Mosquitoes breed in the stagnant water in the Shanti Nagar area at Giaspura. Photos: Inderjeet Verma

"The manhole of the sewerage in front of a vehra where Bhola used to live had been chocked since long. He died after a brief illness. His three young daughters and wife returned to their native village in Bihar after his death,” Ghansham, a resident of the area said.

Residents of Street No 1 in Sherpur Market are worried after Bhola’s death as they feel that stagnant sewage in the area was the major cause of Bhola's aliment and death.

Kamlesh, who used to reside in Fauji Mohalla, also died a week ago after a brief illness with symptoms of water-borne disease. Residents say many such deaths go unreported in Dhandari, Sherpur and Giaspura.

Bharti Devi’s husband Ram Surat is also not keeping well for some days. Doctors say he has stomach infection. The residents of the area have approached the MC authorities to clear the sewage, but to no avail.

A boy pumps out water from a handpump at a vehra in Fauji Mohalla in Ludhiana. Photos: Inderjeet Verma

"The junior engineer of the Municipal Corporation denied to lodge our complaint and said the problem would be solved soon. But even after four days, the vehra is full of dirty water,” lamented Bharti Devi.

Contaminated water seems the major cause behind this illness among migrant families in these areas. Residents of Fauji Mohalla say they get yellow or brown water in taps.

Seriham Ansari, an industrial worker of Fauji Mohalla, said: “We lodged a complaint with MC councillor Radhe Krishan about the contaminated water being supplied in the area, but to no avail.”

Quacks are the only hope

In the absence of government health centres in the affected areas, quacks are the only hope for the migrant labourers. "I am not a qualified doctor. But I was with a doctor for some years. We are serving the poor. We give three doses of medicine for Rs 10,” said a quack in the Sherpur area. 

Ludhiana, May 26
The police today recovered a knife, gloves and undergarments belonging to Rishu, who was arrested in the double murder case of 55-year-old Usha Grover and 22 year-old Heena.

Then accused, Heena’s cousin Rishu, was today taken to the scene of the crime in Fatehganj Mohalla near the Division No 3 area, where residents held a protest and demanded capital punishment for him.

“The accused should be hanged. He killed his sister and aunt and also tried to make sexual advances towards his sister. It is blasphemous. I came to know that he had sedated his aunt, Usha, before entering Heena's room," said a resident living in the locality.

The knife used in the crime was recovered from Budha Nullah near the Tibba Road area. The police also recovered the surgical gloves that he had purchased from a medical store near the Christian Medical College and Hospital and his undergarments.

The police has sent the recovered items for forensic examination as the accused allegedly washed the weapon and cloths after committing the crime to eliminate evidence.

Rishu had entered the house at 8.30 pm on May 21 night. He spent nearly four hours with Usha and her daughter Heena before killing them. Rishu reportedly told the police that it was a well-planned murder as after eliminating the duo, he again came to their house to mourn their death.

He said after eliminating the duo, he scribbled sanitary worker Babu’s name on the wall to befool the police.

The police said Rishu killed the duo like a psychopath. The post-mortem report revealed thatboth the bodies had over 30 stab injuries. 

Passengers forced to sit on stairs of footbridges. Passengers can be seen be sitting on their luggage. But in summers, it becomes difficult for the passengers to sit in then open on the platform without any protection from the blazing sun.

Sandip Kumar, a passenger, said: "I have been waiting for train on platform No 1 for one hour. All the benches have been occupied. I went to the waiting hall which was also full. I have no other option but to sit on the floor as the train is delayed by 45 minutes.”

Ravinder Sharma, Station Superintendent, said: “We have less space in the waiting room and passengers have to sit on the floor. I will take up the matter with the higher authorities.” 

Ludhiana, May 26
Group Captain Dr Hemraj Garg (retd), who made the headlines in 2004 by setting an example by allowing his four daughters to perform his wife Rani’s last rites, is now busy serving the ailing free of cost.

