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Sikar (Rajasthan), May 19 (IANS) Shashikant Suthar, a Chemistry teacher from Rajasthan’s Sikar and whistleblower in the alleged NEET-UG 2026 exam paper leak, on Tuesday gave a detailed account of the sequence of events that blew the lid off the crime. He credited the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the investigative agencies for taking swift action in the case.Speaking to IANS, Suthar detailed what transpired after the NEET-UG 2026 examination on May 3.He said: “After I analysed the NEET paper…

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar, director of Maharashtra-based coaching centre, in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, taking the total number of arrests in the probe to ten.According to CBI sources, Motegaonkar, who reportedly ran coaching classes in Latur, played an important role in the alleged NEET paper leak network. He had earlier been taken into custody for questioning before being formally a…

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) In the NEET UG 2026 exam scandal, the CBI has arrested an NTA-appointed senior Botany teacher from Pune, as she is suspected to be the co-mastermind behind the leak of the Biology question paper, an official said on Saturday.Botany teacher Manisha Gurunath Mandhare is the second Pune teacher – after Chemistry professor P.V. Kulkarini – to be identified and arrested after interrogation, the CBI said in a statement.She was involved in the NEET-UG 2026 Examination proce…

Jaipur, May 12 (IANS) The investigation into the National Eligiblity-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-UG (Undergraduate) 2026 paper leak case has now been officially handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A CBI team reached the Special Operations Group (SOG) headquarters in Jaipur during late evening hours on Tuesday.The Rajasthan SOG officials meanwhile handled over all case-related documents, electronic evidence, and details of the accused arrested so far to the CBI.The central prob…

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination over alleged question paper leak has triggered anger and disappointment among teachers and coaching faculty, who said that repeated controversies surrounding the national-level entrance tests were damaging students’ morale and exposing loopholes in the examination system.Reacting to the development, Pragya, a Physics faculty teacher, said recurring issues in exams such as National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and C…

Jaipur, May 8 (IANS) In a striking example of responsive governance, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma fulfilled a long-pending demand raised by schoolgirls from Jajod within hours of hearing it during a ‘Ratri Chaupal’ in Sikar district.The students of Government Senior Secondary School, Jajod, informed the Chief Minister that their school did not offer a Science stream, forcing many girls either to opt for subjects against their interests or travel long distances to pursue Science …