2011 awards: Sports, Music and Journalism

Indian Badminton star Jwala Gutta

 2011 Indian sports awards: 1. Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna award: Gagan Narang (Shooting). 2. Dhyan Chand awards: Shabbir Ali (Football), Sushil Kohli (Swimming) and Rajkumar (Wrestling). 3. Dronacharya Awards: Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao (Boxing), Kuntal Roy (Athletics) Devender Kumar Rathore (Gymnastics), Ramphal (Wrestling) and Rajinder Singh (Hockey).  4. Arjuna awards: Somdev Devvarman (Tennis), Zaheer Khan (Cricket, Rahul Banerjee (Archery), Preeja Sreedharan (Athletics), Vikas Gowda (Athletics), Jwala Gutta (Badminton), Suranjoy Singh (Boxing), Sunil Chhetri (Football), Rajpal Singh (Hockey), Rakesh Kumar (Kabaddi), Tejaswini (Kabaddi), Tejaswini Sawant (Shooting), Virdhawal Khade (Swimming), Prasanta Karmakar (Swimming), Ashish Kumar (Gymnastics), Ravinder Singh (Wrestling), Ravi Kumar (Weightlifting), Sandhya Rani (Wushu), Sanjay Kumar (Volleyball).  2011 MTV Video music award winners: 1. Video of the year: Katy Perry. 2. Best female video: Lady Gaga. 3. Best male video: Justin Bieber. 4. Best Pop video: Britney Spears. 5. Best rock video: Foo Fighters. 6. Best Hip-Hop video: Nicki Minaj.  e4m News Broadcasting Awards 2011: 1. Best Current Affairs Programme – Aajcha Awaal, IBN Lokmat. 2. Best Business Programme – Debt to Life, Bloomberg UTV. 3. Best Talk Show – In Conversation with Saeed Naqvi, NewsX. 4. Best In-depth Series – Dantewada Massacre, NDTV 24x7. 5. Best Anchor – Nidhi Razdan, NDTV 24x7. 6. Best Website – ibnlive.com, CNN-IBN. 7. News Channel of the Year … [Read more...]

2011 Arjuna award winners

 Hyderabad's Gagan Narang will be honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – top award for sportspersons in India. He is the first Indian shooter to qualify for 2012 London Olympics and won 4 gold medals at 2010 Commonwealth games. P.T. Usha headed the Award's selection committee.  Arjuna award winners: Badminton: Jwala Gutta (Andhra Pradesh) Kabaddi: Rakesh Kumar & Tejaswini Cricket: Zaheer Khan (Maharashtra – plays for Baroda) Archery: Rahul Banerjee (West Bengal) Athletics: Vikas Gowda (Discus Throw), Preeja Sreedharan (Kerala-long distance running) Boxing: Mayengbam Suranjoy (Gold medal in commonwealth games) Football: Sunil Chettri Hockey: Rajpal Singh Shooting: Tejaswini Sawant – first world champion woman shooter from India Swimming: Virdhawal Khade Disabled sports: Prashant Karmakar Gymnastics: Ashish Kumar Tennis: Somdev Devvarman (2 gold medals in Asian Games) Wrestling: Ravinder Singh Volleyball: Sanjay Kumar Weightlifting: Ravi Kumar Wushu: Sandhyarani (Manipur) – She won silver medal in Asian games. Selection Committee recommended these names to Government - expect official announcement soon.  … [Read more...]