Two more attempts for upsc aspirants
New Delhi: Civil Services aspirants will get two more attempts from this year onwards to write the prestigious exam but there will be no change in its format and syllabi, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said on Tuesday. “The aspirants should note that the Government has decided to allow two additional attempts with consequential age relaxations to all categories of candidates with effect from Civil Service Examination, 2014. There are no other changes in the format and syllabi of papers contained in the Civil Services Examination,” the UPSC said in a short notice.
Cops manhandle woman lawyer, trial today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea seeking transfer of probe in the case of alleged assault on a woman lawyer from Delhi police to CBI on the ground that witnesses were being “harassed” by cops and asked the police chief to file an action taken report. A four-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice RM lodha had earlier taken suo motu cognisance of the letter of the woman lawyer in which she alleged that some policemen and others had manhandled her inside lajpat Nagar police station on April 4 when she had gone to serve a copy of a judicial order.
MassCoMedia awarded as 6th best journo college
Noida: MassCoMedia College has won two awards for the best media communication school in North India and the sixth best journalism school in India at a programme titled ‘The Edutainment Awards’ organised by laqshyaMedia Group in Mumbai. The award ceremony was adjudged by eminent personalities of the media industry and was headed by Dr Bhaskar Das, Group CEO, Zee Media Corporation ltd. The award process was coordinated by Prof Ujjwal K Chowdhury, eminent media educationist.
Amity launches 8th summer school batch
New Delhi: Amity University, the pioneers of Summer School concept in India, started its 8th Batch of Summer School from May 26th, 2014 for the students of Class X, XI, XII and XII passouts at Amity Campus. Amity Summer School gives an opportunity to the students to learn a program of their choice from a bouquet of 23 certificate programmes.
Sonia Gandhi defends cong’s nehruvianism
New Delhi: Faced with the party’s worst-ever poll performance, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that “staunch secularism” and “socialist economics” were their “core beliefs” and noted that these values of Nehruvianism are being “fundamentally challenged by some in the prevailing political climate. She was speaking at an event to mark the 50th death anniversary of former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru here.
Sharad Yadav to head jd(U) meet today
New Delhi: After the drubbing in the lok Sabha polls in Bihar, Janata Dal (United) officer bearers will meet in the national Capital on Wednesday to discuss their future political strategy. The meeting will be chaired by party president Sharad Yadav and will be attended by office-bearers from various States, including Bihar, the only province in which the party has a Government.
Punjab cong panel to evaluate lS poll show
New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday constituted a committee under former CWC member Dhaniram Shandilya to examine why it failed to get the expected results in the lS polls in Punjab, the party’s first exercise to set its house in order after the poll debacle. Haryana Minister Chaudhary Aftab Ahmed is the vice-chairman of the panel which has Subhash Chopra, former Delhi Assembly Speaker and party MlAs from Delhi — Jaikishen and Devendra Yadav — as its members, AICC General Secretary Shakeel Ahmed said.
30 INA woman cadets to pass out on may 31
New Delhi: 30 women cadets will pass out from the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and join the Navy and the Coast Guard. The passing out parade of 268 cadets will take place on May 31. Of these, 30 are women trainees and will go on to join the Navy and the Coast Guard, said Navy’s in-charge for training Rear Admiral SN Ghormade. He also said the widow of Comm Kuntal Wadhwa, who died in a mishap involving the under-construction INS Kolkata, will also undergo training at the academy.