Ludhiana, June 6
To prevent the outbreak of diseases of summers and rainy season like cholera, gastroenteritis and other stomach-related ailments, a Health Department team destroyed about 10 quintals of rotten fruits and vegetables at different places in the city today.

Following the directions of the Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, Dr Subhash Batta, a team of the health department comprising Bhinder Singh, health inspector Prem Singh, multi-purpose health worker Rupinder Pal, Balbeer Singh, Balwant Singh, Jagat Ram etc visited areas like Domoriya Pul, New Sabji Mandi, Salem Tabri, Field Ganj etc and destroyed rotten fruits and vegetables being sold on rehris . The fruits which were destroyed included water melons, melons, papayas, mangoes, bananas and apples etc. The team also instructed the rehri owners to sell fresh fruits and vegetables.

District Health Officer Dr Kulwinder Singh appealed to the people to save themselves from different diseases in this season. One should always eat fresh and hot food, drink clean water or water should be consumed after boiling and cooling it down. He also appealed to the people to keep their surrounding areas clean and wash hands properly before eating anything and after going to toilet.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 6
Barely four days after the Ludhiana Rural Police recovered 11 hand grenades and two cartridges from fields at Maherna Kalan, residents of Maherna Khurd were shocked to find another bomb-like object in fields situated near a water tank at Maherna Khurd village early morning today.

The Sadar police kept on corroborating the recovery with the arms and ammunition suspected to be buried by sympathisers of some radical organisation during the terrorism days.

The news spread like a wildfire fire and people started gathering near the spot. A police team swooped into action and cordoned off the area. A bomb disposal squad of the Army unit based at Sangrur was consulted and SHO Shubegh Singh was directed to shift the object safely to a laboratory.

The SHO said the Army experts had declared the object as harmless as there was no explosive in the shell.

Rusted condition of the object suggested that it had been buried under the earth for more than two decades. Though no case has been registered, circle officer at Ahmedgarh Davinder Singh Brar directed the SHO to continue investigation to rule out the involvement of some mischievous elements.

Meanwhile, the DSP has urged residents no to panic. The police has already upped the vigil in the area with intent to check anti- social activities of miscreants.

Ludhiana, June 6
The city police has booked two court clerks for stealing court records. The case has been registered following the direction of Dr Balwinder Kumar, Civil Judge, Senior Division.

The accused clerks, identified as Darshan Singh and Dharma Pal, residents of village Jassowal and Phagwara, respectively, had stolen court records, including case files.

The investigating officer said the accused were booked following a year-long probe. In the meantime, Darshan Singh, got retired, while Dharam Pal was transferred to Gurdaspur.

The investigating officer said nearly 25 case files were missing from the record room.

The matter was brought to the notice of Judge Dr Balwinder Kumar, who ordered an internal probe in the issue of missing records.

The probe report found that Darshan and Daram Pal had stolen the files from court to benefit the offenders.

Soon after receiving the report, Judge Dr Balwinder Kumar directed the police to register a case against the two clerks.

The accused have been booked under Sections 177,381, 409 of the IPC.

The judge had recently ordered the banning of litigants who used to frequent the copy agency of the district court complex.

Jagraon, June 6
The action taken by the local administration against those involved in illegal sand mining from the Sutlej beds a few days ago took a new twist today when a large number of villagers residing in the Sidhwan Bet area staged a protest in front of the office of SSP Gurpreet Singh Toor.

The protesters led by CPI’s district secretary Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon were protesting against the police for taking action against a few who according to them have nothing to do with the illegal sand mining. Terming those booked in this regard as innocent, they claimed that the police action against the illegal sand miners was merely an eyewash.

According to protestors, the police has booked these persons for shielding the kingpin of the sand mafia, who belongs to an influential leader of the ruling party. “The administration has taken no action against the kingpin under political pressure. The police, instead, booked them,” the protestors added.

The protesting villagers dared the administration to take strict action against such leaders who they claim were involved in the illegal practice of sand mining if it is serious about the issue. Later on, a delegation of the villagers also met SSP Jagraon Gurpreet Singh Toor and urged him to conduct an impartial investigation into this matter and expose those involved. The SSP assured the delegation members to conduct an impartial inquiry into this matter.

