Sub-junior swimming championship begins today
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, May 28
Based on their performance during the recently held Ludhiana District Junior and Sub-Junior Swimming Championship here last week, the following boys and girls have been selected to represent the district in the 20th Sub- Junior Punjab State Swimming Championship scheduled to be held at the Gen Gurnam Singh Public Indoor Swimming Pool at Sangrur on May 29 and 30, according to Mr Balraj Sharma, general secretary, District Swimming Association, Ludhiana.

Boys ( 11 to 12 years)- Kishanjeet Singh of Bharatiya Vidya Mandir School; Abhishek Vats of Kunan Vidya Mandir School; Bharat Sharma of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Cemetery Road, Civil Lines; Jaskirat Singh and Karan Matharoo of the GNPS.

Boys ( 9 to 10 years)- Adhiraj Sharma of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar; Jatinderbir Singh of R V Club, Khanna; Jaspalpreet Singh of Sacred Heart Convent School, Khanna, and Manavdep Singh of DAV Public School.

Girls (11 to 12 years)- Avantika Sharma of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar; Arushi Gupta of Kundan Vidya Mandir School; Chiranjeev Kaur of the GNPS and Arshpreet Kaur of CFC Public School.

Girls (9 to 10 years)- Aman Kaur, Harnoor Kaur and Japneet Kaur of the GNPS; Gurshabad Kaur of Kundan Vidya Mandir School and Avantika Jhanji of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar.

Mr Ajay Sharma and Mr Sunil Kumar will accompany the teams as managers while Ms Amandeep Kaur, Mr Ajay Sharma (PAU), and Mr Ajaypal Singh will be the coaches.

Cancel cracker dealer’s licence, says DC
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 28
Following a complaint regarding the illegal storing of fire crackers in a residential area, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Verma, has written to the Joint Chief Controller of Explosives at Faridabad, recommending the cancellation of license of Bodh Raj, a cracker dealer.

The shopkeeper had stored 400 kg of crackers in a residential area, posing a threat to lives of hundreds of residents. The crackers were seized following a raid after a tip-off.

Mr Verma said he had asked the SDM Ludhiana(East) to conduct a raid on the premises of Bodh Raj. The raid was conducted through Tehsildar Ludhiana East and Naib Tehsildar of Koom Kalan and 400 kg of fireworks were found. Bodh Raj produced a letter from the Joint Chief Controller of Explosives, Faridabad, regarding the grant of provisional permission to store 100 kg of fireworks and 500 kg of Chinese crackers.

The Deputy Commissioner, in a letter to the Joint Controller, has urged him not to issue any provisional license or permission to anybody within the limits of the municipal corporation, for the storage of fireworks without obtaining a no objection certificate from the district administration in future.

He appealed to residents to provide information about those storing crackers in residential areas.