India, May 31 -- The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to undergraduate courses was delayed across centres on Saturday after a technical glitch, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said, as it announced a retest for over 3,700 candidates, a bulk of whom appeared to be from a single hub in Noida.

NTA attributed the delay to an error in the systems run by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which conducts the exam.

Saturday's mess triggered fresh anxiety among thousands of students appearing for tests that would determine their admission to undergraduate courses, and is the latest in a raft of disruptions that have dogged India's standardised examinations.

The delay affected over 73,100 students in 533 examination centres s...