India, June 20 -- The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday issued a clarification after a student from Nagpur was allotted an examination centre in Abu Dhabi for NEET UG 2026 re-examination, scheduled on June 21.

A senior NTA official said that the candidate had himself changed the examination city preferences through the portal, selecting Abu Dhabi as the first choice and Dubai as the second option.

The father of the student, Abdulla Talib, said his son had given preference to Nagpur, Wardha, and Bhandara centres for the NEET UG examination.

However, NTA official said that the modification on the NTA portal was done using the same IP address which was used to download the admit card for the May 3 examination.

"Records show that ...