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Photos : Sachin Tendulkar renews children’s park in Mumbai

Former RajyaSabha MP Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday inaugurated a children's park that he renewed in Bandra area of Mumbai. The park was reportedly refurbished with his MPLAD funds. Photos :         More

Village to get road under Sachin Tendulkar’s MP fund

A 500-metre road is being laid in a village in Perambalur District at a cost of Rs 21.70-lakh thanks to retired cricketer and former RajyaSabha MP, Sachin Tendulkar. The batting maestro whose tenure as a nominated member of the Upper House ended in April, had given consent to use funds from his Member of Parliament Local Area Development ... More

Sachin Tendulkar donates entire salary of Rs 90 lakh to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund

Sachin Tendulkar has donated his entire salary and allowances that he earned as a Rajya Sabha MP to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. In his term of six years as Rajya Sabha MP, Tendulkar has drawn nearly Rs 90 lakh in salaries and other monthly allowances. This information was revealed after the Prime Minister Office released a letter of ... More

Sachin Tendulkar has funded school and educational institute projects worth 7.4cr through MPLAD.

Nominated Rajya Sabha member and former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday visited a school in Sewri area of Mumbai. Guru Govind Singh T School was one of the first schools for which Sachin had sanctioned funds for the construction and upgradation of classrooms. He interacted with the school children who are the beneficiar... More

Sachin Tendulkar bats for unified local railway network

Cricketer and RajyaSabha member Sachin Tendulkarhas batted for a single zone comprising suburban networks of Central Railway and Western Railway for better management of services, which carry almost 75 lakh commuters daily. In a letter to Union railway minister Piyush Goyal, Tendulkar said, "I am sure you will support this idea beyond the ... More

TENDULKAR WANTS INDIA TO BE A FIT AND SPORT-PLAYING NATION

Sachin Tendulkar has called for the formation of an organistaion that can employ former athletes. In his scheduled Rajya Sabha speech, which could not be delivered, the cricket legend pointed out that benefits from such an organisation will be multi-fold. “I have requested the government to form an organisation that will employ the ... More

Here’s Sachin Tendulkar’s speech which was interrupted in Rajya Sabha yesterday

A day after cricket great Sachin Tendulkar, also a Rajya Sabha MP, was not allowed to speak about his vision on the future of sports in India and ‘right to play’ in the Upper House of the Parliament, the legendary batsman shared his thoughts on the same in a YouTube video. A day after the incident, the 44-year-old took to social ... More

Sachin Tendulkar sanctions Rs 2 crore from MP fund for Mumbai foot overbridge work

Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar has sanctioned Rs 2 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund for revamp of rail foot overbridges in Mumbai here in the backdrop of the Elphinstone Road station stampede. On September 29, 23 people were killed in the rush-hour stampede on a narrow ... More

Green award for Sachin Tendulkar’s village in AP

The village adopted by cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar—‘Puttamraju Vari Kandriga’ of Gudur Mandal, SPSR Nellore district, has been chosen as the first ‘Green Village’ in the state of Andhra Pradesh by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The IGBC, part of the CII, is spearheading India’s Green Building Movement. It started ... More

MP Sachin Tendulkar contributes for Police Training School project

Legendary cricketer and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar has disbursed Rs 15 lakh from his allocated Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund for a 'Water Supply Project' at the Police Training Centre in Sangli district of Maharashtra. The news was confirmed by Sanjay Barkund, who is the head of Turchi Police Training ... More