So, look at these NEET results for 2026. It’s a lot to take in. We’re talking about 11.21 lakh candidates who actually qualified out of a huge pool of twenty lakh applicants. That’s the baseline.
And you see some names popping up. Aryan Gupta from Punjab, and Panshul Bansal from Haryana. They snagged the top spots with scores hitting 715 out of 720 on that June 21 exam. It turns into something a bit sad, doesn't it? For Aryan, it was turning a personal loss fighting cancer into chasing this dream. That’s one angle you see popping up in the news cycle.
Uplakshya Goyal from Rajasthan got the third position. Just another name in that list of high scorers. It’s all spread out, really. Candidates qualified from every single state and union territory, thirty-six places total.
The distribution is weird, though. Uttar Pradesh just has the biggest chunk, over 1.7 lakh people qualifying there. But then you look at Lakshadweep. Only forty-three candidates made it in. That’s a massive gap right there. The sheer spread of numbers it's uneven.
And if you track the really high scorers? The top seventeen students who managed to score above 705, they mostly came from just eight states: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. Seems like those areas are pulling the weight, at least in terms of performance right now.
Then you get into the mechanics. The official cutoffs feel very specific. For the unreserved or EWS category, NTA put the mark at 715 to 213 for that fifty percent percentile. But things shift depending on your category. OBC, SC, and ST groups have different benchmarks the cutoff was set around 212 to 177 for the forty percent level. It’s a complicated mess of percentages all over the place.
Counselling? That's handled differently. The MCC handles the All India Quota for MBBS or BDS seats. But state quotas? That falls entirely on the respective state governments. Students need to keep their eyes glued only to the official sources neet.nta.nic.in, mcc.nic.in and whatever the State Counselling Portal is doing. If something feels fishy, they have an email address and a helpline number you can use: neetug2026@nta.ac.in or 011-40759000. Just trust that advice. It’s all moving fast, and the process is just... complicated.</p
Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board
Gree News Team covers international news and global affairs at Gree News. Our collective of senior editors is dedicated to providing independent, accurate, and responsible journalism for a global audience.
More from Education
View All
Kerala Plus One Results: How to Check Scores and Pass Criteria
Man, this whole thing with the Kerala Plus One results is just dragging on. The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education DHSE, that’s who’s handling it they were supposed to drop the class 11 scores on June 10th. But nope. Postponed again. All because of those exams happening in the Gulf countries.
Jul 15, 2026 by Gree News Team
Bhagwant Mann's Mandate on Private School Fees in Punjab
Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab Chief Minister, dropped a bombshell on Monday about private schools. He said that if these institutions hiked fees more than five percent every year over the last three years, they have to give the extra money back to parents. It felt like he was really pushing back against
Jul 14, 2026 by Gree News Team
CBSE Three-Language Policy Controversy and Legal Challenges
The argument over CBSE’s three-language policy just keeps going. It’s a real headache for everyone involved. The Board finally announced that starting July 1st, 2026, it will be compulsory for Class 9 students to study three languages. Two of those have to be Indian languages. But this announcement
Jul 14, 2026 by Gree News Team
Maharashtra Education Policy Rollout and Skill-Based Learning Initiatives
The National Education Policy just rolled out across the country, and people are talking about it. It pushes for learning in the mother tongue and skill-based stuff, that’s what Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil said in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. He was
Jul 10, 2026 by Gree News Team
Latest Headlines
Controversy involving Lord Krishna, Islam, and Maulana Jarjis Ansari
Lord Krishna Namaz Row. That’s what started it. A controversy blew up after some video surfaced involving cleric Maulana Jarjis Ansari. He allegedly claimed Lord Krishna was Muslim. And that Krishna offered namaz five times a day. It went viral on social media fast. This whole thing immediately trig
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Andhra Pradesh Covid-19 Statistics and Management Report
Andhra Pradesh is seeing some grim numbers lately. They clocked twelve Covid-19 infections between June 26 and July 16. And four people died from it. That’s what State Health Commissioner G Veerapandian told them on Thursday. Sporadic cases, he said in a release. Twelve people caught the virus in th
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Lipfendra (enlicitide): The New Once-Daily Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor
