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It should be recalled that Balaji Srivastava’s predecessor Sachidanand Srivastava was appointed similarly in February last year during the bloody Delhi riots. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Making Delhi CP the additional charge; Centre’s new trick to control police

For the second time, the Centre has chosen to give the prestigious commissionerate position as an additional charge

15 Jul 2021 9:16 AM

A lot of that worry has to do with the perceptions about Yogi running the government with handpicked but clearly inadequate babu support. (PTI File Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Groups of babus play smoke and mirrors ahead of 2022 polls in UP

Yogi too has gathered around his own trusted band of babus. It is this team that steered Yogi’s Covid management

08 Jul 2021 12:53 AM

Dilip Cherian | Will Centre have to re-hire MTNL & BSNL staffers it laid off earlier?

Prakash has directed that no ex-staffer should be rehired until the matter is “examined thoroughly”

01 Jul 2021 12:50 AM

Dilip Cherian | I-T filing mess: Why try to ‘fix’ a system that wasn't broken?

The question that’s hovering over Raisina Hill is, why fix something that isn’t broken? That’s a question everyone seems to be now asking

23 Jun 2021 12:00 AM

Dilip Cherian | EC & UP: All 3 commissioners from state; Arora yet to find a role

Prepare for more babu surprises to emerge in and around Uttar Pradesh as the polls draw near

16 Jun 2021 9:14 AM

Shilpa Nag, the Mysuru corporation commissioner, reportedly resigned from the IAS after accusing her senior, Rohini Sundari Dasari, deputy commissioner of the district, of interfering in her efforts to manage the pandemic.(ANI)

Dilip Cherian | As Centre-state crossfire builds up, morale sinks

A sarkari house in Delhi, as any government babu will tell you, is all about availability and location

10 Jun 2021 1:24 AM

Dilip Cherian | Too much PMO! Ex-babus chide Modi on vaccine policy, state ties

The 'coalition' of the willing that Mr Modi seemed to have created since his ascent to power in 2014 is now beginning to crack

03 Jun 2021 7:16 AM

PM Modi interacted with the state and district officials via video conferencing. (Photo: Screengrab/Twitter/@BJP4India)

Dilip Cherian | Did PM pep talk with DMs, others breach protocol?

Interestingly, Mr Modi’s interaction follows a similar meeting organised by Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

27 May 2021 12:00 AM

The second wave of the epidemic has caught India’s creaking health infrastructure on the wrong foot again. (PTI /Kamal Kishore)

Dilip Cherian | Grassroots gap: Doctors intensify call for all-India medical service

FORDA has renewed the demand and written to PM Modi asking him to expedite the creation of a national medical service

20 May 2021 7:43 AM

The coronavirus pandemic surge has devastated big cities including the capital and brought the healthcare system to its knees. (File/PTI)

Dilip Cherian | As deaths rise, Covid deals a body blow to the steel frame

Is India’s fabled 'steel frame' only creaking or is it screaming?

12 May 2021 12:26 AM

Dilip Cherian | Tripura DM who cracked whip at a wedding faces storm of protest

A video that recorded the incident went viral on the social media and political parties are gunning for him

06 May 2021 12:00 AM

Dilip Cherian | CVC ups ante, asks ministries to sort plaints within 3 months

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has run into a wall of bureaucratic denial

29 Apr 2021 4:18 AM

Dilip Cherian | Private sector specialists will helm Modi’s reforms push

While it would be erroneous to see political colour in what should be seen as usual assignments, few observers are willing to buy this line

22 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

Dilip Cherian | Fresh minds in diplomacy: MEA opens to interns, sees flood of CVs

Under the new policy, MEA will take in about 60 interns every year in two batches, with each intern spending three months in the ministry

15 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

Mallika Srinivasan, chairman and MD of tractors and farm equipment (TAFE), is the first private sector specialist to be appointed as the head of PESB for a three-year term. (Image credit: Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | At last PESB has a chief; she has her task cut out

Hopefully, her appointment will now end the delayed crucial appointments to top management posts in central public sector enterprises

07 Apr 2021 7:20 AM

The court noted the instance of PPS officer Rajinder Singh Sohal who was convicted in a criminal case but has been posted as the SSP of Gurdaspur, a post meant for the IPS cadre. (Representational Image/PTI)

Dilip Cherian | High court pulls up Punjab govt for tainted cops in IPS positions

The court has directed the state govt to explain how and why it has chosen to appoint PPS officers to IPS-cadre posts of SSPs in the state

01 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

Will J&K-AGMUT cadre merger solve Valley’s problem of sparse governance?

The cadre merger, the Centre hopes, will allow officers in the AGMUT cadre to be posted in J&K and Ladakh, and vice-versa

25 Mar 2021 4:38 AM

Dilip Cherian | Fresh push for lateral entry of babus likely

PM Modi has introduced the mechanism of recruiting fresh talent in the bureaucracy from the private sector during his first tenure

17 Mar 2021 7:42 AM

Dilip Cherian | Coalition karma takes babu to chief secy spot

A coalition alliance government creates its own special dynamics, which affects the bureaucracy uniquely

10 Mar 2021 7:30 AM

Dilip Cherian | Diplomatic pool to get eight new joint secys soon

It is a known fact that India’s foreign service is woefully understaffed, with most Indian missions abroad having too few diplomats

05 Mar 2021 7:37 AM

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