Ravi Mathur to be Additional Secretary Coal !

Grapevine has it that Ravi Mathur is being appointed Additional Secretary Coal in the Government of India. He is 1970 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Lalli is Joint Secretary Border Roads

Baljit Singh Lalli is the new Joint Secretary - Border Roads in the Ministry of Defence. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

D Singh to be JS Heavy Industries

If all goes well Punjab cadre 1976 batch IAS officer D Singh will be Joint Secretary - Heavy Industries, in the Government of India.

Three DS level posts are vacant

Three Deputy Secretary level posts including two in the Department of Personnel in the Government of India have fallen vacant this month.

Jharkhand Chief Secretary to retire

Jharkhand Chief Secretary G Krishnan is superannuating this month end. He is 1967 batch IAS officer.

1987 batch IPS to get promotion in Gujarat

Eight 1987 batch IPS officers in Gujarat Mssrs Sanjay Shrivastava, Arun Kumar Sharma, Kamal Kumar Oza ,Pravin Gondia, Chiman Lal Parmar,D G Vanzara,N B Patel and U D Joshi are being promoted to the rank of DIG in January.

Vandana Sarna is JS Rajya Sabha

Vandana Sarna is the new Joint Secretary of Rajya Sabha. She is 1982 batch officer of the Indian Customs Service.

Asha Sinha to be promoted

Asha Sinha is being promoted to the rank of IG in Jharkhand in a week or two. She is the solitary 1982 batch IPS officer in the state.

IAS association takes serious note

All India IAS Association has taken a serious note of the happenings in Uttar Pradesh. Secretary of the Association V S Pandey after receiving complaints of atrocities is likely to take up the matter with the executive body.Meanwhile,the UP IAS Association has decided to go ahead with its EGM on the 29th of December. Though the President A K Rastogi is trying to drag his feet on the issue,overwhelming majority of the officers have decided to go ahead with the extraordinary General Body meeting as scheduled by the executive committee on the 29th.

Thakkar is new DG Military Operations

Lt General B D Tkakkar has been appointed new DG of Military Operations at the Army Headquarters.

R K Nayar is new Rajasthan Chief Secretary

Raghvan Krishna Nayar has taken over as the new Chief Secretary of Rajasthan. 1968 batch IAS officer Nayar has succeeded Indrajeet Khanna who has been appointed Chief of the State Elecion Commission.

Verma is IG Patna

S C Verma has been appointed new IG Patna. Ashish Ranjan Sinha Patna IG has been shifted to the PHQ.

Patil appointed Chief Secretary of Karnataka

Finally B S Patil has been appointed Chief Secretary of Karnataka.1966 batch IAS officer Patil would succeed Dr A Ravindra who is superannuating this month end.

Prakash to be Chairman of KN Neeravari Nigam

M B Prakash who is senior to the Chief Secretary designate B S Patil will now be Chairman of the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam.He is 1966 batch IAS officer.

IAS changes in Rajasthan

1969 batch IAS officer Murlidhar Kaurani has been promoted to the rank of ACS.Dharm Singh Sagar will be PS Home T R Verma will be Secretary Agriculture.Rajendra Prasad Jain has been made Secretary Labour and Employment. Dharm Singh Meena has been appointed Development Commissioner.

Justice Anand to be new Chairman of NHRC

Justice A H Anand retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India will be new Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. He would succeed Justice J S Verma whose term is coming to an end.

IPS officer suspended in UP

Mujaffarnagar SSP Brij Bhushan has been suspended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. B R Meena will be new SSP Mujaffarnagar.