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Lateral appointments

Bureaucrats in the government are a worried lot nowadays. Their concern is not due to the change of the government or hectic schedule...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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Who is the PMO boss?

There is a strange situation developing in the PMO, or so it appears. Everybody is discussing a particular case but nobody dares to...

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Haryana’s hunt for Chief Secy

Who will be the new Chief Secretary of Haryana? Shakuntala Jakhu, the present Chief Secretary, will retire on November 30. It is likely...

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Driving force

The government seems to be sitting on a volcano and as is the norm with volcanoes, no one knows when it will blow....

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The Doordarshan circus

The Prasar Bharati Board is a hilarious arena to watch the great circus of its officers. It appears that Prakash Javadekar, the Minister...

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Senseless conventions

Administration of the human resource within the government is a complex web. The services, especially civil service officers, are explicitly managed by the...