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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
TopicCivil Services

Topic: Civil Services

If you want an efficient all-India service, allow them to open their mouth freely—Sardar Patel

On 10 October 1949, during the Constituent Assembly debate, Vallabhbhai Patel strongly defended the civil services and the guarantees provided to them during the transfer of power from British rule.

UPSC cancels provisional selection of IAS trainee Puja Khedkar, bars her from future exams

Commission said data of over 15k candidates who cleared exam between 2009 & 2023 studied, and barring Khedkar, no other candidate was found to have availed more attempts than permitted.

An American helped IAS officers like me ask the right questions—why James Scott is important

Scott looked at the State as it is—based on its functions rather than through the prism of Kautilya's Arthashastra, Machiavelli’s The Prince, or the Marxist concept.

‘Trying to put blame on my husband’ — wife of SUV driver held in Rau’s IAS coaching centre tragedy

Waterlogging has been happening for 20 years and vehicle would have been left stranded if it was stopped, she asserts.

Hotel brawl, ‘erroneous’ documents. Khedkar case is latest in line of rows involving civil servants

In light of the Puja Khedkar case, ThePrint looks at notable cases of IAS or IPS officers being accused of misusing or flaunting their power, or violating service rules.

‘Try and beat me in UPSC’ — IAS mentor to Telangana officer whose disability quota remark sparked uproar

Differently abled former civil servant Bala Latha Mallavarapu threatens indefinite fast if IAS Smita Sabharwal fails to retract her comments and apologise within 24 hours.

Civil Services 2023 results out. 3 of top 5 all-India rank holders are IPS trainees already

Aditya Srivastava, who secured 1st rank, is currently undergoing training for IPS; a total of 2,843 candidates were interviewed for 1,105 vacancies.

87 ex-civil servants write to EC: Take control of central govt machinery to ensure free & fair polls

‘Events over past month call for ECI to quell rising public suspicion that it is sitting silent while Oppn is being denied freedom to participate in poll process,’ the letter reads.

1 secy, 2 addl secys: How & why Gujarat-cadre IAS & IPS officers no longer call shots in Delhi

Many IAS & IPS officers from Gujarat were appointed to key posts when Modi govt came to power. Until 3 yrs ago, secretaries in ministries of defence, education, commerce, were all from Gujarat.

Modi ‘trusts bureaucrats’, but BJP cadres in poll-bound states don’t want them in electoral fray

Party insiders say more than 20 former civil servants are vying for ticket in MP & Rajasthan. BJP leader from Rajasthan maintains ticket will only be given on basis of winnability.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

The chipmaker at the heart of the AI revolution may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history. Nvidia has been the primary driver of the market’s gains since the start of 2023.

3D print drones on the frontline: Indian private firms offer tech to manufacture drones on battlefield

Zuppa & DBZ to collaborate to allow field units to fabricate structural components, assemble mission-ready drones, and deploy them in real time for surveillance, logistics, or tactical operations.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.