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Chandigarh, Jul 15 (PTI) The hunt was on for the driver who ran over and killed the world's oldest marathoner Fauja Singh while he was walking down a village road in Punjab's Jalandhar district, police said on Tuesday. Fauja Singh was 114, and the ironies could not be more tragic for the legend who got into stride just when others were slowing down. The marathon runner succumbed to injuries on Monday evening after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in his native Bias village. Some villagers ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): In a major push to promote healthier lifestyles and combat the rise of obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases like diabetes and heart disease among others, the Union Health Ministry has proposed to prominently display boards indicating the amount of oil and sugar content in popular snacks, such as pizzas and burgers as well as samosas, vada paav, kachori among others, in schools, offices, institutions, Departments/Offices/autonomous bodies and organisations. Als ...Read More >
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], July 15 (ANI): Legendary marathoner Fauja Singh, fondly remembered as the 'Turbaned Tornado,' passed away on Monday at the age of 114 in a tragic road accident in his ancestral village in Punjab's Jalandhar district. According to his family, Singh was hit by a vehicle in a hit-and-run incident. His son, Harvinder Singh, confirmed the heartbreaking news and said, 'He was hit by a vehicle, and the driver ran away. The police are conducting an investigation. The last r ...Read More >
Chandigarh, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) On a motion moved by Punjab Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ravjot Singh, the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday expressed sorrow over the demise of eminent Punjabi Sikh runner Fauja Singh and paid tribute to him. Expressing grief over the demise of 114-year-old Fauja Singh in a road accident, Ravjot Singh said he was the world's oldest runner who had brought glory to the Sikh community worldwide through marathon races. The minister said that Fauja Singh would always r ...Read More >
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], July 15 (ANI): Legendary marathoner Fauja Singh, fondly remembered as the Turbaned Tornado, passed away on Monday at the age of 114 in a tragic road accident in his ancestral village in Punjab Jalandhar district. According to his family, Singh was hit by a vehicle in a hit-and-run incident. His son, Harvinder Singh, confirmed the heartbreaking news and said, He was hit by a vehicle, and the driver ran away. The police are conducting an investigation. The last rites ...Read More >
New Delhi: Fauja Singh, the legendary marathon runner known worldwide as the "Turbaned Tornado," passed away at the age of 114 after being hit by an unidentified vehicle on Monday afternoon in his native village Beas, Punjab. He was rushed to a private hospital in Jalandhar, where he succumbed to his injuries in the evening. The accident reportedly occurred around 3:30 PM while Singh was crossing the road. His sudden demise has sent shockwaves across the country and among fitness communities wo ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitte ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 14 (PTI) Veteran marathon runner Fauja Singh died on Monday after being hit by an unidentified vehicle while out for a walk in his native village in Punjab's Jalandhar district. He was 114. His demise was confirmed by author Khushwant Singh, who spoke to Fauja Singh's family members. Also Read | Maharashtra Govt To Invoke MCOCA Against Drug Dealers and Peddlers, Says CM Devendra Fadnavis. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator, Gulab Chand Kataria, said he was "deeply sa ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 14 (PTI) Veteran marathon runner Fauja Singh died on Monday after being hit by an unidentified vehicle while out for a walk in his native village in Punjab's Jalandhar district. He was 114. His demise was confirmed by author Khushwant Singh, who spoke to Fauja Singh's family members. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator, Gulab Chand Kataria, said he was "deeply saddened" by the passing away of Fauja Singh. "Deeply saddened by the passing of Sardar Fauja Singh Ji, the l ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 14: In a tragic incident, Sardar Fauja Singh Ji, the legendary marathon runner, has reportedly passed away at the age of 114 years. The legendary marathoner reportedly died in an accident. Pictures of him being taken on a stretcher with blood on his body have surfaced on social media. There are reports that he was hit by an unidentified vehicle today afternoon at around 3.30 PM in his village, Beas located in Punjab's Jalandhar. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was repor ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The eye-witness in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots case, Harpal Kaur Bedi, said on Saturday that her statement given against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was without the influence of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or political leaders. Bedi had started testifying at the Rouse Avenue court on Friday and returned on Saturday for cross-examination. Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is facing trial linked with the killing of 3 Sikhs in the Pul Bangash area on No ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday directed that one-third of the land reclaimed from Delhi's three major landfill sites should be used for public welfare projects such as hospitals, schools and sports complexes, while the remaining area be developed into advanced waste processing facilities. The directive was issued during a meeting held here to review the city's solid waste management progress, as the government aims to eliminate legacy waste dumps by 2026. The ch ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The eye-witness in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots case, Harpal Kaur Bedi, said on Saturday that her statement given against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was without the influence of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or political leaders. Bedi had started testifying at the Rouse Avenue court on Friday and returned on Saturday for cross-examination. Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is facing trial linked with the killing of 3 Sikhs in the Pul Bangash area on No ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that illegal religious conversions are part of a deep-rooted conspiracy against the nation and society, and declared that such acts will not be tolerated under any circumstances. He made these remarks while inaugurating the 'Shri Tegh Bahadur Sandesh Yatra'--a tribute marking the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji--at his official residence in Lucknow. CM Yogi Adityanat ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan received a death threat on social media, his party spokesperson Rajesh Bhatt said on Friday. Bhatt also filed a complaint at the Cyber Police Station in Patna in the matter. As per the written complaint, the death threat was issued by an Instagram user under the name 'Tiger Meraj Idisi'. 'The threat was issued due to Paswan's growing popularity. T ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday doubled down on his criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign trips, alleging that his visits abroad are without need or reason while the country's problems lie unsolved.Unfazed by condemnation from ministry of external affairs that his remarks on the PM were "irresponsible and regrettable", Mann said in the assembly on Friday: "Today, MEA has reacted. Don't we have the right to ask the Prime Minister about foreign policy? When ...Read More >
