Bandopadhyaya to retire

Secretary - Consumer Affairs in the Government of India, S Bandopadhyaya, is superannuating this month end. He is 1965 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Sonia starts asserting

Gone are the days when the Congress High Command used to look to others while taking decisions. With the power of the party growing in the states, she has now started asserting instead of succumbing to the pressures of the party stalwarts.

IAS changes in Jharkhand

Manoj Kumar will be the new Joint Secretary - Tourism and Vinay Kumar Chaubey has been appointed Additional Secretary - Science and Technology while Sunil Kumar has been made Additional Secretary - Urban Development Department.

Maheshwari and Agrawal to be promoted

I980 batch IPS officer K K Maheshwari and 1981 batch IPS officer P N Agrawal are likely to be promoted as Joint Commissioner - Police in Delhi soon.

Banshri Bose to move as Deputy High Commissioner

Banshri Bose Harrison is all set to move as Deputy High Commissioner to Pretoria. Bose is posted in the NDC.

Tenure of Pujari expires

Tenure of A K Pujari Additional DG, DGFT expired on Friday. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Balakrishnan is new ED - Andhra Bank

R Balakrishnan has taken over as the new Executive Director of Andhra Bank .He was earlier General Manager of the Corporation Bank.

Manipur to have separate High Court

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has assured that separate bench of the Manipur High Court would be set up.

IAS officer manhandled

Andhra Pradesh Director Public Relations S Balasubramanyam who is 1977 batch IAS officer was manhandled by a BJP MLA on Friday when he tried to prevent him from entering the media enclosure at the opening ceremony of National Games.

Haryana to have new department

Haryana Government has decided to set up new department of Parliamentary Affairs under the administrative control of the Chief Secretary.

IAS officer removed in Bihar

Saran Divisional Commissioner Pancham Lal has been removed from the post for making derogatory and objectionable speech against the politicians at Sonpur in the presence of two Bihar Ministers.