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Dilip Cherian
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
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
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
Dilip Cherian | ‘Takeover’ of Gymkhana Club strikes fear in Lutyens’ Delhi
This is the first time in the Club’s history that an administrator has been appointed to run its affairs
24 Feb 2021 7:10 AM
Dilip Cherian | Fresh push for lateral entry of babus likely
Though the Supreme Court fixed a two-year tenure for babus back in 2013, few states have complied with the directive
17 Feb 2021 7:26 AM
Dilip Cherian | NGT hauls up Kerala govt for ignoring ‘legacy waste’ directive
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is moving ahead with its announcement last year of retiring identified inefficient employees
11 Feb 2021 4:36 AM
As PM reshuffles his pack of babus, plum jobs for two ‘sidelined’ officers
The Centre has transferred and posted 18 secretaries to different ministries and departments while several have been promoted
03 Feb 2021 4:10 AM
Dilip Cherian | Foreign assets on IRS radar as CBDT lobbies for more funds
Speculation is rife that Mr Sharma could be named the home minister or even deputy chief minister of UP
28 Jan 2021 7:13 AM
Free to air views, ex-babus square up in ‘letters war’ on ‘love jihad’ law
The love jihad law legislated by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has triggered a letter war between former bureaucrats
21 Jan 2021 4:15 AM
Dilip Cherian | Karnataka home secy shunted out for calling Safe City ‘scam’
Public spats are rarely pretty and the one between these two senior IPS officers has brought out the intense rivalries in the service
14 Jan 2021 12:11 AM
Dilip Cherian | India's toppers no longer find civil services a dream career?
For decades, the civil services have enjoyed an unparalleled social standing
07 Jan 2021 4:15 AM
Govt's lateral entry move fails as babus protect turf
Until 2014, the chairmanship of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was held by dairy professionals
31 Dec 2020 4:42 AM
Centre spars with Mamata in bid to turn Bengal babus into stool pigeons
Apparently, there is little the Centre can do against civil service officers who are posted under the state government
23 Dec 2020 7:02 AM
Dilip Cherian | Gymkhana divided on suspension of ex-babu
Its elections are a hotly contested affair, often leading to accusations of use of 'illegal' and 'unlawful' means between the contestants
17 Dec 2020 8:56 AM
Dilip Cherian | Babus angered by Haryana IAS cadre post appointments
Haryana IAS officer and well-known whistleblower Ashok Khemka has entered the fray with his take on the issue
09 Dec 2020 8:01 PM
Dilip Cherian | Caste fraud stench in Chhattisgarh secretariat
According to Baghel’s instruction, all government servants whose caste certificates are false will be immediately removed from their posts
03 Dec 2020 9:04 AM
Columns
Was planning an eight-phase poll spread over a month, and during a pandemic too boot, wrong, after all?
India’s urban unemployment is at a historic high and, more important, the participation rate of India’s labour force is at a historic low
The last time the Taliban had taken over Afghanistan, 26 years ago, India’s historical presence in Afghanistan was forced to abruptly end
Politicians are voted in and voted out for a variety of reasons, but rarely have they been voted out for incompetence