The Indian Engineering Services (IES/ES) constitute of engineers that work under the government of India to manage a large segment of public sector economy which constitutes Railroads, Public works, Power, Telecommunications, etc. A combined competitive examination is conducted by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services. The Examination constitutes of a written examination followed by an interview for personality test. The recruitment of qualified...
05:26 PM, May 22, 2012
India has extensive forests which are an important resource. India thus requires scientific management of its forests. The British India Government recognized the need of a premier forest management service and constituted the Imperial Forest Service in 1867. The Imperial Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, presently & popularly known all over the world as FRI was established at Dehradun in 1906. Since then, the training program shifted to Dehradun. The subject...
03:54 PM, May 22, 2012
The Indian Civil Service forms the backbone of the Indian government machinery and constitutes all the major departments which run the state and central administration. The three types of services recruited through the Civil Services Examination are All India Services, Central Services, and State Services. The Civil Services examination is one of the most prestigious examinations conducted by UPSC. Historically it has been of the most sought after career by...
03:45 PM, May 22, 2012
The Union Public Service Commission, popularly known as UPSC, was accorded a constitutional status as an autonomous entity in the new constitution on 26th January, 1950. One of the major functions of the Commission is recruitment to services and posts under the Union through conduct of competitive examinations. The Commission usually conducts a number of examinations every year on an all-India basis for direct recruitment in various fields, such as...
03:36 PM, May 22, 2012
Patna: Ashish Verma is someone who managed to crack the Civil Services despite being a differently-abled person. Verma has cerebral palsy. Verma couldn't attend coaching classes but overcame all odds to achieve his dreams. The son of a postal officer has never known life without cerebral palsy but this year he cracked the Civil Services exam with the 726 rank and he is now busy celebrating. "It's like a dream...
09:37 AM, May 15, 2012
Chandigarh: With happiness writ large on her face Rukmani Riar has realised what she had set out to achieve. Having completed her post-graduation in social entrepreneurship in 2010 and winning a gold medal from The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai she wanted to carry out social service. Her father BS Riar, a lawyer in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, suggested that she should try the civil services if she wanted...
03:36 PM, May 05, 2012
Chandigarh: In states that have been in the news for discriminating against the girl child, two women have done Punjab and Haryana proud by topping the civil services examination and bagging the first and second positions. The first position in the civil services exam has gone to Shena Aggarwal of Yamunanagar in Haryana, while the second position has gone to Rukmani Riar of Hoshiarpur in Punjab. The final results of...
02:32 PM, May 05, 2012
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday declared the results of the Civil Services 2011-12 examinations. Shena Aggarwal, an MBBS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) became the topper. Here's UPSC Civil Services toppers: 1 233541 SHENA AGGARWAL 2 027895 RUKMANI RIAR 3 001804 PRINCE DHAWAN 4 080492 MANGESH KUMAR 5 072543 S GOPALA SUNDARA RAJ 6 040421 GITANJALI BRANDON 7 353082 HIMANSHU GUPTA 8 006368...
05:24 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday declared the results of the Civil Services 2011-12 examinations with the top two spots going to women candidates. Shena Aggarwal, an MBBS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) became the topper. Shena, who is from Yamuna Nagar in Haryana, cleared the Civil Services exam in her third attempt. The second ranker is Rukmani Riar, a Master of...
04:07 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Amid talks of policy paralysis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke out on Saturday, saying there should be no witch hunt in the fight against corruption. He said, "Even as our government moves forward in these efforts which I do not want to list in detail today, it should be our endeavour that there should be no witch hunting in the name of fighting corruption." Addressing a function on...
11:40 AM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: From a monthly salary of Rs 6,000, Sushil Kumar has hit the jackpot by winning Rs 5 crore ($1 million) on the game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 5'. He says he will now prepare for the civil services - something he had stopped dreaming about due to his financial situation earlier. "Everything seems completely different. The feeling is yet to sink in. I had never thought I would...
11:05 AM, Oct 28, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai talks to the topper of Civil Services Examination 2010 S Divyadarshini - the Newsmaker of the day. ...
10:45 PM, May 11, 2011
New Delhi: S Divyadarshini, a BA, BL from Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai has topped the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2010, the results of which were announced on Wednesday. Talking to CNN-IBN, Divyadarshini said she expected a good rank but did not expect to top. "I want to make a difference in the government and take up issues such as corruption," she said. The second position has...
05:37 PM, May 11, 2011
Srinagar: An Lashkar-e-Taiba militant facing trial in several high-profile cases wants to write the civil services exams. A local court in Srinagar directed the superintendent of Central Jail Srinagar to facilitate the "applicant" Shabir Ahmad Bukhari in submitting his form. "You are hereby directed to facilitate the applicant/accused Shabir Ahmad Bukari to submit his form for civil services in accordance with the jail manual," Srinagar District Judge Sanjeev Gupta said...
02:22 PM, Mar 23, 2011
Chandigarh: The Haryana Civil Service Exam is under the scanner. Members of the State Public Service Commission are being accused of manipulating the evaluation process to make sure their children and those of top politicians make the cut. Among those who made it to the final list are the HPSC chairman's daughter, chief minister Hooda's relative and people known to Congress MPs and MLAs. Waqar Haider, a candidate said, "I...
01:00 PM, Jan 22, 2011
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