The FDA just gave the green light for Lipfendra, which is enlicitide. It’s a big deal because it’s the first time we have a once-daily oral PCSK9 inhibitor available for adults dealing with certain types of high cholesterol. Merck developed this pill. It offers a new route. A way around those pesky
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
IT Stocks Jump After June-Quarter Earnings Release
IT stocks generally jumped Thursday after those June-quarter earnings came out. Investors seemed to favor companies that showed better growth, pushing hard on margins and guidance for the ones that fell short. The Nifty IT index ticked up 1.33% in morning trade, hitting 29,103.50. Some large names w
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Koel Mallick's Political Shift and West Bengal Politics
Koel Mallick stepping down from her Rajya Sabha seat without showing up for a single day in Parliament has really stirred things up in West Bengal politics. It’s just… unprecedented stuff, you know? There was chatter immediately about where she might go next. Some folks were talking about joining so
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Donation Theft Scandal at Ram Mandir Complex
What started so simply. Finding a suspicious pile of cash tucked away in a washroom inside the Ram Mandir complex in Ayodhya. That little discovery snowballed fast into one of the biggest donation theft scandals ever linked to the temple. It’s unbelievable how that happened. A Times of India report
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Domestic Equity Markets, Movers, and Global Factors
The domestic equity markets managed to push some gains this morning Friday. It felt like a brief lift, mostly fueled by buying in those heavyweight sectors IT, banking stocks, and a few big names overall. But you could feel the broader market still dragging a bit. Around ten-ten, things were moving
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Cab Ride Dispute and Safety Concerns in Pune
Three women were riding in an app cab when everything went sideways. The driver just asked them to make room for his male friend. It all happened late at night, somewhere in Pune, Maharashtra. He gave them two choices: get off right there or deal with his friend. They both refused. They questioned w
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
BSNL 100Mbps Broadband Plan Details
BSNL has this 100Mbps broadband plan. It’s worth looking at if you’re actually comparing fibre options right now. They say this service is out there almost everywhere, but the real story is how they’re pushing into rural areas with that BharatNet thing. What does the deal actually look like? It cost
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Jason Sanjay: The Journey to Directing and the Film *Sigma*
Jason Sanjay, you know, he’s ready for the film world now. But there’s a twist here. He isn't jumping in as an actor. Nope. He’s going in as a director. Making his first feature, *Sigma*. It’s all about getting behind the camera for him. Excitement is building around this project, naturally. And Jas
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Panshul Bansal's NEET 2026 Success Story and Study Routine
Panshul Bansal just hit the internet hard. Seriously. The moment he found out he snagged All India Rank 2 in NEET 2026 is completely melting hearts right now. It’s all over social media. An Instagram video from Allen Delhi caught the raw emotional celebration happening at home. You see him, sitting
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Fight Over Fare Money Between Cab Driver and Passenger Goes Viral
A fight over fare money between a cab driver and a female passenger has blown up online, going viral across the internet. It all started after a ride from Noida to Laxmi Nagar in Delhi ended badly. Both sides spilled different versions of what actually happened once that trip was over. The clip itse
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
Building Collapse and Construction Quality Issues in Noida’s Gardenia Gateway
Something happened in Noida’s Gardenia Gateway society. A ceiling just came crashing down inside an apartment in Sector 75. It was Thursday, July 16th. No one got hurt. That’s the main thing. The tenant had actually stepped out of the room just moments before the structure gave way. But the aftermat
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
US and Iran Attacks: Conflict, Strikes, and the Strait of Hormuz
The exchange of attacks between the US and Iran kept going. It was the sixth night straight now. American forces kept hitting Iranian infrastructure bridges, train stations, an airport. Iranian state television said strikes on road and railway stuff in Hormozgan province killed at least seven people
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team
The Chaotic Reality of the US-Iran Standoff
The latest news coming out of the US-Iran standoff is just… chaotic. You see these reports, right? The strikes themselves they kill people. Iranian state television put out that they lost at least seven lives in those recent US airstrikes. That’s what they claim. And it all happened while Washington
Jul 17, 2026 by Gree News Team