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Institute organises tech fest
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, March 23
An impressive mega job fair was organised by the Swami Parmanand Group of Colleges, Jaulan Kalan (Lalru), wherein more than 1000 engineering, management and diploma final year students from 30 colleges of Punjab and Haryana participated. 19 companies took part in the selection and placement process.

Prominent among the companies which participated in the fair were Godrej, Videocon, JCBL, MSL, Dibbon, HCL, Spanco, Future Edge, Allena automobiles, Intelligence Tech, and Empee Group. 125 students of the Swami Parmanand Group of colleges and 100 students from other colleges were recruited for different posts at handsome packages by the companies.

JCBL and MSL conducted a written test and GD round in the campus before shortlisting them for HR and technical rounds. Similarly, Dibbon Group conducted an online test in the campus and have called short listed students for HR round.

Inderjeet Bajaj, chairman, Swami Parmanand Group of Colleges, thanked the participating companies and congratulated the selected students, wishing them a bright future. He assured that such placement drives would continue in future.

Chandigarh, March 23
In another hit-and-run accident today, a 45-year-old man riding a Honda Activa scooter was killed at the Sector 36/37 intersection last night. The victim, Dinesh Kumar, a Mohali resident, was an employee at the Mountview Hotel and was returning home when the mishap occurred. He worked at the hotel as a waiter and was returning home after completing his shift. The driver of the car fled from the spot and its partial number was noted down as CH03, making it a blind case.

Dinesh was returning home when a Verna car hit him and sped away. The victim suffered a serious head injury and was declared brought dead at the hospital. He is survived by wife and two children..

A case of causing death due to negligence under Sections 279, 337 and 304 A of the IPC has been registered.

Yesterday two hit-and-run accidents had occurred in the city in which two persons were killed.

Chandigarh, March 23
The team of Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik raced in with the best time of 1:27 minutes in the Gypsies’ category in the 25th SJOBA-Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Rally which got off to an exciting start today with the Super Special Stage being held at the Sector 34 Grounds, Chandigarh.

Sunny Sidhu and Rohit Michael came in second with 1:28 minutes while the team of Amrinder Singh Brar and Vijaypal Singh was a shade behind in 1:29 minutes for the third spot.

In cars, the fastest was the team of Jasbir Singh Randhawa and Manoj Kumar with 1:30 minutes while the team of Dhirender Kumar and Honey Narula clocked 1:31:42 minutes for the second spot. Jagbir Singh Nirwan and Shivkaran Mokha with 1:31:42 minutes were in the third place.

In bikes’ category, Prince Singh was the fastest with 1.31 minutes, second was Mohit Verma with 1.32 minutes, while Sandeep Matharu was third with 1.35 minutes.

Gypsies, cars and bikes competing in the Challenge Rally participated in this leg and the drivers zipped around the specially created track, negotiating the hairpin bends and leaving behind a cloud of dust as they exhibited their skills, said Shivneet Singh, president, SJOBA.

Singh said that for the Second Leg of the Challenge Rally the teams will be flagged off on March 24 from St Johns School at 7 am and reach Koti Resorts (beyond Shimla) by 4 pm for the night halt. They will be flagged off at 7 am the next day from Koti Resorts and are expected to reach St. Johns School by 3 pm or later the same day, March 25.

He further said that the teams competing in the Endurance Trial would flagged off immediately before the Challenge Rally teams on March 24 from St Johns. They will also go to Koti Resorts and return on March 25. For the Challenge Rally, the route on the day one would be Chandigarh-Trilokpur-Morni-Badisher-Thapli-Mallah-Bhojnagar-Ashinikhad-Jhaja-Chail (Lunch)-Chhalanda-Tehra-Koti Village-Koti Resorts.

While on day the track would comprise of Koti Resorts-Gumma-Baldeyan-Theog-Tiyali- Kelti-Kamayana-Kiarighat-Kandaghat-Barog (lunch)- Bhojnagar-Chakki Ka Mor and conclude at Chandigarh. 

