CBI books former official for UPPSC fraud
The Hindu
FIR against unknown officials for allegedly extending undue favours to undeserving candidates
The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked the then Special Secretary in the Uttar Pradesh government, Prabhunath, and unknown officials of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) for allegedly extending undue favours to some undeserving candidates in the Additional Private Secretary Examination-2010. Mr. Prabhunath was the Controller of Examination, according to the First Information Report. The CBI had initiated a preliminary enquiry into the allegation in February 2019. As it turned out, the candidates had to qualify the general Hindi, Hindi shorthand and Hindi typing tests to be eligible for the third phase: computer knowledge test.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.