JEE (Advanced) results declared, Panchkula boy tops
New Delhi, June 10: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) on Sunday declared the Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced) results with Pranav Goyal from Panchkula, Haryana, acing the chart scoring 337 marks out of 360.
A total of 18,138 candidates qualified to take admission across the 23 IITs in the country, from the 1,55,158, who took the exam.
Sahil Jain from Kota and Kalash Gupta from Delhi achieved the second and third positions respectively.
Among those who qualified, 16,062 are boys and 2,076 are girls.
Among the reserved category, 3,140, 4,709, 1,495 qualified from OBC, SC, and ST categories, respectively.
As per the directive of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the IITs have, for the first time reserved 800 supernumerary seats for the female candidates to "improve the gender balance".
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
