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    Union minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Who's afraid of Nitin Gadkari?

    It is indeed rare for the political executive to haul up the bureaucracy in the manner that Gadkari did

    25 Nov 2020 2:02 AM IST

    Border Security Force Personnel (BSF) stand guard in a motor launch. (PTI)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | MHA hard put to find officers ready to serve in...

    A year after the change in the status of J&K and Ladakh, there is an acute shortage of IAS, IPS and other all-India...

    19 Nov 2020 5:42 PM IST

    Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gestures to the media after a meeting with the party MLAs at his residence in Jaipur. PTIOpinion
    Dilip Cherian | Centre denies Gehlot his chosen babu

    Until the last working day of outgoing chief secretary Rajeev Swarup, the Gehlot government hoped to push for a tenure...

    11 Nov 2020 11:19 AM IST

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman before announcing the Budget 2019.Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Crunch time for babus preparing Budget 2021

    Sources say that the first meeting of the budget preparing exercise took place with officials of the department of...

    4 Nov 2020 3:47 PM IST

    CM Manohar Lal Khattar being greeted by then Chief Secretary D.S. Dhesi in 2019. (Twitter/@cmohry)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Dhesi, Khattar's favourite, gets a second innings

    It is likely that Dhesi will become another power centre in the CMO, with all important files meant for Khattar being...

    29 Oct 2020 9:58 AM IST

    Protestors raise slogans against the amendments to the Right to Information Act, in New Delhi in 2019.(PTI File)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | CIC sans chief, only 10 of 28 panels worked during...

    Fifteen years after the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, does the nation have more transparency or less?

    22 Oct 2020 10:58 AM IST

    The total value of the freezed assets is Rs 56.21 crore.Opinion
    Dilli ka babu | RAW and IB set to teach tax officers about tradecraft'

    The training programme is being conducted by the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) of the finance ministry.

    14 Oct 2020 10:18 PM IST

    BJP wrote a letter to home minister Anil Deshmukh urging him to roll out a more aggressive action plan to protect Mumbai police. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Dilli ka Babu | 7 former DGPs jump in to defend Mumbai police

    Their petition to Bombay High Court says there are sinister designs behind the campaign

    17 Sept 2020 7:56 PM IST

    While Chidambaram is out on bail in the INX Media corruption case being probed by the CBI, the summons was issued to the bureaucrats and other accused after the court took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the agency last month. (Photo: Representational | ANI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu | Civil servants under watch for corruption

    Last year, the government endorsed lists of dozens of officers of the IRS and IT services accused of corruption and...

    9 Sept 2020 5:18 PM IST

    Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar takes charge as the new Election Commissioner in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Dilli Ka Babu | Rajiv Kumar in sight of CEC chair in 2024

    He replaces Ashok Lavasa, who is leaving to join the Asian Development Bank as vice-president

    2 Sept 2020 7:17 PM IST

    Girish Chandra Murmu was speaking at a meeting convened in Jammu to review the progress of various steps taken for the development of the tourism sector. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    Dilli ka Babu | Audit service is unhappy over G.C. Murmu as CAG

    Sources say that in becoming CAG, Murmu who is from the 1985-batch Gujarat cadre of the IAS, has superseded at least six...

    26 Aug 2020 5:47 PM IST

    The India mission is currently headed by T.S. Tirumurthi, with Nagaraj Naidu as deputy permanent representative. File PhotoOpinion
    Dilli ka Babu | India strengthens team at UN ahead of Security Council...

    The Indian delegation is being strengthened with the appointment of an additional deputy permanent representative

    19 Aug 2020 4:48 PM IST

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