Ranchi, June 12: Less than 60 per cent students passed the Class 10 board examination in Jharkhand.

The Jharkhand Academic Council on Tuesday declared the results for the Class 10 examination in which overall 59.48 per cent students have passed.

This year a total of 4,28,389 students had appeared in the exams out of which only 2,54,830 have managed to pass while in the previous year 4,63,311 students had appeared out of which 3,14,287 students had passed. The previous year overall pass percentage was 67.83 per cent.

The exams were conducted from March 8 to March 21 this year.

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Davangere: Reports state that two groups engaged in stone pelting at each other during Ganesha idol immersion ceremony in Davangere on Thursday. Two police personnel were injured in the incident.

Few days ago, two groups of youth engaged in verbal altercation regarding raising of a flag for Eid Milad celebration. On account of the clashes, police had heightened security for the Ganesha procession. Despite the additional security, stones were pelted at the procession, sources stated. Inspector Gururaj and constable Raghavendra were injured in the incident. The procession continued after the police brought the situation to control. However, the stone pelting resumed once again as the procession surged forwards.

Security has been tightened up in the area and all shops have been closed down by the police. The two police personnel, who were injured in the stone pelting, are undergoing treatment at a hospital.