PMO & empanelment of 1969 batch as Secretary

Mystery shrouds deletion of names of a couple of bureaucrats belonging to the 1969 batch for being empanelled as Secretaries in the GOI.Grapevine has it, that names of three bureaucrats were changed and three new names were added in the PMO .

Prasad selected for Mason Fellowship

T V S N Prasad has been selected as Mason Fellow with full scholarship at Kennedy School of Government , Harward University. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Post of NIPM still lying vacant

Joint Secretary level post of the Director National Institute of Port Management at Chennai has been lying vacant for the last one year. Reason ?

Punjab CS to UP CS

It's official now!!!! : Punjab Chief Secretary, Rajan Kashyap had officially requested the UP, Chief Secretary D.S.Bagga to scuttle UP Chief Minister, Mayawati's official visit to Punjab on the July 7,2003 to address a dalit rally. Now Mayawati is not going to Punjab.

Dr Poojari still to get a posting

Dr K Anoop Poojari still without a post.Dr. Poojari (1980 batch) who has reverted to Karnataka after three years as Additional Director General of Foreign Trade in Delhi is on compulsory wait in Bangalore. His post in Commerce Ministry was filled up with the promotion of Mrs.Seema Bahuguna (1983 batch of Rajasthan Cadre) .

Manoj Kumar posted in LBSNAA

T K Manoj Kumar (1987 IAS Kerala) has been posted as Deputy Director at LBSNAA Mussoorie.Manoj Kumar who has just returned from Manila after undergoing one year training was Director in the Ministry of Health prior to this new assignment.Manoj an aluminus of IIT Delhi was also runner up in the popular BBC Programme Master Mind India during the year 2000.

Bhandari to be Member CAT !

Special Secretary Home A K Bhandari is being appointed Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). 1966 Batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Bhandari is superannuating by this month end.

Vijay Kumar is new Envoy to Zimbabwe

India's High Commissioner to Mauritius Vijay Kumar has been appointed country's next envoy to Zimbabwe.

Two Additional Judges

Pratap Vishnu Hardas and Vijay Kamlesh Tahilramani have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court.

Will Negi move to the CAT ?

Grapevine has it that RS Negi, 1967 batch IPS officer in Maharastra is moving to the CAT against the appointment of O P Bali as the DGP.RS Negi believes that as the senior most IPS official in Maharashtra, he should have been appointed as DGP. RS Negi is due for retirement
in September 2003.

We are 20th in the World

Whispersinthecorridors.com has emerged a winner all the way.
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IPS changes in Tamil Nadu

P Thiruganam will be new SP of Pudukottai. Kulkarni Vidya Dhyaneshwar has been appointed Deputy Commissioner Crime and Traffic Coimbatore.

Ravneet Kaur gets a posting in Punjab

Ravneet Kaur has been appointed Special Secretary Environment in Punjab.

IAS officer arrested

Haryana Vigilance Bureau has arrested 1979 batch IAS officer Ajit Mohan Saran on charges of causing heavy losses to the state exchequer during Bhajan Lal's tenure.