Sports Minister Rijiju inaugurates SAI's new Regional Centre in Zirakpur

The virtual launch ceremony was attended by over 300 participants, including Punjab Sports Director DPS Kharbanda and SAI Director General Sandip Pradhan

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 11:00 PM Nov 02, 2020 IST

Mohali, November 2

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday virtually inaugurated Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new Regional Centre in Zirakpur, Punjab, which will now act as one of the main SAI centres for North India.

During the event, the Sports Minister congratulated the coaches and athletes who would be training at the new centre.

“The northern belt of India covers a huge region, right from Jammu and Kashmir and Leh to Himachal Pradesh and we are doing a lot of development in this region with the aim of building world-class sporting facilities in India,” Rijiju said in a statement.

The virtual launch ceremony was attended by over 300 participants, including Punjab Sports Director DPS Kharbanda, SAI Director General Sandip Pradhan, SAI Secretary Rohit Bhardwaj, various SAI regional directors, coaches and athletes, among others. PTI

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Suggested Articles