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UP police constable exam: Aspirants arrive on second day at centres amid tight security

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 24 (ANI): Aspirants arrived on Saturday at exam centres in Uttar Pradesh amid tight security for the police constable recruitment exam 2024 being held for over 60,000 vacancies. Candidates were seen standing in long queues outside the exam centres in Moradabad and Kanpur, where the exam is being held. The Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Exam 2024 is being held on August 23, 24, 25, 30, and 31 at 67 exam centres across the state. It will be conducted in two shifts daily on the said dates. About five lakh candidates will appearing for the

Bangladeshi border guards detain ex-supreme court judge near border with India

Dhaka, Aug 24 (PTI) A retired judge of Bangladesh’s Supreme Court was detained from the northeastern frontier with India in Sylhet while he was allegedly attempting to flee the country, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said late on Friday. The report came hours after the arrest of Awami League leader ASM Firoz from his residence. The BGB headquarters, in an SMS, informed reporters that they have detained former apex appellate division judge of the Supreme Court Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik as he was trying to cross over to India through Sylhet’s Kanaighat border. Newspaper Prothom Alo said Manik was kept at

Tamil Nadu women cops to get one year maternity leave, posting of choice for three yrs, says CM

Chennai, Aug 23 (PTI) Women police in the state force will be entitled to one year’s maternity leave, and upon resuming work they will be posted at a place of their choice for a three-year period to nurture their children, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday. It may be recalled that after capturing power in 2021, the DMK government enhanced the period of maternity leave for its employees from nine months to one year. “Women police will be given one-year maternity leave and after returning to work, they will be posted either at the place of

India should retain headline inflation as target, RBI external rate panel members say

MUMBAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Headline inflation impacts Indians directly and should be retained as the target for monetary policy rather than switching to core inflation, external members of the RBI’s rate panel told Reuters. A suggestion was made in the government’s official annual economic report last month to target inflation excluding volatile food prices, which are driven more by supply shortages. The idea has ignited a debate in India over the appropriate target for monetary policy. India adopted the inflation targeting framework in 2016, setting a 4% headline inflation target for the central bank’s rate setting panel. The target

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