London: Transport and security woes came visiting the London Olympics organisers in ample measure ahead of the greatest sporting show on earth, forcing the athletes to experience a different kind of trouble at the Games Village in London. Sharing of a toilet among four sportspersons, and sometimes even by six athletes, is causing strain and forcing some of them to alter their morning schedules so as to manage essential routines....
06:10 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has released a financial assistance of Rs 1018.90 lakh as on July 23, 2012 from its National Sports Development Fund for imparting customised training to elite athletes, who are medal prospects in the London Olympics and other major international events. The financial assistance has been granted to 52 sportspersons, four coaches and six support staff under the Operation London Excellence 2012, which also covers athletes...
03:03 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Thursday approved a 142-member Indian contingent, comprising 81 athletes and 36 coaches, for the London Olympics. While approving the Indian contingent, the ministry said the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the national sports federations (NSFs) would have included the support staff such as coaches, doctors, managers and officials keeping in mind the best of national interests. The contingent includes 81 athletes who will participate...
09:03 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Pinki Pramanik's former live-in partner said that the husband of CPM MP Jyotirmoyee Sikdar forced her to frame Pinki. ...
10:59 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Kolkata: Athlete Pinki Pramanik's former live-in partner has alleged that she was forced to make allegations against her by Avatar Singh, who is the husband of former athlete and CPM MP Jyotirmoyee Sikdar. Pinki's former partner has submitted copies of taped telephone chats with Avatar Singh as evidence to the police. She has alleged that Avatar had told her to take nude pictures of Pinki and blackmail her in return...
12:10 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Kolkata: Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and committing rape, on Sunday sought police protection and filed a theft complaint against her live-in partner on whose complaint she was arrested in West Bengal June 14. "I was out of my house for almost a month and when I returned many of my belongings were missing so I have lodged a police complaint. I have also...
07:26 PM, Jul 15, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik on Wednesday claimed that she was being blackmailed and framed by her roommate. Speaking to CNN-IBN after walking out of the jail, Pinki said, "My roommate used to blackmail me over my photographs and now she framed me." Pinki also claimed injustice as she said she was arrested without a medical test. "I was sent to jail without carrying out a medical test....
12:19 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik finally walked out of jail after 26 days on Wednesday. After walking out of the jail, Pinki said that she was being framed on rape charges by her live-in partner. "I will consult my lawyer and decide my next course of action. I have been framed and that woman is still trying to frame me," Pinki said. Pinki was granted bail by the...
10:03 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of raping a woman, is likely to be released from a Dum Dum Central Correctional Home in Kolkata on Wednesday. She was granted bail by the North 24 Parganas district court on Tuesday. Pinki was arrested on June 14 following allegations of rape against her. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asian Games,...
06:45 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of raping a woman, has been granted bail by the North 24 Parganas district court on Tuesday. Pinki was arrested on June 14 following allegations of rape against her. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, has been accused of being a male and of allegedly raping her live-in partner. Her 30-year-old...
01:22 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Kolkata: In a relief for athlete Pinki Pramanik, the Calcutta High court has ordered a probe into the alleged violation of her rights. The court has asked cyber crime experts to probe the rights violation. The court has also asked the government to file an affidavit against the allegations of the rights violation within two weeks. The Calcutta High Court was hearing a PIL filed against the violation of Pinki...
03:26 PM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: After the uproar over arrested athlete Pinki Pramanik's video which was allegedly taken during her gender test, human rights activists now want her to be shifted to a women's cell, until her results are out. Pramanik's lawyers say that her live-in partner, who had claimed the sprinter raped and tortured her, may have recorded the video clip. Human rights activists have filed a complaint and demanded that Pinki...
11:59 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Kolkata: Alleging sexual harassment of Asiad gold medalist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", a civil rights group on Tuesday sought West Bengal rights panel's help in the case. Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) has requested the West Bengal Human Rights Commission's intervention in the matter. "Until proved otherwise, Pinki is a female and the way the police are...
08:00 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Kolkata: Even as Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik fights a legal battle after accused of being a male and arrested for alleged rape, a video showing the athlete completely naked and undergoing tests at a private nursing home has gone viral online. The 29-second clip was reportedly circulated after Pinki underwent a gender verification test at a private nursing home in North 24 Parganas district where the sprinter was...
08:35 AM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and five-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom have been rated as the 16th and 38th most marketable athletes in the world by a monthly British magazine that reports on the business and financial aspects of sport. SportsPro has ranked athletes from the across the world on the basis of their marketing potential over the next three years and after considering factors...
08:37 PM, Jun 26, 2012
London: A month before the London Games, Saudi Arabia appears to be moving closer to sending female athletes to the Olympics for the first time amid mounting pressure on the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom to grant women more rights. Deliberations by Saudi officials on sending women to the games have been wrapped in secrecy for fear of a backlash from the powerful religious establishment within a deeply traditional society, in which...
12:40 AM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: Athlete Pinki Pramanik is likely to undergo another gender verification test in Kolkata on Monday. An 11-member medical team will conduct the tests at SSKM hospital. The results of the tests will be submitted to the Chiej Judicial Magistrate's Court. Pinki was arrested last after a woman filed a police complaint alleging that Pinki is actually a man and had raped her. earlier, Pramanik was remanded to 14...
11:11 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Kolkata: The gender of Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik could not be established at the Barasat General Hospital on Tuesday as it did not have the facilities, and the case was sought to be referred to the better equipped SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. "There was ambiguity in the reports we got. We don't have the facilities for chromosome and hormone tests. We did the ultrasonography, but all the tests...
07:44 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games athletics gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently remanded to judicial custody for alleged rape, underwent a gender determination test on Monday, the result of which will be declared Tuesday, police said. "Pramanik today (Monday) underwent a gender determination test at the Barasat Sub-Divisional Hospital (North 24 Parganas) for which a six-member medical board was constituted. The board will give its verdict Tuesday,"...
07:03 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Kolkata: Former Asian Games gold medallist quarter-miler Pinki Pramanik, who was arrested on rape charges after being accused of being a male, was on Friday remanded to 14 days judicial custody. The Eastern Railway athlete, who was a part of the Indian 4x400m women's relay team, was on Friday produced at the sub-divisional judicial magistrate's court that instructed the chief medical health officer to conduct gender verification test. Dr Sukanta...
01:07 PM, Jun 16, 2012
