Delhi/Hyderabad, May 7 (Hydnow): The NEET UG examination conducted for admissions to medical courses across the country has started at 2 pm to 5.20 pm in 499 cities/towns across the country.
More than 20 lakh students have applied for this exam which is conducted in 13 languages besides Telugu. Around 40 thousand students from Telugu States (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh) are writing the exam at Hyderabad, Warangal, and Karimnagar in Telangana. The examination centers have been set up in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupati, and other cities in Andhra Pradesh.
The students were checked with metal detectors at the examination centers and allowed inside. If any student wears metal rings and nose rings, they are removed and allowed inside. In some centers, the staff does not allow candidates who come a minute late. (Hydnow)
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.