Roy is new Chief Secretary West Bengal

Surindra Nath Roy has been appointed new Chief Secretary of West Bengal. Roy who is 1966 batch IAS Officer will replace Manish Gupta who superannuated on Friday.

Vivek Mehrotra is back

Vivek Mehrotra 1974 batch IAS Officer of Haryana cadre is back to state after completion of his foreign training. He has been posted as Commissioner PWD.

Nethani is new Advocate General Uttranchal

L P Nethani has been appointed new Advocate General of Uttranchal.He is a leading advocate of Allahbad High Court.

IPS reshuffle in Kerala

R S Mooshahary will be new Director (Vigilance) in place of Joseph Thomos DGP rank officer who superannuated on Friday. Rajabagadoor has been promoted to the rank of ADG and made incharge of Planning and Statistics.ADG (Prisons) M G A Raman has been posted as ADG(Crimes)in place of Mooshahary.K Sukumaran Nair will now be ADG (Prisons).IG Vigilance K G Prem Shankar has been shifted to KSEB. Rajan Medhekar who was Joint Commissioner Excise has been made IG Modernisation.T P Senkumar will replace Medhekar.Kottyam SP Verghese George will now be SP Rural Ernakulam.Subhash Babu SP Kozhikode has been made SP Rural Kasargod.

New envoy to Kuwait

Swashpawan Singh has been appointed India's next ambassador to Kuwait. 1974 batch IFS Officer Singh is currently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.He will succeed Prabhu Dayal.

IAS Officer's wordy duel with Chief Minister

Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Secretary K Ratna Kishore had a wordy duel with his Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu .Only the two and some other IAS Officers can divulge details.

Tharakan promoted

P K Hormese Tharakan 1968 batch IPS Officer has been promoted to the rank of DG in Kerala. He will continue be be incharge of Intelligence.

CBEC Official moves to CAT

Ajay Ubale former zonal Director of the Narcotics Bureau Mumbai has moved to the CAT to challenge his transfer.Ubale had booked actor Fardeen Khan in a cocaine seizure case.Soon he was given marching orders to return to the parent organisation CBEC.

Aulakh gets posting

A S Aulakh who was IG BSF in Jullandhar is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre. On his return 1970 batch IPS Officer Aulakh has been made ADG (Administration).

A V Singh to get independent ministry !

Bureaucratic circles have a feeling that Special Secretary (Procurement) in the Ministry of Defence A V Singh is moving out to some other Ministry. 1967 batch Uttranchal cadre IAS Officer A V Singh who is considered close to External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh is likely to get independent charge.

Rati Vinay Jha is new Secretary Tourism

Chief of the ITPO Rati Vinay Jha has been appointed new Secretary Tourism in the Government of India. 1967 batch IAS Officer of TamilNadu cadre will replace M P Bezbaruah who superannuated today.

B K Chaturvedi appointed Secretary Education

B K Chaturvedi has been appointed Secretary Education in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. 1966 batch IAS Officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Chaturvedi will replace M K Kav who superannuated on Friday. Sant Kumar Tripathi 1966 batch IAS Officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed Secretary Elementary Education in place of B K Chaturvedi.