BJP slams Rahul Gandhi for 'deliberate misquotation' on NEET paper leak issue

IANS | May 30, 2026 2:56 AM

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member, Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of deliberately misquoting the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in connection with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduation (NEET-UG) examination paper leak controversy.

Rahul Gandhi cites student blog to renew attack on CBSE over hiring process

IANS | May 29, 2026 11:58 PM

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi continued his attack on the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) even as it began a re-evaluation process of Class 12 answer sheets, where some nine lakh scanned copies have reportedly been shared online with students.

PM Modi monitoring NEET paper issue, Centre tells Supreme Court

IANS | May 29, 2026 10:56 PM

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally supervising the situation following the NEET-UG 2026 controversy, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Friday, as the apex court stressed the need to fix individual accountability within the National Testing Agency (NTA) to prevent recurring lapses in national-level examinations.

Rahul Gandhi seeks judicial inquiry into CBSE's contract with firm for OSM

IANS | May 29, 2026 3:35 PM

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday made fresh allegations of discrepancies in the CBSE’s process for awarding a contract for the On-screen Marking Scheme (OSM), seeking a judicial inquiry into the decision to pick an allegedly ineligible EdTech company for the task.

Majority of NEET reform recommendations already implemented: Former ISRO chief to SC

IANS | May 29, 2026 2:05 PM

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Former ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan has informed the Supreme Court that a majority of the recommendations made by the high-level expert committee constituted after the NEET-UG 2024 controversy have either been implemented or are under active execution, with several reforms already operational in the conduct of NEET examinations.

NEET-UG 2026 cancelled to protect students’ interests: NTA in SC

IANS | May 29, 2026 1:42 PM

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday told the Supreme Court that its decision to cancel the NEET-UG 2026 examination and order a re-test was taken “in the interest of students” and to preserve public confidence in the national examination system.