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What Did Kiara, Kartik WIN?!

What Did Kiara, Kartik WIN?!

Rediff.com16 May 2022

The IWM BUZZ Digital Awards 2022 were presented on May 15 at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Friday, August 6

Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Friday, August 6

Rediff.com6 Aug 2021

A summary of the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Games on Friday, August 6.

PICS: India salutes its Tokyo Olympics medallists

PICS: India salutes its Tokyo Olympics medallists

Rediff.com9 Aug 2021

Images from the felicitation for India's Tokyo Olympics medal-winners, in Delhi, on Monday.

Olympics: Chopra lends golden sheen to India's best ever show

Olympics: Chopra lends golden sheen to India's best ever show

Rediff.com8 Aug 2021

Neeraj Chopra's soaring javelin did not just earn India their first Olympic gold in athletics on Saturday, it also meant that the contingent will return from Tokyo with seven medals, their biggest Games haul ever.

Olympics Wrestling: Bajrang loses in semis, to fight for bronze

Olympics Wrestling: Bajrang loses in semis, to fight for bronze

Rediff.com6 Aug 2021

Bajrang Punia's perennial leg-defence weakness came to haunt him at the big stage as he lost the men's freestyle 65kg semi-final to three-time world champion Haji Aliev at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

CWG 2022: India's track & field medal quest begins

CWG 2022: India's track & field medal quest begins

Rediff.com1 Aug 2022

Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, steeplechaser Avinash Sable, veteran discus thrower Seema Punia and javelin thrower Annu Rani are expected to win medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

PIX: Wrestler Ravi storms into final; ensures India 4th medal

PIX: Wrestler Ravi storms into final; ensures India 4th medal

Rediff.com4 Aug 2021

Ravi Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler to qualify for the final at the Olympic Games, when he sensationally turned around the 57kg semi-final bout by pinning Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev, in Tokyo.

Bigg Boss Couples Give Us Relationship Goals

Bigg Boss Couples Give Us Relationship Goals

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

Namrata Thakker looks at Bigg Boss couples, who have been setting #RelationshipGoals.

Modi's Olympic Gifts Up For Auction

Modi's Olympic Gifts Up For Auction

Rediff.com1 Oct 2021

Among the memorable gifts presented to Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, up for bids in an e-auction, are sporting memorabilia gifted by India's Tokyo Olympians.

Bigg Boss: 'I will not justify my relationship with Eijaz'

Bigg Boss: 'I will not justify my relationship with Eijaz'

Rediff.com4 Dec 2020

'In the week before I got evicted, Eijaz and I became really close.' 'We did not leave each other even for a minute during the day.'

What are Tara-Arjun doing in Goa?

What are Tara-Arjun doing in Goa?

Rediff.com14 Apr 2021

Photographer Pradeep Bandekar is not telling us how he knows where the stars are.

Vinesh, Sakshi book CWG berths

Vinesh, Sakshi book CWG berths

Rediff.com16 May 2022

Manisha had ousted Sangeeta Phogat, wife of Bajrang Punia, 7-5 in the semifinals.

How forced break has made it challenging for wrestlers

How forced break has made it challenging for wrestlers

Rediff.com14 Aug 2020

Pooja Dhanda, a world championship medallist, said that lack of competition has crippled wrestlers.

Tokyo Olympics: Check out India's schedule on August 7

Tokyo Olympics: Check out India's schedule on August 7

Rediff.com6 Aug 2021

A look at India's schedule at the Tokyo Olympics on August 7, 2021.

India aim to bring four medals at Tokyo Games

India aim to bring four medals at Tokyo Games

Rediff.com25 Jan 2021

The Indian wrestling contingent were hit with a doping scandal ahead of the 2016 Rio Games, which resulted in freestyle medal contender Narsingh Pancham Yadav being disqualified just days before his scheduled opening bout.

Wrestling: Bajrang, Ravi Kumar claim gold in Rome

Wrestling: Bajrang, Ravi Kumar claim gold in Rome

Rediff.com19 Jan 2020

Bajrang staged a remarkable comeback to secure a 4-3 win against USA's Jordan Michael Oliver in the summit showdown of the 65kg freestyle category.

Bajrang gets top billing at World Championships

Bajrang gets top billing at World Championships

Rediff.com5 Sep 2019

India's top grappler Bajrang Punia has been handed the top billing in the men's 65kg freestyle category at the World Championships.

CWG 2022: India women's hockey team qualifies for semis

CWG 2022: India women's hockey team qualifies for semis

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

Indian women register 3-2 win over Canada, enter semifinals

As an athlete I want the Olympics to go ahead: Bajrang

As an athlete I want the Olympics to go ahead: Bajrang

Rediff.com29 May 2021

India's top wrestler Bajrang Punia said he is in favour of Tokyo Olympics going ahead as scheduled even as there is a growing chorus for the Games to be cancelled amidst the pandemic.

Wrestlers Anshu, Sonam qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Wrestlers Anshu, Sonam qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Rediff.com10 Apr 2021

India's young wrestlers Anshu Malik and Sonam Malik produced impressive performances in the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Saturday to qualify for the Tokyo Games.

'I am fine', says Olympic-bound Bajrang after injury

'I am fine', says Olympic-bound Bajrang after injury

Rediff.com26 Jun 2021

Olympic-bound wrestler Bajrang Punia on Saturday assured that he has not suffered a major injury but the extent of damage done to his right knee will be known only by Monday since the inflammation takes at least 48 hours to subside.

