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Dilip Cherian
Dilli Ka Babu: Power tussle during polls
The Modi sarkar has been working at streamlining the bureaucracy, to cut out the deadwood from the government.
19 May 2019 5:07 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Non-cadre cops for cadre posts
While it is mandatory to fill a cadre post with a cadre officer, there is provision for an exception.
12 May 2019 12:05 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Big bang lateral entry move
While nearly 6,000 candidates had applied for the posts, only 2 per cent of them qualified for the interview stage.
05 May 2019 1:00 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: CAT sets a precedent
The Tribunal noted that the unauthorised period of absence of the applicant was six years and one month.
28 Apr 2019 4:56 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Factionalism rears head in ED
Kerala chief secretary Tom Jose is the bad books of the state government.
21 Apr 2019 5:21 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Corruption dilemma
In the past, customs authorities in India have detected a few cases of smuggling to and from China.
14 Apr 2019 12:05 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Babus’ retirement home?
The government cannot afford to be indifferent given how public perception might be impacted in this election season.
07 Apr 2019 1:47 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Lohani’s return to Air India
It is said that employee unions were still a roadblock to the divestment of Air India, slowing down the winding up process.
31 Mar 2019 2:26 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Moral victory for Khemka
However, the babu has finally managed to score yet another moral victory, this time over the Manohar Lal Khattar government.
24 Mar 2019 12:15 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Tapping new talent
The slow progress, say our sources, is due to the need to carefully shepherd the policy through the thicket of babu opposition.
17 Mar 2019 5:59 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Who will bell the cat?
The recalcitrant babus will of course fall in line in due course, but clearly it is one task that they undertake most reluctantly.
10 Mar 2019 12:08 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Endless wait
It is rare to put such senior officers under an inordinately long wait.
03 Mar 2019 12:43 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: SC on excessive babu ‘bias’
According to the directions, states are required to inform the UPSC of an arising vacancy three months prior to the retirement of the sitting DGP.
24 Feb 2019 12:16 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Mixed-up confusion!
The report requires the NSC’s approval after which the NSSO is supposed to make it public.
17 Feb 2019 7:26 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: A new Niti Aayog?
The think tank does not have powers to allocate funds and can only make recommendations to the government.
10 Feb 2019 1:20 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Kerala’s babu problem
A case of breach of official decorum and misconduct of Mr Sanjiv Kumar, IRPS, has been brought to the notice of the railway board.
03 Feb 2019 12:49 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Selecting the CIC
Faesal had emerged as a youth icon in the state after he topped the UPSC exam in 2010.
27 Jan 2019 2:47 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: No hurry to reform
Health being a state subject, the government is awaiting the views of the states to the proposal.
20 Jan 2019 12:05 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Governance deficit
A parliamentary standing committee expressed serious concerns over the persistent shortage of officers.
13 Jan 2019 12:37 AM
Dilli Ka Babu: Surveillance state?
The Centre’s new cadre allocation policy has created resentment among the recruits in the IAS, IPS and IFS services.
06 Jan 2019 8:13 AM
Columns
The timing of the run, before the results are declared and the veracity of numerous exit polls is tested, is also for a reason.
The BJP-NDA win indicated by the different exit polls can’t be used to infer that it is the victory of Mr Modi’s charismatic leadership.
Pakistan has already stated that it will not take sides in the current confrontation, and called for US restraint.
The next Indian Prime Minister has to loosen the China-Pakistan alliance by a combination of rewards and punishments.