"I can't understand why I was not picked," the 30-year-old full-back said.\n\n
Wreaths were laid on the body of SP (Detective) Baljit Singh by politicians, top police officers, besides family and common people.
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India captain Harmanpreet Singh and senior goalkeeper Savita Punia won the Hockey India Balbir Singh Senior Player of the Year award.
He was India's first-choice hockey goalkeeper before a freak eye injury jeopardised his career, but a determined Baljit Singh is in no mood to give up and is eyeing next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi to stage his comeback in the national team.
Former India hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh, whose career came to a sudden halt after a critical eye injury during a training camp in Pune in 2009, has blamed government apathy for his growing misery.
The accused has been identified as Bhagwat Singh Om Singh (32), originally from Udaipur in Rajasthan who is currently staying in Navi Mumbai.
The Sports Ministry on Friday assured that it would continue supporting Baljit Singh in regaining complete vision despite outburst against the Ministry.
Discarded India goalkeeper Baljit Singh stood out with a man-of-the-match performance as Indian Oil won the Coal India 116th All India Beighton Cup Hockey tournament after a 2-0 victory over ONGC in Kolkata on Friday.
Out-of-favour India goalkeeper Baljit Singh accused national selector A B Subbiah for trying to destroy his international career by indulging in "dirty politics", thus keeping him out of the list of probables for the Asian Champions Trophy in September.
Goalkeeper Baljit Singh, who made a comeback to the Indian hockey camp after two years in wilderness, could not make the core group and was left out of the 48-strong list of probables for the first Asian Champions Trophy in September.
Former hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh on Thursday accused Sports Minister MS Gill of not fulfilling his commitment of helping him regain his full vision and alleged the Ministry brought him back midway through his treatment in the US.
Indian hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh, who is being treated in the United States for a career-threatening eye injury, will undergo a lens implant on Thursday before the doctors decide when to discharge him for returning home.
'I can never forget the pain Baljit suffered. Somehow I feel responsible for it. I am continuously praying for him,' said a penitent Romeo James.
Baljit Singh does not have passes to see his team-mates play in the mega-event commencing Sunday in New Delhi.
Mumbai police had arrested Gurmail Baljit Singh (23), a resident of Haryana and Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap (19), from Uttar Pradesh, whereas there one aide, who was at the spot during the firing, fled from the spot.
Goalkeeper Baljit Singh put up a stupendous show under the bar to help India defeat Olympic champions Germany 2-0 in the last match of the four-nation Punjab Gold Cup tournament in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Dilip Tirkey opened the scoring in the second minute and Prabhjot Singh added a second in the 53rd minute for the hosts through penalty corners.
Indian hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh's condition remains unchanged even as doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences put his injured right eye under numerous tests to ascertain the extent of damage.
India hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh, who was hit on the eye with a golf ball during practice, will undergo treatment in the United States. Hockey India secretary Mohammad Aslam Khan said the Sports Ministry has agreed to foot the bill for the same.
Twenty-three-year-old Singh's family said they disowned him 11 years ago and have called for exemplary punishment for his actions.
The Mumbai police probing the Baba Siddique murder case have found that the five newly-arrested accused had demanded Rs 50 lakh for the killing, but backed out later due to disagreement over payment and also considering the Nationalist Congress Party leader's clout, officials said.
Shooters involved in the killing of Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique learnt to handle firearms by watching videos on YouTube at a rented house in Kurla area in Mumbai, officials said on Wednesday.
Baba Siddique murder: Pune scrap shop owner held
The conspiracy to kill Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was hatched in Pune and shooters were provided with a photo and a flex banner for the target identification, police said on Monday.
A Mumbai court on Monday remanded the third person arrested for the killing of Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique to police custody till October 21.
According to a police official, they have come across a viral post on social media in the name of an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang claiming responsibility for Baba Siddique's murder.
The Punjab police on Friday claimed to have busted an ISI-backed terror module jointly handled by Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and Pakistan-based gangster Harvinder Singh Rinda with the arrest of two of its operatives.
Former India goalkeeper Baljit Singh continues to parry shots as well as retirement talk despite being told he was surplus to requirements after damaging his eye two years ago.
Police scoured places of worship in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain and Khandwa in their hunt for the third shooter wanted for Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique's killing.
Police have launched a probe into the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique from different angles, including a possible contract killing, business rivalry or threat over a slum rehabilitation project, officials said on Sunday.
Jarnail Singh scored the all-important goal in a 1-0 victory over Chandigarh Dynamos in the third Premier Hockey League.
Five goalkeepers, four full backs, 10 mid-fielders and 11 forwards figure in the 30-man list.
The Congress on Sunday demanded a thorough probe into Siddique's murder and said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, who holds home portfolio, should take moral responsibility for law and order "failure" and resign.
Bareta, who was one of the accused in the incidents related to the desecration of a religious text in Faridkot in 2015, was declared a proclaimed offender.
Debutant Shilliong-Lajong FC made a forgettable outing in their opening game of the I-league with a 5-1 drubbing by JCT Phagwara.
Captain Dalip Singh, father of Baljit Singh alias Bhau, has also appealed to the President, Prime Minister, the Supreme Court, the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the National Human Rights Commission for justice to his son. He told a news conference in Patiala that the Delhi Police arrested Baljit, an executive member of the Simranjit Singh Mann-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), from Model Town area in north Delhi on December 31.
However, the whereabouts of Amritpal and his associate Papalpreet Singh remain unknown.
Former Indian hockey team captain Dhanraj Pillay feels that resuming of India-Pakistan hockey test series should help both countries in regaining their foothold at the international level.
The 46-count indictment alleged that between July 2010 and June 2011, Kaur and Singh owned and operated several companies based in Fresno for the sole purpose of defrauding hundreds of customers throughout the US.
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