Sachin Tendulkar has not spent a single rupee from his MPLAD fund.
Sachin Tendulkar attended his first session of the Rajya Sabha as an MP after retirement.
Tendulkar is greeted with a hero's welcome in the Parilament on his maiden appearance as Rajya Sabha MP.
Ruling Congress President Sonia Gandhi had recommended Sachin Tendulkar's name for nomination to Rajya Sabha, according to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice-President Rajeev Shukla, who also hinted that the government may consider conferring the prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' on the iconic cricketer after his retirement.
Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar has said that he has no intentions of joining active politics. This comes after there were some speculations that he would be campaigning for Congress ahead of the elections. Tendulkar is a Member of the Rajya Sabha and he got in under the eminent citizens' quota. However, he has made it...
Retired sports stars often struggle to build a life away from the game, but for record-breaking cricketer Sachin Tendulkar the transition will be particularly painful.
Call it government apathy or lackadaisical attitude on the part of officials as batting great Sachin Tendulkar's visionary document to integrate sports into the education system has hit a roadblock.
The Congress strategists will be dearly hoping that Sachin Tendulkar sits out of the third Test against England in Kolkata, so that he could be present in the Rajya Sabha and bail them out in the vote over Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
The many cynics who thought Sachin Tendulkar would just be a glittering and inert ornament in the Upper House of Parliament, here is the maestro s answer: A proposal to improve sports in India by merging it with the education system. Arunabha Sengupta writes why this makes immense sense.
By CricketCountry Staff Sachin Tendulkar, on Thursday was appointed the member of parliamentary panel on Information Technology.
By CricketCountry Staff
Sachin Tendulkar, on Thursday was appointed the member of parliamentary panel on Information Technology.