Chandigarh, March 23
Fine batting performance by Sidharth Rawat (67 not out) enabled the DP Azad Academy to beat the GNPS, Sector 36, by 7 wickets in the 3rd Junior U-13 Championship held here today.

After winning the toss, Azad academy decided to field first. The GNPS-36 scored 140 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their stipulated 25 overs. Abaid 58 in 62 and Chiranpreet 25 in 29 were the main scorers. For Azad academy, Amul 2 for 31and Dhruv 1 for 36 were the main wicket takers.

In reply, Azad academy achieved the target in 23 overs and losing only 3 wickets in the process. Sidharth Rawat 67 (not out) in 58 and Ayudh Sharma 20 in 41 were the main scorers. For the GNPS team, Tavi was the only bowler who impressed with his bowling figures of 1 for 28.

In the second match, the MCA, Mohali, defeated Shivalik, Mohali, by 5 wickets. After winning the toss, Shivalik decided to bat first and scored 103 for 6 in 25 overs. Jaskaran 38 and Sahib 17 were the main scores. For the MCA, Jashan was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped 3 for 24. In reply, the MCA team achieved the target in 18 overs. Harshdeep 48 and Khushleen 29 were the main scores. For Shivalik, Sachin took 2 for 19.

In the third match, APJ Kharar defeated Shri Shri Cricket Academy by 10 wickets. The APJ won the toss and bowl first. Shri Shri scored 68 runs for 7 in 20 overs. Bhawin 13 and Khuman 12 were the main scorers. For the APJ, Ishu took 3 for 11. In reply, the APJ achieved the target in 7.3 overs and without losing any wicket. Harvinder 32 and Inderpreet 28 remained unbeaten till the end of the match.

Tomorrow’s fixtures:

MCA Mohali v\S Stepping Stone at 8:15 am at the BTA Grounds, Sector 48, Chandigarh to beat the GNPS-36 by 7 wickets in the 3rd Junior U-13 Championship, held here today.

After winning the toss, Azad academy decided to field first. The GNPS-36 scored 140 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their stipulated 25 overs. Abaid 58 in 62 and Chiranpreet 25 in 29 were the main scorers. For the Azad academy, Amul 2 for 31and Dhruv 1 for 36 were the main wicket takers.

In reply, the Azad academy achieved the target in 23 overs and losing only 3 wickets in the process. Sidharth Rawat 67 (not out) in 58 and Ayudh Sharma 20 in 41 were the main scorers. For the GNPS team, Tavi was the only bowler who impressed with his bowling figures of 1 for 28.

In the second match, the MCA, Mohali, defeated Shivalik Mohali by 5 wickets. After winning the toss Shivalik decided to bat first and scored 103 for 6 in 25 overs. Jaskaran 38 and Sahib 17 were the main scores. For the MCA, Jashan was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped 3 for 24. In reply, the MCA team achieved the target in 18 overs. Harshdeep 48 and Khushleen 29 were the main scores. For Shivalik,4 Sachin took 2 for 19.

In the third match, the APJ, Kharar, defeated Shri Shri Cricket Academy by 10 wickets. APJ won the toss and bowl first. Shri Shri scored 68 runs for 7 in 20 overs. Bhawin 13 and Khuman 12 were the main scorers. For the APJ, Ishu took 3 for 11. In reply, the APJ achieved the target in 7.3 overs and without losing any wicket. Harvinder 32 and Inderpreet 28 remained unbeaten till the end of the match.

Tomorrow’s fixtures

The MCA, Mohali, v\s Stepping Stone at 8:15 am at the BTA Grounds, Sector 48, Chandigarh. 

Mohali, March 23
Opening batsman Manan Vohra, medium pacer Sandeep Sharma and medium pacer Kamal Passi of the Punjab Cricket Association have been selected in the India U-19 squad by the National Junior Selection Committee in its meeting held at Bangalore.

The PCA spokesperson, Sushil Kapoor, informed that India U-19 team would be participating the Quadrangular series to be played in Australia in April next.

All three players were also a part of the quadrangular series earlier played at Vizag between India, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Australia, which was won by India, he added. — TNS