PM & new Cabinet Secr like kindred

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the newly appointed Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi are said to be having cordial family relations beyond expectations. Grapevine has it that Singh's son-in-law - a professor in Hindu College has Chaturvedi's better half - Ms. Vibha Chaturvedi - as his boss. She is HoD Philosophy.

Tuteja to get important department

Grapevine has it that Surendra Kumar Tuteja is in for a change.1968 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer Tuteja is likely to go as Secretary of an important ministry in Government of India.

Pani to be Chief Secretary of Orissa !

Subas Chandra Pani is all set to take over as Chief Secretary of Orissa on September 1. 1972 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer Pani is currently Development Commissioner Handlooms in the Government of India. Orissa Chief Secretary PK Mohanty is retiring on September 1.

Sarangi to be Director Revenue !

Prabhat Kumar Sarangi is likely to be appointed Director Revenue in Government of India. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms Das to be Director Textiles ?

Mrs Daxita Das is being tipped to be the Director Textiles in the Government of India. She is 1986 batch IRAS officer.

Will Gupta return to Gujarat ?

Will PS to Union Textile Minister Shankar Singh Vagela, Rajiv Kumar Gupta, be repatriated to the parent Gujarat cadre. Recent developments indicate that 1986 batch IAS officer Gupta would soon return to Gujarat. Infact, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wants him back.

Awasthy is OSD to Chidambaram

Rajul Awasthy is the new OSD to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram. He is 1989 batch IRS officer.

Subramaniam to be Member Settlement Commission

K Subramaniam is being appointed Member of the Settlement Commission. He is 1967 batch IRS officer.

IAS changes in Gujarat

Dr Manjula Subramaniyam will be the new Principal Secretary Finance. She is 1972 batch IAS officer. Her batchmate Sudha Anchalia has been appointed Managaing Director of the Gujarat Minerals Development Corporation.

Reshuffle in Doordarshan

There is major reshuffle in the Doordarshan. As predicted in this column Station Director of Delhi Doordarshan Kendra, Basharat Ahmad, has been changed. He has been moved to Central Production Centre. Sudhir Tandon will succeed Basharat Ahmad. Daljit Singh will be Station Director of Lucknow Centre. Sirajuddin Qureshi has been shifted to Bhopal from Srinagar. Shahjadi Saimon will be new Station Director of Srinagar Kendra. Sita Nanda has been posted to Bhuvaneshwar. Neelima Harjal has been made Station Director of Shillong Kendra. Rajsekhar Vyas has been appointed Station Director of Kolkata Kendra. Ananya Banerjee has been shifted to Mandi House as Director. G L Sharma will be Station Director of Jullandhar Kendra. Brijmohan Bakshi has been moved to the Mandi House as Director. Kuber Dutta will go to Patna as Chief Producer while Ashok Tripathy will be Chief Producer in Lucknow Kendra.

IAS officer suspended in UP

Barabanki DM Markeandey Singh has been suspended by the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

IAS changes in Karnataka

M N Vidyashankar will be the new Commissioner in Bangalore Development Authority while Jayakar Jerome has been appointed Secretary of the newly created Minorities Welfare Department.

Lalli gets additional charge

Baljit Singh Lalli, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development will officiate as Chairman of Delhi Urban Art Commission till further orders. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

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India ki ho gayi waah bhai waah!!!! Our boys played some good fighting cricket. Seems Sehwaag's Mom got in touch with him and shook him out of his honeymoon…..in his attempt to make amends he did well with both the bat and the ball. Our boys should realize that Sri Lankan Dilmah Tea should be consumed in limited quantities, even though the hosts urge them to drink this tea…it is their weapon and their Sponsor!!! Be careful when you drink Dilmah Tea, This Tea will make you pee. If the Indian Team keep drinking Dilmah…..look down after the huddle, You will see a collective puddle.

TV Show Jeena Isi kaa naam hai , will be featuring Laloo. In the show a dance troupe from Bihar will sing a song…….Laloo ke binaa Desh kaise challey (how will the Nation do without Laloo???) ……..I would say Phoolle aur phalle (flower and fruit …meaning progress).

Amrinder says he has put his political future at stake on the SYL….actually in Punjab he has just ensured that his political future is the soundest. Chautalla will also be trying something similar …his lament is that his neighbor just keeps raising the bar…and with his recent prostrate surgery he simply cannot jump that high!!!

Petrol and Diesel prices are set to go up…0.57 paisa for Petrol and 0.92 paisa in the case of Diesel. Seems Congress has de-fanged the Commies or converted the Commies to their brand of Socialism!!! This is a joint Venture between Sitaram Yechury, Congressman in Communist's clothing, and Jairam Ramesh , Communist in Congressman's clothing!!!!

Priyanka Ji very sweetly says that she did her best to stop the transfer of the Lady who misspelled her surname. Well Priyanka has just served herself a Triple Sundae……she has sent a message on her surname, on her power and then showed her magnanimity!!!

Brother Rahul is again at Mulayam's throat….he has said that UP Government is only a drama…..Mulayam Dheela (in place Leela)!!! Mulayam is sick and tired of this 'kal kaa choraa'!!!! Some say that Mulayam is no longer that mulayam when it comes to Amar Singh and Amar Singh's friendship with Mulayam is not that amar!!!! Top it all is the cross connection that Congress is providing to both of them……putting ghee into the fire!!!!! There is a reason why Amar Singh keeps crying on phone tapping!!!!

Flying is getting to be inexpensive….now the Empire, that is Indian Airlines, will be striking back. What 'Sahaara' will Jet take to woo the Market???? Will Sahaara 'Jet' you even cheaper??? Laloo too is planning to keep the Railways abreast with the Airlines……like no frill Airlines he is planning no frill trains!!!! At present he has a team trying to identity the frills in the Railways!!!!

Why did Vajpayee sit in the backbenches in Lok Sabha the other day???? Was he sending a message or was he just getting another view of the august house???? Vajpayee loves food and now that he is no longer PM the dietary restrictions have eased. Maybe he was just too full to walk down to the front and sat down at the most convenient spot near the entry door!!! Why read too much of such a trivial matter!!!!

North Indian urbanites know 'end of season' sales. Discounts up to 50%. You enter the shop for the 50% discount and the salesman takes you to a rack that has moth eaten garments, which in actuality should be discarded!!!! Pre Discount, the Shop Staff work overtime to put new price stickers …which are marked up by 20%……the discount offered is twenty percent…..thus leaving both the Shopkeeper , actually, and the Shopper, notionally, happy!!!!!

B Kumar

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :---

File of Bank EDs cleared

Eight General Managers are being promoted as Executive Directors of the nationalized banks. The DoPT is believed to have cleared the file of promotions.

SAIL to spend 250 crores

Steel Authority of India has decided to spend Rs 250 crores on modernization.

Rai shifted to Gorakhpur

DGM of Allahbad Bank posted in Ranchi has been transferred to Gorakhpur in UP.

Amit Kalyani is ED of BFL

Amit Kalyani has been appointed Executive Director of the Bharat Forge Ltd (BFL).