Olympics Hockey: India women whipped by Netherlands

Olympics Hockey: India women whipped by Netherlands

Rediff.com24 Jul 2021

India's women's hockey team fought valiantly in the first two quarters before losing steam and went down 1-5 to world No. 1 the Netherlands in their opening pool match at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

Chhattisgarh rift: Told Rahul everything, says Baghel after the meeting

Chhattisgarh rift: Told Rahul everything, says Baghel after the meeting

Rediff.com27 Aug 2021

Sources in the state Congress said that several party MLAs and ministers, who are close to Baghel, already reached Delhi on Thursday, while many legislators, ministers and senior leaders went to the national capital this morning.

15 individual athletes, two relay teams from India at Tokyo Games

15 individual athletes, two relay teams from India at Tokyo Games

Rediff.com1 Jul 2021

Rani had bettered her own national record with a throw of 63.24m during the Federation Cup in March before a performance of 62.83m in the National Inter-State Championships this week.

Rani misses out again as India name team for CWG

Rani misses out again as India name team for CWG

Rediff.com23 Jun 2022

'We have chosen an experienced side for the Commonwealth Games and the players believe they have a good shot at a medal'

Wrestling Worlds: Rahul bags bronze, silver for Deepak

Wrestling Worlds: Rahul bags bronze, silver for Deepak

Rediff.com22 Sep 2019

India record best-ever show at World Wrestling Championships with five medals

Wrestler Bajrang to take break from social media

Wrestler Bajrang to take break from social media

Rediff.com1 Mar 2021

Bajrang, who had qualified for the Olympics after earning a quota at the 2019 World Championships, recently returned from USA after attending a one-month training camp at Cliff Keen Wrestling Club in Michigan.

Wrestler Babita replicates Priyanka Chopra's wedding lehenga

Wrestler Babita replicates Priyanka Chopra's wedding lehenga

Rediff.com2 Dec 2019

Babita wore the exact same red lehenga that Priyanka Chopra wore for her wedding

CWG Hockey: India women rout minnows Ghana

CWG Hockey: India women rout minnows Ghana

Rediff.com29 Jul 2022

The Indian women's hockey team defeated a lowly Ghana 5-0 to start its Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note in Birmingham on Friday.

Mithali, Jhulan left out of Women's T20 challenge

Mithali, Jhulan left out of Women's T20 challenge

Rediff.com16 May 2022

India's star players Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma were on Monday named captains of the three teams for the Women's T20 Challenge to be played in Pune from May 23.

Hockey at CWG: Indian women look to bury WC ghosts

Hockey at CWG: Indian women look to bury WC ghosts

Rediff.com28 Jul 2022

The Indian women are clubbed in Pool A alongside hosts England, Canada, Wales and Ghana

Is Erica The MOST GLAMOROUS TV Star?

Is Erica The MOST GLAMOROUS TV Star?

Rediff.com27 Sep 2021

The television fraternity attended the Iconic Gold Awards held on September 25, and the event saw quite a few winners.

Twenty new athletes added to 2024 Games' TOPS list

Twenty new athletes added to 2024 Games' TOPS list

Rediff.com13 Dec 2021

Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell.

Journalist arrest: Rahul says those who fear truth, arrest scribes

Journalist arrest: Rahul says those who fear truth, arrest scribes

Rediff.com31 Jan 2021

Mandeep Punia was arrested from the Singhu border on Sunday for allegedly misbehaving with the police personnel on duty at the farmers' protest site there, officials said.

After Mandaviya's letter to Rahul, Cong asks govt to list Covid protocols

After Mandaviya's letter to Rahul, Cong asks govt to list Covid protocols

Rediff.com21 Dec 2022

The assertion by the Congress came after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, citing concerns raised by three BJP MPs over the spread of coronavirus, urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to consider suspending the Bharat Jodo Yatra if adherence to Covid protocols cannot be followed.

Vinesh, Bajrang lead India's medal hopes at Tokyo Olympics

Vinesh, Bajrang lead India's medal hopes at Tokyo Olympics

Rediff.com14 Jul 2021

Indian wrestlers have been highly impressive at the global level in run up to the Tokyo Olympics and at least three of them are genuine medal contenders at the Games.

Cong demands action from PM against WFI chief

Cong demands action from PM against WFI chief

Rediff.com19 Jan 2023

'The Sports Minister (Anurag Thakur) should speak out. The Prime Minister should speak out, there should be resignations, and heads should roll immediately.'

Tendulkar 'cheers' for India's Olympics-bound contingent

Tendulkar 'cheers' for India's Olympics-bound contingent

Rediff.com6 Jul 2021

India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday gave his best wishes to India's Olympic-bound contingent and lauded them for continuing their preparations despite the many challenges posed by COVID-19.

Harmanpreet nominated for FIH player of year award

Harmanpreet nominated for FIH player of year award

Rediff.com6 Sep 2022

India's star drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh was on Tuesday named among the five nominees for the men's Player of the Year honour.

Anshu Malik makes history, enters World wrestling final

Anshu Malik makes history, enters World wrestling final

Rediff.com6 Oct 2021

Anshu Malik created history on Wednesday, becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the World Championships final. She outclassed junior European champion Solomiia Vynnyk, even as Sarita Mor lost her semi-final after shocking World champion Linda Morais of Canada earlier in the day.