The SSP said the entire operation was held under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Ludhiana and the police arrested the people involved in sand mining red handed. Asked about the involvement of certain leaders of ruling party in illegal sand mining he assured, “the police has been investigating into the matter and whoever is found guilty, the police will take appropriate action against him.”

Ludhiana, June 6
The recently issued notification by the Central Government, asking the steel-producing units to get ISI marking, has evoked ire from the steel industry. The notification was also issued in 2008 but had to be rolled back after the industry protested against the same.

Since the units based in Punjab are generally secondary producers of steel, they are finding it difficult to follow the standards laid down by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The raw material used in the production of steel is not standardised and is used only for repairs or secondary construction processes. The traders have been asked to sale only that material which bears the ISI marking.

"The steel produced in the local units is used for the secondary construction process or repair purposes. While the companies are already using ISI-marked steel in the primary construction activities, it will not be possible for the units based in Punjab to follow the norms laid down by BIS as the steel here is produced from scrap. The notification has proved to be a setback for the steel units and it should be rolled back as was done in 2008," said Badish Jindal, president, Federation of Punjab Small Industries Association (FOPSIA).

The steel produced by primary producers is priced at Rs 52,000 per metric tonne while the steel produced by secondary producers, as in Punjab, is priced at Rs 43,000 per metric tonne.

"There is a wide gap between the prices of both the steel products. The steel produced by units in Punjab is priced at the relatively lower side for it is a secondary product in nature and due to this reason we are urging the Central Government to roll back the notification as it will sound the death knell for the local industry," he added.

Ludhiana, June 6
District Health Officer Dr Kulwinder Singh has stated that the samples of milk and “moong daal” collected from Kashmir Karyana Store in Ishar Nagar have failed purity test. The “daal” was found to be sub standard.

Food Safety Officer Dr Harpreet Kaur said: “Another milk sample, which was collected from the Tajpur road in April, has also failed the purity test. Usually standard value of the milk is 8.5, but in this case it was 7.5.”

The health department collected about 40 samples of eatables in May, out of which 17 passed. The result of remaining is still awaited. However, about 56 samples were collected in April and out of these 45 passed the purity test.

Ludhiana, June 5
Harish Rai Dhanda, a former Chief Parliamentary Secretary, who is contesting the Municipal Corporation elections from ward number 28 of the city, is one of the top contenders for the post of the Mayor. Sources within the SAD said he decided to contest the elections after getting a go-ahead from the party high command, which would also like him to become first citizen of the city.

The SAD, which released its first list on May 23, decided to give him ticket. He is pitted against Maharaj Singh Raji, a Congress candidate, from ward number 28 of the city.

Dhanda, a lawyer, who has remained the SAD spokesperson, won 2007 Vidhan Sabha elections from the Ludhiana (West) constituency and also remained the chairman of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana earlier.

He resigned from the Vidhan Sabha on July 6, 2011, to set into motion the process of his appointment as the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) chairman. For this, he even surrendered his enrolment licence as an advocate.

But everything didn’t go the way Dhanda and the Akali Dal wanted as the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on August 17, 2011, rejected his candidature for the post of the PPSC chairman. And he could not contest his Ludhiana (West) seat because the Akali Dal swapped it with it’s the BJP.

A senior Akali Dal leader said, “Dhanda was practically rendered ‘jobless’ and that is why party wanted to compensate him. He is likely to be announced as the Mayoral candidate after the elections because the party wants a Hindu face for this job and Dhanda is the best option the party has. He is having political as well as administrative experience,” said the leader.

But Harish Rai Dhanda evades this query and says, “I am a dedicated party worker and would abide by whatever decision the party takes. I have been serving people of this city for several years and would continue to so whether I become Mayor or not,” he said while releasing his election manifesto, here today.

“My emphasis would be on cleaning of Budha Nullah. I plan to get concrete boundary walls made on both sides of the Nullah and roads, too, would be constructed. I would also work to get a dedicated helpline for civic issues started in the city, so that people could directly get their problems sorted out,” he added.

Phillaur, June 6
All 13 Congress candidates contesting the Goraya Nagar Panchayat elections, besides former Congress minister Santokh Singh have urged the Election Commission of Punjab to depute paramilitary forces to conduct fair and free polling. They have also lodged a written complaint before the electoral officer against SAD leaders and MLA from Phillaur and alleged that the Goraya police was working on the behest of ruling party and police personnel had been deputed before residences of the Congress candidates and their supporters were being unduly harassed by the police.

