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Kharar, November 7
Eli-Lilly, a renowned American company, visited Doaba Group of Colleges, Kharar, today for conducting campus interviews of students of MBA and B Pharmacy for the posts of trainee territory manager.

A total number of 38 students were shortlisted after a written test, group discussion and technical interviews.

The final selections will be on the basis of personal interviews. The selected students will be paid an annual package of Rs 3.63 lakh and incentives.

The placement drive was presided over by managing director and general manager of the company. Over 260 students from different colleges of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana participated in the joint placement drive.

Executive director Manjit Singh, Doaba Group of Colleges (DGC), chief administrator Jeet Singh and director-principal Dr Rupinder Gupta, DIET, congratulated the students who successfully went through shortlisting process.

Patiala, November 7
Patiala defeated Amritsar in the 55th Punjab School Inter-District Roller Skating Championship (boys and girls U-11, U-14, U-17 and U-19) at the Rink Hall, Bardari, here today.

Results:

In-line rink race (U-14 boys): Gaurav Sharma, Ludhiana, 1, Keshav Sai, Amritsar, 2 and Harshveer, Ludhiana, 3; Rink race quartz (U-11 boys): Alamjot, Amritsar, 1, Chirag Gupta, Amritsar, 2 and Jasdeep Singh, Mohali, 3; U-14: Baljot Singh, Amritsar, 1, Chanchalpreet Singh, Sangrur, 2 and Khushvinder Singh, Ludhiana, 3; U-17: Samir, Amritsar, 1, Avdeep, Amritsar, 2 and Shiva Gupta 3; U-19: Tanveer Singh, Amritsar, 1, Amarjot Singh, Patiala, 2 and Harmandeep Singh, Sangrur, 3; Roller hockey: Patiala 1, Amritsar 2 and Sangrur 3. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 7
Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21-C, Chandigarh, won the under-17 boys’ title in the Chandigarh Inter-School Ball Badminton Tournament at Government Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 23 here today.

In the semi-final matches, Manav Mangal beat Moti Ram Arya-27 29-18, 29-12 and Government Model High School, Sector 37, beat Guru Harkishan Senior Secondary School-40 29-15, 29-18.

Led by captain Aman Kumar, Manav Mangal played brilliantly to beat Government Model High School, Sector 37, 29-16, 29-8.

Moti Ram Arya-27 defeated Guru Harkishan-40 29-15, 29-15 to decide the third and fourth places.

Manav Mangal boys had earlier won the under-14 title.

Chandigarh, November 7
Union Academy Senior Secondary School, New Delhi, thrashed Gyan Deep Hindi High School, Ahmedabad, by 12 goals in the second phase of 38th ATS Junior Nehru (U-17) Hockey Tournament being held at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.

The match turned out to be a one-sided game, as Delhi lad Parveen Kumar and Ranbir were the main scorers for their team as they sounded the board four and three times, respectively.

Launching the attacking game from the start of the match, Delhi team scored the first goal through penalty corner in the eighth minute through Mnkit Antil.

Soon after Parveen was able to score through penalty corner in the 15th minute and later scored another two field goals in the 15th and 19th minutes of the game.

Thereafter, Ranbir also scored two field goals in the 22nd and 24th minute. Delhi team had taken the lead of seven goals at half time, when Sumit Kumar scored his only goal by penalty stroke.

In the second half, Delhi team continued to attack their opponents by playing an attacking game and scored five goals in the 38th, 40th, 45th, 47th and 48th minutes of game.

In another match, Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow, beat Moti Lal Nehru School of Sports, Sonepat, 9-0 in the Pool G game. Gaurav Singh and Vijender Kushwara were the main scorers for their team, as they scored three goals each.

GGSSC lad Shailesh Yadav sounded the first goal for his team in the 15th minute through penalty corner.

Soon after Vijender struck the goal in the 16th minute. Thereafter, Gaurav launched an attacking game and scored two goals in the 19th and 35th minutes, taking the lead to four goals at half time.

In the second half, Vijender and Gaurav scored one goal each in the 43rd and 54th minutes of game through field goal and penalty corner, respectively. Other players, who made their mark include Lalit Mohan and Nikhilesh K Patel, who scored goals in the 63nd and 68th minutes of game.

In the third match Bright Scholar Senior Secondary School, Sonepat, beat SKC Adarsh Inter-College, Varanasi, 8-0 in Pool J.

Navpreet Singh (2 goals), Nitesh and Siddharth (2 goals), Navdeep Singh and Ranjit Singh (2 goals) were the main scorers for the Sonepat team, while Varanasi lad Saif Ahmed with two goals in the 36th and 40th minutes was the only scorer for his team.

