Pramod Mahajan - Father of Telecom revolution in India

Indian Minister for Communication and Information Technology (IT), Pramod Mahajan, has brought laurels for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in general and for the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in particular. Mahajanji has, in the corridors of power, emerged as the 'father' of Telecom revolution in India during the 21st century.

Proposal of J N L Shrivastava turned down

Proposal to appoint the retired Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India, J N L Shrivastava, as adviser in the same ministry has been turned down.

Will V M Lal be Chairman of JNPT ?

Now the latest name doing the rounds for the post of Chairman Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust is V M Lal. Shipping Minister is said to be lobbying hard for 1970 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre for the post.

Subba Rao to get post retirement job

Gujarat Chief Secretary, G Subba Rao, is likely to be appointed Chairman of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission. 1965 batch IAS officer Rao is scheduled to retire next month.He may be appointed in the second week of Januaray.

Dr Raju Sharma joins Cabinet Secretariat

Dr Raju Sharma, a 1982 batch officer from UP has joined Cabinet Secretariat. He would be Director of Convention on Chemical Weapons.

Shankar Agrawal is joining NDC

Finally Shankar Agrawal is joining the NDC for one year. 1980 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Agrawal is currently Joint Secretary, Small Scale Industries, in the Government of India.

1985 batch IPS to be promoted this week

Eight 1985 batch IPS officers in Madhya Pradesh are being promoted to the rank of IG most probably this week.

Will M B Prakash seek retirement today ?

Bangalore is agog with reports that senior most IAS officer in Karnataka, M B Prakash, is seeking voluntary retirement on Monday in protest against the appointment of his junior B S Patil as the Chief Secretary.1966 batch IAS officer Prakash has 17 months of service.

IPS reshuffle in Gujarat in a day or two !

A major IPS shake-up is expected to take place in Gujarat in a day or two. Meanwhile, Mehsana SP, A K Sharma, who was removed on the instructions of the Election Commission has been reinstated.

IPS changes in Himachal Pradesh

D S Minhas on his return from the Central deputation has been appointed IG Vigilance. M L Negi will be DIG - PTC Daroh. S R Mardhi has been made DIG Armed Police Training .

IPS shake-up in J&K

About four dozen IPS officers have been reshuffled in Jammu & Kashmir. New Changes are :- Mssrs Kamal Saini SSP Jammu, Javaid Gillani SSP Srinagar, R R Swain AIG Welfare, Hemant Lohia Astt Director Police Academy Udhampur, Deepak Kumar Commandant 4th battalion,Satish Khandara SP Budgam, S D Singh Astt Director Police Academy, Mukesh Singh SP Poonch, Munish Sinha SP Kathua, Danish Rana SP Ramban, Sunil Kumar SP Kishtwar, Vipul Kumar SP Pulwama, Alok Kumar 8th battalion, Sunil Sharma SP Traffic Jammu, Farooq Ahmad SP Special Branch Jammu, Alok Puri SP Vigilance, Afad Ul Mujtaba SP Gunderbal,Muneer Khan SP Anantnag,Gh Hassan Bhat SP Traffic Kashmir, Qayoom Manhas SSP Kupwara,Ch Chirag-ud-Din 4th battalion, Rajiv Kotwal SSP Security,T Punchok SP Leh, Jagjeet Kumar SP Vigilance Jammu,G A Dar SP Security Kashmir, Karnail Singh SP Border Jammu, Shaukat Malik SP CID,Showkat Kanth AIG Personnel,Mustaq Sadiq SP Vigilance Central,J L Sharma SP SKPA ,V S Sambyal SP Udhampur ,M A Danposh Commandant Auxilliary 1st battalion,Raghubir Singh SP Anti-Hijacking Jammu,Ravindra Singh SP South Jammu, H R Parihar SP Kulgam, Amjed Parveez Mirza Staff Officer to ADG Home Guards, Ashiqe Bukhari SP CID, Nitish Kumar SP South Srinagar, and S R Samuel Additional SP Jammu.

Orissa PSC Chairman suspended

Orissa Governor has suspended Chairman of the Orissa Public Service Commission retired IAS officer Hadibandhu Mirdha following infighting in the organisation.Mirdha has decided to move to the court.

UP IAS Association criticises Chief Minister

Uttar Pradesh IAS Association has termed the suspension of IAS officers in the state as gross violation of the prescribed Government procedure.On Sunday 120 members of the Association also accused the President of the Association A K Rastogi for not uttering a word against transfers, postings and suspensions.One senior member Harish Chandra boycotted the meeting.A delegation of the Association is meeting the Chief Minister on Monday.

Bureaucratic changes likely in MP

Bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Madhya Pradesh in a day or two.Manoj Kumar is set to be next Principal Secretary Finance.

R S Sharma is new Police Commissioner Mumbai

R S Sharma has been appointed new Mumbai Police Commissioner. 1968 batch IPS officer Sharma would replace M N Singh on Tuesday.