Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Tuesday, officials said.
'I feel former Olympians should be a part of the NADA panels rather than cricketers.'
The Olympic silver medallist finished a disappointing eighth in the double-trap event at the ISSF World Cup in Quingyuan, China.
According to the statement, NIA investigations have revealed the involvement of the notorious terrorist-gangster syndicate behind the killing of Gogamedi, who was shot dead in the living room of his house in Shyam Nagar colony in Jaipur in December 2023.
After being stripped of his police medal, SPS Rathore's pension has been witheld completely in another blow to the disgraced ex-DGP of Haryana jailed for molesting minor girl Ruchika Girhotra.
Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore says the corporate sector is very much willing to support development of sports and athletes in India but it needs to be given the assurance that the money is going in right hands.
The Athens Olympics silver medallist jumped four places from seventh in the latest world rankings for double trap shooters.
They were honoured with the Hero Indian Sports Academy Indian sportsman and sportswoman of the year award respectively.
A sessions court in Chandigarh on Tuesday enhanced the six-month sentence given to former Haryana director general of police SPS Rathore by a Central Bureau of Investigation court to one and a half years for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra 20 years ago.Ruchika had killed herself three years after the incident by drinking poison.The CBI is investigating whether Rathore drove Ruchika to suicide after she filed molestation charges.
The ace golfer said his goal is to qualify for the USPGA tour and win one major.
Former Haryana director general of police S P S Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, wants an attempt to murder case registered against Utsav Sharma, the "physically imbalanced" youth who was charged with inflicting knife injuries on the former top cop outside the district court here a month back.
New Human Resources and Development Minister M M Pallam Raju on Wednesday said he would reach out to 'everybody' to build a consensus on passage of pending bills on higher education in Parliament, and promised to consolidate 'good work' initiated by his predecessor like in the case of Indian Institutes of Management.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted interim bail to former Haryana Director General of Police SPS Rathore in the two fresh FIRs filed against him in the Ruchika molestation case.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday adjourned till July 19 the hearing on two FIRs filed against former Director General Police SPS Rathore in the Ruchika molestation case after the Central Bureau of Investigation sought more time to conduct the probe.
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The Olympic silver medallist helped India claim the double trap team title for the third time in the Asian Clay Shooting Championships.
The Haryana Police FIR came four days after Ruchika's brother filed a complaint with the cops for abetment of suicide against Rathore.
Ashu Girhotra, brother of Ruchika, in his complaint sought filing of case against 67-year-old Rathore under the harsher Sec 306 (abetment to suicide) for which the maximum punishment is 10 years.
Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said the Chinese were preparing for the 2008 Olympics on a war footing.
In a show of solidarity, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Monday met jailed Rajathan MLA Rajendra Rathore, an accused in Dara Singh fake encounter killing case, and said the party would help him fight his legal battle, while accusing Congress of using the Central Bureau of Investigation to serve its political agenda.
Election results day wasn't exactly a happy one for sportspersons. Three former India captains - Mohammad Azharuddin, Bhaichung Bhutia and Dilip Tirkey -- suffered heavy defeats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls even as 2004 Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore scored a thumping victory.
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Manavaditya Rathore, son of Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore, clinched the gold medal in junior men's trap at the 4th Asian Shotgun Championships in Al Ain, Dubai on Tuesday.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore conveyed his good wishes to Narain Karthikeyan for his maiden Grand Prix in Melbourne.
With a score of 135/150, the Athens Olympics silver medallist failed to finish among the top-six, who moved into the final.
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Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday said the Khelo India initiative, which focussed on infrastructure development till now, will look to ensure all-round growth in its revamped form.
Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the double trap gold while Anjali finished third in the ISSF World Cup shooting in Sydney.
Disgraced former Haryana director general of police SPS Rathore, who was sentenced to 18-months in prison by a Chandigarh court in the Ruchika molestation case, on Wednesday filed a review petition in the Punjab and Haryana high court and sought bail. Rathore's lawyer-wife Abha Rathore filed the review petition on his behalf in the court of Justice S S Saron. She alleged that the appellate court had on Tuesday passed the order 'under media pressure'.
The final bid for top Indian shooters Rajyavrdhan Singh Rathore and Anjali Bhagwat to qualify for London Olympics ended in disappointment as they failed to make it to the final round in their respective events in the Asian Shooting Championships.
The country's enemies, like Dawood Ibrahim and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, should not believe that India is not "thinking" anything about them, Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said.
Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's teenager son Manavaditya Rathore won a silver medal in the Trap Event at the 5th Junior International Shotgun Competition being held at Orimatiila, Finland.
Rathore kept his lead to muster 141 out of 150 in the initial rounds of the National Shooting Championship and then fired 45 in the final round to take his tally to 186 for the gold medal.
Rathore, pointing to visuals said the accused was alone and he did not attempt to enter the Raj Bhavan's main gate; he continued to be on the opposite side of the road which had a median.
68-year-old Rathore was convicted for molesting budding tennis player Ruchika who later committed suicide, but he got away with six months imprisonment.
Former Haryana Director General of Police SPS Rathore would have to undergo his 18-month prison term with the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday dismissing his plea challenging the sentence awarded to him for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra about 20 years back.
Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore will not part be a part of the Indian shooting team at the Commonwealth Games as he stands disqualified for selection after missing the trials.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore joined the Sahara after receiving the nod from the government and the Indian Army
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