UPSC finalises panel of three officers fit for appointment as T.N. DGP

UPSC finalises panel of three officers fit for appointment as T.N. DGP

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) finalised a panel of three IPS officers fit for appointment as Director-General of Police/Head of Police Force of Tamil Nadu police. The UPSC had convened the Empanelment Committee Meeting in Delhi last Friday to shortlist the panel of three DGP-rank officers for the top post. The State was represented … Read more

Supreme Court Collegium proposes appointment of 26 new judges to Allahabad High Court

Supreme Court Collegium proposes appointment of 26 new judges to Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court tops the number of vacancies, at 76, among High Courts in the country as on September 1, according to Department of Justice (DoJ) statistics. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed 26 judicial officers and advocates to fill up vacancies in the Allahabad High Court. The Collegium, in … Read more

Madras High Court imposes cost of ₹1 lakh for filing PIL against appointment of senior IAS officers as T.N. govt. spokespersons

Madras High Court imposes cost of ₹1 lakh for filing PIL against appointment of senior IAS officers as T.N. govt. spokespersons

J. Radhakrishnan, P. Amudha, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, and Dheeraj Kumar, all serving as additional Chief Secretaries, were appointed as the official spokespersons | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Thursday (August 7, 2025) dismissed, with costs of ₹1 lakh, a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by an advocate, challenging the appointment … Read more

Appointment letters handed over to pourakarmikas in Mysuru city 

Appointment letters handed over to pourakarmikas in Mysuru city 

Minister in charge of Mysuru district H.C. Mahadevappa handing over appointment letters to pourakarmikas in Mysuru on Friday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The credit for Mysuru’s ‘Clean City’ tag goes to pourakarmikas, said Minister in charge of Mysuru district H.C. Mahadevappa while handing over appointment letters confirming their status as regular government employees. Speaking … Read more

Programme for government: John Swinney vows action on GP appointment ‘lottery’

Programme for government: John Swinney vows action on GP appointment ‘lottery’

Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News PA Media John Swinney moved the announcement forward ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament elections NHS Scotland will deliver an extra 100,000 appointments in GP surgeries in a bid to end the 08:00 “lottery”, First Minister John Swinney has pledged. The SNP leader made the announcement as he unveiled his … Read more

Plea for judicial enquiry into Group-I main exam: HC directs government not to issue appointment letters

Plea for judicial enquiry into Group-I main exam: HC directs government not to issue appointment letters

The Telangana High Court in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: File photo Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwara Rao of the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State government not to issue appointment letters to the candidates who had been selected for the Group-I posts through a main examination conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission.  The Judge … Read more

Kannur varsity’s new notification contradicts its SC affidavit on Priya Varghese’s appointment

Kannur varsity’s new notification contradicts its SC affidavit on Priya Varghese’s appointment

Kannur University has issued a notification stating that a full-time PhD cannot be considered as teaching experience, contradicting the affidavit it had earlier submitted in the Supreme Court while defending the appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of Chief Minister’s Private Secretary K.K. Ragesh, as an Associate Professor. The notification, issued in October 2024, has come … Read more

Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of two additional judges as permanent judges of Gauhati High Court

Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of two additional judges as permanent judges of Gauhati High Court

A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of two additional judges for appointment as permanent judges of the Gauhati High Court. The Collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna … Read more