Pramod Mahajan to be Finance Minister?

In case Yashwant Sinha goes now, the chances of the Union Communications Minister Pramod Mahajan taking over the reins of Finance Ministry are bright though the names of Jaswant Singh and Arun Shourie are also in the reckoning.

L K Joshi promoted as Additional Secretary

L K Joshi has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in Government of India,1970 batch IAS officer Joshi will be Member (Finance) National Highway Authority of India under the Ministry of Surface Transport.Joshi is currently Principal Secretary Irrigation and Commissioner Public Relations Madhya Pradesh Government.

Seven JD level vacancies in CBI

Though currently there are seven Joint Director level posts vacant in the CBI, names of atleast three-IPS officers have been cleared so far.

Anil Ambani -Amar Singh dinner meeting

Samajwadi leader Amar Singh and noted industrialist Anil Ambani, on Wednesday night, had a private dinner in Dumpukht restaurant of Hotel Maurya Sheraton in Delhi.. Was it simply a business dinner or a political one?.

Why did US Ambassador meet Arjun Singh ?

Why did the US Ambassador Robert D Blackwill meet senior Congress leader Arjun Singh at his Tuglaq Crecent residence in Delhi on Wednesday ? Has the wind started blowing the otherway around?.

IAS changes in UP

D K Verma, Narendra Kumar and Anoop Agrawal will be the new District Magistrates of Deoria, Mainpuri and Basti respectively.Ramvachan Sharma and Dr R K Shukla will be DM'S of Rai Barelley and Mathura respectively. Besides, Naresh Kumar has been made Special Secretary Education, L Venketeshwarrao Additional Commissioner Rural Development and Anita Meshram has been shifted as Joint Development Commissioner Ajamgarh. Sanjeeb Dube will be Special Secretary Revenue,Johra Chhatterjee has been shifted to Kanpur as Labour Commissioner.Jitendra Vishnu will be Relief Commissioner.

Anand Kumar is Director IOB

K Anand Kumar has been appointed Director of the Indian Overseas Bank for a period of three years.

V K Agnihotri appointed OSD

V k Agnihotri has been appointed OSD in the 12th Finance Commission. 1968 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer will be in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary in Government of India.

IAS and IPS at loggerheads in MP

That the IAS and the IPS, particularly in Madhya Pradesh, are at loggerheads became once again evident at a recent meeting of IPS Association in Bhopal. Even the comparatively new IPS recruits expressed their resentment against the IAS. There main grouse was that they were not treated at par with the IAS despite the fact that both are recruited through the same entrance examination. The other factors which make the IPS feel little is that it is they who brave all odds in maintaining the law and order but the credit goes to the IAS. And the last but not least was the fact that the IPS were found uncomfortable over the writing of their ACRs by none other than the IAS.