Watch Sept 18 !

One would ask what is special about Septemebr 18 to be watched. The astrologers say that the possibility of the downfall of Union government cannot be ruled out. Political observers, however, do not agree. They say nothing, save miracle, would happen before the Maharashtra elections are held and their results are declared.

Ajay Nath is new JS Company Affairs

Ajay Nath will be new Joint Secretary Company Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Narang and Jha appointed CBDT Members

A S Narang and Jagdish Jha have been appointed new Members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

Nine IPS officers to retire this month

Altogether Nine IPS officers in the country are superannuating by this month end. They are Mssrs P Ananthasaynam (AP), R P Singh (Chhattisgarh), S M Shanghari (Maharashtra), V N Mathur (Punjab), J P Mishra (Rajasthan), P Sai Vara Prasad, H N Shrivastava and Shiv Kumar Sharma (UP) and Vishnu Sahai (West Bengal).

19 IAS officers to retire this month

Altogether 19 IAS officers in the country are retiring on August 31.They are Mssrs M K Mishra (UT), Dr S K Pachauri, A Ramalakshman, S M Balasubramanyam and T Janardan Naidu (AP), Dr P Dinanath Shenoy (Karnataka), S N Dhruva (Chhattisgarh) Arun Kumar Gupta and D P Dubey (Madhya Pradesh), Alok Kumar Deb (Manipur-Tripura), Bishwambar Mishra (Orissa), A R Khan (Rajasthan), Sukavaneshwar and M Ramu(TamilNadu), Nisha Sahai Achyuthan, Dharmendra Dev (UP) and Shambhu Nath Nandy, Nipak Chaklanbis and Atul Chandra Sikdar (West Bengal),.

Ranjan and Sahu to return to Manipur

Two 1992 batch IAS officers of Manipur-Tripura cadre - Rakesh Ranjan and Barun Kumar Sahu - who are on deputation to the Jharkhand Government are expected to return to the parent cadre in a week or two.

Singh to be promoted in Orissa

K B Singh is being promoted to the rank of IG next month. He is 1985 batch IPS officer.

Behura is back to UP

Siddharth Behura is back to the parent Uttar Pradesh cadre after completion of his central deputation tenure. He is 1973 batch IAS officer.

Pipersenia goes

Joint Secretary and FA in the Ministry of HRD, Vinod Kumar Pipersenia, has been changed. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Indians in great demand in Botswana Rlys

Indian talent is recognised so much even in the African countries that Botswana Railways wants it for the posts of members and other officials lying vacant. It requires One member, One Additional member, two General Managers and one DRM.

Chacko is new DGFT

K T Chacko has been appointed Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT).He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Anuradha Gupta to be JS RD !

Ms Anuradha Gupta is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary - Rural Development in the Government of India. Ms Gupta is 1981 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Chawla to be AS and FA Fertilisers

Ashok Chawla will be Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Narayana is State EC Pondicherry

Retired IAS officer R Narayana has taken over as State Election Commissioner in Pondicherry.

FORUM
Aaj Ki Aawaz

Somanth Da was simply shocked when in response to his request to Laloo to lay the Papers on the Table, Laloo responded , " I lay on the table." Somnath Da is also perturbed on account of the Kheni breaks the tainted five keep on taking.

Maharashtra is now out of bounds for Mani Shanker Aiyer…..Shiv Sainiks would love to Joda Jhadho on the real Mani!!! But, one thing is for sure the Cut Out that they have made of Mani is not right…..funny seeing a laughing Mani being 'Joda Jhadod'………Balasahib naa maaro isse yeh toh Madam ka gulaam hai!!!!

Now Dharam is garam on Bollywood!!!! Karnataka Government's diktat curtailing release of Bollywood Movies in Karnataka has the Bollywood up in arms. A Bollywood delegation met the PM and requested that he take up the matter with Garam Dharam and try to make him naram. However, at present Dharam has his hands full……..matter kept pending till Uma is given a send off from Karnataka!!!!

Rajiv Shukla , better recognized as Rahul's Nanny, was a part of this delegation. All of a sudden DD has taken a liking to Shukla…….but, Shukla is always at pains to explain his back door entry into Parliament!!

In Assam Pati, Patni and Woh….Mohanta's wife got after 'Woh'…..and now his Party is agog with this. He cannot be discreet about 'Woh' because she wants to become Patni…..and also wants to be a Politician like Pati …….too many crossed wires in this relationship!!!!

Both the Betting Market and the Astrologers are agog with the Return of NDA!!!! And mind you when there is smoke in the betting market be sure there is a fire!!! Astrologers say that Vajpayee has thirteen year Raj!!!!!

In the Manmohan and NDA standoff Congress says that it is a matter of Kissa Kursi Kaa….as more than intimated NDA gentlemen turned up and additional Kursis had to be arranged for them and they took this as a slight!!! NDA say that Manmohan's body language clearly said 'Please leave'……NDA also say that PMO is pulling a fast one on the chairs…..the Security would have informed the number of NDA Members coming in ……so there was enough time to arrange for the chairs!!!

Manpreet Badal, Badal's nephew and a respected Politician in his own right, is surprised about the largesse of Foreign junkets being doled out to MLAs…….also with the penchant of Punjabis to settle abroad your guess is good as mine as to how many of them will return to India after the junkets????

B Kumar

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Sarkar to be Director Central Coalfields !

A K Sarkar is likely to be appointed Director (Finance) of the Central Coalfields.

Four short-listed for GIC CMD

Four officials have been short-listed for the post General Insurance Corporation CMD. They are Mssrs K K Srinivasan, R K Joshi, Y P Chopra and B Chakraborthy.