The National Testing Agency's Director General Abhishek Singh announced that the complete schedule for the re-conduct of the canceled NEET-UG 2026 exam will be officially released within the next 7 to 10 days. He clarified that candidates will not need to register anew or pay any additional application fee for this re-examination.

The NTA is currently determining exam centers and dates in collaboration with its technical team to ensure that the process remains completely secure and organized. In discussions with the media, DG Abhishek Singh acknowledged that the agency takes responsibility for the disruptions in the examination system, which is why a stringent decision was made to cancel the exam to maintain integrity. He mentioned that the responsibility for a thorough investigation of the matter has been assigned to the CBI.

The NTA has appealed to the investigative agency to identify and take strict legal action against any individuals involved in the paper leak, whether external or within the department, to prevent such incidents in the future. The Director General reassured over 2.2 million candidates that the current developments will not adversely affect the NTA's future examinations.

He stated that the agency is committed to restoring its credibility and the trust of students, and the re-examination will be conducted with complete transparency and without any errors. It is noteworthy that this entrance exam, held on May 3, was canceled by the central government on Tuesday following allegations of a paper leak, after which preparations for a new conduct have begun.

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New Delhi, May 12. A shocking news has emerged for millions of medical candidates across the country.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has officially announced the cancellation of the NEET UG exam held on May 3, 2026. This strict decision was taken with the approval of the Government of India after serious allegations of paper leak and exam fraud. The agency clarified that a new exam will be conducted to maintain the integrity of the examination, with the date and admit card schedule to be released soon on the official website.

According to a statement issued by the NTA, after receiving inputs regarding the irregularities in the exam, the matter has been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation for an independent inquiry. On May 8, the case was sent to central agencies for preliminary investigation, and based on their report, it was deemed necessary to cancel the current process. The government has made it clear that strict action will be taken against the guilty.

The agency also assured that it will provide technical assistance and all necessary records during the investigation process to prevent such incidents in the future. Considering the difficulties faced by millions of students, the NTA has made a relief announcement that students will not need to reapply for the upcoming exam. The previous registration data and candidate information will remain valid.

Additionally, no extra examination fee will be charged from the students, and reports suggest that a plan is being made to refund the fees already submitted. The agency has appealed to students and parents to avoid rumors circulating on social media and to rely only on official information.

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The countdown for the NEET (UG) 2026 medical entrance exam has begun, and this time success will depend not only on correct answers but also on the accuracy of filling the OMR sheet. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has warned that the OMR sheet is completely scanned by machines, so incomplete bubbles, tick marks, or selecting multiple options will invalidate even correct answers.

Candidates are advised to reserve at least 15 minutes at the end to fill the OMR sheet and to fill in the dark blue or black bubble only after matching each question number. A record 22,79,743 candidates have registered for the exam scheduled on May 3, which is the highest number to date. The increasing interest of women in the medical field has surprised everyone; out of the total applicants, 13,32,928 are women, accounting for approximately 58 percent of the total.

The number of male candidates recorded is 9,46,815. According to the NTA, there is no scope for correction or overwriting on the OMR sheet, so first-time test takers are advised to practice at home with a timer on a sample sheet to avoid panic at the last moment. On the exam day, May 3, rain and thunderstorms are expected in several states across the country.

In this regard, the NTA has issued a special advisory for candidates. They have been instructed to leave for their centers well in advance, considering the weather and potential flooding.

It is important to note that the gates of the examination centers will be strictly closed at 1:30 PM, and no entry will be allowed under any circumstances after that. Students should not forget to carry their admit cards along with necessary arrangements suitable for the weather and identification documents to avoid any unpleasant situations.

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Surat – The NEET 2025 results declared today by the National Testing Agency brought pride to Surat as Jenil Bhayani, a student of P.P. Savani School, secured the top rank in Gujarat and an impressive All India Rank (AIR) 6. Scoring 680 out of 720 marks, Jenil credited his success to his two years of consistent hard work, dedicated teachers, and supportive parents.

Expressing his joy, Jenil thanked his teachers and parents for guiding him through the journey. "My teachers resolved all my doubts promptly and constantly motivated me. I believe the key to success is continuous preparation and regular revision of whatever one studies," he said.

Jenil shared that this year’s paper was considerably tougher compared to the last five or six years. He followed a disciplined study plan, dedicating 5 to 6 hours daily after school and strictly avoiding social media. "I used my phone only for essential study-related tasks. Wasting time on social media could have cost me my rank," he noted.