After serving the Indian Air Force for 28 years, the officer still believes in the motto: ‘Touching the skies and spitting fire on the enemy’.

Once a PCMS doctor at Mandi Gobindgarh, he joined the Indian Air Force in January 1963. He said after the Indo-China war in 1962, the then Prime Minister Pandit Nehru made an emotional appeal to the countrymen saying "I need young blood for the nation."

He said: “It was a turning point in my life and I volunteered my services to the nation by joining the Air Force. After my training at the AMC, Lucknow, I was appointed in the Air Force under the emergency commission at Jorhat in Assam as a Commander of the medical para troupers’ team. Recognising my work, I was selected for post graduation in aerospace medicine and was appointed as a senior medical officer at Pathankot, Adampur and Jodhpur."

His work was to give medical cover to every pilot along with other service personal and their families. “My routine was to check pilots medically before they left for flying. I used to tell them don't worry, jump off the plane if there is a need and I am there to save you," said Dr Hemraj, who also served as the Deputy Director at Air Headquarters, Vayu Bhawan, New Delhi.

His promotion as a Brigadier was due, but he informed his seniors about his hearing disability. He retired in 1991 as the Deputy Principal Medical Officer of the Eastern Air Command, Shillong.

But he had to struggle to get the benefits of hearing disability during his service. He said: "The defence ministry denied me the benefits of disability during my service. But I wrote to the President and I was given the benefits along with my pension."

The retired officer also worked at a charitable hospital in Barnala for nine years. But now he is into charity. He said: “Anyone who needs medical consultation is welcomed at my place free of cost. I love to serve patients as it is my duty as a doctor."

Sharing an unforgettable experience, Dr Garg said: "When I was posted at Adampuar, a flight lieutenant was in a trainer aircraft with an instructor. Suddenly, a bird hit the canopy of the plane resulting in blast. I got an emergency call about the accident. I reached the spot and saw the flight lieutenant crying in pain. He was still in the cockpit due to an injury in his backbone. Somehow, I shifted him to the Army Hospital in Jalandhar and treated him. I consulted my senior and after seeing his X-ray, he asked is he still alive? I replied, so far.”

Ludhiana, May 26
The plan of outsourcing drivers and conductors through the Ludhiana City Bus Service Ltd (LCBSL) seems to have backfired on the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation. Ever since the staff has been hired, the MC has been suffering losses.

The LCBSL is having a fleet of 50 low-floor non-AC buses, out of which 20 are operated directly by the LCBSL authorities, while for remaining 30, drivers and conductors are provided by two different contractors.

In September last year, the LCBSL scrapped the recruitment of 160 drivers and conductors who were to be hired on contractual basis for the city bus service project. It was then decided that the drivers and conductors would be outsourced through a contractor. The recruitment process was in its final stages with the applicants for the post of driver having completed their training and those for post of conductor awaiting call for their final interviews.

However, the recruitment process was scrapped following MC Commissioner Rakesh Kumar Verma’s decision. At that time, Verma claimed that if the LCBSL hired them directly, they would demand a permanent job in future. The authorities decided to outsource the services of drivers and conductors so that they don't become a burden on the LCBSL. But now the same outsourced staff is responsible for losses as they have gone on strike for the second time in less than a months time.

Not only this, it was also decided that the present staff of 20 drivers and as many conductors, two-year contract of whom will expire this year, will also be hired through a contractor once their contract ends. The outsourced drivers as well as conductors had earlier gone on a strike on April 17 and 18.

As per the contract, the contractor pays Rs 3.19 per km to the drivers while Rs 2.75 per km to conductors. The contractor then deducts provident fund, ESI, income tax and his own profit before making payment to the drivers as well as the conductors.

An MC official said 20 drivers and 20 conductors hired by the LCBSL have been performing their duty well. But the outsourced drivers and conductors are going on strike as they are not being paid regularly by the contractor.

