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Hindustan Times
6 days ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
UPSC ESE Prelims Admit Card 2025 released at upsc.gov.in, download link here
Union Public Service Commission has released the UPSC ESE Prelims Admit Card 2025. Candidates who will appear for the Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025 can download the admit card through the official website of UPSC at and also through The admit card will be available on the website from May 28 to June 8, 2025. The Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025 will be held on June 8, 2025. As per the official notice, candidates will have to produce the printout of their e-Admit Card at the allotted Venue for appearing at the Examination. A candidate, who does not produce his/her e-Admit Card for checking at the allotted venue, shall not be allowed to take the Examination. The candidates are also required to carry along the Photo ID card, whose number is mentioned in the e-Admit Card, for appearing at each session of the Examination. To download the admit card, candidates can follow the steps given below. 1. Visit the official website of UPSC at 2. Click on UPSC ESE Prelims Admit Card 2025 link available on the home page. 3. A new page will open where candidates will have to enter the login details. 4. Click on submit and your admit card will be displayed. 5. Check the admit card and download it. 6. Keep a hard copy of the same for further need. UPSC ESE 2025: Engineering Services examination postponed, check notice at If the e-Admit Card contains any discrepancy, the Commission may be notified immediately by email (at email ID usengg-upsc@ ) so that a decision can be made. The registration process was started on September 18, 2024. This recruitment drive will fill up 232 posts in the organisation. For more related details candidates can check the official website of UPSC.
Qatar Tribune
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Khalid excels in Big Tour with top two podium spots
Tribune News Network Doha Khalid Aleid won the top two podium places of the Big Tour as the 13th and penultimate round of the Longines Hathab - Qatar Equestrian Tour Season 8 concluded at the Longines Arena of Al Shaqab on Saturday. The third and final day of the round also witnessed dressage events and the Open Class. Khaled Aleid excelled in the Big Tour - Table A, Special Two Phases (1.5m) class claiming the first and second podium spots with flawless times of 31.95 seconds and 35.19 seconds on Q Layen and Q Hayen, outsmarting the seasoned Cyrine Cherif, who finished third with 32.95 seconds on I'Am Moerhoeve's Princess Z. Abdullah Al Marri, Director of the Qatar Equestrian Teams, crowned the winners. Earlier, Khaled Al Hadi claimed the Open Class Table A, Two Phases (1.25m) title, achieving a time of 22.71 seconds on Carlton de Sauvageonn. Fahad bin Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani came in second with a time of 23.47 seconds astride Hazel De Luxe, while Mohammed Alasaker on Scoobylensky Theyss was third with a time of 23.62 seconds. Faisal Al Kahla, the Event Director, crowned the winners. In the morning dressage events, the Preliminary Test 1 was won by Afraa Abdulrahman Al Sulaiti (70 points), followed by Ahmed Al Hussein Al Thani in second (68.816 points), and Moza Hamza Al Kuwari in third place with 68.290 points. The Preliminary Test - FEI Children Individual class was won by Abdulla Khalid Al Jalandani (70.536 points), followed by Laura Britton in second (62.768 seconds), and Hamyan Khalifa Al Kuwari in third with a total score of 62.232 points. The Introductory Test was won byJassim Al Jaham Al Kuwari (70.36 points), followed by Jassim Mohammed Al Fahad Al Kuwari in second and third place with totals of 68.982 and 67.894 points, respectively. The Intermediate dressage test was claimed by Jassim Al Jeham Al Kuwari (71.894 points), followed by Jessica Waldon in second (68.864 points), and Jassim Mohammed Al Fahad Al Kuwari in third with 67.046 points. The winners of the dressage rounds were crowned by Nouf Al Mansour, Head of Sports Committee of Hathab & Maryam Al Jaidah, Member of judging committee. Commenting on the 13th round,. Abdullah Al Marri, Director of the Qatar Equestrian Teams, emphasized that the Qatar Equestrian Federation, in cooperation with Al Shaqab— Member, Qatar Foundation—are bound by a permanent strategic partnership aimed at developing Qatari equestrian sports and raising the competence of local riders to advanced technical levels. This will place them at the forefront of riders in the region and enhance their ability to compete in international championships and achieve outstanding results. He stressed, 'Longines Hathab continues to achieve the desired goals of its organization, after seven successful seasons that witnessed a remarkable increase in the number of participating riders and horses. This year, its eighth edition launched amid a marked increase in the level of competition and an increasing demand from riders, reflecting the success of this championship and its continued development.' The annual domestic equestrian series - Longines Hathab includes showjumping and dressage competitions in various categories, and consists of different levels, starting with the Future Riders, Junior Riders, Intermediate, Open and Amateur rounds, all the way to the Big Tour, in addition to team competitions. This season's championship includes 14 rounds being held at the Qatar Equestrian Federation and at Al Shaqab.
