Posting of 1970 batch to start in March

Posting of 1970 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in Government of India would commence only in March end.

Harcharan Jeet Singh to be JS Defence

Harcharan Jeet Singh is being tipped to be Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. He is 1974 batch CSS officer.

Who will be Chief Secretary of Maharastra ?

Who will succeed A M Nimbalkar ,Chief Secretary of Maharastra ?.Names of three 1968 batch IAS officers Mssrs R M Prem Kumar,D T Joseph and R B Budhiraja have already started doing the round in the corridors of power.

Vyasji is Joint Secretary Competition Commission

Vyasji has joined as Joint Secretary in the newly constituted Competition Commission. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Top Ten IPS of Himachal Pradesh CM Vir Bhadra Singh

1. N C Joshi
2. A K Puri
3. Ajit Narain
4. B S Thind
5. Sohan Singh
6. Prem Singh
7.Ashok Kumar Sood
8. R K Singh
9. S R Mardi
10. Jagraj Thakur

Amar Singh to contest Lok Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh ?

Grapevine has it that Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh will contest the ensuing Lok Sabha polls from either Khajuraho or Satna in Madhya Pradesh.

Surrender Singh to head IB in Rajasthan

Surender Singh is joining as Joint Director IB IN Rajasthan. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Gera joins NDC course

Post of Director in the Ministry of Textiles in Government of India is yet to be filled.Prem Kumar Gera 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer who was Director in the Ministry has joined the NDC course.

How safe we are ?

If you thought that the recent jail break by the assasins of former Punjab Chief Minister, Beant Singh, from the Burail Jail in Chandigarh knocked the lights out of the intelligence agencies of Punjab and Chandigarh Administration, then here's more food for thought for them. Sattelite pictures of the crucial "Tactical Pilotage Chart of Chandigarh Military Airbase ", "The 9200 ft long Runaway"and the aerial spy snaps of Chandigarh Airbase clicked on the 6th March, 2002 , along with the CIA map of India are openly and brazenly displayed on the internet at the following links :
http://globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/chandigarh.htm
Astonishingly, the link also provides "free for all information" about the positioning of the No 15 Squadron, the No 21 Squadron, the No 23 Squadron and finally the No 48 Squadron.The site openly displays aerial satellite pictures and state of the art immaculate images of most of the military and air bases of India at the following link.

http://globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/airbase.htm
The only consolation is that the site also lists Pakistani Air bases and deployments too.Wonder how safe we all are as a nation with the Internet acting as a ready reckoner for all types and breeds of web researchers and information diggers??

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :--

Who will be MD ONGC Videsh Ltd.?

Hectic lobbying is on at various levels for the post of MD, ONGC Videsh Limited the fastest growing indian PSU, called as cindrella of oil sector.R S Butola ,Director (F) OVL is ahead in the race.

International Hotels in India

Two international hotel chains Oakwood and Shangrila are expected to set up hotels in India in a couple of years.

Reliance takes over Flag Telecom

Reliance Infocomm is reported to have acquired ailing US based Flag Telecom.