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By the WayRao wished for years, got months
Sad luck for Nirupama Rao! Her diplomacy just did not work on home turf. The search for the new Foreign Secretary has just...
THEATRE REVIEWSuffering becomes Woman
Writer-director Quraishi makes IPTA’s latest offering a memorable one Aur Ek Sacch, presented by the Indian Peoples Theatre Association, Delhi, at the India...
Talk Time‘Dr Bhabha’s vision would have solved India’s energy shortage’
Anil Kakodkar is an eminent Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and...
First Stirrings‘Bureaucrats are basically control freaks’
I was the Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, and then Secretary, Planning. I was also Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in Delhi. Unlike...
Talk Time‘Community alertness is very important in tackling terrorism’
A 1996-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, DCP Jaspal Singh heads the law and order machinery of Central District – one of...
BlogGiving a long arm to probes
Whenever there is a piece of “breaking news” of a scandal relating to criminal acts by the powerful or influential, an all-too-familiar pantomime...
TrackingRENTALA CHANDRASEKHARThe 1975-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre has been appointed Secretary, Telecommunications. SHASHIKANT SHARMAThe 1976-batch IAS officer of the Bihar...
Bric a BracMCX-SX and Mammon setback for shah
Everyone knows how politically well-connected Jignesh Shah, Managing Director of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), is and he is also a celebrity in India’s...
By the WayWho’s laughing all the way to the bank?
For a banker, becoming Executive Director is a cherished dream and, consequently, the competition is cut-throat. The Finance Ministry recently appointed several EDs...
Special ReportDhumal’s Adani connection
HIMACHAL Pradesh is being rocked by scandalous allegations of illegal favours given by Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal to Gautam Adani. The Gujarati...
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