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NEET 2024 Row highlights: NTA debarred 17 NEET-UG candidates who appeared in May 5 exam from centres in Bihar following detection of malpractice.
Key Events
- 1:07 PM IST, June 23 What is NEET PG and why did the centre postpone it?
- 10:32 AM IST, June 23 PG exam postponed as a ‘precautionary measure’. What did Centre say?
- 10:19 AM IST, June 23 NEET UG re-exam for 1563 candidates today | Details
- 9:51 AM IST, June 23 Student leaders, doctors in dismay over Centre's NEET-PG move
- 9:01 AM IST, June 23 NEET-PG exam postponement 'failure' of Centre, says NCP (SP)
- 8:18 AM IST, June 23 Who is prime suspect Sikandar Yadvendu?
- 8:00 AM IST, June 23 United Doctors Front Association National president calls NEET-PG postponement ‘another scam’
- 7:45 AM IST, June 23 What is the new ‘anti-paper leak’ law? Explained
- 7:37 AM IST, June 23 ‘Govt lost trust on its youth,’ says Cong leader Pawan Khera
- 7:20 AM IST, June 23 ABVP General Secretary asks ‘reasons’ behind postponement of NEET-PG exam
- 7:07 AM IST, June 23 Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre over NEET-PG postponement
- 6:57 AM IST, June 23 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey says ‘Dharmendra Pradhan should resign’
- 6:44 AM IST, June 23 Ministry of Education forms 7-member committee
- 6:28 AM IST, June 23 ‘Shuffling bureaucrats is no solution,’ says Cong chief Kharge
- 6:12 AM IST, June 23 PG exam postponed amidst UG ‘paper leak’ chaos under NTA
NEET 2024 Row highlights: NTA scheduled UG retest today across seven centres for 1,563 students.
NEET 2024 Row highlights: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR on Sunday concerning irregularities in the NEET-UG exam, based on a complaint from the Ministry of Education. The CBI is also working to take over investigations and FIRs from other states related to the issue. Find the latest developments here...Read More
- The Centre removed Subodh Kumar Singh from his role as Director General of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and placed him on “compulsory wait” in the Department of Personnel and Training.
- This decision follows rising controversy regarding alleged exam “irregularities”. Pradeep Singh Kharola has been assigned additional responsibilities as the Director General of NTA under the Ministry of Education.
- The Ministry of Education has formed a high-level expert committee to recommend reforms in the examination process, data security improvements, and NTA operations. The seven-member committee, led by former ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan, is expected to submit its report within two months.
- A stringent law has been enacted by the Centre to address “malpractice and irregularities” in competitive exams. Penalties include up to 10 years of imprisonment and fines up to ₹1 crore.
What exams have been affected so far?
NEET-PG 2024: The centre has postponed the exam, initially scheduled for today. A new date will be announced as soon as possible.
CSIR-UGC-NET 2024: Originally set for June 25 and 27, this exam has been postponed by the NTA due to "unavoidable circ*mstances" and "logistic issues." The new date has yet to be announced.
NET-UGC 2024: The Centre cancelled this exam, which was held on June 18, following reports of compromised exam integrity. A new exam date will be announced soon.
NEET-UG 2024: Controversy arose over grace marks awarded to students to compensate for lost time at six centres during the NEET-UG 2024 exam. The Centre later informed the Supreme Court that these grace marks would be scrapped and offered 1,563 affected students the option of a retest. According to news agency PTI, the retest is scheduled to be held today across seven centres.
What is the NEET-UG row?
- For weeks, thousands of students across India protested, demanding justice over allegations of paper leaks, inflated scores, and arbitrary grace marks.
- The NEET-UG examination took place on May 5 at 4,750 centres, with approximately 24 lakh candidates participating.
- The results, initially expected on June 14, were announced earlier on June 4.
- An unprecedented 67 students scored a perfect 720, six of whom were from a single centre in Faridabad, Haryana, which raised suspicions of irregularities.
Follow all the updates here:
June 23, 2024 10:49 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: No provision to give grace marks for ‘time loss’, method 'odd, said Sources on NTA shortcomings after chief sacked
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: There has been no provision to give grace marks for "loss of exam time," and it was done through an "odd method," sources at the Education Ministry said on Sunday while admitting shortcomings on the part of the National Testing Agency (NTA) in conducting the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance-Test (NEET) (UG) Examination 2024.
The Centre, earlier in the day, removed the Director General of the NTA, Subodh Kumar Singh and placed him on 'compulsory wait' in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
PTI
June 23, 2024 10:38 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: What happened with CBI team in Bihar?
