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HEALTH

‘Positive attitude must for healthy body’
Our Correspondent

Rewari, September 30
At least 250 doctors from Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kolkata, Mumbai and various other parts of the country participated in an all-India seminar on mind, body, medicine and meditation, which concluded at the Om Shanti Retreat Centre at Bhora Kalan, 30 km from here, yesterday.

This three-day seminar was organised under the auspices of the medical wing of the Rajyoga Education and Research Foundation of the Projapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Mount Abu (Rajasthan).

In his inaugural address, Dr Girish Patel, a noted psychiatrist of Mumbai, categorically stated that a sick mind made the body sick while a healthy mind dwelt in a healthy body of its own volition. Simultaneously, he asserted that a sick mind was essentially the root cause of more than 50 per cent of our diseases and maladies. He emphasised the need of nurturing a positive attitude to ensure the development of a healthy mind with a healthy body in life.

Echoing the views expressed by Dr Girish Patel, Dr S. P. Popli of Amritsar too laid great stress on the radical transformation of our negative approach to men, matters and other allied aspects in life because such mental transformation would not only lead to a healthy physical environment but would also usher in universal peace, prosperity and happiness.

Dr Prakash Halgi, former Director, Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, sagaciously exhorted medical practitioners to go in for regular exercise of Rajyoga meditation to strengthen their own spirituality which alone, he asserted, would enable them to handle their patients with robust confidence as well as competence.

In the same vein, Dr Sreeram, President of Mollige Nursing Home, Bangalore, said that there was no gainsaying the fact that a healthy mind always lent efficacy as well as excellence to a person in responding to situations of disease and distress in life. Similarly, a spiritually conscious physician would always be observing greater precision and competency in the diagnosis as well as treatment of patients, he added.

Summing up the proceedings of the seminar, Mr B. K. Brij Mohan, Secretary of the foundation, said that both body and mind were important as the one could not function without the other’s assistance.

However, the mind was more important since the body was subservient to its directions. Therefore, the natural conclusion was that a healthy mind was a prerequisite for a healthy body, he concluded.

2 lakh kids get polio drops in Noida
Our Correspondent

Noida, September 30
Pulse polio drops were given to 1,82,294 children in the district which fell short of the target of 2,81,903 kids fixed for the campaign this time.

District Magistrate K Ram Mohan Rao had inaugurated the programme at Government Hospital in Sector 30 here by giving polio drops to eight kids at 8 am on Sunday. After this, the DM went to booths set up in Sectors 12-22, 9,8,5,6 and 55 and also inspected a number of other booths in the town.

Over 39,088 kids in Noida, 14,933 in Bisarakh, 17,901 in Dankaur and 18,454 in Javer were given polio drops in the district. In Dadri 17,807 children were given polio drops.

The Chief Medical Officer, Dr M. A. Haque, inspected booths in Bilaspur and Dankaur. He also gave polio drop to children in Nithari, Sirsa, Girdharpur and Kasna villages and in Ram Vihar Complex.

The Additional DM, Dr R. C. Gaur, said apart from seven officials of WHO all 407 teams had given polio drops to children in 645 booths set in the district for the purpose.

Rotary club and Noida Lok Manch had also put up 20 and 15 booths, respectively, for pulse polio.

In Ram Vihar, Sector 30 residents opposed the pulse polio campaign this year again.

The DM had then deputed the City Magistrate to Ram Vihar who ensured that people bought their wards for pulse polio drops at booths.

SPORTS

Timarpur toy with New Friends in DSA League
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 30
Timarpur Club trounced New Friends 3-1 to collect full points in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Open Clubs Football League Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium East ground.

The teams were locked 1-1 at half time. Inside-left Partap shot in Timarpur’s goal in the 15th minute. New Friends scored the equaliser through Sachin in the 25th minute.

Timarpur increased the lead in the 37th minute while Anit completed the tally in the 57th minute. Timarpur have secured three points from four matches while New Friends have notched up six points from three matches.

Panchkuian edged past Paschim Heroes 1-0 in a match played at the Nehru Stadium West ground. Striker Sumesh Gushain scored the match-winner in the 25th minute.

