1965 batch left high and dry !

Reliable reports coming from the top sources these days are that there would be no Cabinet secretary from the 1965 batch of IAS officers. In such a case, only two officers of the said batch still to retire, Kamal Pande and S Narayan, would be left high and dry. Indication is sufficient .

Charan Das Arah empanelled

Charan Das Arah has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. 1968 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, Arah is considered to be very close to AP Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu.

Purkayastha to move from Banking

S K Purkayastha, Additional Secretary Banking, is all set to move .Grapevine has it that 1969 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer Purkayastha is getting some foreign assignment. Only last week 1967 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer D C Gupta has joined as Special Secretary Banking.

Harish Awasthy to be Member Prasar Bharti

Grapevine has it that Harish Awasthy is being appointed Member of the Prasar Bharti Board. 1965 batch IIS officer Awasthy retired only last month.

Padma Balasubramaniam is new Chief PMG Delhi

Padma Balasubramaniam 1967 batch Indian Postal Service Officer has been posted as Chief Post Master General, Delhi, on completion of her tenure as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Labour

Sanjay Murthy is new PS to Shanta Kumar

K Sanjay Murthy is the new Private Secretary to the Union Rural Development Minister, Shanta Kumar. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

2000 batch IAS get posting in West Bengal

Two 2000 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officers Shantanu Basu and M G A Ansari have been given posting. Basu and Ansari will be SDM Barrakpur and Kontai respectively.

Advani's significant visit

Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani's visit to Mumbai to attend the funeral of Dhirubhai Ambani is being considered significant. Has it anything to do with the next elections or only Gujarat elections ?

Joshi in a quandary ?

The growing intimacy between Atal Bihari and LK Advani followed by a reshuffle in the party indicates that the BJP stalwart Murli Manohar Joshi is being sidelined. If not sidelined, he will atleast turn weak, feel the party leaders.

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh

Anil Shrivastava MD Optel Telecom Ltd and MP State Electronics Development Corporation has been transferred as Commissioner Rehabilitation and Religious Endownments.A K Bhatt CEO Betul will succeed Anil Shrivastava.Arun Kochar has been shifted to Sidhi as Additional Collector.