NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demanded govt to declare the recent landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad a national disaster.Calling it a huge tragedy, Rahul while speaking during Zero Hour on the disaster that hit villages in Wayanad district on July 30 urged govt to provide a comprehensive rehabilitation package,…
NEW DELHI: The Parliament session on Wednesday was all about Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification at the Olympics. It turned into a political storm in the House, with opposition parties talking about sabotage and questioning officials for their alleged failure to save the wrestler from slipping up on the protocol and challenge her subsequent disqualification.Both Houses witnessed…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Wednesday questioned the government over wrestler Vinesh Phogat‘s disqualification and slammed Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya for defending the support team and making her the “fall girl”. The Congress claimed that Phogat had become a “victim of sports politics” and questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP ministers…
NEW DELHI: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat was on Wednesday disqualified from the Paris Olympics for weighing 100g above the limit in the women’s 50kg category, following her victory against the world number one. Vinesh’s unexpected disqualification occurred after she failed the second weigh-in, shocking the Indian wrestling contingent and dashing hopes for a medal.Women’s national coach…
If you can meet triumph and disaster and treat both imposters the same. The words, from Rudyard Kipling’s eminently quotable poem If are etched above the central court in Wimbledon is almost always the leitmotif of wins and losses at sporting events. But Kipling’s words run hollow when faced with both imposters in real life…
NEW DELHI: Hiding the pain and agony of disqualification behind a smile, Vinesh Phogat‘s first picture from the Paris Olympics village clinic surfaced on social media on Tuesday.With IOA president PT Usha by her bedside, Vinesh was seen with her hair cut short and an IV drip on her hand.Vinesh was earlier admitted to the…
NEW DELHI: The entire nation was devastated after Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the women’s freestyle 50kg wrestling event at the Paris Olympics for being slightly over the weight limit during her weigh-in on Wednesday morning.Vinesh made history as the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the gold medal match on Tuesday night, and she…
As the news of wrestler Vinesh Phogat‘s disqualification ahead of her gold-medal match at the Paris Olympics develops, Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who is with the Indian contingent, described in detail the drastic steps that were taken to bring her weight down to under 50kg, but it all went in vain as she remained 100gm over…
NEW DELHI: Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said India Olympic Association (IOA) has lodged a strong protest against disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat and informed Lok Sabha that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally spoken to IOA chief in Paris to explore full range of options to help the wrestler.Making a statement in…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian boxer Vijender Singh has claimed that because top athletes like her are accustomed to losing weight before important contests, it is possible that weightlifter Vinesh Phogat was sabotaged when he was disqualified from the Olympics final.Being the first and only male boxer from India to win an Olympic medal, Vijender is…
