Pant to be FA and JS Water Resources Ministry

Niranjan Pant is being appointed FA and Joint Secretary Ministry of Water Resources in the Government of India. Indian Accounts and Audit Service officer Pant would replace Shailendra Pande whose tenure is coming to an end on March 13.

Two retirements in LIC this month

Executive Director HRD R Chandrasekaran and Director Inspection J S Bhandari are superannuating from the LIC this month.

No RS berth for loosers !

Speculations are rife in Congress circles that those leaders who lost during the last Lok Sabha elections may not be given party ticket for the this month's Rajya Sabha polls.

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Will Sudhir Mittal continue ?

Uncertainty prevails over the fate of Sudhir Mittal head of the Punjab State Electricity Board.A powerful lobby of technocrats is all out to change this 1978 batch IAS officer. Will this lobby succeed ?.

Two groups at 10 Janpath

Two groups have emerged at 10 Janpath, official residence Congress president Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. While, one group is in favour Priyanka Gandhi Vadra into active politics, the other group wants her brother Rahul Gandhi to take a plunge in the political arena.A host of persons had tried their best for the launch of Rahul Gandhi during the recent polls to four state assemblies. But they could not succeed in their mission.

Five IAS officers of 1982 batch were not considered

There are five IAS officers of the 1982 batch who are on deputation to different foreign assignments. Therefore, they had not been considered for being empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary at the Centre. Their names would be considered only after their return from foreign assignments. They include Parminder Singh, Pravesh Sharma and J S Deepak..

Gupta is DD Director Ranchi

Ajay Rashmi Gupta has taken over as Director Doordarshan Kendra Ranchi. He is an officer of Indian Broadcasting Service.

Salaries to be disbursed in Manipur this week

Salaries for the State Government Employees in Manipur will be disbursed this week. Funds are being released by the Government of India this week.

Amravanshi to return Chhatisgarh cadre

R L Amravanshi Chief Vigilance Officer in the South -Eastern Coalfields(SECL) is returning to the parent Chhatisgarh cadre next week after completion of his tenure. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.

New SBI CVO

R N Pradeep has been appointed new Chief Vigilance Officer of State Bank of India. Prior to this he was General Manager with Dena Bank.

PS rank to 1975 batch IAS officers in Punjab

Five IAS officers of 1975 batch have been given rank of Principal Secretary in Punjab.They are Ms Dr Bhushan Chand Gupta,Subodh Chandra Agrawal,Rajendra Pratap Singh Pawar, Mukul Joshi and Poonam Khetrapal Singh who is currently posted in Geneva.

Case registered against Customs officer

After carrying out searches the CBI has registered a case against Joint Commissioners Customs Vishakhapatnam Stephen D'souza.