Boys dominated the MBBS/ BDS merit list released by health minister V.S. Vijay on Monday. Seven boys and three girls who scored 200 on 200 marks in Class 12 Science bagged the top 10 ranks and will ma

It’s more than a decade since the self-financing sector has been unleashed on the professional course sector in the state and finally a defining moment has come wherein merit has been given a go-by in

It would look strange, but true. The state government is becoming a party to the process followed by the Inter-Church Council (ICC) for MBBS admissions.

This, even as the process is reported to be i

In a curious turn to the ongoing self-financing MBBS admission row, the state government has issued a GO giving sanction to the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations to make allotments to the governme

There is good news for medical seat aspirants in the state. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has permitted all the 10 government-run medical colleges in the state to accept students, with the rider

Aspiring doctors will have to spend a year working in rural areas before getting their MBBS degrees, as the government has decided to make rural posting compulsory for them.

In a letter to the

Chaos ruled the first day of the sale of application forms for MBBS and BDS courses in the state on Tuesday, as the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) did not expect the large crowds with the form

The Centre is planning to double the number of medical seats in undergraduate and postgraduate courses to achieve a target of 80,000 MBBS and 45,000 PG seats by 2021, health ministry officials said.

The Supreme Court has framed a series of guidelines for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in the country, saying after July 15 each year, neither the government nor the medical or dental councils s

Describing the procedure being followed by the government in allotting MBBS seats to students in the state as unfair, Mr Nomula Jagadishwar, president of the Medical Course Strivers and Parents Associ