athletes participating in the Paris Olympics next year even under a neutral flag
'Brigitte Henriques calls on all members of the sports movement to remain mobilised on the essential and paramount objective: the full success of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024.'
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, who is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month, feels that a huge country like India should win more Olympic medals and aim to become a sporting powerhouse in the future
The International Olympic Committee proposed to hold a meeting with Indian Olympic Association and government representatives while maintaining that it would consider lifting of the ban on India only if the IOA holds elections solely under the Olympic Charter.
Female sport in Afghanistan has been crushed since the Taliban took over from a Western-backed government in August 2021.
ONGC Videsh Managing Director Ranbir Singh Butola was selected to head Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest refining and fuel marketing firm.
Indian Oil Corporation has been ranked as the number one oil trading company amongst national oil companies in the Asia Pacific region.\n
IOC and sister PSUs Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum are losing Rs 4.60 on sale of every litre of petrol and Rs 2.33 per litre of diesel currently, IOC director (marketing) G C Dagga told reporters in New Delhi.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach laid to rest speculation about India's possible bid for the 2024 Olympics, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not even propose it during their meeting in New Delhi on Monday.
India 'seriously' considering bid for 2036 Games, says sports minister
An International Olympic Committee rule that forces a sport to wait seven years before it can potentially become part of the Games programme is "more or less obsolete," IOC President Thomas Bach said on Monday.
With the sword of suspension by the International Olympic Committee over its head, the Indian Olympic Association officials met Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday in a bid to resolve the election dispute. A nine-member panel, which included president-designate Abhay Singh Chautala met the minister and urged the government to find a solution to the problem as soon as possible.
Athletes from one sport should not be punished for the sins of those from another, the IOC president said on Wednesday, cooling speculation that Russia could be banned from the Olympics altogether for systematic doping.
Public sector oil giant Indian Oil Corporation is investing $100 million in its Sri Lankan subsidiary Lanka IOC Ltd during 2004-05 as part of its retail foray in the island country.
IOC president Jacques Rogge promised that the IOC would take any necessary action over allegations made about bidding for the 2012 Games.
Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford has branded the International Olympic Committee's decision not to impose a blanket ban on Russia at next month's Rio Games as "spineless" and expressed surprise that more athletes were not speaking out.
The Sports Ministry-IOA row over the tenure limit guidelines has been settled and both have agreed to "work together with mutual respect and understanding", the International Olympic Committee said in a statement.
Led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, India will seek to showcase its ascendency as a sporting power at the Asian Games, which opens formally on Saturday after an unprecedented one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Franchise is the future but Australia rule the here and now
Sri Lanka may extend its contract with Indian Oil Corporation for import of diesel and jet fuel during February-April.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country's largest oil refiner and marketing company, is looking to cut operating costs in order to offset the daily loss of Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) due to selling petroleum products at subsidised rates.
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