Duggal to be ITDC Chief?

Grapevine has it that Director General Tourism V K Duggal will also be given additional charge of Chairman ITDC.New Tourism Minister Jagmohan and 1968 batch UT cadre IAS Officer Duggal are known to each other for the last several years. Only last month 1980 batch Indian Railways Audit Service Officer Ashvin Lohani had been appointed Chairman of the ITDC at the behest of his mentor outgoing Tourism Minister Anant Kumar.

Vivek Joshi to join GOI

Vivek Joshi is joining the Government of India as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles. He is 1989 batch IAS Officer of Haryana cadre.

Raman Kackar gets one-year extension

Raman Kackar Executive Director (Security) in the Indian Oil Corporation has been granted one year extension in his tenure. Kackar who is 1973 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS Officer is on deputation to the IOC..

Two Gujarat High Court Judges transferred

Justice M R Calla and Justice P K Sarkar of the Gujarat High Court have been transferred to the High Courts of Rajasthan and Assam respectively.

Deep Chand is new IGP Arunachal Pradesh

Deep Chand has taken over as IGP of Arunachal Pradesh. He is 1979 batch IPS Officer of AGMUT cadre. He has replaced Y S Dodwal who has been transferred to Delhi.

Shrivastava new CIC Indore

R K Shrivastava is the new Chief Income Tax Commissioner Indore. 1967 batch IRS Officer Shrivastava has taken over from Eklavya who superannuated last week.

Are Sharad Yadav and Das Munshi friends?

Did Union Minister Sharad Yadav give letter purportedly written by the Cabinet Secretary opposing the disinvestment of AirIndia to the Congress leader Priya Ranjan Das Munshi?.Now this question is being discussed in the political circles.

Sunder Rajan and Jayalalitha

Now this is certain that Sunder Rajan will not get any post retirement job in the Government of India. 1966 batch IPS Officer who was OSD in the Cabinet Secretariat retired last week. His close relation with the TamilNadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha has come in the way of his appointment. Name of Sunder Rajan was in circulation for the post of Member Union Public Service Commission.

Tenure of Meera Mahirshi ends

Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forests Meera Mahirshi in returning to the parent cadre after completion of her tenure. Tenure of 1979 batch IAS Officer of Rajasthan cadre Ms Mahirshi ended lastweek.