The home portfolio of Bihar, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept with himself all through his nearly 20-year-long tenure, has been given to his deputy, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Samrat......
Senior bureaucrat Pradip Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as secretary (coordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday. A......
'...as then it brings them closer to the complaints and grievances that the public faces.' IMAGE: T V Somanathan, left, takes over as Cabinet Secretary from Rajiv Gauba, August 30, 2024.......
'If all of us (all the 57 Shiv Sena MLAs) stand together we can change the dynamic. We are not afraid of anyone.' IMAGE: Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis. Photograph: ANI Photo For months, the......
The central public works department will transplant 487 trees for the construction of an 'executive enclave' as part of the Central Vista redevelopment plan, according to official documents.......
Simplifying GST rates, removing exemptions, easing disputes, and speeding up refunds can boost investment in India and offer the best reply to Trump's tariffs, observes V S Krishnan, former member,......
Out of the 73 ministries and departments, only 32 had prepared and submitted 'corruption mitigation action plans' by February 1 The plans of Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance......
'Today, political formations seem to adopt an 'us' versus 'them' approach which shows up even in their attitude towards civil servants.''This creates an added layer of fear.' Illustration: Dominic......
'A separate 'Investigation Agency (Other Offences)' or IA(OO), can be created under the state governments, with the expertise and resources required for investigating non-violent offences,'......
In its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had criticised the Congress-led UPA regime for “policy and decision paralysis”. One of the first......