Thakur said that the Ministry has already taken cognisance and sent a notice to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

Wrestlers protests: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is a six-time MP from Uttar Pradesh and WFI president for the last 11 years. He is considered a heavyweight politician.

Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed Union Minister Anurag Thakur for his remarks on the Congress party and said, "It won't be surprising if Anurag Thakur says 'Goli Maro'. "

Thakur made no reference to the actual numbers. India conducted the surgical strike on September 29, 2016, across the Line of Control (LoC) as a response to a terrorist attack on an Army base in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

The government may exclude digital media from the proposal for the new guidelines as it drew sharp criticism.

Digital media regulation: Union I&B minister Anurag Thakur claimed that while news transmission used to be one-way in the past, it has now evolved to include multiple dimensions owing to the growth of electronic and digital media.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur’s good Samaritan act; seen pushing stucked bus in Himachal's Bilaspur | WATCH

Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls: Anurag Thakur targeted Priyanka Gandhi as she is intensively campaigning in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh.

Currency & Politics: As the MCD election is approaching, BJP intensified its attack on AAP as the ruling party in Delhi is looking to wrest power from the saffron party in the municipal corporation body.

BCCI vs PCB: The PCB had earlier reacted on the comments of Asian Cricket Council chief Jay Shah. The Pakistan board stated that Shah's comments can lead to Pakistan opting out of the event.

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur was seen spending time on the court as he played badminton and table tennis in his recent Mumbai vissit

"Kejriwal is a big liar and it seems that his ministers are bigger liars," Thakur, who is the Union information and broadcasting minister, told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kangra district.

Delhi Liquor Policy scam: The CBI named Manish Sisodia, an IAS officer among 15 others in its FIR on Friday. Union Minister Anurag Thakur described Kejriwal as the "kingpin" of the "liquor scam" in the capital.

Manish Sisodia on Saturday noted that the Delhi excise policy was implemented with complete transparency and there was no scam.

Manish Sisodia news: Sisodia, who also holds the excise portfolio in the Delhi government, said the agency probe against him was to derail his work to improve education facilities in the national capital.

Rohingya migrants row: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said he has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging him to order a probe to ascertain on whose instructions the decision to shift Rohingya Muslims to apartments in the national capital was taken.

Thakur was referring to the arrest of West Bengal Commerce and Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee by ED in connection with the recruitment irregularities in West Bengal School Service Commission when he was the state Education Minister.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the increase in MSP for all mandated Kharif (summer) crops for the 2022-23 crop year.

Thakur also accused the CM of "politicising" the targeted killings in Jammu and Kashmir at a time when all sections of the society were standing firm with the people of the Union territory.  

Leading by example, Thakur along with 750 young cyclists peddled for a distance of 7.5kilometers. Kiran Rijiju who is a health & fitness freak himself flagged off the event from Major Dhyan Chand Stadium