Dixit Patel

Exam Integrity Comes Under Scanner Once Again

A brief look at Baroda's young wicketkeeper Dixit Patel and one will wonder how a tiny man of his stature ever be playing cricket.

The CBI arrested Dixit Patel, owner of Jay Jalaram School in Godhra, Gujarat, for alleged NEET-UG exam malpractices. Patel's arrest follows those of five others, including a journalist and officials from Oasis School in Hazaribagh, linked to a NEET paper leak. Patel allegedly demanded Rs 10 lakh to help candidates clear the test. The CBI continues its investigation to uncover the full extent of the malpractices.

In the NEET-UG malpractice case, several suspects, including educational institute members, were arrested in Gujarat. The CBI investigation expanded to multiple states, uncovering a widespread conspiracy involving paper leak rackets. The accused face charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, and breach of trust in relation to helping medical aspirants cheat in the exam.

Accidents involving BRTS and city buses continue unabated in Surat. A BRTS bus knocked down a pedestrian near Rupali canal on Wednesday. The bus driven by Dixit Patel hit Amar Bahadur Badekha, who suffered injury on his head. After the accident, people pelted stones on the bus and damaged it, said police.

More than 25 vehicles including bikes, autorickshaws and cars were gutted in a fire on the premises of Kheda Town Police Station in Gujarat's Kheda district. No casualties have been reported so far.

Jyotsnil Singh's unbeaten 165 headlined the day for Baroda as they registered a six-wicket win over TNCA XI in their Buchi Babu all-India invitational tournament clash at the CPT-IP (Turf) ground here on Sunday.

Three complaints for betting on IPL matches, involving 16 persons, were registered at Bopal, Vasna and Vastrapur on Monday police stations on Tuesday.At Bopal police station, a case was been registered against eight persons for betting on cricket matches.

The CBI investigation into NEET-UG malpractices in multiple states involved preventing malpractices at Jay Jalaram School in Godhra. Authorities received a tip-off leading to the recovery of Rs 7 lakh from a physics teacher involved in the cheating scheme.

In a major breakthrough in the NEET-UG paper leaks case, the CBI on Wednesday arrested Aman Singh from Jharkhand's Hazaribagh for his alleged role in the matter. This is the seventh arrest by the probe agency in connection with the NEET-UG probe. As per a report by ANI, sources in the CBI said Singh was a kingpin of the paper leaks racket.

Baroda cricket team finished their late Ramakant Desai West Zone one-dayers' campaign in style after clinching last-over thriller against Saurashtra.

Following a rap by Gujarat high court (HC) directing police to act in an alleged case of human trafficking, women cell of the city crime branch on Friday night arrested three including two women for allegedly selling off a 25-year-old woman in marriage to a Himmatnagar-based youth for Rs 10 lakhs.

The suspense over the Congress list and BJP nominees for six wards ended late on Saturday . The day passed in turmoil with BJP receiving the resignation of party loyalist Satish Patel from Thakkarbapanagar after his candidature was rejected, while Congress's legal cell committee head B M Mangukiya got irked by the party rejecteding his supporters and resigned.

Vinita's pursuit of an American dream turned into a nightmare when her asylum plea failed at the US border, leading to her deportation. Numerous Gujaratis shared similar fates, including individuals who sold properties and endured traumatic experiences hoping for a better life abroad, only to return in distress.