Three shortlisted for CBI Chief's post !

Special Secretary Home B B Mishra ,DG CRPF S C Chaubey and Special Director CBI U S Mishra are believed to have been shortlisted for the post of Director CBI.

Shashank to be Foreign Secretary

Senior most IFS officer Secretary in charge of Europe in the MEA Shashank is being tipped to be new Foreign Secretary.In all probability he would succeed Kanwal Sibbal who is superannuating by this month end.

Rudy wants Additional Secretary as MD of Air India

Civil Aviation Minister R. Pratap Rudy is keen to have an Additional Secretary level officer as MD of the Air India.The Minister has written a letter to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary to this effect. Currently the post is held by Joint Secretary level officer Sunil Arora.

Rakesh Mohan to be DG ESI

Rakesh Mohan who was on compulsory wait has been appointed DG ESI in the Ministry of Labour.1978 batch UT cadre IAS officer Rakesh Mohan would succeed 1979 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Aditi Mehta who is returning to the parent cadre next month.

Chief of Defence Staff and Army General

There is a serious move to revive the post of Chief of Defence Staff..Grapevine has it that a very senior Army General would benefit a lot if this post is revived. This general is well known in the army circle for having reduced his age.

Prasad promoted in CBI

A M Prasad has been promoted to the rank of DIG in CBI.1989 batch Orissa cadre IPS officer Prasad is currently posted in Kolkata.

9 IPS officers facing vigilance in UP

Nine IPS officers are facing corruption charges in Uttar Pradesh.State vigilance has registered cases against them.

Noida Massage parlour and a Union Minister

Mystery shrouds over no progress in probe relating to a sex scandal that police had unearthed in Noida. Grapevine has it, that efforts are on to hush up the case as one of the Central Ministers is involved in it.

Justice Thomas appointed Chairman in Kerala

Justice K T Thomas former judge of the Supreme Court of India has been appointed Chairman of the Police Performance Accountability for a period of one year.

Who is Vikram Singh ?

Who is Vikram Singh whose name figured in the video CD of Dilip Singh Judeo?.Vikram Singh is 1988 batch Indian Forests Service Officer of the Orissa cadre .Judeo had brought him from Orissa as his PS.

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Supreme Telecom a new challenger to TCIL

A private Mumbai based Supreme Telecom has emerged as a challenger to the TCIL.The company was recently given a contract in Mauritius instead of the TCIL.a warning signal for the TCIL.

Post of Director to be created in GAIL

New post of Director Marketing is being created in the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) in a month or two.

What went wrong with Gujaral ?

CMD of the Punjab & Sindh Bank N S Gujaral had proceeded on leave last week. Did the report of Uma Subramaniam nominee of the RBI in the board lead to this state of
affairs ?