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The National Testing Agency (NTA) connected Friday (June 19, 2026) said that it is sending reminder SMS messages, emails, and WhatsApp notifications to candidates, urging them to download their admit cards for the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination scheduled for June 21, portion cautioning students against fraudulent messages and fake communications.
The NEET-UG exam for admissions into aesculapian courses was primitively held connected May 3 this year, but was cancelled connected May 12 owed to allegations of a insubstantial leak. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is presently investigating this issue.
"NTA is sending reminder SMS and emails to candidates to download their admit cards for the re-examination connected Sunday, 21 June 2026," the bureau said successful a nationalist advisory connected X.
The bureau informed that morganatic SMS messages would beryllium sent from the authoritative sender ID "NICPEP," and emails would originate from "no-reply.neet.nta@nic.in." It besides reiterated that lone the authoritative website for this process is http://neet.nta.nic.in; candidates are encouraged to participate this URL straight into their browsers.
"NTA volition NEVER inquire for immoderate payment, nonstop exam papers, reply keys, oregon 'leaked' material, oregon stock your admit paper via a link," the advisory said, adding, "If you person immoderate specified message, bash not click. Report it."
Additionally, the NTA mentioned that it would present nonstop exam updates and centre accusation to candidates straight via WhatsApp for the re-examination.
Candidates should guarantee that they spot the bluish verified tick and the sanction 'National Testing Agency' adjacent to the sender; immoderate connection from an relationship without the bluish tick is NOT from the NTA, adjacent if it appears to usage their name, the advisory said.
The NTA clarified that the WhatsApp work is simply a "broadcast-only channel" and that it "will not inquire you to reply, stock OTPs/personal details, oregon pay".
Any connection claiming to beryllium from the NTA that requests specified accusation is fraudulent.
Candidates who person already downloaded their admit cards for the June 21 re-examination bash not request to download them again. "The SMS/Email/WhatsApp messages are chiefly for those students who are yet to download their caller Admit Cards," it said.
Furthermore, the NTA noted that the admit cards issued for the May 3 exam are nary longer valid, arsenic galore students person been assigned caller trial centres successful their preferred cities.
"Downloading and printing the 21st June Admit Card, erstwhile is enough," the NTA added.
The bureau advised candidates to download admit cards lone from the authoritative website and study suspicious messages done the designated reporting level oregon cybercrime helplines.
