Foreign Secretary unlikely to get an extension

Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibbal is unlikely to get an extension.He is due to superannuate by this month end.

Sanjay Joshi to be JS and FA Coal

Sanjay Joshi is being tipped to be Joint Secretary and FA Coal in Government of India. 1983 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Joshi is currently Director in the Ministry of Petroleum.

Arun Prakash to succeed Admiral Madhvendra Singh !

Vice chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Arun Prakash is tipped to succeed Naval Chief Admiral Madhvendra Singh.

15 IAS officers in UP's vigilance net

Altogether 15 IAS officers in Uttar Pradesh are currently facing vigilance enquiries.

Justice S Ram Singh is Vice Chairman CAT Allahabad

Justice S Ram Singh has taken over as new Vice Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) at Allahabad.

Ramasashtry promoted in CBI

P V Ramasashtry has been promoted to the rank of DIG in CBI. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.Ramasashtry is currently posted in the CBI Academy.

Singh is PS to Ramesh Bais

IRS officer B B Singh has joined as PS to Union Minister of State for Mines Ramesh Bais.
(We said this on October 21 )

Who is powerful Sonia Gandhi or Sharad Pawar ?

Media reports say that new Mumbai Police Commissioner will be Sharad Pawar's man.Is Sharad Pawar more powerful than Sonia Gandhi in Maharashtra ?.In case Sharad Pawar's man is appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner, NCP would have no funds problem.

J M Qureshi dies

Former Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission J M Qureshi died in Bhopal on Sunday.He was retired 1956 batch IPS officer.

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Congresss CM and an AICC office bearer

Chief Minister of one of the Congress ruled states and an important office bearer of the AICC are quite close to each other. How close are they can be judged from the grapevine report that the former is getting done up latter's house in Lodhi Estate, Delhi.Any guesses?

Why did Punjab & Sindh bank CMD Gujral proceed on leave ?

Why did Punjab and Sindh Chairman cum Managing Director N S Gujral proceed on leave?.Grapevine has it that Banking Secretary N S Sisodia had asked Gujral to go on leave.Only the Banking Secretary,CVC and Gujral know the reason.

Prakash Singh to chair board meeting today

ED of the Punjab & Sindh Bank Prakash Singh will chair the board meeting of the bank on Monday in the absence of SMD N S Gujral.

Punjab Government's love for BPL products !

So is the Punjab Govt really keen to endorse BPL products at any given cost? Is the bond between the Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC) so strong and concomitant that in projects funded by World Bank, PHSC really wants to do that extra bit for BPL Products despite BPL not fulfilling a majority of the technical conditions and criteria as required by the World Bank and PSHC itself.It is rumoured that in a major World Bank funded project, medical equipments (TMT's) provided by BPL do not satisfy any of the 12 technical points mandatory in the World Bank aided project.Yet the state government and the Punjab Health System Corporation are all going gaga over BPL! Does brand name really mean all that much?Only IAS officers of Punjab Cadre, Anjali Bhawra,chief of PSHC and D.S.Guru, Principal Secretary, Health can answer that!No wonder what Chief Minister,Amarinder Singh who has been harping on a clean and transparent governance,has to say on this. Meanwhile here's keeping an eye out for more on this interesting situation!