Members of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) clashed with security personnel outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, demanding accountability and the outright scrapping of the NTA. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Delhi Police detained several Students' Federation of India (SFI) members outside the NTA office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, as protesters renewed calls for the agency's dissolution and demanded full accountability. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Students' Federation of India (SFI) members, joined by supporters from allied student groups, staged a demonstration outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, pressing for accountability and calling for the NTA's scrapping. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Demonstrators affiliated with the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and other student organisations gathered at the NTA headquarters in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, reiterating demands that the National Testing Agency be dissolved and replaced with a more accountable body. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
On 17 August 2026, the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and allied student groups assembled outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi, repeating their longstanding demand that the NTA be scrapped and held accountable for alleged examination irregularities. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
SFI activists confronted security personnel stationed at the National Testing Agency (NTA) office entrance in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, as the protest escalated outside the agency's premises amid calls for scrapping the NTA. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Tension flared outside the NTA office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026 as Students' Federation of India (SFI) members clashed with security personnel, with protesters demanding that the National Testing Agency be scrapped and made to answer for alleged lapses. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Delhi Police took SFI demonstrators into custody outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, as the student body pressed its demand for the NTA's scrapping and greater transparency in competitive examinations. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Police took Students' Federation of India (SFI) activists into preventive custody during the demonstration outside the NTA office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, even as protesters maintained their demand for the agency's dissolution. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
As the protest outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi intensified on 17 August 2026, police detained multiple SFI members who had gathered to demand accountability and the scrapping of the NTA. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Police conducted multiple detentions of Students' Federation of India (SFI) members throughout the agitation outside the NTA office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, as the student body reiterated its call to dismantle the National Testing Agency. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Police action against Students' Federation of India (SFI) protesters continued outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) headquarters in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, with detentions reported even as demonstrators held their ground demanding the NTA's scrapping. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Despite ongoing police detentions, SFI members held their position outside the NTA office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, insisting that the National Testing Agency must be scrapped and that those responsible for alleged examination failures be held accountable. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
An SFI member held a placard targeting the National Testing Agency (NTA) during the demonstration outside the agency's office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, visually underscoring the student body's demand for the NTA's dissolution. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Students' Federation of India (SFI) members and supporters from allied student groups massed outside the NTA headquarters in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, collectively demanding accountability and the abolition of the National Testing Agency. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A coalition of student groups led by the Students' Federation of India (SFI) targeted the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, staging a coordinated protest to demand accountability and the scrapping of the agency. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
An SFI-led march converged on the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, with participants from multiple student organisations joining the call to scrap the NTA and ensure accountability for alleged examination mismanagement. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Multiple student organisations, spearheaded by the Students' Federation of India (SFI), gathered at the NTA premises in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, in a show of collective resolve to demand the agency's scrapping and full accountability for examination-related controversies. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Okhla, New Delhi witnessed a significant turnout of Students' Federation of India (SFI) members and allied student groups on 17 August 2026, as demonstrators gathered outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office to press for accountability and the agency's dissolution. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Key moments from the Students' Federation of India (SFI) protest outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, where student demonstrators and allied groups united around demands for accountability and the scrapping of the NTA. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) joined a broader student bloc outside the NTA office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, collectively demanding that the National Testing Agency be abolished and that a transparent, accountable examination body replace it. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
SFI members and allied student groups pressed their demand for scrapping the National Testing Agency (NTA) at a rally outside the agency's Okhla, New Delhi office on 17 August 2026, calling on authorities to ensure greater transparency in India's competitive examination system. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Students' Federation of India (SFI) activists and their student allies raised anti-NTA slogans outside the National Testing Agency office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026, keeping up pressure on the government to scrap the agency and overhaul India's centralised examination framework. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) concluded its demonstration outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Okhla, New Delhi on 17 August 2026 with its demand to scrap the NTA firmly intact, signalling that student pressure on the agency is set to continue. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)