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    Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Absence of maratha lobby' in Delhi

    Sixty-five residential quarters meant for IAS, IPS and other senior bureaucrats were pulled down a few months ago.

    12 Feb 2017 7:02 AM IST

    Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Delay in appointments

    Surely it can't be the efficiency and effectiveness sought by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the civil services...

    5 Feb 2017 12:17 AM IST

    Union Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Extended tenures for secretaries

    The govt has given a more substantial one-year extension to foreign secretary S. Jaishankar, who was to retire on...

    29 Jan 2017 4:26 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: On the fast track

    A three-member selection panel headed by Cabinet secretary P.K. Sinha has shortlisted 30 applicants.

    22 Jan 2017 5:09 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: A storm brewing in West Bengal

    A bureaucratic faux pas has left the Rajasthan government embarrassed.

    15 Jan 2017 2:44 AM IST

    Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal with former Army chief - Gen (retd) J J Singh as the partys candidate from Patiala (Urban) assembly constituency and others during a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Jammu dominates J&K bureaucracy

    The government's initial list contained an overwhelming number of state service cops, which the EC strongly objected to.

    8 Jan 2017 3:41 AM IST

    CBI interim director Rakesh Asthana at Parliament House. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: High stakes race

    The list of 11 new joint secretaries appointed recently only deepen this viewpoint.

    1 Jan 2017 2:52 AM IST

    SEBI chairman U.K.Sinha (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Three's a crowd?

    Mr Chandra's predecessor in Telangana, Rajiv Sharma also got a similar extension before he called it a day on November...

    25 Dec 2016 12:58 AM IST

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti speaks at the launch of financial assistance package for displaced persons of Pak Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) 1947, 1965 and 1971, in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Tussle over turf in J&K

    Delhi probably has the highest number of museums in the country, and there are growing.

    18 Dec 2016 1:43 AM IST

    Sanjiv Chaturvedi (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Special duty for special babus

    Mr Chaturvedi had been without a posting since August when he shifted to the Uttarakhand cadre.

    11 Dec 2016 12:44 AM IST

    Central Bureau of Investigation (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Top court order makes CBI bend

    Getting more specific, the Supreme Court said that a decision not to upload an FIR shall not be taken by an officer...

    4 Dec 2016 1:48 AM IST

    Rescuers work in progress at the site of accident where Patna-Indore Express train derailed near Pukhrayan village in Kanpur Dehat district. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Whose move?

    The discussions were focused on how to take Indian Railways on the rapid path of modernisation, efficiency and...

    27 Nov 2016 1:22 AM IST

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