Neet Controversy
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MK Stalin seeks transfer of education to state list
The Tamil Nadu chief minister said that this could help in scrapping the National Eligibility Entrance Test.
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Tamil Nadu: Day after teen dies by suicide over NEET result, father found dead
Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote to the president and urged her to clear a bill to exempt the state from the ambit of the centralised medical exam.
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Tamil Nadu goes to Supreme Court saying NEET is unconstitutional
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination is a requisite for admission to undergraduate medical courses in India.
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Tamil Nadu sends Bill to exempt students from NEET for president’s assent, says chief minister
All parties in the state should take efforts to ensure that the Bill is cleared, MK Stalin said.
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Explainer: Why Tamil Nadu's attempt to repeal NEET might be an uphill task
The Assembly passed a bill last year, which says that medical colleges in Tamil Nadu would not come under the national NEET Exam. But will Delhi agree?
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Tamil Nadu Assembly once again adopts Bill to exempt students from appearing for NEET
The Bill had been passed in September, but the state’s governor had returned it and asked the House to reconsider the provisions.
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Tamil Nadu to hold special Assembly session to pass NEET Bill, send it back to governor
Governor RN Ravi had kept the Bill with him for 143 days, before returning it to the Assembly Speaker, Chief Minister MK Stalin said at an all-party meeting.
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Tamil Nadu NEET Bill: Opposition MPs walk out of Rajya Sabha in protest
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government will convene an all-party meeting in the state on Saturday. The BJP has said its members will not attend it.
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Tamil Nadu governor returns Bill to exempt students from NEET at undergraduate level
Governor RN Ravi said it is against students from rural areas and who are economically poor.
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MK Stalin calls for all-party meeting on January 8 to discuss exemption for Tamil Nadu from NEET
The chief minister contended that the entrance test took away the right of states to decide on the manner of conducting medical admissions.
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NEET: MK Stalin writes to 12 chief ministers for support to oppose exam
The Tamil Nadu Assembly had in September passed a Bill to the scrap the test.
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‘Your lives are priceless,’ says Tamil Nadu CM after three NEET aspirants die by suicide
Earlier in the day, a 17-year old girl from Vellore killed herself fearing that she would not be able to clear the exam for admission to medical degree courses.
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