Exam News & Updates (7)
UPSC & Civil ServicesUPSC ESE 2026 Personality Test: Interviews Begin Today for 1,336 Candidates
UPSC's official notice dated 7 September 2026 confirms the Engineering Services Examination (ESE) 2026 Personality Test round begins today, 21 September, and runs to 30 October, covering 1,336 candidates shortlisted after the ESE Mains 2026 result declared on 24 July.
UPSC & Civil ServicesUPSC CSE 2026 Mains: Official Question Papers Now Live on upsc.gov.in
UPSC has uploaded the complete Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026 question paper set - every compulsory language paper and all optional-subject papers - to its official Active Examinations page, dated 1 September 2026.
UPSC & Civil ServicesUPSC Civil Services (Main) 2026: Question Paper Representation Window Opens 31 August as Exam Concludes
The Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026 concludes on 30 August, and UPSC has confirmed that its Question Paper Representation Portal (QPRoP) opens the very next day, 31 August, for a strict five-day window through 4 September - the only channel candidates can use to flag any issue with a question paper.
UPSC & Civil ServicesUPSC EPFO APFC 2026: Registration Opens August 22 for 80 Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner Posts
UPSC has opened online registration for its detailed EPFO Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) 2026 recruitment, with the window running 22 August to 11 September 2026 for 80 posts under the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
UPSC & Civil ServicesUPSC CSE 2026 Mains: e-Admit Card Released Ahead of 21 August Exam
UPSC released e-Admit Cards for the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026 on its official website, with the five-day Mains exam scheduled for 21, 22, 23, 29 and 30 August 2026.
UPSC & Civil ServicesUPSC CSE Mains 2026: E-Admit Card Still Awaited With 10 Days To Go
As of 11 August, UPSC's official Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2026 page still lists only its June notice and July time table — no e-admit card has been uploaded yet, with the exam starting in ten days on 21 August.
UPSC & Civil ServicesUPSC CSE 2026 Mains: 13,343 Candidates Shortlisted, Exam Runs 21-30 August
UPSC has shortlisted 13,343 candidates for the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026, scheduled for 21-30 August. Here's what's officially confirmed and what shortlisted candidates need to do now.
Coaching Guides & Comparisons (10)
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop IAS/UPSC Coaching Institutes in Gaya (2026)
Gaya's UPSC/BPSC coaching market is small and locally run rather than chain-dominated — none of the big Delhi-based national brands maintain a confirmed physical branch here. Here's a fact-checked look at five institutes actually training civil-services aspirants in the city, cross-checked against independent directory listings.
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop 10 UPSC/IAS Coaching Institutes in Ghaziabad (2026)
Ghaziabad's UPSC-coaching market clusters around Raj Nagar's RDC market and Indirapuram rather than funnelling every aspirant into Delhi. Here's a fact-checked look at ten institutes actually training civil-services aspirants in the city, cross-checked across independent listings.
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop 10 IAS Coaching Institutes in Gorakhpur (2026)
Gorakhpur's UPSC and state-PCS coaching market clusters around Gandhi Gali in Golghar, mixing institutes running since the late 1990s with newer, locally built centres and one pan-India online chain. Here's a fact-checked look at ten institutes training civil-services aspirants in the city.
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop 10 IAS Coaching Institutes in Gurugram (2026)
Gurugram's UPSC-coaching scene runs almost entirely out of one compact stretch of Old DLF Colony, Sector 14 - a Rajinder-Nagar-style cluster serving Haryana's NCR aspirants without the Delhi commute. Here's a fact-checked look at ten institutes actually training IAS candidates in the city.
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop 10 IAS Coaching Institutes in Gwalior (2026)
Gwalior's IAS-coaching market clusters tightly around Phool Bagh Chauraha in Lashkar, mixing long-running local institutes with a couple of pan-India brands' confirmed branches. Here's a fact-checked look at ten institutes actually training UPSC and MPPSC aspirants in the city.
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop 10 IAS Coaching Institutes in Dehradun (2026)
Dehradun's UPSC and state-PCS coaching market clusters around Ballupur Chowk and Araghar, mixing institutes running since the 1980s with newer, locally built centres - a distinct market from the defence-exam institutes the city is better known for. Here's a fact-checked look at ten institutes training civil-services aspirants in the city.
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop 10 IAS Coaching Institutes in Varanasi (2026)
Varanasi's UPSC-coaching scene has grown well beyond a feeder city for Prayagraj and Delhi, anchored by clusters in Lanka, Sigra and Durgakund. Here's a fact-checked look at ten institutes actually training IAS aspirants in the city.
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop 10 IAS Coaching Institutes in Bhopal (2026)
Bhopal has grown into Madhya Pradesh's biggest UPSC coaching hub, concentrated around MP Nagar's Zone-I and Zone-II. Here's a fact-checked look at ten institutes actually training students for the Civil Services Examination in the city.
UPSC & Civil ServicesTop 10 IAS Coaching Institutes in Prayagraj (2026)
Prayagraj is India's second-biggest UPSC coaching hub after Delhi, built around a century-old civil-services culture centred on Civil Lines. Here's a fact-checked look at ten institutes actually training students for IAS in the city.
UPSC & Civil ServicesIAS Coaching in Delhi: Choosing Between the Big Names and the New Wave
Old Rajinder Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar still anchor UPSC preparation in Delhi, but the trade-offs between legacy institutes and newer mentors have changed.