Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], January 16 (ANI): Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department Director Pankaj Nain on Sunday said that Padma Shri awardee, speech and hearing impaired wrestler Virender Singh, who had reiterated his demand to the Haryana government to recognize him as a para-athlete, has already been given 1.20 crore of cash award by the state government and offered him a job which he refused to take.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Padma Shri awardee, speech and hearing impaired wrestler Virender Singh on Saturday reiterated his demand to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to recognise the state's deaf sportspersons, like him, as para-athletes.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], December 31 (ANI): Gurugram reported 13 new cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Friday, as per the state health department.
Bokaro (Jharkhand) [India], November 29 (ANI): Four villagers are feared to be trapped after an abandoned coal mine of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) collapsed during illegal mining of coal in Bokaro district on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Padma Shri awardee, speech and hearing impaired wrestler Virender Singh on Wednesday staged a sit-in demonstration outside the Haryana Bhawan in Delhi demanding Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to recognise the state's deaf sportspersons, like him, as para-athletes.
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