Johny Joseph to be Commissioner BMC ?

There are indications that Principal Secretary to Maharashtra Chief Minister Johny Joseph is being appointed Commissioner of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation after the superannuating of K C Shrivastava on February 29. Johny Joseph is 1972 batch IAS officer.

Jhingran joins GoI

Dhirvir Jhingran has joined the Government of India as Director Child and Women Welfare. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Ashok Kumar to join CBI

Ashok Kumar is joining the CBI as Joint Director this month. He is 1982 batch IPS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Piyush Anand to join GoI

Piyush Anand is going on deputation to the Government of India. He is 1991 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Khullar is Chairperson NDMC

Ms Sindhushree Khullar has taken over as Chairperson of the NDMC.She is 1975 batch IAS officer of UT Cadre.
( We said this on February 7 )

IPS promotions in Madhya Pradesh

1975 batch IPS officer M P George and two 1976 batch IPS officers Nandan Dubey and D G Kapdev have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Madhya Pradesh.

IAS changes in Assam

Jatindra Bir Singh will be Commissioner Social Welfare and Printing. Harish Sonwal has been made Secretary Revenue. Shyam Lal Mewra has been appointed Secretary Rural Development and Panchayat. L Rinjah has been given additional charge of Hills Area Development.

IPS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh

M R Krishna will be new IG of Gwalior Zone.IG Balaghat V K Singh has been shifted to Jabalpur in the same capacity.U K Lal has been posted as IG Balaghat Zone.V K Pawar has been transferred to Bhopal as IG Training and Research Institute.S S Shukla has been made IG SAF Gwalior.Sudarshan Kumar has been appointed IG SAF Bhopal.B M Kumar will now be IG Law and Order.Pawan Shrivastava ,D Shrinivas Verma and R L Borna will now be SPs of Guna,Burhanpur and Katni respectively.R N Shrivastava has been posted as SP PHQ.R B Sharma has been moved to SAF.

R C A Jain appointed Member-Secretary

Secretary Agriculture in Government of India R C A Jain has been appointed Member-Secretary of the newly constituted National Commission on Farmers. 1968 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Jain is retiring on February 29.
( We said this on February 5 }

M Sambasiva Rao is back to AP

1984 batch IAS officer M Sambasiva Rao is back to parent Andhra Pradesh cadre after completion of his central deputation tenure. On his return Rao has been appointed Secretary Health.

IAS changes in Jharkhand

Beela Rajesh will be new DC of Dhanbad. Manikant Thakur has been made DC of Hazaribag. Akhaldeo Prasad will now be Director Land Records. Rakesh Ranjan has been appointed DC of Giridih.

Tenure of Chaubey expires

Tenure of Jagnarayan Chaubey is reported to have expired last week.1970 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Chaubey was on deputation to the UNICEF as Policy Adviser.

Foreign Ministry witnesses major changes

Ministry of External Affairs is witnessing perhaps the largest scale changes in its structure since its inception. The Divisions including Europe West, Europe East, Central Asia, South East Asia and Africa have been completely reorganised. In the process two more Divisions have been created. There have been major changes at the level of Additional Secretaries too. The credit for taking such sweeping decisions certainly goes to the Foreign Secretary Shashank Gupta who is distinctly credited with the shortest tenure as FS.

When I whisper no one listens-Sharma

On his visit to Chandigarh with the Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr Vinod Khanna,on Tuesday, Secretary - Ministry of External Affairs, J.C.Sharma had a tough time handling the bone crushing media of North India in a press conference.When Whispers contacted J.C.Sharma for a quick comment, he replied, " When I whisper, no one listens." Wonder why such a mysterious reply?? Meanwhile, Nagesh Singh, Private Secretary to the Minister of State for External Affairs, Vinod Khanna, expressed his awe and admiration for
Whispersinthecorridors.com and said, " Whispers knows all that even we don't get to know sitting at the helm of affairs."

A major debate in Rajasthan

A debate has started in Rajasthan over "SP's ACR by District Magistrate and merit- demerit of Commissionerate system"

IAS changes in MP

H L Trivedi will now be Collector Mandsaur.Rashmi Arun Sharma has been posted as Deputy Secretary . Shivanand Dubey has been made Collector Shajapur. Subhash Jain has been appointed Collector Sidhi. G P Tiwari has been posted Deputy Administrator of the CPA.

Case Registered against Digvijay Singh and IAS officers

The Lokayukta on Tuesday registered a case against former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh and a couple of IAS officers in connection with an alleged land scam at Indore.

( We said this on February 10 )

IAS changes in Punjab

T R Sarangal has been appointed Commissioner Municipal corporation Jalandhar. S R Ladhar will now be Director of Panchayat and Rural Development.

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Justice Rajaratnam is SAT chief

Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Kumar Rajaratnam has been appointed Presiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).

Singh is CMD of NCL

V K Singh has been appointed CMD of Northern Coalfields Ltd. A Kalam is the CMD of Eastern Coalfields.