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New Delhi: High-ranking officials of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) have stated that both organizations are still waiting to receive official government clearance to take part in two big international hockey events to be held in India later this year. An Indian source at the ministry of sports said on Thursday there would be no restriction of the teams of Pakistan to compete in the Asia Cup later in the month & later this year in the Junior World Cup. The official stressed that banning the participation in multilateral events would be against the Olympic Charter. The Asia Cup will be staged in Rajgir, Bihar, between August 27 to September 7 and the Junior World Cup will be held in Chennai and Madurai between November 28 and December 10. According to PHF Secretary General Rana Mujahid, the federation had requested the PSB through an official request to allow its sending of teams across the borders. "But the PSB has forwarded the official query to the concerned ministries and they are yet to respond," he explained. Khurrum Shahzad, PSB spokesman also said no final decision has been conveyed. "Participation as of now remains unconfirmed until the government conveys its policy on sending sports teams to India for any event," he said. Shahzad further said that the PSB had in turn forwarded the request to Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination which had forwarded it to Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A verdict on such departments is yet to be made.
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indian government expressed regret on Tuesday over the reported demolition of the ancestral property of celebrated filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh and expressed its willingness to extend cooperation in its restoration. "We note with profound regret that the ancestral property of noted filmmaker and litterateur Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, belonging to his grandfather and eminent litterateur, Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhury, is being demolished," the Ministry of External Affairs said. Also Read | India Urges Bangladesh ...Read More >
As India gear up to face Pakistan in their Asia Cup 2025 clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 14, the fixture has sparked controversy. While sections have raised objections to India playing Pakistan over terrorism concerns, IPL franchise Punjab Kings drew attention with a unique move -- omitting Pakistan's name in their social media post announcing the match. Meanwhile, a plea seeking urgent cancellation of the game was turned down by the Supreme Court. Punjab Kings' soc ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian government has come under pressure over its decision to allow the men's hockey team of Pakistan to participate in the upcoming Asia Cup in Rajgir in Bihar. Many people, including some current and former sports administrators, have urged the government to rescind its decision and to deny the Pakistan team visas to visit India. It is apparent that they have tried to ignore the impact denial of participation of a team due to political reasons, which goes against the Olympic charter, will have on the country hosting sporting events in the future. Those ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) The word regulatory has been dropped but the upcoming Sports Governance Bill is set to institutionalise a National Sports Board, appointed entirely by the central government with sweeping powers to suspend recognition of federations based on complaints or "its own motion" for violations ranging from electoral irregularities to financial misappropriation. The bill, due to be tabled in Parliament during the monsoon session starting Monday, makes some concessions on the thorny issue of age cap of administrators by allowing those in the bracket of 70 to 75 to contest elect ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: After four days of relentless downpours, Telangana is expected to have a brief respite on Monday, with no rainfall alerts issued. However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) placed the state under a yellow alert for thunderstorms. IMD data showed that Papannapet in Medak district received the heaviest 24-hour rainfall at 10.6 cm, followed by Manoor in Sangareddy with 9.28 cm and Nallabelly in Warangal at 9.15 cm. The statewide average rainfall for the day stood at 7.3 mm, notably higher than the normal 4.3 mm. Warangal's Sangem recorded the day's highest maximum temperature ...Read More >
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) accused Executive Committee member Valanka Alemao and her family of pressuring the organization to include Churchill Brothers FC in the Indian Super League through improper means. The AIFF rejected their claims, affirming that legal obligations and existing rules prevented the club's inclusion after a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling awarded promotion to Inter Kashi. New Delhi, The All India Football Federation on Monday accused its executive committ ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Former Indian hockey captain and Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey on Thursday welcomed the government's decision to allow the Pakistani team from playing in the upcoming multi-nation tournaments in India, though he said he was yet to get an official confirmation from the sports ministry. A ministry source said on Thursday that Pakistan's hockey teams will not be stopped from competing in next month's Asia Cup and the subsequent Junior World Cup in India as any move to block the arch-foes from multilateral competitions in the country would be a violation of the Olympi ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Harshvardhan Rane, who was last seen in 'The Miranda Brothers', is heaping praise on the recently released film 'Saiyaara', and its team. On Saturday, the actor took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and penned a special note for the film and its makers after it witnessed a stellar opening day. He wrote, "Another melodious example of a love story shattering all myths and formulas of the industry. Honest heart wrenching love story wins again in 2025! #Saiyaara". 'Saiyaara', which stars Aneet Padda, and marks the debut of Ahaan Panday, is helmed b ...Read More >
