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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The CBSE said on Friday its Post-Result Activities portal will now be operational on June 1.​ Once the portal is operational, Class 12 students will be able to file applications on the CBSE portal for verification and re-evaluation of answer books, an official said.​Verification will include retotalling of marks at a fee of Rs 100, and rechecking will incur a fee of Rs 25 per question.​In a message on X, the CBSE said, “To ensure a transparent and glitch-free pro…

Chennai, May 26 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has postponed the reopening of schools across the state to June 4, following growing concerns over prevailing heat conditions and appeals from parents, teachers, and political parties seeking a review of the earlier schedule.The state had initially announced that schools would reopen on June 1 for students from Classes 4 to 12, while Classes 1 to 3 were scheduled to resume from June 4. Authorities had also made arrangements to distribute textbooks…

Chandigarh, May 20 (IANS) Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to save fuel and adopt sustainable travel habits, Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday travelled in an electric bus to reach the venue of a public event. Speaking to IANS, the Punjab Governor, who is also the Administrator of Chandigarh, announced that a ‘No Vehicle Day’ will be followed by him as well as the staff of his office every Wednesday in order to set a precedent for the citizens to follow.”First, if a…

Udupi (Karnataka), May 16 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for Women and Child Welfare Laxmi Hebbalkar on Saturday urged political parties not to politicise issues related to education, stating that students’ interests and future should not be compromised.Commenting on the controversy surrounding the state government’s move to remove the ban on hijab and other religious symbols, Hebbalkar said students should not be dragged into political debates.“There should be no interference in education. Stu…

Jaipur, May 13 (IANS) Rajasthan Urban Development Minister Jhabar Singh Kharra on Wednesday apologised to students and parents following the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), saying the development has severely impacted the future of lakhs of hardworking aspirants. Speaking at an event in Jhunjhunu, Minister Kharra said several accused individuals have already been arrested in connection with the alleged paper leak case and that the inve…

Bhubaneswar, May 12 (IANS) Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das on Tuesday strongly condemned the Union Government over the NEET-UG -2026 paper leak incident, calling it an “organised crime” within the education system and demanding strict action against those involved.​ Referring to concerns earlier raised by senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Das said lakhs of students had spent sleepless nights preparing for the examination, while paper-leak rackets wer…

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Amid the row over NEET-UG 2026 exam cancellation following alleged paper leak, prominent educator Anand Kumar on Tuesday urged the Central government to conduct a probe on the National Testing Agency (NTA) to know the “root” of such repeated instances.Anand Kumar, who was behind the iconic Super 30 initiative, termed the incident “unfortunate”.”Several days before the exam, the questions had reached the students in the form of a guess paper,” Anand Kumar told IANS.He not…

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) After the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 examination citing alleged malpractice, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday claimed that a “syndicate” and a “broker system” is responsible for the “paper leaks”.In a video message posted on social media platform X, Chaturvedi said: “There is a paper leak syndicate, a broker system that has been made, which functions unafraid under this (Narendra Modi-led BJP) government.”She accused the B…

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…

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday slammed the Central government over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and questioned its ‘silence and inaction’ against the examination mafia. Speaking to newsmen in a press conference, Kejriwal claimed that the large-scale collusion at top levels and political patronage to those involved in such crimes are primarily the reasons behind the paper leak of such magnitude.He said that the lives of lakhs of students are …