Reflecting on the exam experience, Jenil said the biology and chemistry sections were manageable, but physics was especially challenging. “I usually finished mock tests in one and a half hours, but during the actual exam, I used the full three hours, mostly due to the physics section,” he shared.

For revision, Jenil adopted a unique method. He maintained a separate notebook for quick points and important topics, which helped him save time and improve retention. He also kept a dedicated copy to record and review his mistakes, ensuring he didn’t repeat them.

Jenil began his NEET preparation in Class 9 through a foundation course at his school. Both his parents, who hold science degrees, consistently motivated him throughout his academic journey. Apart from NEET, Jenil also appeared for JEE and scored an impressive 99.99 percentile.

Despite scoring 680 in NEET, Jenil believes a little more attention could have placed him at the top. “Only three questions went wrong. The AIR 1 scorer has 686 marks—just six marks ahead,” he said.

Jenil had earlier scored 96% in Class 10 and over 97% in Class 12, reflecting his strong academic track record. His dream is to pursue MBBS from AIIMS Delhi and later specialize in surgery through a super-specialty MS program.

New Delhi, June 14 – The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate courses (NEET-UG), with Mahesh Kumar from Rajasthan emerging as the national topper. He was followed by Utkarsh Avadhia from Madhya Pradesh in second place.

Out of the 22.09 lakh candidates who appeared for the highly competitive medical entrance exam this year, over 12.36 lakh qualified. However, this is a slight dip from last year when more than 13.15 lakh candidates had cleared the exam out of over 23.33 lakh test-takers.

Krishang Joshi from Maharashtra secured the third position, while Mrinal Kishore Jha from Delhi ranked fourth. Among female candidates, Delhi’s Avika Agrawal stood out, securing the fifth rank nationally and becoming the top-ranked girl in the country.

Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of qualified candidates with over 1.70 lakh, followed by Maharashtra with more than 1.25 lakh and Rajasthan with over 1.19 lakh successful candidates.

Conducted annually by the NTA, NEET-UG serves as the gateway for admission into undergraduate medical courses across the country. There are approximately 1,08,000 MBBS seats available nationwide, including around 56,000 in government colleges and 52,000 in private institutions.

In addition to MBBS, NEET scores are also used for admission to undergraduate courses in dentistry (BDS), Ayurveda (BAMS), Unani (BUMS), and Siddha (BSMS) medical streams.

New Delhi, May 30 – The Supreme Court of India has ordered that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses (NEET-PG) 2025, scheduled for June 15, must be conducted in a single shift instead of two. The directive was issued on Friday by a bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath, which also included Justices Sanjay Kumar and N. V. Anjaria.

As per agency report, the court emphasized that conducting the examination in two separate sessions could lead to discrepancies and arbitrary outcomes. The bench observed that the difficulty level of two different question papers can never be truly identical, thus creating potential unfairness for candidates.

The court further directed the concerned authorities to make necessary arrangements to ensure that the exam is held in one session and that complete transparency is maintained throughout the process. The decision came while hearing a petition that challenged the notification to conduct NEET-PG 2025 in two shifts.

This ruling aims to maintain fairness and uniformity in one of the country’s most competitive medical entrance exams.

New Delhi, May 13 — The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the results of the Class 12 board examinations on Tuesday, revealing a strong overall performance with girls once again outperforming boys. As per agency report, there has been a slight decline in the number of students scoring above 90 percent compared to last year.

This year, 88.39 percent of students passed the Class 12 examination, marking a marginal improvement over last year’s 87.98 percent pass rate. Girls achieved a pass percentage of 91.64, significantly higher than the 85.70 percent recorded for boys. Among transgender candidates, the pass percentage saw a remarkable improvement, doubling from last year’s 50 percent.

A total of 1,11,544 students scored more than 90 percent, while 24,867 students achieved scores above 95 percent. In comparison, last year saw 1.16 lakh students score above 90 percent, with 24,068 students surpassing the 95 percent mark.

Among the high achievers were 290 candidates from the Children with Special Needs (CSWN) category who scored above 90 percent, and 55 of them scored more than 95 percent. The CSWN category includes students who require additional academic support due to physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral challenges.

This year, a total of 16,92,794 students appeared for the Class 12 board examinations. Of these, over 1.29 lakh candidates will need to take supplementary exams to qualify.

