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ZOHRA CHATTERJI  The 1979-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed Secretary, National Commission for Women.  SAMIRENDRA CHATTERJEE  The 1976-batch IAS officer...

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RAPIDLY SPREADING ROT

INTERNECINE conflict, turf battles, naked influence peddling by lobbyists and lawyers, overlapping jurisdictions, lack of clarity on structure and mission, and inter-ministerial warfare...

Mandrin Matters

How bureaucracy over rules the Rule of Law

In the landmark judgment of the division bench of the Supreme Court on May 23, 2008 (CA No.7631/2002) in the case of Dev...

PUBLIC CORNER

Banker’s honour and vanishing funds

In 2004 – six years ago – I wrote three pieces for the International Herald Tribune (IHT). They asked how they could pay...

First Stirrings

The ‘czar’ of Bharat Bhawan

I was born in a lower-middle-class family. My father was a Deputy Registrar of Sagar University. My uncle was in the civil service...

By the Way

Sansad Marg’s house-proud officer

Senior government officials who get postings in New Delhi have no worries on at least one count. They get reasonably furnished houses in...

Bric a Brac

Modi finds a pal in Bachchan actor’s gujarati dalliance

Who is the real Amitabh Bachchan? Not just the persona that recites his Babuji’s Madhushala in his gifted, sonorous voice at every function....

Defence

A bargain bazaar

India, emerging as one of the world’s biggest arms buyers, proposes to spend over $30 billion in the next five to seven years...

Tracking

Tracking for March

The 1995-batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre has become DIG, Gangtok. The 1987-batch IFS officer of the AGMUT cadre is now Adviser...

PUBLIC CORNER

Whose got power, anyway?

My friend and neighbour in Jagjit Nagar, a locality near Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh, is a dental surgeon, Dr RK Bali. Dr Bali,...