All roads lead to PM's Deputy

It is not the PMO but the Prime Minister's Deputy, LK Advani, where all roads in Delhi lead to. Reason: PMO is no more considered the power centre. The power has now shifted with the Deputy PM.

"Cabinet Secretary will help"

Once all powerful Brijesh Mishra has started telling the bureaucrats meeting him that they should now knock the doors of the Cabinet Secretary for the solution to their problems. He makes it clear to them that he has now stopped `doing all this' .

New National Housing Bank Chairman

JN Godbole of the IDBI is being tipped to be the next Chairman of the National Housing Bank. The appointment is being made soon.

Civil Aviation Minister helpless

Civil Aviation Minister, Shehnawaz Hussein, is these days perplexed. He is interested to have a Muslim Joint Secretary of his choice from Uttar Pradesh but he is unable to. He has now started sharing this displeasure with others too.

Meera Shankar to be promoted

Meera Shankar is being promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs in a week or so. 1973 batch IFS officer, Meera Shankar, is currently Joint Secretary (North) in the MEA.

Raghu Menon is new JS Civil Aviation

Raghu Menon has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. He is an upright 1974 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Now seven CS rank officers in TN

Tamil Nadu government has provided Chief secretary rank to four of its 1968 batch IAS officers. With this the total number of such officers has reached seven.

No prizes for guessing

UP government has recommended to the Centre, the compulsory retirement of four of its IAS officers. Who they could be ? No prizes for guessing.

Azad is RITES Director

J S Azad has taken over as Director (Technical) in Rail India Technical and Economic Services coming under the Railway Ministry.

Top level Judicial appointments

Justice Anil Sev Singh of the Delhi High Court will be new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.Justice Rai of the Allahbad High Court will be Chief Justice of Punjab High Court. Justice J L Gupta of the Punjab High Court has been shifted to Kerala as Chief Justice.Justice Patel of the J & K High Court has been made Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. Justice Patro of the Orissa High Court has been appointed Chief Justice of the J & K High Court.