Vijay Kapoor to be Governor Maharastra !

Lt Governor of Delhi Vijay Kapoor is being tipped to be new Governor of Maharastra.Formal orders are expected soon.

Alexander to be Union Minister !

Maharastra Governor P C Alexander who had resigned is getting a berth in the Union Cabinet. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Adwani are reported to have agreed on this count.

Rita Verma to be MoS Child and Women Welfare !

Union Minister of State in the Human Resource Development Department Rita Verma is expected to get Child and Women Welfare .A formal announcment in this matter is expected to be made on Monday.

K C Pant to be Governor J & K

Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission K C Pant is likely to be appointed new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir in place of G C Saxena.A formal announcement is expected soon..

Secretaries become less powerful in GoI

Gone are the days when a secretary in the Government of India used to be powerful enough vis-à-vis making of a joint secretary. Now the same secretaries are heard telling aspirants to get in touch with the minister directly for getting their job to be done.

Rashima Gupta to return to Himachal Pradesh ?

Grapevine has it that Rashima Gupta has made up her mind to return to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre. Himachal Pradesh cadre 1984 batch IAS officer Rashima Gupta is currently Director in the Ministry of Finance in Government of India.

1970 batch IPS promoted in IB

Two 1970 batch IPS officers posted in the Intelligence Bureau R K Das and Sunderraj S have been promoted to the rank of Additional Director .

1970 batch IRS empannelled

Empanelment of as many as 32 officials of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) , belonging to the 1970 batch, has been done. They all are likely to get the postings as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in the next three or four months.