Anuj Agnihotri tops 2025 civil services exam; 958 candidates qualified: UPSC
New Delhi (PTI): Anuj Agnihotri has topped the civil services examination 2025, results of which were declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday.
Rajeshwari Suve M and Akansh Dhull bagged the second and third ranks respectively.
A total of 958 candidates have qualified the examination and are recommended for appointment to different central civil services, the Commission said.
The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- by the UPSC to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.
The candidature of 348 recommended candidates has been kept provisional, the Commission said in a statement.
The Centre had reported 1,087 vacancies to be filled through the civil services examination.
The UPSC has a "facilitation counter" near the examination hall in its campus.
Candidates can obtain any information/clarification regarding their examinations/recruitments on the working days between 10 am to 5 pm in person or over telephone numbers 23385271/23381125/23098543.
"Marks will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of result," the statement said.
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6 held for murder of Congress leader in Ludhiana
Ludhiana (PTI): Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Congress leader Parminder Tiwari, who was hacked to death with an axe on Sunday in Machhiwara here.
Tiwari, the block president of the Congress party from Machhiwara in Ludhiana, was murdered on March 29 while sitting outside his rented quarters near Takhran village
Deputy Commissioner of Police Jaskaranjit Singh Teja stated the case is neither linked to politics nor gang rivalry.
The main accused, Vijay Kumar and Lucky, were apprehended in Jamalpura village in Munger district, Bihar, by a special team dispatched there, police said.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the suspects aimed to illegally occupy a piece of panchayat land in the Machiwara area, but Tiwari opposed their plans. The accused allegedly visited Tiwari at his rented quarters on March 29 and attacked him with an axe, resulting in his immediate death, officials said.
The other four individuals arrested are relatives of the main accused and were aware of the murder plot, the DCP added.
Police have recovered the axe used in the crime, as well as the motorcycle the accused used to flee the scene.
