HAL explains cause for 'terrifying sounds' in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has said that the odd loud sounds heard in many places of the city were due to the flight of the Sukhoi SU-30 war planes.
People in areas like HR Layout, Marathalli, C V Raman Nagar, Varthur, Kundalahalli, Electronic City, Halasur, Whitefield, Tin Factory and Koramangala heard loud noises at around 1:20 pm on Wednesday. The citizens were worried by the noises and assumed them to be bomb blast or gas cylinder blast. There were also discussions on the social media on the noises and the possible cause, giving rise to a question if the city was witnessing an earthquake.
Explaining the matter, HAL said that the Sukhoi planes took off from the HAL runway on Wednesday. “When the Sukhoi S-30 war planes make a 90-degree take-off, such loud sounds are caused and spread till about 10 kilometres. The noise heard at various parts of the city was because of such take-off of the war planes,” the HAL has said.
'No earthquake'
The seismograph has not recorded any earthquake in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Dr G S Srinivasa Reddy, director of the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, has said.
“The people need not panic on hearing the loud sounds in the city. There has been no earthquake. We are finding the causes for the sounds,” Bhaskar Rao, City Police Commissioner of Bengaluru, has assured.
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ICSE, ISC results: Girls outperform boys, pass rate over 99%
New Delhi (PTI): The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on Thursday announced the Class 10 and Class 12 results for 2026, with overall pass percentages of 99.18 per cent and 99.13 per cent, respectively.
A total of 2,58,721 candidates appeared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), or Class 10, examination.
About 1,03,316 students took the Indian School Certificate (ISC), or Class 12, exam.
Girls outperformed boys in both examinations.
In ICSE, girls recorded a pass percentage of 99.46 per cent compared to 98.93 per cent for boys.
In ISC, girls achieved a 99.48 per cent pass percentage, while those of boys stood at 98.81 per cent.
Students can now access their scorecards on the official website cisce.org.