Region-wise, Vijayawada recorded the highest pass percentage at 99.60, followed closely by Thiruvananthapuram at 99.32 percent. Prayagraj region reported the lowest pass percentage at 79.53.

Among school categories, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas posted the highest pass rate at 99.9 percent, while private or independent schools recorded the lowest at 87.94 percent. Indian schools abroad also witnessed a minor dip in performance, with the pass rate falling from 95.84 percent last year to 95.01 percent this year.

Surat, May 7 – The Gujarat Crime Branch has arrested the alleged mastermind of a nationwide NEET exam fraud racket that promised students high scores and guaranteed passing in exchange for large sums of money. The accused, identified as Vipul Mulshankar Taraiya, 44, was posing as an educational consultant and is a resident of Iskcon Ambito on Mavadi-Kankat Road.

As per media report, Vipul Taraiya had been collecting hefty amounts from several parents under the false pretext of securing favorable NEET exam results for their children. Preliminary investigation by the Crime Branch has revealed that the gang defrauded at least five students and their families so far. Other accused in the racket include Rajesh Haribhai Pethani from Dhoraji, Dhaval Sanghvi from Udaipur, Prakash Taraiya currently residing in Surat, and Manjeet Jain from Belgaum, Karnataka.

The scam came to light after Tusharbhai Vekariya from Jetpur lodged a formal complaint, alleging that he was duped of Rs 30 lakh after being assured of a high score in NEET for his son. Following the complaint, PSI Anirudhsinh Jadeja and his team launched a swift operation, leading to the arrest of the prime accused Vipul Taraiya.

According to officials, Taraiya also runs an agricultural products agency alongside his fraudulent educational consultancy. During the course of investigation, it was found that in some cases the gang had demanded as much as Rs 60 lakh from parents desperate for their children to succeed in the highly competitive medical entrance exam.

The Crime Branch is now expanding the scope of its investigation to identify other victims who may have fallen prey to the scam. Authorities have appealed to the public and parents to come forward and report any such fraudulent activity directly to the Crime Branch without delay.

Gandhinagar, May 4 – The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) will declare the results of Class 12 and GUJCET 2025 on May 5 at 10:30 AM. This announcement was confirmed by Gujarat Education Minister Kuber Singh Dindor via a post on social media platform X.

According to a press release issued by the board, the results for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, including Science, General, Vocational, UUB streams, GUJCET-2025, and Sanskrit Madhyama will be available on the official website www.gseb.org at the scheduled time. Students can view their results by entering their seat numbers on the website. Additionally, results can also be obtained by sending the seat number via WhatsApp to 6357300971.

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Further details regarding the distribution of mark sheets, certificates, and school records will be released later. The board also plans to issue a comprehensive circular containing instructions on mark verification, document correction, name updates, rejection of marks, and procedures for reappearing in exams. This circular will be distributed to schools along with the official documents.

This year, a total of 4,23,909 students registered for the General stream in Class 12, including 3,64,859 regular, 22,652 repeaters, 4,031 isolated, 24,061 private, and 8,306 private repeaters. In the Science stream, 1,11,384 students registered, comprising 1,00,813 regular, 10,476 repeaters, and 95 isolated candidates.

Notably, in 2024 the board declared the Class 12 Science and Commerce results on May 9. This year’s early announcement is expected to give students additional time for college admissions and entrance processes.

To check results on the official website, students can follow these steps:

1. Visit the Gujarat Board’s official website www.gseb.org.

2. Click on the link for “HSC Science/General/Vocational Stream Result 2025” or “GUJCET 2025 Result” on the homepage.

3. Enter your seat number.

4. Click on the "Submit" button.

The result will be displayed on the screen and can be downloaded or printed. Students are advised to check their results only through the official website and avoid relying on unauthorized sources.

New Delhi, April 30 — The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) declared the results for Class 10 (ICSE) and Class 12 (ISC) board examinations on Wednesday, with girls marginally outperforming boys in both categories.

As per agency report, the pass percentage for girls in both Class 10 and Class 12 stood at 99.45 percent, while boys registered a slightly lower success rate of 98.64 percent. The consistent lead by girls continues the trend observed in previous years.

This year, the ICSE examination for Class 10 was conducted across 67 written subjects, which included 20 Indian languages, 14 foreign languages, and one classical language. The ISC examination for Class 12 covered 47 written subjects, including 12 Indian languages, four foreign languages, and two classical languages.

