Viva Kerala came from behind to beat Air India 2-1 and storm into the quarter-finals of the 29th Federation Cup.
Speaking to PTI, Sood, who was born and raised in Ludhiana, said that it was a great honour for her to be selected for the position and would do her best to serve the multicultural city that has a large number of people of Indian origin. She said that she will wear a sari for the historic occasion.
Top seed Aqeel Khan and Aditya Madkekar scored easy semi-final victories at the US $10,000 ITF men's tournament in Jassowal, Ludhiana.
Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday approved the Eastern and Western Freight Corridor proposals of the railway ministry.
Edmilson Marques scored twice as former champions East Bengal beat JCT 2-1.
Cab aggregators caught between showing profitability to investors, increasing their network and dabbling in areas such as food ordering have seen a major blow to their primary business.
JCT came up with a solid display to hold the Durand Cup champions at the Guru Nanak stadium in Ludhiana.
Pollution levels were inching towards 'severe plus emergency' category due to a change in wind direction and rampant stubble burning in neighbouring states
Sunil Chhetri scored both the goals as the Punjab side won their second round match in the National Football League 2-0.
Speculation high because of low number of end-users, says study.
A team of the Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday searched the ancestral house of Moninder Singh Pandher in Lohat Baddi village, 62 km from Ludhiana.
The company's second largest retail presence is in Japan with 23 stores. China currently has only 2 stores, both in Hong Kong.
Sakatar Singh's goal gave the Punjab team a 1-1 draw in a 15th round match in the NFL.
An injury-time goal handed the defending champions a 1-0 defeat in a 14th round match.
The Nigerian striker score twice in a 3-0 victory over the Mumbai team.
On the quota for other backward classes in higher education, he said this was necessary to improve the lot of the downtrodden.
Gurpreet Singh scored thrice to beat Bhopal XI in the semis of the 44th Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
A visiting European Union team Friday promised the Sikh community that it would try to impress upon France the "cultural" sentiments attached with the turban and ask them to lift the ban on wearing it in schools.
JCT dominated the proceedings but failed to translate the chances that came their way into goals.
Jaswinder Singh, father of the victim, said that his son Mansukh was allegedly beaten by the teachers after he got into a fight with a fellow student.
IT majors TCS, Wipro and Satyam have evinced interest to set up software development units in Punjab.
Titan Industries Limited plans to open 40 new outlets across the country within this fiscal and is eyeing a growth target of 25 per cent.
India's Railways has struggled to expand to keep up with demand
Over 100 tax sleuths along with police officials have been roped in for the survey operations
The Punjab police has arrested a Border Security Force jawan for allegedly helping in cross border smuggling of weapons and narcotics.
National Democratic Alliance convener George Fernandes said on Saturday that the post-Godhra violence in Gujarat and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots could not be compared.
Three Babbar Khalsa militants were arrested in Fatehgarh Sahab and some arms and ammunition were recovered from them, the police said on Sunday.
Real estate developer Today Homes and Infrastructure Private Ltd will invest about Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) to set up shopping malls and multiplexes in the state.
Fortis Healthcare Limited, part of Ranbaxy Group, has announced plans to increase the number of its hospitals from 10 to 25 in the next 3 to 4 years, with a vision to set up a world class super speciality network.
Move over Delhi and Mumbai - Surat, Jaipur and Ludhiana are emerging as big spenders on luxury goods.