Ludhiana, May 26
A book titled 'Khattiyan Mitthiyan Yaada' was released at Punjabi Bhawan by members of Punjabi Ghazal Manch here today. Penned by Tabish Dharamkoti, the book captures essence of life in the villages of Punjab, as Tabish recollects his childhood spent in his native village Dharamkot near Moga.

Tabish Dharamkoti, 68, said the book contains songs, ghazals, couplets and verses written in the Gurmukhi and Devnagri script.

A retired mechanical engineer, Dharamkoti said that he writes for recreation and enrichment. Although he has written in Hindi and Urdu, it was his long-cherished dream to write in his mother tongue. He would soon release more books in Punjabi, he said.

SP Singh, former Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University said the people who migrated to other states have not lost their love for the land, and are working for their native land. Tabish, too, is contributing to Punjabi literature, despite settled down in Delhi, he said.

Prof Gurbhajan Singh Gill, president, Punjabi Sahit Akademi, said a person could never break away from the childhood days, and the book by Tabhish was a nostalgic account of his childhood. “The book has the fragrance of childhood days and the sights, scenes and essence of the village,” he said.

Ludhiana, May 26
"Earlier, robberies used to take place in broad daylight. But now, robbers don't have to go out to commit crime. All they need is a computer or laptop and they can hack into websites and commit online thefts," said Ivneet Singh from Computer Forensics, a Malaysia-based firm.

Ivneet was addressing a conference on 'Effective IT Security Evolution' at the Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology.

Nowadays the world of crime has become very complex, and there is a need for the governments to brace up for the cyber security challenges, said Ivneet.

“The crime cells have to be equipped with the latest cyber technologies and hacking techniques to prevent the crime from happening,” he said.

Ivneet said the Centre and state governments must develop such IT security systems that can prevent the crime, and not just help in catching the perpetrators after a crime has been committed.

During the morning session, a special awareness programme was organised for school students and educationists to make them aware of safe internet surfing.

Dr Maninder Singh, head of the computer science department at Thapar University, shared with the audience the importance of safe internet surfing. He outlined the process for verifying the identity of websites before visiting them. He said students should safeguard their identity and password to avoid becoming victims to cyber crime.

Lt Col Gurinder Singh Saini sensitised the audience about the threat of cyber war, where countries would leverage on their superior cyber knowledge to gain tactical superiority over their enemies. He also touched upon the measures taken by the defence forces to prevent cyber attacks that may compromise the security of a nation.

Therese Michael, an e-learning consultant and trainer, deliberated on the opportunities available in the arena of ethical hacking. She advised the students to specialise in ethical hacking and contribute to a cyber crime-free world.

On the first day of the conference yesterday, Shenddy Jimenez from Jalasoft SRL, Bolivia, said various cyber crimes were being committed these days, including stealing of financial information, credit card data, theft of personal information and corporate espionage. Kailash Aggarwal, security analyst at Secugenius, also talked about various kinds of cyber crimes, including spoofing, phishing, software piracy and email-bombing.

Shubhamoy, a security consultant, spoke on defence mechanism for web developers. He said developers should be disciplined and take extra measures to create secure, fast and multi-device webpages in order to make the website impregnable.

A book titled 'Security Breached' authored by Harpreet Khattar and Kshitij Adhlakha, founder directors of Secugenius, was released on the occasion.

Dr AS Rai, IG Police, Head Quarter, Chandigarh, outlined the devastating effects of cyber crime. Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, Adviser to the Punjab Chief Minister, was the chief guest during the first session. 

Ludhiana, May 26
Sri Hemkunt Sahib: A Mystic Pilgrimage—a trilingual, pictorial book, authored by Ranjodh Singh, president, Ramgarhia Educational Council—was released at Ramgarhia College here today.

The book has been released to mark the beginning of Hemkunt Yatra this summer. The book provides a vivid account of the holy shrine and apprises readers of different aspects of this spiritual journey.

Speaking on the occasion, poet laureate Dr Surjit Patar praised Ranjodh Singh for compiling the lesser known facts about Hemkunt Sahib and illustrating the book with photographs.

