OPINION | I SALUTE EX-CRICKETERS WHO SUPPORTED FEMALE WRESTLERS
1 year, 6 months ago

OPINION | I SALUTE EX-CRICKETERS WHO SUPPORTED FEMALE WRESTLERS

India TV News  

For the first time, on Friday, came reports which suggest the noose is gradually tightening on BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Wrestling Federation of India chief, who is facing sexual harassment charges from female wrestlers. The female wrestlers started feeling that Delhi Police, instead of taking action against the Federation chief, was trying to prove whether the female wrestler was an adult or an adolescent. SHASHI THAROOR ON RAHUL IN 'AAP KI ADALAT' Rahul Gandhi has stirred a fresh controversy by describing Muslim League as a 'secular party' while interacting with media at the Washington National Press Club. Aaj Ki Baat: Monday to Friday, 9:00 pm India's Number One and most followed Super Prime Time News Show 'Aaj Ki Baat- Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 General Elections.

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Style Statement: Cricket Queens Embrace Modern Heroine in Striking Fashion Campaign

New Indian Express  

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IPL Fans Mock Virat Kohli's RCB As Women's Team Brings Glory in Second Season of WPL
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News 18  

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For young women wrestlers, WFI sexual harassment row puts dreams on the line, safety at stake
1 year, 6 months ago

For young women wrestlers, WFI sexual harassment row puts dreams on the line, safety at stake

India Today  

It's a humid evening in Haryana's Rohtak and several wrestlers are sweating it out on the mat inside the wrestling hall of a stadium. On Thursday, the protesting wrestlers and those associated with the game were eagerly waiting for the Delhi Police's report on the Pocso case against Singh and the sexual harassment complaints filed by other women wrestlers. YOUNG …

1983 world cup winner says treatment meted out to protesting wrestlers 'heartbreaking, appalling'
1 year, 6 months ago

1983 world cup winner says treatment meted out to protesting wrestlers 'heartbreaking, appalling'

India Today  

Members of the 1983 Cricket World Cup winning squad on Friday spoke in support of the wrestlers protesting in the national capital. To see on the television this sort of behaviour with them, the way they were taken away into custody, it was heartbreaking and appalling.” Top wrestlers, including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, and Bajrang Punia, have been staging a …

Disturbed by visuals of wrestlers being manhandled: 1983 champions Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Roger Binny
1 year, 6 months ago

Disturbed by visuals of wrestlers being manhandled: 1983 champions Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Roger Binny

India Today  

The champions of the 1983 Cricket World Cup including Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Roger Binny have spoken out on the protest by India's top wrestlers against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. In a statement released on Friday, the 1983 World champions said, "We are distressed and disturbed at the unseemly visuals of our champion wrestlers …

Key players of the 36-day wrestlers' protest
1 year, 6 months ago

Key players of the 36-day wrestlers' protest

Hindustan Times  

That's all it took on May 28 for the wrestlers to be dragged and detained at Jantar Mantar before Delhi Police swooped in to clear the protest site. We take a look at some of the key figures in the protest: Bajrang Punia: “Getting justice for these girls will mean more to me than an Olympics medal” A soft-spoken man, …

Indian wrestlers protest: Delhi Police say sex abuse protest ‘cancelled’ after they marched to new parliament
1 year, 6 months ago

Indian wrestlers protest: Delhi Police say sex abuse protest ‘cancelled’ after they marched to new parliament

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police in New Delhi have …

Photos: Chaos as India’s police break up wrestlers’ march
1 year, 6 months ago

Photos: Chaos as India’s police break up wrestlers’ march

Al Jazeera  

Several wrestlers, including Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, have been detained as they tried to march to India’s new parliament building in New Delhi to demand the arrest of their federation chief over sexual harassment allegations. The wrestlers originally held demonstrations in January to demand action again Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has …

Jantar Mantar scuffle | DCW chief Swati Maliwal meets wrestlers, says will take action
1 year, 7 months ago

Jantar Mantar scuffle | DCW chief Swati Maliwal meets wrestlers, says will take action

The Hindu  

Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday met wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar here, hours after a scuffle broke out at the spot between the grapplers and police leading to a couple of protesters getting injured. जंतर मंतर को छावनी में तब्दील कर दिया गया है। मेरी संवैधानिक ज़िम्मेदारी और अधिकार है इन महिला Wrestlers से मिलना लेकिन …

