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Activist Bureaucrats

THE Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy is witnessing a rather new phenomenon. Though I can claim to be the harbinger of this new movement, it...

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An ode to Rahul Sharma

RAHUL Sharma was an Indian Police Service officer of the Gujarat cadre, belonging to the 1992 batch, who sought voluntary retirement on November...

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I the Minister, I the Trustee

THERE is a Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Shodh Sansthan in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, situated in the midst of the city. This Shodh...

Victim of rape?
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Victim of rape?

LIFE is known to have huge and startling surprises in store for all of us. One such bolt from the blue knocked on...

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The making of Yadav Singhs

YADAV Singh does not need an introduction any more. The suspended ex-Chief Engineer of the Noida Development Authority, Greater Noida Development Authority and...

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Let ‘em speak

RECENTLY, Bihar-cadre IPS officer, Amitabh Kumar Das, currently posted as SP, Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC), was in the news. He sent a...

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Bureaucrats as feudal lords

Durga Shakti Nagpal is now almost a household name, with her claim to fame being her suspension as SDM, Noida, when she opposed...

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Men at the receiving end?

RECENTLY I filed a writ petition in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, praying for the formation of a National and...

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Police must acquire a human face

RECENTLY, I went to the UP Police Academy in Moradabad to deliver a lecture to Deputy SP probationers. There a probationer shot a...

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Lost somewhere in between!

HERE is what the 29-year-old Jaipur boy, Gaurav Agarwal, who topped in the UPSC exams in 2013, had to say when media persons...