As Balbir Singh Sr left this world for the heavenly abode, this reporter brings his life to TOI readers through the stories and anecdotes that were told over a decade before his death. Widely regarded ...

Balbir Singh Senior’s rise from being a hockey player to earning the tag of legend started from the tragedy of partition when more than half of the Punjab’s national championship winning squad decided ...

At 35, Mahant Balbir Giri is set to become one of the youngest heads of the Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad. Office-bearers of Shri Panchayati Akhara Niranjani have decided to anoint his disciple ...

Mesa, Arizona — Sukhwinder Sodhi is standing behind the register at the Mesa Star Chevron, the lone cashier on duty, when a customer checking out asks him about the memorial out front. Outside in the ...

(RNS) — Balbir Singh Sodhi was working at his Arizona gas station in 2001, four days after Sept. 11, when he became one of the first victims of skewed attempts at retribution for the attacks. A Sikh, ...

Dr Balbir Singh, a 66-year-old MLA from Patiala (rural) constituency, was sworn in as cabinet minister on Saturday evening. Dr Balbir Singh, a 66-year-old MLA from Patiala (rural) constituency, was ...

The Mohali International Hockey Stadium was on Tuesday officially renamed after the legendary Balbir Singh Sr on his first death anniversary in Chandigarh. The renaming was officially announced at a ...

"Balbir Singh Sodhi, a turbaned Sikh man, was killed in a hate crime in retribution for the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago today. I stand in solidarity with New Jersey's Sikh community as we honor his ...

On Sept. 15, 2001, Balbir Singh Sodhi was outside of the Chevron gas station he owned in Mesa, Ariz., when he was shot and killed. Balbir was Sikh and wore a turban. In one of the first hate crime ...

The murder of a Sikh immigrant, shot in an act of deluded racist revenge after 9/11, brought Sikhs and Muslims in Arizona together – but the fear remains At a gas station in Mesa, Arizona, more than 2 ...

In 1985, Balbir Singh Sr had donated his medals and memorabilia to the then SAI Secretary on being told that they would be displayed in a show window at the proposed National Sports Museum. News of ...

Spice girl extraordinaire Vinder Balbir has been synonymous with internationally-appealing Indian cuisine on the Sukhumvit strip for some 40+ years. For most of that time, there’s been just the one ...