Month: December 2014

Bric a Brac

Chacko’s challenge

PC Chacko is the new man in charge of the Congress for the forthcoming Delhi Assembly elections. Chacko knows Delhi since he was...

By the Way

Platform for vendetta?

Fed up with constant complaints from the Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Delhi regarding the transfer and posting of IAS...

By the Way

Chief Secy for a month!

Manohar Lal Khattar, the newly elected Chief Minister of Haryana, is facing an uphill task in selecting the new Chief Secretary of Haryana....

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Delhi denial

The largest fallout of the change in dispensation at the Centre is seen in Delhi. The governance of Delhi is at a cross-roads....

By the Way

The notorious Sinha

CBI Director Ranjit Sinha has gone back to the pavilion. His stint as Director of the premier investigating agency, CBI, dulled its sheen...

sadhguru
Perspective

Land of seekers

NATIONS are created on the basis of race, religion, language or ethnicity. India, however, is a mind-bogglingly complex combination of all these ingredients...

GS-Sood
Stock Doctor

Stay with the run

THE market has gained about 40 per cent in a year and is trading at an all-time high with mid-caps and small caps...

Book Extract

The little colossus

Janardan Thakur started his career in journalism with the nationalist Patna daily, The Searchlight, in December 1959. In his long and distinguished career...

Governance

RE-EXAMINE, RE-ENGINEER, RE-ENHANCE

THE central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) have a vital role to play in transforming India into a world-class global manufacturing hub. But to...

My Corner

Let ‘em speak

RECENTLY, Bihar-cadre IPS officer, Amitabh Kumar Das, currently posted as SP, Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC), was in the news. He sent a...