From Sushma Swaraj and Mamata Banerjee to Vasundhara Raje, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and Zeenat Aman, women who challenge male authority are immediately shunned.
WFI maintains that it neither accepts suspension nor does it recognise ad-hoc panel that has been constituted by IOA to manage the day-to-day affairs of the sport.
The movement to 'clean up' Indian wrestling has inadvertently left young grapplers as collateral damage —cancelled competitions now threaten their sports careers and job prospects.
Sports ministry suspended Wrestling Federation of India's executive body Sunday, three days after Sanjay Singh, a close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was elected its president.
Political observers see this as part of Congress's efforts to capitalise on the row, with Priyanka Gandhi also having visited Sakshee Malikkh’s Delhi residence last week.
Sports ministry says in letter to IOA that it took note of ‘compelling situation arising out of (continuing) influence & control of former office bearers’ on working of WFI.
Three-time Deaflympics gold medallist Virender Singh announces decision in support of Sakshee Malikkh, who quit wrestling over election of Brij Bhushan aide Sanjay Singh as WFI chief.
Wrestler says after not being allowed to meet PM, he left his award on 'stairs of South Block'. This comes a day after Brij Bhushan's aide became president of Wrestling Federation of India.
The Olympic medal winner posted an open letter to PM Modi on X. Another Olympic medal winner, Sakshee Malikkh, had quit the sport Thursday to protest Sanjay Singh’s appointment.
Mallikh's announcement came at conference held with fellow wrestlers Bajrang Punia & Vinesh Phogat, after Sanjay Kumar Singh was elected Wrestling Federation of India president.
While export values have increased, India’s share in the global dairy trade has remained largely stagnant, despite being the world’s largest milk producer.
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
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