Joseph Emmanuel, the Chief Executive of CISCE, stated that candidates and affiliated institutions can access the results through the official CISCE website or the board's career portal. Additionally, the results have been made available on the DigiLocker platform for ease of access.

CISCE also announced that improvement examinations for both ICSE and ISC students will be held in July for those seeking to enhance their performance.

New Delhi, April 26 – Shakti Dubey, a postgraduate student from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), has secured the top rank in the Civil Services Examination by scoring 51.5 percent marks, according to the marksheet released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Dubey, 28, scored a total of 1,043 marks — 843 in the written examination and 200 in the interview — clearing the prestigious exam in her fifth attempt with political science and international relations as her optional subjects.

The merit list for the Civil Services Examination is prepared based on a total of 2,025 marks, comprising 1,750 marks for the written examination and 275 marks for the interview. As per agency report, Harshita Goyal secured the second position with a total of 1,038 marks (51.28 percent), scoring 851 marks in the written examination and 187 in the interview. Goyal, 24, holds a postgraduate degree in Chartered Accountancy and a bachelor's degree in commerce from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. She hails from Haryana and cleared the examination in her third attempt, also with political science and international relations as her optional subjects.

Dongre Archit Parag and Shah Margi Chirag secured the third and fourth positions respectively. Parag scored 1,038 marks (848 in the written examination and 190 in the interview) while Chirag scored 1,035 marks (825 in the written and 210 in the interview), resulting in percentage scores of 51.28 and 51.11, respectively. Parag, 26, holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and cleared the exam on his third attempt. Chirag, also 26, graduated in Computer Engineering from Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, and succeeded in his fifth attempt.

Delhi’s Akash Garg secured the fifth position with 1,032 marks (831 in the written examination and 201 in the interview), achieving a score of 50.96 percent. Garg, 24, cleared the exam in his second attempt, choosing sociology as his optional subject. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.

This year, 1,009 candidates — 725 men and 284 women — successfully cleared the Civil Services Examination, the results of which were announced earlier this week. The UPSC conducts the examination annually in three stages — Preliminary, Mains, and Personality Test (Interview) — to select officers for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and other central services.

The preliminary examination consists of two objective-type papers carrying 200 marks each. In 2024, the preliminary exam was conducted on June 16, with 9,92,599 candidates applying and 5,83,213 appearing for it. Out of them, 14,627 qualified for the written (mains) examination held in September 2024, and 2,845 candidates cleared the mains to appear for the personality test conducted between January 7 and April 17, 2025.

Among the successful candidates, 335 are from the general category, 109 from the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), 318 from Other Backward Classes (OBC), 160 from Scheduled Castes (SC), and 87 from Scheduled Tribes (ST).

Last year, Aditya Srivastava had topped the Civil Services Examination 2023 with a score of 54.27 percent, securing 1,099 marks — 899 in the mains and 200 in the interview.

New Delhi, April 19 — The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced the results of the second session of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main), with 24 candidates achieving a perfect NTA score of 100.

As per agency report, the list of top scorers includes seven candidates from Rajasthan, three each from Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra, two each from Delhi, West Bengal, and Gujarat, and one candidate each from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Among the 24 top scorers, two are female candidates.

Of these high-scoring candidates, 21 belong to the general category, while one candidate each represents the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories.

More than 9.92 lakh candidates appeared in the second session of this highly competitive engineering entrance exam. In comparison, over 10.61 lakh students had appeared for the first session.

NTA clarified that the NTA score is a normalized score and not a direct percentage. It is calculated on the basis of the relative performance of candidates in multi-session exams and is mapped on a scale ranging from 100 to 0.

The results from both Paper 1 and Paper 2 of JEE (Main) will determine eligibility for the JEE (Advanced) examination, which leads to admission in 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). For candidates who appeared in both sessions, the higher of their two scores has been considered for ranking.

The examination was conducted in 13 languages including Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. A total of 531 exam centers were set up across 300 cities, including 15 international locations such as Manama, Doha, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Riyadh, Singapore, Kuwait City, Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu, West Java, Washington, Lagos, and Munich.

During the second session, results for 110 candidates were withheld due to the use of unfair means including submission of fake documents. Additionally, 23 results were withheld due to discrepancies in photographs, biometric data, or other identity-related details. These candidates have been asked to submit verified identity proof from a gazetted officer within a stipulated time to have their results released.

In the previous session, 39 candidates had also been debarred for involvement in malpractice.