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'The system has not kept pace': Former MSBSHSE chief on why alleged paper leaks keep happening
March 20, 2026 9:43 am
Vasant Kalpande, who ran the Maharashtra school Board for two terms, says the internal intelligence ecosystem has weakened, responses have become reactive, and technology has outpaced the system designed to secure question papers.
Maharashtra SSC Paper Leaks: What courts have said in the past about paper leaks
March 20, 2026 9:42 am
While the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education insists the theft of SSC (Class 10) Geography question papers in Solapur on Wednesday does not qualify as a leak, courts have held that even a few beneficiaries can be enough to cancel an exam and if the integrity of the process is found to be compromised.
A warning ignored, then a theft: How a preventable breach led to 50 Maharashtra SSC papers being stolen
March 20, 2026 9:35 am
Two days before question papers were stolen from a Sangola school's strong room, there had already been a robbery attempt at the same location. No one escalated it. On March 18, the exam went ahead as scheduled — the Board said it found no evidence the papers had reached students or been circulated on social media.
Even as Maharashtra Board denies paper theft at Solapur was a 'leak'; Nagpur probe shows how far a question paper can travel
March 20, 2026 9:24 am
Police are filing a chargesheet in a case where HSC question papers were circulated on WhatsApp before three separate exams. The Board's position: it wasn't a leak, because students were already in the hall.
SSC Selection Post Phase XIII re-exam on Aug 29; admit cards out at ssc.gov.in
August 28, 2025 9:10 am
The announcements came a day after thousands of SSC aspirants and coaching teachers staged a protest at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan over repeated exam disruptions.
SSC paper leak: Five arrested, two coaching centre owners on the run
April 15, 2019 10:10 am
The question papers of science I and II, algebra, geometry and history were leaked between March 11 and 20. “We found out after some children were reading the question paper on their phone before the exam, outside one of the centres,” said a senior police officer.
SSC CGL paper leak case: Sify staffers among 17 booked by CBI
May 24, 2018 11:26 am
The question paper for the examination was found on social media minutes before the examination started in February. The incident led to widespread protests by students, forcing the government to order a CBI probe.
Months after paper leak row, SSC chief gets 1-year extension
May 19, 2018 11:37 am
The Centre has granted a one-year “extension of tenure” to its chairman, Ashim Khurana, and amended the SSC rules to increase the upper age limit for the post.
‘Mastermind’ in SSC paper leak case held
May 07, 2018 1:35 am
Confirming the arrest, JCP (Crime Branch) Alok Kumar said, “A team of officials has taken him to another state for conducting raids on other suspects.”
SSC paper leak: Thousands from across the country stage protest, detained
April 01, 2018 3:23 am
SSC aspirants have been protesting against the alleged paper leak, alleging that there were a large number of irregularities and mass-level cheating through remote access in Combined Graduate Level (CGL), Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) and other SSC exams.
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