New Delhi, June 21 -- : The National Testing Agency (NTA) today said that a NEET-UG candidate's examination centre preference had been changed to Abu Dhabi by the candidate himself through the agency's centre-modification portal.

In a post on X, the agency said that records showed the candidate's examination city preference was changed three times to Abu Dhabi using the candidate's login credentials. It maintained that the choice of Abu Dhabi as the examination centre was previewed twice before submission.

According to NTA officials, the candidate logged in on May 21 and selected Abu Dhabi as the first-choice examination city and Dubai as the second.

The clarification came after the father of a NEET aspirant alleged that his son had orig...