2 held for stabbing
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 13 — The police has arrested two residents of Bapu Dham Colony, Rehmat Shah and Shabbir Hussain, on the charges of stabbing a resident of the same colony.

According to the police, the duo stabbed Tanvir Ahmed yesterday. The motive of the crime is not yet known.

Tanvir Ahmed has been admitted to the PGI and a case has been registered.

30 arrested: Continuing with its drive against the anti-social elements, the police has arrested 30 more persons from different parts of the city.

While 27 persons have been arrested under Sections 107 and 151 of the IPC, two persons have been held for creating nuisance at public places after drinking. One person has been arrested while roaming around under suspicious circumstances.

Two injured: Two persons, Dalip Singh and Prakash, were injured when their bicycle was hit by a car near Hallo Majra village.

The police has arrested the driver of the car, Sanjay Kumar Singh, and registered a case against him. The injured have been admitted to the PGI.

Four hurt: Sanjiv Kumar, a resident of Sector 46, was admitted to the PGI after his scooter skided at Bank Square in Sector 17.

Babu Ram, a resident of Maloya, was admitted to the PGI after his scooter met with an accident with a tractor at Maloya village.

Two unidentified male pedestrians were admitted to the PGI in an injured state after they were run over by a car in front of Gate No 2 of Panjab University.

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Rash driving: A case of negligent and rash driving has been registered against the driver of a jeep numbered HR-08-7447 on the complaint of Sudhir Kumar, a resient of Raipur Rani. The driver lost control of his jeep and rammed into a bridge over the sesonal rivulet, Tangri, injuring five persons.

A case under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered against him. The jeep has been impounded by the police, though the driver fled from the scene.

Green signal for conduct of student poll
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 13 — The Home Department of the Chandigarh Administration has cleared the holding of elections to the Panjab University Students Council and student bodies in various colleges affiliated to the university.

The Home-cum-Education Secretary, Mr N.K Jain, confirmed that he had asked the Dean Student Welfare (DSW), Prof V.K. Bansal, to finalise the date for holding the elections simultaneously to the student bodies.

Though Professor Bansal is yet to finalise the date, in all probability the student polls are likely to be held after October 6, the counting day for the parliamentary elections.

National protest day: University teachers all over the country will observe September 23 as the National Protest Day to register their resentment against the “anti-teachers policies” of the Union and state governments. Prof P.P. Arya, President of the All-India Federation of University Teachers Associations in a release issued here stated that the university teachers will hold protest dharnas and rallies at their respective university campuses to express their indignation and anger against the “anti-teacher policies”.

Appointed: The campus unit of the Akhil Vidyarthi Parishad on Monday appointed Mr Abhimanyu from the Department of Laws as the Chief Convenor of Hostels, with a view to find a solution to the problem of hostel residents. Under his leadership, the hostel convenors would urge the wardens to make the illegal residents vacate the hostel and look into their problems.

Demand: A delegation led by Surat Negi, President ABVP Campus Unit, has in a memorandum submited to the Dean University Instruction (DUI) demanded the postponement of supplementary exminations of science hons school, which are scheduled to commence from October 4 and conduct them in December, as has been the normal practice.

Fruit costlier in SAS Nagar
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, Sept 13 — Grape, at Rs 80 a kg, was the costliest item among commonly consumed fruits in local markets. It was followed by mausambi, which was selling between Rs 40 and Rs 50 a dozen.

A survey revealed that the prices of vegetables here were higher than in Chandigarh. A good quality of mausambi, which was selling for Rs 35 a dozen in Chandigarh markets was available in the Phase IV market for Rs 50. An average quality of mausambi was, however, selling for Rs 40 a dozen.

While the Kinnaur variety of apple was being sold for Rs 60 a kg, two varieties of the golden variety of apple were available for Rs 40 a kg and Rs 50 a kg, respectively. The corresponding prices of the Kinnaur and golden varieties of apple in Chandigarh markets was Rs 50 a kg and Rs 30 a kg, respectively.

Pear was being sold by a vendor in Phase IX for Rs 50 a kg. In the Phase IV market guava was available for Rs 15 a kg. On the other hand, the fruit was selling for Rs 12 a kg in Chandigarh. A kg of papaya was selling for Rs 20 — at the same price as in Chandigarh.

