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- India
Puja Khedkar submitted 2 disability certificates, suspect fraud: Delhi Police in HC
Mumbai: In another status report submitted to the High Court in the national capital, the Delhi Police have contended that former controversial Maharashtra IAS Probationary Officer Puja M.D. Khedkar has submitted two…
- India
UPSC adopts Aadhaar-based authentication for candidates’ verifications
New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, the Centre has allowed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to utilise Aadhaar-based authentication to verify candidates’ identities voluntarily, both at the time of registration and…
- India
Centre takes U-turn on lateral entry positions, asks UPSC head to cancel ad
Union Minister Jitendra Singh sent a letter to the chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Tuesday, asking him to cancel the recent advertisement for lateral entry positions. The letter…
- India
Concept of lateral entry was introduced during UPA rule: Union Minister
New Delhi: While the opposition parties are criticising the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) recent notification for recruiting Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries through ‘lateral entry’, claiming that it undermines the…
- India
HC grants interim protection from arrest to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest till August 21 to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC…
- India
Puja Khedkar moves Delhi HC seeking anticipatory bail in cheating case
New Delhi: Former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who has been accused of cheating and wrongly securing OBC and disability quota benefits, on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail in…
- India
Puja Khedkar will be given order copy cancelling IAS candidature: UPSC to Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it will communicate within two days its order cancelling former probationary Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer…
- Delhi
Delhi court turns down anticipatory bail plea of Puja Khedkar
New Delhi: The Delhi court on Thursday, August 1, turned down the anticipatory bail plea of former Maharashtra cadre probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who allegedly submitted false OBC and PwBD (Persons…
- India
UPSC strikes off Puja Khedkar’s name from IAS, bars her permanently from all exams
Mumbai: In a major development, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has cancelled the provisional candidature of IAS Probationary Officer Puja Khedkar and has permanently barred her from all future examinations/selections, as…
- Politics
Restore old UPSC exam pattern: SP leader in RS
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Monday demanded in the Rajya Sabha that the government revert to the traditional subject-based question paper format for UPSC examinations. Speaking during the Zero…
- Delhi
Delhi UPSC coaching center basement owner among 5 more held
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday said it has arrested five more people including the owner of a basement in a four-storey building where three IAS aspirants died after it was flooded…
- Delhi
Delhi: Crackdown on UPSC coaching centres after 3 aspirants die amid flooding
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has taken action against “illegal” coaching centres in Old Rajinder Nagar following a tragic incident where three UPSC aspirants lost their lives due to…
- Delhi
Basement deaths: MCD cracks down on ‘illegal’ coaching centres, seals 13 Institute
New Delhi: Taking a major step after three UPSC aspirants died due to flooding of the basement at Rau’s IAS coaching institute in Delhi’s Old Rajendra Nagar, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi…
- Hyderabad
IAS officer gets ultimatum over views on PwD reservation in UPSC
Hyderabad: Bala Latha Mallavarapu of CSB IAS Academy has demanded a public apology from Smita Sabharwal, an IAS officer from the Telangana cadre, for her views against the Persons with Disability (PwD)…
- India
Nudged out owing to current controversy: Congress on UPSC chairman resignation
New Delhi: The Congress said on Saturday, July 20, that “multiple scandals” that have plagued the UPSC are a cause of national concern and claimed that its chairman, Manoj Soni, who resigned…