Sports Minister  Kiren Rijiju met the members of the Indian Judo team at his residence ahead of their departure to Hungary for the Budapest Grand Slam which contributes to the Olympic qualification, to be held between October 23 and October 25. The contingent...

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has stated that the government is committed to provide a sports ecosystem of global standards for athletes.Rijiju made these comments during  the 53rd Governing Body Meeting of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) held...

The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju launched the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new logo at Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, today. The event was attended by Sports Secretary Ravi Mittal; Indian Olympic Association President,...

The Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports , Kiren Rijiju  laid Foundation Stones for various sports facilities costing over 12 crore rupees in Leh, Ladakh today in  thepresence of Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh,Shri RK Mathur. The...

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday laid foundation stones for various sports facilities costing over Rs 12 crore rupees in the union territory. Rijiju laid foundation for a synthetic track & astro-turf for football in Lehat Open Stadium. The...

In a remarkable event, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha along with Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy & Space...

India will be amongst the top 10 medal winning countries by the 2028 Olympic Games, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju predicted on Friday."By 2028 Olympics, India will be in the top 10 medal list. Without setting an ambitious target, you cannot achieve the goal....

In a first ever virtual presentation of awards, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave away the National Sports and Adventure Awards, 2020 from Rashtrapati Bhavan today (August 29, 2020) and said that the achievements of these award winners were...

Table tennis star Manika Batra and cricketer Deepti Sharma were among those who were presented the National Sports Awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Batra, alongwith Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal...

The Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports (Independent Charge) and Minority Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju paid floral tributes at the statue of Hockey Legend, Late Major Dhyan Chand, on his birth anniversary on the occasion to commemorate the “National...

Forest, Youth Services and Sports Minister Rakesh Pathania late Wednesday evening called on Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport (Independent charge) Kiren Rijiju, after assuming the charge of Cabinet Minister of Himachal Pradesh. It was a courtesy call.During...

Union Minister of Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said here that the Government’s resolute and effective efforts for “promotion and progress” of meritorious youths from Minority communities have resulted in selection of 22 youths from poor,...

Union Minister of Youth and Sports Kiren Rijiju launched yet another nation-wide initiative, the Fit India Youth Club, on the occasion of the 74rd Independence Day of the country today. The Fit India Youth Club, a part of the Fit India Movement envisioned...

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports  Kiren Rijiju launched the Fit India Freedom Run through an online programme on Friday. The country-wide run promises to become a fitness phenomenon with a host of government and private organizations joining...

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports  Kiren Rijiju virtually attended the Ministerial Forum of Commonwealth countries to share India’s road on resumption of sporting evenst, post Covid 19, and also to contribute to the creation of a collaborative...

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that he hopes sporting activities in the country, which have been on a standstill since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume by September of October.Rijiju recently attended the Ministerial Forum of...

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has called upon ministers and senior officers in charge of Youth Affairs and Sports departments from all states and UTs to mobilise a large number of volunteers as part of the Youth Ministry’s flagship...

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Asadha Poornima celebrations being observed as Dhamma Chakra Day, from Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi today. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi also gave a special address through video on this occasion....

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs  Kiren Rijiju  interacted with students here today under the Fit India campaign by the Government of India....

Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju today said that Government of India was mulling to bolster sports ecology of Jammu and Kashmir saying that  Kashmir would be hub of winter games.Inaugurating the maiden Khelo India Winter...

Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju today participated in the interactive session with youth at National Integration Camp hosted by Government Physical Education College Gadoora, Ganderbal to motivate and guide the youth for...

Under the CSR initiatives of the Company, Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL) contributed a sum of Rs 1 Crore towards National Sports Development Fund under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for the top athletes of our Country...

The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (I/c), Shri Kiren Rijiju has inaugurated the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games in the Union Territory of Ladakh at Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir today. The event, which is first of its kind in India,...

The Vice President of India  M Venkaiah Naidu today advised the Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Kiren Rijiju to expedite various ongoing sports projects in Andhra Pradesh, including the construction of multipurpose Sports Complex...

The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju has said that Sports must be given a structured format to make India as a mega sporting country. He was addressing the gathering after launching the Theme Song of Khelo India University Games 2020,...

Just days after Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced the first ever Khelo India Winter Games and included SnowShoe sport into the games, Kashmir athletes representing  India in World SnowShoe Championship at Myoko Japan have bagged three medals.In...

Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports and Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday inaugurated indoor multipurpose sports complex here at Bhagwati Nagar.The complex is constructed by the J&K State Sports Council at the cost of Rs 4 crore.The...

Minister of State(I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju  andactor Suniel Shetty have called for a clean and drug-free sports culture, urging Khelo India athletes to refrain from any banned substances.During a workshop in Guwahati todayto...

“In a significant move, it has been decided that there shall be convergence of activities of the Ministries of Health & Family Welfare, and Youth Affairs and Sports for giving thrust to the national ‘Fit India’ movement, that was launched by Hon. Prime...

Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Kiren Rijiju has called for rigorous campaign to bring awareness about Doping. He further stated that a sense of clean sports must be inculcated in the players from the very beginning. Speaking at the Ceremony...

The Union Minister of State (IC) for Development of Northeastern Region ( DoNER), Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Pension and Public Grievances, Atomic Energy & Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today attended the ongoing Hornbill festival...

