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Sand artist Sudarsan Pattanaik's beautiful appeal for a Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand
Edit The Times of India 28 Aug 2016
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Sunday requested the Indian government to award the Bharat Ratna to one of the nation's greatest athletes ... "Made a humble appeal for Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand through my Sand art at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi," Pattnaik tweeted after putting the finishing touches on his masterwork ... The Bharat Ratna has been awarded post-humously 11 times, but never to a sportsperson....
'Dhyan Chand should have got Bharat Ratna ahead of Sachin'
Edit Deccan Herald 28 Aug 2016
Former greats today revived the longstanding demand for Bharat Ratna to late hockey legend Dhyan Chand with some saying the "wizard" should have been given the honour ahead of cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar ... Even the sports and home ministry recommending Dhyan Chand for Bharat Ratna did not prove to be enough when UPA was in power ... It is not a good feeling that we have all gathered here to demand Bharat Ratna for him....
‘Dhyan Chand deserved Bharat Ratna before anyone else’
Edit The Hindu 28 Aug 2016
Ever since sports was included among the categories eligible for Bharat Ratna in 2011, there has been a clamour for awarding the country’s highest civilian honour to hockey legend Dhyan Chand ... Then sports minister Jitendra Singh had recommended Dhyan Chand as the first sports recipient for Bharat Ratna back in 2013 when UPA was in power, but Sachin Tendulkar was chosen instead....
Modi hosts national sports awardees
Edit The Hindu 28 Aug 2016
All the four athletes will be conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday. “I showed him [Mr ... Sports Minister Vijay Goel, who was present on the occasion, said, “All the Khel Ratna awardees, Arjuna awardees, Dhyanchand awardees, Dronacharya awardees, Tenzing Norgay awardees met Mr ... ....
PM Narendra Modi hosts National Sports awardees
Edit The Times of India 28 Aug 2016
All the four athletes will be conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday. With our Khel Ratnas ... Sports minister Vijay Goel, who was also present on the occasion, said, "All the Khel Ratna awardees, Arjuna awardees, Dhayanchand awardees, Dronacharya awardees, Tenzing Norgay awardees met the ......
PM Modi hosts National Sports awardees
Edit The Times of India 28 Aug 2016
All the four athletes will be conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by President Pranab Mukherjee here tomorrow ... Sports minister Vijay Goel, who was also present on the occasion, said, "All the Khel Ratna awardees, Arjuna awardees, Dhayanchand awardees, Dronacharya awardees, Tenzing Norgay awardees met the Prime Minister today ......
Former hockey players demand Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand
Edit Indiatoday 28 Aug 2016
A number of Olympians, including former captains Ajitpal Singh, Zafar Iqbal, Dilip Tirkey and Mukesh Kumar held a protest to demand the Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand, who is known for his wizardry with the hockey stick ... ....
PM asked me 'Maarogi to nahi': Sakshi Malik on her meeting with Modi
Edit Indiatoday 28 Aug 2016
Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik met with PM Narendra Modi at a dinner held for all the Khel Ratna awardees on Sunday ... ....
Cidco trains 22 PAP women to make eco idols
Edit The Times of India 28 Aug 2016
Navi Mumbai ... Ratna Ganapathy, who headed the project said, "We formulated a schedule to teach PAP women to help them become self-employed ... RELATED. From around the web....
PM Modi meets Rio's heroes, lays down blueprint for Olympics glory
Edit DNA India 28 Aug 2016
All the four athletes will be conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by President Pranab Mukherjee ... Sports Minister Vijay Goel, who was also present on the occasion, said, "All the Khel Ratna awardees, Arjuna awardees, Dhayanchand awardees, Dronacharya awardees, Tenzing Norgay awardees met the Prime Minister today and it ......
Sachin bats for healthy India in Bengaluru
Edit Khaleej Times 28 Aug 2016
Recalling his long relationship with healthcare owing to multiple injuries he had during his 25-year-long association with the gentlemen's game, the Bharat Ratna said he would not have served Indian cricket and chased his dreams without the support and care of medical professionals and physiotherapists ... "An outlay of Rs 2 crore has been earmarked for this as part of our CSR initiative for the next four years," added Moopen ... ....
Sachin Tendulkar hands over BMW cars to Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa and Gopichand
Edit Yahoo Daily News 28 Aug 2016
Even Sindhu has talked openly about Gopichand's role in helping her win the silver medal in Rio.RelatedPM Modi announces task force to oversee India's preparations for next three OlympicsWinning silver is just a good start for Sindhu, who wants to achieve this nowHaryana, Telangana ministers embarrass themselves with comments on PV Sindhu'Beti Padhao-Beti Bachao' ambassador, Khel Ratna, cash....
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