They alleged that Phillaur MLA Avinash Chander is threatening and intimidating the Congress workers and supporters of dire consequences for voting in favour of the Congress candidates. Santokh Singh said the Congress supporters were unduly called at the police station and being threatened to implicate them in false cases and even some traders and industrialists were being threatened to harass them through the sales tax department.

He said seven, out of 13 wards in Goraya, were considered very sensitive. Santokh Singh added that similar situation could be observed in ward number 2 also.

Meanwhile, chief parliamentary secretary-cum-Phillaur MLA Avinash Chander has strongly denied the allegations of the Congress candidates and described it as purely frustration of the Congress. Avinash Chander said the Congress was levelling false allegations. He asked the Congress men to prove a single case of pressurising anyone.

Ludhiana, June 6
With temperature soaring, those contesting the municipal corporation elections have come out with “innovative” ideas to beat the heat. While a few prefer door-to-door campaigning in the morning and evening hours, others are going online or are making calls and sending SMSes to respective voters.

The candidates are also cautious about their diet in the sweltering heat. Not only this, they are eating limewater, watermelon, fruits and “sattu” to keep themselves fit.

The candidates claim that it isn’t easy to visit all houses in the area due to the sweltering heat. Thus, they post their day today activities on social networking sites like Facebook and Youtube when people are either indoors or in offices. A large number of candidates had successfully carried out their online campaign through these social networking sites in the recently concluded Vidhan Sabha elections.

Congress candidate from ward number 57, Priyanka Basant, said: “I go for door-to-door campaigning in the morning and evening hours. I meet my supporters in the afternoon and update my Facebook account by uploading my day today activities for residents of my ward to see.”

Another candidate, Bhupinder Singh Bhinda, who is contesting on SAD-BJP ticket from ward number 56, created his Facebook account recently.

“This is probably the best way to come closer to my supporters and those residing in the ward. I keep myself busy with door-to-door campaigning and meetings since early morning till late night and my activities is regularly updated on my Facebook profile. Not only this, to stay fit in such scorching heat, I take special diet and consume large amount of water,” he added.

But a few prefer to campaign even during afternoon. An Independent candidate from the Civil Lines area was seen doing door-to-door campaigning in the afternoon.

Whereas a few feel that afternoon is not the right time to campaign in their respective wards. “Most of the residents are either taking rest or out to work. If we ring a person’s door bell in the afternoon, he might get irritated. These are municipal elections and every vote counts. We don’t want to irritate any voter,” another candidate said.

Statistics

Most roads in the ward are uncarpeted

An uncovered manhole.

Major areas: Ambedkar Nagar, New Ambedkar Nagar, Swami Vivekanand Nagar, Ram Nagar, New Ram Nagar, Mahavir Nagar, Surjit Nagar and Makkar Colony.

Voters: 10,000

Population: 25,000

Ludhiana, June 6
The PAU Pensioners’ Welfare Association has expressed anguish over the “step-motherly” treatment being meted out to them by the Vice-Chancellor and comptroller, PAU.

The association condemned that the authorities withheld their pension for the month of April, which was later paid on June 4. The PAU pensioners rued that the pension for May was still pending.

Sat Pal Gupta, general secretary of the association, said the VC was acting against the rules, as funds from the rural development fund were released to the university for making payment of pension only. Instead of paying pension, the VC paid salary to the working employees for the months of April and May, aleged Gupta.

Further, Gupta said the VC’s attitude towards senior citizens was not tolerable and the pensioners would be compelled to take stern action. Jaswant Singh Jirakh, vice-president of the association, warned the VC and comptroller against their biased attitude towards the pensioners. The pensioners took out a protest march raising slogans against the “inefficient” and “incompetent” officials at the PAU.

Ludhiana, June 6
Celebrations and parties are becoming more "photographically" sweet now. Cakes with pictures are becoming favourite with residents, who want to make moments of happiness all the more special. Although cakes with edible photographs have been there in the markets for the past few years, it is only now that these are gaining popularity.

These are particularly popular among children. "We have ordered the cake once, and now little children at our house demand this cake only every time we have some celebrations at home," says Rahat, a resident of Model Town.