Prof NS Tasneem, Sahit Akademi Award winner, said the book familiarises readers with not only the history of this heavenly abode, but also informs them about the hurdles they might encounter during this arduous journey.

Prof Gurbhajan Gill, president, Punjabi Sahit Akademi, lauded Ranjodh Singh’s “commendable endeavour”.

A documentary film on Hemkunt Sahib, with multilingual commentary, was also shown on the occasion to a select gathering.

Others present on the occasion included former general secretary of Punjabi Sahit Akademi Prof Ravinder Bhatthal, photo-artist TPS Sandhu and writer Charanjit Singh among others.

A student showcases her creations during the Glam-n-Glitter exhibition of designer garments organised by the Sportking Institute of Fashion Technology in Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Himanshu mahajan

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Charanjeet Singh Atwal honoured Amarpreet Singh Dhaliwal, mayor of the city of San Joaquin in the USA. Dhaliwal settled in the USA in 1983, after completing his education from PAU. Atwal said people like Dhaliwal had brought honour to Punjab by establishing businesses European and other countries, and earning a good reputation for themselves. He appealed to the youth in the state to take inspiration from successful Punjabis and attain higher education and achieve success.

Foundation ceremony

Forty-ninth foundation day ceremony of Bhartiya Valmiki Dharma Samaj was organised at Kapoor Palace. Dr Dev Singh Asur from the organisation said the Indian culture was based on Ramayana and Yog Vashishth. "We should give up Western clothes and languages and give preference to our own culture," he said. Former state cabinet minister Satpal Gosain, former BJP state president Prof Rajinder Bhandari and district BJP president Parveen Bansal were present on the occasion.

Grape stomping

The first grape stomping event was organised on Sunday evening. Organised by food enthusiasts at grape yards near the Jalandhar bypass, the evening also saw city foodies cooking and enjoying Mediterranean food. A wine-tasting session was also held. A live Jazz band performance was enjoyed by everyone.

Successful surgery at CMCH

A nine-year-old boy was brought to the emergency department of Christian Medical College and Hospital with history of abdominal pain, fever and vomiting, and weight loss over three months. On examination, a large mass made up of hair was found in the stomach that extended into the small intestine too. Dr William Bhatti, professor and head of paediatric surgery, along with Dr N Bedi, Dr A Gupta, Dr S Dhuria and Dr R Saleem, successfully removed the lump.

Eye care project

Mandi Ahmedgarh: Social Welfare Organisations and Rana Eye Hospital, Ludhiana, has launched a movement to educate rural masses about causes and consequences of eye ailments. Besides giving tips on cleanliness of eyes and preventive measures to be taken to save eyes from ailments during the summer season, a team of students of Bharat Seva Samaj, New Delhi, examined around 200 patients of myopia and cataract. Dr Barjinder Rana, convener of the project, and Tarsem Garg, patron of SWO, said most of the patients had contracted diseases due to unhealthy practices. The organisers offered to sponsor a batch of ten trainees for free training as ophthalmic assistant and technicians.

— Tribune Reporters

Ludhiana, May 26
A state-level meeting of Education Provider Teachers’ Union was organised at Government Senior Secondary School, Jawahar Nagar, today. The meeting presided over by Ajmer Singh, state president of the union, and was attended by over 40 teachers from the state.

The union members said although the Central Government had increased salaries of the education providers employed in government primary schools from April 2012, the state government had not implemented the provisions.

"The service book for keeping records of teachers has not been implemented uniformly in the state. Service books for teachers are missing at some places in the state," said Manjit Singh, district president of the union.

The teachers also demanded that their services should be regularised without delay. "It is strange that teachers who are entrusted with the work of providing education are not being paid proper salaries," said Jagdev, one of the teachers. "Already we are being paid pittance by the state government, that too on contract basis. Even the raise of Rs 1,000 is not being implemented by the state government," he said.

