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This segment acknowledged sustained excellence over the past decade, highlighting athletes who have consistently represented India at the highest level and delivered results across global competitions.

The ceremony in Lucknow recognised athletes across more than 45 sporting categories, honouring performances delivered during the evaluation period from January 1 to December 31, 2025.

The ceremony in Lucknow recognised athletes and organisations across more than 45 sporting categories, honouring performances delivered during the evaluation period from January 1 to December 31, 2025.

Shooter Samrat Rana and cricketer Smriti Mandhana were crowned Sportspersons of the Year at the TOISA 2025 awards in Lucknow. Javelin thrower Sumit Antil and archer Sheetal Devi also received top honours in the para category. The ceremony celebrated India's sporting achievements across numerous disciplines, recognising outstanding performances throughout 2025.

Fortunately, Yathiraj escaped unhurt, except for minor injuries.

Indian shuttler Suhas Yathiraj earned a silver medal in the men's singles SL4 category at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, his second consecutive silver in this event. He lost to Lucas Mazur of France in the final. Yathiraj's performance is commendable, despite a congenital deformity. His achievement boosts India's para-badminton medal haul at the Paralympics.

Suhas Yathiraj lives by the philosophy of 'sports help you conquer your own self'. And he lived by his own words by clinching a silver medal in badminton at the Tokyo Paralympics. Significantly, his achievement also helped break a common stereotype in India that does not equate sporting excellence with academics.

Congratulating Suhas Yathiraj, an IAS officer who won a silver medal at the Paralympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described him as a fantastic confluence of service and sports who has captured the imagination of the entire nation.

He has been a busy bureaucrat fighting the COVID-19 menace in the National Capital Region being Noida's District Magistrate but Suhas L Yathiraj has not let his demanding job affect his preparations for the Para-Badminton event at the Tokyo Paralympics, starting August 24.

India's Suhas Yathiraj, Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar progressed to the men's singles finals in various categories at the Para Badminton World Championship in Pattaya, Thailand on Saturday. World No. 3 Yathiraj, a Paralymic silver medallist, upset world no. 1 Lucas Mazur of France 21-16, 21-19 in the men's singles SL4 semi-final to reach the finals for the first time in his career.

As the state government transferred several IAS officers, Agra on Saturday got a new district magistrate — Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj

Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist and Noida District Magistrate Suhas L Yathiraj has pulled out of the ongoing Para-Badminton National championship in Bhubaneswar.

India's Suhas Yathiraj, Pramod Bhagat, and Krishna Nagar won gold medals at the Para Badminton World Championship. Yathiraj won his first world title, defeating Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in the men's singles SL4 final. Bhagat won his third consecutive world title in the men's singles SL3 final, defeating England's Daniel Bethell.

With para badminton set to make its debut at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo next month, India will send a strong seven-member squad after the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday granted two bipartite quotas to the country, the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) said in a release on Friday.

The news of the incident, including a picture of the wrecked car, was shared by Jaggesh himself earlier today through a tweet but would later retract it owing to its morbidity.

An unmarried couple was injured in a razor attack by a frustrated lover who was besotted by the woman here at Saraswatipuram on Sunday night.

The National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal has restarted a ring ceremony, which is the campus’s farewell gesture to graduating students, after two years.The ceremony, started by the first principal of the institute Appa Saheb Adke, had stopped because of the pandemic.

Two labourers, Yathiraj alias Setty, 28, and Prasanna Kumar, 25, died in an 8ft-deep manhole at 12.10pm in the city on Tuesday , while working in it, despite a ban on manual scavenging.

The last 18 months gave him little time to sharpen his smashes and nuance his drop shots. Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj has had his hands full instead with testing and contact-tracing, vaccinations and oxygen supply — as district magistrate of Noida since last March, he has been at the helm through two waves of the pandemic.

"The number of containment zones changes on a daily basis. As of today, there are 37 containment zones. The containment zone areas will be sealed for 21 days. Essential services will be allowed in these areas," said Yathiraj during a press conference here.

Reigning champion Krishna Nagar aims to defend his men's singles SH6 category gold, which he clinched during the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj and Manoj Sarkar, who won silver and bronze respectively in Tokyo, will also strive for further success in the men's singles SL4 and SL3 categories.

Mangaluru: A 37-year-old man died after a coconut tree fell on him at Narikombu village in Bantwal town police station limits on Sunday. The deceased is Yathiraj. He was part of a team that used to cut down trees. tnn

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday congratulated Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj for bagging a silver medal in men’s singles badminton event at Tokyo Paralympics.

Indian shuttler Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, who is also the district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar, was on Saturday felicitated by the Central IAS Association for winning the silver medal in badminton at the Tokyo Paralympics.

District magistrate Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj on Monday declared 36 Covid-19 containment zones across the district.

In Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar, District Magistrate and IAS officer Suhas L Yathiraj walked over a distance of five kilometres on foot to review the preparations for the ongoing annual Kanwar Yatra, officials said on Monday.

Para badminton events at the Paris 2024 Paralympics run from August 29 to September 2 at Porte de La Chapelle Arena. India will field a 13-member team featuring experienced medalists like Manoj Kumar and Krishna Nagar, as well as promising talents, including Palak Kohli and Manisha Ramadass. The team aims to win multiple medals.