{
  "id": 8029802,
  "title": "Over 4.29 lakh candidates apply for 7,437 posts in Telangana police recruitment drive",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/over-4-29-lakh-candidates-apply-for-7-437-posts-in-telangana-police",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T13:38:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/over-429-lakh-candidates-apply-for-7437-posts-in-telangana-police-recruitment-drive/article71476798.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB) has announced that over 4.29 lakh candidates have applied for 7,437 posts across various departments in the Telangana police force. The recruitment process, which began on July 29, has seen an overwhelming response with 5.77 lakh applications received in total. The preliminary written examination for Sub-Inspector (SI) Civil and equivalent posts is scheduled for November 29, while the examination for Police Constable (PC) Civil and equivalent posts is set for December 20. The recruitment drive covers 7,437 vacancies, with 5,000 of these being SI/ASI-level posts and the remaining 7,139 being PC-level posts. The Police Department alone accounts for 5,000 of these vacancies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}