Calcutta High Court and Delhi High Court seek NTA responses on NEET irregularities
Jun 08, 2024, at 05:30 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court has sought a response from the National Testing Agency (NTA) over a PIL filed alleging irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the test for entry into medical colleges.
Jun 08, 2024, at 04:25 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, other political leaders have renewed their demands for the withdrawal of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) after a number of irregularities popped up in the examination for the 2024 medical colleges.
Accord sanction to bill exempting Tamil Nadu from NEET: MK Stalin urges President Murmu
Oct 27, 2023, at 07:25 pm
Chennai/UNI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Friday urged President Droupadi Murmu to accord assent to the Bill passed in the StateLegislative Assembly seeking to exempt Tamil Nadu from the purview of NEET exams and allow admissions for UG medical courses based on the marks secured in the Plus-2 board exams conducted by the State government.
Kerala: Police case against those who forced female examinees to remove bra at NEET centre
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:26 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A police case has been filed against those who forced girls appearing for the National Eligibility Entrance Test or NEET to remove their bra to be allowed inside the examination centre in Kerala's Kollam district, media reports said.
Kerala Minister condemns removal of innerwear before NEET exam
Jul 19, 2022, at 02:55 pm
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Monday condemned the incident of the removal of innerwear of a girl before entering the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) examination centre at Ayoor in Kollam.
CBI arrests eight people for allegedly 'rigging' medical exam NEET
Jul 19, 2022, at 06:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested eight people for involvement in a "rigging racket" in the NEET medical entrance exam on Sunday.
Centre defers NEET PG 2022 exam by 6-8 weeks
Feb 04, 2022, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Just hours ahead of a Supreme Court hearing on Friday on a plea seeking postponement of the NEET PG exam, the Centre deferred the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Post Graduate 2022 by six-to-eight weeks.
Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of OBC quota in NEET
Jan 20, 2022, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of providing 27 percent reservation to Other Backward Caste candidates in NEET AIQ (All India Quota) seats.
Supreme Court nod for NEET counselling with existing quota
Jan 07, 2022, at 05:54 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday gave its nod for NEET-PG medical counselling process for admissions to the 2021-22 academic session with existing OBC/EWS criteria.
Delhi junior doctors to continue stir over college allotments despite assurances by Health Minister
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Junior doctors in Delhi, who are protesting against the delay in college allotments after the NEET postgraduate exam, on Tuesday said they will continue their agitation despite assurances from Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya a day after their face-off with the police.
Sep 28, 2021, at 05:10 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Centre for announcing last-minute changes to the pattern of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Post-Graduate Super Specialty (NEET SS) exam 2021.
NEET: Centre gets relief on EWS quota in SC hearing
Sep 25, 2021, at 05:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has set aside the observations made by the Madras High Court on seeking the top court's approval before implementing the reservation for Economically Weaker Sections or EWS in medical and dental courses, according to media reports.
CBI investigation reveals major scam in NEET medical exam
Sep 23, 2021, at 07:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has unearthed a scam involving the use of proxies and payments as high as Rs 50 lakh per candidate to clear the NEET medical entrance exam.
Beg you, don't end your lives: MK Stalin appeals to NEET aspirants after three suicides in a week
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:34 am
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday made an emotional appeal to students appearing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses, after three such aspirants committed suicide in a span of one week.
NEET suicide : Stalin blames Centre's adamant attitude
Sep 12, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Chennai/UNI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday blamed the Union government's adamant attitude in not exempting the State from NEET for the suicide of a 19-year-old boy, while the Opposition AIADMK found fault with the ruling DMK for failing to keep up its election promise on the issue.
19-year-old boy ends life over 'fears of cracking NEET'
Sep 12, 2021, at 10:03 pm
Salem/UNI: In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old boy, allegedly committed suicide following fears over cracking the NEET exam for medical admissions.
Government blind to students' distress: Rahul Gandhi as he asks for NEET exam postponement
Sep 07, 2021, at 07:34 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has demanded the postponement of the NEET 2021 exam, which is going to be held on September 12.
NEET will not be postponed: Supreme Court
Sep 06, 2021, at 08:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Monday ruled against the postponing of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET UG 2021 to a date post the declaration of the CBSE examination results, media reports said.
COVID-19: NEET-PG Exam to be postpone for at least 4 months
May 03, 2021, at 09:46 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the growing need of adequate human resources for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir: NEET-2020 qualifiers of Tral felicitated
Jan 29, 2021, at 02:54 am
Srinagar: Awantipora Police today felicitated students of Tral who have qualified NEET-2020.
NMC moves SC seeking extension of deadline for MBBS, related courses
Dec 26, 2020, at 10:26 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has moved Supreme Court seeking extension of deadline for MBBS and Super Specialty medical course admissions till January 15, 2021 for the academic session 2020-21.
Kashmir's conflict hotbed Pulwama now grabbing headlines for producing brilliant minds
Oct 19, 2020, at 12:43 am
Pulwama: Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama region, which was in news for terror attacks, has now grabbed attention for achievements of locals in various sectors, specifically in the world of academics.
JEE-NEET: Plea in Supreme Court to give second chance to students who missed exams
Sep 16, 2020, at 05:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A plea has been filed in the country's topmost level of judiciary seeking a second chance for all those students who could not turn up for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), which were held earlier this month amid Covid-19 pandemic, media reports said.
Bihar boy misses NEET by 10 minutes after travelling 700 kms to Kolkata
Sep 14, 2020, at 06:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another instance of the ordeal of lakhs of students who appeared for the joint and medical entrance examinations, a Bihar boy missed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) by a few minutes after travelling 700 kilometers from Bihar to West Bengal on Sunday, media reports said.
No anti-Covid-19 lockdown in West Bengal on Sept 12, announces Mamata Banerjee
Sep 10, 2020, at 07:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In yet another change in the lockdown dates, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the state won't witness complete anti-Covid-19 restrictions on Sept 12, keeping in mind the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled to be held on the next day.
Kolkata Metro to run around 66 special trains on Sep 13 to facilitate NEET examinees
Sep 05, 2020, at 10:22 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Kolkata Metro will run around 66 special trains on the day of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on September 13 to facilitate the examinees. Those who don’t have smart cards will be issued paper tickets.
Govt must listen to students' voices on holding NEET-JEE exams: Sonia Gandhi
Aug 29, 2020, at 04:50 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the government should listen to the concerns and voices of students over holding national entrance examinations for engineering and medical courses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Decision on JEE, NEET should be taken after conversation with students: Rahul Gandhi
Aug 28, 2020, at 08:33 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Attacking the NDA government at the Centre over its decision to hold JEE and NEET examinations amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that any decision in this regard should be taken after a conversation with the students and arriving at a consensus.
Six states move Supreme Court seeking postponement of JEE, NEET
Aug 28, 2020, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Six Indian states on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking a consideration of its order, that had allowed the central government to conduct the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in September, amid Covid-19 spread.
Students want JEE, NEET at any cost: HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Aug 27, 2020, at 10:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Thursday said lakhs of students of the country want the conduction of engineering and medical entrance examinations, just a day ahead of the launch of countrywide protests by the political forces.