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Girls excel yet again, bag 3 of 4 top positions
Chandigarh, May 23
The girls have once again outshone boys at the national level and it is true for the city as well where they gave the boys a tough fight to bag three of the top four positions. While they have made their schools and parents proud, the new-age toppers are not bookworms, but is the “smart study” brigade.

Sun Delight

A boy takes a picture of sunflowers at Chhatt village near Mohali on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Illness failed to deter her
Chandigarh, May 23
It takes true grit and determination to beat all the odds stacked against one to emerge a winner. Janvi Malhotra, a student of Vivek High School, has done just that.

Fewer make it to 90% list
Chandigarh May 23
Contrary to last year’s result where 400-odd students hit the magic number of 90 in the Class XII board exam, the number has gone down to almost half with only 200 students making it to the “A-list”. The worst hit is the science stream.

Shivalik school result withheld
Chandigarh May 23
While it was a day of excitement or disappointment for over 8,000 city students, 182 students of Shiwalik Public School, Sector 41, were left curious and anxious as there result was not declared today.

Govt schools a showstopper
Chandigarh May 23
If one has to sum up the results of government schools then Government Senior Secondary School, Khuda Lahora, is surely the showstopper. The school, which was criticised for registering an all-time low pass percentage of about 35 per cent last year and being amongst the bottom five, has won laurels by topping in the non-model category with an overall pass percentage of about 92 per cent.

Govt schools fare better
Chandigarh May 23
Swanky classrooms, exorbitant fee and tall claims of ‘quality’ education may not be the right recipe for success as continuing their last year’s winning streak, government schools have once again outdone their private counterparts in the CBSE Class XII results declared today.

Supervisor’s son does him proud Chandigarh, May 23 His father is a small-time supervisor at Sikhya School, Sector 46. His household income is meagre but surely not his dreams. Pradeep Kumar has not only left his school GMSSS, Sector 16, but even his father proud by securing 91 per cent marks in arts stream. Pradeep Kumar of GMSSS, Sector 16 scored 91 per cent marks in arts stream. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik

EWS students make it big
Chandigarh, May 23
Known for nurturing talent of hundreds of unfortunate students, Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya has left its mark yet again. Manisha, who secured 76 per cent marks in the science stream, lost her parents years ago.

Non-medical topper aspires to be IAS
Mohali, May 23
Girls have once again outshined boys in the Class XII CBSE results declared today. In the non-medical stream, Akriti Chadda of Gian Jyoti Public School has topped the town by scoring 92.8 per cent marks. A refined orator and winning various awards in dancing, Akriti is aspiring to become an IAS officer and serve society.

Girls outshine boys in Mohali, Panchkula Mohali/Panchkula, May 23 Following the national trend, girls of private schools in Mohali have outshined boys in scoring high percentage in Class XII, the results of which were declared today by the Central Board of Senior Education. Queen of the arts Sonali Bhardwaj of the humanities stream stood first with 92.6 per cent in Panchkula. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Harsimar Kaur of Gian Jyoti Public School scored 93.4 per cent marks in the medical stream and right) Akriti Chadda secured 92.8 per cent marks in the non-medical stream. Tribune photos: Vicky Gharu
Jaspreet Kaur of St Soldier School scored 91.4 per cent marks in the commerce stream. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu	Priyanka of commerce stream in Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, bagged the second position in the tricity securing 96.4 per cent marks. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

COMMUNITY

NCB plan to destroy drugs comes unstuck
Chandigarh, May 23 A move by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to destroy 4,000 kilos of contraband poppy husk worth crores of rupees at JP Associate’s solid waste disposal plant in Dhanas on Monday failed to materialise after officials of the UT Pollution Control Board (PCB) termed the method of disposal as “environmentally hazardous” on the grounds that the plant was not equipped to conduct such an exercise.
NOBODY’S BABY: Truck loaded with poppy husk, which was to be burnt at JP Associate's solid waste disposal plant in Dhanas, was taken back to the Narcotics Control Bureau office after the UT Pollution Control Board raised objections to the move on Monday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan

Rawal back as Panchkula Municipal Council chief
Chandigarh, May 23
Ravinder Kumar Rawal is back on the Panchkula Municipal Council president’s post. Two years after his election was set aside, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today held him entitled to resume his office “as substantive term was still available to him”.

Film actress Dimple Bagrai alleges negligence by doctor
Panchkula, May 23
Film actress Dimple Bagrai alleged today that doctors at the Government Hospital here prescribed her wrong medicines, which caused a reaction leading to allergy on her body.

Spot billed ducks produce two chicks after 9 yrs Chhat (Banur), May 23 Two chicks were born to a pair of spot billed ducks, after a gap of nine years, at Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park. Zoo authorities said that now they were trying to make the chicks survive. proud mother A spot bill duck with its two newborn ducklings at Chhatbir Zoo on Sunday. Tribune photo Vicky Gharu

Seva centres for development of villages in Haryana
Panchkula, May 23
Rajiv Gandhi Seva Centres at the cost of Rs 10 lakh each would be set up in those villages of the state, which have done exemplary work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA).