In the last match of the day, Malwa Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, beat Pooja Modern School, Kurukshetra, 6-3 in the Pool I match. For Malwa team, Navjeet Singh and Kulbir Singh scored two goals each, while Bhupinder Singh and Parminder Singh scored one goal each. For Kurukshetra team Naveen Antil, Karambir and Gorish scored one goal each. 

Chandigarh, November 7
Karanbir Khanna, Anil Gulati and Gurminder Singh entered the regional round finals of the Mercedes Benz Golf Championship recording victories in their respective handicap categories in the Chandigarh round of the tournament held on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Played on the stableford system about 100 golfers teed off this morning to make it to the regional round. Also at stake was a Mercedes Benz car for any participant recording a hole-in-one on the par-3 third hole. There were many aahs and oohs as five golfers virtually made it to within 10 ft of the hole in the first stroke. But no one could actually make it. It was comparatively an easy hole, Deepak Joshi of Joshi Autozone who gave away the prizes said.

Karanbir Khanna who plays with a handicap of 14 in the A category (0-15 handicap) emerged winner logging 41 points. Anuj Sundra finished just one point behind at 40 and thus missed the berth for the regional round.

Anil Gulati logged 43 points to win the B category (16-14 handicap) title a clear two points ahead of Gopal Munjal who could muster 41 points. Completing the trio for the regional round was Gurminder Singh who tied with Col Surinder Singh in Category C (21-24 handicap). Gurminder was declared the winner because he recorded a better back nine.

The overall gross trophy was clinched by HS Kang who finished with a tally of 34 points. The overall gross winner does not go into the regional round, according to Rishi Narain Golf Management, who handled the event.

Another golfer who made it to the regional round is APS Kahai who recorded a drive of 315 yards on the sixth hole to clinch the Ballantine’s Long Drive Challenge Trophy. The Mercedes Benz regional round will be played in Chandigarh in the last week of February.

Panchkula, November 7
New Public School, Sector 18, Chandigarh, claimed both boys’ and girls’ titles in the sixth Emily Gosain Memorial Basketball Tournament being organised by St Xavier’s High School at Sector 20 here today.

In the boys final, NPS boys defeated St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, 45-29 after leading by 27-14 at half time.

New Public School clinched the girls trophy after defeating St Kabir School of Chandigarh with a hard-fought victory by 29-25 points. The winners were leading by 11-7 at half time.

Sarfraz and Gurmeet emerged the star performers for NPS boys team, who defeated St Xavier’s School-44 in a well-contested final match. Moving up with proper coordination, Sarfraz basketed 14 points and Gurmeet contributed 13 points. Gurjot and Anmol scored nine and eight points, respectively, for St Xavier’s School.

New Public School completed a memorable double, as their girls registered an exciting win against St Kabir 29-25 in an absorbing final. NPS virtually owed it to Anica Kanwar, who top scored with 14 points. Neha contributed four valuable points. For St Kabir, Shriya and Pavani got eight and six points, respectively.

Shishu Niketan-22 of Chandigarh beat hosts St Xavier’s School, Panchkula, 42-38 (half time 23-16) in a match to decide the third and fourth positions in the boys section.

Results:

Boys: Shishu Niketan, Chandigarh, (Simran 22 and Rahul 6) beat St Xavier’s, Panchkula, (Sarfraz 15 and Jagraj 12) 42-38 (half time 23-16). 

Chandigarh, November 7
A fine 92-run partnership for the second wicket stand between Paras Rishi (42) and Parnav Vashisht (71 not out) helped St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, snatch an exciting seven-run victory over St Stephen’s School of Togan in the weekend match organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy on the Sector 45 Stephen’s ground here today.

Batting first, Stephen’s-45 posted 193 in 34.5 overs. Paras Rishi and Parnav Vashisht stroked well as their partnership realised 92 runs for the second wicket. Karan Inder Singh piled up 30 with the help of four fours and one six.

For Stephen’s, Togan, right arm leg break bowler Arjun Aggarwal bagged three for 31. Juniad Mohammed (2 for 38) and Siddharth (2 for 22) were the other main wicket takers for Togan school.

In reply, Stephen’s Togan had put up good resistance before going down fighting by seven runs. Juniad Mohammed (34) and Akash Sharma (44) were the main run-getters. Milind and Subhjeet contributed 22 and 17 runs, respectively.

Brief scores: St Stephen’s School-45: 193 all out in 34.5 overs (Paras Rishi (42), Parnav Vashisht (71 not out), Karan Inder Singh (30), Arjun Aggarwal (3 for 31), Juniad Mohammed (2 for 38), Siddharth (2 for 22) and Milind (1 for 30); St Stephen’s School (Togan): 186 in 33 overs (Juniad Mohammed (34), Akash Sharma (44), Milind (22), Subhjeet (17), Karan Inder (3 for 21), Azad Bir Singh (3 for 24) and Parnav (1 for 41).