"If our genuine demands are not met, we will protest outside the DEO and DGSE offices," said another teacher.

Ludhiana, May 26
In the wake of surge in demand for electricity due to persistently hot weather conditions, and the gap between demand and availability further expected to go up during the forthcoming paddy sowing which commences from June 10, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is leaving nothing to chance to effectively cope with the crucial times ahead.

In a review meeting with senior officials of the City East, City West, Suburban and Khanna circles falling under the Central Zone, the PSPCL Chief Engineer KL Sharma, took stock of the preparations for the next month and a half when the demand for power would be at its peak due to soaring mercury and paddy sowing.

Sharma said a central control room for the city (phone no 96461-14703) had been set up at the Ferozepur Road sub-station (near PAU gate no 3) while all the four circles would also have control rooms, which would operate 24x7, to coordinate with the power supply schedule, regulatory measures, rectification of line faults and timely replacement of defective or burnt down transformers.

The Chief Engineer said additional field staff was being hired for the next couple of months for timely rectification of line faults and attend to other complaints of the consumers regarding disruption in power supply. "We will have at least 125 gangs of two persons each, and five gangs will be attached to each of the 25 complaint centres in the city who will rush on the motorcycles to rectify the faults and restore the power supply at the earliest."

Sharma maintained that exhaustive measures were taken for strengthening and upgrading of the distribution network in the city and elsewhere in the Central Zone. Many new sub-stations were set up or upgraded, a large number of new transformers were added in different areas to tackle the overloading of the system during the peak demand of electricity, he said while adding that due to spurt in the load, the frequency of line and transformer faults tended to increase in this particular season and the PSPCL was gearing up to chance to minimise the frequency and duration of break downs.

The power scenario, at least in the near future, continues to be grim with the sources in the PSPCL indicating that the state might have to face a shortfall of anything from 4500 to 5500 MW during the peak demand in the next two months when drastic regulatory measures (power cuts for long duration and restrictions on power supply to industry) will have to be taken.

Ludhiana, May 26
The BJP is going to start "Jail Bharo Aandolan" on June 1 against the "anti-people and anti-democracy" policies of the Congress-led UPA Government. The state BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh announced this during a press conference in Ludhiana today.

Flaying the UPA Government for having "failed on political, economic and administrative fronts", the state BJP General Secretary said senior leaders of the party would court arrest during the "Jail Bharo Aandolan".

Among those courting arrest will include the BJP National vice-president Parbhat Jha, former Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh Shanta Kumar, Punjab state BJP president Kamal Sharma, senior leader Prof Rajinder Bhandari, along with party MLAs and former MLAs.

Meanwhile, Chugh condemned the Naxal attack on the Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh that left at least 25 people, including senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma and Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, dead.

The state BJP general secretary said all parties, despite their political differences, should unite in the fight against terrorism. He, however, termed the ransacking of the offices of the BJP during the day-long bandh in Chhattisgarh as unfortunate. 

Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 26
The police remained on toes outside Gurdwara Singh Sabha on Railway Road where the election to the post of president of the management committee took place today.

Kamaljit Singh Ubhi was elected president unanimously after members of the faction supporting Bhagwant Singh Karwal boycotted the meeting. The boycotters alleged that the organisers had violated the Sikh tenets and elected the president in an undemocratic way.

Members of the Gurdwara Singh Sabha led by SGPC member Jai Pal Singh Mandian announced that Kanwaljit Singh Ubhi and Kulwant Singh Sohal had been elected president and vice-resident by raising of hands this morning.

As the atmosphere remained emotionally charged after the process of election started a few days back, the administration had deployed a large number of police personnel to handle the situation in case of any clash.

Eight persons reportedly filed nominations for the post of president. All except Ubhi and Karwal had withdrawn their candidature, and the convener of the meeting, Mandian, had tried to persuade Karwal to withdraw his candidature.

When all attempts to convince Karwal failed, the members announced to stand by Kanwaljit Singh and declared him victorious unanimously.

