Overview
- The National Testing Agency announced Friday that NEET-UG 2026 will be reconducted on Sunday, June 21, with updates to follow on official channels.
- CBI investigators secured seven days of court custody for five accused and arrested two more after multi-state searches that seized phones and laptops for forensic checks.
- The agency says an organised chain pushed password-protected PDFs through Telegram and WhatsApp and sold access for lakhs of rupees, with a Rajasthan police inquiry matching parts of the leak to real questions.
- Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said NEET will move to computer-based testing next year to reduce leak risks, following a high-level review of safeguards with top education officials.
- Protests by student groups continued and police reported suspected student suicides linked by families to exam stress, while doctors’ bodies and FAIMA pressed for court-monitored reforms and an overhaul of the NTA.