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Talk Time‘Police personnel are perceived as personal armies of state governments’
Vijay Shanker is an IPS officer of the UP cadre (1969 batch). Before becoming Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he...
DefenceLambs in the arms bazaar
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)’s report has observed that defence acquisition is “a cross-disciplinary activity requiring expertise in technology, military, finance, quality...
Special ReportUP bureaucrats on auction
Despite Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati thundering, “The transfer business has come to an end” soon after assuming office on May 13 last...
MastermindA keeper of secrets
Guess this personality by the clues given below. He’s the longest serving Member of Parliament’s Upper House but has no base, no constituency...
Defence‘We are going to offer F-16s to India’
Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin India Pvt Ltd Douglas A Hartwick is a former diplomat who was Assistant US Trade Representative for...
First StirringsSomewhere over the rainbow
As a young student of history, I was always interested in travelling and adventure and knowing the cultures of other countries. My father...
Special ReportGold rush in Chandigarh
After Haryana was carved out of Punjab in 1969, it was decided that the Union Territory of Chandigarh would draw 60 per cent...
By the WayMaharashtra’s rich and powerful sugarcane lobby has had its way. The pro-farmer Chairman of the Commission of Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), T...
Big Boss‘Regulation of the steel sector should be the last resort’
Raghav Sharan Pandey, belonging to the 1972 IAS batch from Nagaland, is from Champaran, Bihar. After securing the second position in the BSc...
DefenceSwishing the IP wand won’t do
ARECENT media report stated that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had started encouraging all government agencies to adopt an Integrity Pact (IP) to...
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