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    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with her advisor Alapan Bandyopadhyay during a meeting, in Kolkata. (PTI)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Supreme Court restrains Centre from acting against...

    The babu failed to attend a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had visited the state in May

    16 Dec 2021 1:09 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | Shadow boxing over Aadhaar seems puzzling

    Suspension of Indian Forest Service officer Bennichen Thomas by the Kerala govt has created a row between the Centre and...

    9 Dec 2021 9:40 AM IST

    Supreme Court (PTI)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Repatriated as future Gujarat chief secy, babu awaits...

    The Supreme Court has ruled that successful UPSC aspirants do not have the right to be allocated the cadre of their...

    2 Dec 2021 2:21 AM IST

    NHAI plans to develop 57 stretches as model national highways. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Niti Aayog performance under review, rejig on cards

    The last time Aayog was reconstituted was when current vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar was appointed after the resignation of...

    25 Nov 2021 2:55 AM IST

    The view is that Mr Kumar will have ample time to get a grip on the state administration before the elections. (Twitter)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Babu's return smacks of long term planning, Gujarat...

    The current chief secretary is 1986-batch IAS officer Pankaj Kumar, who was brought in after Anil Mukim retired in...

    17 Nov 2021 1:56 AM IST

    Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been pressed into ordering a fire safety audit of all government and private hospitals in the state. (PTI)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Madhya Pradesh ponders letting IAS officers run...

    The move to use officers with administrative as well as medical skills worked well for the state given the...

    11 Nov 2021 3:07 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | Mizoram's curious case of two chief secretaries

    Clearly, there has been an obvious lack of coordination between the two authorities leading to the creation of this...

    3 Nov 2021 1:43 AM IST

    While the high-flying Mr Khare did not superannuate as a Cabinet secretary as some had expected given his stellar track record, he still retains key to the mighty PMO. (Twitter)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Amit Khare to get job done'? PMO now has new point...

    Given the buzz surrounding his appointment, he may well outshine the Cabinet secretary during his new two-year tenure

    29 Oct 2021 2:34 AM IST

    An Air India aircraft is pictured at a terminal of the airport in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Disinvestment agenda gets a push: BPCL, LIC among...

    The protracted but ultimately successful Air India sale has recharged the government's resolve to expedite its...

    21 Oct 2021 10:32 AM IST

    A series of unfortunate events have episodes have made senior officials wonder whether something is lacking in the training that IAS recruits receive before starting their career. (Twitter)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | One scrape too many: Is it time now to rethink...

    There have been at least two similar instances when young IAS officers have dragged their governments and the service...

    15 Oct 2021 12:34 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur constituency Mamata Banerjee addresses during her Assembly By-election campaign in Kolkata, Sept. 26, 2021. (PTI)Opinion
    Taking cue from Centre, Didi nod to lateral entry in state's executive

    Sources say that the state government is hoping to get domain specialists in senior positions, such as special secretary...

    6 Oct 2021 1:18 AM IST

    CPM leader and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, whose photograph is on right, addresses an election campaign wearing a mask in Kochi, on March 27, 2021. The southern state goes to polls on April 6 to elect members to its state legislature. (AP/R S Iyer)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Kerala first state to appoint point man for diaspora,...

    The bureaucracy in India moves at a slow pace is a truth that needs no explanation

    29 Sept 2021 2:57 AM IST

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