In a shining example of resilience and courage, 17-year-old Kafi, an acid attack survivor from Chandigarh, scored 95.6 per cent in the CBSE Class 12 examinations--and that’s not all. Kafi aspires to become an IAS officer in the near future. Kafi said, "I belong to Hisar, Haryana. In the recent results of the CBSE Boards, I scored 95.6&#37 in Class 12. In Class 10, I had scored 95.2&#37 as well. I am an acid attack victim, and my target is to become an IAS officer. Being a visually challenged girl, there were a lot of challenges, but my parents and teachers helped me a lot to conquer them... My main sources of study were audio and textbooks..."

Two low-intensity explosions were reported at two bar-cum-lounges in Chandigarh’s Sector 26 between 3:15 am and 3:30 am on Tuesday. The blasts occurred outside De’Orra and Seville, with one of the lounges owned by rapper Badshah. Fortunately, no one was injured, but the glass windows of one restaurant were shattered. Police sources said that two men on a motorcycle set off an explosive device near the entrance of Seville at 3:15 am. There is no CCTV footage of the first blast, but the second explosion at De’Orra, just 30 meters away, was captured on camera. In this incident, the men threw a crude bomb, causing the glass panes of the bar-cum-lounge to shatter. The police are investigating the blasts, and no one has been arrested yet