Panchkuian’s Rajesh Rawat and Paschim Heroes’ R S Bisht were booked with the yellow card for infringements. Panchkuian recorded their fourth successive victory to amass 12 points while Paschim Heroes have earned six points from four matches.

Delhi Students drew with Union Club 1-1 to share points at the Ambedkar Stadium. Sarvan converted a penalty kick to put Delhi Students in the lead. The penalty was awarded by referee Kamal Rakshit when rival defender Dipak played it rough inside the penalty area, in the 12th minute. However, Students could not hold on to the lead as Union Club netted the equaliser, off a penalty kick. The spot kick was awarded to Union Club when Students’ defender Ramesh handled the ball inside the box. Tapan converted the penalty kick in the 52nd minute.

Delhi Students have earned seven points from three matches while Union Club have just one point from four matches. St. Columba’s got walkover from Gulabi Bagh.

Tuesday’s fixtures: State Bank of India vs Youngsters (2 pm); Collegians vs Ahbab (3.30 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium.

Royal Rangers vs Uttranchal (2 pm); Shastri Club vs Delhi Veterans (4 pm)—Nehru Stadium West. Uttrakhand vs Glorious (2 pm); Raisina vs Royal (3.30 pm)—Nehruru Stadium East.

Dahiya named Delhi Ranji captain
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 30
India discard Vijay Dahiya has been named the captain of the Delhi Ranji Trophy team for the season 2002-2003 with Mithun Minhas as his deputy.

The senior selection committee of the Delhi and District Cricket Association, which met under the chairmanship of Chetan Chauhan, also announced the names of 41 probables, who have been called for trials on October 4 at 2.30 pm at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground.

The selection committee meeting was attended by selectors Sunil Khanna, Anil Jain, Surender Khanna, Venkat Sundaram and Sunil Dev (convenor).

Following is the list of the 41 probables announced by DDCA sports secretary Sunil Dev on Monday:

Akash Chopra, Gautam Gambhir, Pradeep Chawla, Sarandeep Singh, Sohail Rauf, Abhishek Sharma, Amit Bhandari, Virender Sehwag, Arun Singh, Rahul Sanghvi, Varun Kumar, Harender Chaudhary, Vivek Khurana, Ashish Nehra, Saket Bhatia, Vishal Sharma, Puru Singh, Siddarth Verma, Robin Singh (Junior), T Anand, Sanjay Gill, Rajesh Gehlot, Ashu Dani, Akash Malhotra, Rajan Gupta, Radhey Shyam Gupta, Surinder Daima, Pankaj Joshi, Kuldeep Singh Rawat, Rohit Mehra, Sunil Joshi, Sonu Vaid, Tarun Gupta, Tony Singh, Yogesh Sachdeva, Kesar Chaudhary, Rajiv Rathore, Rajat Bhatia, Sandeep Angurala, N S Negi and Jitinder Solanki.

