Farooq Abdullah to be Foreign Minister !

Grapevine has it that former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Farooq Abdullah is being appointed Foreign Minister. He has recently been elected to the Rajya Sabha.

Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharastra next week !

A major bureaucratic reshuffle is going to take place in Maharastra next week end. A couple of senior IAS officers are superannuating this month .

Administrative shake-up in J & K next week

First major bureaucratice shake up is going to take place in Jammu & Kashmir next week.Those who will find favour in the new regime include Mssrs Mohammad Shafi Pandit, Sushma Chaudhry, B R Kundal,Vijay Bakaya,Anil Goswami,M A Ganai, B S Jaiswal,R K Jairath, Kuver S ingh Salathia,Vijay Raj Sharma, Mohammad Amin Khan, Abdul Rashid Mubaraki,Devendra Nargotra,Saifuddin Lone and Sham Lal.

Chhatisgarh to have anti-corruption bureau

Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up anti-corruption bureau. An IG rank officer will head this bureau.

Will Rastogi face no-confidence motion ?

There are reports that President of the Uttar Pradesh IAS Association A K Rastogi will face no-confidence motion during the general body meeting next month.

Rangrajan to take over as Chairman next month

Andhra Pradesh Governor Dr C Rangrajan is expected to take over as Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission in the second half of December.

Kerala is very safe

Union Home Ministry is reported to have ranked Kerala as the safest place in the country in terms of security followed by Haryana, Delhi and Punjab.

Jeevarathinam is CEO CMDA

A S Jeevrathinam has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.

Singh is PS Science and Technology J & K

B R Singh has been appointed Principal Secretary Science and Technology in Jammu and Kashmir.

Hariom gets new posting

1997 batch IAS officer Hariom has been appointed Deputy Land Relief Commissioner ,Lucknow.He was earlier Chief Development Officer Gazipur.

IPS changes in Assam

B B Chetry and S N Gogoi will be new SP's of Lakhimpur and Sonitpur respectively.V K Ramisetti and A Agrawal on promotion have been appointed SP's of Kokarjhar and Karimganj respectively.Pramod Chetia has been shifted to CID as SSP.Ezaz Ansar Hazarika will now be SP NC Hills.B P Rabha will be SP Cachar.Paresh Neog will be Commandant 10th APBn. Anil Phukan has been made SP Zonal CID Guwahati.Anurag Tankha will now be SP CM's Vigilance Cell. Jibon Singh has been appointed Commandent 4th APB'n.

Great relief to UP bureaucrats

It was a great relief for the Bureaucrats, especially to the Commissioners, DIGs, Collectors and SPs as the Cheif Minister of U.P. postponed her Mandal Review Meetings beginning on 23rd of this month from Moradabad, marching to Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Allahabad.
The message was received late last night by all the DMs that these review meetings will now be held in the second fortnight of December. It was expected that many top heads would roll in the aftermath of these review meetings.
On getting the information, the district administrative and police officials expressed relief for the time being, knowing the outcome of these meetings (if held) given the track record of Ms.Mayavati.

1974 batch IPS officers promoted in MP

Four 1974 batch IPS officers Mssrs S K Raut, Alind Jain, N K Tripathi and Panna Lal have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has cleared the promotions file.