Aloke Tikku has covered internal security, transparency and politics for Hindustan Times. He has a keen interest in legal affairs and dabbles in data journalism.
Articles by Aloke Tikku
Govt plans easier passport checks
It is considering scrapping procedure of verifying if a person stays at declared address, reports Aloke Tikku.
Published on May 25, 2006 02:12 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Red alert on Husain: Centre asks police to act on the painter
ARTIST M.F. HUSAIN?S apology for the nude painting, Bharatmata, has not helped. The Union Home Ministry has alerted the police chiefs of Delhi and Mumbai to his ?objectionable? paintings and asked them to take ?appropriate action?. It is the first time the Centre has decided to go against the Padma Vibhushan winner.
Published on May 05, 2006 02:31 PM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Red alert on MF Husain
ARTIST M.F. HUSAIN?S apology for the nude painting, Bharatmata, has not helped. The Union Home Ministry has alerted the police chiefs of Delhi and Mumbai to his ?objectionable? paintings and asked them to take ?appropriate action?. It is the first time the Centre has decided to go against the Padma Vibhushan winner.
Published on May 05, 2006 01:35 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Red alert on MF Husain
For the first time, the Centre will go against the Padma Vibhushan winner, reports Aloke Tikku.
Updated on May 05, 2006 09:18 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
IITs can?t cope with quota overload
The institutes are facing a "critical challenge" to sustain their faculty base, report Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku.
Updated on Apr 20, 2006 03:36 AM IST
None | Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Pilot crunch ails BSF choppers
The Border Security Force is turning its fighters into pilots but it is unlikely to help India's first line of defence to take to the skies.
Published on Apr 13, 2006 02:16 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
A central umbrella for babus on the way
THE GOVERNMENT'S gingerly moves to insulate the bureaucracy from political interference have found firmer footing. On the anvil is a Central Public Services Authority (CPSA) with a mandate to nurse and navigate an ailing babudom.
Published on Apr 05, 2006 01:09 PM IST
None | Vinod Sharma and Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Govt internship for B-school grads
Management graduates will get to share space with bureaucrats in the corridors of power.
Published on Mar 30, 2006 02:44 PM IST
None | Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Govt internship for B-school grads
Management graduates will get to share space with bureaucrats in the corridors of power.
Published on Mar 30, 2006 02:44 PM IST
None | Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Govt internship for B-school grads
Management graduates will get to share space with bureaucrats in the corridors of power.
Published on Mar 30, 2006 02:44 PM IST
None | Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
B-School brains for bureaucrats
The government may soon offer an innovative internship programme to graduates from B-Schools and other institutes of higher studies. The graduates will get to share space with civil servants in the corridors of power.
Published on Mar 30, 2006 02:37 PM IST
None | Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
B-School brains for bureaucrats
The government may soon offer an innovative internship programme to graduates from B-Schools and other institutes of higher studies. The graduates will get to share space with civil servants in the corridors of power.
Published on Mar 30, 2006 02:37 PM IST
None | Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
B-School brains for bureaucrats
The government may soon offer an innovative internship programme to graduates from B-Schools and other institutes of higher studies. The graduates will get to share space with civil servants in the corridors of power.
Published on Mar 30, 2006 02:37 PM IST
None | Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Govt overdrive to woo IIM sparks
THE GOVERNMENT is opening its guarded precincts to youthful thinking. An internship programme will soon enable graduates from B-schools and other institutes of higher learning to share space with seasoned civil servants in the corridors of power.
Published on Mar 30, 2006 01:37 AM IST
None | VINOD Sharma & ALOKE Tikku, New Delhi
IIM, IIT graduates to sit with babus
A Govt project will soon enable nation's whiz-kids to brainstorm with the babus. Will this exercise promote quality governance?
