Avtar Singh

Olympics 2016: Judoka Avtar Singh loses to Popole Misenga; bows out of Rio Games

Indian judoka Avtar Singh crashed out of the Rio Olympics after losing to Refugee Olympic Team's Popole Misenga.

Rio Olympics 2016: Judoka Avtar Singh's parents journey from Punjab to Rio, thanks to fundraising

They once cashed their fixed deposits to realise Avtar Singh's Olympic dream and the Indian judoka's parents are in Rio de Janeiro to support him when he begins his campaign at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca.

Olympics 2016: India's only judoka, Avtar Singh's parents appeal for funds to travel to Rio

As the nation rests its hopes on the promising 24-year-old judoka, one of Avtar Singh’s biggest supporters, his parents, might not be able to make it to the Olympics.

Olympics 2016: Parents of Avtar Singh, India's solitary judoka to get financial aid

Avtar Singh, the sole judo representative from India this year, is set for a face-off at the Rio Olympics next month.

Necropolis, a mystery set in a Delhi full of crime, beauty and would-be vampires

Avtar Singh's Necropolis opens with a dead body in Delhi. A young man's corpse is found, with a necklace of fingers around his neck. DCP Dayal of the Crime Branch, assisted by Kapoor and Smita, begins investigating this case and before they know it, Dayal and his team are immersed in a Delhi full of poetry, violence, politics and would-be vampires and werewolves. Here’s an excerpt, in which the DCP meets Razia, a creature of the night, a political player and one whom many suspect of being a vampire.

Delhi: Babbar Khalsa terrorist arrested for robbery

Police arrested Avtar Singh, a Babbar Khalsa terrorist, in New Delhi on Friday.

Ex Indian Army officer kills family, self in US

Avtar Singh was also wanted by authorities in India for allegedly killing a human rights lawyer in 1996 in Kashmir.