Desperate for justice: The Hindu Editorial on the issue of exploitation and India’s medal-winning wrestlers
1 year, 7 months ago

Desperate for justice: The Hindu Editorial on the issue of exploitation and India’s medal-winning wrestlers

The Hindu  

India’s leading wrestlers, especially women supported by their male counterparts, have again taken to the streets in Delhi. That both the biting cold and the searing heat did not diminish these athletes’ determination to air their sexual-harassment grievances against the Wrestling Federation of India office-bearers, especially its president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, is a reflection of their trauma. Wrestling harks …

Virender Sehwag, Sania Mirza, Rani Rampal support protesting wrestlers: 'Difficult to watch', 'saddening'
1 year, 7 months ago

Virender Sehwag, Sania Mirza, Rani Rampal support protesting wrestlers: 'Difficult to watch', 'saddening'

Firstpost  

After Neeraj Chopra and Abhinav Bindra, more sportspersons have come out in support of the protesting wrestlers. Virender Sehwag, Sania Mirza and Rani Rampal have come out in support of protesting wrestlers and demanded swift action from the authorities in order to ensure justice is served. बहुत दुःख की बात है की हमारे champions जिन्होंने देश का बड़ा नाम किया …

Bangladesh speedster Jahanara Alam predicts India's top performers in Women's T20 World Cup 2023
1 year, 10 months ago

Bangladesh speedster Jahanara Alam predicts India's top performers in Women's T20 World Cup 2023

India Today  

Bangladesh fast bowler Jahanara Alam said that India would be a force to be reckoned with in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. Jahanara lauded Shafali Verma for winning the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup and also had words of praise for the fast bowler Renuka Singh, who won the award for the ICC Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year …

Why did Indian wrestlers protest against WFI president and coaches at Jantar Mantar?
1 year, 10 months ago

Why did Indian wrestlers protest against WFI president and coaches at Jantar Mantar?

The Hindu  

Vinesh Phogat admits she was a little thrown off when she, on the morning of 18th of January, made her way to Jantar Mantar in Central Delhi. As word spread of some of India’s most accomplished athletes on the road in New Delhi, media began to trickle in, the wrestlers were tight lipped only saying they were protesting against what …

Indian wrestlers end protest over sexual harassment
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian wrestlers end protest over sexual harassment

Al Jazeera  

Wrestlers and supporters held a protest for three days, accusing the federation president of sexually and mentally harassing young female athletes. The wrestlers and their nearly 200 supporters held a sit-in protest for three days at Jantar Mantar in the capital, New Delhi, accusing the federation president of sexually and mentally harassing young female athletes. We are all fighting against …

Mithali Raj: Imagine the Impact of India Lifting the 2022 Women's ODI World Cup!
2 years, 9 months ago

Mithali Raj: Imagine the Impact of India Lifting the 2022 Women's ODI World Cup!

The Quint  

Our fans are some of the most passionate in the world and we know that they will be watching on. To be recognised on the streets in my country is something I never expected when I appeared in my first World Cup in 2000, also in New Zealand, but that is now so common and shows how much the game …

Indian women to play for pride in 5th ODI against SA
3 years, 9 months ago

Indian women to play for pride in 5th ODI against SA

India TV News  

The series already out of their grasp, the Indian women cricketers, who are struggling to put together a cohesive team show, will have pride at stake when they clash with South Africa women in the fifth and final One-day International, here on Wednesday. Barring the convincingly nine-wicket win in the second match, the Indian women have barely fired in unison …

Kavita Devi interview: India’s first female WWE wrestler credits The Great Khali for NXT stint
3 years, 11 months ago

Kavita Devi interview: India’s first female WWE wrestler credits The Great Khali for NXT stint

Firstpost  

In 2016, she got enrolled at Continental Wrestling Entertainment, Khali’s institute of professional wrestling in Haryana, where her life changed for the better. Thus, in 2016, she got enrolled at Continental Wrestling Entertainment, Khali’s institute of professional wrestling in Haryana, where her life changed for the better. I cleared all the tests and got selected.” The 34-year-old relishes every bit …

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