New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday released the NEET-UG 2026 final answer key, paving the way for early declaration of the final result to fill more than 1.36 lakh medical seats in colleges across the country. In a post on social media platform X, the NTA on Thursday evening said, “The NEET-UG 2026 Final Answer Key has been released. Visit the official portal to check the Final Answer Key.”More than 22 lakh candidates appear for NEET-UG every year, with the a…
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New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday showed solidarity with agitating activist Sonam Wangchuk at his protest site at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, suggesting that the engineer-turned-activist from Ladakh should be appointed the Education Minister to end irregularities in exams. Kejriwal’s surprise appearance at Wangchuk’s protest site coincided with his post in Hindi on social media platform X in which he said, “… Sonam Wangchuk should be appointed…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) decision to cancel the original NEET-UG 2026 examination and conduct a nationwide retest, observing that the issue no longer survived since the fresh examination had already been conducted. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe told the counsel appearing for the petitioner that the matter had become infructuous as the re-examination ha…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) After releasing the scanned images of OMR sheets of candidates who appeared in the NEET UG 2026 re-exam on June 21, the National Testing Agency (NTA) reminded that the window to challenge OMR responses will close on Wednesday. The result of the NEET UG 2026 re-exam is expected to be released within days of the closure of the window to challenge OMR responses, said sources.Students will have to pay Rs 200 per challenge. The Rs-200 fee will be refunded if a student’s ch…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday issued an important update regarding the NEET UG 2026 fee refund process, stating that only 8,29,510 candidates have so far updated or confirmed their bank account details on the official portal. The agency cautioned that eligible candidates who fail to complete the process within the stipulated timeline may miss out on receiving their refunds.According to the NTA, the deadline for updating or confirming bank account details fo…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The opposition parties on Sunday said that they are planning to raise issues of NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and the alleged irregularities in the donations made at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, among other topics, during the upcoming Monsoon session of the Parliament, scheduled to be held from July 20 to August 13.Talking to IANS, Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat said: “Firstly, I don’t think the session will last more than 18-19 days. There should be meaningful discussions, and it should…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) has directed Telegram to take immediate action against pirated films and OTT content and submit a report within 15 days, sources said on Saturday.The move aims to protect India’s creator economy, film industry, broadcasters, OTT platforms, producers, and distributors from the adverse impact of digital piracy.Earlier, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had blocked Telegram in India till J…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Wednesday reviewed the conduct of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination and discussed a series of reforms aimed at strengthening the country’s national-level entrance examination system. The meeting focused on the management of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA), and measures to improve the security, transparency and efficie…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday extended till July 11 the judicial custody of 10 accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The accused were produced before the Rouse Avenue Court through video conferencing on the expiry of their earlier judicial custody.The court extended the judicial custody of Yash Yadav, Mangilal Biwal, Dinesh Biwal, Vikas Biwal, Dhananjay Lokhande, Tejas Harshad Shah, Shubham Khairnar, Manish…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday opened the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 answer key challenge window while releasing the provisional answer keys for the June 21 re-test taken by more than 20 lakh students. The window to challenge the answer key will close at 11:50 p.m. on June 28, a statement by NTA said on social media platform X.”For accepting the challenges, the NTA will charge Rs 200 per question. In case of a chal…