Day: October 19, 2019

IBPS PO Prelims 2019: 1st slot of exam conducted today, see paper analysis.

Source – indiatoday.in

IBPS or Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has held the first slot of preliminary examination of IBPS PO 2019 today, October 12, 2019. The next slot of examination will be conducted on October 19, 2019. Candidates who have appeared for the examination can check the exam analysis here.

The IBPS Preliminary Examination 2019 started in the morning today. Based on students’ reaction the overall level of the exam in the first slot was moderate.

IBPS PO Prelims 2019 Exam Analysis: Section-wise analysis

Quantitative Aptitude: This section (a maximum of 35 questions) was to be done in 20 minutes. One major surprise was that there were no questions from Number Series. The difficulty level was moderate. An attempt above 22 can be considered good here.

English Language: A maximum of 30 questions had to be done in 20 minutes. The level of difficulty was high. An attempt above 20 can be considered good here.

Reasoning: Students had to do 35 questions in 20 minutes. The difficulty level was moderate. One major surprise was that there were no questions from syllogism. An attempt above 27 questions can be considered good.

Candidates who will be selected in the preliminary examination, they will have to appear for the main exam. The main examination will be conducted on November 30, 2019. IBPS PO 2019 will fill up 4252 posts of Probationary Officers in the organisation.

Buddhist circuit train between India and Nepal to run between October 19-26

Source: in.news.yahoo.com

New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): The Indian Railways will run its first Buddhist Circuit train between India and Nepal from October 19 to October 26.

The train journey will cover sites significant to Gautam Buddha’s life in both India and Nepal.

According to the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the Buddhist circuit train will cover important Buddhist destinations such as: Lumbini – the birthplace of Buddha, Bodhgaya – the place of enlightenment, Sarnath – the place of Buddha’s first sermon and Kushinagar – the place of Buddha’s Nirvana.

The train will originate and terminate at Safdarjung railway station in New Delhi.

The IRCTC is offering many attractive packages for tourists desiring to undertake the Buddhist Circuit tour. An AC first class package will cost Rs 1,23,900 per couple, while an AC two-tier package will cost Rs 1,01,430.

The packages also cover road transport in AC deluxe coaches, various locations and monuments visits, entrance fees, tourists accommodation during the visit, meals, services of tour managers and guides and travel insurance.

The new rake consists of four 1st AC coaches with as many as 96 seats, two 2nd AC coaches having 60 seats, two exclusive dining cars with a capacity of 64 guests in each and one pantry car for passengers.

The train will be covered with thematic vinyl wrap promoting national tourism.

The train will be equipped with personal digital lockers, foot massagers, shower, cubicles, separate sitting area with single-seated sofas, CCTV cameras, smoke detection alarm system for better safety.

There will be an onboard hygienic kitchen car and dining car facility. Passengers can choose from an assortment of fresh hot meals, including vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Packaged drinking water, tea and coffee will be available at all times.

While there will be no concession tickets for the train, children below five years of age have been exempted from the fare. Fifty per cent of the fare will be charged for children aged between five years to 12 years. (ANI)

After Arrest of ‘SIMI Operative’, NIA May Reopen Gandhi Maidan, Bodh Gaya Blast Cases.

Source – thewire.in

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) may reopen the serial blast cases in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan and Bodh Gaya serial blast cases after alleged SIMI operative Azharuddin was arrested at the Hyderabad airport on Friday night, according to a report in the Times of India.

Azharuddin, who is also known as ‘Chemical Ali’, is an accused in the 2013 Bodh Gaya and Patna bomb blasts and had been on the run since December 2013 after the Chhattisgarh police’s anti-terrorist squad busted a SIMI sleeper module and arrested 17 operatives.

Police claimed that Azharuddin or Azhar went to Saudi Arabia on a fake passport after hiding in Hyderabad for some time. A police official told TOI that Azhar had come back from Saudi Arabia to meet his family, which had shifted to Hyderabad, when he was arrested at the airport on October 11.

“Acting on a specific input, he was arrested by a joint team of Chhattisgarh Police and its Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) wing from Hyderabad airport on Friday after he landed (in a flight) from Saudi Arabia,” Raipur SSP Arif Sheikh said.

Azhar has been charged under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act. A sedition case has also been registered against him.

Speaking to TOI, Sheikh said that the police had seized Azhar’s passport boarding pass, two driving licences and a voter ID card. “We expect his interrogation to reveal crucial links in the terror network and their operations. Azhar will be produced in [a] local court for transit remand,” the SSP said.