Bangladesh is poised to potentially replace Pakistan in the upcoming men's Asia Cup hockey tournament in Rajgir, Bihar, scheduled to begin on August 29. This possibility arises from the Pakistan Hockey Federation's reluctance to participate, citing security concerns, despite the Indian government's offer to provide visas. A final decision is expected within the next 48 hours. Bangladesh is likely to replace Pakistan in the men's Asia Cup hockey tournament to be held in Rajgir, Bihar from August ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], December 18: Five months after the launch of the "Go Green with Taiwan" project by Taiwan International Trade Administration (TITA) and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), and after receiving a total of 396 proposals from 45 countries around the world, the most exciting part is finally here. On December 9, 2024, the Top 5 finalists went on an all-expense paid trip to Taiwan where they presented their entries and convinced a distinguished panel of experts and judges from Taiwan that their entries can and will help change the way we live and establish a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Despite the strained relations between India and Pakistan, the Pakistan men's hockey team has been given permission to travel to India to participate in the upcoming Asia Cup. The tournament is scheduled to be held in Rajgir, Bihar from August 27 to September 7, 2025. A Sports Ministry source on Thursday confirmed that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Sports Ministry have all given the nod to the Pakistan team. The news assumes significance as the relations between India and Pakistan deteriorated significantly after the recent incide ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 3: Pakistan's hockey teams will not be stopped from competing in next month's Asia Cup and the subsequent junior World Cup in India as any move to block the arch-foes from multi-lateral competitions in the country would be a violation of the Olympic Charter, a sports ministry source said on Thursday. While the Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in Rajgir, Bihar from August 27 to September 7, the junior World Cup will be organised in Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December 10. "We are not against any team competing in India in a multi-national competition. If we try to ...Read More >
Chennai, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu trophy tour and the official mascot of the FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2025 were launched at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai on Monday. The tournament is set to be hosted in Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December 10, 2025. The trophy tour was jointly flagged off by Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru Udhayanidhi Stalin and FIH President Tayyab Ikram. The Trophy Tour will travel through 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, from Kanyakumari to Chennai, between November 10 and 25, celebrating the state's deep connecti ...Read More >
Still, the ongoing U.N. climate talks have thrown a spotlight on their efforts to tackle global warming. While the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, is tasked with agreeing a goal to mobilize hundreds of billions of dollars for climate, leaders of the Group of 20 major economies half a world away in Rio are holding the purse strings. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. "The spotlight is naturally on the G20. They account for 80 percent of global emissions," U.N. Secretary Ge ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 11 (ANI): Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) a deemed-to-be-university is sending the largest contingent of student-athletes among all Indian universities to the 2025 World University Games (WUG) in Germany. With 40 athletes competing across seven sporting disciplines, KIIT will have the highest representation by a single Indian university in any edition of the Games. Also Read | Pakistan To Send Hockey Team to India for Asia Cup 2025 and Junior World Cup After Reviewing Security Threats. The 2025 World University Games will be held from Jul ...Read More >
The minister, while speaking to the media on the sidelines of an event to launch department of youth affairs' initiatives against drug addiction, also reiterated the government's position that Pakistani athletes will not be stopped from coming to India for multi-lateral sporting engagements. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said the long-awaited National Sports Governance Bill will be tabled in Parliament during the monsoon session beginning July 21. The minister, while speaking to t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Hockey teams for the forthcoming Asia Cup tournament in Bihar's Rajgir and FIH men's Junior World Cup later in Tamil Nadu's Madurai are going to be allowed to participate, sources in the government confirmed, while stating that any attempt to block participation would lead to contravention of the Olympic Charter. The sources said that the clearance for allowing the Pakistani teams to come to India was given by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the visa process for the players has been initiated. A high-level source in the go ...Read More >
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 12 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming India vs Pakistan match in the Asia Cup 2025 in Dubai on September 14, Sanjay Dwivedi, father of Pahalgam terror attack victim Shubham Dwivedi, on Friday said there should be no political or sports ties with Pakistan following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. He also urged the government to cancel the match. Speaking to ANI, Sanjay Dwivedi said, "On 22nd April 2025, Pakistan killed 26 innocent people of our country. The government of India had said that it would have no relations with Pakistan ...Read More >
