Give women and differently-abled equal opportunities to achieve an accessible and inclusive India: Deepa Malik
"Giving them opportunities and freedom is important. Growth of a nation can be measured by how its women and differently-abled people are treated."
Apr 02, 2017, 18:16 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
Rio Paralympics gold winner Mariyappan gets Rs 2 cr incentive from Tamil Nadu government
Jayalalithaa had announced the reward of Rs two crore for Mariyappan for clinching the gold in the high jump event at the Paralympics.
Dec 23, 2016, 23:41 PM IST
Haryana Khap felicitates Rio silver medal winning para-athlete Deepa Malik
Deepa, who won a silver in the shot put F53 event in Rio in September, is the first Indian woman para-athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics.
Nov 30, 2016, 18:49 PM IST
Narendra Modi felicitates Paralympics medallist Deepa Malik with cash reward of Rs 4 crore
The 46-year-old became the first Indian woman Paralympic medallist when she clinched silver at the Rio Games.
Nov 02, 2016, 00:53 AM IST
Sports minister Vijay Goel presents cash award to Rio Paralympics medal winners
High Jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu and Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who clinched golds at the Paralympics received Rs. 75 lakh each.
Oct 24, 2016, 21:26 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
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
Rio Paralympic medallists to be recommended for Padma awards
India won four medals -- two gold, a silver and a bronze -- at the Paralympics in Rio earlier this month.
Sep 23, 2016, 15:37 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
Rio Paralympics end with music -- and relief
Overall, organizers are breathing a sigh of relief that predictions of failure for South America`s first Olympics and Paralympics were proved wrong.
Sep 19, 2016, 10:22 AM IST
Sports Recap: Top five stories that made the headlines this week
Here is our weekly recap of the top five stories that grabbed the headlines.
Sep 17, 2016, 15:51 PM IST
While Olympians bite medal, Paralympians hear it – Here's what differentiates the two!
Steel balls are kept inside the medals so visually impaired athletes could hear them.
Sep 17, 2016, 13:24 PM IST
Ravichandran Ashwin on a roll! Shuts down another Pakistani who trolled India's medals tally at Paralympics
India's 19-member contingent has won many plaudits for there performance in Rio having clinched as many as four medals so far.
Sep 17, 2016, 12:02 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
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
Air Asia rewards Indian Paralympian medallists with free flights
The gold medallists have been offered free flights for life.
Sep 14, 2016, 19:08 PM IST
