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World’s oldest marathoner Fauja Singh cremated with state honours in Punjab village

July 20, 2025 7:04 pm

‘Punjab government to install a statue of Fauja Singh at Jalandhar sports college,’ says CM Bhagwant Mann.

Milind Soman writes: Fauja Singh's life is a reminder that we run not to escape life, but to embrace it

July 17, 2025 12:50 pm

His passing must not be in vain — it must become a call to action for safer roads, stricter laws and respect for every person’s life

Headlight fragments, CCTV footage: How cops traced vehicle that knocked down Fauja Singh

July 17, 2025 9:39 am

Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar Rural, Harvinder Singh, told reporters they arrested Amritpal Singh Dhillon (26) Tuesday night and seized his vehicle — a Toyota Fortuner.

Behind Fauja Singh’s many accomplishments lay a simple joy

July 17, 2025 7:03 am

If the story of Tom Hanks’s character was a sprint through mid-20th-century American history, the supercentenarian’s life must have been a marathon

Fauja Singh with his coach Harmandar Singh (right). Photo credit Sikhs in the city.

Fauja Singh: Granddad who didn't ‘feel like dying’

July 16, 2025 6:48 pm

Village folklore has it that the oxen would get tired, but Fauja Singh wouldn’t. This relentless work ethic eventually found expression on the track

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A nation mourns its Turbaned Tornado Fauja Singh: ‘Symbol of unbreakable spirit, inspiration...’

July 16, 2025 10:51 am

Leaders cutting across party lines condoled the marathoner's death, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he was extraordinary because of his unique persona and the manner in which he inspired the youth of India on the topic of fitness.

Veteran marathon runner Fauja Singh died on Monday after being hit by a car

Canada-based NRI arrested in Fauja Singh hit-and-run case

July 16, 2025 12:41 pm

Fauja Singh Hit-and-Run Case: The Jalandhar Rural Police identified the accused as Amritpal Singh Dhillon, who came to Punjab last month from Canada, where he is currently on a work permit.

Fauja Singh, who defied age on marathon track, dies in road accident at 114

July 16, 2025 1:29 am

Jalandhar’s elder’s routine of farm walks, daal-based laddu packed with dry fruits, and home-churned curd was his daily formula for strength and vitality

Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann rejigs cabinet after minister Sarari quits

January 07, 2023 5:46 pm

New minister Dr Balbir Singh gets the health, medical education and elections portfolios, which were with Chetan Singh Jauramajra, who had misbehaved with the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences V-C, leading to his resignation.