Prasad to be Joint Secretary Textiles !

Naresh Nandan Prasad is being tipped to be Joint Secretary - Textiles in the Government of India. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

Lahri to be Chairman SSSNL !

Grapevine has it that Chief Secretary of Gujarat, P K Lahari, is being appointed Chairman of the SSSNL. 1969 batch IAS officer Lahri is scheduled to retire in March.

Will M L Sharma move to CBI ?

Grapevine has it that ADG - BSF, M L Sharma, is moving to the CBI in the same capacity. He is 1972 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Atal to reemerge !

All talks of the former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee being sidelined in the party and losing importance in national politics notwithstanding, it could be a lull before the storm. He would be the key player in the national politics in the days to come, the political observers feel. Guess, how many leaders of different political parties are in touch with him.

Serious contender for DG-BSF is junior !

1970 batch UP cadre IPS officer, A K Mitra, one of the serious contenders for the post of DG in BSF has lost the race.His chances were scuttled by spreading that he is too junior for the post. He is presently ADG in the BSF.

Siddhartha Behura empanelled !

Siddhartha Behura is reported to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Tinoo Joshi gets three months extension

Development Commissioner Handicrafts, Mrs Tinoo Joshi, has been granted three months extension in her tenure. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

IPS officer to join HRD Ministry

Mrs Gurpreet Kaur is joining the Ministry of Human Resource Development as Deputy Secretary, National Commission for Women. She is 1993 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Amiya Chandra joins as PS to Sunil Dutt

Amiya Chandra has joined as PS to Union Sports and Youth Welfare Minister, Sunil Dutt. He is 1989 batch Indian Trade Service Officer.

(We said this on November 29 )

IFS officer appointed Secretary in MP

Indian Forests Service officer Ratan Purwar has been appointed Secretary Forests in Madhya Pradesh.

750 Lt Colonels promoted

On the recommendations of A V Singh Committee report 750 Lt Colonels have been promoted to the rank of full Colonels.

Politics behind Rahul Gopal's arrest?

Is some politics involved in the arrest of Rahul Gopal, DGP rank Maharashtra police official. This question is being asked in the bureaucratic circles because Gopal was a strong contender for the post of DGP in Maharshtra. The post is falling vacant, in April next year, after the retirement of KK Kashyap. Meanwhile ,1971 batch IPS officer Rahul Gopal has been suspended.

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

In Bihar PDS is Political Distribution System…..Biharis are not aware of actual PDS,
In Laloo's PDS it is 'cash or lathi'……ghoos or harass!!!

Laloo says that all that he was doing was distributing Mithai money!
But fact is that money was literally brought for distribution in a gunny.

Laloo may say that a lot of counterfeit money is in circulation and he was showing them what a real hundred Rupee Note looked like,
And then when he asked them to return the Notes the people told him to take a hike!!!

Laloo may also say he was showing the people the photo of Gandhi….Father of Nation!!
And the people refused to return the Notes in their respectful elation!!!

Don't forget that Laloo has a Masters in excuses….comes handy in his trade,
After due deliberations with his Media friends the excuses are made.

Now he has postponed the Rally,
The Rally now depends on the Bihar election tally!!

If he wins it will be Rally for winning,
If he looses it will be Rally for pining and pinning (the blame)!!!

EC has booked him …nothing new for Laloo,
A minor inconvenience for a person so chaloo!!

Could it be possible that he cancelled the Rally because he was not being able to mobilize the humongous crowds he vowed,
So before the Rally he has bowed because he got cowed.

Or has he done this because of the EC FIR…..na rahe ga baans na baje ki EC ki flute,
His advisors have told him that this would be being astute.

Why does Congress try to justify Laloo's actions???
Be silent and term it as silence on account of Coalition compulsions in their reactions.

Not like Renuka Chowdhury unashamedly trying to cover up for Laloo in a Talk Show,
For Laloo why the hell did she crow???

Or are the Congressis seriously taking Laloo's boast….become PM ek din???
That one day he will rule the roost ….a boast that is fit for the bin!!

He may rule the roost but cook India's goose,
Laloo may win but Indian and Indians will loose.

Politicians like Renuka are chamchas of the Powers that be,
Their buttering or acute chamchagiri is easy to see!!

Remember when she shed crocodile tears when Sonia refused the PM's post,
'I will spend my time now speaking on Sonia's Tyaag' was her empty boast.

From there itself she started lobbying for a Ministerial berth,
Threw her weight around…took advantage of her humongous girth!!!

Or take Girja Vyaas….at a function for Lal Bahadur she sang Gandhi family's praises,
Hoping that in this endeavour her stock with Sonia rises and via this her recent follies she erases.

That is why Sonia has to be careful because Chamchagiri has a very limited shelf life,
Today they are holding flowers and tomorrow in the same hand they backstab with a devious knife!!!

Yes if there is one person that Sonia can bank upon….Manmohan Singh,
Though in his loyalty he will not stoop to chamchagiri and Sonia's praises he does not and will not sing!!

Confucius says…..Goodness and Honesty shine.
He continues…….Such people are always above I, me and mine.

Uma's problem is that she is very emotional and reacts on the dot,
This has been responsible for putting her time and again in a spot.

Hulka Fulka

Harry Porter's sixth book will be released soon…fictional hallucinations,
But when it comes to kids this will be cause for celebrations.

But Harry Porter has made kids read books,
Even though it is about wizards and spooks.

Mukesh has called a Board Meeting and ignored Anil's call…Anil Campwallahs say this is not nice,
Agenda….decide on buy back and at what price??

Mukesh wants total control and wants Anil out,
This Board Meeting in many ways is the first official bout.

Amir Khan is back from Pakistan is singing praises of that place,
Seems like an indirect Stockholm Syndrome case!!!!

While you all Party ringing in the New Year Mannmohan Ji will be slogging at work,
When it comes to work this workaholic will never shirk.

Confucius says…With Manmohan it is aaj ka kaam aaj karo.
He continues….Aur apni duty karne se kabhi nahi daro.

Bharat Kumar

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :---

Where is Balu and where is Tony ?

Are Reliance PRs divided ? .Rumour mill says that of the two PR stalwarts - popularly known as Balu and Tony - in the reliance group, while former is said to be with Mukesh Ambani, the later has shown his solidarioty with Anil Ambani.

Reports of differences

Reports of differences between P J Nayak and M Damodaran on the issue of the bank raising capital overseas through an issue of global depository receipts (GDR) are doing the round in the corporate world.

Jain is President KCCI

C. P. Jain of Paper Combines has been eleceted as the president of the Kerala Chamber of Commerce for 2004-05.. The committee also elected K. Kuriakose and K. M. Abdulla as vice-presidents and Paul Chandy as Treasurer.

Dhamija is Director New Holland Tractors

D. K. Dhamija has been appointed as Director-Marketing of the New Holland Tractors India..

Nair is MD Keltec

G.M. Nair has taken over as the Managing Director of the public sector Kerala Hitech Industries Ltd (Keltec).

George resigns from Federal Bank

J. George, Managing Director of Geojit Financial Services Ltd, has resigned from the board of Federal Bank.