No Indian athlete since Independence has won multiple medals at a single Games.
Anju Bobby George and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore were awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna award respectively.
Rahi Sarnobat scripted history on Friday, becoming the first Indian pistol shooter to clinch a gold medal in the ISSF World Cup, when she pipped local hope Kyeongae Kim 8-6 in the final of the 25m sports pistol event in Changwon, Korea.
Olympic heroes, shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt were jointly recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi compete in the first round of the men's doubles.
The 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist lost his passport in Amsterdam on Friday night and is now stranded in the city in The Netherlands. He is supposed to leave for Odense on Sunday for the Denmark Open.
The mortal remains of the Central Reserve Police Force jawans killed in the audacious attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir were brought to New Delhi on Friday evening in an Indian Air Force plane, officials said.
In an exclusive interview with Harish Kotian in London, Thomas discusses what Indian shooters' success means to him and why he is quitting despite his wards consistently winning medals at the international stage.
I think, as sportsmen, we all go through the adversities created by our sports officials some time or the other, says Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore after missing out selection for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
It is not just a sport. For Indians, it is a matter of pride.
Sports fraternity mourns former PM Vajpayee's demise
Former Test opener Gautam Gambhir was on Friday named a government nominee in the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) managing committee and he has made it clear that he would do his bit to "restore glory days" of the much-maligned association.
Abhinav Bindra climbed 24 rungs to second position in the 10m Air Rifle rankings while Olympic silver medallist Lt Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is fifth in the Double Trap event.
India finished their Olympic campaign with only one silver medal but Sports Minister Sunil Dutt is not disappointed.
A key meeting will be held on Tuesday between the government and the agitating FTII students in a fresh bid to end the four-month-long strike at the Pune-based institute.
Pankaj Advani beat Ashok Shandilya in the billiards final as India won gold and silver from the event.
The Delhi lad gave India the first ever individual Olympic goal when he won the 10m air rifle event in Beijing on Monday.
Anjali Bhagwat and Anuja Jung lost the gold in the 50m rifle three position pairs by just a point.
The Goa chief minister said, "The surgical strikes against militants in PoK was planned 15 months in advance."
Pratima Kumari tested positive even before the Games while Chanu was caught in the testing after her 53kg event.
The ace shooter bolstered India's medal tally to 26 gold, nine silver and seven bronze at the end of the shooting competition in the SAF Games.
The PM has accepted the Indian skipper's challenge.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed Parsvnath developers to hand over possession of a flat in its Gurgaon project to Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in two days.
The election management committee and the election manifesto committee were formed by the party's national president J P Nadda.
Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Sunday said the government will launch a 'Khelo India' programme at a cost of Rs 1,756 crore for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Almaktoum Ahmed won the men's Double Trap in the ISSF World Cup.
Women's national hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne was on Friday named chief coach of the Indian men's team -- a stunning decision given that the Dutchman has no prior experience of handling a senior men's side.
Swapnil Kusale isn't really superstitious but when fellow mates Akhil Sheoran and Shriyanka Sadangi gifted him a small key chain to ward off evil eye, he readily accepted it
Go and vote just like mumma and papa did, says Ziva
From PM Modi to sporting icons, India rejoice Manu Bhaker's historic Olympic medal
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
BJP president Amit Shah's influence in the Narendra Modi cabinet revamp was evident from the inclusion of Jagat Prakash Nadda, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
India's flag-bearer for Paris Olympics, Achanta Sharath Kamal, on Wednesday recalled the most memorable moments from his five appearances at the Games so far.
At loggerheads with the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on the testing of Indian cricketers, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Wednesday, discussed the matter with Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
The students will now be meeting Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore next week.
The 10 who put in their papers include nine Lok Sabha MPs, including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel, and the one Rajya Sabha member, officials said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, congratulated boxer M C Mary Kom for clinching a historic fifth gold medal at the Asian women's Boxing Championships in Vietnam.
The BJP has fielded 18 MPs, including four Union ministers, for the latest round of assembly polls so far -- seven each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and four in Chhattisgarh.
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