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The Indian Sports Ministry is set to establish the National Sports Board by December, a key component of the National Sports Governance Act. This board will regulate sports federations' affiliations and finances. The eagerly-anticipated National Sports Board, which will have paramount authority to grant or suspend affiliation to federations and monitor their financial conduct as part of the National Sports Governance Act, will be constituted by December end. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya h ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13: The eagerly-anticipated National Sports Board, which will have paramount authority to grant or suspend affiliation to federations and monitor their financial conduct as part of the National Sports Governance Act, will be constituted by December end. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has promised full implementation of the Act by end of January next year and the constitution of the NSB would be the most significant milestone of that process. "The National Sports Board will be ...Read More >
GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for peace on Saturday in Manipur state - the scene of two years of deadly ethnic violence - as he unveiled a package of development projects there worth nearly $1 billion. Some 260 people have been killed and more than 60,000 displaced since clashes first broke out between Manipur's dominant, mostly Hindu Meitei community and the mainly Christian Kuki tribes in May 2023 over economic benefits and job quotas. Modi, who met with di ...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' so ...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 ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: A group of leading realtors of the state on Friday announced their disassociation from CREDAI and formed a new body named Odisha Developer's Federation (ODFED). Unveiling the logo, president of the newly-formed body Pradipta Kumar Biswasroy said, "The federation is a reincarnation of CREDAI Bhubaneswar Foundation and serves as a vibrant platform for developers to come together, collaborate and contribute meaningfully to the growth of the state and its real estate sector." Biswasro ...Read More >
Mansukh Mandaviya said Indian sport must place athletes at the centre of every decision. Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said Indian sport must place athletes at the centre of every decision, as he set out a long-term roadmap to push the country into the world's top-10 sporting nations. Mandaviya said the government's ongoing reforms from Fit India and Khelo India to the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) were designed to build a holistic ecosystem where athletes, not admin ...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 p ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's men's relay team quartermilers produced some performance in 2023, but since then they have been pulled down by off-field issues. From the high of finishing fifth at the World Championships in Budapest, the 4x400m men's relay team is on the verge of missing the Tokyo Worlds this time. The relay national camp has gone through turbulent times because of disagreements between foreign and Indian coaches, with athletes picking sides, leading to a messy environment. All this came o ...Read More >
Gurugram : JSW MG Motor India today announced that India's best-selling EV, the MG Windsor, has achieved another remarkable milestone. In July, the company set a new record for Windsor sales, selling 4,308 units in a single month. The carmaker has sold nearly 36,000 units of the MG Windsor since its launch. The robust sales performance has helped the company expand its market share in the EV Segment. In Q2 CY'25, the company recorded a 4% increase in market share, rising to 32% from 28% in Q1 C ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - Top India executives of FedEx, UPS, Aramex and DHL are set to be cross-examined in coming weeks by a book publishers' group which accused them of price collusion, a new twist in an antitrust probe that cleared the courier companies of wrongdoing last year, a document shows. Allowing a complainant to interrogate companies is not common in Indian antitrust cases. It means the final findings of the antitrust investigation could change and create new challenges for the courier majors, a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) A hockey great whose influence extended well beyond the field, the multi-faceted Dr Vece Paes was a rare combination of sporting and academic excellence that healed and helped athletes across disciplines. Paes, 80, breathed his last in Kolkata early this morning after battling multiple age-related ailments, including the debilitating Parkinson's disease. To those who knew him closely Paes was a mild-mannered, and highly intelligent man, who did the country proud on the ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14: Medulla Communications Pvt. Ltd., one of the world's most awarded healthcare-specialist advertising agencies, has announced the launch of its new hub in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in solving complex healthcare challenges, Medulla is now looking to create a super-specialist category as the first digital healthcare advertising agency in Asia. New Hub to Deliver Scalable, Specialist Healthcare Marketing Solutions Across APAC. Also Read | Ne ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and its affiliated national sports federations (NSFs) projected a united front in approving the country's bid for the Commonwealth Games in 2030, with Ahmedabad, Delhi and Bhubaneswar emerging as the possible host cities. The IOA, following a government-engineered truce between the sports body's president PT Usha and 12 of its Executive Council (EC) members, held a "cordial" Special General Body Meeting (SGBM) here on Wednesday to "...approve bid t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Robust backing from the government and a desire to stage big-ticket events make India a strong candidate to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games, a top Indian Olympic Association (IOA) official told Reuters. The world's most populous nation is bidding for the 2030 edition of the Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad to boost its bigger dream of hosting the 2036 Olympic Games at the western Indian city. A Commonwealth Sports delegation visited Ahmedabad last week to share th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, players, various sports bodies and federations, including the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Wrestling Federation of India and All India Football Federation have hailed the passage of the National Sports Governance Bill 2025 in the Parliament. Union Minister Mandaviya introduced the bill to provide a robust legal framework for sports governance in India, promoting transparency, accountability, and ...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 ...Read More >
