R V Raju to be JD CBI

R V Raju is being appointed Joint Director CBI. Orders of 1975 batch IPS officer of Jammu &Kashmir cadre are likely to be issued in a couple of months.

Hemachandran to join NPA

A Hemachandran is all set to join the National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Hemachandran is 1986 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

P K Tripathi to be JS Urban Development

Praveen K Tripathi is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Urban Development in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

1968 batch IAS to be made Spl. Secretaries !

The dream of 1968 batch IAS officers of getting promoted, as Secretaries by this month end has been eclipsed under the present situation.A thinking is going on in the PMO that 1968 batch IAS officers should be promoted as Special Secretaries, because there are two IAS officers of 1967 batch who are still to be made full fledged Secretaries. They are D.C. Gupta and K Rajendra Nair. Likewise P.K. Mishra and Ramji Narayan Swami both of whom belong to 1966 batch who had been empanelled to the rank of secretary in GOI are yet to be appointed as Secretaries.

Midterm polls in Gujarat in summers?

Early polls to Gujarat state assembly likely to be held in summers. There is a general feeling that if assembly polls were held after two months or so then the BJP would be in a commanding position.

Dube is Vice Chairman Gaziabad Dev Authority

Devendra Nath Dube has taken over as Vice Chairman of the Gaziabad Development Authority.He has replaced 1977 batch IAS officer Vas Loretta Marry.

Padhi gets additional charge

D N Padhi Principal Secretary Energy, Orissa has been given additional charge of Tourism ,Culture and PR till the return of R Balakrishnan from his foreign visit.

Prakashwati is new UPSC Member

Prakashwati Sharma has been appointed new Member of the Union Public Service Commission. She hails from Rajasthan.

West Bengal Government to Move SC

West Bengal Government has decided to go to the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court's order of quashing the appointment of D C Vajpayee as the DGP. IPS officer Manas Chakravorty who is senior to Chakravorty had gone to the court against the appointment of Vajpayee.

CBI files a chargesheet against Reliance

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against the Reliance Industries and a couple of senior executives under different sections of the IPC and the Official Secrets Act.

Notices to IAS, IPS and IFS in Karnataka

The Karnataka Government has issued notices to 8 IAS,26 IPS and 29 IFS officers for possessing more than one site in Bangalore and other cities of the state.

Kandara is new SD Varanasi DD Kendra

S L Kandara has been appointed new Station Director of the Varanasi Doordarshan Kendra. He was earlier posted in the Bhopal DD Kendra.