Rourkela: The Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) has postponed semester examinations which were slated to be held on May 20 owing to clash of dates with NEET 2019 exams in Odisha. This has been informed by Examinations Director of BPUT, Deepak Kumar Sahoo. According to a notification issued by Sahoo, the semester (regular and […]
New Delhi: The Health Ministry in consultation with the Board of Governors, Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to reduce the qualifying percentile in respect of NEET-PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) for the year 2019-20 by 6 percentile, an official release said on Tuesday. “Now general category candidates with minimum marks at 44 percentile, […]
Bhubaneswar: Apart from unleashing copious rain and windstorm gusting up to 200 kmph that blew away thatched roofs of houses, swamped towns and villages, cyclone Fani, which made landfall near Puri on Friday has also adversely affected the education sector in the State. In the wake of utter destruction by the extremely severe cyclonic storm […]
New Delhi: In a major announcement, the Supreme Court has allowed undergraduate medical students of age 25 or above to appear for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The SC bench, however, said that their admission will be subjected to the final outcome of the case on validity of CBSE’s decision to fix the upper […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday declared the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as Constitutionally valid and said that it empowers the marginalised sections of the society. The apex court’s five-judge Constitution bench said Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best. The Supreme Court ruled that the Aadhaar card is […]
New Delhi: In a major development, upholding the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar, the Supreme Court said that Aadhaar must not be made compulsory for school admissions and the school administration too, cannot make it mandatory. The Supreme Court also observed that Aadhaar is not mandatory for UGC, NEET & CBSE examinations. The biometric data shall […]
New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Tuesday announced the schedule for various entrance examinations till May 2019 to be conducted by the newly-established National Testing Agency (NTA). It announced the schedule for UGC-NET, JEE-Main I & II, CMAT & GPAT, and NEET-UG. All these exams will be computer-based except for NEET, […]
New Delhi: The Centre would be taking affidavits from state governments on accuracy of translated NEET question papers from the next year, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday. The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education for admission to MBBS/BDS courses. Javadekar was responding to an […]
Bhubaneswar: Just days after the Union Government announced that the newly formed-National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct national-level competitive examinations like UGC-NET, NEET, JEE (Mains), the agency is all set to introduce new changes by next year including unique set of questions for each examinee. Sources said the new testing agency has already initiated a […]
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has moved the Supreme Court against the order of the Madras High Court granting grace marks to those who wrote this year’s NEET exam in Tamil. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court had on July 10, while hearing the petitioner of senior CPI (M) […]
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is contemplating to move the Supreme Court against an order by the Madras High Court granting grace marks to those who wrote this year’s NEET exam in Tamil, sources in the HRD Ministry said on Monday. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court had on […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar during a press meet today informed that National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET), Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), UGC NET, National Eligibility Test (NET) and CMAT exams currently being organised by CBSE will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) from now on. Students can appear for NEET twice a […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought a reply from the Centre on a plea challenging the Medical Council of India (MCI) norm laying down upper age limit of 25 years for general category aspirants to apply for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS and BDS courses. A bench comprising justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and […]
Hyderabad: A 18-year-old girl jumped to death from a building here on Tuesday allegedly after failing to get a good rank in the NEET exam, police said. The girl, identified as Jasleen Kaur, jumped from top of the 10-storey shopping complex in the busy Abids area in the heart of the city. A police officer […]
Rourkela: On the verge of unfolding a major racket operating during the entrance examinations, police on Sunday arrested a fake examinee from an examination centre at Rourkela while appearing the CBSE National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2018 exams for another student. As per sources, the arrested identified as a Ramesh Kumar from Dunguri village in Rajasthan […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Over 40,000 students from Odisha will appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (UG) 2018, the premier entrance examination for admission into undergraduate MBBS and BDS courses being conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education today. NEET 2018 will be held at 40 centres across the State while throughout the country more than […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In what could be a relief for lakhs of students across India, the Supreme Court today directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) not to make Aadhaar number mandatory for enrollment of students appearing in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 and other all-India exams. A five-judge Constitution bench headed […]
New Delhi: Healthcare services at many private hospitals in the country are likely to be hit tomorrow as the Indian Medical Association has called for suspending routine services for 12 hours to protest a Bill seeking to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with a new body. Services at outpatient departments (OPDs) of many private […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In a bid to increase the number of doctors in country for providing better healthcare facilities to the growing population, over 5,800 post-graduate seats have been added this year in medical colleges across the country. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Health and […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges and the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to engineering colleges might be conducted twice a year, informed Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Upendra Kushwaha in the Lok Sabha on Monday. In reply to a written question in […]
