<p class="title">Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday presented a Rs 10 lakh cheque to P V Sindhu for her historic triumph at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Olympic silver medallist Sindhu called on the sports minister following her arrival here. The Hyderabadi had defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in a lop-sided World Championships final on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Also present on the occasion were Badminton Association of India president Himanta Biswa Sarma, coaches Pullela Gopichand and Kim Ji-Hyun and Sindhu's father P V Ramana, a former bronze medallist in volleyball at the 1986 Asian Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The interaction lasted for over an hour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister also extended his congratulations to Sai Praneeth besides rewarding him with a cheque of Rs 4 lakh for winning a bronze medal at the championships, India's first men's singles medal at the worlds since Prakash Padukone's feat in 1983. </p>
<p class="title">Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday presented a Rs 10 lakh cheque to P V Sindhu for her historic triumph at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Olympic silver medallist Sindhu called on the sports minister following her arrival here. The Hyderabadi had defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in a lop-sided World Championships final on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Also present on the occasion were Badminton Association of India president Himanta Biswa Sarma, coaches Pullela Gopichand and Kim Ji-Hyun and Sindhu's father P V Ramana, a former bronze medallist in volleyball at the 1986 Asian Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The interaction lasted for over an hour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister also extended his congratulations to Sai Praneeth besides rewarding him with a cheque of Rs 4 lakh for winning a bronze medal at the championships, India's first men's singles medal at the worlds since Prakash Padukone's feat in 1983. </p>