14052026-TTB-01.qxd 5/14/2026 12:29 AM Page 1 c m y b 13 TRUMP ARRIVES IN CHINA FOR TALKS WITH XI WORLD /thetribunechd CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 146 NO. 132 | 18 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881  DELHI thursday | 14 may 2026 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com NEET probe traces guess paper to Kerala; CBI nabs 5 suspects Vijay wins floor test; AIADMK splits as 24 MLAs cross-vote Search ops across country |Rajasthan cops grill 150 students Tribune News Service Animesh Singh & Aksheev Thakur Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 13 The CBI on Wednesday arrested five suspects and conducted search operations at several locations across the country in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak even as the Rajasthan Police traced the origin of a guess paper, containing questions similar to those asked in the exam, to a Sikar student pursuing MBBS in Kerala. The Rajasthan Police’s special operations group (SOG) found that the student had shared the guess paper with his friends and a hostel owner. The document reached the candidates in Jaipur and nearby areas before the exam was held on May 3. “The police from Sikar, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu and SOG teams have questioned over 150 candidates and their friends. The investigation revealed that the guess paper had allegedly reached certain individuals in Rajasthan before the commencement of the examination. These findings were shared with the National Testing Agency, following which the Centre decided to cancel the examination. The case was later taken over by the CBI,” said Ajay Pal Lamba, IG, SOG. continued on page 9 RBI: FUEL PRICE HIKE LIKELY IF WAR PERSISTS BUSINESS Palaniswami removes rebel leaders from party posts Shekhar Singh New Delhi, May 13 ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay on Wednesday crossed the final hurdle to become the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after surviving a high-voltage trust vote in the Assembly, with deep cracks inside the AIADMK camp emerging as the biggest political takeaway from the floor test. Vijay, whose party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) stunned Tamil Nadu’s political establishment by ending the decades-long dominance 144 MLAs voted for Vijay, 22 against of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in last month’s Assembly elections, secured 144 votes in favour of the motion. Twenty-two MLAs voted against the TVK alliance government, while five members abstained. The trust vote became necessary after the TVK fell short of the halfway mark in the 234member Assembly despite winning 108 seats in its debut election performance. The majority mark stood at 118. While the TVK and its allies managed to cross the line on paper, the voting exposed a continued on page 9 Verka, Amul, other dairy cos hike milk rates by ~2 per litre chandigarh/New Delhi, May 13 Verka, Amul, Mother Dairy and regional dairies today hiked their milk prices by Rs 2 per litre, intensifying inflationary pressures already fuelled by the war and squeezing household budgets. Verka’s standard one litre pouch that was earlier sold at Rs 63 will now cost Rs 65, while full cream milk will be priced at Rs 71 instead of Rs 69. Half litre packs will see an increase of Re 1. The print price on the pouch would remain unchanged until packaging stocks lasted, Verka said. The dairy companies had last hiked milk rates on May 1, 2025. — TNS BJP sweeps Haryana local body elections An ABVP activist is detained by security personnel during a protest at the NTA office in New Delhi. PTI 93 leaks since ’14, Gen Z must seek accountability: Kejriwal Rahul Gahlawat Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 13 AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said Gen Z should hit the streets like Nepal and voice peacefully against recurring paper leaks. Addressing mediapersons, the former Delhi CM claimed that since the BJP came to power in 2014, at least 93 examination papers had been leaked nationwide. He said that BJPruled states such as Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat were among the worst-affected. He said “news reports suggested that the epicentre of the NEET paper leak was also Rajasthan”. “Like always, this time too the paper leak investigation continued on page 9 ‘Systemicfailure’: PILinSCseekstest agency overhaul Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 13 A day after the NEET-UG 2026 exam was cancelled over an alleged paper leak, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking reforms in the test system for admissions to undergraduate medical courses on account continued on page 9 c m y b Takes six of seven municipalities | PM hails ‘spectacular performance’ Geetanjali Gayatri Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 13 The BJP’s oft-repeated call for a “triple-engine government” became a reality with the party sweeping the urban local bodies elections across six municipalities. The only upset came in Uklana where the party candidate for the post of president of the municipal committee was defeated by a 23-year-old Independent UPSC aspirant, Reema Soni. The Congress finished a distant second, its mayoral candidates getting only onethird votes compared to the winning BJP candidates, Haryana BJP chief Mohan Badoli, newly elected Mayor Rajiv Jain and MLA Nikhil Madaan with a winning councillor in Sonepat. TRIBUNE PHOTO while the Aam Aadmi Party and the Indian National Lok Dal were reduced to the “also-ran” category. The saffron party won the mayoral polls in the three municipal corporations of Panchkula, Ambala and Sonepat while also netting the president’s posts in the Rewari municipal council and the Dharuhera and Sampla municipal committees. The BJP won 50 of the 62 wards in the three municipal corporations. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, said, “Coming as it does after the BJP victory in the recent Assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam, the mandate spells grassroots-level acceptance of the BJP’s thinking of taking the country forward under the leadership of the Prime Minister. It is indeed a historic mandate continued on page 9