Sitting MLA and Punjab Sports Minister Pargat Singh beat anti-incumbency and polled 6,000 more votes than closest opponent and fellow hockey veteran Surinder Singh Sodhi of AAP.
Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh (Congress), who played hockey defence, is up against centre-forward attacker Surinder Singh Sodhi (AAP). ‘Loha hi lohe ko kaat ta hai,' Sodhi says.
Former Indian hockey team captain died Thursday at his home in Himachal Pradesh's Una after suffering a cardiac arrest. He suffered a stroke 5 years ago and was paralysed since then.
Indian men's hockey team is leading their group & will face Japan in their last round-robin match of the tournament Sunday. India & Pakistan were joint winners in the last edition.
The new names of the 10 schools, all located in the hometowns of the respective players, were announced by Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla Sunday.
It's impossible to field an Indian hockey team that doesn’t reflect the diversity, the united colours, better than any other. Shows that a sport, or a nation, will prosper with growing inclusivity.
Hindi news channels, unlike most English ones, sensibly begin their debates/discussions early evening – 5pm onwards – so they don’t interrupt or upset our dinner.
The stories of women hockey players are not dissimilar to the stories of Indian hockey in the 1970s. I don’t care if they don’t win any Olympic medal – they are still national icons.
News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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