Anurag Thakur announces sports academy for Leh
Cricket | September 17, 2019 19:53 ISTUnion Minister Anurag Thakur announced that a cricket and sports academy will be opened in Ladakh to train talented athletes from the region.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur announced that a cricket and sports academy will be opened in Ladakh to train talented athletes from the region.
Amid clamour from the auto industry for a GST rate cut, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur on Friday asked players in the sector to also take up the matter with state finance ministers who are part of the GST Council, and assured all support from the Centre.
BJP MPs including Anurag Thakur and Hema Malini take part in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' in Parliament premises
"The matter has been placed before the GST Council and will be considered. As of now, it is pending before the council," Anurag Thakur said.
A keen cricketer in his young days and later Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) chief, four-time Himachal Pradesh MP Anurag Thakur was sworn-in as a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second government on Thursday.
Thakur suggested that instead of voting rights these states need infrastructure and game development.
The former BCCI president has time and again mentioned that cricketers who are involved in match-fixing, doping, age fraud and sexual harassment cases should be given strict punishment.
Anurag Thakur said that if PK Dhumal's name as the party's CM face had been declared the day the list of candidates was announced in Delhi, the impact would not have been as powerful as it was now.
The BJP is seeking to garner the support of spiritual leaders with large followings in Himachal Pradesh.
Sehwag lost out to Ravi Shastri, who was touted as the choice of skipper Virat Kohli.
The former BCCI chief further asserted that the Women in Blue will come out with more improved performance if they are provided with more exposure and facilities.
The Congress had on Monday filed a complaint against BJP MP Anurag Thakur for what the opposition party said was "filming Lok Sabha proceedings".
Congress has demanded action against BJP MP Anurag Thakur for "filming" the Lok Sabha proceedings during a ruckus.
Former BCCI President Anurag Thakur states that he felt humbled when Sourav Ganguly commented on twitter that the former captain wanted him back in the game.
On July 7, the apex court directed Thakur to file an unconditional and unequivocal apology by July 14 and had warned of contempt proceedings if he did not comply.
The apex court had also asked Thakur to be present on July 14 to tender the apology, indicating that it was willing to accept the apology and close the contempt proceedings against Thakur.
Anurag Thakur's wish on Sourav Ganguly's birthday made the legendary icon reply back in a manner which clearly hints a desire to see the former president back.
The bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also directed Thakur to be personally present in the court on the next date of hearing.
It has always been the case that the captain is more important than the coach. The captain's opinion is given importance even in selection matters because ultimately it is he who has to make the team perform, quips Anurag Thakur.
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