IMAGE: Bengaluru Bulls, who have six points from as many outings, are placed fifth on the points table. Photograph: Pro Kabaddi League/X Bengaluru Bulls defeated Jaipur Pink Panthers in the opening clash of the Jaipur leg of the Pro Kabaddi League, with a convincing 28-23 win at the SMS Indoor Stadium on Friday. Deepak Sankar registered another high five, while Alireza Mirzaian led the raiding department with eight points for the visitors. For the Pink Panthers, Nitin Kumar also earned eight p ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) All India Football Federation (AIFF) has reacted to allegations of harassment and "heckling" levelled by a woman Executive Committee member, Valanka Alemao, who is also a member of the FIFA Women's Development Committee. Alemao wrote a letter to FIFA Ethics Committee chair Martin Ngoga and FIFA Women's Football Committee chair Laura Georges, seeking an inquiry into the matter and initiating action as per FIFA Statutes. "I am also exploring the possibility of taking up the issue at other important fora to curb this tendency to harass and humiliate a woman ...Read More >
New Delhi- With an audacious bid to host Olympic Games at stake, the Indian government could not have blocked Pakistan from multi-lateral sporting events here despite the prevailing public anger against the arch-rivals as it could have resulted in the nation being barred from hosting future big events. The government on Thursday gave its approval for Pakistani participation in hockey's Asia Cup (August) and the Junior World Cup (November-December), the junior shooting World Cup (September) and World Para-Athletics Championship (October). The reason being that any move to block Pakistan, in t ...Read More >
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 4 : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Uzbekistan counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Orgsation (SCO) Foreign Ministers meeting here on Thursday and expressed confidence that the bilateral partnership will continue to grow in different domains. During the meeting, Jaishankar appreciated Uzbekistan's strong support for India's SCO presidency. "Welcomed FM Bakhtiyor Saidov of Uzbekistan on his first visit to India in this capacity. Appreciated Uzbekistan's strong support for India's SCO presidency. Also recogni ...Read More >
Kalikesh Narayan Singh De has been appointed Interim Chairperson of the ISSF Committee on E-Sports, E-Games, and Tech Innovations. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Thursday announced that its president, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, has been appointed as the Interim Chairperson of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Committee on E-Sports, E-Games, and Technological Innovations. The appointment was confirmed through a formal letter sent on Wednesday from the ISSF He ...Read More >
New Delhi: All India Football Federation (AIFF) Executive Committee member and chairperson of the Women's Football Committee Valanka Alemao Churchill has alleged that she was 'targeted', heckled' and 'harassed' by the governing body's top brass for raising concerns over procedural irregularities. In a statement, the AIFF has denied these claims.The alleged incident took place during AIFF's Executive Committee meeting in New Delhi on March 29.In her letter to fellow Executive Committee members, Alemao has criticised AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey, Vice President NA Harris and Deputy General Secr ...Read More >
Virender Kanwar of Himachal Pradesh has been elected as the president of the Volleyball Federation of India, narrowly defeating Prem Singh Bajor. Ramanand Choudhary from Rajasthan secured the position of general secretary. The election, mandated by the Delhi High Court, establishes an interim body tasked with making the federation compliant with the Sports Code and other key reforms.Virender Kanwar from Himachal Pradesh became the president of Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) after defeating ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey has broken his silence regarding allegations of harassment and "heckling" levelled by woman Executive Committee member Valanka Alemao, saying, "I want to know the meaning of 'heckle'. Alemao, who is also a member of the FIFA Women's Development Committee, wrote a letter to FIFA Ethics Committee chair Martin Ngoga and FIFA Women's Football Committee chair Laura Georges, seeking an inquiry into the matter and initiating action as per FIFA Statutes. "I am also exploring the possibility of taking u ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a setback to Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed her plea to end criminal proceedings in a Rs 200-crore money laundering case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar, currently imprisoned for fraud.Justice Anish Dayal dismissed the plea that also sought to quash the chargesheet by the Enforcement Directorate and proceedings pending before the special court under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against her and others.A copy of the detailed judgment is awaited.Fernandez had challenged ED's case against her over allegations she ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Former captain and Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey confirmed that the board hasn't received any clearance from the government about the Pakistan men's hockey team travelling to India for the Asia Cup and Junior Hockey World Cup, which are set to be held in the nation later this year. There is uncertainty over Pakistan's men's hockey team's participation in the tournaments after the cross-border tension between India and Pakistan escalated in May earlier this year. India will host the Asia Cup from August 29 to September 7 at the recently developed Rajgir H ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as a 'Bangladeshi language.' This is a direct insult to the very language in which our National Anthem ...Read More >
Pakistan's hockey team has been cleared to participate in the upcoming Asia Cup in India, scheduled from August 27 to September 7 in Rajgir, Bihar. Approvals have been granted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, External Affairs, and Sports Ministry. While India is open to Pakistan competing in multinational events, bilateral series remain a separate matter.The Pakistani hockey team will be allowed to compete in next month's Asia Cup in India, a sports ministry source told PTI on Thursday. The Mini ...Read More >