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Marginal rise in UPSC recruits over 2018, but numbers much lower than in early Modi years 

The Civil Service Exam results for 2019 were declared Tuesday. The UPSC had notified a total of 896 positions, against which it has picked 829 candidates.

IAS, IPS officers in J&K accused of ‘anti-national’ activity can now be fired without probe

The provision is one of the changes taking effect as a result of the scrapping of Article 370, a decision taken by the Modi govt on 5 August last year.

67% marks in board exams aren’t the end of the world. Just ask this Punjab IPS officer

Aditya from Rajasthan appeared for several competitive exams, only clearing the UPSC on his fourth attempt in 2017. He is now assistant SP in Sangrur.

How Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey made CBI probe in Sushant case a personal victory

It may be rare for an IPS officer to have the ability to hog the limelight in the midst of a political-cum-Bollywood spectacle, Gupteshwar Pandey is a police officer like no other.

MHA suspends IPS officer Basant Rath for ‘misconduct’, days after complaint against J&K DGP

IPS officer Basant Rath had been involved in a nasty social media row with the DGP that culminated in a police complaint by the former.

CRPF officer booked for ‘making fake RSS Twitter handle, using it for IPS parity campaign’

The CRPF officer has denied allegations of impersonation. The controversy comes amid a longstanding campaign among CAPFs to seek parity with IPS officers.

On Covid fight frontline, at least 30 IAS and IPS officers have tested positive since April

Government employees say the infections have hit work but add that exposure is in the nature of IAS and IPS officers' duty. 

Covid is war, policemen who die fighting it deserve martyr status: Karnataka DGP Sood

In an exclusive interview, Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood tells ThePrint the Covid-19 pandemic has seen police assume roles 'they had never imagined'.

Covid is India’s big chance to fix police – from blunt force instrument to civilian service

Outdated policing techniques such as coercion and suppression won’t work in post-Covid India. Police-public relationship needs to change.

IPS Abhinav Kumar’s allegations baseless. CAPF cadre officers fighting an existential battle

The unyielding stubbornness of the IPS officers leading CAPFs towards addressing genuine grievances of cadre officers has forced them to approach the courts.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.