Harinder, a resident of Model Town Extension, said: "The picture looks so beautiful, all decorated with cake. I was surprised when I got the cake on my marriage anniversary," she says.

"Although, we used to have doubts about how it is created, and if the edible photographs are good for health," says Rahul, a resident, adding "but when we learnt that these are all edible and safe, we now order only this type of cakes on occasions."

Any photograph can be printed on an edible sheet of sugar and the colours used are totally edible and non-harmful, says Harjinder Singh from a bakery in Sarabha Nagar.

"As more and more people are becoming aware of the photograph cakes, the demand for these is on the increase. We receive three or four orders for such cakes every day," he says.

Khanna, June 6
The ongoing struggle of residents of Khanna to make the town a district is gaining momentum day by day, as several organisations of the area has decided to submit a memorandum in this regard to the SDM on June 8.

Dharna continued for the 24th day today under the command of Karnail Singh Ikolaha, national president of the Hindustan National Party (HNP), who has initiated the struggle. Apart from the HNP, several more organisations have come forward in support of making Khanna a district.

Several organisations have extended their support and said they would widen this struggle in the coming days.

Ludhiana, June 6
The Division No. 8 police cracked whip on the owners of liquor vends for serving drinks and snacks to boozers on the street near the Fountain Chowk.

The police crack down took place this evening when J Elanchezhian, an IPS officer, along with his team, was visiting the area to keep a check on anti-social elements ahead of the municipal corporation (MC) elections.

"I spotted that liquor and snacks were being served to tipplers in their cars. Some boozers were standing on the road and creating a nuisance for the commuters, including woman and children, by consuming drinks. The area was cleared and the owner of the liquor vend told to report at the police station. Such activities would not be tolerated," said J Elanchezhian.

Ludhiana, June 6
Sanjeev Puri is an avid collector of old LP and vinyl records, gramophones and radio grams. Some of his LP records are almost a century old and gramophones are of the twenties. Sanjeev Puri got hooked to this passion in 1995. A resident of Punjab Mata Nagar, he has 14,000 LP and vinyl records with the oldest record being that of 1905. He inherited the passion and some of the collection from his father Bhagwant Kishore Puri.

The records are of Punjabi, Hindi and English songs and some even of other languages, including Tamil and foreign languages French and Russian, he says. He pulls out a folding record player. He also has folding vinyl records as well. Although he himself doesn't understand the language, the music is beautiful, he says. Not only gramophones, he also has a big radio gram that has a radio as well as a gramophone.

The old brands like Bush, Brad, Grad that have almost faded into oblivion are part of his prized collection. The 32-year-old man inherited some part of the collection from his father who had got the old collection from his father. When he understood the importance of music, he earnestly went about scouring through the old music shops.

Sanjeev is proud to hail from the town of Kartar Singh Sarabha, and insists that his family should be called Puri Sarabhe Wale, as they are known, he says. With a sense of pride, he almost boasts of having the likes of Surinder Kaur, Kuldeep Manak, Jagat Singh Jagga, Ajit Kaur, Parkash Kaur, Mohammad Siddique, Jaswant Gill, Parminder Sandhu, Jagmohan Kaur, Mohammad Rafi in his collection apart from some other towering figures in the field of music.

"There is something magical about playing records on gramophone," he says. "Now, storing scores of songs in tiny devices is like almost disrespect to music, as in the days of yore, listening to music was as refined as the way in which it was played. That is the reason why it was a sign of opulence and sublimity," he says. Gramophones were much more beautiful, classy and all these needed were winding up to play fantastic music.

Many people have offered good prices to purchase some of my gramophones and records, he says, but these have been collected with efforts for preservation, not for giving them away.

Ludhiana, June 6
They are young and are writers. Youngsters in the city are penning their experiences, imaginations, advices and getting these published in the form of books.

Blogging is encouraging many to write. Amish Bedi (14) saw a young writer being interviewed on the TV and that perhaps inspired him. For Paras Bandha, who released his first novel “One salty Soda N Two Salty Drinks”, inspiration came from artists, he is in touch with, he says. After completing B.Com IInd year, I read novels of Chetan Bhagat, Khushwant Singh, during holidays say 21-year-old Harminder Singh.

