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Anand deserves Bharat Ratna but final call PM's: Maken
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(ISN Front Stories)
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New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken Thursday said five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand was a deserving candidate for Bharat Ratna but it was for the prime minister to decide on whom to accord ...
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Created on 31 May 2012
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Banning IPL not the solution, says Maken
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(ISN Front Stories)
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New Delhi: India's sports minister Ajay Maken feels banning the Indian Premier League (IPL) is not the solution and has made three suggestions to clear the mess in Indian cricket.
According to Maken ...
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Created on 19 May 2012
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23.
IPL spot fixing: Maken asks for thorough probe by ED and IT departments
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(From the Newspapers)
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Sports Minister Ajay Maken and BCCI are no friends is an open secret since Maken and BCCI are at war as the cricket body is against the minister’s move to bring it under RTI and include cricket among the ...
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Created on 18 May 2012
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Suspension not enough, BCCI must do more: Maken
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(Latest)
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New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken Wednesday said suspending five domestic players allegedly involved in spot-fixing was not enough and the Indian cricket board needed to do more to get to the root ...
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Created on 16 May 2012
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Resolving IPL graft charges a challenge for BCCI: Maken
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New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken Tuesday described the spot-fixing allegations in the Indian Premier League as a challenge for the Indian cricket board and expected it to resolve the issue at the ...
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Created on 15 May 2012
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Maken takes a dig at IOA, says morally it has no right to host international events
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(ISN Front Stories)
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New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken took a dig at the Indian Olympic Association saying that as long the association has tainted officials at the helm, they do not have the right to host any international ...
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Created on 11 May 2012
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We have not asked athletes to boycott Olympics: Maken
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New Delhi: India's Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday said that the government hasn't asked the athletes to boycott the London Olympics in view of objections over the Dow Chemicals sponsoring the game ...
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Created on 30 March 2012
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28.
Tainted runners training at SAI centre is serious, says Maken
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(Wrestling)
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New Delhi: Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken Wednesday took exception to dope-tainted athletes training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Sonepat and said they were not funded by the government. ...
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Created on 21 March 2012
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29.
We are working to resolve IHF-HI dispute: Maken
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(Hockey)
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... to bring up a settlement between the two governing bodies of hockey in India, Sports Minister Ajay Maken informed the Lok Sabha. Maken said that in the view of interim orders from the Supreme Court and ...
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Created on 21 March 2012
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30.
Govt. had taken up the Dow Chemical issue with IOC: Maken
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(ISN Front Stories)
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New Delhi: Ajay Maken, Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, on Thursday made it clear that his ministry had taken up the matter of Dow Chemicals sponsoring the London Olympics directly with International ...
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Created on 15 March 2012
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31.
Maken clueless over probables’ list
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(More Sports)
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New Delhi: With World Series Hockey(WSH) finding it hard to strengthen its hold in Indian hockey scene, Sports Minister Ajay Maken took a dig at the Hockey India and said that he is surprised to see the ...
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Created on 03 March 2012
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32.
IOA should at least listen to IOC: Maken
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(From the Newspapers)
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New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) decision to disband its different commissions makes a strong case for the introduction of the Sports Bill in the country, sports minister Ajay Maken sai ...
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Created on 27 December 2011
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33.
It's not Sports Ministry vs BCCI: Maken on Sports Bill
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(From the Newspapers)
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New Delhi: Tired of answering questions on the standoff between BCCI and the Sports Ministry over the National Sports Bill, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday sought to put the record straight by saying ...
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Created on 06 December 2011
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No problem with WSH: Maken
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(From the Newspapers)
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New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken said his Ministry had no objection to the World Series Hockey (WSH), to be organized by the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), from December 17 to January 22, as it was ...
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Created on 15 November 2011
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Maken formally launches Abhinav Bindra's biography
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(From the Newspapers)
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New Delhi: Sports minister Ajay Maken formally launched India's only individual Olympic gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra's biography at a city hotel on Thursday. The book titled, "A Shot at History ...
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Created on 28 October 2011
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36.
Balbir Sr to present a plan to Maken for revival of hockey
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(From the Newspapers)
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New Delhi: Triple Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh Senior has apparently "prepared a blueprint" to revive the national game and will present it to union sports minister Ajay Maken during his next visi ...
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Created on 11 October 2011
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37.
Maken, Wasnik launch 'Come & Play Scheme'
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(Latest)
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... was presided over by the Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Ajay Maken. As a part of the legacy utilization plan of the newly created sports infrastructure in the capital, the ...
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Created on 09 October 2011
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38.
Will decline IOA post only if IOC says: Chautala
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(ISN Front Stories)
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... to sever ties with the IOA if the decision was not reversed.
Former Sports Minister Ajay Maken and International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Narinder Batra had also criticised the IOA's decision ...
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Created on 29 December 2016
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39.
Chautala, Kalmadi in eye of storm following IOA appointment
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(Others)
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... Chautala was quoted as saying by India Today news channel.
Kalmadi was also not spared by his ex-party (Congress) colleague Ajay Maken with the former Sports Minister called the IOA's move "sad and painf ...
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Created on 28 December 2016
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Kalmadi, Chautala slam Sports ministry for threatening IOA
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(Olympics)
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... shadow on the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, but was later released on bail.
Kalmadi, former Lok Sabha member of Parliament, was also not spared by his ex-party (Congress) colleague Ajay Maken, as the ...
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Created on 28 December 2016