8 arrested for fake MBBS admission racket in Kolkata

8 arrested for fake MBBS admission racket in Kolkata

The Survey Park police, Kolkata, have arrested 8 members of an inter-country gang which cheated medical aspirants of their lakhs by offering fraudulent admissions for Karnataka and Bengal medical institutions. This, days after the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), results were announced. This came after two employees of a fake consultancy firm at Kalikapur spilt the […]

Register for NEET(UG) online starting today

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has invited online applications for National eligibility cum entrance test (UG) – 2017 (NEET(UG)- 2017). CBSE will hold NEET-UG, 2017 for the first time for admission in MBBS/BDS courses for all seats and all medical/dental colleges. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has invited online applications for […]

NRI students to face a separate Entrance Test to qualify for Medical Colleges in India

NRI students to face a separate Entrance Test to qualify for Medical Colleges in India

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has directed private medical colleges across India to hold separate entrance test to gauge the merit of Non Resident Indian (NRI) Students. The Medical colleges are meeting on Saturday to discuss the implications of the same. The MCI directive dated January 16 had directed the colleges to conduct the NRI students’ […]

Karnataka Professional Educational Inst. Act to be implemented soon

Karnataka Professional Educational Inst. Act to be implemented soon

The Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006  will be implemented soon with some amendments to check irregularities in the admission and fee fixation in professional colleges in the state, by the Government of Karnataka.   Medical education minister Sharan Prakash Patil told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government […]

CET – More Students eligible for Engineering and lesser for Medical

CET – More Students eligible for Engineering and lesser for Medical

The results of the Common Entrance Test – CET – were out on Tuesday, and around 1.4 Lakh students had taken the test. While the number of those eligible for Engineering courses in Karnataka, the corresponding number for medical seats has declined . According to the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), 96,161 candidates are eligible to […]