They are facing challenges like finding publishers. But being online, it was comparatively easier. “It is tougher than writing a novel,” says Paras. For Amish, who studies in Class X, his book “Burning the Midnight Oil” is about time management. “I was always asked how I managed to take time out for music, sports, studies and do well in all,” he added. Although the book would help students, but it would be relevant to one and all as time management and multi-tasking is important for all.

“It augurs well for city and is great to see young scribes emerging from the city. Although, it is a city of Surjit Patar and Sahir Ludhianvi, more youngsters need to emerge from there as poets and writers,” said a resident.

Ludhiana, June 6
Dr Kulwinder Kaur Minhas has written a new book “Te Ganga Vagdi Rahi” that is being released at the Punjabi Bhawan on Sunday. The novel brings home the message that spiritual leaders should be like lighthouses, guiding people, whereas in reality, some often get involved in corrupt and immoral indulgences.

Dr Minhas began her career on an academic note - her first book being a thesis on life in villages and cities in the novels of Dilip Kaur Tiwana in 2000. This was followed by “Jinhi Chakhya Prem Ras”, a book of essays.

Faculty members of GMT Public School during a trip to Dalhousie. A Tribune photograph

Ludhiana, June 6
A two-day trip was organised for faculty members of GMT Public School to Dalhousie. During this trip, they visited Khajiar and several other tourist spots. A group of 30 teachers, along with principal Amarjit Dhaliwal, enjoyed the trip.

‘Summer Splash’

“Summer Splash” was organised at BCM Dugri. Professionals guided students in various disciplines like arts, western and classical dance, personality development, cooking, table tennis, gymnastics, martial arts, etc. Special dance training by Remo Dance Institute was also organised. Students produced useful and decorative products like photo frames, paper weights, wall hangings and flower vases. Various cuisines were taught in the cooking class.

Camp ends

A summer camp at the Guru Ram Das Academy concluded on Wednesday. The 10-day summer camp was organised in the campus. Children participated in different creative spheres like dance, art, music, cooking and sports.

Ludhiana, June 6
Students aspiring for BCom will shortly get a dateline for the joint counselling process. If going by the previous year’s precedent, admissions to BCom, one of the most sought-after courses in the city colleges, which is conducted online by Panjab University (PU) via a centralised process, is delayed this year, while it should have been initiated by the middle of last month.

Commerce faculty of Panjab University, along with principals of affiliated colleges will be meeting tomorrow to work out modalities for the BCom admissions.

According to sources, the tentative date for starting filling forms online will be June 14.

While last year, the admission process for BCom was initiated in the third week of May and the application forms were made available from June 1.

During the meeting, the officials and faculty members from PU and principals of the affiliated colleges will be discussing loopholes in the admission process last year and will also suggest measures to overcome these during the admission process this year.

Since 2010, a joint admission process for the BCom admissions are being carried out for all PU affiliated colleges. However, admissions for Hoshiarpur colleges affiliated to PU will, however, be done by respective colleges this time.

Ludhiana, June 6
The Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Vocational Studies (GGNIVS) organised a job fair for its undergraduate and postgraduate students on its premises today.

Nearly 150 students appeared for interview with reputed companies like Maruti, White Pixels Solution, Immix Info, eQuasar, Auritas and 3dee Technologies for different posts of SEOs, developers, tele-callers, programmers, field managers, data entry operators, marketing sales, operations, etc. Institute coordinator Manjit Singh Chhabra said, “It is indeed a proud occasion for our institute to have such reputed companies in our institute for placement. Organising campus placement has been our top most priority, as it offers the students a platform to get selected in reputed company and to have jobs even before they pass out with their degrees.”

Ludhiana, June 6
There seems to no stopping to snatching incidents in the city.

In the latest case, two motorcycle-borne youths snatched the purse from an NRI from Norway while she was travelling on a rickshaw in the Ghumar Mandi area here today.

The snatchers fled with the purse containing 30-tola gold ornaments, 300-gram silver ornaments, two passports, an apple I-Phone 4s, Krone 75,000 (Norwegian currency), a cheque book and credit cards.

According to the victim, Kulwant Kaur Grewal (58) she, along with her three relatives, was visiting Ghumar Mandi.

After shopping, four of them decided to return home on two rickshaws. Kulwant Kaur said when the rickshaw reached near the Sabzi Mandi area, two clean-shaven youths, riding a motorcycle, came close to her and in no time, the youth sitting pillion snatched her purse.