Fit India Plogging Run, which was launched on October 2, 2019, concluded today in Delhi’s Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, having covered 50 cities across the country.During the event, Minister of State(I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju felicitated...

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Kiren Rijiju jointly inaugurated the newly constructed Cricket Stadium at KV No. 1, Delhi Cantt in Delhi today. They also launched the Fit India School Rating...

Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports,  Kiren Rijiju visited the Kendriya Vidyalaya at Andrews Ganj, here today to participate in Fitness Week Celebrations at the school. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has taken the initiative...

Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here today that the Ministry of Minority Affairs has been working on war-footing to establish “Hunar Hubs” in every state of the country in the next five years to train and encourage indigenous talent...

Conference of Ministers and Secretaries of the States and Union Territories in charge of Youth Affairs and Sports was held in New Delhi today. In his inaugural address, the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports(I/C) Shri Kiren Rijiju called for collective efforts...

Terming organ donation as a divine and godly act that has the power to saves many lives, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare urged everyone towards  organ donation. “The families of organ donors are bravehearts who take such...

In a revolutionary step aimed to inculcate the habit of fitness among school children, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be observing Fitness Week in the  second and third Week of November, as part of the Fit India Movement. The...

Sports Authority of India (SAI) organized a two-day (23,24 Oct) vigilance seminar on the theme,  ‘Preventive Vigilance and Integrity: A way of life’ which was inaugurated by Minister of  State (I/C)Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri. Kiren Rijiju here...

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has called for creating a sports culture in the country. Inaugurating the India Sports Summit, Fitness: $10 bn opportunity here today, he said thatSporting culture has to become a way of life. He called...

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (I/C) Kiren Rijiju flaged off Fit India Plog Run organised by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports here today, on the occasion of the  150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Indira Gandhi Stadium. He was joined...

Union Human Resource Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ’Nishank’ chaired the Special Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) held in New Delhi today. The meeting was attended by Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, MoS (Independent Charge) for Ministry of...

Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports today met here the members of the Indian shooting team that returned from the recently-concluded ISSF  Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Rio De Janeiro. He congratulated the shooters for their...

The Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports (I/C)  Kiren Rijiju here today conferred the National Youth Awards on individuals (aged between 15-29 years) and organizations for excellent work and contribution in different fields of development and...

For the third time since the beginning of the Special Olympics, the Special Olympics Torch, “Flame of Hope” has arrived in India. The Flame of Hope after travelling from Singapore to Delhi, reached New Delhi today.The minister of state (I/c) for youth affairs...

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju thinks that Indian table tennis is on the rise and India must become a global powerhouse in sports.Rijiju made the comment during the opening ceremony of the third edition of the Ultimate Table Tennis season on Thursday.Rijiju lauded...

Senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Deputy Leader of Opposition, Bibi Saravjit Kaur Manuke, on Wednesday met union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and urged him to make special budgetary provisions under the sports quota to set up special sports centers...

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, along with Kushal Das, General Secretary of AIFF, launched the AIFF Golden Baby Leagues Handbook 2019-20 on the sidelines of the Intercontinental Cup in Ahmedabad.The launch also marked the renaming of the 'AIFF Baby Leagues'...

The government "will provide extra financial help wherever it's possible" for Indian football, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday."We have seen certain improvements in our men's, as well as women's football, in recent times. From the Sports...

Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports  Kiren Rijiju met the successful Indian weightlifting contingent and congratulated them for their superlative performance at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Apia, Samoa from July 9-14....

Kiren Rijuju, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports today gave Arjuna Awards to Smriti Mandhana (Cricket) and  Rohan Bopanna (Tennis) in a ceremony held in New Delhi.Smriti Mandhana and Shri Rohan Bopanna were selected...

The 6th National Wheelchair Basketball Championship concluded here today with Maharashtra bagging the top honours in both the Men's and Women's categories. Punjab emerged runners up and Tamilnadu third in Men's category while in Women's category Tamilnadu...

Kiren Rijiju, Minister of state (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports met the Indian women’s hockey team here today and congratulated them for their victory at the FIH Series Finals that were held in Hiroshima, Japan from June 15-23. With this win, India has...

Sports Minister Kirren Rijiju clarified that any decision regarding India potentially boycotting the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games due to the ouster of shooting from the games programme will have to be taken after due consultation with the government.Rijiju,...

Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has directed all Sports Authority of India (SAI) campuses to increase green cover. In a circular issued to the 12 regional SAI centres, the ministry has asked that saplings of trees and bushes indigenous to the...

Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju today visited Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi and gathered first-hand information about the facilities there. He  went to cycling Velodrome and interacted with the trainees there. He...

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday lavished praise on his predecessor and former Union sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, saying he had inspired millions, and that they will work together and fulfil the vision of Prime Minister Narendra...

Kiren Rijiju assumed charge as Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs here, today. He was welcomed at the office by Shri Sailesh, Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs and other senior officials of the Ministry.Brief Profile Kiren Rijiju...

Kiren Rijiju took over as the Minister of State (Independent charge) for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports here today.  Kiren Rijiju was administered the oath of office and secrecy by the President in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan yesterday.Briefly...

Kiren Rijiju was on Friday appointed as the new Sports Minister. He replaced Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.Along with the Independent charge of the Sports and Youth Affairs, Rijiju was also named as the Minister of State for Minority Affairs."My...