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 in May next year. The notification and online application forms for the examination are likely to be released in January though no official notice has been published yet. As per the recent report by a leading […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has refused to extend the admission date to fill up vacant seats in super-specialty, post-graduate and MBBS courses beyond September 14. Stating that it would not be appropriate to extend the date, a three-judge Bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra agreed to the argument […]
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Modi government over the suicide of a Dalit medical aspirant in Tamil Nadu, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today sought to know how was the Centre planning to “impose” NEET examinations without taking states on board. 17-year-old Anitha, daughter of a daily wage earner, allegedly hanged herself at her […]
Chennai: Political parties and student organisations in Tamil Nadu held protests and shouted slogans against the state and central governments on Saturday following the suicide of 17-year-old Dalit student S. Anitha, who had spearheaded the fight against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges. In the state capital here, Dalit party VCK and […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has decided not to go ahead with the plan to bring in a common engineering entrance exam from 2018. The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) had earlier in March announced that a national-level common entrance examination for engineering colleges would be conducted from 2018. Breaking […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is not going to conduct NEET-like single entrance exam for engineering from next year. A decision in this regard, on Sunday, came from the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry. The HRD ministry stated that it will not be possible to hold single entrance exam for engineering […]
Bhubaneswar/Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to revise marks awarded to all candidates who had appeared in the NEET exam this year. It has asked CBSE to decide the merit list accordingly in view of incorrect reply for one of the 180 objective type questions provided […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Supreme Court pulled up the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today for setting different questions for students appearing the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in regional languages. Observing that there must be a common paper for NEET examinations, the top court ordered the CBSE and Centre to file an affidavit […]
New Delhi: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), on Tuesday, published the second allotment list based on the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) rank under All India Quota (AIQ) seats. Students, who participated in the second round of counseling, can check their allotment status on the official website of MMC. Students having name in the […]
Bhubaneswar: The Students appearing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) across the country will have same question papers or the translation of the question paper in English. Union Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar has said on Saturady, vernacular question papers for the NEET will be mere translation of the question paper in English. “The […]
Bhubaneswar: Counselling for OJEE rank holders to take admission into MBBS and BDS courses at government and privately-run medical colleges under the State quota will be held from today. At 10 am, students can begin online registration and take part in the counselling for medical courses. The process will continue till 5 pm on July 17. […]
Bhubaneswar: With registrations for counselling of candidates who successfully cleared National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 meant for admissions into various medical and dental colleges for MBBS and BDS degrees already underway; Odisha is ready with the tentative dates for its own counselling for admissions into colleges in the State. Students are caught in […]
New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The round one registration for counselling of candidates who successfully cleared National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 meant for admissions into various medical and dental colleges for MBBS and BDS degrees began today. For registration, candidates can log into the website of the Medical Counselling Committee which is conducting the counselling. […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Krishansis Dash of Odisha has secured the 28th All India Rank in National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) 2017, the results of which were declared a few moments ago. Conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), around 35,000 from Odisha had appeared the test. Around 11 lakh students from all over […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Madras High Court order restraining the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from declaring the result of NEET 2017 for under graduate medical courses. Permitting the board to declare the results and go ahead with consequential steps including counselling and admissions, the vacation bench of Justice […]
Kannur/Thiruvananthapuram: Four women teachers who are believed to have asked a girl to remove her top innerwear before entering the classroom to write the NEET entrance exam at a school near Kannur have been suspended for a month by the school authorities. The state police is to probe the incident, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. […]
Kannur: In a shocking incident, a female candidate who appeared at a NEET centre here on Sunday claimed she had to remove her innerwear before sitting for the entrance test. Other women candidates too faced a harrowing experience due to a strict dress code in force. The anguished candidate told media persons after attempting the […]
Bhubaneswar: As many as 30,000 aspirants from Odisha appeared in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) exam held today in three cities of State- Bhubaneswar, Berhampur and Rourkela. The national level entrance exam was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for admissions into medical and dental courses across the country. The […]
Bhubaneswar: As many as 30,000 aspirants from Odisha will take the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) tomorrow. As per the direction of the Supreme Court, the national level entrance exam is being conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for admissions into medical and dental courses. 10 lakh students all over the country […]
Mayurbhanj: Uncertainty now looms large over the admission and academics for newly set up Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital even as the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) is scheduled to be held on May 7. The medical college is yet to get necessary approvals for academics as the Medical Council of India […]
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