Police officials also said that Azhar, who was regularly in touch with SIMI operatives, had been involved in raising funds for banned terror outfits and brainwashing recruits. He is also accused of providing shelter and support to terrorists who organised the Bodh Gaya and Patna blasts.

A senior police official said that Azharuddin may have provided logistics to bombers in both the blasts. “His interrogation will make things clearer,” he said, speaking to TOI. While the trial in the Gandhi Maidan blast case is underway, all the five convicts in the 2013 Bodh Gaya serial blasts were sentenced to life imprisonment by an NIA court in June 2018.

In July 2013, ten bombs exploded around the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bodh Gaya and injured five persons. Later in October 2013, bombs exploded in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, just before the then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was scheduled to arrive for a public rally.

The suspects involved in the blasts allegedly took refuge in Raipur with Azhar’s aid. Sheikh, the Raipur SSP, told TOI that Azhar sheltered the bombers of both blasts. “We have taken him on two days’ remand for interrogation. [The] NIA and Intelligence Bureau (IB) sleuths were also interrogating him,” he said.

While 17 operatives linked to SIMI were arrested in December 2013 – of which Umer Siddiqui and Azharuddin Qureshi were later convicted in the Bodh Gaya case – Azhar managed to flee.

Shriyansh became the topper of MP in BPSC 63rd examination, see cut off and merit list.

Source – heraldpublicist.com

Bihar Public Service Fee has 63 The ultimate results of the examination has been declared. On this, Shriyansh Tiwari topper of Danish metropolis Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh) has been made. In second place got here Nagaranausa, Anurag Kumar of Nalanda and in third place was Meraj Jamil of Treasurer Haat Assistant Police Station, Purnia.

4 ladies candidates have gotten a spot within the checklist of High Ten. Two of them are from Patna. In fourth place was Sunidhi, a scholar of Boring Canal Highway, and within the fifth place was Paswan Vishwanathganj, Shreya Saloni of Khagaria. Srishti Priya of PC Colony Kankarbagh completed eighth.

355 Candidates are profitable. 924 had been profitable in the principle examination. These included 824 candidates within the interview. Primarily based on the written check scores and interview, the submitting outcomes had been declared. On the similar time, as a result of non-submission of unique certificates 17 Outcomes of candidates had been canceled. Its data has been placed on the Fee’s web site.

Fee Controller of Examinations Amarendra Kumar mentioned that the consequence was declared at three am. The benefit checklist has been launched with the names and ranks of all the chosen candidates. If anybody has any objection, he can current his aspect. It is going to be thought-about as per guidelines. In Bihar Administrative Service 31, in Bihar Police Service 06, Bihar Finance Service 123, Employment Officer 03, Jail Superintendent 06, Registrar 16, Superintendent of Labor 11, Income Officer 19, Excise Inspector 13, Assistant Registrar Su Ek, Labor Enforcement Officer 123 is chosen on posts.

BPSC 63 fifth Examination Cutoff

Catogery Written Ultimate

regular vary 504 588

Regular Girl 494 575

Sc 444 553

SC Feminine 428 525

ST 491 575

ST Feminine 464 547

EBC 466 546

EBC Feminine 450 554

BC 491 595

BC Feminine 485 588

BCL 465 564

Divyang 6 63 481

Divyang DD 402 484

Divyang OH 442 549

X serviceman 456 571

Top NDA Leaders Campaign Together For Bihar By-Polls

Source: ndtv.com


PATNA: Top leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar have hit the campaign trail together for the upcoming by-polls, also called the “semi-finals” ahead of the assembly elections due next year.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U), Union minister and LJP founding president Ram Vilas Paswan and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi a BJP veteran on Thursday shared the stage at rallies in Duraunda and Kishanganj assembly segments and Samastipur Lok Sabha seat.

The itinerary seemed to highlight the coherence within the ruling coalition, with each constituent backing the others to the hilt.

This is in stark contrast to the five-party Grand Alliance which is riven by infighting and may end up posing a feeble challenge.

Duraunda is being contested by the JD(U) which has fielded Ajay Singh, husband of Kavita Singh whose election to the Lok Sabha from Siwan has necessitated the by-poll. Ajay Singhs mother Jagmata Devi had been the MLA from the seat until her death in 2011.

Kishanganj, a Muslim-dominated seat, is being fought by the BJP which has reposed its trust in the runner-up of 2015 assembly polls Sweety Singh who seeks to wrest the seat from the Congress which has fielded the septuagenarian mother of the previous winner Mohd Jawed, now representing the Lok Sabha seat of the same name.