Hindustan Times
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Supreme Court rejects petitions against BPSC's prelims exam conducted in December
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a batch of petitions alleging paper leak during a preliminary examination conducted by the Bihar Public Services Commission (BPSC) on December 13 last year, stressing that the tendency to challenge every public examination in the courts caused difficulties in governments recruiting people. A bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan dismissed a batch of petitions filed by individual candidates who appeared in the 70th Combined Competitive Examination (Preliminary) conducted by BPSC on December 13, 2024 raising questions about the integrity of the examination across 18 centres following allegations of paper leak, identical questions from mock papers of coaching centres, and use of loudspeakers. Dealing with the allegations, the court said BPSC had conceded to irregularities at only one centre – Bapu Pariksha Parisar in Patna where re-examination was conducted. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the Bihar government, told the top court that a committee of 12 experts examined the questions and found that only 2 of 150 questions were identical to the ones in mock papers in circulation. Further, said every centre had four sets of question papers with the questions in different sequences making it impossible for any one paper to be announced or circulated. The bench was satisfied with the submission and dismissed the petitions. 'While sitting in court, we see every examination is getting challenged. It is unfortunate no examination is getting to a conclusion and recruitment is being held up,' the bench said. A case related to the UP police recruitment process in 2014 is also pending before the bench. The court noted that the standard of conducting recruitment examinations was not 'very high'. 'Everyone is playing with the insecurities of each other. You are suspecting everyone of foul play. But nobody is willing to lift the level of debate.' Senior advocates Anjana Prakash and Colin Gonsalves, who appeared for the candidates, challenged the Patna high court's decision of March 28 that did not find anything wrong in the conduct of the BPSC preliminary examination. The commission was allowed to hold the Mains examination. The court played a video provided by Prakash to back up the claim about the paper leak in other centres as well. But after going through the clip, the bench said there was nothing to indicate that the video belonged to a centre other than the one where the government conceded irregularities. 'Today in digital age, anything can be invented. We cannot believe what we are seeing or you make such serious allegations, we will insist on such formalities. Let the BPSC go ahead with the examination. People are concentrating on taking the Mains exam. Why should we hear this at this stage,' the court said. Gonsalves also said 24 questions in the examination were taken from the mock papers circulated by coaching centres. The bench told the senior lawyer that ahead of every examination, questions bank books are circulated. It said, 'It would be desirable that coaching centres are not the curriculum is the same, out of thousands of questions, some questions from question banks can be in circulation.' Nearly 4 lakh candidates appeared in the preliminary examination conducted by BPSC of which about 12,000 were at the Bapu Pariksha centre where paper leak took place and a retest was conducted.
