Mohammad Aryan Tariq tops CISCE Class 12 exam in UP
Lucknow, May 14: Lucknow student Mohammad Aryan Tariq is the state topper of the CISCE Class 12 examination, the results of which were declared on Sunday.
Tariq of City Montessori Inter College, Rajajipuram, is also the all-India topper, jointly sharing the first rank with four others.
He scored 399 marks out of 400 (99.75 per cent), as per information provided by the Council of the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), which conducted the examination.
Five students jointly shared the second rank in the Class 12 (ISC) examination in Uttar Pradesh, scoring 398 marks each. Of these, four students are from the state capital.
In the Class 10 (ICSE) examination, Avishi Singh of Agra secured the first rank in the state.
Four students shared the second rank in the said examination in UP, scoring 498 marks each out of 500. Two of these students are from the state capital.
Avishi Singh also holds the top rank at the national level, sharing the feat with eight others.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated the students on their success in the examinations.
"Hearty congratulations to all the students who have passed the ICSE and ISC board exams. You all are the golden future of 'New Uttar Pradesh'. Keep passing every test of life like this with hard work and unwavering dedication. This is my wish. May the blessings of Maa Saraswati always be with everyone," he tweeted in Hindi.
The CISCE on Sunday declared the Class 10 and Class 12 results with 98.94 per cent and 96.93 per cent of students, respectively, clearing the board examinations.
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Temple stampede: North Goa collector, SP shunted out
Panaji (PTI): Hours after six devotees lost their lives in a stampede during a temple festival in Goa, the state government on Saturday ordered the transfer of five senior officials, including the North Goa collector and the superintendent of police.
"In order to ensure free and fair inquiry, the government has transferred District Collector Sneha Gitte, Superintendent of Police (North) Akshat Kaushal, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Bicholim) Jivba Dalvi, Deputy Collector (Bicholim) Bhimnath Khorjuvekar and Police Inspector Dinesh Gadekar with immediate effect," Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told reporters.
Addressing a press conference in Panaji, Sawant said a fact-finding committee, headed by State Revenue Secretary Sandeep Jacques and comprising senior police officer Varma Sharma, Parimal Abhishekh, State Director of Transport, and Tikam Singh Varma, SP, South Goa, as its members has been constituted.
Sawant said the panel will visit the stampede site at Shirgao village and prepare a report after speaking with all the concerned persons, including the Superintendent of Police, Collector, and officials of Fire and Emergency Services.
The committee will submit its report by Sunday morning.
Sawant said the death toll remains six. Eleven injured people were admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital and five of them are on the ventilator, while eight persons are undergoing treatment in North Goa District Hospital.
