Ludhiana: Postal sports meet from today

LUDHIANA:
Punjab Postal Circle of Chandigarh and Ludhiana would hold 23rd All India Athletic and Cycling Tournament 2008 at Athletic Stadium and Velodrome at Punjab Agricultural University from Tuesday. In the tournament, as many as 134 athletes of 13 circles from all over the country will compete for 40 medals. There will 13 different kinds of events in the tournament, that include cycling, cultural, basketball, cricket, football, table tennis, wrestling, volleyball, hockey, badminton and weightlifting. CPG Prithvi Raj Kumar said the tournament holds importance as India Post has 1,55,204 post offices in the country with five lakh employees and is the largest bank in the country with about 5.6 lakh crore deposits.