http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Wed, 22 May 2013 21:00:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/india/keralite-tops-civil-services-exam-for-first-time-in-12-yrs-751393.html#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 02:19:47 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=751393 or the first time since 1991, a Keralite has come first in the civil services examination while the second and fourth positions have also been bagged by people from the state. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/keralite-tops-civil-services-exam-for-first-time-in-12-yrs-751393.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/can-we-get-more-non-babu-info-commissioners-please-306399.html#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 10:07:59 +0000 Danish http://www.firstpost.com/?p=306399 Despite a government study recommending that not more than 50 percent of information commmissioners should be former civil servants, the number is much higher.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/can-we-get-more-non-babu-info-commissioners-please-306399.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/pm-assures-bureaucrats-no-witch-hunt-for-taking-bold-decisions-283889.html#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:38:06 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=283889 Asking civil servants to take bold decisions, Manmohan Singh said that the government would not indulge in "witch hunting" against them in the name of fighting corruption. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/pm-assures-bureaucrats-no-witch-hunt-for-taking-bold-decisions-283889.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/upsc-declares-civil-service-mains-results-for-2011-234605.html#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:11:25 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/?p=234605 For students who've been studying for the past year or more to gain entry into India's prestigious Civil Services, the results for the Mains exam are out. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/upsc-declares-civil-service-mains-results-for-2011-234605.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/cag%e2%80%99s-speech-moral-fabric-seems-to-be-tearing-apart-106750.html#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:26:43 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=106750 Vinod Rai, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, shared his views on the state of governance in the country in a speech at the National Police Academy recently.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/cag%e2%80%99s-speech-moral-fabric-seems-to-be-tearing-apart-106750.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/corruption-we-need-a-whistleblower-act-for-babus-to-say-no-105694.html#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:13:43 +0000 Mishra http://www.firstpost.com/?p=105694 The scandals that are blowing up in our faces on a routine basis would not have happened had some bureaucrat somewhere put his foot down. Nobody did.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/corruption-we-need-a-whistleblower-act-for-babus-to-say-no-105694.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/honest-civil-servants-need-to-be-protected-8841.html#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 12:03:55 +0000 RK-Raghavan http://www.firstpost.com/?p=8841 If a large number of bright boys and girls still opt to come in, it speaks volumes for their idealism and innate goodness. It is the duty of the polity to nurse the civil service if they are genuinely interested in upgrading the common man's plight.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/honest-civil-servants-need-to-be-protected-8841.html/feed 0