Will B K Chaturvedi move to Finance Ministry ?

Will Secretary Petroleum B K Chaturvedi move to the North Block as Secretary Finance. This may look strange but his chances of succeeding C M Vasudev are bright. He is 1966 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.In case Chaturvedi does't move some non-IAS may be appointed Secretary Finance.

Pegu to be JS Social Justice

Gopinath Pegu is being appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Social Justice. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre. Earlier his name was in circulation for Steel Ministry.

Kapoor to be Director Technical NTPC

ACC has cleared the appointment of S L Kapoor for the post of Director Technical in NTPC. He would take over from Dr Palit on May 31.

Fresh panel of JS in Company Affairs

A fresh panel is being prepared in the Ministry of Company Affairs for the post of Joint Secretary. The post has fallen vacant following premature repatriation of 1974 batch IAS officer A Ramaswamy to parent Karnataka cadre.

IAS changes in Orissa

Krusna Chandra Mohapatra has been appointed Collector Jagat Singh Pur.Nikunj Bihari Dhal will be new Collector of Angul District. L N Gupta has been made Vice Chairman of the Bhubneshwar Development Authority.

A recommendation that cost Salim Ali dearly!

Manipur-Tripura cadre 1978 batch IPS officer Salim Ali who was aspiring to join the CBI as Joint Director has been posted in ITBP that too in Dehradun. Grapevine has it that some influential person had recommended his case for CBI to Union Home Secretary Kamal Pande. An irked pande brought Salim Ali on deputation not in CBI but in ITBP.

Mohanty is new DPR Orissa

Sarbeswar Mohanty has taken over as new Director Public Relations Orissa. 1986 batch IAS officer Mohanty has replaced Rahas Bihari Nayak who has been made Additional Secretary Home.

Sanjay Arora is back to Tamil Nadu cadre

Sanjay Arora who was on deputation to the ITBP is back to parent Tamil Nadu cadre. On his return 1988 batch IPS officer Arora has been appointed Police Commissioner Coimbatore.

Madan Lal promoted in AP

DIG (CID) in Andhra Pradesh Madan Lal has been promoted to the rank of IG. He is 1980 batch IPS officer.

Yadav is Director Sericulture Tamil Nadu

Rakesh Kumar Yadav has been appointed new Director Sericulture with headquarters at Salem.He is 1991 batch IAS officer.

New Shri Ganganagar SP

Biju George Joseph will be new SP of Shri Ganganagar in Rajasthan. He would replace Ramphal Singh .

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh

Mumtaj Ahmad and S N Singh will be new Inspectors General of Police Gorakhpur and Varanasi Zone respectively.Ram Lal Ram has been made IG PAC. Other new changes are : S C Dhusia SP Shajehanpur,R K Coku ASP Mainpuri, Neelesh Kumar SP Auraniya and Mrs Anupam Saxena SP Mahoba. Bhanu Bhaskar will be new ADC to the Governor.

Additional charge to Miglani

M K Miglani has been given additional charge of Agriculture and Education in Haryana.

Yet another whisper-comes true

We carried the following item as early as on April 24th 2002

Will Manohar Joshi become Speaker?

Why did Union Communications Minister Pramod Mahajan meet Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thakre? Grapevine has it that the meeting had something to do with the Speakership of the Lok Sabha. Name of Union Heavy Industries Minister Manohar Joshi had figured at the meeting.