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P4 » » MAX 37°C | MIN 23°C YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 25°C SUNSET THURSDAY 7.19 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:33 AM » THURSDAY | 14 MAY 2026 | AMRITSAR CBSE Class XII results out, PSEB Class XII results: Girls bag Kashish tops dist with 99.6% top 10 merit positions in district Neha Saini Neha Saini Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 13 The Punjab School Education Board today announced the Class XII boards results and it’s an all-girls merit list this year. Three girls, with perfect score of 100 per cent bagged top positions, while the district merit list has all girls in top 10 positions. The total pass percentage this year is 91.46% and districtwise Amritsar emerged as the top-performing district for government schools with a 96% pass rate. Girls continued their streak of outperforming boys, recording a 94.73% pass rate compared to 88.52% of boys. In Amritsar, Nitika Kapoor, a STEM student of Class XII from Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Maha Singh Gate, emerged as district topper with 98.6% score. She also ranks eight in the state merit list. Following her are Karmanpreet Kaur from Amber Public Senior Secondary School, Baba Bakala, with 98.4%, ranked second in district. Amandeep Kaur, a student of Guru Nanak Public Senior Secondary School and Karmanpreet Kaur from Amber Public Senior Secondary school share joint third spot in the district with 98.2%. This year, the number of candidates had slightly increased to 2,65,417, with 2,42,755 students passing, bringing the pass percentage to 91.46%. Nitika, a student of nonmedical with biology, of Class XII Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Maha Singh Gate, scored 100 in physics, chemistry and Eng- Amritsar, May 13 The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the Class XII results today. This year, 17,80,365 students had taken the CBSE Class XII examinations, of which 17,68,968 appeared and 15,07,109 passed. Adhering to the new policy, the board did not release any merit list. Kashish Nischal emerged as district topper and also the topper in humanities with 99.6% score. Aradhya Arora, a student of Springdale School from Humanities scored 99.4% marks to emerge second in district. Aradhya is now on course to pursue a degree in BBA from Christ College. “I want to turn an innovator-entrepreneur as I feel that financial independence and innovation go hand-in-hand,” she said. In medical stream, Japjeet Kaur from Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, GT Road, scored 99.2 % marks to become the topper. Speaking about her success, she shared that consistent effort, regular revision and disciplined study habits played a key role. Satyam Vashisht of Springdale School was a close second with 99% marks. Suhana of Bhavans SL Public School scored 98%. Navleen Kaur of Springdale School was the topper in commerce stream with 98.8% marks. Manroop Kaur of the Senior Study II emerged as the school topper in humanities and sec- Kashish Nischal, who topped the humanities stream, being offered sweets by principal Anjana Gupta at DAV International School in Amritsar on Wednesday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR ond in district with a score of 98.6%, followed by Mehtab Brar of The Senior Study II with 98.4%. DAV International School’s Garima Arora and Pearl jointly scored 98.2%. Other meritorious students from Senior Study II include Kanishka with 97.2% and Tarushi Mahajan with 96.8 %. In non-medical stream, Ayushi Kumari and Anshuman Gupta of Bhavans SL Public School scored 98.8% marks to jointly emerge toppers. Diavik Sehgal of The Senior Study II scored 96.6% and Shramay Mahajan of Springdale 96.8 % marks. The other meritorious students include DAV Public School’s Nikunj Sharma of Commerce, who secured 98.6% and stood first in the school, Samaira Khanna of Humanities secured 98.4% AMRITSAR TOPPERS NAVLEEN KAUR SATYAM VASHISHT (Commerce) (Medical) 98.8% while Yashvi Gupta of commerce secured 97.8%. Anshpreet Kaur, a student of Khalsa College Public School, got 97 per cent marks in science stream, while Navdeep Kaur got 96.6 per cent marks in the commerce stream. Khushpreet Kaur (commerce) got 95.4%, Ravreet Kaur (commerce) 95% and Aksdeep Singh (science) got 94.4%. Illegal arms smuggling module busted, juvenile among 5 held Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 13 The Amritsar police have busted an illegal arms smuggling module and arrested five persons, including a juvenile, involved in the supply and distribution of sophisticated weapons allegedly smuggled from across the border through drones. The police seized six foreign-made pistols and 14 cartridges from the accused during separate operations conducted on the basis of intelligence inputs. A case under Sections 25(8), 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered at the Cantonment police station. During the initial operation, the police arrested Akashdeep Singh, a resident of Kuhali village, and Harmandeep Singh of Attari village. Two pistols, including a .30-bore weapon and an Austria-made Glock 9 mm pistol along with six cartridges, were seized from them. Further investigation led to the recovery of another .32-bore Beretta pistol and two cartridges after the disclosure made by Akashdeep. Continuing the probe, police teams later arrested Manish Singh, Kishan Singh and a juvenile from the Chheharta area. Three more pistols, including an Italy-made .32-bore pistol, a US-made .30-bore pistol and a Croatiamade Glock 9 mm pistol, along with six cartridges were seized from them. Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that the investigations revealed that Akashdeep was allegedly in contact with Pakistanbased smugglers identified as Akash and Rehan through social media platforms. The arms consignments were reportedly dropped through drones in Attari sector and later supplied to criminals with the help of his associates. He further said that Akashdeep had been earlier booked in a case registered at the Lopoke police station under the NDPS Act involving the recovery of 2 kg heroin. He was released from jail on March 23. The police suspect that after his release, he lured unemployed youths from nearby villages with money and gradually involved them in illegal activities linked to the arms smuggling network. Among those arrested, three youths aged 19 years had no previous criminal record. The police also stated that the juvenile’s father was presently lodged in jail in connection with a 2020 heroin recovery case registered at Gate Hakima police station. Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar addresses mediapersons on the arrest of five persons with six pistols, held in Amritsar on Wednesday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR 99% Among the students of Khalsa College International Public School, Sukhdeep Kaur, a medical student, secured first position by scoring 94.6%, Mehakpreet Kaur of humanities secured second position from the school with 94% and Khushdeep Kaur of commerce secured third position from the school with 93.2%. Nitika Kapoor, district topper, being greeted by her classmates at Government Senior Secondary School, Shivala, Amritsar, on Wednesday; and (below) third topper Karmanpreet Kaur. VISHAL KUMAR community of Punjab. She scored a perfect 100 in English, physics and maths, with physics being her favourite subject. “I was also third in the state in the PSEB Class X boards,” she said. Tarn Taran dist ranked 12th lish. She wants to pursue computer science engineering and has applied for admission at Thapar Institute, Patiala. Karmanpreet Kaur, a student of medical stream from Amber Public Senior Secondary School, scored 98.4% to rank second in district and ninth in state merit list. Another Karmanpreet Kaur, a student of the same school, but from non-medical stream, who scored 98.2% to rank third in district and tenth in the state merit list. Both want to pursue civil services. Her father Harbinder Singh is a small farmer from Mattewal villag and calls her ‘Guru’s mehar’. The other Karmanpreet, whose father Jagroop Singh is also a farmer at Panwa village, wants to go into research or civil services with an aim to uplift the farming Police team attacked in Chheharta raid, fire shots in air MC takes action after residents file complaint, ‘illegal’ kiosk sealed Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 13 The Municipal Corporation’s Estate Department on Wednesday sealed an alleged illegal kiosk operating near Kabir Park outside Guru Nanak Dev University here after local residents filed a complaint with the civic body. The action was carried out following directions issued by the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation. The sealing drive was conducted under the supervi- Amritsar, May 13 A police party conducting a raid near Sri Guru Amar Dass Avenue, Chheharta, came under attack from suspected criminals on Wednesday evening, forcing the cops to fire six rounds in the air to disperse the mob. Acting on a tip-off about illegal weapons, narcotics and some stolen goods allegedly being sold in the locality, a team of around 12 policemen led by Chheharta SHO Balwinder Singh cordoned off the area. During the operation, the police reportedly found several persons gambling. As the team moved in, the suspects allegedly attacked them with iron rods and sticks. Eyewitnesses said the police initially retreated to avoid injuries, but later opened fire in the air to control the situation. The accused fled, pelting the police with stones and bricks while escaping. No injuries were reported. Police sources confirmed that objectionable material was seized from the slums and was being examined. A case has been registered against more than 15 unidentified persons, and raids were underway to nab the accused. c m y b Tribune News Service sion of the Secretary-cumEstate Officer and led by inspector Preeti Chauhan and inspector Aman Sharma along with the Estate Department team. Earlier, residents of the area had complained that an illegal kiosk had been set up on the footpath where cigarette and other tobacco products were being sold. They alleged that as the kiosk had been set up in a residential area, women from the locality were not able to go out of their homes. The residents alleged that anti-social elements, who are often in a drunken state, keep sitting at the place till late in the night. Officials said the civic body had intensified checks on commercial properties and kiosks operating on municipal land to ensure compliance with rules and prevent encroachments or misuse of public property. The Estate Department has also been directed to identify other such violations across the city and take strict action wherever required. Solace from heat Tarn Taran: The results of Class XII announced by the Punjab School Education Board today have been excellent for the district, which has been ranked 12th in Punjab, with a pass percentage of 91.22%. According to the list released by the board, the first position in the district has gone to Garv Devgan, a student of Dashmesh Senior Secondary School, Valtoa. He secured 488 marks (97.6%) out of 500. Jashanpreet Kaur, a student of Government Secondary School, Gaggobua, has secured the second position by securing 488 marks. Mansimrat Kaur, a student of Government Senior Secondary School, Dubli, secured the third position by scoring 485 marks. Gangster kills aide in Goindwal Sahib area Tarn Taran, May 13 In an incident of intra-gang rivalry, a gangster was shot dead by his associate early on Wednesday in Goindwal Sahib area. The deceased has been identified as Ravi Hathora (28), a resident of Fatehabad. SSP Surender Lamba said here today that the gangster and his associate Jobanjit Singh, both of Fatehabad town, while carrying weapons went to an area to commit some crime when they entered a spat. In a fit of rage, Jobanjit fired at Ravi, killing him on the spot. Lamba said that the information had been collected by the police and a case registered against Jobanjit. The post-mortem examination was conducted at the local Civil Hospital today. — OC 1.019 kg heroin seized from Wan Tara Singh village Residents heave a sigh of relief from the heat after the weather changed suddenly with rain lashing the city on Wednesday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR Tarn Taran, May 13 The Khalra police and the BSF in a joint search operation in a field of Wan Tara Singh village on Tuesday seized 1.019 kg of heroin. Sub Inspector Arjoo said that on getting the information in this regard, a search was conducted and the packet , which had come from across the border through a drone, was seized. — OC