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Who is Sushil Kumar?

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Who is Sushil Kumar?

A three-time Olympian, Sushil Kumar is an Indian wrestler who has won two medals at the quadrennial event. He is the first sportsperson from India to win two medals in individual events at the Olympics for independent India. Previously, only Indian Hockey players were able to achieve the feat of winning more than one medal at the Olympics. His first Olympic medal in 2008, a bronze, was India’s second in wrestling, and was the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won bronze at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.


Kumar was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest honour for sportspersons,
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Doors never permanently closed: Sushil Modi on Nitish Kumar's return to NDA

After Nitish Kumar split away from the NDA in 2022, the BJP said that its doors w ere permanently closed to Bihar's longest-serving chief minister

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2024 | 5:20 PM IST

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Updated On : 07 Mar 2023 | 8:39 PM IST

Delhi court grants 4-day interim bail to Olympian wrestler Sushil Kumar

In October last year, the court had framed charges against Sushil Kumar and 17 others, setting the stage for their trial

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Updated On : 07 Mar 2023 | 7:31 AM IST

Delhi court grants wrestler Sushil Kumar interim bail in murder case

Sushil Kumar's counsel Pradeep Rana told IANS that his client has got interim bail to look after his ailing wife

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Updated On : 04 Nov 2022 | 10:41 PM IST

Chhatrasal murder case: Court frames charges against wrestler Sushil Kumar

A Delhi court Wednesday framed charges against Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar and 17 others in the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case, setting the stage for their trial

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Updated On : 12 Oct 2022 | 5:47 PM IST

Sushil Kumar to give wrestling classes to fellow inmates in Tihar

The Tihar Jail administration said they had earlier planned to involve Kumar in sports activities, but the plan had to be halted in view of the third wave of COVID-19 in Delhi

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2022 | 3:23 PM IST

Sushil Kumar Modi refutes charge of political vendetta against Lalu Prasad

Former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi rubbished charges of political vendetta levelled against his party by supporters of RJD president Lalu Prasad.

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Updated On : 21 Feb 2022 | 10:05 PM IST

Chopra's golden rise in Olympics and fall of Sushil Kumar, 2021 had it all

The manner in which Chopra bossed the field with his 87.58m throw fulfilled the aspirations of a nation that had not seen a track and field Olympic champion in its 74-year old sporting history

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Updated On : 30 Dec 2021 | 12:48 PM IST

Court denies bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in murder case

A Delhi court on Tuesday denied bail to Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar in the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case.

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Updated On : 05 Oct 2021 | 6:13 PM IST

Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar seeks bail in Chhatrasal Stadium murder case

Sushil Kumar on Monday moved a Delhi court seeking bail in the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case, saying that the police built a false case and presented a 'guilty image' of him

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Updated On : 04 Oct 2021 | 5:27 PM IST

BJP, prime minister committed to OBC's welfare: Sushil Kumar Modi

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday asserted that most of the steps for welfare of Other Backward Classes have taken place whenever his party was in power in Bihar or at the Centre.

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Updated On : 31 Aug 2021 | 9:34 PM IST

Court takes cognizance of charge sheet filed against Sushil in murder case

A Delhi court on Friday took cognizance of the charge sheet filed against Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar and 12 others in Sagar Dhankar murder case

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Updated On : 06 Aug 2021 | 8:28 PM IST

Sushil Kumar wanted to re-establish supremacy: Delhi Police charge sheet

Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar wanted to re-establish his supremacy among younger wrestlers, the Delhi Police has said in its charge sheet filed in the murder case

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Updated On : 03 Aug 2021 | 11:41 AM IST

Police files charge sheet against Olympian Sushil Kumar in murder case

Delhi Police filed a charge sheet against Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar and 19 others in connection with alleged murder of former junior national wrestling champion at Chhatrasal Stadium.

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Updated On : 02 Aug 2021 | 3:59 PM IST

Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar's close aide arrested in Chhatrasal case

Police said so far, 13 people have been arrested in the case

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Updated On : 23 Jul 2021 | 1:14 AM IST

Prison authorities allow Sushil Kumar to watch TV ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Delhi Prison authorities allowed two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl, to watch television in the common area of his ward

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Updated On : 22 Jul 2021 | 9:12 PM IST

Sagar Dhankar murder: Delhi Police chargesheet likely in first week of Aug

Delhi Police is likely to submit its first chargesheet in the Sagar Dhankar murder case in the first week of August, Crime Branch sources said on Wednesday

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Updated On : 21 Jul 2021 | 12:29 PM IST

Delhi Police launches inquiry after cops click photos with Sushil Kumar

The Delhi Police has initiated an inquiry after its personnel were seen clicking photos with two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar

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Updated On : 26 Jun 2021 | 6:03 PM IST
Updated On : 11 Jun 2021 | 3:45 PM IST

Delhi Police arrests one more aide of Sushil Kumar in Chhatrasal brawl case

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a close aide of Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl in which a wrestler died and his two friends were injured

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Updated On : 11 Jun 2021 | 12:12 PM IST