SPORTS

GTBH karatekas bag 9 medals
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, July 30
The karatekas of the Defence and Attack Karate Association from the Institute of Nursing Education, Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib Hospital, Model Town, reaped rich harvest in the fifth National Full Contact Karate Championship held at Kapurthala recently.

The girls of the institute bagged four gold, three silver and two bronze medals in the event in which more than 350 participants took part. The names of the medal winners are: (gold) — Sarabjit Kaur, Beant Kaur, Jasvir Kaur and Harpreet Kaur; (silver) — Manpreet Kaur, Kirandeep Kaur and Manvir Kaur; (bronze) — Sonika and Jiwanjot.

Sahil Verma, a student of Class V of Palam Vihar Central Model High School, Daad village, near here, won a gold medal.

ADMINISTRATION

PCS officers promoted
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, July 30
The Punjab Government has ordered the promotion of the following PCS (Executive Branch) officers to the rank of Joint Secretary, Mr Prem Chand, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, Mr M. S. Jaggi, Assistant Commissioner (General), Ludhiana, Mr Pritam Singh Johal, Mr Gurlavleen Singh, Mr Rajiv Parashar, Mr Vinay Bublani and Mr Mohinder Pal. Further, Mr Prem Chand, Mr Pritam Singh Johal, Mr Gurlavleen Singh and Mr M.S. Jaggi have been placed in the pay scale of Rs 12000-15500 on having completed nine years of service in this rank.