She raised an alarm, but the snatcher managed to escape from the place. The matter was to brought to the notice of the Division No 8 police station, but the long list of ornaments and cash has put the police in a tizzy.

The police has registered a case and started the investigation.

Ludhiana, June 6
Anil Siag (148) and Himanshu Shelly (71) today helped Ludhiana to gain a vital 58-run lead against Amritsar in the first innings on the penultimate day of the four-day match in the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament (u-22) being played at the Gandhi ground, Amritsar.

Ludhiana skipper Geetansh Khera's decision to invite the hosts to bat first appeared to be a miscalculated one as Amritsar were heading towards a mammoth score, making 326 runs for the loss of just three wickets on the first day.

However, on the second day, Amritpal Singh and Anil Siag enabled Ludhiana to make a comeback into the game restricting them to 378 runs in their first innings.

Amritpal claimed five wickets for 81 runs in 25 overs while Anil sent down 25.1 overs and chipped in with two wickets after conceeding 72 runs.

Ludhiana replied in a style, overhauling Amritsar's score and gained a crucial 58-run lead. Their first essay culminated at 436 runs after 151.2 overs.

Facing a deficit of 58 runs, Amritsar, again found themselves struggling against the wall. At draw of stumps on the third day, the hosts, in their second innings were 32 for two after 15 overs. Both the wickets were taken by Sukhjinder Singh.

Brief scores: Amritsar (first innings)- 378 all out in 119.1 overs (Rohan Marwaha 74, Karan Sharma 53, Aman Bawa 104, Abhinav Sharma 52 and Mohit Handa 32; Amritpal Singh 5 for 81, Anil Siag 2 for 72, Himanshu Shelly 1 for 62 and Ashish 1 for 60).

Ludhiana (first innings)- 436 all out in 151.2 overs ( Akhil Aggarwal 50, Ashish 19, Geetansh Khera 25, Anil Siag 148, Gurinder Hara 25, Himanshu Shelly 72 and Sandeep Singh 56; Abhishek 1 for 59, Vinay Chowdhary 2 for 98, Rahul Kanojia 3 for 111 and Sunny 3 for 69).

Amritsar (second innings)- 32 for 2 in 15 overs (Sukhjinder Singh 2 for 15).

Ludhiana, June 6
The Mata Sahib Kaur Hockey Academy, Jarkhar, and Ludhiana Sports Welfare Association that organised the annual hockey festival in memory of hockey legend Prithipal Singh at the Mata Surjit Kaur AstroTurf Stadium of Jarkhar village on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road honoured six persons who had contributed in the promotion of sports in the region.

These persons include Daljeet Singh, Harinder Singh Bhullar, advocate Sawinder Singh Saini, Paramjit Singh Grewal, Master Iqbal Singh and Prof Rajinder Singh. They were felicitated at the prize distribution function of the hockey festival yesterday.

Harsukhinder Singh Babbi Badal handed over momentoes to them.

Daljeet Singh Grewal has retired as deputy general manager, rail coach factory, Kapurthala. He is the contemporary of Prithipal Singh. He also served as a member of the executive committee of the Indian Hockey Federation, besides chairman, selection committees (men and women).

Harinder Singh Bhullar has retired as assistant director, physical education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. A diploma holder from NIS, Patiala, Bhullar took part in many national and interntional hockey tournaments and also coached players who represented the national hockey team. A trainee of Prithipal Singh, Harinder Singh imparted coaching to players that include Rajwinder Singh, Lata Mahajan, CP Chengappa, Balraj Sohi, Hirdaypal Kaur, Olympian Ramandeep Singh Grewal and Yadwinder Singh Sherry.

Sawinder Singh Saini (advocate) is one of the pioneers who started the Ropar Hawks Hockey Club, which is a well-known outfit of this region. He remained as a member of the national hockey team selection committee, an observer and a manager for a quite long period.

Paramjit Singh Grewal has been the general secretary of the Grewal Sports Association that organises the Kila Raipur Games, best known as the Rural Olympics across the globe. He has retired recently as the hockey coach from the sports department, Punjab.

Though Master Iqbal Singh has retired as a lecturer from the education department after putting in more than 25 years of service, he is best known as Master Iqbal Singh hockey wale.