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: SP Nawada, Ambrish Rahul says, "Yesterday, the CBI team was in Nawada. They were investigating the UGC-NET case. They then went to Rajauli area...This raid was kept as a secret & Rajauli Police was not informed about it. When they started raiding the people of that area started questioning them. Rajauli Police was then informed, we sent a team and the CBI team was brought to the station...The CBI team has not arrested anyone... No one (CBI official) has sustained major injuries but some minor injuries as the people surrounded their car...We have registered a case and investigation is going on..."
ANI
June 23, 2024 10:06 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Five more arrested in Bihar for alleged irregularities in NEET-UG
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police stepped up its investigation into the NEET "paper leak" by arresting five more suspects on Sunday, a day after their detention in Jharkhand's Deoghar, taking the total number of those apprehended to 18.
The development comes on a day the CBI filed an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG held on May 5 on a reference from the Union education ministry, amid countrywide protests and litigation by students for a probe into paper leak claims.
June 23, 2024 9:04 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: NTA debars candidates
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: 63 candidates were debarred from all over the country over malpractices. Now 17 candidates from Bihar have been debarred for malpractices during the NEET examination. 30 candidates from centres in Godhra have been debarred, NTA said in a statement.
June 23, 2024 8:29 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Gujarat handes over case to CBI
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: The Gujarat state government on Sunday said it has decided to hand over the investigation of an FIR related to malpractices in the NEET UG - 2024 examination to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The FIR was initially filed at the Godhra Taluka Police Station on May 8, 2024, following the exam that took place on May 5, 2024.
The Director of the Department of Higher Education, Government of India, had also filed a police complaint regarding irregularities in the exam. The CBI is already investigating this matter.
June 23, 2024 7:44 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: CBI team probing UGC-NET paper leak case attacked by villagers in Nawada, vehicles damaged
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Villagers from Kasiyadin village in Nawada district attacked a CBI team on Saturday evening, smashing vehicle windows as the team arrived from New Delhi to investigate the UGC NET paper leak case. Police have lodged a case, arrested four individuals, and seized two cell phones in connection with the incident.
Sources reported that the four-member CBI team, led by an inspector from New Delhi, was in Rajauli to investigate the UGC NET examination question leak. The villagers, mistaking the officials for impostors, beat them up and vandalized their vehicle.
June 23, 2024 7:25 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Centre-wise stats of retest
June 23, 2024 7:17 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: ‘NTA website are fully secure’
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: The National Testing Agency said that its website and web portals are fully secure, dismissing claims of compromise or hacking as inaccurate and misleading
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June 23, 2024 7:13 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: 17 NEET-UG candidates from Bihar debarred
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: 17 NEET-UG candidates who appeared in May 5 exam from centres in Bihar debarred following detection of malpractice, said NTA.
June 23, 2024 6:56 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: 750 out of 1563 eligible candidates skip NEET-UG re-examination
At least 750 out of the 1,563 candidates eligible for the NEET-UG re-examination skipped the retest.
June 23, 2024 6:46 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Asaduddin Owaisi takes ‘exam warrior’ dig at PM Modi
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the raging controversy around the National Testing Agency.
“'Exam warrior' Narendra Modi has waged a war on our youth’s future. First it was NEET UG (~23 lakh students), then UGC-NET (~9 lakh students). Then CSIR-NET was cancelled (~2 lakh students). NEET-PG (~2 lakh) was cancelled a night before the exam,” Owaisi wrote on X.
“The responsibility lies with Modi and his ministers. Our youth deserve an apology from the PM & justice from his government.” Read more.
June 23, 2024 6:34 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: IMA writes letter to thank govt
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, Union health minister JP Nadda, and education minister Dharmendra Pradhan for their “swift response” to the NEET UG examination controversies. The IMA expressed gratitude to education ministry for transferring the investigation of the irregularities to the CBI for a thorough probe. Additionally, the IMA thanked the government for removing the director general of the NTA.
June 23, 2024 6:05 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Why grace marks were awarded?
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: The Bihar Police's Economic Offences Unit (EOU) reported that the digital locks on NEET-UG exam question paper boxes malfunctioned at various examination centres, due to which grace markss were given for compensation in delay.
Read in detail: Why grace marks were awarded? Bihar Economic Offences Unit reveals reason
June 23, 2024 5:25 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Maharashtra ATS detains two coaching teachers
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) detained two teachers who run a private coaching centre in Latur district in connection with alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, an official said on Sunday. The ATS's Nanded unit detained the teachers on Saturday night, releasing them after several hours of questioning. One of the teachers also works at a government school in Latur district. The ATS may call the teachers for further questioning if needed, the official added.
