'Fraud on society': Ex-IAS trainee Puja Khedkar denied pre-arrest bail

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in the criminal case lodged against her for alleged cheating and wrongly availing of OBC and......

Quota fraud: Puja Khedkar sacked from IAS with immediate effect

The central government has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect, over a month after the Union Public Service Commission cancelled her selection,......

UPSC cancels Puja Khedkar's selection, bars her from all future exams

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday said it has cancelled the provisional candidature of probationary Indian Administrative Service officer Puja Khedkar and debarred her from......

Rau's IAS Study Circle: What You Must Know

Rau's felt the need to be where the action was.The institute that once drew largely elite students also decided to expand its base and cater to a wider pool. IMAGE: Rapid Action Force personnel......

10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

On October 1 Indian-American Gita Gopinath was appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the......

When Rajan and Subramanian received flak at IMF

Undeterred, the two worked further on the leaked paper and it went on to become one of the "most cited" research after it was published Top financial gurus -- RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Chief......

Why people from the N-E excel in the services sector

He's been studying all night for the IAS exam, and is just waking up. Yet Romen Singh Kshetrimayum, 26, responds lucidly and in reasonably complete sentences via SMS, with scarcely a pause for......

'I was nobody until I appeared on KBC'

'When I won Rs 1 crore, Amitabh Bachchan told my friends to find a girlfriend for me.' The 11th season of Kaun Banega Crorepati has got its first crorepati. Sanoj Raj, 25, who hails from......

Aspirants review

In Aspirants, Abhilash, SK and Guri chase the IAS dream from Delhi's bustling Old Rajendra Nagar.They are like the tripod; we are constantly reminded about their deep bond, but I didn't feel the......

'It feels like a dream to win Rs 5 crores'

Sushil Kumar has become an overnight star after winning Rs 5 crores on Kaun Banega Crorepati 5. A shy 27-year-old computer operator from Bihar, Sushil is now busy giving interviews to the media.......

Soumitra Chatterjee and the inheritance of loss

The passing of Satyajit Ray's renaissance man feels like the snapping of the last connection with a generation that built a nation and defined grace while facing everything life had to throw at......

'Embrace hard work', Mary Kom tells students

'If you are willing to shine like the sun, you must be willing to burn like it.' IMAGE: Para badminton player Suhas L Yathiraj and Olympic medal winning Boxer MC Mary Kom speak at the 'Pariksha Pe......