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NEWSMTODAY 11.10.2026

NTA to begin JEE Main registration soon; exam scheduled for January 2027

The NTA had recently made public the dates for nine exams in early 2027

Students after JEE (Mains) examFile Photo

Express News Service

Updated on:

07 Oct 2026, 9:59 pm

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will begin the registration process for the Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE Main) shortly. It recently released the examination schedule for nine national-level exams that the agency will conduct in the first quarter of 2027, including JEE Main and the Common University Entrance Test – Postgraduate (CUET PG).

JEE Main ranks determine admissions to BTech, BArch and BPlanning programmes at premier institutes such as the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and Government-Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs). The exam is held in two sessions — one in January and another in the first week of April each year.

In a public notice, the NTA specified that JEE Main will be held on six days in January — January 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 and 30. January 31 will be reserved as a buffer day.

IIT Delhi will conduct the JEE (Advanced) exam next year, which determines admissions to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

Teen dies as ‘doc’ gives him expired drip

Amarjeet Singh & Siddharth Pandeytnn 11.10.2026

Bhopal/Jabalpur: In an absolute shocker, an 18-year-old patient died after allegedly receiving an expired intravenous fluid from an unauthorised person at a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district.

The patient received the drip from a bottle that was found to have expired in Nov 2025, police said. The health department sealed the hospital after receiving word of the incident, while the accused was booked and taken into custody. The incident was reported from Ashwini Hospital at Khairi village of Belkharu in the Katangi police station area.

The patient, Shekhar Chaudhary, a resident of Bhatta Mohalla, visited the hospital on Oct 2 complaining of abdominal pain. He was discharged the following morning but developed a severe burning sensation in his hands and feet shortly after returning home. His family took him back to the hospital, where he died during treatment.

On a complaint by his relatives, police launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. Patan SDOP Ashutosh Dwivedi said CCTV footage examined as part of the probe showed that Dr Sarita Sahu, the hospital’s authorised operator, wasn’t around when Shekhar was treated. Instead, the accused, Satish Sahu, allegedly gave him the fluid despite having no medical degree or diploma authorising him to practise or administer medicines.

Going over the medicines and devices used during treatment, the investigators found that the intravenous fluid bottle bore an expiry date of Nov 2025. Police seized the partially filled bottle, the drip set, a needle, an empty injection vial and medicine wrappers from the premises. The needle, too, bore a manufacturing date of Dec 2023 and an expiry date of Nov 2025.

The probe, as it unfolds, is likely to examine the course of treatment to the patient while also establishing the sequence of events leading up to his death. Meanwhile, the preliminary probe findings have raised serious concerns over the lack of qualified medical personnel and the handling of medicines at private healthcare facilities in rural areas. The police, however, are yet to establish a definitive medical cause of death.

Nepal cuts 12 yr wait, to declare those missing in flood ‘dead’ after 45 days

Vishant.Agarwala@timesofindia.com 11.10.2026

New Delhi: Nepal govt has reduced the waiting period for declaring people missing in disasters dead from 12 years to just 45 days, paving the way for families of 5,285 people, including at least 189 Indians who went missing in the Aug 26 floods, to obtain death certificates and pursue compensation, insurance and inheritance claims.

President Ram Chandra Poudel issued the ordinance late Friday, a day before the 45-day period since the disaster was due to end. The ordinance, issued on the recommendation of PM Balendra Shah’s cabinet, took effect immediately. For families of the 189 missing Indians, the process begins with proof that their relatives were present in the flood-affected areas on Aug 26.

Embassy of India in Kathmandu will coordinate with Nepal to verify the details, while local registration offices will process applications using nationality documents, police reports and embassy certification, where required.

Once Nepalese authorities issue the death certificates and complete the necessary consular formalities, families can use the documents in India to pursue inheritance, insurance and other legal claims. The ordinance did not establish whether foreign nationals would qualify for compensation under Nepal’s disaster relief provisions.

Private entities can’t mandatorily collect caste details, says HC

The Hindu Bureau

MADURAI. 11.10.2026

No private educational institution or employer in Tamil Nadu can mandatorily collect caste details, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed.

A Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Sakthivel issued the direction while disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that had sought a direction to prohibit private educational institutions and private employers in Tamil Nadu from mandatorily collecting caste or community details in application forms unless specifically required under statutory provisions.

The petitioner, N. Vikraman of Virudhunagar, said several private educational institutions and establishments were mandatorily collecting caste and community details in application forms for admission and employment even though there was no statutory requirement for such disclosure. He said such compulsory collection of caste information at the initial stage facilitated discrimination in selection and admission processes.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Govt employees to get insurance cover up to 1cr

10.10.2026

Lucknow: In an initiative to strengthen the welfare of state govt employees and enhance the social and financial security of their families, the Yogi govt has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Axis Bank.

The MoU was signed between the Secretariat Administration Department and Axis Bank. Under the agreement, state govt employees will be provided with specially designed salary accounts offering several additional benefits, including personal accident insurance cover of up to Rs 1 crore.

The initiative aims to provide financial security to employees and their families in unforeseen circumstances. In addition, employees will be entitled to health insurance cover of up to Rs 30 lakh at a nominal premium of just Rs 7 per day.

This will offer additional financial protection against expenses arising from serious illnesses or unforeseen medical emergencies. The arrangement also provides for financial assistance of up to Rs 8 lakh for the education of dependent children.

In addition, employees will receive term life insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh. Under the MoU, employees will be offered special salary accounts with a range of banking facilities, along with additional security and welfare benefits. Times News Network