Puttur girl secures All India Second Rank in NEET exams under Persons With Disabilities category
Puttur: Sinchana Lakshmi, a second-year student at Vivekananda PU College in Puttur, has secured All India Rank 2 at the national level in NEET 2021 in the Persons With Disabilities (PWD) category, results of which were announced on Monday.
Lakshmi scored 658 out of 720 marks in the qualifying examination. In the general category, she secured the 2,865th position among all the 16 lakh-odd medical seat aspirants who appeared for the exam.
Earlier during her SSLC examination, Lakshmi had secured the second rank in the state by scoring 624 marks out of 625.
Her performance in JEE and KCET was also remarkable: 96.16 percentile in JEE; 530th rank in B.Sc. Agriculture, 974th rank in BNYS, 974th rank in veterinary and 1,582nd Rank in KCET engineering.
Her ambition is to become a doctor and serve the needy. She hopes for a seat in the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
Lakshmi has a birth defect in the spine and has undergone several surgeries during her schooling days.
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Unidentified men set fire to TVK campaign office near Srirangam
Tiruchirapalli (PTI): A campaign office of the actor Vijay-led TVK was allegedly torched by unidentified miscreants in Kamanayakkanpalayam village near Srirangam in the early hours of Friday, police said.
According to the police, the damage is minimal. Fire had engulfed the thatched roof providing shade at the entrance of the building that served as the party’s election office for the Srirangam constituency.
While on social media, a CCTV footage of two unidentified men fleeing on motorbike is being circulated as the culprits, police said the video footage is yet to be verified.
Based on a complaint lodged by TVK, the Pettaivaithalai Police have registered a case and initiated a search for the perpetrators.
திருவரங்கம் தொகுதியில் த.வெ.க வேட்பாளரின் தேர்தல் அலுவலகம் மர்ம நபர்களால் தீவைக்கப்பட்டு சேதப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. @TNelectionsCEO @ECISVEEP#TVKVijay #தமிழகவெற்றிக்கழகம் pic.twitter.com/ImDZfTkuAq
— Thanjavur_District_Head (TVK) (@TVK_Thanjai) May 1, 2026