Updated on Mar 30, 2006 09:21 AM IST
None | Vinod Sharma & Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Fixed term for DMs, SPs
POLITICAL BOSSES peremptorily transferring civil servants who don't toe the line could soon become a thing of the past. The government is considering a proposal to incorporate a fixed tenure clause in the new civil service law being drafted at the Centre. If cleared, collectors and police chiefs may get a tenure of at least two years.
Published on Mar 27, 2006 02:28 PM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Opposition makes history of a noisy kind
It could have been Lalu Prasad's dream budget speech. Except no one listened to him, writes Aloke Tikku.
Updated on Feb 25, 2006 12:20 PM IST
None | Aloke Tikku (Hindustan Times), New Delhi
Govt set to trim babu flab
A new-look bureaucracy ? lean, mean and youthful ? is on the anvil.
Published on Feb 17, 2006 03:00 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
No prying into answer scripts
Did you think you could use the Right to Information Act and take a look at the answer sheets of the UPSC's civil services exam? Or even find out who your evaluator was? You might not be lucky.
Updated on Feb 15, 2006 02:54 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
RTI to tell why you flunked
A central information panel ruling could help students figure out how they were rated, writes Aloke Tikku.
Published on Feb 12, 2006 04:43 PM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Arjun, Antulay in turf war
HRD minister Arjun Singh has made it clear that the minority affairs ministry should lay off matters of education but the government's first minority affairs minister A.R. Antulay isn't calling it quits yet.
Updated on Feb 03, 2006 02:03 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
New team rides on dreams
The UPA government?s two new minority faces are thinking big.
Published on Jan 31, 2006 02:05 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Buta steps down as Bihar Governor
However, Buta Singh defended his decision of recommending the dissolution of the Bihar House on May 22 last year.
Updated on Jan 29, 2006 01:21 PM IST
None | Vinod Sharma, Aloke Tikku and Anirban Guha Roy, New Delhi/patna
Buta Singh set to take R-Day salute
La affaire Buta Singh appeared far from its expected denouement on Wednesday night with the Bihar governor, regardless of his unequivocal indictment by the Supreme Court, all set to take the Republic Day salute in Patna on Thursday.
Updated on Jan 26, 2006 04:58 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Buta set to take R-Day salute
La affaire Buta Singh appeared far from its expected denouement on Wednesday night with the Bihar governor, regardless of his unequivocal indictment by the Supreme Court, all set to take the Republic Day salute in Patna on Thursday. Home minister Shivraj Patil did reportedly establish the first post-judgment contact with the governor, who hasn?t shown any signs of demitting office of his own. But sources close to Buta Singh insisted that there was no suggestion from the government side seeking his resignation.
Published on Jan 26, 2006 02:00 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
India whining: Dirt in Parliament
Politicians with criminal records have taken up significant space in the new citizens report, reports Aloke Tikku.
Updated on Jan 20, 2006 02:19 AM IST
None | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Review of policy on donors, HIV
A GUIDELINE that bars blood banks from informing donors if they are HIV positive unless a donor explicitly seeks to know his HIV status is to come up for review. A parliamentary committee that looked into the functioning of the National Aids Control Organisation (Naco) last year asked the organisation to strike out this rule from the Action Plan on Blood Safety, insisting it left room for HIV positive donors to unknowingly transmit the infection to their sexual partners.
Published on Jan 09, 2006 01:10 AM IST
PTI | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Ganging up against Google
A top technical hand has advised the government to approach Google Earth to downgrade images of sensitive Indian installations on its website, but Delhi is unlikely to act in a hurry.
Published on Jan 08, 2006 12:02 AM IST
PTI | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Ganging up against Google
A TOP technical hand has advised the government to approach Google Earth to downgrade images of sensitive Indian installations on its website, but Delhi is unlikely to act in a hurry.
Published on Jan 02, 2006 12:36 PM IST
PTI | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Ganging up against Google
Top technical hand advised Govt to approach Google on Indian installations issue, but Delhi unlikely to act in hurry.
Updated on Jan 02, 2006 05:39 PM IST
PTI | Aloke Tikku, New Delhi