	Honda-Siel golf moves to DLF New Delhi, September 30 The Honda-Siel PGA Championship of India, the most prestigious event on the PGA Indian Tour, enters its ninth year with a shift in venue to the DLF Golf & Country Club. The tournament, which occupies pride of place as the biggest prize money event since its inception in 1994, was played at the Army Golf Course, Dhaula Kuan till 1998, and then moved to the Delhi Golf Club for three years. This season, the Rs 25-lakh prize money event, to be played from 3 to 6 October finds a new home. The Pro-Am will be played on October 2. Mr Siddharth Shriram, President & CEO, Siel Limited, said the change of venue from the Delhi Golf Club to DLF “is consistent with our policy to take the event to various golf courses and provide a challenge worthy of the status of the championship to the players.” The winner of the Championship will take home a cheque of Rs 4,05,000, while the runner-up stands to gain Rs 2,80,000. Among those scheduled to participate are defending champion Arjun Singh, 1999 winner and reigning Indian Open champion Vijay Kumar, and Uttam Singh Mundy, the only player to have won this tournament twice (1996 and 1998), Gaurav Ghei, Harmeet Kahlon and Amritinder Singh. Current Money List leader on the Golf Tour golfer Mukesh Kumar will spearhead the challenge on the domestic front and will be joined by the likes of No 2 Digvijay Singh, twice Indian Open winner Ali Sher, Feroz Ali, Rahul Ganapathi, Rahil Gangjee and the talented Rookie Ashok Kumar. Abraham Jacques Coetsee, a leading South African player on the Sunshine Tour, who participated last year and made it to the top 10, will also be playing this year’s tournament. OSR
	Mayank shines for Modern Our Sports Reporter New Delhi, September 30 A spitfire unbeaten knock of 82 by Mayank Sidana and an unbeaten 54 by Deepak Rajput helped Modern School, Barakhamba Road beat Guru Harikrishan Public School, India Gate, by ten wickets in the third Parle Cup Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground. Modern School have qualified for the league round. The swashbuckling knock studded with some fiery boundaries helped Modern School to qualify for league round. Puting to bat first Guru Harikrishan Public School made 146 runs in 30 overs. Scores: Guru Harikrishan Public School: 146 all out in 30 overs (Gurbir Obrai 54, Sukhpreet Singh Arora 36, Ankit Lamba 3 for 48). Modern School: 149 for no loss in 16.5 overs (Mayank Sidana 82 n o, Deepak Rajput 54 n o). Mount Abu School, Rohini beat Frank Anthony School, Lajpat Nagar by 17 runs at the Bharat Nagar ground. Scores: Mount Abu School: 185 for 6 in 30 overs (Rahul Bahal 32, Prateek Suneja 29, Vivek Verma 2 for 41). Frank Anthony Public School: 168 for 6 in 30 overs (Yogesh Malhotra 56, Aditya Saini 30, Praveen Verma 4 for 22). St. Marks School, Meerabagh beat St. Angles School by seven wickets at the Ganga International School ground. Scores: St. Angles School: 59 all out in 20.3 overs (Sumit Kumar 24, Kunal Narang 2 for 8, Karan Wahi 2 for 16). St. Marks School: 60 for 3 in 11.3 overs (Karan Wahi 17, Nikhil Mahajan 15 n o, Himanshu Khullar 2 for 17).
	61 teams for CBSE schools soccer New Delhi, September 30 Sixty-one teams will participate in the CBSE Cluster X Football Tournament to be held from October 1 to 10 at the Ganga International School ground, Hiran Kudna (Rohtak Road). Ganga School principal H Sraw announced in the Capital on Monday that the tournament will be played on a knock out basis. The participating teams are (senior and junior section): Maan Public School, Mont Fort School, Sawan Public School, Laxman Public School, Modern School (Barakhamba Road), Shiksha Bharti, G D Goenka, J L DAV Public School, Chinmay Public School, Vasant Valley School, Sumermal Jain Public School, Sarvodaya School, Upras Public School, St. Paul Public School, Navyug School, Suraj Bhan DAV, Tagore International, Bosco Public School, CSKM, Ganga School, Hope Hall, Lovely Public, Doon Public, East Point, DAV Century, Arwashin, Vishal Bhar, Jaspal Kaur, Sanskrite, National, DAV Shalimar Bagh, St. Marks, Rosy Public, Kalka Public, Lancer, Jainwani, CRPF School, Navyug, Maan Public, Sawan Public, G D Goenka, Modern School, JLDAV, Ramjas, Shiksha Bharti, Himani Public, Rosy, DPS, Rohini, Ganga International, CRPF School, Shah International, Jain Bharti, St. Sophia’s, National Victor, Lancer Convent, Bharti Public, GHPS, Vasant Vihar, Kalka Public. OSR
	IA enter final Our Sports Reporter New Delhi, September 30 Indian Airlines beat Delhi Police by 13 runs and entered the final of the Turf Sports Management Six-a-Side Cricket Tournament at the Palam ground. Lal Bahadur Shastri Club beat Malviya Club by three wickets to set up a title clash against Indian Airlines. Sonnet Club beat Central Warehousing Corporation by two runs in the plate match. Youngsters Club beat Municipal Corporation of Delhi by two runs and entered the final. In the quarter-final, Indian Airlines beat Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Delhi Police beat Paint Blank, Malviya beat Young Friends and Lal Bahadur Shastri Club beat Delhi Blues. For plate, CWC beat Sports Mark and Youngsters Club accounted for K N Colts.
	DPS annex basketball title Our Sports Reporter New Delhi, September 30 Delhi Public School (DPS), R K Puram lifted the All-India Public School Conference Basketball Tournament for boys beating Welham School, Dehra Dun 54-52 in the final at the Mayo College court, Ajmer. DPS defeated hosts Mayo College 68-60 while Welham School beat Punjab Public School, Nabha 38-36 in the semi-finals. In the quarter-final, Welham School outpointed defending champions Modern School, Barakhamba Road 55-21. Biplove of DPS, R K Puram was adjudged the best player of the tournament. Scores: DPS: 54 (Biplove 16, Hardeep 13, Emmaul 11). Welham, Dehra Dun: 52 (Abhishek Singh 17, Ansari 15).

