BJP's central leadership worried

With the return of Uma Bharti to the centrestage of politics once again, the BJP leaders at the Centre are worried about their future. The worried lot includes the likes of Venkaiah Naidu, Sushama Swaraj , Arun Jaitley and Pramod Mahajan.

Now tie is between Brijesh Kumar and Baleshwar Rai !

Now the tie is between 1968 batch IAS officer of UP cadre Brijesh Kumar and 1970 batch UT cadre IAS officer Baleshwar Rai for the post of Secretary-Labour in the Government of India. Which "B"will be the winner?

Reshuffle likely in a day or two

A bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in the Government of India in a day or two.

Dossier for ADG post circulated

The dossier circulation for 1972 batch IPS aspiring for the ADG post has started recently.

More IAS favour Chhattisgarh

Chhatiisgarh may be going from bad to worse for the Congress but that is not the case with the country's bureaucracy. More and more IAS officers are willing to go there with each passing day. At present the total number of applicants who have applied for going to Chhattisgarh on deputation has reached 12.

Will Bhandari be posted as Secretary in GoI ?

Grapevine has it that a non-IAS officer, S K Bhandari, is being appointed Secretary in the Government of India in a month or two.

Singhai to return

Devendra Singhai who is on deputation to the Government of India is expected to return to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre soon. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

Tenure of Asha Murthy to expire today

Tenure of Asha Murthy, Joint Secretary-Labour & Employment in the Government of India, is coming to an end on Thursday. She is 1974 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Sikri and Ms Tripathi gets new posting

Rajiv Sikri, IFS of 1970 batch, has been appointed Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs. He is presently Special Secretary in the MEA. Ms. Shashi U. Tripathi, IFS of the same Batch, presently High Commissioner of India to Canada, has been appointed as Secretary (West) in the MEA.

Tenure of Behura expires

Central deputation tenure of Dy Director General CAPART , S Behura. Has expired on Wednesday. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms Jayanti Ravi joins NAC

Ms Jayanti Srinivasan Ravi has joined the National Advisory Council as Director. She is 1991 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Minister returns panel

Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has returned the panel of JS & FA.

Justice Khan is Vice-Chairman of CAT

Justice Khan, former Judge of the Delhi High Court, is reported to have been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

Sudip Banerjee gets additional charge of NCPUL

Additional Secretary HRD Sudip Banerjee has been given additional charge of the Vice Chairman of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language.Present NCPUL Vice-Chairman Gopi Chand Narang has been asked to go.

IAS changes in J&K

Satish Nehru will be new DC of Leh.Tashi Dorje Leh DC has been moved to the GAD.K K Gupta has been made Collector Land Acquisition Railways Udhampur.

Sengar appointed OSD in MP

D S Sengar has been appointed OSD to new Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babu Lal Gaur.He is 1987 batch IPS officer.

SP dies in Gujarat

Rajkot SP in Gujarat K C Patel died on Wednesday.

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Uma Bharti says she can smell Sonia's revenge in the reopening of the Idgah case!!!! Why are Ladies in Indian Politics so vengeful…..Sonia, Mayawathi, Jaylalitha ???? Anyway for Uma's information it is rumoured that Sonia is suffering from a bad cold and cannot smell anything…like the rot in the UPA Alliance…or the Coffee…in connection with this misadventure!!!!

Actually after Sonia's baggy eyed appearance at the AICC Session, there were rumours that Sonia is sleepless in Delhi (hope you remember the Hollywood Movie Sleepless in Seattle) !!! Worried as she sees things going haywire……..so Congress has gone on an all out offensive …Project Baggy Eyes!!!!! They say the puffy look was on account of a cold…virus……in reality…….Worry retention!!!!

Garam Dharam has now become Naram Dharam…….he says Uma will not be arrested and after her surrender in Court and anticipated Court remand she will be 'jailed' with utmost care!!!! Outside Uma's Cell , Naram Dharam has placed a Notice….Highly Explosive….Handle with utmost care……Beware …Mauls verbally!!!!

Why even Gowda has chastised Dharam for reopening the Idgah case…….Dharam of course says helplessly…..Gowda Ji mujhe maaf karna mein under pressure hoon and Mein toh hoo obedient soldier Sonia Ji kaa (hope you recall the Bollywood song Main hoo naukar Biwi kaa). !!!

But, Congress would like to keep Uma locked up until the Maharashtra elections are over!!!! All public posturing is being done……special cell, home cooked meals, visitors, medical attention and physiotherapy, TV and Newspapers. They will even allow Uma's dog to accompany her in this internment. Different matter whether Uma will accept any of these!!!!

BJP has now postured itself as Bharatiya Jhujharoo Party…….INC is now looking like Indian Napping Congress….napping because it has closed eyes to reality……. or Indian Neutered Congress…neutered because of Alliance pressures!!!!

Mayawathi has said that BSP will not ally with any Party in the upcoming Maharashtra elections. And Big Chief is talking with two tongues……on one side she calls Sonia an outsider but in the same breath she says that she has no problem with Sonia becoming PM!!!! BSP fighting the election on its own will cost the Congress - NCP Alliance!!! But, on the other hand some say there is an internal and external angle…..andhar handshake …bahar shake hand (to say no)!!!!

PC should avoid talking in Hindi….yesterday he read out his statement on the Truckers strike in Hindi……sounded like a male version of Sonia!!!! Truckers have not understood a word PC said…they are making this as an issue….PC will not address them in Hindi!!!!

Opposition blames Manmohan Sarkaar of 'eves dropping' and peeping!!!! As the Opposition to this Sarkaar is gaining with every passing day …..all of us will also be eves dropped on and peeped on….Big Aunty is watching!!!!!! Thadthaditis (nervousness) is directly proportional to unpopularity!!!!

CPI and CPM are at loggerheads where FDI in Civil Aviation is concerned. CPI is pro FDI in Aviation and CPM is anti!!! Praful Patel should take the CPM Politburo on trips to Singapore…..outward on AI and inwards on Singapore Airlines and then vice versa…..they would get first hand experience of the problems plaguing our National Carrier and Airports. Manmohan would happily clear this Project……only addition he would request that rather than Singapore they should be flown to the International Airports nearest to the South and North Poles……..and for good measure Praful can take the CPI Politburo too and make this into a four years three months Project!!!!

Hulka Fulka……Janet Jackson says that Bush used her 'nipplegate' pictures to distract Americans from the Iraq war. Everything is fair in love and war…….Bush did this because otherwise the Americans would have caught him with his pants down!!!!!

They say Bush has an ace under his sleeve????? Something that will swing Votes in his favour. At present the only possible and plausible ace could be is that Bush may give a re-test for his IQ and scrape through!!!!

B Kumar

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Prithviraj to be CMD of a bank !

Name of ED of the Punjab National Bank, Prithviraj, is believed to have been cleared by the PESB for the post of a CMD in a nationalsied bank.

Srinivasan to be CMD of GIC ?

K K Srinivasan is likely to be appointed CMD of the General Insurance Corporation.

Ramkrishna to be Member CEA !

B Ramkrishna is being tipped to be Member (Power System) of the Central Electricity Authority .

Iyer is MD of Infomedia India

Prakash Iyer has been appointed Managing Director of the Infomedia India.

Ravi Chandran is GM SBI Travancore

N Ravi Chandran has taken over as General Manager of the State Bank of Travancore.

Changes in Sahara Communications

Ambika Sahay who has only recently replaced Govind Dixit - Group Editor, in the Sahara Media Communications, too has been replaced only yesterday Omkar Pandey, it is learnt.