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A perfect 10 for 1,369 tricity students
Chandigarh, May 30
As many as 1,369 students from the tricity have scored a perfect 10 CGPA in the CBSE Class X examinations, the results of which were declared today. As many as 852 students from Chandigarh have hit the bullseye as compared to 351 students from Panchkula and 166 students from Mohali.
Girls in a jubilant mood after the announcement of the CBSE Class X results at Sacred Heart School in Chandigarh on Thursday Girls in a jubilant mood after the announcement of the CBSE Class X results at Sacred Heart School in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan



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Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh, leads the chart
Chandigarh, May 30
With nearly 50 per cent of its students getting a 10 CGPA, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, has topped the chart in the tricity in the CBSE Class X examinations. Of the total 150 students who appeared for the exams from the school, 74 students (49.33 per cent) have got a perfect 10 CGPA.

Govt schools fare poorly
Chandigarh, May 30
Compared to private schools, government schools have faltered in the Class X examinations as only a handful of students have achieved a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 10 in Chandigarh. More than 10,000 students appeared for the board exams in nearly 80 government schools in Chandigarh.

Girls outperform boys yet again
Chandigarh, May 30

After Class XII, now girls have outperformed boys in the Class X examinations in terms of getting a perfect 10 CGPA. However, in some schools, boys have done well, but overall the results have gone in favour of girls in the tricity.
TWIN SUCCESS: Rishti Gupta (right) and Srishti Gupta, twins, who have scored a 10 CGPA, at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
TWIN SUCCESS: Rishti Gupta (right) and Srishti Gupta, twins, who have scored a 10 CGPA, at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday

Evasion of VAT
Elante Mall comes under Excise Dept scanner
Chandigarh, May 30
Elante Mall, one of the most prestigious projects of L&T in the Industrial Area, Phase 1, here, that opened last month, has come under the scanner of the UT Excise and Taxation Department.

Motorcyclist dies in mishap
Chandigarh, May 30
In a hit-and-run accident, a motorcyclist died after being hit by a rashly driven truck at the Sectors 45/46/49/50 intersection early this morning. The victim, 35-year-old Suresh Rai, succumbed to his injuries at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32.





COMMUNITY

Records of patients
PGI’s computerisation process tardy
Chandigarh, May 29
Even as the PGI has woken up to the need of computerisation to maintain centralised patient records, 15 years after receiving the grant, the project is moving at a snail's pace as its staff is reluctant to use computers.

Relatives often find it difficult to locate wards of their patients at the PGIMER, Sector 12, Chandigarh. Tribune photos : Pradeep Tewari
Relatives often find it difficult to locate wards of their patients at the PGIMER, Sector 12, Chandigarh

Special drive to check snatching incidents
Chandigarh, May 30
To curb the snatching incidents during the peak hours at busy markets, crowded parking lots and vital installations, a special drive, from 11 am to 2 pm, was carried out at 41 locations in the city.

panchkula mc poll
Liquor seized from Saketri area
Panchkula, May 30
On one hand, candidates have not shown details of liquor expenditure given to the observer while on the other hand, the Panchkula police seized four cartons of liquor that were being transported to the hutments in the Saketri area by a candidate today. The police said that candidate of Ward No 8 had sent it to woo voters.
Cong candidate Chaitanya Rai Vashishth during an election campaign in Ward 9, Panchkula
Cong candidate Chaitanya Rai Vashishth during an election campaign in Ward 9, Panchkula. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal
Sadhu Ranbir Singh Malhi (left) joins hands with Pritam Singh Lubana (right) from Ward 8, Panchkula on Thursday
Sadhu Ranbir Singh Malhi (left) joins hands with Pritam Singh Lubana (right) from Ward 8, Panchkula on Thursday.

Know your candidate
Women power at its best
Panchkula, May 30
Wards 15, 16 and 17 are the wards where women power will rule as these wards are reserved for women. While ward 15 comprises Sectors 10 and 11, Ward 16 comprises Sectors 2, 4, Haripur and the Majri area and Ward 17 comprises Sectors 3, 21 and Devi Nagar.

Online shopping: Chandigarh among top 12 cities
Chandigarh, May 30
Defying the common perception that women are addicted to shopping, a survey conducted by a leading online shopping website in the top 20 cities, including Chandigarh, recently found that the number of men online shoppers was much higher than that of women.

mc house meetings
Ban entry of outsiders without passes: Oppn
Chandigarh, May 30
Councillors of the BJP, SAD and the BSP today submitted a memorandum to the MC Commissioner, in which they have demanded a ban on the entry of outsiders in the MC House meetings through the Mayor's room.

Chaos during a house meeting of the MC. A file photograph

Chaos during a house meeting of the MC

29 vanity Nos. auctioned
Chandigarh, May 30
Out of the 30 unsold vanity numbers of the CH-01-AT series, the Registering and Licensing Authority today auctioned 29 numbers. A revenue of Rs 4.96 lakh was generated through this auction.

