Parsuram to be Joint Secretary I & B

R Parsuram is being appointed Joint Secretary Information and Broadcasting.He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Parsuram is presently Resident Commissioner Madhya Pradesh,in Delhi.

Rajiv Talwar to be DDG Tourism

Rajiv Talwar is being tipped to be new Deputy Director General Tourism in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.He is presently Chairman of the DTC.

Three IPS officers to retire this month

Three IPS officers are superannuating in the country by this month end. They include Raj Bahadur (Kerala) and Ajay Raj Sharma & Niranjan Lal (UP)

Four IFS officers to retire this month

Altogether four Indian Forest Service officers in the country are retiring by the end of this month. They are Mssrs S S Saini (Himachal Pradesh), P Patnaik ( J&K), S A S Baboo and Sayyed Takiuddin (Maharashtra).

M K Sinha posted in Kathmandu

M K Sinha has been posted in the Indian Mission at Kathmandu. He is an IRS officer, Customs.

Ajay Raj Sharma to retire

DG of BSF Ajay Raj Sharma is superannuating by this month end. He is 1966 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Manisha Sridhar to return Pradesh

Manisha Sridhar is expected to return to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre next month. 1984 batch IAS officer, Manisha, is currently on deputation to the Government of India.

Videocon to launch News Channel

The management of the Videocon, manufacturing refrigerators and TV, is now thinking of making its presence felt in the electronic news. It too is understood to be thinking to launch a 24 hours NEWS channel.

Is screening committee defunct?

Grapevine has it that the screening committee for selection of ISS officers on foreign training/seminars etc has been made defunct.

Prasar Bharati wants staff

Prasar Bharati, in a proposal send to the Union government, is understood to have asked for more staff in Door Darshan and Akashwani. They are running short of staff.

Nair is new Passport officer,Kerala

R C Nair has taken over as Thiruvananthapuram Passport Officer. Prior to this he was First Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Budapest (Hungary).

IFS transfers in J& K

Altogether 20 Indian Forests Service Officers have been transferred in Jammu & Kashmir.

IFS promotions in Jharkhand

About one dozen DFOs have been made Conservators of Forest in Jharkhand.

Chirag Tale Andhera in London High Commission !

Are the officers at Indian High Commission in London aware as to what is going on under them (Chirag Tale Andhera ?).A couple of officials reportedly run the Commissariat of London at @ £100/- per month per person, making a totalof ~£4000/- each during one's tenure here. This is discrimination. There should be on rotation basis and should not be left to monopoly of few leading to frustration among staff members as these officials earn a clear extra income of £4000/-. There are officials who are willing to work voluntarily.

Reddy is acting Chairman of KAT

The former High Court judge A.V. Srinivasa Reddy has taken over as the acting Chairman of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT).

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Ventkatish lives on in our hearts

Bye Venkatish …Bon Voyage to Ever Land,
I am sure the reception over there for you will be indeed very grand.

Now they will be able to comply with your dying wish and give your organs to people who are in need,
My friend you sure were of a different breed!

Eh mere watan ke logo jaraa aankhon mein bhar lo paani,
Yaad karo his jazbaa of kurbaani.

My condolences to his Mother,
Like her son there is no other.

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Somnath Da sang 'mein Dictator toh nahi' and offered to resign,
Resignation was on his table and all he had to do was sign.

But then the House placated him not to do so,
They say Somnath Da was in a way happy to go!!

Because rather than occupying the Speaker's chair he would like to occupy his old place,
Where he could sit glaring at the Speaker face to face.

In fact Commies are missing him as he was their ace,
Now they sit gaping at his scowling face.

Manmohan (Man) is indeed sick of Coalition pressures and senior Congressis designs,
But the rumour was abs wrong that said that 'Man resigns'!!!

He has just let the Commies and others know that he will not take more shit,
Now he is going to respond as he deems fit.

Commies met him and then went to town saying that they had got a EPF rate hike from him,
All that Man had said he would look into their request sympathetically…Man took this as grim.

Man Ji all you need to do is record the Meetings and then release the transcript to the Press,
This way Commies ke devious ways you will be able to depress.

Because then people will come to know the personal favours Commies are always demanding,
This personal penchant of theirs needs remanding.

Bihar Elections ka khayaal dil mein aaya hai isi liye Sonia ne Paswan aur Laloo ko dinner peh boolaya hai,
Seeing their table manners Sonia just let out a 'Hai'.

But what was the outcome…..khaaye, peeye and sneaked out???
Still pledging each other's rout.

But Sonia can say she tried her best,
Fact is she was trying to make the sun rise from the West!!!

In Parliament Laloo said he was sorry to learn that Vajpayee was looking for him,
Vajpayee sat looking very grim.

For Laloo all this is just for a few jokes,
Hence at such a serious and sombre occasion Laloo continued to take pokes.

Sonia must be itching to give Laloo a piece of her mind,
Man would be itching to kick Laloo on his hind.

But Coalition compulsions require that they bear him,
Even though Indians look on this as very dim.

Natwar's ( Nut) foot landed in its home….his gob,
Though now he will try to fib and fob.

Nut said he was sorry about India's Nuclear Tests……what a nut???
From the Cabinet he sure needs to be cut!!!

Nut is a walking talking disaster…..because he is mentally 'non aligned',
Comes naturally to him as this is the way he has been designed.

Cabinet Reshuffle is now becoming a dire necessity,
And Sonia and Man need to become gritty.

Should be done sooner than later….do not wait for completion of Bihar elections,
Time Sonia and Man made some prudent and tested 'rejections and selections'.

Hulka Fulka

Some time back Kareena in a publicity event sent messages 'SMS is out and MMS is in'!!!
Now she will be sending messages ' Stick to SMS and MMS should be put in the bin'!!!

Fact is that they rained French kisses on each other at Rain,
Though by saying they were not at Rain…. just trying to feign.

Three Cheers to Indian Paparazzi,
On your work We The People ( not the NDTV type) are raazi!!!

Weekend is here and if you are gong out with your kids keep away from filmy places,
Or when the Stars go berserk in their sexy escapades you will be hiding your faces!!!!

Bharat Kumar

The economy is being liberalised. Will Government consider flexible office timings. Though the office timings begin at 0900 hrs, particular in winter, this is cumbersome. Spending handful of tax payers money on maintenance of office buildings, will Government consider linking its employees with network with latest technologies so that they work from their residence itself? There is no harm in thinking on these lines, think but act too.

Luxmi Narain

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Govind Shrikhande to be Chief Operating Officer of Shoppers Stop Ltd.

Govind Shrikhande has been appointed as the chief operating officer of Shoppers Stop Limited.

Banerjee is President Lupin Ltd

Indrajit Banerjee has joined theLupin Ltd as the President - Finance and Planning.

Jagdish Babu is GM SBI

P. Jagadish Babu has taken over General Manager ,State Bank of India Hyderabad Circle.