NEET 2024 Row highlights: NTA says its website not hacked, fully secure

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).

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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..."

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

At least 750 out of the 1,563 candidates eligible for the NEET-UG re-examination skipped the retest.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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."

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.

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."

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."

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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