Providing relief to parched throats: Residents serve sweetened water to commuters in front of the Government Super-speciality Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on a hot Thursday afternoon
Providing relief to parched throats: Residents serve sweetened water to commuters in front of the Government Super-speciality Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on a hot Thursday afternoon. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Crime tracking system installed at police station
Chandigarh, May 30
The UT police today installed the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) at the Sector 31 police station. The project was formally launched by SP City Shiv Charan.

HEALTH NOTES
Lecture on ills of smoking
Chandigarh: India is facing a smoking death crisis and it has been predicted by a research study that one million people will die every year from tobacco smoking in India in the next 10 years.

EDUCATION

Braving all odds, they make a mark
Chandigarh, May 30
Braving all odds, Lokesh Kumar, son of a security guard, secured a CGPA of 9.4 in the Class X exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, results of which were declared today.
Students belonging to the economically weaker section who performed well in the CBSE Class X exams at St John’s High School Students at Sacred Heart School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday
Students belonging to the economically weaker section who performed well in the CBSE Class X exams at St John’s High School; and (right) at Sacred Heart School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan and Manoj Mahajan
Students of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, pose for a picture with their teachers after their school stood second in the tricity in the CBSE Class X exams in Panchkula on Thursday
Students of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, pose for a picture with their teachers after their school stood second in the tricity in the CBSE Class X exams in Panchkula on Thursday. A Tribune Photograph
Sportspersons from Sacred Heart School who performed well in the CBSE Class X exams strike a pose at the school in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday
Sportspersons from Sacred Heart School who performed well in the CBSE Class X exams strike a pose at the school in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Lokesh Kumar, son of a supervisor with a private security agency and a student of the GMSSS, Sector 16, Chandigarh, celebrates his success (9.4 CGPA) with his parents
Lokesh Kumar, son of a supervisor with a private security agency and a student of the GMSSS, Sector 16, Chandigarh, celebrates his success (9.4 CGPA) with his parents. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
From left): Budding players Parnav Sharda (basketball), who has got an 8.4 CGPA, Srishti Jain (chess, 10 CGPA), Tanu (basketball, 8.2 CGPA) and Gautam Sharma (football, 9.8 CGPA) at St Kabir School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday
From left): Budding players Parnav Sharda (basketball), who has got an 8.4 CGPA, Srishti Jain (chess, 10 CGPA), Tanu (basketball, 8.2 CGPA) and Gautam Sharma (football, 9.8 CGPA) at St Kabir School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Budding players shine on academic turf
Chandigarh, May 30
Budding players from the city aced the CBSE Class X exams, with many international players hitting the bull’s eye with a perfect CGPA of 10. Ismat Gill, a national-level fencing player of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, is one such student who scored a perfect 10.

Twin delight for Gupta family
Chandigarh, May 30
Gupta family has two reasons to celebrate after the Class X exam results were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education today. Twin sisters, Srishti Gupta and Rishti Gupta, have secured a perfect 10 CGPA.

Even illness could not dampen their spirit
Chandigarh, May 30
Ashutosh Kaushal, a cancer patient, had lost all hopes of passing the CBSE Class X exams after he could not complete a paper as his health deteriorated. The system of continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE), however, ensured that he passed the exam with a CGPA of 7, based on his earlier performance.
Ashutosh Kaushal, a cancer patient, in a jubilant mood with his parents at their residence in the Railway Colony Atharv Vashishth, a dyslexic student, with his mother at St John's High School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday
Ashutosh Kaushal, a cancer patient, in a jubilant mood with his parents at their residence in the Railway Colony; and (right) Atharv Vashishth, a dyslexic student, with his mother at St John's High School in Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photos: Parvesh Chauhan

Panchkula schools record good results once again
Panchkula, May 30
After leading the tricity in the Class X and XII exams conducted by the ICSE and ISC respectively, Panchkula once again faired well in the Class X exams of the Central Board of Secondary Education, results of which were declared today.

Better show by Mohali schools
Mohali, May 30
The performance of Mohali students showed an improvement in the CBSE Class X examinations with those securing a CGPA (cumulative grade point average) of 10 showing a rise, particularly at Manav Mangal Smart School.
Students of Manav Mangal School in a jubilant mood after the declaration of the CBSE Class X results in Mohali on Thursday
Students of Manav Mangal School in a jubilant mood after the declaration of the CBSE Class X results in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Financial constraints no barrier for them
Mohali, May 30
Despite financial constraints in their families, two students of Shivalik Public School here made it to the top by scoring a CGPA of 10 in the CBSE Class X examinations, results of which were declared today.

