Bhubaneswar, May 28 (IANS) Odisha Congress on Wednesday staged a massive protest in Bhubaneswar against the alleged irregularities in the NEET examination and demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Hundreds of activists led by Chhatra Congress leader Bibhuti Bhushan Mohapatra, under the banner of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), took out a torchlight rally from the Pradesh Congress Committee office towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state head…
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New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday chaired a high-level review meeting with former ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan to evaluate preparedness for the upcoming National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG) re-examination scheduled for June 21. According to official statement, the meeting focused on strengthening examination security and ensuring smooth conduct of one of the country’s largest entrance examinations.K. Radhakrishnan, who…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Debashish Samantaray, the former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha member, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, at the latter’s headquarters in the national capital.He joined the BJP in the presence of various party leaders, including BJP General Secretary Arun Singh, party chief spokesperson and media in-charge Anil Baluni and other senior leaders.The development comes a day after the BJD stalwart quit Naveen Patnaik-led party and also tender…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) In his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after leading the Congress-led UDF to a sweeping victory in the Kerala Assembly elections, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday held crucial talks with the PM in New Delhi, signalling the start of the new state government’s engagement with the Centre.The PMO office posted pictures of the meeting between the two.The nearly 20-minute meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office assumed political significance, coming …
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday presented a comprehensive roadmap to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan aimed at improving the state’s Performance Grading Index (PGI), while admitting that Meghalaya has remained at the bottom of the rankings for the last three years. During the meeting in Delhi, Sangma said the Education Department had identified critical gaps in learning outcomes and initiated structural reforms to address long-standing sy…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday wrote letters to all Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors, and Administrators across the country, seeking their cooperation in conducting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) re-examination. The NEET exams, held on May 3, were cancelled after nationwide furore over paper leaks and alleged irregularities. The re-examination for over 23 lakh medical aspirants will now be held on June 21. The National Te…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Centre and Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, over alleged irregularities in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s newly-introduced On Screen Marking (OSM) system for Class 12 Board examinations, claiming the process has created uncertainty for lakhs of students across the country.Congress General Secretary incharge Communications and MP, Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, alleged that the rol…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday spoke with the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in view of the payment-related issues being faced by students during the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) post-result and re-evaluation process and both agreed to involve State Bank of India (SBI) and three other Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to weed out glitches. During the discussion, it was decided that four PSBs — SBI, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank an…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) In response to widespread technical and payment-related issues faced by students during the CBSE post-result and re-evaluation process, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday held discussions with Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to address the concerns and improve the system.Following the meeting, it was decided that four major public sector banks — State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank and Indian Bank — will ex…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has decided to rope in professors and technical experts from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and IIT Kanpur to help the CBSE ensure a glitch-free re-evaluation process, an official said on Sunday. Pradhan’s direction to involve IIT experts comes in the backdrop of concerns raised by students and parents regarding the CBSE post-result services portal which has allegedly crashed or remained inaccessible for filing appli…