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Local body politics

The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has got its eighth civic chief, in a span of around eight years, this time in the...

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Yogi lords over bureaucracy

Uttar Pradesh has never seen such adhocism in the civil services. It was August 31, 2019 when the previous Chief Secretary Anup Chandra...

IAS SYMBOL
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Perturbed IAS lobby in UP

The Uttar Pradesh government recently introduced the police commissionerate system by posting two additional director general (ADG) of police rank officials as the...

Seeking gurus
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Seeking gurus

How to penetrate the ‘steel frame of India’? This question puzzles everybody – whether it’s businessmen, politicians, NGOs, diplomats or so called self-proclaimed...

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Fading sheen of Delhi Darbar

The graveyards are full of indispensable men, said Charles De Gaulle. This apparently appears to be true with the central government. Raisina Hills...

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A Secretary’s Dilemma

Everybody wants their sons/daughters to be gainfully employed and that too with a top ranking institution. This becomes easier if the son/daughter happens...

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Under the scanner?

Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor, ADGP, a 1990 batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre, is in the news. He is the first IPS officer...

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Under attack

Chairmen of public sector undertakings are living in fear since Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Chairman AK Chaudhary was attacked by hardcore criminals,...

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Gender bender

There is an eerie silence in the corridors of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It’s reported that a complaint of misbehaviour has been...

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Secretary Agriculture in soup

The way scandals are being exposed and probed, it seems the system is losing its grip on checks and balances. What one can...