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Dilip Cherian | Karnataka home secy shunted out for calling Safe City ‘scam’

Public spats are rarely pretty and the one between these two senior IPS officers has brought out the intense rivalries in the service

14 Jan 2021 12:11 AM

Could it be that there are many more attractive alternative career paths available now that are more rewarding financially and career-wise than what the civil service can offer to our brightest?

Dilip Cherian | India's toppers no longer find civil services a dream career?

For decades, the civil services have enjoyed an unparalleled social standing

07 Jan 2021 4:14 AM

Govt's lateral entry move fails as babus protect turf

Until 2014, the chairmanship of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was held by dairy professionals

31 Dec 2020 4:43 AM

Centre spars with Mamata in bid to turn Bengal babus into stool pigeons

Apparently, there is little the Centre can do against civil service officers who are posted under the state government

23 Dec 2020 7:00 AM

The Delhi Gymkhana Club. Photo: delhigymkhana.org.in

Dilip Cherian | Gymkhana divided on suspension of ex-babu

Its elections are a hotly contested affair, often leading to accusations of use of 'illegal' and 'unlawful' means between the contestants

17 Dec 2020 8:50 AM

Dilip Cherian | Babus angered by Haryana IAS cadre post appointments

Haryana IAS officer and well-known whistleblower Ashok Khemka has entered the fray with his take on the issue

09 Dec 2020 8:01 PM

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Caste fraud stench in Chhattisgarh secretariat

According to Baghel’s instruction, all government servants whose caste certificates are false will be immediately removed from their posts

03 Dec 2020 7:36 AM

Union minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)

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

Border Security Force Personnel (BSF) stand guard in a motor launch. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | MHA hard put to find officers ready to serve in Ladakh, J&K

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 service officers in UTs

19 Nov 2020 5:42 PM

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 extension for Swarup

11 Nov 2020 11:19 AM

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das at RBI central board of directors in a customary post-budget meeting, in New Delhi on Saturday. (PTI File)

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 financial services

04 Nov 2020 3:47 PM

CM Manohar Lal Khattar being greeted by then Chief Secretary D.S. Dhesi in 2019. (Twitter/@cmohry)

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 routed through him

29 Oct 2020 9:14 AM

Protestors raise slogans against the amendments to the Right to Information Act, in New Delhi in 2019.(PTI File)

Dilip Cherian | CIC sans chief, only 10 of 28 panels worked during lockdown

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

22 Oct 2020 10:57 AM

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 10:19 PM

V K Yadav will be the first CEO of the Railway Board.

Dilli ka Babu | Revamp of railway services sure to trigger a turf war

The revamp includes a merger of services. Now which babu wants that?

23 Sep 2020 5:38 PM

The ex-DGPs want rulres to be framed for media coverage of cases that are sub judice. (PTI file photo)

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 Sep 2020 7:53 PM

Now, as part of weeding out inefficient and corrupt babus, the Modi sarkar has again reiterated that Central ministries and departments must constantly update the list of officers who have completed 30 years of service. Representational Image

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 other charges

09 Sep 2020 5:18 PM

Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar takes charge as the new Election Commissioner in New Delhi. PTI Photo

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

02 Sep 2020 7:17 PM

Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu (L) calls on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi

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 IAS officers

26 Aug 2020 5:46 PM

The India mission is currently headed by T.S. Tirumurthi, with Nagaraj Naidu as deputy permanent representative. File Photo

Dilli Ka Babu | India strengthens team at UN ahead of Security Council stint

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

19 Aug 2020 4:47 PM

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