M. Karmegam (23) has moved heaven and earth, knocked on every door and window, only to end up frustrated and defeated as he is still unable to get copies of his two educational certificates lost a couple of years ago.The postgraduate from Virudhunaga ..

Thousands of engineering service aspirants in Haryana are in a fix as the date for Haryana Public Service Commission's Assistant Engineer examination is clashing with that of the Union Public Service Commission's Engineering Services examinat ..

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 cand ..

China today successfully launched its fifth and longest manned space mission with three astronauts, including a woman, on board ‘Shenzhou-10’ as part of the Communist giant’s efforts to build a permanent space lab of its own by 2020 ..

World number one Serena Williams squared the circle at the French Open on Saturday as she won her second Roland Garros women’s trophy 11 years after her first.The top seed beat defending champion Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4, taking one and three-q ..

After a couple of years as a program analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Samuel Paul decided to call it quits and write the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam. His reason was simple: "I knew that I wouldn't be able to stick w ..

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, with earnings of $31.5 million, has been ranked at 16th place on Forbes’ list of 100 highest-paid athletes, which has been topped by iconic golfer Tiger Woods.The magazine said 31-year-old Dhoni move ..

V Vishnu Prasanna celebrated his new Grandmaster status by outwitting seasoned GM Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria to stay in joint lead after the end of the fourth round of Grand Europe Albena chess tournament here.Winning his fourth game of the trot, ..

The launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C22) flight has been delayed by a fortnight due to an anomaly.The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A was slated to be launched on board home-grown rocket PSLV-C22 on June 12 at 01:01  ..

Disposing of a public interest litigation challenging the inclusion of a test of “English language comprehension skills” in one of the papers of the Civil Services Aptitude Test of the Union Civil Services Examinations, the Delhi High Cou ..

Four state governments have rejected the Centre's proposal to make written exams mandatory for Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officers to become eligible for promotion to the IAS grade.As of now, PCS officers are being promoted to the IAS grade  ..

Jamjang Deru of Arunachal Pradesh, India won three medals, which included two gold and one silver, on 28 May 2013, the opening day of 15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships in Doha. He won the medals in the boy's 50kg category.Jamjang Deru  ..

An under trial prisoner at Sada sub-jail and accused in Mandar Surlakar murder case, Jovito Ryan Pinto, on Sunday appeared for the Indian administrative services (IAS) entrance exam.Ryan, in jail for seven years, completed his BA in social science fr ..

The prelims of UPSC Civil Services exams- 2013 were held in 69 centres in Ahmedabad on Sunday. As many as 19,568 candidates had applied for the exam but only 40% appeared for the prelims.UPSC conducts Civil Services exams every year for appointments  ..

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) held the Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2013 on Sunday across the country. Thousands of aspirants took the exam in the capital at various centres and complained of extreme discomfort.While some had t ..

A total of 78 examination centres have been set by the district administration for conducting the preliminary examination 2013 for Civil Services in the city. The exam is scheduled to be held on Sunday and around 40,000 aspirants would be appearing f ..

In a relief to 65 candidates who had cleared the preliminary exam of the Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination-2012, but were later left out by just one mark after the revised result, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday ..

 A total of 2,900 candidates will appear for UPSC’s civil service examination (preliminary), in the Union Territory on May 26.An official release said the Chief Electoral Officer of Puducherry T. Sreekanth would be the Coordinating Supervi ..

Arunima Sinha, became the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount Everest on 21 may 2013.25-year-old  Arunima Sinha is former national level volleyball player and had lost one of her legs after being thrown off a moving train of Padmawati Express  ..

The President of Indian Union, Pranab Mukherjee on 21 May 2013 appointed Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. Shashi Kant Sharma will succeed Vinod Rai who superannuates on 21 May 2013 after completing tenure  ..