SURKHET, Dec 10: Police have arrested eight fake candidates who were taking a public service commission examination for technical police. Police have arrested eight fake candidates sitting for the examination at the Public Service Commission office in Surkhet on Wednesday.

Citing COVID-19 infection among its staffers, PCS has postponed exams scheduled for October 31 onwards

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KATHMANDU, March 19: Amid novel coronavirus outbreak fear, Public Service Commission (PSC) has postponed all the scheduled written examinations of civil service, security bodies and various government bodies.

KATHMANDU, Feb 19: As many as 127 newly recruited government staffers have remained jobless for months because of lack of coordination between the federal and local governments in the adjustment of civil servants to the local level.

BIRATNAGAR, Aug 27: Province 1 assembly meeting on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill relating to the formation and operation of Province level public service commission-2076.

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Various organizations related to different indigenous groups have staged a protest at Baluwatar on Tuesday demanding strict implementation of existing provision of reservation.

RUPANDEHI, Aug 13: Province 5 Public Service Commission (PSC)'s newly elected chair Dilaram Bhattarai took the oath of office and secrecy today in accordance with the State PSC Act.

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KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Police have arrested as many as 14 individuals from Bhadrakali in the capital on Sunday when they were staging a demonstration demanding the cancellation of vacancies announced by the Public Service Commission some three months ago.

KATHMANDU, July 24: The lawmakers of the National Assembly have demanded government's clear concept about the recent vacancy announced by Public Service Commission.

ITAHARI, July 20: 15 protesters were arrested from Itahari during a protest for the cancellation of the public service commission advertisement on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, July 10: Chairman of Public Service Commission (PSC) Umesh Mainali on Wednesday urged the government and parliament not to intervene in activities of constitutional bodies including PSC.

KATHMANDU, July 1: Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order on the petition to halt the process of recruiting 9161 staffers at the local units, announced by the Public Service Commission (PSC).

REPUBLICA, June 27: KATHMANDU, June 26The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on a writ petition that challenges the parliament's state affairs committee's (SAC) directive to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to halt the process of recruiting 9161 staffers at the local units.

KATHMANDU, June 13: The main opposition Nepali Congress on Thursday said that the vacancies announced by the Public Service Commission for 9,161 civil servants in various positions at 515 various local units should be scrapped immediately.

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KATHMANDU, June 8: Parliament's State Affairs Committee is planning to direct the Public Service Commission (PSC) to scrap vacancies at various local units as these vacancies were against the principle of inclusive representation.

KATHMANDU, June 7: Parliamentarians have criticized Minister for General Administration Lal Babu Pandit for his absence from a meeting of the Parliamentary State Affairs Committee on Friday.

KATHMANDU, June 6: Lawmakers have demanded annulment of recent vacancy announced by Public Service Commission, saying it was not proportional and inclusive. Speaking in zero hour of today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), they demanded response of the views put forth in the zero hour, saying the vacancy announced by PSC against the sentiment of the constitution should be scrapped.

KATHMANDU, June 6: As the Province 2 government threatens to launch a legal challenge against the recent vacancy announcement by the Public Service Commission (PSC) arguing that the announcement is in breach of the principles of proportional representation enshrined in the constitution, the PSC said the announcement is in line with the constitution and will not be withdrawn.

KATHMANDU, June 4: Lawmakers have demanded correction in recent vacancy announced by the Public Service Commission, saying it was against constitution and principle of proportional inclusive representation.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Members of the Election Commission (EC) and Public Service Commission have demanded that the government revise the recently introduced order of precedence saying that the decision has undermined the institutional dignity of the constitutional bodies.

CHIPLEDHUNGA/KASKI, Dec 2: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today arrested Dr Tara Nath Poudel of Gandaki Province Health Director on charge of taking Rs 100,000 in bribe.

KATHMANDU, Oct 15: Amid delay in the adjustment of civil servants in the absence of Federal Civil Service Act, the government has directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) not to announce fresh vacancies for civil servants for the next two months.

JANAKPURDHAM, Oct 6: As the federal government did not pay much attention into arranging required staffers, Province 2 government has forwarded the procedure for appointing staff in contract basis on its own.