New Delhi: The three-member fact-finding commission appointed by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has submitted its report on the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), urging the immediate "termination" of the interim committee endorsed by World Boxing and led by Ajay Singh until Saturday, citing violations of the national sports code, 2011.The report declared that decisions made by the panel since its establishment on April 7, 2025, are "null and void".TOI has obtained a three-page letter by IO ...Read More >
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a customs superintendent posted at Sahar airport in Mumbai, for allegedly taking a Rs 10.20 lakh bribe from an agent, an official said Sunday. The central probe agency booked Krishan Kumar for allegedly demanding a bribe at the rate of Rs 10 per kg for facilitating clearance of imported consignments from a customs house agent, a CBI spokesperson said. It was also alleged that Kumar threatened the agent when he refused to pay the bribe, and deliberately withheld ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) Easily the most successful wrestler among the contenders at the World Championship trials, Antim Panghal sealed her berth in the Indian team without much fuss in the women's 53kg weight class while Vaishnavi Patil (65kg) and Manisha Bhanwala (62kg) also qualified with impressive show, here Sunday. All of 20 and already a medal winner at the senior Worlds, Asian Games and the Asian Championships, Antim outplayed Madhya Pradesh's Pooja and Gujarat's Hinaben without concedin ...Read More >
IMAGE: The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BFI will be held on August 21 in Delhi-NCR. Photograph: BFI/X The long-overdue Boxing Federation of India elections (BFI) will be held on August 21 in Delhi-NCR, the Interim Committee currently running the sport in the country announced. According to a circular dated July 31 and signed by Interim Committee chief Ajay Singh, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BFI will be held on August 21 in Delhi-NCR. The agenda for the AGM are "confirmation ...Read More >
BENGALURU, July 18 (Reuters) - Inter Kashi have been named champions of India's I-League after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of the club in their dispute with the All India Football Federation. In May, the AIFF named Churchill Brothers winners of the country's second division, after the governing body's appeals committee ruled against Inter Kashi for fielding an 'ineligible player' in Mario Barco. According to reports in Indian media, Inter Kashi registered Barco twice, si ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19: 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 ...Read More >
Dr. Mujahid Gilani (Senior Kashmiri Leader): Long before 14 August 1947, people of Jammu and Kashmir had voted in favour of Pakistan even before the division of Sub-Continent. They gave their decision over vehemently to become to join Pakistan as its Muslim majority province. In the backdrop of global situation, we must realize that people of Jammu and Kashmir are struggling for maintaining their lives. Their ratio of population in Jammu and Kashmir which was over 98 % in 1947 has been reduced a ...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 ...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 tho ...Read More >
The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has taken legal action against The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. These media outlets reported that pilot error or cockpit confusion led to the Air India crash on June 12. The FIP claims these reports wrongly blamed the pilots without solid evidence. In a formal notice, the federation demanded an apology from these media organisations. They criticised the reports as "selective and unverified," calling them "irresponsible" since the investigation is still ...Read More >
PANAJI: Three months after the All India Football Federation (AIFF) declared Churchill Brothers FC as the I-League winners and hastily handed over the trophy during a ceremony in Goa, the federation announced Inter Kashi FC as the new champions on Friday.The announcement follows orders from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after the Switzerland-based tribunal set aside the AIFF appeals committee decision, which had adjudged that the re-registration of Mario Barco by the Varanasi-based c ...Read More >
The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction with the preliminary probe report on the June 12 Air India plane crash released last week. The pilots' body objected to the exclusion of pilot representatives from the investigation and called for a thorough probe before "assigning blame". "Assigning blame before a thorough, transparent, and data-driven investigation is both premature and irresponsible. Such speculative commentary undermines the professionalism of ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) In view of the ongoing heavy rains in Hyderabad, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed all concerned departments to stay on high alert and ensure swift response to public grievances. The Chief Minister instructed officials from GHMC, HMDA, Water Works, Electricity, and Police departments to work in close coordination to prevent any rain-related disruptions. He also emphasised the need for immediate action in areas facing waterlogging, power outages, or other rain- ...Read More >
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