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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicTop bureaucrats

Topic: top bureaucrats

Hasmukh Adhia set to inherit K Kailashnathan’s legacy as Gujarat’s most powerful official

Chief Principal Secretary to CM K. Kailashnathan retired last Sunday, paving way for the former Union finance secy. Adhia has Modi's ear & was his principal secretary when he was CM.

Cabinet & home secretaries to CBDT & IB chiefs — Modi govt’s penchant for extensions to top officials

Since 2nd term, Modi govt has retained top civil servants beyond retirement for ‘continuity in policymaking’. But extensions are also being seen as service rule violations & demoralising.

‘Go-getter’, facilitated TCS & Infosys campuses in Indore — Raghvendra Singh, MP CM’s principal secy

Singh, a 1997-batch IAS officer, was seen as an important officer under ex-CM Chouhan, was instrumental in bringing TCS & Infosys to Indore and has good rapport with Yadav, say colleagues.

RSS grooming future BJP leaders is clear by Sangh’s embrace of Adityanath, workers slogging in UP

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Top Chhattisgarh bureaucrats under ED scanner, carried ‘illegal’ forex on Maldives holiday

ED issues show cause notice to Chhattisgarh addl chief secy M.K. Raut and OSD P.K. Janawade for acquiring foreign exchange worth $13,360 and $10,020...

On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.