Gandhinagar, March 6 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday congratulated candidates from the state who cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination, stating that 34 aspirants from Gujarat had succeeded in the 2025 cycle of the highly competitive national examination.In a statement issued after the results were declared by the UPSC, the Chief Minister said the achievement of the candidates had brought pride to the state.“A total of 34 bright so…
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Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has sought names of the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the West Bengal for selecting one from among them as the new permanent Director General of Police (DGP). Currently, Peeyush Pandey is the acting DGP.The last permanent DGP in West Bengal was Rajeev Kumar’s predecessor, Manoj Malviya, who retired from his services in 2023.Sources in the state secretariat, Nabanna, said that following a communication in the matter from …
Chennai, Feb 14 (IANS) The process of appointing a regular Director-General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force (HoPF) for Tamil Nadu has been set in motion once again, following a recent directive from the Supreme Court mandating that the selection be completed within three weeks. The order was issued while disposing of a contempt petition filed by Chennai-based petitioner Kishore K. Swamy, who alleged that the State government had failed to adhere to the Apex Court’s guidelines on the app…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by unsuccessful civil services aspirants challenging certain questions in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2023, particularly Paper-II (CSAT), holding that courts cannot sit in appeal over the opinion of subject experts or interfere in academic matters in the absence of arbitrariness, mala fides, or patent illegality.A bench of Justices Amit Mahajan and Anil Kshetarpal upheld the order of the Central Ad…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the Union Public Service Commission’s petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order directing the Mamata Banerjee government to complete the recruitment process of the new DGP by January 31.Since the legal complications in the matter are ongoing, even as the state government had named Peeyush Pandey as Rajeev Kumar’s successor, Pandey was appointed as an acting DGP, not as a permanent DGP.All eyes will …
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Further complications have arisen over the appointment of new Director General of state police in West Bengal as the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has approached the Delhi High Court challenging an order from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) earlier this month directing the Mamata Banerjee government to complete the process of recruitment of the new DGP by January 31, the day of the retirement of the current Acting DGP, Rajeev Kumar.On January 21, the CAT…
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The West Bengal government has submitted a list of eight senior IPS officers to the Centre for consideration as the state’s next permanent Director General of Police (DGP), according to official sources. The list, sent to Delhi on January 21, includes acting DGP Rajeev Kumar, who will retire on January 31, and Rajesh Kumar, a 1990 batch IPS officer who alleges unfair treatment in the selection process. The other nominees are Ranveer Kumar, Debashish Roy, Anuj Sharma, …
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the West Bengal government to send to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) the names for empanelment to select the new Director General of Police (DGP) by January 23.Based on the empanelment proposals sent by the state government, the UPSC will have to notify the panel by January 28 and declare the name of the new state police chief.Currently, West Bengal Police does not have any fulltime DGP. Acting DGP Rajeev K…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s decision upholding the promotion of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and former NCB officer Sameer Dnyandev Wankhede. A Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe dismissed the special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Union of India, observing that it was “not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and order in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution o…
Hyderabad, Jan 9 (IANS) In a relief to Telangana’s Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy, the Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition challenging his appointment as the head of the state police force.Justice Pulla Karthik, who heard the matter on Thursday, pronounced the order on Friday.The court directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to complete the process of appointment of the DGP in four weeks.The state government has been directed to file a counter-af…