New Delhi: An eyewitness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case told a court on Friday that she saw former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler instigating the mob to kill Sikhs in north Delhi's Pul Bangash. "Accused Jagdish Tytler addressed the mob standing there to loot and kill the Sikhs, to loot the gurdwara as 'they have killed our mother' ('Sikho ko maro ku**o, unhonae hamari maa ko mara hai'). I myself saw and heard the same from accused Jagdish Tytler," 70-year-old Harpal Kaur Bedi said, deposing before t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court on Friday recorded the evidence (Statement) of a sole eye witness who saw the killing of two Sikhs during 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Pul Bangash area. This witness also said that she saw Jagdish Tytler came at Gurudwara Pul Bangash and incited the mob. The Gurudwara was set on fire by the mob. Special Judge Jitendra Singh was recording the evidence of Harpal Kaur Bedi who is a prosecution witness in the case of CBI against Congress leader Ja ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday told a Delhi court that the Gandhi family's claim of having no control over Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the publisher of National Herald, is false. During the hearing at the Rouse Avenue Court, the agency accused senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of fraudulently acquiring property worth Rs 2000 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the original publisher of the Nati ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The legacy of Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, who once stopped the Afghan forces at the Khyber Pass, is not merely history but a living inheritance, said Dr A. Tajinder Pal Singh Nalwa, his descendant. "If we could protect India from invasions then, we must now protect our children's minds from disintegration." Dr Nalwa was speaking to Sikh educators, community members, students, and lawyers at a seminar hosted by the Sikh Education Society at Guru Nanak High School Lecture Hall. Presided ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 1 (ANI): Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit condemned the support of Nasseruddin Shah for Diljit Dosanjh amid the ongoing controversy against the singer-actor for collaborating with Pakistani artist Hania Aamir for 'Sardaar Ji 3'. Against the massive backlash to Dijit Dosanjh from celebrities, social media and Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), Naseeruddin Shah defended the singer, saying that the singer wasn't responsible for the film's casting, and exp ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala Monday kicked off a feedback-cum-review exercise in Karnataka, aimed at evaluating the performance of the govt led by chief minister Siddaramaiah and to quell murmurs of dissent.The move also comes amid speculation of a change at the helm and a cabinet reshuffle, but Surjewala firmly denied any connection to changes at the top."This is purely an organisational exercise," Surjewala said. "Unlike what is being projected -- whic ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 1 (ANI): Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit condemned the support of Nasseruddin Shah for Diljit Dosanjh amid the ongoing controversy against the singer-actor for collaborating with Pakistani artist Hania Aamir for 'Sardaar Ji 3'. Against the massive backlash to Dijit Dosanjh from celebrities, social media and Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), Naseeruddin Shah defended the singer, saying that the singer wasn't responsible for the film's casting, and exp ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 27: Punjabi singer Jasbir Jassi has landed in legal trouble for lending his support to Diljit Dosanjh and his decision to work with Pakistani actress Hania Aamir in "Sardaar Ji 3". A complaint has been filed against him in the Parliament Street police station, Delhi regarding the statement made by him in support of Pakistani artists. According to the complaint, releasing "Sardaar Ji 3" starring a Pakistani actress in the backdrop of the horrific Pahalgam attack is against the natio ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal School Board approved a budget of Rs 1,155 crore for 2025-26 on Tuesday. The administrator's initial draft budget of Rs 1,143 crore received approval with an additional Rs 12 crore from the school board chairman. The budget encompasses a Rs 25 lakh allocation to train 1,000 students as heritage city guides. The plan also includes the construction of 12 new schools, the addition of 169 rooms across 20 schools, and repairs to 247 rooms in 22 schools. The 2025-26 ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jan 10 (PTI) The 'sardar' of workers of the coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district, where eight miners remained trapped, was arrested, even as a dewatering exercise continued in the quarry to facilitate the resumption of rescue operations, police said on Friday. The fate of the trapped miners appeared to be grim with personnel involved in the rescue operations racing against time to bring them out of the ill-fated quarry, while the body of one labourer, hailing from Nepal, has been ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary. Taking on social media platform X, the Prime Minister called the Iron Man "an inspiration for the countrymen for the unity, integrity of the nation." "Hundreds of salutes to the Iron Man of the country, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary. His personality and work will continue to be an inspiration for the countrymen for the unity, integri ...Read More >
In a tragic incident, Sardar Saqlain Khan Gandapur, a prominent political figure and cousin of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, was shot dead by unknown assailants in northwest Pakistan. The attack occurred on Monday in Dera Ismail Khan district, a region closely linked to the chief minister. Despite the immediate launch of an investigation, no organization has claimed responsibility. The shooting at Luni Mor -- a location known for the influence of the Pakistani Taliban -- ...Read More >
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