The Centre's seven-member high-level committee formed to oversee transparency and look into the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA) to meet on Monday, stated the sources at the Education Ministry.
Congress MP Hibi Eden on Sunday called NEET controversy one of the biggest scams in the country and claimed the involvement of several people and money, adding that an independent probe under the Supreme Court judges should be conducted.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team, which went to Bihar to investigate the alleged paper leak of UGC's National Eligibility Test, was gheraoed by locals in Bihar's Nawada on Saturday.
Congress MP Shafi Parambil on Sunday slammed the central government following the postponement of the NEET-PG examination and said that the government has committed a "heinous crime" by playing with the future of a country adding that the LKG exams have more "credibility" than this.
DMK leader TKS Elangovan said on Sunday that his party wanted the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test to be abolished, adding that the entrance examination favours the rich and is riddled with "fraud."
The Centre, earlier in the day, removed the Director General of the NTA, Subodh Kumar Singh and placed him on 'compulsory wait' in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
Amid the row over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-Undergraduate and UGC-NET exams 2024, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday registered a criminal case over irregularities in the exam and formed special teams to probe the matter.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday announced that the national side will play seven red-ball games to prepare for a 'gruelling Test schedule.'
"The accused has been identified and arrested. Now, he will be produced in court. The accused has a political background. All necessary actions, medical tests, and blood samples have all been collected and sent for analysis to the concerned hospital and lab," the official said.
Amid allegations of irregularities in the conduct of entrance examinations, the National Testing Agency (NTA) claimed on Sunday that its website and all its web portals are fully secure.
Soon after being entrusted with the probe into the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance-Test (NEET) (UG) Examination 2024, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR in the case, sources said on Sunday.