Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Thursday said the integrity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has come under severe scrutiny once again as the Central government was forced to cancel the examination following widespread reports of a paper leak. The decision affects over 22 lakh students who must now endure the mental and financial strain of retaking the test.The Thackeray camp in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, claimed that “breakin…
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Jaipur, May 13 (IANS) BJP state chief Madan Rathore strongly rejected allegations made by former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot regarding the NEET paper leak controversy, stating that Gehlot appears to be misinformed and is making baseless accusations against the Bharatiya Janata Party without factual evidence. Rathore clarified that the accused individual being referred to has no association with the Bharatiya Janata Party as a party worker and asserted that merely appearing in a photograph wit…
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Wednesday intensified his opposition to the NEET system, urging the Union Government to abolish the national medical entrance examination following the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 over allegations of question paper leaks and large-scale irregularities. Describing the latest controversy as proof of “serious structural flaws” in the examination process, Vijay said the Centre should allow States to conduct admissions to medica…
Bhopal, May 13 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari on Wednesday announced a state-wide protest over alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test examination on May 16. The announcement was made during a press conference at the state Congress office in Bhopal, where Patwari strongly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party over what he called repeated paper leaks and examination scams across the country.The Congress leader accused the Bharatiya Janata …
Bengaluru, May 13 (IANS) Commenting on the shocking developments surrounding the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) re-examination after a question paper leak, Karnataka Minister for School Education and Literacy, Madhu Bangarappa on Wednesday demanded that the National Testing Agency (NTA) be scrapped.“At least in the future, the Centre should hold discussions with state governments regarding NEET,” he demanded.Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha, Bangarappa said, “I am the…
Bengaluru, May 13 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar, who is also in charge of Bengaluru Development, on Wednesday said that elections to the civic bodies under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) would be conducted in accordance with court directions. Responding to questions from reporters near the GBA office, Shivakumar said, “The elections to the corporations under the GBA jurisdiction will be held as per the directions of the court.”When ask…
Bengaluru, May 13 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Wednesday criticised the state government for trying to set up a government housing project on 9,600 acres of agricultural land in Bidadi and Kanchaganahalli near Bengaluru.Addressing reporters, Ashoka alleged that the government was targeting fertile agricultural land in the region, historically associated with Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru city, where crops such as…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A letter petition has been submitted before the Supreme Court seeking suo motu intervention into the repeated NEET examination leaks, impersonation scams, and alleged systemic failures in the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA), contending that the credibility and transparency of national-level entrance examinations have been “fundamentally compromised”. The petition, addressed to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, sought directions for a court…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) The widening investigation into the NEET question paper leak has now cast a shadow over Kerala, with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the possible involvement of students from two districts in the state.Investigators suspect that a ‘model question paper’, allegedly prepared from the leaked original NEET paper, had reached several students in Kerala days before the examination.The Kerala connection surfaced after the Rajasthan Police handed o…
Bengaluru, May 12 (IANS) Responding to criticism by opposition parties over the reported National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-UG 2026 re-examination issue, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress over the alleged NEET examination irregularities and the functioning of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), accusing the ruling party in Karnataka of being responsible for the deterioration of the recruitment …