India, May 11 -- Two girls and a boy clinched the top three positions in the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Class 10 examination for the March 2026 regular session, according to the results declared in Mohali on Monday.

Of the 272 students on the state merit list, a staggering 220 are girls.

Harleen Sharma of Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Jaito in Faridkot, emerged as the state topper with a score of 646 out of 650, achieving 99.38%.

The second and third positions were bagged by Manimahesh Sharma of Government Senior Secondary School, Rupnagar, and Riya Rani of Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Hoshiarpur, respectively. Both students secured identical scores of 645 marks (99.23%), but PSEB chairman Amarpal Singh said that, ...