| Civil Services (Main) Examination 2010 | |||
| Subject | Maximum Marks | Marks Obtained | |
| Essay(Paper III) | 200 | 105 | |
| General Studies (Paper-IV) | 300 | 154 | |
| General Studies(Paper-V) | 300 | 115 | |
| Optional I, ANTHROPOLOGY | Paper-VI | 300 | 131 |
| Paper-VII | 300 | 151 | |
| Optional II, PUBLIC ADMIN.. | Paper-VIII | 300 | 151 |
| Paper-IX | 300 | 163 | |
| Written Total | 2000 | 970 | |
| Interview Marks | 300 | 168 | |
| Final Total | 2300 | 1138 | |
Terming al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden's killing as the "victorious milestone" in the global war against terrorism, India said the world "must not let down" its united effort to eliminate the safe havens that have been provided to terrorists in its neighbourhood.
"President (Barack) Obama of the US has just announced that his government has conducted a successful operation that has resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden deep inside Pakistan.
Noting the development as a "historic" and "victorious milestone", the minister said, "Over the years, thousands of innocent lives of men, women and children have been tragically lost at the hands of terrorist groups."
Asserting that the struggle must continue "unabated", External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said, "The world must not let down its united effort to overcome terrorism and eliminate the safe havens and sanctuaries that have been provided to terrorists in our own neighbourhood."
Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist, was killed early by US special forces in a helicopter-borne operation at Abbottabad near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, climaxing a over 10-year long massive manhunt.
The special forces personnel swooped down on the compound where bin Laden was holed up guarded by his ultra loyal Arab bodyguards in a pre-dawn operation killing the dreaded terrorist, US officials said.
The news of the slaying of the world's most prominent terror mastermind was broken to the world by US President Barack Obama, who made the announcement live from White House.
"Bin Laden, 54, is dead and his body is in US custody," President Obama said at half past 11 midnight US time after initial story had been broken by news channels.
Though it was dark, crowds massed outside White House chanting 'USA, USA'.
Besides the al-Qaeda chief who carried a bounty of USD 25 million, two couriers one of whom was his son and the other a woman, reportedly used as a human shields, were killed in the operation, unnamed American officials were quoted as saying by ABC News.
First reports said that it was through these couriers that bin Laden had been traced. Other women and children present in the compound were not harmed, according to Pakistani officials.
An American helicopter was destroyed by US Navy Seals after it was damaged and crashed during the operation that targeted a large compound in Bilal Town area near Abbottabad, 120 km from Islamabad.
There was no word from the Pakistani government or military on the operation.
Two US helicopters swept into the compound at 1:30 am and 2 am and 20 to 25 Navy Seals under the command of the Joint Special Operations Command stormed the compound in cooperation with the CIA and engaged bin Laden and his men in a firefight, US officials told ABC News.
Bin Laden fired his weapon during the fight, the US officials said.
The Americans took bin Laden's body into custody after the firefight and confirmed his identity. One of the US helicopters was damaged during the operation and the troops decided to destroy it themselves with explosives.
Several Pakistani news channels beamed grainy footage of a burning helicopter on the empty lawn of the compound. They also beamed footage of the compound surrounded by Pakistani troops on Monday morning.
Pakistani troops also conducted a house-to-house search in the area, reports said. The house in which bin Laden was living was located amidst agricultural fields and had seven-foot walls topped with electrified wire, Pakistani TV news channels reported.
Media reports said the house was occupied by some men from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The Pakistan Military Academy is located near Abbottabad, a historic city named after Major James Abbott, a British military officer who founded it in 1853.
US officials had earlier said that they believed bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh granted final approval to Orissa for diversion of 1,253 hectares of forest land for Posco's steel project but said the South Korean steel major should not export raw material from the proposed project. "
In view of the state government's latest communication of 29th April,
final approval is accorded to the state government for diversion of 1253 hectares of forest land in favour of Posco," the Minister said in a statement in New Delhi.
