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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

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

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

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.