Negi takes over as ITBP L&C head
Chandigarh, May 23
ITBP Force Deputy Inspector General IS Negi has taken over as the head of the force’s Logistics and Communication (L&C) sector here today. Prior to this, he was DIG Anti-Naxal Operations in Chattisgarh.

EDUCATION

PU to double check CET bio paper
Chandigarh, May 23
The Panjab University authorities today decided to conduct both manual and electronic checking of answersheets for the D-series biology paper of the common entrance test (CET) held yesterday in which 10 questions were repeated due to erroneous printing.

Technical glitch hits compilation
Chandigarh, May 23
The compilation of results in several city schools was delayed by a few hours due to a technical glitch in the download server. A majority of schools were able to download the complete results, on the job since 10 am, only by 1:30 pm.

Musical evening at Law Bhawan
Chandigarh, May 23
Leading vocalists of the region regaled the audience in the 41st edition of a musical evening “Sunta Jaa” organised by Swar Saptak club, Mohali, at the Law Bhawan Auditorium here yesterday.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

12 cotton spinning mills hold strike in Dera Bassi Dera Bassi, May 23 Following the national-level call given by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industries (CITI), which is a federation of regional associations, most cotton spinning mills in Dera Bassi and Lalru remained closed to protest against government policies. Grinding halt Following a nation-wide strike, a spinning mill at Lalru that was shut down on Monday. A Tribune photograph

class XII results
Girls outshine boys in Patiala
Patiala, May 23
Girls once again outshone boys in the class XII result of the CBSE that was declared this morning. In DAV School, a total of 185 students appeared in the exam. The pass percentage of the school is 97.85 per cent. In commerce stream, Ojassvi Rishi (93.3%), Anupreet Tiwana (88.2%) and Ramneet Singh were first, second and third, respectively.

Ropar schools come out with flying colours
Ropar, May 23
Schools at Ropar have come out with flying colours in the CBSE results declared today. Overall result of Shiwalik Public School, Ropar, is 96 per cent. In non-medical stream Vishakha stood first with 91.2 per cent, Jaswinder Kaur bagged second position with 89 per cent while Urmila Chakraborty scored 88.4 per cent to secure third position in the school.

Rajeev, Tushar score 96 pc
Ambala, May 23
Various public schools of Ambala performed well in class XII examination of the CBSE, result of which was declared today. Rajeev, a student of Police DAV Public School, got 96 per cent in science stream while Pankaj Joshi bagged 92%. Shradha stood third with 91.6% Principal Vikas Kohli said all the students who appeared in the examination achieved success.

94 donate blood at DAV school
Patiala, May 23
To commemorate 125th year of DAV Movement today, Arya Yuva Samaj of DAV Public School, Bhupindra Road, Patiala, in collaboration with the department of transfusion medicine, PGI, Chandigarh, today organised second blood donation camp on its premises. This camp got overwhelming response. About 94 parents and teachers donated blood.

3 students hurt in group clash
Dera Bassi, May 23
Three students were injured in a group clash near Malkpur village today. Twelve assailants armed with sharp edged weapons attacked the other group of students this afternoon. The injured students alleged that the assailants also fired three air shots. As per reports the clash took place due to old enmity.

COURTS

Violence at dist courts
HC issues contempt notice to 14 lawyers
Chandigarh, May 23
Taking cognizance of a report submitted by the Registrar (Vigilance) in the district courts violence case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice to 14 district court advocates, asking them to show cause why criminal contempt of court proceedings not be initiated against them.

Police let situation go out of hand: Report
Chandigarh, May 23
The report submitted by the Registrar (vigilance) in the district courts violence case clearly holds the Chandigarh Police responsible for letting the situation go out of hand. The report also brings under the High Court scanner the functioning of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Desh Raj.

High Court stays demolition of Chandigarh Club
Chandigarh, May 23
Issuing notice of motion to UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas and Assistant Estate Officer Rahul Gupta on a petition alleging contempt of court filed by the Chandigarh Club, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed demolition till the next date of hearing. Justice Rajive Bhalla also fixed May 30 as the date for taking up the case.

Builder penalised for harassing allottee
Mohali, May 23
The Mohali District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has levied a penalty of Rs 63,000 on the promoters of Janta Land Promoters Ltd (JLPL) for harassing an allottee of an apartment in Regency Heights, Sector 90, here on account of not providing the basic amenities as promised at the time of allotment.

Bail to seven more in Bataud violence case
Panchkula, May 23
The local court today granted bail to seven persons who were arrested on May 8 in connection with the caste violence that took place in Batoud village on March 17. Earlier, the court had granted bail to eight other accused.

SPORTS

Dhruv Pandove Trophy Vir Kamal puts Chandigarh in strong position Chandigarh, May 23 Brilliant ton by Vir Karan Goel (141 off 202) helped Chandigarh to strengthen its position against Bathinda by posting 390 runs for nine in 85 overs on the first day of the Dhruv Pandove Trophy (U-19) at the Sector-16 Cricket Stadium here today.
Winning Shot A batsman of Chandigarh team hits a shot during the match at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Tarini corners glory in chess meet
Chandigarh, May 23
Local chess prodigy and national champion Tarini Goyal cornered glory by bagging four medals in the U-10 girls’ category in the recently concluded Asian Youth Chess Championship-2011 held from May 15 to 22 at Subic city in Philippines.