Chandigarh, June 2 -- Four students from the tricity have secured spots in the top 100 of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2026, the results of which were declared by IIT Roorkee on Monday.

Among them, Yajat Shinghal (AIR 21) and Arnav Gandhi (AIR 36) are from Panchkula, while Aarush Singhal (AIR 45) and Aditya Gupta (AIR 81) are from Chandigarh.

Shinghal, a student of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, has emerged not just the tricity topper, but also the Haryana topper. Originally from Bathinda, Shinghal rented a flat in Chandigarh for his JEE preparations two years ago. He showed his aptitude early on, winning multiple national-level Olympiads since Class 3. He had secured AIR 100 in JEE Main 2026.

Gandhi, also a student of B...