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Priyanka Pawar
Priyanka Pawar (born 3 April 1988) is an athlete from India. She won gold medal in Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay, women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea along with Tintu Lukka, Mandeep Kaur (athlete), Mandeep Kaur and M. R. Poovamma. The team clocked 3:28:68 to break the Games Record. This is India's 4th consecutive gold in the event since 2002. Controversies Doping scandal Priyanka Panwar and five other athletes tested positive for anabolic steroids in the dope tests conducted on 27 June 2011 by NADA at NIS Patiala and consequently banned for a year. In June 2016 she was tested positive on Mephentermine and later suspended for eight years. Sexual harassment On 16 February 2011, Priyanka Pawar's father Shiv Kumar Pawar alleged that her railways team in charge Anu Singh is sexually harassing her. The railway employee's family filed complaints with the railway and sports ministries accusing Pawar o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar (, ) is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway ( NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It is known as the sugarbowl of Uttar Pradesh. The city previously called Sarwat and is located in the middle of the highly fertile upper Ganga-Yamuna Doab region and is very near to New Delhi and Saharanpur, making it one of the most developed and prosperous cities of Uttar Pradesh. It comes under the Saharanpur division. This city is part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC). It shares its border with the state of Uttarakhand and it is the principal commercial, industrial and educational hub of Western Uttar Pradesh. History The earliest settlers of Muzaffarnagar and the region around it were Brahmins and Rajputs, followed by later migrations of Jat and Gurjar tribes. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
