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Tamil Nadu: Petrol bomb hurled at BJP office in Chennai, arrested suspect says it was over NEET issue

OpIndia Staff - 10 February, 2022

One person named Vinodh has been arrested by the police on the basis of CCTV footage. As per reports, he has confessed that the attack was in retaliation to BJP's stand on the NEET issue.

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NEET-PG counselling: Supreme Court upholds 27% OBC and 10% EWS quota, central govt criteria to be followed

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2022

The Supreme Court has also allowed the 8 lakh annual income limit for the EWS, as of now. The final verdict on the EWS criteria is to be decided on the third week of March.

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Centre submits affidavit in SC on EWS reservation – ₹8 lakh annual income criteria retained, residential asset criteria dropped

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2022

The union govt has decided to keep the ₹8 lakh criteria for EWS reservation on advise of expert committee, files affidavit in SC

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‘An entire batch of 45,000 doctors hasn’t joined yet’: Why NEET-PG counselling is stuck, why are doctors protesting? All you need to know

Dibakar Dutta - 28 December, 2021

The resident doctors' protest initially began earlier in December but was withdrawn on December 9, following an assurance that the schedule for NEET PG counselling will be released in a weeks' time. That has not happened.

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‘Why discriminate against OCIs when there’s CAA’, says SC while allowing OCI candidates to compete for medical seats in open category

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

Supreme Court allowed Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) candidates to appear in the NEET-UG 2021 counselling in general category

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‘Overflowing vanity of a failed crown prince’: Edu Minister Dharmendra Pradhan slams Rahul Gandhi’s rant to postpone NEET

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2021

"What makes Rahul Gandhi the 'pseudo expert' question the collective wisdom of the Supreme Court bench and actual experts?" asked Dharmendra Pradhan

News Reports

Remember Agra kidnapping case where a girl was shrouded in Burqa? Here is why she planned the abduction herself

OpIndia Staff - 2 March, 2021

On Monday night, the police recovered the girl from a PG in Delhi's Tilak Nagar area. On being asked about the abduction, she claimed to have gone to Delhi to prepare for NEET examination.

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Uttar Pradesh: From Basant Panchami, students to get free coaching for competitive exams under Abhyudaya scheme

OpIndia Staff - 25 January, 2021

Under the CM Abhyudaya programme, students to get free coaching for competitive exams across the state

Government and Policy

Yogi Adityanath asks chief secretary to write to NTA asking for Akanksha Singh to be declared topper with Soyeb Aftab in NEET exams

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2020

CM Yogi Adityanath also directed the Chief Secretary of the state to ask the expenses from the family and provide the sum of the amount at one go so that the family does not have to go through any difficulties in the future.

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Controversy over Soyeb Aftab ranking first in NEET even though Akanksha Singh scored same marks: Here are the tie-breaking rules of NEET

OpIndia Staff - 17 October, 2020

In the NEET results which were declared on Friday night, Odisha's Soyeb Aftab and Akanksha Singh from Delhi have secured 720 out of 720 marks and got 1st and 2nd rank

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