Sports competitions for Girls held in Doda amid participation of players from across all 10 zones of distt
Doda: A mega Girls Sports tournament took off here amid participation of students/ players from across all 10 zones of the district. About 500 Students/Players of zone level Girls teams of all age groups faced each other in Volley ball, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho Taekwondo, Fencing, Rifle Shooting & Wushu. The games were played under prescribed rules […]
Rs 200 Cr allotted for Development of sports infrastructure in JK: Anurag Thakur
BUDGAM: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur has said that the Centre has allocated Rs. 200 Cr. investment to develop sports infrastructure of U.T of J&K on modern patterns and that there will be one highly equipped indoor stadium in each district of J&K. These remarks were […]
Advisor Baseer Khan inaugurates M S Dhoni Academy in Srinagar
Calls it a big leap in the field of Cricket in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Saturday launched the M S Dhoni Cricket Academy at DOON International School (DIS) Srinagar. Chairman DIS, Showkat Hussain Khan, Principal DIS, Mehfooz Aslam, Managing Director Aarka Sports Management, Mihir Diwakar, coaches and players of international repute were present on the launching ceremony. Advisor Baseer Khan who was […]
Advisor Farooq Khan calls for providing further boost to sports activities
Reviews progress of various projects taken under PMDP, Khelo India
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan Wednesday chaired a meeting to discuss matters related to further giving boost to sports and development of more sports infrastructure across Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Youth Services and Sports (YSS), Alok Kumar; Director YSS, Gazanfer Ali, Secretary J&K Sports Council, Nuzhat Gul […]
Union MoS Youth Affairs and Sports chairs officers meeting
SRINAGAR: Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and Home Affairs, Nisith Pramanik who is on a four day visit to Kashmir under the Union Government’s public outreach programme chaired a meeting of officers and officials of Youth Services and Sports Department (YS&S) at Youth Hostel today. During the meeting, Director YS&S, Gazanfar […]
Advisor Farooq Khan attends virtual conference
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Monday attended virtual conference of Minister In-charge of Youth Affairs and Sports of States and Union Territories which was chaired by Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur. The meeting, which was attended by Ministers and Advisors of all the States and UTs, had detailed discussion […]
Lt Guv honours Tokyo Paralympics participants in Jammu
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday honoured Tokyo Paralympics participants — Rakesh Kumar and Jyoti Baliyan — here and wished them success in the upcoming events, an official spokesman said. The two para archers of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board’s Sports Complex participated in the recently concluded Tokyo Paralympics. The […]
Srinagar Open tennis Championship 2021 reaches semifinal stage
Moazzam, Haider, Inayat, Asif qualify for semifinals
Srinagar: Moazzam Rashid, Haider Hussain, Inayat Jehangir and Asif Nowsheri qualified for the semifinal of the ongoing Srinagar Open Tennis Championship being played at Gindun Sports Complex. All the players won their matches in Straight sets with Moazzam (vs Rouf Mir), Asif (vs Tahafuz Ilahi) and Inayat (Jamil Mir) beating their opponents by identical score […]
Golf Clinic held at RSGC
First of its kind, school kids being trained to play Golf
SRINAGAR: On the sidelines of the PGTI Golf tournament being played here at Royal Springs Golf Course(RSGC) these day, a Golf Clinic was held for the students of Government schools here this afternoon. The effort has been part of the initiative of the Tourism Department to train students and kids about Golf and make them […]
Kashmiri Cyclist sets Guinness record
Pedals from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in record time
SRIANAGAR: “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort”. This was the mantra followed by cyclist Adil Teli, 23-year-old youth from Narbal, Budgam, who pedaled from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in just eight days, covering a distance of 3,600 kilometres […]