Devendra Jhajharia, Sardar Singh recommended for Khel Ratna; Harmanpreet Kaur, Cheteshwar Pujara for Arjuna awards
Sardar received the Arjuna Award in 2012 and Padma Shri in 2015.
Aug 03, 2017, 13:56 PM IST
UAE-based businessman announces cash prize for Paralympics heroes
Earlier, Sebastian had announced a cash prize of Rs 50 lakh for India's silver-medalist ace shuttler P V Sindhu and Rs 25 lakh for wrestler Sakshi Malik
Jan 18, 2017, 16:10 PM IST
Special episode of 'The Kapil Sharma Show' to feature Indian paralympians
Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma is set to welcome country's paralympians on his hit comedy show "The Kapil Sharma Show".
Oct 07, 2016, 17:40 PM IST
Sachin Tendukar felicitates Rio Paralympics medal winners, awards Rs 15 lakh to each
The Rio Paralympics champion athletes were also presented smartphones and laptops from Smartron.
Oct 04, 2016, 12:29 PM IST
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment announces Rs 90 lakh cash rewards for Rio Paralympians
India won four medals — two gold, a silver and a bronze.
Sep 29, 2016, 18:33 PM IST
Paralympics performance changed our approach towards divyaangs: PM Modi
Modi assured that his government is moving ahead to formulate a proper scheme for the development of Paralympics.
Sep 25, 2016, 20:09 PM IST
Gracious Devendra Jhajharia lauds Sports Ministry for unprecedented support; aims for treble in Tokyo Games
The gold medal in men's javelin throw F46 category in the Rio Paralympics made Devendra Jhajharia the most successful Indian para athlete ever but he is in no mood to stop here and is eyeing for a treble in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Sep 23, 2016, 19:11 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi meets Rio Paralympics stars, extols champions for making nation proud
The 19-member Indian contingent had returned home from the Paralympics with two gold, one silver and one bronze.
Sep 22, 2016, 21:32 PM IST
Paralympic Games: Sundar Singh Gurjar slams SAI coach, says his betrayal robbed him of a medal
Gurjar was expected to give Jhajharia a run for his money as he threw 70 metres during practice and was hoping to repeat the same in the main event.
Sep 16, 2016, 17:08 PM IST
Paralympians deserve highest recognition & awards, says Milkha Singh
An Olympic medallist directly qualifies for the Khel Ratna award during an Olympic year but there is no such policy in place for the paralympians.
Sep 15, 2016, 17:37 PM IST
Paralympic Games: India miss out on another medal as javelin thrower fails to turn up
Interestingly, Gurjar was expected to give Jhajharia a run for his money as he threw 70 metres during practice.
Sep 15, 2016, 12:21 PM IST
Devendra Jhajharia: This humiliating incident in 2000 motivated him to become world-beater
From infrastructure related to societal, paralympians in India face plenty of issues right through their careers.
Sep 15, 2016, 09:12 AM IST
Rewards start pouring for Devendra Jhajharia as Rajasthan govt announce Rs 75 lakh award
Devendra will also be given a plot of land in state capital Jaipur and agricultural land in Sri Ganganagar district.
Sep 14, 2016, 22:01 PM IST
Then this happened: Sports minister Goel Vijay non-committal on Khel Ratna for paralympic medallists
An Olympic medallist directly qualifies for the Khel Ratna award during an Olympic year but Goel said there is no such policy in place for the paralympians.
Sep 14, 2016, 20:07 PM IST
Now I don't want to sleep, but celebrate with tricolour: Devendra Jhajharia after winning Gold medal
Before Paralympics, Devendra Jhajharia trained from April-July in Kuortane, Finland, where he became friends with Kenyan thrower Julius Yego, whom he calls one of his biggest motivators.
Sep 14, 2016, 15:59 PM IST
Devendra Jhajharia's wife says he assured her over phone of winning second Gold at Paralympics
With his historic effort, Jhajharia has become the first Indian athlete to win two gold medals at an Olympic or a Paralympic event.
Sep 14, 2016, 10:27 AM IST
GENIUS! Inspired by Dev Jhajharia's gold, Virender Sehwag coins new term for Paralympics
Thangavelu Mariyappan (gold), Varun Bhati (bronze) and Deepa Malik (silver) are the other Indian medalists from the ongoing Games.
Sep 14, 2016, 09:29 AM IST
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia wins gold at Paralympics, breaks own world record
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics after he broke his own world record to clinch the top honours at the Rio Games here.
Sep 14, 2016, 06:26 AM IST
Jhajharia wins silver in IPC World Athletics, seals Rio berth
India's para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia sealed a Rio berth by winning a silver in men's javelin throw F46 event.
Oct 27, 2015, 21:11 PM IST
