Five members of family killed as car rams into truck
Basti (UP), Aug 12 (PTI): Five members of a family were killed and two others injured when their car rammed into a truck here on Thursday, police said.
The incident took at Puraina crossing when the family was going to Jharkhand from Lucknow. The driver lost control over the vehicle and it rammed into a container from the rear side, they said.
The family members were trapped in the car after the accident. While five among them died, two, the driver and a girl, were injured, police said.
The injured were admitted to a hospital, they added. The deceased are yet to be identified, police said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the deaths and directed officials to provide the best treatment to the injured.
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TN secures 95.03 pass percentage in Class 12 board exams this year
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu class XII board exam results were released on Friday and 95.03 per cent of students who wrote the exams registered a pass this year.
Releasing the results, the School Education Department officials here said that Erode district registered the highest pass percentage of 98.87, followed by Sivaganga district with 98.05 per cent. With 95.43 per cent of pass, Chennai figured in the 20th position.
This year, the girls outshine the boys by securing a pass percentage of 97. Boys could secure only 93.19 per cent.
Of the 7,536 higher secondary schools, the officials said that a total of 2,639 private schools and 489 government schools have secured 100 per cent pass percentage.
Accordingly, of 7,91,654 students who took the exams, as many as 7,53,694 have secured passing marks. The overall pass percentage of the Science stream was 96.90, while the pass percentage among Commerce group students was 92.67.
