Month: June 2015

By the Way

PK Sinha is the top boss

Finally, the mist has risen. Pradeep Kumar Sinha, a 1977-batch IAS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is the new Cabinet Secretary for...

By the Way

DAW’s the way

Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, seems to be in a mood to fight not only with the central government but also its...

By the Way

Rule of the Brahmins

Who says that Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav does not take care of Brahmin officers in Uttar Pradesh? In Akhilesh Yadav’s government,...

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Perspective

Perspective : The inward shift

THE UN declaration of June 21 as International Yoga Day comes at a crucial moment in human history. The science of yoga is...

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Stock Doctor

Stock Doctor : Muted scenario

THE completion of one year of the Modi Government has left the market confused since the analysts I talked to had diametrically opposite...

My Corner

Activist Bureaucrats

THE Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy is witnessing a rather new phenomenon. Though I can claim to be the harbinger of this new movement, it...

Silly Point

Silly Point : The return of Rahul

Rahul: Come on, chaps. Don’t keep on discussing ad nauseam and wasting time. Tell me what to do. Jyotir: We told you bluntly....

First Stirrings

First Stirrings : The Insider

IT was at an early stage of his career that Shantonu Sen, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-cadre officer recruited in the investigating...

Talk Time

‘Noida better than Gurgaon’

Why is law and order so bad in Gautam Buddh Nagar district? Where is it bad? A perception has been created. It is...

State Scan

Nagaland CM stumps BJP

FOR the Bharatiya Janata Party’s young, dynamic, successful and powerful President, Amit Shah, it was a big jolt. Despite his refusal of Nagaland...