Topic: Sikar

The paper leak forced many aspirants back to coaching hubs, where mentors encountered hundreds of depressed and demoralised students.

Screenshots are doing rounds on social media, suggesting that Sikar’s high 2024 NEET success rate was because of a paper leak.

The paper leak is perhaps the biggest jolt to the Modi era exam reforms that took shape in the last decade with a promise to plug holes in India’s competitive exams architecture.

Mentors and coaching institutes shift to crisis mode as students abandon vacations to battle for medical college seats all over again.

From 2 lakh weekly visitors to Rs 250 crore annual donations, Khatu Shyam temple in Rajasthan's Sikar draws massive crowds and investment, with govt pumping Rs 350+ crore into infrastructure.

Tanisha has won five medals including three gold, one silver, and one bronze from national to state-level championships. Her hesitation has vanished and she now lives with pride.

Sikar is like a red island in Rajasthan’s sea of saffron, and Amra Ram is the showman captain of a surprisingly sturdy CPI(M) ship.

For decades, Kota coaching institutes were the ‘gold standard’ for competitive exam preparation. Now Sikar, the city known for its havelis, forts, and the Khatu Shyam temple, is emerging as Rajasthan's Coaching Nagri or Shiksha ki Kashi.