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By the way : Donating a day’s salary

When Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje decides to take up an issue, she does it with full enthusiasm and expects the bureaucracy to...

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By the way : Modi fan

Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is the most important politician in Prime Narendra Modi’s crisis management team. He is holding dual charge of Housing and...

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By the way : Omita Paul’s new job

Who does not know Omita Paul in New Delhi, she is the Secretary to the President of India till July 25, 2017. She...

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Tracking – July 2017

N. K. SINHA IAS : The 1980 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Information &...

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Border woes

I was The Hindu Pakistan correspondent from July 5, 2000, to May 25, 2006. It was on May 25, 2006, that I took...

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By the way : Perplexed civil servants

There has been discussion in the civil services over the so-called 360 degree profiling that the Modi government has opted for where feedback...

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By the way : In Gupta’s defence

There is widespread anguish among serving and retired civil servants on the issue of a two-year jail term for retired coal secretary HC...

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By the way : Raids strike fear

Gone are the days when IAS officers were relaxed and convinced that nobody can dare to touch them. There have been income tax,...

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By the way : Shake up or shake down

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Indian Foreign Service have long been seen as silos, sometimes criticised at home as aloof...

Bric a Brac

Bric a Brac : Removing a judge

On April 20, 54 Rajya Sabha members gave a motion notice to Vice President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari demanding...