CBI recommends cases against Chautala, others in recruitment scam
September 5th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 4 (IANS) The CBI has recommended registration of cases of cheating, forgery and conspiracy against the then Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and several top officers, including ... Read more...
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Obama assures hurricane hit Louisiana of federal help
September 4th, 2012 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) As Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal's hurricane stricken state of Louisiana grappled with the devastation, President Barack Obama surveyed a hard-hit area on the eve of ... Read more...
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Job hopefuls go on hunger strike on Thiru Onam
August 29th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29 (IANS) As households in the state readied Thiru Onam lunch Wednesday, there were those holding up empty plaintain leaves, on which the traditional meal is served, as ... Read more...
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Civil services English paper has experts’ nod, court told
August 22nd, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it has introduced a new aptitude test paper on English in the ... Read more...
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Changing professions - to become police officers
July 13th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Till a few years ago, Shweta Chauhan was a lecturer at Delhi University and analysed Shakespeare and John Keats with her students. Now she spends ... Read more...
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‘Full-time aviation watchdog chief by July-end’
July 11th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A day after appointing an interim chief of the aviation regulator, the government was Wednesday considering the appointment by July-end of an official who will ... Read more...
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CBI finds fraud in Jharkhand state service exams
July 6th, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed five cases of irregularities in appointments of state administrative officials, lecturers and doctors, an official said Friday."Total ... Read more...
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SC stays Rajasthan judicial services exam (Lead)
June 18th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday stayed the Rajasthan judicial services competitive examination (main) scheduled for June 30 over a candidate's plea alleging errors in the ... Read more...
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CBI ordered to probe Jharkhand state service exams
June 14th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 14 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court Thursday ordered a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in 16 examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) for recruitment to ... Read more...
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Apex court stays order in Karnataka top cop’s case (Second Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) In a relief to former Karnataka police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, the Supreme Court Friday stayed the high court order of May 28 holding as ... Read more...
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Apex court stays order in Karnataka cop’s case (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) In a relief to former Karnataka police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, the Supreme Court Friday stayed the high court order of May 28 holding as ... Read more...
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Apex court stays order in Karnataka cop’s case
June 1st, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) In a relief to former Karnataka Police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, the Supreme Court Friday stayed the state high court order holding illegal his appointment ... Read more...
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Apex court judge recuses from Karnataka cop’s case (Lead)
May 31st, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A Supreme Court judge Thursday recused himself from hearing an appeal of Karnataka police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari against a high court decision upholding a ... Read more...
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Haryana, Punjab girls bag top two spots in civil services
May 5th, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) Two young women from Haryana and Punjab, the states with one of the worst sex ratios in the country, have secured the top two ranks in ... Read more...
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Plea against special exam to recruit cops dismissed (Second Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed an NGO's petition challenging the government's decision to recruit an additional 1,400 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers through a ... Read more...
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Plea against special exam to recruit cops dismissed (Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed an NGO's petition challenging the government's decision to recruit an additional 1,400 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers through a ... Read more...
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Apex court sets aside Karnataka high court order indicting Bidari (Lead)
April 24th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday set aside a Karnataka High Court order indicting the state's then police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, terming him worse than Saddam ... Read more...
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Court reserves order on exam to recruit police officers
April 11th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved till April 25 its order on a petition challenging the government's decision to recruit an additional 1,400 Indian Police ... Read more...
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IPS officer accused of sexual harassment dismissed
March 24th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 24 (IANS) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer P.S. Natarajan, suspended from service on charges of sexually exploiting a tribal woman, has been dismissed from service, a senior Jharkhand ... Read more...
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Online FIRs soon, says Chidambaram
March 21st, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) There would soon be no need to go to a police station to file a first information report (FIR) with online registration available by ... Read more...
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Supreme Court trips army chief in age row battle (Evening Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh suffered a blow Friday in the Supreme Court, forcing him to withdraw his plea demanding that his birth date ... Read more...
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Supreme Court nixes army chief age plea (Second Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) In a major blow to Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh, the Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain his plea challenging a government order setting ... Read more...
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Government, UPSC get notices on new exam pattern
February 1st, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the government and the UPSC on a petition challenging the new pattern for an English paper in ... Read more...
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Ex-police chief to head Tamil Nadu public service panel
January 21st, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Friday appointed retired director general of police (DGP) R.Natraj as the chairman of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) that is ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu service panel officials raided for graft
January 13th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's anti-corruption arm, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), Friday raided the premises of key officials of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) ... Read more...
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Bihar’s 5.5 lakh officials to declare assets by Feb 28
January 8th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 8 (IANS) After ministers and legislators, it is now the turn of Bihar's 550,000 government officials to declare their assets by Feb 28.The General Administration Department has directed ... Read more...
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Elderly woman killed by robbers
December 20th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 20 (IANS) An elderly woman was killed by robbers, who fled with cash and jewellery worth about a lakh of rupees from a house in the posh Kavinagar ... Read more...
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Lokpal review panel debates inclusion of PMO
November 15th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal bill Tuesday deferred a decision to include the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) within the ambit of the anti-graft ... Read more...
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Recruitment, reform drive on in civil aviation regulator
October 31st, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) In its bid to provide more safety for air passengers, India's civil aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Monday said it has ... Read more...
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Premises of Tamil Nadu officials raided
October 14th, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 14 (IANS) The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) Friday raided the premises of several Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) officials for alleged irregularities in the recruitment ... Read more...
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Rules for hiring teachers for disabled approved, court told
October 10th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) informed the Delhi High Court Monday that it has approved rules for recruitment of two special teachers for disabled ... Read more...
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Karnataka public service commission ex-chief arrested
October 7th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) Former chairman of the Karnataka public service commission H. N. Krishna was arrested Friday for alleged irregularities and malpractice in the selection of candidates for gazetted ... Read more...
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Telangana panel calls for militant struggle
September 23rd, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) has asked people of the region to be prepared for militant struggle to achieve separate statehood from Andhra Pradesh.JAC ... Read more...
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When poll panel chief talked Beatles, bands
September 22nd, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) It's seldom the chief election commissioner of India gets discussing literature and music, but at the book launch of civil servant Vivek Atray's "Move on ... Read more...
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Himachal disrespects national emblem, says complaint
September 18th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 18 (IANS) A Delhi resident who had earlier accused boxer Vijender Singh of insulting the national emblem has now lodged a similar complaint against the Himachal Pradesh government.The ... Read more...
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