Ludhiana, May 26
A team of state health experts under the leadership of Dr KK Talwar, Advsier to Government of Punjab for Health Issues, today visited Lord Mahavir Civil Hospital, Ludhiana.

The aim of the visit was to review the hospital facilities in order to upgrade it. About a month ago Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal recommended the Health Department that about 100 Civil Hospitals in the state would be made well equipped in all aspects.

The team which also included Dr Ashok Nayyar, Director, Health Services, Dr Gurinder Kaur, Deputy Director, Punjab Health System Corporation, and Dr Jaskaran Kaur interacted with Dr Subhash Batta, Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, Dr Raj Kumar Karkra, Senior Medical Officer of the Civil Hospital, and other staff members.Acquainting them with the problems Batta said that major problems were of shortage of staff, equipment and infrastructure. 

Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 26
Recognising their responsibility towards welfare of students from the economically weaker section and to pay gratitude to teachers for their contribution in spreading knowledge, officials of various branches of the State Bank of India donated ceiling fans to many schools.

Ludhiana, May 26
High drama took pace at Sarabha Nagar Market here this evening when IPS Deepak Kumar and SAD Councillor from Ward No. 67 Ranjit Singh Ubhi were allegedly at loggerheads during a rock concert organised for generating funds for the mute and differently abled children.

The police officer told Guvinderpal Singh Twinkle, a member of the Public Welfare Organisation to stop the rock concert as the latter did not seek permission for organising the concert. Gurvinder told the officer that he tried several times to contact the officer but the latter did not answer his calls. He said that he had got the permission from the SDM for organising the concert. The officer reportedly gave them the permission to perform for half an hour more. The differently abled also performed in the meantime. When the officer ordered to stop the concert, Ranjit Singh Ubhi requested him to allow the youngsters to perform for some more time. But the officer reportedly did not budge from his stance.

This rattled Ubhi and he allegedly confronted the officer. IPS Deepak Hilori said, "The NGO members did not follow the guidelines so I rejected their request to organise the concert. Today, they were performing at the Sarabha Nagar Market. This led to a traffic jam so I went there and stopped the concert." He did not comments on the confrontation with Ubhi. 

Ludhiana Ma y 26
The Agricultural Market Intelligence Centre (AMIC) of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has predicted that the maize prices in the Punjab state may remain lower in the range of Rs 1,100 to Rs 1,300 per quintal during 2013-14.

Dr Jagrup Singh Sidhu, incharge, AMIC, said the market price of maize in the state normally remains low during June-September and starts rising after October and remains high up to May. He said, "The government had increased the minimum support price of maize from Rs 1,175 to Rs 1,310 per quintal for the marketing season 2013-14.

The maize prices in Punjab markets ruled between Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,500 per quintal during the year 2012-13." It is on the basis of this analysis that the AMIC has predicted that the maize prices in the state may remain lower in 2013-14 than the prices prevailed last year, he informed. The AMIC has analysed the behaviour of the maize prices in the important markets of the Punjab state and has also examined the national and international future crop outlook.

Ludhiana, May 26
The city police has nabbed notorious snatcher Sunny Arora of Haibowal in a drug peddling case. The police has recovered huge quantity of pharmaceutical drugs from the possession of the accused. The incident took place last evening when the police party was standing at a naka in Maya Nagar. Sunny Arora, who was travelling on a scooter panicked on seeing the police and tried to flee.

Ludhiana, May 26
The SSA and RMSA union members hailed the Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict that granted 180 days of maternity leave to SSA teacher Reena Singla, instead of 90 days. The teachers, however, said the maternity leave issue was only one instance among many prevailing disparities between them and the regular employees in government schools.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court allowed the writ petition filed by Reena regarding the entitlement of maternity leave of 180 days, instead the of 90 days granted by the state government under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The court ordered that the “petitioner is held entitled to the grant of 180 days of maternity leave”.

