Hit count-10,000,00

The hit count of www.whispersinthecorridors.com has crossed the one million mark on July 13,2004. Thanks to all visitors for their support and patronage.Believe it or not this portal is just one man show.

Dr Suresh Mehrotra

Beware IFS officers

A couple of officers of the CVC are currently on foreign trip.Insiders say that this foreign visit is aimed to probe assets of certain Indian Foreign Service officers.CVC team includes Additional Secretary Balvinder Singh.

RPF DG Pande to retire

DG of Railway Protection Force Dr A K Pande is retiring on July 31. He is 1967 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Tenure of Pande to expire

Joint Secretary Mines in Government of India Hem Kumar Pande will return to West Bengal early next month after completition of his central deputation tenure. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

IAS to be posted in KVS and Navodaya

It has been decided in principle to post IAS officers in the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Navodaya Vidyalayas.

Bhaskardu appointed Chairman

On Tuesday Government appointed RSSLN Bhaskardu as Chairman of the PESB.
( We said this on July 2 )

Technocrat is PSC Chairman in Rajasthan

Technocrat G S Tank has been appointed Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.He is retired MD of RSRDC.

D'Cunha promoted

T A D'Cunha has been promoted to the rank of Lt General in Indian Army.He would take over as DG of Ordnance Service on September 1.

CRPF DG to go ?

Grapevine has it that DG of CRPF Jyoti Kumar Sinha is being shifted.He is 1969 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.A particular Bihar lobby is keen for his shifting.

P K Dash gets additional charge of CMD,ECGC

P.M.A.Hakeem, I.A.S. (MH-69) has joined as Secretary Animal Husbandry in Government of India.He has handed over charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd (ECGC), Mumbai to Madhya Pradesh cadre 1981 batch IAS officer P.K.Dash.Dash will discharge the responsibilities of CMD, ECGC in addition to his current assignment as Chief Executive Officer, Price Stabilisation Fund Trust , Department of Commerce.

IPS changes in UP

Avinash Chandra will be new SP of Sitapur.Ashok Kumar has been moved to PAC ,Sitapur.

FORUM
Aaj Ki Aawaz

If you meet a 'tramp' looking and smelling Natwar Singh be sure that he is soon to embark on a US visit. Prior to visiting America, Natwar will now stop bathing, changing clothing (under and over), stop shaving and tooth brushing….become as filthy as possible…..his way of preventing the US from strip searching him!!!! He will enter US carrying a placard…Search me if you can and at your own peril!!!

Is the Turnover Tax going to be a full fledged Boxing match???? Three rounds are over……in the first round PC delivered a flurry of punches on the Brokers…..in the second round the Brokers have been on the go and PC has been ducking the punches……in the third round PC has been on the ropes…..seems ultimately both will tire each other ……match drawn. TKO….the small investor, a spectator to this boxing match…..first in the annals of Boxing History ….spectator knocked out by the punches in the ring!!!!

By the way PC should stop saying " I couldn't care less about the day to day movement of the markets'….. he keeps himself updated on an hourly basis…if inside info is to be believed!!!!! In fact they say he is ' Sens(ex)itive to the Sensex and becomes moody when the Sensex plummets!!!!!

The NAC is an internal enterprise of the UPA …..so why should the exchequer fund the NAC????? Rs 2.5 crores is only the tip of the iceberg!!!! And the funny part is that NAC that is supposed to hold the UPA accountable on the CMP but, is not accountable itself….NAC…..Not Accountable Committee!!!!!

Foreign Dignitaries visiting India will now have four Ports of call…. President, PM, NAC Chairman and Chairman of Opposition…..Vajpayee.

Very quite on the Mulayam and Amar Singh front!!!! Like there are no permanent enemies or friends in Politics…..so is the case with Political Power…..nobody is permanently in or out of Power!!!! One vow Amar Singh has taken that the next time around when the sun shines on him he will give the Mother of all Parties and have his revenge………..he will invite everyone verbally…..invite Sonia too verbally….and when Sonia lands up at his party he will run to the Press and say she has landed up uninvited…everything is fair in Politics!!!!

Mum has advised Rahul to keep mum!!! Does Parliamentary Ayah, Rajiv Shukla, do all the talking???? But, I hope Shukla is not HMV…...His Master's Voice……..because if you have been seeing the Budget Talk Shows in the Electronic Media , the man does not make sense!!!!

But, Rahul is a gentleman and is pretty unassuming….does his homework and if he had his way would mandate that Parliamentary Discipline should be akin to Classroom discipline…..young man has to still learn …one thing Mum should ensure that he sits as far as possible from the Commies and herself in Parliament and in the AICC Meetings respectively……..Classroom Discipline??? Shows he wants the cane/ruler to be used!!!!! Cane/ ruler use is only possible in Communism and Dictatorship!!!!!

A Martyrs Dad was taken aback when Manmohan walked up to him at a recent Awards Ceremony and asked him to let him know if he had any problems. President Kalam also walks up to give the awards as a gesture of his respect for the awardees (aged and Martyrs)……slowly President Kalam and Manmohan Ji……we Indians are not used to such gestures and someone may just collapse on receiving such kindness!!!!

B Kumar

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :---

Basu to be CMD of Union Bank

CMD of the Bank of Maharashtra S C Basu is being appointed CMD of the Union Bank.

Magapu on the board of L&T

Vijay Kumar Magapu has been appointed whole-time Director on the board of L&T.

Who is this CMD ?

A case of having your 'Double Roti' and eating it too is what comes to your mind on hearing how the CMD of a powerful organization in the Department of Petroleum with headquarters in Delhi was double promoted from ED to Chairman in one stroke. It is common knowledge that he made it to the top job with the blessings of a 'son in law' as godfather. A double whammy by the CMD is that now he disowns the family connections, for the winds of change have swept in-laws into 'out'laws, but, come 2006 he might be realigning 'law'alties.

Kwatra is country head

Motorola India has announced the appointment of Parmindra Kwatra as country head, director and general manager for its telecom infrastructure business in India.

Sethu Raman appointed Chairman

A. Sethu Raman of Alcatel South Asia has been appointed as Chairman of the GSA India Chapter.

Shankar is new VP

Cranes Software International Ltd a global scientific and engineering software products and solutions provider, has appointed H. Shankar as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.