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Dilip Cherian | Diplomatic pool to get eight new joint secys soon
It is a known fact that India’s foreign service is woefully understaffed, with most Indian missions abroad having too few diplomats
05 Mar 2021 7:37 AM
Dilip Cherian | ‘Takeover’ of Gymkhana Club strikes fear in Lutyens’ Delhi
This is the first time in the Club’s history that an administrator has been appointed to run its affairs
24 Feb 2021 7:10 AM
Dilip Cherian | Fresh push for lateral entry of babus likely
Though the Supreme Court fixed a two-year tenure for babus back in 2013, few states have complied with the directive
17 Feb 2021 7:26 AM
Dilip Cherian | NGT hauls up Kerala govt for ignoring ‘legacy waste’ directive
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is moving ahead with its announcement last year of retiring identified inefficient employees
11 Feb 2021 4:36 AM
As PM reshuffles his pack of babus, plum jobs for two ‘sidelined’ officers
The Centre has transferred and posted 18 secretaries to different ministries and departments while several have been promoted
03 Feb 2021 4:10 AM
Dilip Cherian | Foreign assets on IRS radar as CBDT lobbies for more funds
Speculation is rife that Mr Sharma could be named the home minister or even deputy chief minister of UP
28 Jan 2021 7:13 AM
Free to air views, ex-babus square up in ‘letters war’ on ‘love jihad’ law
The love jihad law legislated by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has triggered a letter war between former bureaucrats
21 Jan 2021 4:15 AM
Dilip Cherian | Karnataka home secy shunted out for calling Safe City ‘scam’
Public spats are rarely pretty and the one between these two senior IPS officers has brought out the intense rivalries in the service
14 Jan 2021 12:11 AM
Dilip Cherian | India's toppers no longer find civil services a dream career?
For decades, the civil services have enjoyed an unparalleled social standing
07 Jan 2021 4:15 AM
Govt's lateral entry move fails as babus protect turf
Until 2014, the chairmanship of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was held by dairy professionals
31 Dec 2020 4:42 AM
Centre spars with Mamata in bid to turn Bengal babus into stool pigeons
Apparently, there is little the Centre can do against civil service officers who are posted under the state government
23 Dec 2020 7:02 AM
Dilip Cherian | Gymkhana divided on suspension of ex-babu
Its elections are a hotly contested affair, often leading to accusations of use of 'illegal' and 'unlawful' means between the contestants
17 Dec 2020 8:56 AM
Dilip Cherian | Babus angered by Haryana IAS cadre post appointments
Haryana IAS officer and well-known whistleblower Ashok Khemka has entered the fray with his take on the issue
09 Dec 2020 8:01 PM
Dilip Cherian | Caste fraud stench in Chhattisgarh secretariat
According to Baghel’s instruction, all government servants whose caste certificates are false will be immediately removed from their posts
03 Dec 2020 9:04 AM
Dilip Cherian | Who’s afraid of Nitin Gadkari?
It is indeed rare for the political executive to haul up the bureaucracy in the manner that Gadkari did
25 Nov 2020 2:02 AM
Dilip Cherian | MHA hard put to find officers ready to serve in Ladakh, J&K
A year after the change in the status of J&K and Ladakh, there is an acute shortage of IAS, IPS and other all-India service officers in UTs
19 Nov 2020 5:42 PM
Dilip Cherian | Centre denies Gehlot his chosen babu
Until the last working day of outgoing chief secretary Rajeev Swarup, the Gehlot government hoped to push for a tenure extension for Swarup
11 Nov 2020 11:19 AM
Dilip Cherian | Crunch time for babus preparing Budget 2021
Sources say that the first meeting of the budget preparing exercise took place with officials of the department of financial services
04 Nov 2020 3:47 PM
Dilip Cherian | Dhesi, Khattar’s favourite, gets a second innings
It is likely that Dhesi will become another power centre in the CMO, with all important files meant for Khattar being routed through him
29 Oct 2020 9:58 AM
Dilip Cherian | CIC sans chief, only 10 of 28 panels worked during lockdown
Fifteen years after the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, does the nation have more transparency or less?
22 Oct 2020 10:58 AM
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