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Liberation of Balochistan and Sindh must top the agenda

Terrorism and insurgency in J&K had subsided when India demolished East Pakistan -- for the simple reason that Pakistan understands power. We need to follow Chanakya's dictum......

Mines secretary's removal shocks entire babudom

Dr Viswapati Trivedi, secretary, Union Ministry of Mines, has been abruptly shunted out without prior intimation. It seems the UPA II does not have a uniform personnel policy but has turned out to......

Babudom gets ready for new PM with status note

The Cabinet Secretariat has prepared a status note for the new, incoming government giving five major thrust areas out of the various issues national and international importance that......

Modi's shadow over babudom

What will an NDA government do with the UPA's secretaries? Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Will the next Union government shift out the defence, finance and home secretaries? Senior IAS......

Coming soon: Gujarat model to Delhi's Babudom

It is clear Modi wants to establish a direct hotline with the bureaucracy, bypassing the ministers, just like in Gujarat where the bureaucracy ran the show and the babus were given a free hand to......

'Babudom has successfully checkmated Modi'

'Under UPA only criminals flourished, during NDA nobody is flourishing' 'Modi should have offered VRS and reduced babudom by 50%' 'Unless the babudom asura is slayed and buried, 2019 will be very......

When will we get freedom from babudom?

The recent decision of the Karnataka government to ban iron ore exports once again points to the unholy nexus between the neta (leader), the lala (businessman) and the babu (bureaucracy).......

'Budget's tax rates are a laughing matter'

'It is a very badly packaged Budget.''It gives the impression that it was a half-hearted affair.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivers the Budget speech in Parliament, February 1,......

'2 to 3 years for economy to recover'

'It was like a doctor giving some simple pain killers to a patient in dire requirement of chemotherapy.''There was no sense of urgency or desperation in this particular Budget.' IMAGE: Finance......

'Monetisation of assets has come 75 years too late'

'When the government wants to sell these assets, even if one set of assets gets caught in any quagmire, the whole process will fail.''The entire world is watching us.' IMAGE: Union Finance......

Jayaprakash Narayan deserved better

They don't make men like that anymore. A quintessential anti-establishment man, Jayaprakash Narayan courted officialdom's wrath in life. Twenty-five years after his death, he has again made the......

Naseer, Om, AB pay respects to Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri, whose eldest brother Madan Puri was a wellknown actor, initially screentested for a hero's role in 1954. But he did not get the part. His first movie was Sunil Dutt's Reshma Aur Sheera......