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West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur constituency Mamata Banerjee addresses during her Assembly By-election campaign in Kolkata, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (PTI)

Taking cue from Centre, Didi nod to lateral entry in state's executive

Sources say that the state government is hoping to get domain specialists in senior positions, such as special secretary...

5 Oct 2021 7:40 PM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Kerala first state to appoint point man for diaspora,...

The bureaucracy in India moves at a slow pace is a truth that needs no explanation

28 Sept 2021 8:23 PM

The court noted the instance of PPS officer Rajinder Singh Sohal who was convicted in a criminal case but has been posted as the SSP of Gurdaspur, a post meant for the IPS cadre. (Representational Image/PTI)

Dilip Cherian | High court pulls up Punjab govt for tainted cops in...

The court has directed the state govt to explain how and why it has chosen to appoint PPS officers to IPS-cadre posts of...

31 March 2021 6:30 PM

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Dilip Cherian | Coalition karma takes babu to chief secy spot

A coalition alliance government creates its own special dynamics, which affects the bureaucracy uniquely

10 March 2021 1:57 AM

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Dilip Cherian | Diplomatic pool to get eight new joint secys soon

It is a known fact that India's foreign service is woefully understaffed, with most Indian missions abroad having too...

5 March 2021 2:05 AM

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

Dilip Cherian | Takeover' of Gymkhana Club strikes fear in Lutyens'...

This is the first time in the Club's history that an administrator has been appointed to run its affairs

24 Feb 2021 1:36 AM

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Dilip Cherian | Fresh push for lateral entry of babus likely

Though the Supreme Court fixed a two-year tenure for babus back in 2013, few states have complied with the directive

17 Feb 2021 1:53 AM

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

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

23 Dec 2020 1:30 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...

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

22 Oct 2020 5:27 AM