The Centre on Saturday appointed two joint secretaries and two joint administrators to the Nationwide Testing Company (NTA), which has come beneath scrutiny over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak controversy.
In accordance with an order issued by the Personnel Ministry, Anuja Bapat, a 1998-batch officer of the Indian Statistical Service, and Ruchita Vij, a 2004-batch officer of the Indian Income Service (Customs and Oblique Taxes), have been appointed as joint secretaries within the company for a five-year time period, as per PTI.
In a separate order, the ministry mentioned Akash Jain of the Indian Income Service (Revenue Tax) and Aditya Rajendra Bhojgadhiya of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service have been appointed as joint administrators within the NTA for tenures upto 4 December, 2029 and 16 Could, 2028, respectively.
NEET-UG paper leak case newest updates
A Pune-based faculty mentioned on Saturday that disciplinary proceedings could be initiated towards biology lecturer Manisha Gurunath Mandhare following her arrest by the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) in reference to the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case.
Mandhare, who served on the NTA’s paper-setting committee for the NEET-UG performed on Could 3, was arrested after being interrogated on the company’s headquarters in New Delhi.
“Mandhare has been working within the junior faculty part since 2002 and was educating biology to college students of Lessons 11 and 12 for the final 24 years. Contemplating her educating expertise, Mandhare was appointed by Nationwide Testing Company for sure confidential work associated to the NEET examination course of,” the Fashionable Faculty of Arts, Science and Commerce said, reported PTI.
The Pune-based faculty talked about that the work entrusted to Manisha Gurunath Mandhare by the NTA was “fully confidential in nature”, with all communication and directions exchanged instantly between the company and the person involved.
In consequence, neither the school administration nor its mother or father establishment had any direct involvement within the course of, Principal Nivedita Ekbote mentioned within the assertion.
‘Kingpin’ Kulkarni, accused Waghmare despatched to 10-day CBI custody
A Delhi court docket on Saturday remanded the alleged mastermind of the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, PV Kulkarni, together with co-accused Manisha Waghmare, to 10 days of custody with the CBI.
Particular CBI Decide Ajay Gupta handed the order after the company knowledgeable the court docket that the 2 accused wanted to be taken outdoors New Delhi for additional investigation and that the broader conspiracy behind the alleged leak was nonetheless being examined, as per the report.
Showing for the company, Particular Public Prosecutor Neetu Gupta sought a 14-day custodial remand to facilitate their interrogation.
Throughout the listening to, the CBI instructed the court docket that Kulkarni was a topic knowledgeable who had been concerned in getting ready the 2026 NEET-UG query paper. The company additional alleged that co-accused Dhananjay Lokhande had obtained the leaked materials from Waghmare.
The CBI has lodged a case and constituted particular groups to analyze the alleged leak of the NEET-UG query paper, which led to the cancellation of the examination performed on Could 3.
About 23 lakh candidates had enrolled for the medical entrance check, which was performed nationwide by the NTA.
In accordance with NTA, it acquired details about the alleged malpractice on the night of Could 7, 4 days after the examination was performed.
In the meantime, the re-examination for NEET-UG is scheduled to happen on June 21.