Scroll.in
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Scroll.in
SC refuses to defer Bihar Public Service Commission exam, dismisses plea claiming paper leak
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to halt the Bihar Public Service Commission's Mains examination scheduled for Friday, dismissing petitions alleging a paper leak during the Preliminary Examinations held on December 13, reported Live Law. In public service recruitment, the Mains is the second stage of the examination that follows a Preliminary Exam. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan dismissed several petitions challenging the 70th Combined Competitive Exams (Preliminary) conducted by the BPSC. The petitioners claimed that the question papers had been leaked before the exam, citing WhatsApp messages and video clips. One video allegedly showed answers being announced through loudspeakers at a test centre. Advocates Anjana Prakash and Colin Gonsalves, appearing for the petitioners, argued that the digital evidence warranted a re-test. However, the bench questioned the authenticity of the digital material. During the hearing, it was noted that the allegations focused on a single centre, Bapu Pariksha Parisar, where a re-examination had already been conducted. Manmohan pointed out that even the petitioners' claims indicated that the leak occurred after the candidates had entered the exam halls. Prakash contested this, stating that there was no certainty regarding that and a re-test was necessary when the process was under scrutiny, Live Law reported. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing Bihar and the BPSC, argued that the commission used four sets of question papers with jumbled questions to prevent cheating. He said that only two out of 150 questions were found to be verbatim from mock test papers. Gonsalves countered that several questions matched those provided by coaching centres. The bench, however, found nothing unusual in such overlaps. 'In competitive exams, you find 30% to 40% questions come from the booklet which has thousands of questions,' Manmohan was quoted as having observed. He added: 'Everyone is playing with the insecurities of each other. Please understand, examiner standard is not that high. It's very unfortunate that no exam is reaching conclusion. We are suspecting everyone of foul play.' The petitioner, Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust, had first approached the Supreme Court in January seeking cancellation of the exam and the formation of a board to inquire into the conduct of the BPSC. However, the court had directed the petitioner to move the Patna High Court instead. In March, the High Court dismissed the petitions, saying there was no 'definite evidence of malpractice at all centres'. The court had allowed the BPSC to proceed with the Mains examination. The current plea before the Supreme Court challenged that High Court order. The BPSC preliminary exams were conducted across 900 centres and taken by nearly 5 lakh candidates. After protests and allegations of a paper leak, the commission held a re-test on January 4 for 12,012 candidates assigned to 22 centres in Patna. Of these, 5,943 candidates appeared for the exam. The Bihar Police was criticised for using force against candidates who were demanding cancellation of the December 13 exam. The controversy prompted repeated legal challenges, all of which have now been rejected by the courts.
Hindustan Times
22-04-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Prayagraj woman Shakti Dubey tops UPSC exam, her twin misses out
The Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2024 results released on Tuesday were a bittersweet experience for the Prayagraj-based Dubey family. While Shakti Dubey secured the first rank in the exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), her twin. Pragati –– who prepared for the exam along with her sister –– was not among the 1,009 candidates recommended by the commission for appointments to various services. Shakti, a gold medallist BSc graduate from the University of Allahabad, emerged as the topper in her fifth attempt. Her father Devendra Dubey, a sub-inspector in the Uttar Pradesh Police, said that Shakti –– who is also a gold medallist for her MSc from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) –– had been preparing for the exam for the past seven year. Shakti, on Tuesday, told reporters that she owed her success to her parents and teachers. 'Since childhood, my parents inspired me to study and teachers always encouraged me.' she stated, adding that they supported her during her failed attempts. Earlier, in a mock interview with an IAS coaching academy, Shakti said that she was inspired by her father's profession to join the civil service. 'I have grown up in a family where my father is already in the police service. I have seen him work in the government service,' she said. 'I saw certain things like, the presence of a police vehicle make a person feel safe even while I was returning late from the campus. This made me wonder, how even small power can bring a change for somebody and how public service at large is benefitting people.' While Shakti topped the exam, her twin sister Pragati did not make the cut. Their father Devendra said that the family is pained by the fact that their other daughter could not succeed. 'Pragati was preparing with full dedication and she will continue doing so to get success,' Devendra said. A total of 1,009 candidates (725 men and 284 women) have been shortlisted by UPSC for appointment to various services. The top five candidates include three women and two men, led by Shakti, who qualified the examination with political science and international relations as her optional subject, the commission said in a statement released on Tuesday. While Harsihta Goyal, a BCom graduate from the MS University of Baroda, came second;, Archit Parag, a BTech graduate of the Vellore Institute of Technology, got the third rank. Goyal and Parag had political science and international relations, and philosophy, as their optional subjects, respectively. Aakash Garg, a BTech graduate from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, came fifth. 'The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2024 was conducted on June 16, 2024. A total of 9,92,599 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 5,83,213 candidates actually appeared in the examination,' the UPSC said in its statement. 'A total of 14,627 candidates qualified for appearance in the Written (Main) examination which was held in September, 2024. Out of these, 2,845 candidates qualified for the Personality Test of the examination. Eventually, a total of 1,009 candidates (725 men and 284 women) have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to various Services,' the commission said Last year, 1,016 candidates were recommended for appointment. According to the commission, the recommended candidates include 45 persons with benchmark disability –– comprising 12 orthopedically handicapped, 8 visually challenged, 16 hearing impaired, and 9 with multiple disabilities.