Read in detail: NEET-UG row: Two teachers in Maharashtra questioned by Anti-Terrorism Squad
June 23, 2024 4:51 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Six accused arrested from Jharkhand
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Six accused arrested in connection with the UG NEET case were taken from LNJP Hospital in Patna after undergoing medical examination. They were apprehended by Bihar Police in Deoghar, Jharkhand, on June 21.
June 23, 2024 4:14 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: ‘Karnataka is a role model,’ says state home minister
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Commenting on the postponement of the NEET-PG exam, Karnataka home minister and Congress leader G Parameshwara said, "From the beginning, the fraternity of educationists has opposed it. Karnataka is a role model; we were the first in the country to start the CET, and it was conducted very smoothly without complaints. Unfortunately, the NEET exam has faced issues for many years. Papers are leaking, there are problems with valuation, data compilation, and counseling. This has put lakhs of students in jeopardy. I believe states should be given the opportunity to conduct exams as before, allowing students to choose their options for admission in their preferred states."
June 23, 2024 3:40 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: CBI registers FIR
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR on Sunday concerning irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (undergraduate) or NEET-UG exam, based on a complaint from the Ministry of Education.
June 23, 2024 3:20 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: ‘Wise decision to transfer the NTA chief,’ said DU's VC
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Yogesh Singh, vice chancellor of the University of Delhi, commented, "The Government of India, particularly the Ministry of Education, has made a wise decision to transfer the NTA chief. This step will help build confidence among students and candidates who appeared for the NEET UG examination. The government is taking all necessary steps to improve the examination processes. A CBI inquiry has been ordered, and a committee has been constituted to suggest improvements for conducting entrance tests. We are all very sensitive about this issue, and I am hopeful that the committee will provide good suggestions that will be implemented from the next academic session."
June 23, 2024 2:52 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: ‘Top leaders should be investigated,’ said Harish Rawat
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Former Uttarakhand CM and Congress leader Harish Rawat has criticised the ongoing CBI inquiry into the NEET-UG paper leaks, saying, "NEET UG paper leaks won’t be solved by a CBI inquiry. Until top leaders are investigated and the foundational causes are addressed, both the education and entrance exam systems will not improve."
June 23, 2024 2:34 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: AAP attacks Modi government
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: AAP minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday questioned the Centre's decision to postpone the NEET-PG exam, stating that the last-minute cancellation caused significant losses to the people.
"It is a big deal to cancel the exam the night before it was scheduled. People had booked flight tickets; some had already reached the exam centers. How many people must have suffered losses because of this? They're making the CBI investigate. Can a government agency expose the same government's corruption? There should be either a Supreme Court-monitored investigation or a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee," Bharadwaj said.
June 23, 2024 2:29 PM
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NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Students don't appear for exam at Chandigarh centre
NEET 2024 Row Live Updates: Two of the students who were to appear in NEET UG retest to take place on Sunday at Chandigarh didn't appear for the exam. The centre was set up at St Joseph's Senior Secondaey School in Sector 44 and while preparations were made for the two students and police was also deployed here, nobody appeared till the gate was shut at 1:30 pm.
June 23, 2024 2:03 PM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: Centre's NEET-PG postponement draws candidate discontent
NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: Following the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's announcement regarding the postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) Examination, originally slated for Sunday, students have voiced their disappointment, condemning the Centre's decision.
The exam, initially set for June 23, will now be rescheduled, with a new date to be announced shortly.
A ministry statement cited recent allegations questioning the integrity of certain competitive examinations as the reason behind the decision to postpone the NEET PG exam.
June 23, 2024 1:07 PM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: What is NEET PG and why did the centre postpone it?
NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG 2024) has been postponed. Originally scheduled for June 23, the exam has been deferred as a "precautionary measure," according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). A new date will be announced later. This announcement came a day before the scheduled exam date for the 2024 edition of the postgraduate medical entrance examination.
Amid the ongoing controversies surrounding several major examinations in the country, including NEET UG for undergraduate medical admissions, UGC NET for JRF, appointment as Assistant Professor, admission to PhD degree, and CSIR NET for JRF, Assistant Professorship, and PhD admissions in Science subjects, the Ministry of Health has opted to reevaluate the NEET PG examination process. Dig deeper
June 23, 2024 12:28 PM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: Which tests are under scrutiny currently?
NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: As many as four national-level competitive exams across the country are under scrutiny, leaving the future of lakhs of students in limbo. The opposition parties have unitedly attacked the Narendra Modi-led NDA 3.0, which was sworn in just 13 days ago. Full details here
June 23, 2024 12:00 PM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: Priyanka Gandhi hits out at PM Modi
NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: Reacting to the postponement of NEET-PG 2024 medical exam, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked Narendra Modi on Sunday, saying the helpless prime minister has been watching the spectacle of the youth of the country wasting time and energy to fight “BJP's corruption”. Dig deeper
June 23, 2024 11:25 AM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: BJP's Amit Malviya reacts to Priyanka Gandhi's criticism
NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: Reacting to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's criticism amid the controversy surrounding the NEET PG and UG exams, BJP leader Amit Malviya said, “The strings of the NEET-UG paper leak are linked to Congress's ally RJD. To cover it up, AAP itself was posting fake videos. The remaining exams have been postponed so that the opposition cannot play with the future of the students and use them for its dirty politics.”
June 23, 2024 10:57 AM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi takes ‘mafia’ jibe at BJP amid paper leak allegations
June 23, 2024 10:32 AM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: PG exam postponed as a ‘precautionary measure’. What did Centre say?
NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: The NEET-PG entrance examination, which was scheduled to be held on Sunday, June 23, has been postponed as a 'precautionary measure', according to the Ministry of Health.
“Taking into consideration the recent allegations regarding the integrity of certain competitive examinations, the Ministry of Health has decided to undertake a thorough assessment of the robustness of processes of the NEET-PG Entrance Examination, conducted by the National Board of Examination for medical students,” the ministry said.
June 23, 2024 10:19 AM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: NEET UG re-exam for 1,563 candidates today | Details
NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is set to administer a re-examination for 1563 NEET UG candidates who experienced time loss, scheduled for today, June 23. The retest will take place from 2 pm to 5:20 pm. Admit cards have been issued via exams.nta.ac.in/NEET. The outcome of the NEET re-exam is expected to be announced around June 30, 2024. Full details here
June 23, 2024 9:51 AM
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NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: Student leaders, doctors in dismay over Centre's NEET-PG move
NEET PG 2024 Live Updates: After the Centre's announcement regarding the postponement of the NEET-PG 2024 examination planned for Sunday, certain student bodies and doctors' associations voiced their dissatisfaction with the decision, asserting that the country's education system has been “destroyed.”
They further called for a high-level investigation into the agency responsible for overseeing the NEET-UG and NEET-PG examinations. Dig deeper
June 23, 2024 9:01 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: NEET-PG exam postponement 'failure' of Centre, says NCP (SP)
NEET Row Live Updates: The NCP (SP), led by Sharad Pawar, asserts that the postponement of the NEET-PG entrance exam reflects a "failure" on the part of the Centre. They accuse the government of jeopardising candidates' aspirations and demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, citing "mess and malpractices" in the examination process.
June 23, 2024 8:18 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: Who is prime suspect Sikandar Yadvendu?
NEET Row Live Updates: The Bihar Police's Economic Offences Unit (EOU), who carried out the probe into the NEET medical exam so far, has singled out Sikandar Yadvendu as the primary suspect purportedly involved in the illicit distribution of the exam's question papers.
Yadvendu, employed as a junior engineer at the municipal committee of Danapur, has been apprehended as the principal suspect in the paper leak case. Dig deeper
June 23, 2024 8:00 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: United Doctors Front Association National president calls NEET-PG postponement ‘another scam’
NEET Row Live Updates: Lakshya Mittal, National President of the United Doctors Front Association on Saturday called the postponement of the NEET-PG examination ‘another scam’.
“NEET-PG exam, which was supposed to be held tomorrow, has been cancelled at the last moment... Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in its press release, has mentioned that the exam has been postponed seeing its integrity and sensitivity... This is another scam after NEET-UG... Candidates have travelled across states and cancelling the exam 10 hours before it is scheduled is no less than playing with the emotions of the doctors... The conducting authorities of both- NEET PG, as well as NEET UG, should be investigated... India's medical education system has been destroyed... CBI enquiry into the NEET-UG issue is a commendable step,” he said.
June 23, 2024 7:45 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: What is the new ‘anti-paper leak’ law? Explained
NEET Row Live Updates: The Centre brought the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 to curb leaks, malpractices as well as organised malpractices in recruitment examinations like UPSC, SSC, etc. and entrance tests such as NEET, JEE, and CUET.
- The Punishments under Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 proposes penalties for unfair means, including imprisonment of three to five years and fines of up to ₹10 lakh.