	Gaurav hits ton for Cambridge Our Sports Reporter New Delhi, September 30 Gaurav Mathur smashed an unbeaten 140 as Cambridge Foundation School, Rajouri Garden beat Sardar Patel Vidyalaya by 87 runs in the sixth Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Gyan Bharti School ground, Saket. Scores: Cambridge Foundation (first innings): 137 all out in 46.2 overs (Ayush Kumar 58, Aditya Mohan 4 for 40, Rahul Diwan 4 for 41). Second innings: 275 for 7 in 40 overs (Gaurav Mathur 140 n o, 18x4; Mathur 33, Aditya Mohan 3 for 25, Rahul Diwan 3 for 40). Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (first innings): 181 all out in 54 overs (Rahul Diwan 117, Sunny Verma 4 for 30, Harman 3 for 30). Second innings: 144 all out in 30 overs (Rahul Diwan 40, Harmohan Singh 4 for 30, Sunny Verma 3 for 20).
	Dhillon joins Indian squad New Delhi, September 30 Mr T S Dhillon of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), presently posted in Srinagar as Additional DIGP, has joined the Indian contingent as coach of the shooting team for the 14th Asian Games at Busan (Korea). Dhillon had represented India in shooting in the ninth Asian Games. He was also the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent at the World Police Games held in Italy in 1989. Recipient of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award, Dhillon is well-known as a promoter and organiser. Dhillon is a qualified shooting coach from the United States Olympic Training Centre, and the first Asian to be honoured with the life membership of the International Shooting Coaches Association (USA. OSR
	R R Gym in semis Our Sports Reporter New Delhi, September 30 Rohtak Road Gymkhana defeated National Stadium Coaching Centre by four wickets and entered the semi-final of the S P Sharma Memorial Cricket Tournament, organised by the S P Memorial Trust, at the Jasola Sports Complex, Sarita Vihar. Sandeep Chawla, who slammed 58, was adjudged the man of the match. Scores: National Stadium: 191 all out in 39.3 overs (Randeep Singh 72, 8x4; Shashi Ranjan 53, 4x4; Ankur Garg 3 for 24). R R Gymkhana: 196 for 6 in 37 overs (Sandeep Chawla 58, Pradeep Chawla 48 n o, Shashi Ranjan 3 for 37).
	City Cable win Ours Sports Reporter Rohtak, September 30 Fine allround performance by Deepak Khanna helped City Cable to register 19 runs win over Dainik Jagran in a cricket match played at Mahatama Gandhi Sports Complex here today. Deepak scored 91 in his team’s total of 163. He also captured 2 wickets. City Cable garnered the score in the stipulated 20 overs after losing 7 wickets. Deepak hammered 15 fours and 2 sixes. Ashish contributed 29. Arun captured 3 wickets for 19 runs whereas Veenu Kapil dismissed two batsmen. Dainik Jagran team could score only 144 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Veenu Kapil hit 4 sixes and five fours in his knock of 60.