UPSC to accept all answers for essayIn his reply additional secretary and controller of examination, UPSC, said, "The matter has been examined in the commission in consultatio...
24 Dec, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
UPSC entangled in 'gender equality'The test paper put out by the Union Public Service Commission had an essay on the subject carrying a crucial 125 marks, but the framing of ...
14 Dec, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
UPSC exam: Visually impaired candidates to get 40 minutes extra time per paperThe announcement comes following a directive by Delhi High Court in this regard on August 19, the notice said.
22 Aug, 2014, 01.17 PM IST
- Delhi High Court to hear plea against UPSC decision not to evaluate questions on English
UPSC came out with the decision asking candidates to leave the questions unanswered during the CSAT examination as the section will not hav...
19 Aug, 2014, 08.40 PM IST
Karnataka to resist move to dilute English in UPSCKarnataka is preparing to voice its opposition to the decision of the National Democratic Alliance regime to dilute the English language se...
13 Aug, 2014, 12.25 PM IST
Politicians have always used UPSC to fight their language warsIn June 1980 LS MPs fought & demanded that English should not be the medium of civil service examination as it breeds elitism.
06 Aug, 2014, 12.22 PM IST
Prime Minister should step in and reverse CSAT moveThose demanding that familiarity with English should not be a measure of merit for the UPSC exams are confusing the issue.
06 Aug, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
CSAT row: Ex-UPSC member Vijay Singh says ABVP pressure on government too strong to ignore“UPSC was very mindful of the concerns so that no injustice is done…then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looked at this personally."
05 Aug, 2014, 05.01 AM IST
UPSC preliminary examination to be held as scheduledThe move comes despite demands by some protesting students to postpone the preliminary exam until the new pattern was adopted by the UPSC.
04 Aug, 2014, 09.10 PM IST
Not satisfied with government move, UPSC aspirants vow to continue fightThe civil services aspirants, who had been protesting against the CSAT format in Mukherjee Nagar for the past 25 days, will now hold protes...
04 Aug, 2014, 08.03 PM IST
UPSC row: Delhi High Court red-flagged CSAT in 2013In May 2013, Delhi HC had red-flagged errors in the CSAT examination conducted by UPSC but had left it to the central govt to rectify them.
04 Aug, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
UPSC protests: Government must not yield to undue demandsThe demand is frivolous, and this government must not go down in history as having changed the steel frame of India to a plastic one.
04 Aug, 2014, 11.28 AM IST
UPSC: Panel may find it hard to scrap English testThe application for the Mains examination is made separately, and it is only here that the candidate states his/her chosen medium for takin...
26 Jul, 2014, 10.45 AM IST
UPSC: ‘Anti-Hindi bias’ argument behind row over CSATUPSC students being detained by the police during a protest demanding roll back of CSAT from civil services examinations on July 25.
26 Jul, 2014, 10.41 AM IST
Civil Services main exam to be held in Nov-Dec 2013The Civil Services examination will be held in November or December this year and applications for it will be called in August or September.
29 Mar, 2013, 04.20 PM IST
UPSC withdraws mandatory English norm in civil services examsThe UPSC has withdrawn changes suggested by it in civil services mains examination, dropping mandatory English language paper requirement.
28 Mar, 2013, 03.19 PM IST
- UPSC aspirants can now choose Indian languages for interview
Even those candidates, who give the main exam in English, can now choose English, Hindi or any other Indian language for the interview.
12 Jul, 2011, 10.03 AM IST