Pomegranate was stable at Rs 40 a kg. Cheeku was selling for Rs 40 a kg in the Phase 3B2 market while banana was available for Rs 20 a dozen compared to Rs 15 a dozen in Chandigarh. Pineapple was being sold Rs 50 a piece in the Phase 4 market.

City cricket team selected
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Sept 13 — The Chandigarh Cricket Association (Affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association) has selected a strong twenty-member cricket team led by Vineet Jain which will take part in the Haryana Inter-District Cricket Championship for the Pataudi Trophy, beginning September 15.

According to Mr Surinder Singh, Secretary of the association, the team was selected after the trials held at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19.

The team is as follows: Vineet Jain (captain), Rajesh Patha, Ravinder Nain, Gautan Sharma, Randhir Nain, Charanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, Ravinder Chaudhary, Amardeep, Mukesh, Ajay Sikka, Azad, Mandeep Sodhi, Sanjay Rajpal, Nitin Bhutani, Madhav, Ruban Verma, Susheel Kumar, Sanjay Singh, Anurag Chopra and Navtej Singh.

Selection trials: The trials to select the Panchkula district team for the Haryana State Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the Pataudi Trophy will be held on September 14, 3 pm, at Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, in Panchkula, according to Mr Sandeep Moudgil, Secretary of the Panchkula District Cricket Association.

Every participants should bring with him his proof of residence. The team will play its first match against Chandigarh on September 15.

Handball tourney: The Chandigarh Handball Association will conduct the 14th UT Sub-Junior Handball Championships for boys and girls at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, from September 28 to 30, according to Mr Ravinder Talwar, Secretary of the CHA.

Players born on or after January 2, 1984 are eligible to take part in this meet.

Advantages of minkey
By Arvind Katyal

CHANDIGARH, Sept 13 — ''Mini hockey or minkey is an integral part of the sports curriculum in primary schools of Australia and it has gradually helped in making good hockey players,'' said Nadine Richards, Development Manager working with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in Hockey, based at Canberra.

She was here today on an invitation of the Active Sport (India), a body promoted by Mr Kuldip Singh, with its headquarters at Patiala.

Nadine today gave training to physical education teachers and students of St Stephen's School, Sector 45, at a one-day clinic hosted by SD Public School, Sector 32. The Australian coach-cum-umpire was accompanied by her colleague, B. Nixon. Both were excited after seeing the response of the teachers and students.

Mr L.V. Sehgal, Principal of the school, was all praise for these enthusiastic hockey experts from Australia. He also praised the Australian Sport Commssion which seemed to have done a good deal of research in basics of sports. He said if these concepts were implemented in Indian schools, it would be of imense help.

Minkey is mini hockey meant for childern mainly from primary schools, in small age groups. As a project of the Australian Sport Commission has proved, this helps in gradual development of a player by creating inquisitiveness in him.

Last year, Judy Myers and Philips of the Australian Sport Commission had given lecture and practical demonstration of this modified sport at St John's High School, Sector 26.

Nadine who is a coach-cum-umpire, said in her country, a normal child played six-a-side minkey. Then he played at the junior level in a seven-a-side team and later in a full-strength team at the senior level.

The advantage of minkey is that it is played in a quarter of a normal hockey ground and at the junior level, in half of the field. In minkey, a budding player has a better chance of interacting with the ball, helping him get more exposure.

Nadine said it was not necessary to play minkey on the synthetic surface. In India, we could play it on the concrete surface such as the basketball court, as there were not many Astroturfs available here.

She added that basically, physical development of a child was a must for playing the game. That is why for India, the australial sports body had chosen this game which would be introduced from Class III to Class IV onwards.

"In Australia, this game was introduced about ten years ago and now we are getting wonderful results," said Nadine. She will also attend a clinic at Delhi day after tomorrow.

She said in Australia, childern played minkey mainly on Saturdays and it was not necessary that they should play only one game. Continuing to play for many games utilised their energies to an optimum potential.

She had also organised the Australian Women's Hockey Championship for players under the age of 18 as the Tournament Director. She also acted as umpire at the Australian Women's Hockey National Indoor Championship.

She was happy with the spirit and physical aptitude of the city's children. She hoped India would develop the primary skills for moulding young players into healthy and fit individuals.

The schools whose teachers took part in the today's clinic were, Vivek High School, Sector 38; St Kabir, Sector 26, Shivalik Public School, Sector 41; KVM, Ludhiana; BVM, Ludhiana; St John's, Sector 26, SD Public School, Sector 32.