(Left) Saranjot Kaur and Shashikant, who scored 10 CGPA in the CBSE Class X examinations in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu


(Left) Saranjot Kaur and Shashikant, who scored 10 CGPA in the CBSE Class X examinations in Mohali on Thursday

All CTU, school buses to have speed governors soon, says UT Adviser
Chandigarh, May 30
By the next one month, all the schools buses and the CTU vehicles will have speed governors with a speed limit of 50 kmph. This was directed by the UT Adviser to the Administrator, K K Sharma, at a meeting with the officials of the Transport Department today.

Student designs green mobile phone charger
Chandigarh, May 30
In an attempt to save power and utilise the readily available sunlight, a Class X student of the city has designed a solar mobile phone charger based on the concept of photovoltaic. The solar charger has been designed using cells available in calculators. The cells have been connected to make a solar array (panel), which is then joined in a serial connection with a multi-charger used in cars.

Nidhi Sharma with the mobile charger. Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Nidhi Sharma with the mobile charger

‘Super Achiever Scholarship’ scheme launched
Mohali, May 30
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today launched a “Super Achiever Scholarship” scheme, initiated by Chandigarh University, Gharuan, under its scholarship policy for brilliant aspiring engineers of the country.

Stationery distributed among children
Chandigarh, May 30
A Chandigarh-based NGO, Love All Foundation for Development and Rehabilitation, distributed stationery items like notebooks, registers, pencils, erasers, sharpeners and pen among the poor and needy students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, Chandigarh.

 
NEIGHBOURHOOD

22 students of SD Vidya School, Ambala Cantonment, score a perfect 10
Ambala, May 30
As many as 22 students of SD Vidya School, Ambala Cantonment, got 10 CGPA in the CBSE Class X examinations, results of which were declared today. The students who excelled are Pooja, Mehak, Dikha, Khushboo, Mansi, Ankita, Radhika, Devanshu, Priya, Riya, Karan Khanna, Pulkit, Isha, Karan Juneja, Kritika, Prathna, Sahib, Gagandeep, Chetna, Ujjwal, Sandeep and Manik.

Students of Our Lady of Fatima Convent School shine
Patiala, May 30
Putting forth an example of academic excellence, as many as 50 students of Our Lady of Fatima Convent School have scored 10 CGPA, eight have got 9.8 CGPA, seven have got 9.6 CGPA, eight have got 9.4 CGPA, five have got 9.2 CGPA and three have got 9 CGPA. As many as 81 students have got more than 9 CGPA.
Students celebrate their success at Our Lady of Fatima Convent School Budha Dal Public School students in a happy mood in Patiala on Thursday
Students celebrate their success at Our Lady of Fatima Convent School; and (right) Budha Dal Public School students in a happy mood in Patiala on Thursday. Tribune photos: Rajesh Sachar

Rupnagar students come out with flying colours
Ropar, May 30
Students of various schools of Rupnagar have excelled in the CBSE Class X exams. Out of the 152 students of Shiwalik Public School, 13 students - Shubham Chaudhary, Varsha, Jaskirat Kaur, Anmol Chopra, Bhawna Sharma, Harmanjot, Harmeet Kaur, Ishika, Kritika, Srishti, Satvika, and Inderpreet - got 10 CGPA.

Four drug peddlers arrested
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 30
The district police has arrested four drug peddlers and recovered 10 kg of poppy husk, 10 grams of smack, 7,000 intoxicant tablets, 95 injections and 15 bottles of syrup from their possession.

COURTS

Two awarded life term in double murder case
Mohali, May 30
In the case pertaining to the brutal murder of two women, Shikha Jindal and her daughter Priyanka Jindal, the local court today sentence two accused, Arun Kumar and Pawan Kumar, both residents of Baltana village, to life imprisonment here today.

Stray cattle menace
Court seeks explanation from DC, Mayor
Chandigarh, May 30
The Court of TPS Randhawa, Civil Judge, Chandigarh, today granted time to the Deputy Commissioner, Municipal Commissioner, Mayor, SP (Traffic), Additional Commissioner-II of MC and the Superintending Engineer (Roads) of the MCC, to explain as to why action should not be taken against them for their failure to ensure the safety of commuters from stray cattle.

CRIME

attack on mohali youth
Culprits identified
Mohali, May 30
The Mohali police has claimed to have identified the culprits behind yesterday's attack on Arshdeep Singh at his house in Phase 11 here. Mohali Superintendent of Police (City) Swarndeep Singh said all the five attackers had been identified.

Remand for UT ASI in graft case
Chandigarh, May 30
A local court today remanded a UT police ASI, who was arrested in a bribe case, in 14-day judicial custody. ASI Devinder Kumar was arrested yesterday for demanding a bribe of Rs 3,500 from a person for not implicating him in a case.

SPORTS

Digvijay logs win in CLTA semis
Chandigarh, May 30
In the semis of boys (U-14) category, Digvijay Pratap defeated Rishabh Sharda at the CLTA courts, Sector 10, today. In a see-saw match, Digvijay took the lead and won the first set. Rishabh came back strongly to win the second set at 6-1.

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