Samastipur, a reserved seat, has fallen vacant upon the death of Ram Chandra Paswan, younger brother of the LJP chief who was serving his second term. The deceased leaders
son Prince is making his debut from the seat.

In addition to the three seats, by-polls are also scheduled in Belhar, Nathnagar and Simri Bakhtiyarpur all of which were won by the JD(U) in the assembly polls and have fallen vacant upon the incumbents getting elected to the Lok Sabha.

In Nathnaagar and Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Jitan Ram Manjhis Hindustani Awam Morcha and Mukesh Sahnis Vikassheel Insaan Party respectively have put up candidates despite candidates of the RJD which leads the opposition coalition being in the contest.

The Grand Alliance also includes the Congress and the RLSP which has not fielded its candidate in any of these constituencies.

Discord within the five-party formation was evident at the rallies with Manjhi and Sahni launching attacks on RJD heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav.

Yadav, on his part, remained conspicuous by his absence at a rally held in Samastipur where Congress candidate Ashok Kumar the runner-up of the last two elections, is once
again in the contest.

The RJD-Congress ties are nearly two decades old and Yadavs’ father Lalu Prasad has been known to be a trusted ally of AICC president Sonia Gandhi

JPSC Assistant Engineer recruitment 2019: Apply for 637 posts; full details.

Source – business-standard.com

JSPC: The Jharkhand Public Service Commission (PSC) has invited applications for recruitment of 637 Assistant Engineers.

Of the total, 542 seats are for civil engineers and 95 seats for mechanical engineers. The job location is Ranchi.

The online application process began from October 15, 2019 and will be open till November 11, 2019.

Candidates who are interested can read the following details:

Online registartion begins: October 15, 2019

Last date to fill form: November 11, 2019, 11:45 pm

Last date for fee payment: November 13, 2019, 11:45 pm

The JPSC Assistant Engineer posts require candidates to be between the age of 21 years and 35 years.

Note: Candidates must ensure that they possess the minimum qualification and fullfill all conditions / criteria for the post applied on or before the closing date of registration.

How to fill the form for JPSC Assistant Engineer vacancy

Go to JPSC official website – jpsc.giv.in

Click on the ‘apply application form against combines assistant engineer‘ link on the homepage

For new application- click on “Click Here for New Registration” button and fill all your personal details required in online application.

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Toshali stuns top seed Zhu Jiner at World Junior Chess Championship.

Source – sportstar.thehindu.com

In chess, the four-digit rating of a player is reflective of his/her playing strength. On Friday, top seeds in both sections of the World Junior Chess Championship ran into far lesser-rated Indian rivals and fell well short of playing to their strengths.

The world’s top-ranked junior girl, China’s Zhu Jiner (2507) crashed to demoralising defeat at the hands of 73rd seed V. Toshali (1868). The fate of the top seed in the open section, Iran’s Amin Tabatabaei (2642) was a shade better when he managed to draw with a gritty Rithvik Raja (2369).

Toshali, an 18-year-old second year student from Visakhapatnam, produced a flawless performance to pull off the biggest win for an Indian in the competition. This 28-move shut out a player rated 639 points higher was the surprise of the day.

If Zhu Jiner was looking for a hat-trick of wins following her shock second-round defeat, Toshali was looking to recover from the loss in the previous round.

“Perhaps, Zhu underestimated me at some point and did not play accurately,” said Toshali following the analysis of her game and continued, “I did take a bit more time but my calculations proved perfect. I don’t remember beating such a strong player.”

Rithvik Raja made light of a rating difference of 273 points to hold a struggling Tabatabaei in 58 moves following an endgame involving knight and pawns.

Meanwhile on the leading boards, second seed M. Karthikeyan defeated Harshit Raja to share the second spot at four points. Fellow Grandmaster P. Iniyan matched Karthikeyan’s tally by beating lower-rated Mongolian Ganzorig Amartuvshin. However, R. Praggnanandhaa’s ploy of trading his rook for a bishop backfired against new leader Ukraine’s Evgeny Shtembuliak (4.5) and resulted in his first loss.

Praggnanandhaa’s sister R. Vaishali, the strongest Indian in the girls’ section, accounted for Vantika Agarwal. The marathon 98-move battle involving two Nagpur girls’ saw Divya Deshmukh tame Mrudul Dehankar. Earlier, the second board clash involving Arpita Mukherjee and Rakshitta Ravi ended in a draw.

