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02 Apr 2017

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."

18 Jan 2017

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

Rio Paralympics

24 Dec 2016

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.

30 Nov 2016

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.

02 Nov 2016

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.

Sports Minister India

24 Oct 2016

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.

Sachin tendulkar

04 Oct 2016

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.

Devendra Jhajharia

23 Sep 2016

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.

23 Sep 2016

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.

PM Narendra Modi

22 Sep 2016

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.

Rio Paralympics

19 Sep 2016

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.

Top News of the Week

17 Sep 2016

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.

Rio Paralympics

17 Sep 2016

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.

Ravichandran Ashwin

17 Sep 2016

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.

Rio Paralympics

16 Sep 2016

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.

15 Sep 2016

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.

Devendra Jhajharia

15 Sep 2016

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.

Devendra Jhajharia

14 Sep 2016

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.

Rio Paralympics

14 Sep 2016

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.

14 Sep 2016

Air Asia rewards Indian Paralympian medallists with free flights

The gold medallists have been offered free flights for life.

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