Ramesh, who gave the clearance to the company in January on certain conditions including ensuring of tribal rights and compensatory afforestation, said, "Posco would also bear the cost of regeneration of an equivalent amount of open, degraded land in a district to be determined and indicated by the state Government."
Observing that the MoU signed between Orissa Government and Posco in 2005 had expired last year and "has yet to be renewed," the Minister said, "I would expect that the revised MoU between the state and Posco would be negotiated in such a manner that exports of the raw material are completely avoided."
Clearing the decks for the biggest foreign direct investment in the country, Ramesh noted that the environment and forest clearance for the USD 12-billion Posco project had generated huge interest both in India and abroad.
The Haryana government has introduced a system under which social security pensions will be credited to bank accounts of beneficiaries in 16 districts of the state.
The "Electronic Benefit Transfer" system will bring more transparency in distribution of social security pensions, a spokesman of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department said in Chandigarh.
Pension to widows, destitutes and children and allowance to Kashmiri migrants and eunuchs come under the category of social security pensions.
Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan has said the state govt would consider hiking the present compensation of Rs 600 being paid to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) people under various programmes while launching a biometric scheme for them.
Anusaya Baban Katkare became the first person in the state to get the benefit of the biometric system of special assistance programme launched on Sunday by the Chief Minister at Binar in Bhiwandi tehsil of Thane district.
Six persons were given the biometric card marking the 51st anniversary of the foundation of Maharashtra state.
The programme aims at using biometric system for disbursement of money to the needy citizens below poverty line and would cover around 1.75 lakh people from three districts of Thane, Beed and Kolhapur in initial stage.
To attract more tourists, the Jammu and Kashmir government has abolished toll tax on Srinagar-Leh national Highway, which was been thrown open to traffic.
"According to Chief Executive Officer of Sonamarg Development Authority, the Government has decided to give concession to vehicle owners and transport operators plying on Srinagar-KargilLeh highway," an official spokesman said in Srinagar.
Sonamarg Development Authority shall not levy entry fee from this year at Shutkadi in Sonamarg area, 85 kms from here, on any vehicle plying on the National Highway connecting the Valley to Ladakh region.
The Srinagar-KargilLeh National Highway was opened for traffic today after remaining closed for more than five months due to heavy snowfall.
Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has been reappointed as chairperson of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), notwithstanding controversy surrounding him with regard to the draft report on the 2G spectrum scam.
Joshi was nominated by his party following which Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has reappointed him as chairman of PAC which is responsible for conducting the financial audit of various departments and ministries.
The term of the previous committee ended. Joshi's reappointment will be effected from Sunday and he will be the chairperson for one year.
The 77-year-old leader has been recently at the centre of major controversy after he circulated the draft report of PAC on the 2G scam.
He was attacked by the PAC members belonging to UPA who alleged that the report was prepared with "malafide intention" to defame and destabilise the Government.
Rejecting the charges of being malafide, Joshi on Saturday sent the report to Lok Sabha Speaker and wanted her to table it in Parliament.
India and Malaysia are set to discuss key issues like politics, security and trade at their fifth Joint Commission meeting in Kuala Lumpur, in yet another step towards taking their ties to the strategic partnership- level as envisioned by their Prime Ministers.
The 5th Joint Commission meeting follows the recent signing of the ambitious Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between the two countries.
The 4th meeting of the commission was held in New Delhi from February 14 to 16, 2007.
The talks will focus on issues like politics and security, trade and investment, tourism and culture, education, agriculture and commodities trade, health, medicine and pharmaceuticals, foreign workers, immigration and consular, air and shipping services, bioscience and biotechnology, information and communication technology, energy and green technology and cooperation at multilateral, regional and global levels such as the UN, NAM and ASEAN, sources told in Kuala Lumpur.
Krishna comes to Malaysia within six months of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit aiming to take the bilateral relationship towards the strategic partnership envisaged by Singh and his counterpart Najib Tun Razak.
The meeting will take stock of progress as well as give guidance in the fields of trade and investment, infrastructure development, information technology, education, tourism, culture, people-to-people exchanges as well as defence and security.
