NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday rejected former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar’s anticipatory bail request in a criminal case accusing her of cheating and misusing OBC and disability quota benefits during the civil services examination.“Anticipatory bail plea is dismissed. Interim protection from arrest is vacated,” stated Justice Chandra Dhari Singh while delivering the…
NEW DELHI: Nearly five years after Cabinet nod for the biggest manpower reform in railways to merge eight services into one (IRMS), govt is now going back to the pre-Dec 2019 regime to recruit officers through two separate exams – civil and engineering – conducted by the UPSC, from this year. This, officials said, is…
The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 started with roll-over contestant Chander Prakash. Hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan, the nation’s much-loved quiz show, ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, witnessed 22-year-old Chander Prakash, a UPSC aspirant from Jammu & Kashmir becoming the first crorepati of the season. However, he was unable to answer the jackpot question posed…
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the admit cards for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Mains 2024. Eligible candidates who will appear for the UPSC CSE Mains Exam 2024 are required to visit the official UPSC website, upsc.gov.in, to check and download their admit cards. The admit cards will be available on the…
NEW DELHI: Railways seems to be in a fix to get enough fresh technical manpower through the IRMS, an integrated railway service that govt approved in 2019. So far, no fresh officer recruited under this new regime has joined work as the first batch is still undergoing training and railways isn’t funding enough takers as…
NEW DELHI: Faced with opposition, government on Tuesday cancelled the move to recruit 45 mid-level bureaucrats through “lateral entry” and announced the extension of quotas to such inductions as well.Government asked Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to withdraw the advertisement for 45 lateral inductions for the posts of joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries, in…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Tuesday welcomed the decision of UPSC to cancel the advertisement rolled out for lateral entry hiring in government jobs, terming it “a victory for social justice“. Stalin said on X, “The Union government has withdrawn the lateral entry recruitment after strong opposition from #INDIA bloc.” Opposition parties came…
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) move to cancel advertisement for 45 lateral entry jobs in mid-level government posts on Tuesday is the first indication that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third straight term in office is more of NDA 3.0 – a coalition government in which allies play a crucial role rather than…
NEW DELHI: The concept of lateral entry into Indian government services has been a subject of significant interest and debate. On August 18, 2024, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued an advertisement to recruit 45 joint secretaries, directors, and deputy secretaries across 24 central ministries through lateral entry on a contract basis or deputation.However,…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday wrote a letter to Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and urged it to withdraw advertisement for lateral entry recruitments.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, and several other opposition leaders had opposed the recruitment and accused the BJP of “snatching reserveration” and…
