DCM Parameshwar gives away Rs 33 lakh cheque to Ashwini Ponnappa
Medal winning shuttler in the 21st Commonwealth Games feted
Bengaluru, July 26: Deputy Chief Minister and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Dr G Parameshwar felicitated Ashwini Ponnappa, who won the gold in mixed doubles and bronze in women doubles badminton tournament in the 21st Commonwealth Games held Gold Coast in Australia, and handed over a cheque for Rs 33 lakh here on Thursday.
He felicitated her at his office at Vidhana Soudha. Speaking to media persons later, he said that Rs 25 lakh was given for gold and Rs 8 lakh was for bronze medals as cash prize for bringing laurels to the country. He would congratulate and thank Ashwini Ponnappa for her achievement. As she was preparing for Olympics, she should win gold. The government has already announced that if any players win gold, he or she would get Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore for silver and Rs 2 crore for bronze in the Olympics as cash prize, he added.
The DCM also said that he would bring changes in the C and R Rule to recruit the sports personalities directly in the police department. Earlier, the sports personalities were being directly recruited in the department. Now, it was not being done. So, the existing rule would be changed, he said.
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Atishi takes oath as Delhi CM
New Delhi (PTI): Senior AAP leader Atishi was administered oath as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Saturday.
Saxena administered the oath of office and secrecy to Atishi. She was chosen as the leader of the legislature party earlier this week, after her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal decided to resign.
Senior AAP leaders Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia were also present at the swearing-in event.
Atishi is Delhi's third woman chief minister after Congress' Sheila Dikshit and BJP's Sushma Swaraj.
She also becomes the 17th woman to hold the post of chief minister in independent India.
Atishi, however, will have a brief tenure in office as assembly elections in the national capital are due in February.