Important fifth-round results (Indians unless stated):

Open: Evgeny Shtembuliak (Ukr, 4.5) bt R. Praggnanandhaa (3.5); Aram Hakobyan (Arm, 4) bt Ruiz Miguel Santos (Esp, 3.5); Raja Harshit (3) lost to M. Karthikeyan (4); Zhangos Agmanov (Kaz, 3) drew with Shant Sargsyan (Arm, 3); Gunzorig Amartuvshin (Mgl, 3) lost to P. Iniyan (4); Leon Mendonca (3.5) drew with Semen Khanin (Rus, 3.5). Ravi Haria (Eng, 3.5) drew with Aaryan Varshney (3.5); Rithvik Raja (3.5) drew with Amin Tabatabaei (Iri, 3).

Girls: Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kaz, 4) drew with Boldbaatar Altantuya (Mgl, 4.5); Arpita Mukherjee (4) drew with Rakshitta Ravi (4); Mobina Alinasab (Iri, 4.5) bt N. Priyanka (3.5); R. Vaishali (4) bt Vantika Agarwal (3); Divya Deshmukh (3) v Mrudul Dehankar (3); V. Toshali (3.5) bt Zhu Jiner (Chn, 2.5).

BCECEB 2019 Counselling Registration Begins for Admission to Agriculture Colleges at bceceboard.bihar.gov.in

Source – jagranjosh.com

BCECEB Counselling Registration 2019 Begins: As per the official notification, the BCECEB Counselling Registration process has commenced for admission to agriculture colleges based in the state. As per the notification, the online registration process for counselling has commenced today. The current counselling process will be held by the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) for admission to 50% seats of Pharmacy, Medical and Agriculture Courses offered at Agriculture Colleges based in the state. Candidates interested in participating in the counselling process need to log onto the BCECEB website i.e. bceceboard.bihar.gov.in. Alternatively, direct link to the detailed counselling notification and the registration page is provided below, from where candidates can apply for BCECEB Counselling 2019.

BCECEB Agriculture Counselling 2019 – Important Dates

As per the latest update, Bihar Competitive Exam Board is planning to hold the counselling process for admission to 50% seats offered at agriculture colleges in Pharmacy, Medical and Agriculture Courses. The counselling registration process will commence on 18th October 2019 and continue until 22nd October 2019. The counselling registration process is only available online on the official website i.e. bceceboard.bihar.gov.in. All the important dates related to Bihar Agriculture Admission 2019 Counselling are given below:

Counselling EventDate / Deadline
Publication of Seat Matrix on Website16th October 2019
Online Registration Begins18th October 2019
Online Registration Ends22nd October 2019
1st Round Seat Allotment Results30th October 2019
Document Verification for 1st Round Starts6th November 2019
Document Verification for 1st Round Ends9th November 2019

Documents Required for BCECEB Counselling 2019

As per the latest update, Candidates need to prepare a detailed list of documents that they will need to furnish during the counselling process. These documents are extremely important and will be required for the counselling process, without which they will not be considered for admission. Therefore, candidates are advised to keep these documents ready in advance to avoid any problems later on:

  • Printed Copy BCECE 2019 Application Form
  • Refugee Registration Certificate
  • Character Certificate
  • BCECE 2019 Admit Card
  • Income Certificate
  • Caste Certificate
  • Mark sheet, Admit Card and Provisional Certificate of 10th Class and I.Sc or equivalent examination
  • Nativity Certificate
  • Medical Certificate
  • BCECE 2019 Call Letter
  • Photographs

NDA will Win All seats in Bihar Bypolls, Says Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

Source: news18.com

New Delhi: BJP ally and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday that the ruling NDA will win all seats going to Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls in Bihar on October 21, asserting that a “divided and discredited” opposition stands no chance.

Polls will be held in five Assembly seats and the Lok Sabha constituency of Samastipur as incumbent MLAs were elected to Parliament during the recent general election while MP Ram Chandra Paswan died of a heart attack.

All three NDA parties — BJP, JD(U) and LJP — are involved in the elections. While the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) is contesting in four Assembly seats, the BJP and the LJP have put up their candidate in an Assembly and the Lok Sabha seat respectively.

Ram Chandra Paswan’s son Prince Raj is fighting from Samastipur.

“All our candidates will emerge victorious. We have run a united campaign and people have full faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kumar,” LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan said.

The opposition ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) is divided and discredited, he added.

With unity eluding the grand alliance, some of its partners have put up their candidates after its two main partners, RJD and the Congress, divided all the seats between them.

His party, he said, has also deployed its workers to campaign for the BJP in Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls. He expressed confidence that the saffron party will retain power in both the states.