New Delhi, May 20 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday reviewed preparations for the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination scheduled for June 21 and directed officials to ensure that the test is conducted in a "secure, seamless and foolproof manner" under strict security protocols, officials aware of the matter said. Chairing a high-level review meeting, Pradhan stressed that all gaps identified in the earlier examination process "must be comprehensively addressed and eliminated" to ensure complete integrity and transparency, according to a Union education ministry statement. "The minister emphasised that the re-NEET examination must be conducted in asecure, seamless and foolproof manner under stringent security protocols. Directions were also issued to hold coordination meetings with district magistrates and superintendents of police across states to ensure robust monitoring and effective implementation," the ministry said. Pradhan also directed officials to ensure that vigilance and security at examination centres "remain uncompromised" and asked them to make adequate arrangements for students, including transportation, drinking water and other essential facilities. The meeting was attended by secretary (higher education) Vineet Joshi, secretary (school education) Sanjay Kumar, NTA director general Abhishek Singh and CBSE chairperson Rahul Singh, among other senior officials. The National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled NEET-UG 2026 on May 12 after at least 120 questions in a "guess paper" overlapped with the May 3 examination, affecting more than 2.2 million students. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the alleged leak, has so far arrested 10 people, including professor Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar, founder of a Latur-based coaching centre; retired Pune-based chemistry lecturer PV Kulkarni; and Pune biology teacher Manisha Gurunath Mandhare. Kulkarni and Mandhare were part of NTA's expert panel for NEET-UG 2026....