Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Delhi, 40 officers transferredFormer Principal Secretary (Revenue) and Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar, who was shunted out to Ladakh last week following media r...
30 May, 2022, 07.31 PM IST
Farmers stay put outside Karnal secretariat, refuse to budge until demands are metLocked in a showdown with the Haryana government over the lathi-charge, the farmers squatted at the gates of the mini-secretariat on Tuesda...
08 Sep, 2021, 11.55 AM IST
View: India needs to fire more bullets now, aim laterRoughly half of Narendra Modi’s coronavirus package is already in the rear-view mirror.
14 May, 2020, 11.24 AM IST
View: Cabal, palace guards or gatekeepers — the only constant with the GandhisThe Gandhis have always denied the existence of such ‘rootless wonders’ — who lack both mass support and political acumen.
18 Aug, 2019, 11.27 AM IST
Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar likely to represent government in Bimal Jalan panelThe committee, headed by former RBI governor Bimal Jalan, is expected to get an extension before it finalises its report, said sources.
01 Aug, 2019, 07.32 AM IST
Jalan report on RBI surplus to get further delayed with Garg seeking early retirementPanel members may meet again, this time with new EAS Chakraborty, since the final report was not signed.
25 Jul, 2019, 02.18 PM IST
The night that rocked the CBI headquarters: A step-by-step accountBefore the police broke the quiet at midnight, a series of hectic events culminated in a coup at CBI.
25 Oct, 2018, 10.50 PM IST
- Rahul Bhatnagar is back with Sports Ministry as Secretary
office from the UP Cadre, was brought back to Sports Ministry.
12 Oct, 2017, 03.09 PM IST
Why aviation sector struggles to take off despite efficient airports and thriving airlinesReforms have moved at a pace it takes the minister, who hails from Andhra, to travel from Delhi to Hyderabad by foot rather than by an airp...
24 Sep, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
Poor posting policy: Secretaries insecure in Narendra Modi governmentET studied DoPT records to find that at least 20 ministries or departments have seen three secretaries. A query sent to the DoPT remained u...
18 Sep, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
Why frequent shuffling of governors in Mizoram is causing resentment among peopleThanks to the NDA govt’s overdrive to get rid of governors appointed by UPA, Mizoram ended up having four governors in less than two months.
31 Aug, 2014, 04.25 PM IST
AAP shuffled babus like pack of cards: 100 officers transferred in govt's 49 daysOne of the last orders issued by the AAP government before it quit involved the transfer of around 15 SDMs about two days before the CM res...
16 Feb, 2014, 09.09 AM IST
Fixed 2-year tenure for IAS, IPS, IFoS officers as Centre forms fresh rules to check political interferenceOfficers of the three premier services -- IAS, IPS and IFoS -- will now spend a minimum of two years at each posting.
30 Jan, 2014, 04.11 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre, States to give fixed tenure to bureaucratsSupreme Court has ordered setting minimum tenures for bureaucrats and put restrictions on arbitrary transfers and postings by their politic...
01 Nov, 2013, 02.25 AM IST
How an American lobbying company Apco Worldwide markets Narendra Modi to the worldApco muscled out a raft of PR companies, including the now defunct Vaishnavi Communications of Niira Radia, to win the contract to promote ...
09 Dec, 2012, 03.39 AM IST
Chidambaram appointed as FM, Sushil Kumar Shinde to be Home MinisterTaking over as FM at this juncture is no cakewalk, particularly with a slowdown in the economy and inflation still ruling at high levels.
01 Aug, 2012, 10.28 AM IST
- 2G scam: A Raja, Siddharth Behura & R K Chandolia are core sector of conspiracy, says CBI
A Raja and two sacked bureaucrats R K Chandolia and Siddharth Behura were the "core sector" of conspiracy and stand on a "different footing...
02 Dec, 2011, 10.21 AM IST