17-year-old girl who attempted suicide after mother scolded her dies in Ullal
Ullal: The 17-year-old girl in Kumpala here, who consumed insecticide after her mother scolded her and was in a critical condition, died in the hospital on Sunday morning.
The deceased teenager, Dhanya, the daughter of Somanath and Bhavya, who were natives of Tamil Nadu and resided in the Ashraya Colony of Kumpala, was a 2nd PU student in the Ramakrishna College here.
Bhavya, who was employed in a pickle manufacturing factory, returned home from work in the afternoon on February 14, but did not see her daughter, although the latter had holiday from classes, at home. When Dhanya returned home around 3 pm, her mother allegedly scolded her, asking her where she had been so long.
Said to be greatly upset by this, Dhanya attempted suicide by consuming insecticide.
Dhanya, who fell seriously ill as a result, was undergoing treatment in hospital, but died on Sunday morning, as she failed to respond to the treatment.
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Mizoram class 12 results out, pass percentage at 87.67
Aizawl (PTI): Mizoram recorded a pass percentage of 87.67 in the class 12 board examinations on Wednesday, with boys scoring marginally higher than girls,
Across the Arts, Science, and Commerce streams, boys secured an 87.7 per cent success rate, while girls followed closely at 87.66 per cent, according to the results published by the Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE).
Of the 12,243 students who sat for the examinations held between February and March, 10,734 passed, 1,394 could not, and 115 qualified for compartmental examinations.
Academic performance was strongest in the Commerce stream, which saw a 90.51 per cent success rate among 759 candidates.
The Science stream followed with 89.24 per cent pass rate out of 2,770 students who appeared for the exam, while the Arts stream, with 87,14 students, recorded a pass percentage of 86.93.
In terms of institutional performance, the results revealed that deficit schools, which receive regular government grants, maintained their status as top performers with an average 93.80 per cent pass rate across all streams, followed by private schools at 91.55 per cent, while state-run schools recorded a success rate 83.13 per cent.
