MP CM Yadav congratulates MP resident Majid Hussain for securing 3rd rank in JEE-Advanced exam
Bhopal (PTI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav congratulated Majid Hussain, a resident of the state's Burhanpur district, for securing All India Rank 3 in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Advanced 2025 examination.
Yadav took to social media platform X to hail Hussain's success and lauded him for bringing laurels to the state.
"Our youth from small districts of Madhya Pradesh are waving the flag of their talent. It is a matter of joy and pride," he said in a post.
According to officials at IIT Kanpur, which was the conducting institute this time for JEE-Advanced, a total of 1,80,422 candidates appeared in both papers 1 and 2 of the exam held on May 18.
"In the exam, 54,378 candidates have qualified, out of which 9,404 are females," an official said.
Delhi zone’s Rajit Gupta, a resident of Kota in Rajasthan, bagged the top rank by scoring 332 out of 360 marks.
JEE-Main, which is the admission test for engineering colleges across the country, is the qualifying exam for JEE-Advanced.
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Double-decker electric bus gutted in fire at Kurla BEST depot
Mumbai (PTI): An empty double-decker electric bus was gutted in a fire during servicing at a BEST depot in Mumbai's Kurla area on Sunday, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.
The blaze broke out inside the Kurla BEST bus depot near Kanakia Building at 4.14 pm, according to preliminary information from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
The parked bus was unoccupied at the time of the incident.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, they said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, officials added.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has hired 50 electric double-decker buses from Switch Mobility in its fleet of around 2,700 buses.
