Chaddha shifted to Chandigarh

C S Chaddha, Member of the CAT, at Allahbad has been transferred to Chandigarh in the same capacity. He is 1966 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Tiwari is new envoy to Eritrea

Yogesh Mohan Tiwari ,India,s High Commissioner to Kenya has been concurrently accredited as the country,s next envoy to Eritrea. with residence in Nairobi.

Veerana Aivailli is no more

DG of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security Veerana Aivailli died in Delhi last night after a brief illness. 1966 batch IPS officer of J &K cadre Aivailli was 59.

Siddiqui is back to Punjab

S A Siddiqui has taken over as ADG Law and Order in Punjab. 1968 batch IPS officer Siddiqui was DG Manipur prior to his return to the parent cadre.

DG Prisons shifted in Karnataka

DG Prisons Dr S Krishnamurthy has been transferred. ADGP M D Singh will be new DG Prisons. Dr Krishnamurthy has not been given new posting.

Rajiv Jain gets additional charge

Rajeev Jain has been given the additional charge of the post of Managing Director of Bharat Leather Corporation Ltd. He is a 1991 batch Indian Information Service officer and presently posted as Deputy Secretry in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

Where there is a will, there is a way ?

The proverbial way. where there is a will, is being truly observed in the case of a senior official. The more the government comes out with strictures to check the unlawful activities, the more people involved in the murky deals prove over smart. In the above case, the official has taken divorce from his wife but they still live together. Now, with divorce on papers, the official has embarked upon the idea of doing all the illegal deals in the name of his divorced wife.

DVB linemen in a quandary

In the wake of Delhi Government's decision to streamline power transmission and distribution system, the worst hit are the linemen of the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB). Unbelievably, majority of them own a car. However, now the million Dollar question, which haunts them, is "where from they will get money to refuel their vehicles?"

Third front in Chhattisgarh!

Third front is in the offing in Chhatisgarh. Speculations are rife that former Union Minister Vidya Charan Shukla who has been licking his wounds since November1, 2000, would drop a bombshell to disturb the applecart of the Chief Minister Ajit Jogi. There is a possibility that septuagenarian VC Shukla may have a truck with Sharad Pawar President of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Smajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Santhanam to join GoI

G Santhanam is joining the Government of India as Director. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ranju Das indicted

The former DGP of Assam Ranju Das has been indicted in a Rs.72 lakh bullet proof jacket scandal. Then Principal Secretary Dr. Surjit Mitra, currently JS in Petroleum inquired into the case.

Did Deputation prove costly ?

Going on deputation to Chandigarh Administration has proved to be a costly affair for Parag Jain, 1989 batch IPS from Punjab. He remains to be an SSP while his juniors of 1991 batch have been promoted as DIG in his state.

Gulab Gupta is new VC Jabalpur Varsity

The Chairman of the MP Human Rights Commission Justice Gulab Gupta has been appointed as the new VC of the Jabalpur Varsity for a period of four years.

Sethi asked to apologise

Bishnupada Sethi, Director of Agriculture, faces a revolt from his sub-ordinates for being against farewells for lower grade employees like clerks and peons. He even refused an invitation from his colleagues following which the latter staged a demonstration and also petitioned the state Agriculture Minister and the Chief Minister. The staff committee has also threatened to go on strike across the state if the government did not settle the matter. Sethi an IAS officer of the additional secretary rank has been asked to apologise for his statement. The government has been urged to transfer him.