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Expert Talk | UPSC bars serving officers from re-attempts — Ex-IRS Ravi Kapoor calls it a bold move and a ‘good problem’ for aspirants. Here's why

February 16, 2026 9:56 am

As UPSC introduces a landmark rule barring serving officers from reattempting the exam, the debate over “seat blocking” has reached a fever pitch. Is this reform a blow to equal opportunity or a necessary step to safeguard the Civil Services? Our expert explains.

When love rewrites the cadre map: The growing list of IAS, IPS power couples in Haryana and Punjab

January 17, 2026 11:16 pm

Many IAS and IPS officers have sought inter-cadre transfers to serve alongside their spouses. The sheer scale of such transfers in Haryana and Punjab has sparked conversations about the increasing presence of such ‘power couples’.

IPS officer Ravjot Kaur Grewal, currently posted as AIG in Punjab Police, addressing students at School of Eminence, Sri Chamkaur Sahib, Tuesday. (Express Photo)

Punjab school mentorship programme: 80 IAS/IPS officers adopt govt schools, visits begin today

May 20, 2025 7:04 pm

Punjab Education Secretary Anindita Mitra said, “The department has allotted schools to the officers. The programme will begin on Tuesday, with the officers visiting their respective schools.”

Two IPS officers, one IAS officer transferred to Chandigarh

May 17, 2025 10:53 am

The post of DGP, Chandigarh, is still lying vacant.

IAS, IPS and IFS officers are selected annually through the civil services examination conducted by UPSC

Over 1,300 posts vacant in IAS, 586 in IPS: Centre to Rajya Sabha

December 14, 2024 12:07 pm

As on January 1, 2024, of the total sanctioned strength of 6,858 IAS, there were 5,542 officers in-position.

Panchayat elections in Punjab: A residential society of high and mighty — and a candidate of their own for sarpanch post

October 05, 2024 9:01 am

Amit Mehta, 46, the upscale society resident and a lawyer by profession, to take on 72-year-old Charanjit Singh, whose wife Rajpal Kaur was elected in the last elections when the village was reserved for woman sarpanch. The post has juggled between Charanjit and his wife in the past three elections.