UPSC makes public candidates’ marks
New Delhi: For the first time, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has made public marks obtained by candidates of prestigious civil services exams for selection into IAS, IPS and IFS among others. UPSC, which conducts the test, has also put marks of candidates who took the civil services (preliminary) and mains examinations on its website. The marks of candidates who did not qualify the civil services (mains) examination and that of candidates who cleared the three-stage test (preliminary, mains and personal interview) are on the website —www.upsc.gov.in.
Ex-IAS officer Rentala to head NTRO, pips IPS lobby
New Delhi: Indian Police Services (IPS) lost the race for having one of its officers as the head of National Technical Research Organisation, the country’s top intelligence and surveillance agency, with the Government appointing a retired IAS officer to the post. Rentala Chandrasekhar, an IAS officer of 1975 batch of Andhra Pradesh cadre, who retired as Telecom Secretary on March 31 this year, was named as the Chairman of NTRO. According to an official notification, Chandrasekhar will hold the post for a period of three years from the date of assumption of the charge or until further orders.