Tag: Balbir Singh

Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr cremated with state honours

Balbir Senior was the most decorated athlete in Indian sports history with Olympic medals in 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Games.

May 25, 2020

‘Sad to hear passing of hockey legend Shri Balbir Singh Sr,’ says President Kovind

One of India’s most successful sporting stars, the former centre-forward was the only Indian among 16 legends selected by the International Olympic Committee across modern Olympic history.

May 25, 2020

PM Modi pays tribute to hockey legend ‘Padma Shri’ Balbir Singh Senior

Singh steered India to as many as three gold medals at the Olympics and was also the manager of the hockey team that managed to lift the 1975 Hockey World Cup.

May 25, 2020

Legendary hockey player Balbir Singh Senior passes away

He was hospitalised on May 8 with high fever and breathing trouble. His COVID-19 test came negative.

May 25, 2020

Balbir Singh Sr’s condition remains critical, doctors assessing

The 96-year-old was hospitalised on May 8 with high fever and breathing trouble. His COVID-19 test came negative.

May 18, 2020

Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr suffers cardiac arrest, remains critical

In January last year, Balbir Sr was discharged from PGI after spending 108 days in the hospital, where he underwent treatment for bronchial pneumonia.

May 12, 2020

Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr hospitalised in critical condition

In January last year, Balbir Sr was discharged from PGI after spending 108 days in the hospital, where he underwent treatment for bronchial pneumonia.

May 9, 2020

REFERENDUM 2020: Non-issue at Home and Abroad

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh slams the pro-Khalistan rally held in London.

August 20, 2018

Akshay Kumar meets Balbir Singh, the living legend from the 1948 Gold Olympics!

The film Gold is based on the story of a man who dreams to win free India's first Gold in Hockey and his struggles to form a team to make his dreams true.

August 13, 2018

AAP condemns power hike in Punjab

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has demanded the state government to roll back the decision of recent power tariff hike on Saturday. The AAP has condemned the decision claiming that it will be an additional burden of Rs 200 crore over the consumers as they were already facing problems due to the inflation and debts....

June 24, 2018

Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr. turns nostalgic at sports lit fest

Bringing together sports personalities of India, who have either written books or have been the subject of one or more books, Play Write 2018, a first-of-its-kind sports literature festival of India, got off to a colourful start here on Saturday. Being organised under the ambit of the Vibrant Networking Forum, the two-day festival was inaugurated...

March 17, 2018

SC fines two doctors Rs 1.40 cr for medical asylum to ex-MLA

The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a whopping fine of Rs 1.40 crore on two Gurugram-based doctors for giving "medical asylum" to former INLD legislator Balbir Singh after his bail was cancelled in 2013 by the apex court in a 2011 murder case. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar...

April 25, 2017

Congress, BJP win two J-K legislative council seats

The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates on Monday won the two Jammu and Kashmir legislative council seats, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate lost in a surprise development. Balbir Singh of the Congress won the council seat polling 31 votes. He was supported by the National Conference. He polled 12 votes of the...

April 17, 2017