- In cases of organised crime involving examination authorities, service providers, or other institutions, offenders may face imprisonment of five to 10 years and a minimum fine of ₹1 crore.
- The law grants agencies the authority to seize and forfeit properties of institutions engaged in organized crime to recover examination costs.
- Investigations under the Act will be conducted by an officer of the rank of deputy superintendent of police or assistant commissioner of police Dig deeper.
June 23, 2024 7:37 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: ‘Govt lost trust on its youth,’ says Cong leader Pawan Khera
NEET Row Live Updates: Congress leader Pawan Khera criticised the central government on Saturday for delaying the NEET-PG examination, stating that the government has completely "lost its trust" among the youth.
Amid Opposition criticism directed at the BJP regarding the postponement of the NEET-PG exam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also condemned the Bharatiya Janata Party government, describing the delay as "another unfortunate example of the deterioration of the education system."
The Congress leader further said that under the BJP's governance, students are compelled to battle the government to safeguard their future instead of focusing on their studies to build their careers.
June 23, 2024 7:20 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: ABVP General Secretary asks ‘reasons’ behind postponement of NEET-PG exam
NEET Row Live Updates: ABVP General Secretary Yagyawalkya Shukla asked for ‘reasons’ from both the government and the National Board of Education regarding the abrupt delay of the exam just hours before its scheduled time on June 23 morning.
This marks the second postponement of a competitive exam, following the cancellation of the UGC-NET due to the leakage of exam papers on the darknet.
June 23, 2024 7:07 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre over NEET-PG postponement
NEET Row Live Updates: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized the central government for delaying the NEET-PG 2024 examination, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is powerless against the paper leak racket and education mafia. He further asserted that the BJP government poses the greatest danger to students' future.
Gandhi labelled the BJP-led government at the Centre as “incompetent.” Dig deeper
June 23, 2024 6:57 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey says ‘Dharmendra Pradhan should resign’
NEET Row Live Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey called for the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan due to the postponement of the NEET-PG examination. Dubey stated that the government must overhaul the entire system and remove incompetent officials.
In the midst of the NEET-UG paper leak controversy, the Centre postponed the NEET-PG exam, which was scheduled for today. The new date has yet to be announced.
June 23, 2024 6:44 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: Ministry of Education forms 7-member committee
NEET Row Live Updates: The Ministry of Education has announced the formation of a high-level expert committee tasked with recommending reforms for the examination process, enhancing data security protocols, and improving the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA).
This seven-member committee, chaired by former ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan, is expected to submit its report to the ministry within the next two months.
“In order to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through the National Testing Agency (NTA), the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts to make recommendations on reform in mechanism of examination process improvement in data security protocols and the structure and functioning of National Testing Agency,” the ministry said.
June 23, 2024 6:36 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: CBI to investigate NEET-UG ‘paper leak’ case
NEET Row Live Updates: The Ministry of Education has assigned the investigation of alleged irregularities in the NEET (UG) Examination 2024 to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a thorough inquiry.
The Bihar Police’s Economic Offences Unit (EOU), currently investigating the NEET-UG paper leak case, detained six individuals, including a prime suspect named Chintu from Deoghar, and brought them to Patna for interrogation on Saturday.
To date, 13 people have been arrested in connection with the paper leak case in Bihar.
Significantly, EOU investigations have uncovered that the NEET question paper leak originated from a centre in Hajaribagh (Jharkhand). According to sources, on May 4, one day before the NEET examination, a culprit sent the leaked question paper to Chintu via cell phone.
June 23, 2024 6:28 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: ‘Shuffling bureaucrats is no solution,’ says Cong chief Kharge
NEET Row Live Updates: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that merely reshuffling bureaucrats does not address the "endemic problem" within the education system, which he claims has been "rotted by the Bharatiya Janata Party."
He further alleged that in the NEET scam, responsibility lies with the top-level officials of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
In response to the opposition's protests over the NEET-UG and UGC-NET examination paper leaks, National Testing Agency (NTA) chief Subodh Kumar was replaced by PK Kharola, the current Chairman and Managing Director of the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)
June 23, 2024 6:12 AM
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NEET Row Live Updates: PG exam postponed amidst UG ‘paper leak’ chaos under NTA
NEET Row Live Updates: In a fourth exam impacted in recent days under the National Testing Agency (NTA), the NEET-PG scheduled for today has been postponed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The new date will be announced at the “earliest.”
The ministry cancelled the PG exam the night before the scheduled date as a “precautionary measure” in response to recent allegations regarding the integrity of certain competitive exams.
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