Ranjana Kumar to head NABARD

CMD of the Indian Bank Ranjana Kumar is being appointed CMD of the NABARD.

Reddy named RBI Governor

ED IMF Y Venugopal Reddy has been named as the new Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

Media savy IAS couple

Praveen Prakash (IAS, 1994, AP) and his wife Bhawana Saxena (IPS, 1996, AP) spend a lot of time and resources wooing local reporters to write good stories about them .The effort is on to potray them as good professionals and as a great couple, simulateneously. In recent times one newspaper alone- Deccan Chronicle - has done atleast three stories about the high profile couple.

UP IAS Association to discuss transfers issue

UP IAS officers association in a meeting next week would discuss suspensions by Chief Minister Mayawati. Over one dozen IAS officers have been suspended by the Chief Minister recently.

Jharkhand Govt.to take action against IPS officer !

Jharkhand Government is contemplating to take action against 1987 batch IAS officer P R K Naidu under the order of Election Commission. Naidu is currently on deputation in NPA.

VRS in ports

Union Shipping Ministry is considering to introduce VRS in ports.Details are being worked out.

IPoS officer to join AP Government

B V Sahakar an IPoS officer is going on deputation to the Andhra Pradesh Government.

IAS officer gets a clean chit in J&K

CBI has given clean a chit to 1968 batch J&K cadre IAS officer Hira Lal Kadalbaju ,the then Chairman of the Kandla Port Trust.

Will IPS officer resign ?

Grapevine has it that Rameshwar Oraon ADG Jharkhand will resign to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. Oraon is 1972 batch IPS officer.

BJP leaders to seek clearance from Delhi.

In the election year Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP )does not want to take any chances in Madhya Pradesh.State leaders have been advised to get their statements cleared from top brass in Delhi before going to the
press.

How many Indians are multi-millionaires in the US ?

If a survey conducted by Merrryll Lynch is taken into account there are over 200,000 Indians who are multi-millionaires in the USA.

IPS changes in UP

On his return from central deputation 1985 batch IPS officer Hitesh Awasthi has been appointed DIG Azamgarh. G P Sharma will now be DIG Ambedkar Academy Moradabad. Rajeev Ranjan Verma, Brijraj and Vijay will be SSPs of Lucknow,Azamgarh and Allahbad respectively.G L Meena has been shifted to Vigilance. Anil Agrawal has been made SSP STF. Ashok Kumar has been moved to Sitapur in PAC. Harish Chandra Pande will be SP Bagpat. R K Swarnkar has been appointed SP Railways Gorakhpur.

IAS changes in Punjab

S S Puri will be Special Secretary Parliamentary Affairs and Coordination. Iqbal Singh Siddhu will be Special Secretary Public Grievances. Rahul Tiwari and Ms Alaknanda will be SDMs of Shahkot and Faridkot respectively.

IAS officer dies

Senior IAS officer T R Dey died in Guwahati on Saturday.1986 batch IAS Dey was 57 and a bachelor.