Kaun banega Karnataka Chief Secretry ?

While the current incumbent, B.S. Patil,still has some months to go before he demits office for a career in politics(?), there is quite naturally some speculation about his successor. The next in line is K.K. Misra(1967), a very competent officer who is popular with the cadre. But gossip says there are others who are in the reckoning. One is V.K Gore (1968) and the other is B.K Das (1969) both officers having that extra something which appeals to the Chief Minister. Well, time alone will tell.

Shashank appointed Foreign Secretary

Shashank has been appointed new Foreign Secretary. 1966 batch IFS officer Shashank will succeed Kanwal Sibal who retires on November 30.
( We said this yesterday before the official announcement )

Kanwal Sibal did not get extension

As predicted in this column on Tuesday Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal was not granted extension. Did Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani oppose his extension ?.

Dr Pashricha is new Mumbai Police Commissioner

Dr P S Pashricha has been appointed new Police Commissioner,Mumbai. 1970 batch IPS officer Pashrisha would take over today.

Why did Roy and Deshmukh lose ?

1973 batch IPS officer V N Deshmukh and 1972 batch IPS officers A N Roy were ahead in the race for the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner.They however,lost to Pashricha since both the officers were branded as Sharad Pawar,s nominee by the media.

R S Sharma is ADG Administration,Maharastra

The ougoing Mumbai Police Commissioner R S Sharma has been appointed ADG Administration for eleven days. He is scheduled to retire on November 30.

Balakrishnan gets additional charge in Kerala

T Balakrishnan has been given additional charge of Tourism in Kerala. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

Collector and SP removed in Chhattisgarh

Collector Sarguja S K Raju and SP Bilaspur S R P Kalluri have been shifted following the directives of the Election Commission.

Rajendra Kumar is new IG Rewa in MP

Rajendra Kumar has been appointed IG Rewa Zone in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1985 batch IPS officer. IG Rewa M L Rane has been shifted to PHQ following the directives of the Election Commission.

New post of JS Banking

There is going to be a new posting in the Ministry of Banking as Joint Secretary .The post has fallen vacant following the promotion of Vinod Rai to the rank of Additional Secretary.

M P Singh to retire

Chief of the CBI Academy M P Singh is superannuating by this end.

Sonia Gandhi to meet Punjab dissidents

Grapevine has it that Congress supremo, Sonia Gandhi has given an appointment for two dissident camps from Punjab . Rumour mill has it that dissident MLAs from Congress shall be voicing their grudges against Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his high handedness. Certain MLAs are already furious that the Maharajah has asked the state vigilance to get cracking on Cong MLAs too along with Akali MLA's. Grapevine has it that senior Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa ans Rajinder Kaur Bhattal are the ones most annoyed with the Maharajah. December 1 is the supposed appointment date for the first dissident camp and December 2, the appointment the for the second camp. Would Punjab see a change in leadership? Will Capt Amarinder Singh be
replaced after the elections in 5 different states? Could dark horse Sukhwinder Kaur Bhinder be the next CM Candidate?

Radhika is DIG CBI Hyderabad

B Radhika has taken over as DIG CBI ,Hyderabad. She is 1989 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Changes likely in IA

Director level inter- changes are likely to take place in the Indian Airlines in a week or two.

Sanjay Kumar promoted in IB

Sanjay Kumar has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Maharastra cadre.

Who is black sheep in Punjab Police ?

In a sensational disclosure, Akali Supremo, Parkash Singh Badal left the entire Punjab Police Vigilance team dumb struck yesterday, particularly Siddhartha Chattopadhyaya, DIG Ludhiana absolutely speechless,when he made public the "disproportionate properties and assets of the Badals" report filed by the 1986 batch IPS officer, Siddhartha Chattopadhyaya that was to be used to file Crucial chargesheets against the Badal family . Chattopadhayaya's report which supposedly mentioned the assets and properties of the Badal clan in USA, New Zealand and Australia was considered to be a top secret till the time Badal knocked the lights out of Chattopadhyaya, A.P Pande - ADGP/Vigilance , B.K.Uppal - DIG Vigilance and the entire vigilance department . t is rumoured that the report is based more on undisclosed sources than on factual evidences, which is what adds more punch to Badals's hit back.What is noteworthy to mention here is that rumour mills were already working overtime about Siddhartha Chattopadhyaya's multiple foreign trips to US, Now what is really puzzling and perplexing all is who amongst the Vigilance team is the "Black Sheep" who has made the report available to the Badals??

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Will Ray be Director Marketing GAIL ?

Will A K Ray Executive Director will be first Director Marketing in the GAIL ?.Only the CVC can answer to this question.

Committee set up to help Prakash Singh

A three member committee has been set up to help the officiating CMD of the Punjab & Sindh Bank Prakash Singh in day to day matters.The committee set by by the board of the bank consists of G R Suman,Prem Kumar Rastogi and Uma Subramaniam.

Will Sinha go ?

Delhi High Court in its observation has directed ACC to consider the Cabinet decesion of 1985, pertain to the qualification for the post of CMD, at the time of formation of MTNL. So . RSP Sinha is likly to go from the officiating role after the regular selection is done by ACC in accordance with the HC's observation. This observation came on the writ petition file by ITSA.