Articles tagged under: NEET

NEET PG 2024 postponed as precautionary measure; New dates to be notified soon

June 22, 2024
NEET PG 2024 postponed as precautionary measure; New dates to be notified soon

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on Saturday that the NEET PG 2024 entrance exam scheduled for Sunday has been postponed. This decision follows allegations of irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG exams. The Health Ministry stated in its press note, "Taking into consideration, the recent incidents of allegations regarding the integrity of certain competitive examinations, Ministry of Health has decided to undertake a thorough assessment of the robust...Read More

Six from Gujarat in top 100 of NEET-UG 2024; Four secure 720/720

June 06, 2024
Six from Gujarat in top 100 of NEET-UG 2024; Four secure 720/720

Ahmedabad: Six students from Gujarat finished in the top 100 of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate 2024 (NEET-UG), the results of which were declared on Tuesday. A total of 24.06 lakh candidates from across the country, including 86,424 from Gujarat, took the test in May. Out of these, 13.16 lakh candidates qualified, with 57,197 of them being from Gujarat. The test consists of 180 multiple-choice questions with a total weightage of 720 marks. This year, 67 students from...Read More

Three booked for malpractice in NEET exam at Godhra center

May 09, 2024
Three booked for malpractice in NEET exam at Godhra center

Panchmahal: The Godhra police have filed a case against a schoolteacher and two others for allegedly attempting to assist six NEET-UG candidates by offering to solve their papers in exchange for Rs 10 lakh each. The scheme was uncovered after the district collector received a tip-off that malpractice was occurring at Jay Jalaram School in Godhra, designated as a NEET-UG exam center. Tushar Bhatt, a physics teacher and deputy superintendent at the center, has been booked, along with Parsuram R...Read More

NEET 2023 witnesses record-breaking registration of over 21 lakh students in India, 81,000 from Gujarat

April 19, 2023
NEET 2023 witnesses record-breaking registration of over 21 lakh students in India, 81,000 from Gujarat

Gandhinagar: A record-breaking registration of over 21 lakh students is reported for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) this year in India. NEET is conducted at the national level for admission to Under Graduate (UG) medical, dental, ayurvedic, and homoeopathy courses after completing class 12th in the science stream. The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct NEET at centres across the country on May 7, 2023. Approximately 81 thousand students from Gujarat have registered ...Read More

NEET conducted in Gujarat; 60 Patna students appear in Patan

May 06, 2018
NEET conducted in Gujarat; 60 Patna students appear in Patan

Gandhinagar: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination was today at various centres across Gujarat along with other parts of the country. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts the examination every year for aspirants seeking admission to undergraduate MBBS and BDS courses all over India The one sitting exam was held from 1000 to 1300 hrs. Tight security arrangements were made for the exam and strict measures in place to f...Read More

Around 90 thousand aspirants appear for NEET 2017 in Gujarat

May 07, 2017
Around 90 thousand aspirants appear for NEET 2017 in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: Around 90 thousand aspirants from Gujarat today appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) held for admission in Medical and Dental colleges at centers set up across seven cities across the state. Over all 11.35 lakh students took the test organized by Central Board for Secondary Examinations (CBSE) in 104 cities across the country against around 8 lakh of last year. The exam went off peacefully in Gujarat amid tight security arrangements ...Read More

NEET 2017 to be conducted at 23 new cities including Anand, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar in Gujarat

March 24, 2017
NEET 2017 to be conducted at 23 new cities including Anand, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar in Gujarat

New Delhi: NEET 2017 will be conducted from 23 new cities in the country this year including Anand, Bhavnagar and Gandhinagar in Gujarat as new cities. Earlier NEET was conducted from 80 cities. With 23 new cities, NEET 2017 will now be conducted from 103 cities. The number of cities from where NEET 2017 will be conducted is now at par with IIT JEE. This detail was shared by union minister Prakash Javadekar.Read More

NEET 2017 to be conducted in Gujarati language: Gujarat govt

November 11, 2016
NEET 2017 to be conducted in Gujarati language: Gujarat govt

Gandhinagar: Upcoming NEET exam in year 2017 will be conducted in Gujarati language, briefed deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat Nitin Patel and informed that a letter in this regard has been sent by the Centre to Gujarat Chief Minister. DeshGujaratRead More

Over 8,000 medical/dental aspirants appear for NEET- II in Gujarat

July 24, 2016
Over 8,000 medical/dental aspirants appear for NEET- II in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: Over 8000 medical and dental aspirants of Gujarat today appeared in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-II (NEET-II) even as over four lakh such aspirants sat in the exam across the nation. The exam on the instructions of the Supreme court held at over a dozen centers in select four cities (Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara) across the state including Kendriya Vidyalaya Shahibaug and Cantonment here in Ahmeda...Read More

Bill on NEET gets Lok Sabha approval

July 19, 2016
Bill on NEET gets Lok Sabha approval

New Delhi:A significant bill aimed at putting in place a single common examination for medical and dental courses was today passed by the Lok Sabha, with the government saying even private colleges will be under its ambit. The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the The Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2016 provides a Constitutional status to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination" which is intended to be introduced in the academic session next year. The Bi...Read More