JEE Main 2026 Exam Date, Admit Card Live Updates: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct Session 1 of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main from January 21. The exam, set to be held in two shifts, will be held till January 29. The first shift of the JEE Main 2026 January session exam started at 9 am and will continue till 12 noon, while the second shift will begin at 3 pm and continue till 6 pm.
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After aspirants taking the engineering entrance test and download the JEE Main admit card, they will have to check the date of the examination, shift and timings of the test, venue of the test, reporting time at centre and gate closing time of the centre on the JEE Main 2026 hall ticket.
In addition to the JEE Main admit card, candidates will have to take with them at least two passport photographs. One passport size photograph, same as uploaded with the online application form, will have to be pasted on the attendance sheet at the centre. Candidates can access and download their JEE Main January session hall tickets from the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
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Candidates were provided an option to register through Aadhaar. Those candidates who did not register through Aadhaar or chose authentication through non-Aadhaar options need to report early on the day of the examination, at least one hour before the gate closing time to get their biometrics recorded at the exam centre.
For more news on admit card, syllabus and sample papers for JEE Main, the candidates can check education.indianexpress.com.
JEE Main 2026 January session exam from Jan 21 to 29
Candidates are not allowed to carry instrument, geometry, pencil box, handbag, purse, any kind of paper, stationery, textual material – printed or written material, eatables and water (loose or packed), mobile phone, ear phone, microphone, pager, calculator, docupen, slide rules, log tables, camera, tape recorder, electronic watches with facilities of calculator, any metallic item or electronic gadgets, or devices in the examination hall or room. There may not be any provision for safe keeping of valuables at the centre.
