Rajan to join Rastrapati Bhawan

Y S Rajan is sure to join Rastrapati Bhawan as Special Secretary to A J K Abdul Kalam.He is currenly Executive Director of the TIFAC.

Tenure of Vijay Kumar to expire

Tenure of S Vijay Kumar, Joint Secretary in Rajya Sabha Secretariat, is coming to an end next week. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Alok Mehta to be Editor Hindi Outlook

Well known journalist Alok Mehta will edit the hindi edition of Outlook to be launched in September. Alok Mehta who was Editor of Dainik Hindustan is currently Editor Dainik Bhaskar Delhi. He is expected to take up new assignment next month.

Vinod Chaudhry is Joint Secretary Defence

Vinod Chaudhry has joined the Ministry of Defence as Joint Secretary . He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Retired IAS officer booked in Goa

B S Subhana a retired IAS officer has been booked in Goa on alleged corruption charges.

Nirupama Rao to be promoted next month

Nirupama Rao, Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, is being promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary next month.

Mohinder Lal joins IB

Mohinder Lal has joined the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1983 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Tourism Minister at loggerheads

Tourism Minister Jagmohan and the Director General of Tourism V K Duggal do not see eye to eye these days. Is it really true that they are not even on talking terms ?

Jaswant Singhji and Bihari officers i

Is it a fact that the new Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has started inquiring about the Bihari officials posted in the Finance Ministry during his predecessor Yashwant Sinha's tenure? He is learnt to have asked for a list of such officials.

1977 batch IAS promoted in Tamil Nadu

IAS officers of 1977 in Tamil Nadu have been promoted to the rank of Special Commissioner. They are Mssrs Devendra Nath Sarangi ,Dr S Malthi Swaminathan, Quadasia Gandhi, Rakesh Kackkar, Richristadas Gandhi, Mritunjay Sarangi, Ajay Bhattacharya, M Sheelapriya and Samir Vyas.

IAS changes in TamilNadu

1984 batch IAS officer V K Jeyakodi has been appointed Secretary III to the Chief Minister. Other new postings are as under : S Machendranathan Special Secretary Food and Cooperation, Mohan Verghese Chunkath State Commissioner for Disabled, G Ramakrishnan Project Coordinator for World Bank assisted Integrated Child Development Scheme,Anuradha Khadi Rajivan Commissioner ADI Dravidar Welfare, K Arulmozhi Secretary Personnel and Administrative Reforma, R Sriram Secretary Higher Education G A Rajkumar Special Secretary Rural Development, Qudsia Gandhi Special Commissioner Treasuries and Accounts and Swarn Singh Director Municipal Corporation.

Subbaiah is part-time member TAMP

M J Subbaiah has been appointed new part-time Member (Finance) in the Tariff Authority for major ports. He has replaced J V Shetty.