Whispers that turned louder

We carried the following items as early as on April 13,April 15 and April 27 ,2002

13 April 2002
Jaswant Singh to replace Yashwant Sinha ?

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is likely to reshuffle his cabinet in May. There are indications that External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh will replace Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha. Name of Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie is also doing the round for the post of Finance Minister. Yashwant Sinha may be shifted to Ministry of External Affairs .

15 April 2002
Will BJP President get Cabinet Berth ?

Will President of Bharatiya Janata Party Jana Krishnamoorthy be inducted in the Union Cabinet during next Cabinet reshuffle ?. Highly placed sources said that since there is no representation of BJP from TamilNadu,Jana was being given Cabinet rank in the next reshuffle.

27 April 2002
Will Venkaiah Naidu be next BJP Chief ?

There are strong reports that Union Rural Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu will be new BJP President. Chances of BJP President Jana Krishnamoorthy joining the Union Cabinet are bright.Though name of Union Parliametary Affairs and IT Minister Pramod Mahajan was in circulation, he is now out of the race. A major Cabinet reshuffle at the Centre is expected to take place in May.

Shatrughna Sinha to be Minister!

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is believed to have decided to give a berth to Shatrughna Sinha during the next cabinet reshuffle at the Centre. A major cabinet reshuffle is expected to take place in May.

R K Das appointed SPG Chief

Ranjit Kumar Das has been appointed new Chief of the Special Protection Group (SPG). Uttar Pradesh cadre 1970 batch IPS officer, Das, would take over from T K Mitra on August 1 .West Bengal cadre 1968 batch IPS officer, Mitra, would replace Secretary Security in Government of India, Y Harishankar, who is superannuating this month end.

Dr Hari Krishna to be JS Home

Dr Hari Krishna is being tipped to be Joint Secretary North-East Affairs in Government of India. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Arun Khstrapal to be Director Enforcement ?

Arun Khetrapal is likely to be appointed Director Enforcement in Government of India. He is 1968 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer. A couple of other names are also in circulation for the job.

Tenure of Santosh Kumar to expire today

Tenure of Joint Secretary Defence Santosh Kumar is coming to an end on Tuesday.He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

John Mathew to be DG Tripura

John Mathew is being appointed new Director General of Police Tripura. 1969 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officer John Mathew who has served the IB for several years would succeed B L Vohra who has been appointed DG Civil Defence in Government of India.

Sandeep Khanna joins as JS food

Sandeep Khanna has joined as Joint Secretary Food and Civil Supplies in Government of India. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

1975 batch IAS officers promoted in MP

Three 1975 batch IAS officers Ms Jaimini Sharma, Dilip Mehra and Bhagirath Prasad have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. While Sharma will Be MD Warehousing Corporation Dilip Mehra PS Rural Industries.Bhagirath Prasad will be PS Transport and Backward Class.

IPS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh

Jagmohan Yadav will be new DIG Gorakhpur Range. DIG Gorakhpur Range V K Gupta has been shifted to PTC Sitapur. Alok Prasad has been made DIG Telecommunications.Other new postings are as under : Ms A Satish Ganesh PAC Agra, P P Shrivastava EOW, Brijraj SP Etah, Naveen Arora SP Sonbhadra, D L Ratnam PAC Jhansi, Sushil Kumar Singh PAC Sitapur,Vijay Bhatia SP Mirzapur, Pramod Kumar SP Mau, Vijay Prakash SP Bhadoi, Bhagwan Singh SP Kannauj,Mohit Agrawal SP Chandoli and Ram Sevak SP Balrampur.

New VC of Karnataka University

M Khaja Peer has been appointed new Vice Chancellor of the Karnataka University.

Harsh Mandar gets award

Harsh mandar who quit the IAS recently has been chosen for the M A Thomas National Human Rights Award 2002.1980 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer quit the IAS early this year.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

Aradhana Johri will be new MD of Sugar Corporation. Sanjiv Nair has been made MD PICUP. B M Meena will be MD SIFSA. D K Mittal has been shifted to Lok Seva Abhikaran.

Sridhar is CMD Pawan Hans

Director of the Indira Gandhi International Airport N V Sridhar has taken over as CMD of the Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd.

IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh K T Chacko was appointed Principal Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Department.Sudhir Nath will be PS Water Resources Department. Secretary Finance M K Roy has been made IG Registeration and Stamps.Commissioner Higher Education would now be Secretary Finance. Ajay Nath who returned after long leave has been appointed as Commissioner Higher Education.C P Bhargava has been made Commissioner Sericulture. Subrato Banerjee has been given additional charge of Jails. Ajita Bajpayee is the new Commissioner and Secretary Public Relations. She is the first woman IAS officer appointed on the post.S D Agrawal has been made Additional Commissioner Bhopal and Hoshangabad Divisions.