Keeping in view tensed condition in the state, an army recruitment rally that was to be held from August 26 to September 6 was postponed. The rally is now being held from August 30 to September 10 at the Ferozepur cantonment. Aspirants from Bathinda, Muktsar, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and SBS Nagar can appear at the rally for recruitment. Giving this information, the Director, Recruitment, Surinder Heran, said the rally that was to be held on August 26 would now be held in September 3. Similarly, the rally that was to be held on August 27 will now be held on September 4, the recruitment that was to be held on August 28 will now be held on September 5 and the schedule for August 29 will be carried out on September 6. He added that no changes had been made to the rally that was scheduled from August 30 to September 2. He said only those candidates could participate in the rally who had registered online earlier.Aspirants throng job fairAs many as eight companies recruited candidates at the mega job fair being held at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University. Approximately 1,100 candidates participated in the job fair on Thursday. More than 130 candidates were shortlisted by the evening. The transportation facility from the MRSPTU to the Bathinda bus stand was also provided to the candidates. The job fair was extended by two days and would continue till September 2. The recruitment process takes the applicants through many stages like aptitude test, pre-placement talk, seminar, group discussion and written test followed by an interview. The selected candidates will be intimated soon.