Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday directed the administration and all concerned state authorities to remain highly vigilant and implement necessary measures at examination centres to ensure a transparent, smooth, and stress-free environment for students appearing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). He emphasised the need to take strict precautions to prevent any form of malpractice.The directives were issued during a high-level review meeting cha…
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New Delhi/Bhopal, June 5 (IANS) Citing ‘growing anxiety’ among lakhs of students after the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release a comprehensive ‘White Paper’ on paper leaks and irregularities in NTA-conducted examinations. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Digvijaya Singh, who is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth & Sports, noted that the absen…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Activists of the student organisation, Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS), on Tuesday held a protest at the Union Ministry of Education against the unending saga of repeated failures of the National Testing Agency (NTA), demanding accountability and structural reforms in the country’s examination system. Bhim Kumar, a member of the Delhi State Committee, KYS, claimed that some of the activists were detained by the police and taken to an undisclosed destination.The KYS deman…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Congress on Monday continued its attack on the government over the disruption of the NEET-UG 2026 exam, dismissing claims that a parliamentary standing committee has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress MP Jairam Ramesh wrote on X, “The Modi government and its Education ‘system’ – thoroughly discredited and exposed as incompetent, corrupt, and arrogant – is now relying on out-of-context quotes, rumour, and news.Ramesh, Congress General S…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday promised to give another chance to all candidates who could not complete their Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG 2026 examination at their respective centres due to a technical glitch.In a message on X, the NTA said, “We know today’s unfortunate technical disruption caused distress for some CUET (UG) 2026 candidates. Candidates who did their Biometric Registration and were present at their examination centres today …
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) IT major TCS said that a brief technical issue caused a delay of around two hours in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG examination in the morning shift on Saturday.K. Krithivasan, CEO and MD, TCS, said in a statement that the issue was promptly identified and resolved by “our technical teams and the examination has since resumed without any impact to the sanctity of the exam”.“We regret the inconvenience. Our teams are actively monitoring all systems. W…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced revised timings for the Common University Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate courses (CUET-UG) 2026, after a “technical glitch” delayed the examination at some centres on May 30.In a post on X, the NTA blamed its service provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), for the glitch. “M/s TCS has reported that a technical glitch at their end delayed the commencement of CUET (UG) 2026 at some centres on 30.05.20…
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…
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 National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), on Monday staged protests in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh over the alleged NEET paper leak issue, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, and a ban on the National Testing Agency (NTA).NSUI workers gathered to protest against repeated paper leak incidents, alleging that lakhs of students are suffering due to irregularities in competitive examinations.One of the protestors said, “Our clear demand …