Mangaluru: Two students from Dakshina Kannada district topped the state charts in commerce stream in PUC Examination results that were announced on Monday.

Both the students from the district scored same marks to share the title of state toppers from commerce stream.

Olvita Ancilla D'souza of Alvas PU College Moodbidri and Shri Krishna K of Alike Sathya Sai Loka Seva PU College Vittla secured 596 (99.33) marks each.

Olvita scored full marks in Business Studies, Basic Maths and in Statistics. While she lost two marks each in two Language papers Hindi and English.

Another student from Canara pu College Shreya Shenoy 595 (99.16%) secured second place in the state topper’s list while Swastik P of St. Philomena College Puttur 594 (99%) marks was one among seven students who shared third place in the state.

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Godhra (Gujarat) (PTI): Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Monday, police said.

The car driver lost control of the wheels near Kalol. As a result, the four-wheeler jumped the divider and veered off to the other side of the highway, an official from Kalol police station said.

Soon after the accident, some locals rushed to the scene and also alerted the police. Efforts were made to pull out the people trapped in the car.

Four persons died on the spot, while one suffered injuries, the official said.

The deceased were members of a family from Vadodara and were returning from Rajasthan when the tragedy struck, the official said.

They have been identified as Sajid Iqbal Khinji (55), Ilyas Iqbal Khinji (50), Ishaq Iqbal Khinji (48) and Rehan Azgar Khinji (35).