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New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Srinagar will host the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival at its iconic Dal Lake where more than 400 athletes from all over the country will compete in disciplines like kayaking and canoeing, water skiing and rowing from August 21 to 23. Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced this in an interaction with the media here and said it would add to the government's push for expansion of the Khelo India movement that recently added the first ever Beach Games in Diu to its roster.
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The first-ever Khelo India Water Sports Festival will be held at Srinagar's iconic Dal Lake from August 21-23. This was announced by Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday. As part of its growing Khelo India calendar, the inaugural edition of the Water Games in Jammu and Kashmir follows the first Khelo India Beach Games, held in Diu in May. The water sports festival will feature five sports: kayaking and canoeing, rowing, water skiing, a shikara race, and dragon boat racing. Also Read | Who is Diogo Jota? Here's All You Need ...Read More >
Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], April 6 (ANI): Inspector General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Manu Maharaj, on Monday announced that the 25th All India Water Sports Cluster will be held from April 8 to 12, with 19 teams from across the country participating in 52 events, including canoeing, rowing, and kayaking, involving over 440 personnel from state police and paramilitary forces. Speaking to ANI, Manu Maharaj said, "The 25th All India Water Sports Cluster is being held from April 8 ...Read More >
The tranquil waters of Dal Lake are going to witness a major splash and bouts of amusement as Khelo India Water Games-2025 will begin from Thursday - a first in the Himalayan region. More than 800 athletes and officials from 28 states and eight Union territories are converging in summer capital to participate in events like rowing, canoeing and kayaking. The water sports national festival also features demonstration events like water skiing, dragon boat and Shikara race. The three-day event, be ...Read More >
Shillong, Aug 8 (UNI) In a major boost to water sports and adventure tourism, Meghalaya will soon set up India's first Slalom Course at Umtham River, Ri-Bhoi district, said Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. On Thursday, the Cabinet approved the proposed acquisition of 14.6 acres of land along the Umtham River from Meghalaya Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (MIDFC) to develop the country's only dedicated Slalom Course. Slalom is a thrilling water sport where kayakers race against the clock, navigating a challenging whitewater course filled with gates that they must pass through. Sa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Srinagar will host the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival at its iconic Dal Lake where more than 400 athletes from all over the country will compete in disciplines like kayaking and canoeing, water skiing and rowing from August 21 to 23. Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced this in an interaction with the media here and said it would add to the government's push for expansion of the Khelo India movement that recently added the first ever Beach Games in Diu to its roster. Also Read | Who is Diogo Jota? Here's All You Need To Know About Portugal and Liver ...Read More >
Raipur, Mar 31 (PTI) Jharkhand sprinters Shiv Kumar Soren and Prithvi Oraon emerged as the fastest men and women athletes respectively in the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Tribal Games here on Tuesday. For hosts Chhattisgarh, Siddharth Nagesh clinched a shot put gold and discus throw silver while Tilak Barsel bagged the men's 100m silver. Shiv Kumar and Prithvi led their 100m races respectively from start to finish to capture the golden double for their state. Shiv Kumar clocked 10.58 seconds while Barsel finished the race in 10.87 seconds to clinch the silver medal. Odisha's Atish Ki ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Srinagar will host the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival at its iconic Dal Lake where more than 400 athletes from all over the country will compete in disciplines like kayaking and canoeing, water skiing and rowing from August 21 to 23. Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced this in an interaction with the media here and said it would add to the government's push for expansion of the Khelo India movement that recently added the first ever Beach Games in Diu to its roster. The festival is scheduled to be held under the vertical of Sports Competition and T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday said it is undertaking some important steps to train and prepare "high-performance" athletes and sportspersons who can fetch medals in various national and international events, including the Olympic Games. About 1.80 lakh personnel-strength Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) is also in the process of recruiting its "largest-ever" sports contingent in a single go this year with 433 vacancies, including 229 reserved for women. The force, which guards critical installations like airports and nuclear power centres, is ...Read More >
"Na kha payegi, na chal payegi... isse toh bhala isko zeher de do." Those were the cruel words neighbours and relatives hurled at Payal Nag's family in Balangir, Odisha, after she lost all four limbs to electrocution as a child in 2015. On Saturday evening in Bangkok, the same girl - now 18 - stood 'tall' on the global stage, winning double gold at the World Archery Para Series in a journey that has turned pain into purpose and silence into a statement. Payal stunned India's most decorated para archer, world No. 1 Sheetal Devi, 139-136 in the compound women's final and also partnered her to w ...Read More >
Raipur, Apr 3 (PTI) Praising Chhattisgarh players for their impressive performance in the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Friday announced cash prizes for all the medallists and promised a financial windfall for anyone making it to the Olympics. Chhattisgarh finished ninth on the medals tally with 3 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals. Karnataka were crowned the overall champions, claiming 23 gold along with 8 silver and 7 bronze. Odisha finished second with 21 gold, 15 silver and 21 bronze medals. Odisha were the only contingent to cross a half-century ...Read More >