Reena, who was granted 90 days’ leave, wanted to get 180 days of maternity leave as her child was not keeping well. The court mentioned in the orders that "the service conditions of the teachers have been mandated to be similar to that of the government school teachers. There can be no discrimination between the teachers working in the SSA Authority under the SSA scheme and the teachers who have been appointed on contractual basis by the state government".

Kulwinder Singh, president of SSA and RMSA Non-Teaching Employees’ Union, said: "There is a great disparity between teachers at government schools and workers hired under the SSA and RMSA."

"There are people who have been working for the past ten years. Besides the low salaries, the SSA teachers and workers do not get any medical benefits. Rather than sympathising with those who genuinely need leave, their contract is terminated," he said.

"Is it not enough that our contract is renewed every year and there is no guarantee that the same teacher or worker will be hired again? Adding to this injustice are the disparities between the government teachers and SSA teachers," said an SSA teacher. 

Ludhiana, May 26
The District Swimming Association, Ludhiana, conducted trials at the Punjab Agricultural University swimming pool here today to select the swimmers to take part in the 28th Punjab State Sub-junior Swimming Meet to be held at Barjindra College, Faridkot, on June 1 and 2 and the 38th Junior Punjab State Swimming and Water polo Championship scheduled to be held at War Heroes Swimming Pool, Sangrur, from June 7 to 9.

The names of the selected boys and girls are:

Sub-junior boys: Gurkirat Singh, Tanvir Singh, Bikramjeet Singh, Sohail Singh, Bhupesh Angrish, Aakarsh Jain, Ishaan Bahl, Tamanvir Singh, Abhay Puri, Anmol Singh Ahluwalia, Angad Singh Ahluwalia and Arnav Gupta.

Sub-junior girls: Pavit Sophat, Mehreen, Bhavjot Kaur, Ria Khosla, Navika Sharma, Ishmanjeet Kaur, Akansha and Diraz.

Junior boys: Manavdeep Singh, Yuvraj Moudgill, Prabhdeepak Singh, Manmeet Singh, Yashu Passy, Parminder Singh, Mridul Malhotra, Rubain Jaggi, Gurdesh Singh, Saksham Kapoor, Sushant Gupta, Sahib Singh Sidhu, Roshan Chrag Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Sidak Grewal, Arham Rattan, Harry, Ishaan Verma, Abhimanyu, Anmol Jindal, Robinveer Singh and Jaspreet Singh.

Junior girls: Ishpreet Kaur, Anmolpreet Kaur, Palak Malhotra, Shubhkarman Dhaliwal, Mani Mehtab Dhaliwal, Dharna Jain, Simran Brar, Tamanna Jindal, Anant Kaur Virk, Jasman Grewal, Sarman Grewal, Keeratpreet Kaur and Mehtab Kaur.

Water polo (boys):bAbhishek Sharma, Akshit Bawa, Nawabbir Singh, Ishan David, Rahul Garg, Gurdesh Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Robinveer Singh, Vikram, Varun, Manpreet Singh and Ishan Verma. 

Ludhiana, May 26
The Grewal Club of Kila Raipur scored second victory to advance ahead to secure a berth in the semi-finals of the 4th Olympian Prithipal Singh Memorial Seven-a-Side Hockey Festival being organised by the Ludhiana Sports Welfare Association and Jarkhar Academy at Mata Sahib Kaur Stadium, Jarkhar near here today.

In an absorbing encounter, Grewal Club beat Jagtar XI of Jarkhar 5-3 after leading 3-2 at half time.KIla Raipur players surged ahead in the fifth minute through a field goal scored by Kujeet Singh. Four minutes later, Jagtar XI restored parity when Mandeep Singh found the target to read it one all.

In the 20th minute, Grewal Club, again gained lead as Jasbir Singh sounded the board and two minutes later, Balwinder Singh made it 3-1 through a penalty corner.Undeterred at this, Grewal Club players continued to mount pressure and Balwinder Singh helped his side to earn the lead again in the 40th minute .