India's healthcare transformed in 12 years under PM Modi: ReportIndia's healthcare sector has seen a major transformation over the last 12 years. Health insurance coverage has expanded significantly. Mat...
NMC vacancies delaying medical admissions, SC Amicus tells courtLongstanding vacancies at the National Medical Commission are causing significant delays in medical admissions and regulatory processes. Ke...
Health services, medical education expansion to be driven by modern tech: Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed health and medical education. He stressed improving treatment quality and expanding s...
Karnataka urges Centre to scrap NEET-UG from 2026, restore state powers to conduct CETKarnataka is urging the central government to abolish NEET-UG from 2026. The state wants to bring back its own entrance tests. Minister Sha...
NEET cancellations: A look at the toughest medical exams across the globeIndia's NEET (UG) 2026 exam was cancelled due to alleged paper leaks, prompting a CBI inquiry and a re-examination. This mirrors global cha...
NEET UG 2026: These 4 states alone account for 41% of India’s medical aspirantsNEET UG 2026 saw a massive turnout, with Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Bihar contributing nearly 41.4% of the 22.7 lakh regist...
Rs 30 lakh for MBBS: Doctor-led NEET racket busted in Delhi-NCR, chilling details of how cops rescued 18 aspirants from Ghaziabad flatDelhi Police busted a NEET scam, arresting four individuals, including a doctor, for allegedly extorting Rs 20-30 lakh from parents by prom...
Capping MBBS seats by NMC deferred for academic years 2024-25, 2025-26: NaddaUnion Health Minister J P Nadda announced in the Rajya Sabha that the National Medical Commission's (NMC) directive to cap MBBS seats at 10...
Centre earmarks four MBBS seats for 2024-25 for civilian victims of terrorism; seeks nomination before September 17The Central government has allocated four MBBS seats for the 2024-25 academic year in medical colleges for the spouse and children of civil...
MBBS seats in India increase 110 per cent since 2014, Centre tells Lok SabhaThe number of medical colleges in India has increased by 82%, from 387 before 2014 to 704 currently, with corresponding growth in the numbe...
Sanction to prosecute Hurriyat leader, eight others sought in MBBS seat 'sale'At least four people were arrested by the CIK in August and it also named two of their accomplices who are at present in Pakistan and its o...
4,800 MBBS seats reserved for economically weaker studentsUnion Minister Harsh Vardhan said new medical colleges are being established in under-served districts
Biggest-ever addition to government MBBS seats: 2,750 seats in 25 new collegesWith the expansion in 2019, there are now 70,978 MBBS seats in 529 colleges in India.
Number of MBBS seats to go up by 2,500 in medical colleges across the countryAround 2,500 MBBS seats are to be added to various medical colleges across the country, after an empowered committee of the health departme...
Government clears 10,000 more MBBS seats to address shortage of doctorsOf the Rs 10,000 crore proposal, the Centre would bear Rs 7,500 crore and state/Union Territory's share will be Rs 2,500 crore.
Proposal to raise number of MBBS seats in CCEA tomorrowA proposal for increasing the number of MBBS seats is slated for consideration of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs here tomorrow.
Congress MP Rasheed Masood sent to jail for four years in MBBS seats caseMasood, convicted for fraudulently nominating undeserving candidates to MBBS seats in 1990-91, had sought benefit of probation in court.