Jammu, July 3: The inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival is set to take place at the iconic Dal Lake in Srinagar from August 21 to 23rd, marking a significant milestone in the country's growing sports calendar. The announcement was made by Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, on Thursday.As per an official statement released Thursday by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the event, a part of the Khelo India series, follows the success of the first-ever Khelo India Beach Games, which took place in Diu this past May. The festival will feature five exhi ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 4 (PTI) Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday appealed to the general public to visit Jammu and Kashmir, the region recently hit by several terror killings. "I want to tell my citizens that the people here are waiting to welcome with their hearts filled with love and warmth. So, come here without fear and set a new example of love and brotherhood." Chouhan said, according to a press statement. The agriculture and rural development minister was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the sixth convocation of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and T ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government that is non-communal. Only the Congress can do that. I have joined the Congress to be part of its fi ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 4 (PTI) 'Na kha payegi, na chal payegi... isse toh bhala isko zeher de do." Those were the cruel words neighbours and relatives hurled at Payal Nag's family in Balangir in Odisha after she lost all four limbs to electrocution as a child in 2015. On Saturday evening in Bangkok, the same girl, now 18, stood ''tall' on the global stage, winning double gold at the World Archery Para Series in a journey that has turned pain into purpose and silence into a statement. Payal stunned India's most decorated para archer the world No 1, Sheetal Devi, 139-136 in the compound women's final an ...Read More >
Raipur, Apr 1 (PTI) Race walker Dasharath Talawar and middle-distance runner Nagini added a gold medal each to table toppers Karnataka's tally while Chhattisgarh's Gajendra Thakur bagged a silver in the men's 800m on Day 8 of the Khelo India Tribal Games here on Wednesday. Dasharath led Karnataka's 1-2 in the men's 10km race walk with a time of 45:13.85s with Darshan Bagadi (46:25.90s) finishing second ahead of Gujarat's Sagarbhai Katara (48:16.09s) at the Kreeda Parisar athletics track in Jagdalpur. Nagini then dominated the women's 800m race to clinch the gold with a time of 2:13.80s to ta ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 9 (PTI) Having achieved many firsts including becoming the first woman armless archer to be crowned world champion, Sheetal Devi had in her own words often felt "alone" on the podium. That feeling changed in Bangkok when an unassuming 18-year-old Payal Nag, a quadruple amputee from Odisha, filled that void, stunning the reigning world No. 1 to win gold at the World Archery Para Series. Payal, who had once learnt by emulating Sheetal at the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Sports Complex in Katra in 2023, defeated her senior 139-136 in only her second international appearance to cl ...Read More >
Raipur, Apr 3 (PTI) Karnataka emerged the overall champions with 23 gold medals in the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games where former world junior champion Komalika Bari's recurve women's archery gold for Jharkhand was the highlight of the final day proceedings here. Odisha's Arjun Khara won the recurve men's category but these efforts were not enough for the chasing pack to dislodge Karnataka from the top of the tally. Thirty states and union territories participated in the inaugural edition of the Games that featured close to 3800 participants in nine disciplines. A whopping 106 gold med ...Read More >
JAMMU, July 3: The first-ever Khelo India Water Sports Festival will be held at Srinagar's iconic Dal Lake from August 21 - 23. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp This was announced by the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi today. Part of its growing Khelo India calendar, the inaugural edition of the Water Games in Jammu and Kashmir comes on the back of the first Khelo India Beach Games which were held in Diu in May. The Water Sports Festival will see five sports - Kayaking and Canoeing, Rowing, Water Skiing, Shikara Race and Dragon Bo ...Read More >
Raipur, Apr 2 (PTI) Aided by the individual brilliance of their captain Kiran Pisda, Chhattisgarh women's football team continued their solid run in the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games, defeating Jharkhand 1-0 in the final on their way to securing a gold medal. The hosts also added the men's 4x400m relay silver and men's 1500m bronze to their overall tally on the penultimate day of track & field competitions in Jagdalpur. Further, Jharkhand's Shiv Kumar Soren completed a grand double by adding the 200m gold to his 100m triumph. The Chhattisgarh women's team made the most of the solitary ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya flagged off the 'Fit India Cycling Drive' at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here on Tuesday. Close to 500 cycling enthusiasts joined the three kilometres ride from the stadium to Raisina Hills and back, the initiative aimed at promoting cycling as a sustainable and healthy mode of transportation. The event was flagged off by Mandaviya in the presence of Raksha Khadse, the minister of state (Sports), MP Tejasvi Surya, as well as elite athletes, including Paris Paralympics bronze medallist Simran Sharma, Commonwealth Games gold ...Read More >
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Similar to the Khelo India Youth Games held in Bihar earlier this year, the University Games will be spread across Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Kota, and Bharatpur. More than 5,000 athletes from universities across the country are expected to participate in the 12-day sporting event, according to an official press release. New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The fifth edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) is set to ...Read More >
Haryana Sports Minister Gaurav Gautam expressed dissatisfaction over inadequate facilities at the Khelo India centre in Panchkula, issuing show-cause notices to 15 officials. Haryana Sports Minister Gaurav Gautam on Thursday expressed strong dissatisfaction over inadequate facilities at the Khelo India centre located at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula. The minister took swift action, issuing show-cause notices to 15 officials following a surprise inspection. Surprise Visit Reveals Serious Sho ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 17 (PTI) Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh set social media abuzz with the videos of his visit to various tourist spots in Kashmir, including a temple, a Muslim shrine and a gurdwara. In a series of Instagram posts, the Punjabi singing sensation shared clips of offering prayers at the Adi Shankaracharya temple in the Zabarwan hills on the banks of the iconic Dal Lake, the Khanqah shrine in old city and a gurudwara in Rainawari area of Srinagar. "KASHMIR THE HEAVEN ON EARTH," Diljit captioned the video shared on Monday night. In other clips, the actor can also be seen interacting wit ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 26 (PTI) Intense cold wave conditions prevailed across Kashmir as the minimum temperatures settled several degrees below the freezing point, officials said on Thursday. There is a possibility of light snowfall over the higher reaches on Friday and Saturday as a Western Disturbance is set to impact the region, they said. Also Read | Delhi Air Pollution: Dense Fog Grips National Capital Amid 'Very Poor' Air Quality; Trains, Flights Delayed (Watch Videos). The night temperature dropped at most places in Kashmir as the valley continued to reel under freezing conditions. The fall i ...Read More >