PHAGWARA: Ramgarhia Educational Council chairman Bharpur Singh Bhogal on Sunday announced concessions worth Rs 10 lakh, including fee concession, to 80 sportspersons for their outstanding performance in university and inter-university competitions. Neha of Ramgarhia College of Education who became the first woman of a B.Ed college to lead the GNDU ...

LUDHIANA: To cash in on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 fever, the railways may soon install LCD screens in the executive class of the Shatabdi Express. 'While this project has been in the pipeline for some time, railway officials feel this is the right time to try it out, and ...

AMRITSAR: The 56th sports meet of DAV College concluded on Sunday. MLA Anil Joshi was the chief guest, while veteran hockey player Brig Harcharan Singh was the guest of honour. Events like 200­ metre race for women, sack race, musical chairs and tug-of-war were organised. SOURCE-HT

GURDASPUR: Local MLA Gurbachan Singh Babbehali inspected the progress of the construction work being undertaken to upgrade the sports stadium of the government college into a multipurpose sports stadium at a cost of Rs 3 crore here on Thursday. He said that the work on the stadium would be completed ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday announced to set up sports wings in all the 11 Adarsh Schools being run for over two decades by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB). Presiding over a meeting with the principals of the schools here, Badal directed the PSEB chairman to ...

AMRITSAR: Athletes of Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, and HMV, Jalandhar, scored over others on the opening day of the three-day Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) inter­ college sports meet that commenced at the university campus here on Tuesday. The meet was inaugurated by GNDU Sports Committee (women) president Neelam Kamra. GNDU ...

CHANDIGARH: Star cricketer Harbhajan Singh has offered to set up a multidisciplinary Sports Academy in Punjab. Harbhajan today met deputy chief minister of punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal with a proposal to set up Sports Academy in the state where the budding talent of different sports could be nurtured and ...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief min­ister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will honour outstanding players of the state who won medals at the 16th Asian Games, their coaches and other participants at a "samman samaroh" on December 22 at Indradhanush Auditorium, Panchkula. Minister of state for home, sports and youth affairs Gopal Kanda said 81 ...

ROHTAK: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will honour medal winners and other sportspersons from the state who participated in the recent Asian Games held in China at a programme in Gurgaon. Haryana Olympic Association (HOA) president and director general of police (CID) Paramveer Rathi told a press conference at Sonepat ...

TARN TARAN: Subedar Manpreet Singh, 26-year-old native of Pallasaur village, near here, received a warm reception following his silver win in the 91 kg heavyweight-boxing category at the recently concluded Asian Games in China. Within six years of joining service, he has been made a subedar, which in ordinary circumstances takes ...

PATIALA: Rajya Sabha member and Secretary General of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, was unanimously elected president of Punjab Rho-Rho Association during a meeting of the association held on Sunday. Dhindsa announced Rs 1.25 lakh to organise various competitions. To improve the status of kho­ kho, he said ...

PATHANKOT: In 2008, the Punjab sports department hired 170 coaches, including 55 qualified from the NIS and some former players, through a private company. Not regularized still, these coaches fear a dark future. The state government policy since 1982 does not allow for regular appointments against these posts. Serving on meager salaries, these ...

BATALA: Adding another feather to her cap, Taekwondo player Millandeep has created history by being the only girl from this industrial town to have won silver medal in the First Indo-Nepal Invitational Taekwondo Championship concluded at Kathmandu in Nepal recently. Padam Shree awardee and president, DAV Management Committee New Delhi, GP ...