Northern Ireland in limbo after Sinn Fein triumphsOnce the political wing of the paramilitary IRA, Sinn Fein won enough seats in the devolved legislature to nominate its Northern Ireland le...
08 May, 2022, 09.16 PM IST
Alapan Bandyopadhyay: Why a chief secretary can’t make excusesBut inexplicably on May 28 at Kalaikunda, when the Prime Minister visited West Bengal, those skills deserted him. He found himself in an un...
05 Jun, 2021, 11.05 PM IST
Central vista project marked by degree of executive highhandedness: 69 ex-bureaucrats to PMThe 69 retired bureaucrats, under the aegis of Constitutional Conduct Group, claimed that the country's public health infrastructure was cr...
22 Dec, 2020, 08.14 PM IST
Trump to Biden transition could be rockier than most, some experts worryA drawn-out legal fight by President Donald Trump that triggers recounts of ballots in several U.S. states could hold up many transition-re...
08 Nov, 2020, 03.09 AM IST
Centre, states must lower car ownership cost: RC BhargavaDuring the past three months, production has risen steadily but is well behind 2018-19 levels. Sales has increased monthly, but lags 2018-1...
07 Sep, 2020, 08.33 AM IST
Maharashra accident: Rail safety watchdog calls for 'abundant caution' to avoid recurrence of such incidentThe Commission of Railway Safety, which investigates all serious rail accidents and clears all rail projects, also said that now that such ...
08 May, 2020, 06.55 PM IST
Government seeks ground report from district collectorsThe questionnaire asks the officers to list out what they thought was the “most serious gap in combating Covid-19 ”, and what is “the one t...
25 Mar, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
EC forms officers’ panel to check if Modi violated model code of conductWest Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee called PM Modi’s announcement “publicity mongering” and “limitless drama”.
28 Mar, 2019, 08.18 AM IST
Pakistan bans discretionary use of state funds, first-class air travel by govt officialsPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has refused to use elaborate official protocol.
25 Aug, 2018, 04.54 PM IST
Not equating UPSC members with judges upsets bureaucratsTop government sources, however, said the intent was only to bring parity in statutory organisations because only a select few of them have...
12 Jun, 2018, 10.11 AM IST
Shailendra Kumar Joshi appointed Telangana Chief SecretaryJoshi is a 1984-batch IAS officer, who has spent nine years (in two spells) in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.
31 Jan, 2018, 02.55 PM IST
FIR filed against Fortis, Gurgaon: Haryana governmentBoth civil and criminal action was being initiated against the hospital which was severely indicted of lapses by a probe panel in its repor...
10 Dec, 2017, 08.24 PM IST
Reply promptly to communications from MPs, government tells babusThe move comes following recommendations from a 'Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government Officers...
21 Nov, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
Government rejects EC suggestion on cooling off period for bureaucrats taking political plungeThe government's decision is based on the opinion of Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati and the Ministry of Law and Justice.
06 Oct, 2013, 12.44 PM IST
Stop playing ostrich on cyber snoopingTerror stalks the world, India in particular. Intercepting terrorist communications is one way to be forewarned and take preventive action.
04 Jul, 2013, 08.17 AM IST
Climate policy beyond DurbanGreenhouse gas emissions are closely tied to industrialisation, urbanisation and increase in incomes, which is considered synonymous with '...
14 Dec, 2011, 03.12 AM IST
- Biz trips must start at South Block
You will have to take permission from the ministry of external affairs before inviting any foreign delegation.
17 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST