India spends Rs.123.73 crores on Olympics preparations
Sports Minster Ajay Maken on Tuesday said Rs.123.73 crores have been spent so far on training athletes for the 2012 London Olympics.
"Till 29th February, 2012, approximately an amount of Rs.123.73 cr
Athletes will be consulted on Olympic boycott decision: Maken
The athletes will play a vital role in deciding whether India will boycott the London Olympic Games if the IOC refuses to drop Dow Chemicals as a sponsor of the event, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has s
Sports Minister Ajay Maken assures help to Yuvraj in cancer fight
Sports Minister Ajay Maken has promised government help to cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States to recover from lung cancer.
"Wish Yuvraj a speedy recovery!
Kalmadi should resign: Maken
Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday said the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) should remove the sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi as IOA president or else the
Sports ministry uncomfortable with Kalmadi back in IOA: Maken
Sports minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday said the government won't be comfortable to see Suresh Kalmadi back as the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
Maken said IOA should be headed by
Accused should not continue as office bearer: Sports minister
A day after Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi was released on bail, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Friday said any accused official should not carry on as an office bearer in an
London Games:Olympians press organisers to drop Dow as sponsor
The 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy continues to hog limelight for various reasons even after 27 years, with the latest being the rising dissent over the association of London Olympics with Dow Chemicals,
BCCI should probe Kambli's fixing claims: Maken
Sports Minister Ajay Maken wants the match-fixing claims made by former cricketer Vinod Kambli investigated by the BCCI and says his Ministry might step in if the Cricket Board doesn't order a probe.
BCCI should probe Kambli’s fixing claims: Ajay Maken
Sports minister Ajay Maken wants the match-fixing claims made by former cricketer Vinod Kambli investigated by the BCCI and says his ministry might step in if the cricket board doesn't order a probe.
Kambli claims not worth probing: BCCI
Sports Minister Ajay Maken might have called for a probe into the match-fixing claims made by Vinod Kambli but a defiant BCCI on Saturday said it would not give any importance to the former cricketer'