Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has once again come down heavily on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the National Testing Agency (NTA), following a controversy unearthed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Maharashtra. The CBI arrested two for alleged manipulation of NEET UG 2025 scores in exchange for money. According to the probe agency,… Continue reading "NEET is morally corrupt, money-driven: MK Stalin"
The Madras High Court has declined to order a re-examination of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2025 for undergraduate medical courses, dismissing petitions filed by 16 candidates who claimed they were affected by a power outage during the exam. The candidates, who took the test on May 4 at centres including PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya in Avadi, Government… Continue reading "Madras High Court dismisses petitions seeking re-exam over power outage"
AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami has criticized the DMK for failing to abolish NEET despite promising to do so before coming to power. He questioned the silence on their earlier claims of having a “secret plan” and blamed the party’s false assurances for the tragic suicides of 21 students. Reacting to the reported suicide of a student near Melmaruvathur on… Continue reading "Palaniswami slams DMK over NEET exemption promise"
More than two million students appeared for the NEET-UG 2025 on Sunday for admission to undergraduate medical education in colleges across the country. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the exam across 5,453 examination centres in 548 cities in India and at 14 international locations. Held in a single shift from 2pm to 5pm, the pen-and-paper exam required 20.8 million… Continue reading "NEET UG 2025 held with heavy restrictions across 5,453 centres in India"
Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai has strongly criticized Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, calling his opposition to NEET a “selfish political drama.” He also announced that the BJP would not participate in the all-party meeting convened by the state government on the NEET issue. Annamalai stated that since the introduction of NEET, students from ordinary backgrounds and government schools in Tamil… Continue reading "NEET opposition is Stalin’s political drama: Annamalai"
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) responded to actor Vijay’s recent remarks about the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Speaking to reporters in Salem, EPS stated that Vijay was expressing his views to motivate his party cadres, adding that all political leaders make similar statements to inspire their followers. When asked about Vijay’s assertion that the real contest in… Continue reading "NEET: EPS comes down heavily on DMK govt"
The National Testing Agency (NTA) Thursday announced that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET-UG will continue to be held in a pen-and-paper mode this year in a single-day and single-shift format. The announcement is significant as it comes a month after the central government-appointed panel on exam reforms recommended various reforms, including transitioning to an online mode,… Continue reading "NMC decides to hold NEET-UG in pen & paper mode"
The Supreme Court on Monday said that there was no doubt that there was a breach in the sanctity of NEET-UG 2024, and that it was important to determine whether it was systemic or localised so as to decide whether to order a re-conduct of the exam or to find ways to segregate the wrongdoers to avoid the loss of… Continue reading "Leak in NEET clear, no room for denial, says SC"
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a batch of petitions regarding the medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024. The pleas include those seeking a direction from the court for conducting the exam afresh, alleging irregularities and malpractices in the May 5 test. A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, will review… Continue reading "Supreme Court to hear batch of 38 NEET petitions today"
Tamil Nadu BJP on Thursday accused the DMK and other parties of using the NEET as a tool to target the BJP government at the Centre. It also reiterated that the ruling dispensation should furnish a white paper on the performance of students from the state in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). BJP state chief K Annamalai sought to know… Continue reading "DMK using NEET as a tool to oppose BJP, says Annamalai"