Fixed 2-year tenure for IAS, IPS, IFoS officers

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 16:13

Officers of the three premier services - IAS, IPS and IFoS - will now spend a minimum of two years at each posting and any exception in the form of transfers or new appointments will only be done upon the recommendation of a civil services board, according to new rules aimed at checking political interference.

Civil services aspirants continue to protest outside Rahul Gandhi`s residence

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 08:18

Hundreds of civil services aspirants on Thursday continued to protest outside Rahul Gandhi`s residence.

Writ on OCS-2011 dismissed, prelim exams as scheduled

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 00:28

Aspirants of Odisha Civil Services 2011 examinations heaved a sigh of relief today when Orissa High Court declined to grant a stay on the preliminary examinations scheduled to be held on January 19.

Exams for state civil services officers for promotion to IAS

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 17:17

State civil services officers will now have to face a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) test and interview for their promotion to the three All India Services.

No need for separate examination for IPS: Government

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:16

The government on Tuesday told the Parliament that a separate examination for recruiting IPS officers was not required.

Admission alert

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 12:57

The National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad opens admissions for Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (4 years).

Don`t bow to political interference: President to civil servants

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 21:45

President Pranab Mukherjee asked bureaucrats to not be subject to political interference and advised that civil servants should tell politicians what cannot be done and why it cannot be done.

HC stays UPPSC from holding PCS (J) mains exam

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 21:18

The Allahabad High Court stayed the mains examination for Provincial Civil Services (Judicial) following allegations of anomalies in the prelims question paper.

Ambitious IPS recruitment runs into trouble

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 22:08

Centre`s plan to laterally induct additional officers into IPS by deploying meritorious junior serving uniformed officers has run into rough weather.

Civil servants behave like kings: Azam Khan

Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 17:43

On IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal suspension, UP minister Azam Khan criticised bureaucrats for "behaving with people like kings", saying civil services should have been abolished after independence.

UPSC declares Civil Services Prelims exam results

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 22:36

About 16,000 candidates have successfully qualified this year`s Civil Services (Preliminary) examination, results of which have been declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).