Shekhar Dutt is new Secretary Defence Production

Shekhar Dutt has been appointed new Secretary - Defence Production. He is 1969 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Currently he is Secretary Indian System of Medicines. This is going to be his third stint in the Defence Ministry.

Uma Pillai is Secretary Tourism

Secretary Defence Production Uma Pillai has been appointed Secretary Tourism. She is 1968 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. She would succeed Rati Vinay Jha who is retiring tomorrow.

Palat Mohan Das is Secretary Indian System of Medicines

Palat Mohan Das will be new Secretary Indian System of Medicines. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Wajahat Habibullah to be Secretary Textiles

Wajahat Habibullah has been appointed new Secretary Textiles in Government of India. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Duggal gets additional charge

Secretary Water Resources V K Duggal has been given additional charge of the Drinking Water Department. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Anil Kumar to be Secretary Coffee Board !

B H Anil Kumar is likely to join the Coffee Board at Bangalore as Secretary. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Arun Prakash is new Navy Chief

Vice -Admiral Arun Prakash is taking over as new Chief of Indian Navy today.
( We said this on April 23 )

Sudhir Kumar appointed Secretary Security

Sudhir Kumar has been appointed Secretary Security in Government of India.1968 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Sudhir Kumar is presently Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau.

B B Mishra appointed DGP of Orissa

Special Secretary Home in Government of India is taking over as DGP of Orissa tomorrow.He is 1967 batch IPS officer.
( We said this on July 5)

IPS reshuffle in Bihar

There has been an IPS reshuffle in Bihar.New changes are :- Mssrs Ravindra Kumar DIG Administration, Sunil Kumar DIG Patna Range, S K Bharadwaj DIG Betia, K P Singh DIG Prosecution, K K Bhatta DIG Human Rights Commission,S M S Hashmi DIG Dharbanga,Ajit Datt DIG Home Guards and S N Jha SP Begusarai.

IAS changes in Bihar

Ajay Nayak will now be the new Commissioner Bhagalpur Division. Besides, Ashok Chauhan has been appointed Secretary Personnel while Hem Chandra Sirohi has been made Secretary Parliamentary Affairs and Ajit Kumar will now be MD of Bihar State water Commission.

Chanchal Kumar to join GoI

Chanchal Kumar is joining the Government of India as Deputy Secretary Health. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Tripathi to be JS Science and Technology ?

Name of Kapil Dev Tripathi is also doing the round for the post of Joint Secretary - Science and Technology in the Government of India. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

N K Jain to be Member of Settlement Commission

N K Jain is joining the Settlement Commisssion as a Member. He is 1968 batch IRS officer.

Jaideep Govind to be Commissioner Ujjain Division

Jaideep Govind who is back from his central deputation is joining as Commissioner Ujjain Division next week. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Nanda Kumar Saravade doing Ph D

Nanda Kumar Saravade has joined the IIT Mumbai to pursue Ph D. The PhD Project is in the area of macro level perspective on Public Policy measures in Information Security in India. 1987 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer Saravade has been granted study leave up to the end of November 2004 for completing the course work at IIT Bombay.

2003 batch IAS get postings in Gujarat

Four 2003 batch IAS officers have joined as Assistant Collectors in Gujarat. They are Mssrs Roopwant Singh in Kutch, Swarup P in Surendra Nagar, Sandhya Bhullar in Balsad and Praveen Bhai Solanki in Bhaduch.

Senior Navy Officer made OSD

S V Gopalachari, Vice-Admiral in the Navy, surprisingly enough, has been moved to the Naval Headquarters as OSD.

Mohan and Parasaran Addl.Solicitors General

R Mohan and Mohan Parasaran have been appointed Additional Solicitors General.

Chakravorty is ADG News DD

Amitabh Chakravorty will be the new ADG News and Current Affairs in Doordarshan. He is 1970 batch IIS officer.

IPS changes in MP

Solomon Minje will be new SP of Balaghat.K Babu Rao has been moved PHQ.R P Shrivastava nd C S Malviya have been shifted to the SAF.

FORUM

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Mani Shankar Aiyer came out after meeting the Commies and pulled up his sleeves to show his arms to the waiting Press and said, " See I have no bite marks!!!" This was necessary because Sitaram Yechury had commented some days back that 'the Commie bite was worse than the Commie bark'. Well seems the Congress has the Commies eating out of Congress's hands……so in actuality the Press should have asked Aiyer to show them his neck…..Commie love bites!!!

The Commies are preparing a fact sheet on FDI. However, the CPM mouthpiece has given an insight to what the Commies feel about FDI???? FDI…Foreigners Doing in Indians , Foreigners Doing India in, Foreign Direct Interference , Foreigners Dangling Incentives!!!! Moreover Commies feel that in strategic areas FDI should be kept at bare minimal…. and as of now all sectors are strategic…strategic for the Commies !!!! Lets see if the Commies bark or just yap and if they bite do they do so viscously or just love bites…like the ones on Aiyer's neck!!!!

Seems now in India trials will be carried out by the Electronic Media!!!! What was the need for NDTV to complicate matters by airing the confession of Kohli??? Proudly calling it an NDTV Exclusive……. knowing fully well that the confession has no standing in the eyes of the Law and is being made by Kohli for ulterior motives !!!! Pronoy should stick to his psephology and keep his nose out of the Law taking its course……yes he has the right to keep us informed….and blowing the whistle when things go wrong…but why derail/complicate things when things are progressing….this is an Aaj Ki Aawaz Exclusive!!!!!

Sex out of wedlock could prove to be dicey….even though it may be consensual. Like the case of the Mumbai Film Director who has been accused of rape by an actress because he 'broke the promises' he made before consensual sex!!!! That way 99% of lovers could be prosecuted for rape!!!! How can someone get the stars or moon on earth????

Has the process of rapprochement begun??? BJP wants the Congress to approach it for the process to start. In reality Congress should let BJP continue with its boycott…..the way this Alliance is working BJP will make mincemeat of the Government in Parliament. Ek Laloo UPA (make it the Ulta Pulta Alliance) ka band bajaa sakthaa hai ( ek machhar aadmi ko hijda banaa sakthaa hai)!!!!!

Amrinder is in Delhi and Madam High Command refuses to give him an audience….Amrinder has sent requests for an interview to President Congress Party, Chairman NAC and Sonia Gandhi…..none have responded!!!! To come to some decision Sonia was using scales…weighing one……….on one side she has put weights representing Haryana, Rajhastan and Himachal and on the other side she has put one weight representing Punjab!!! Amrinder has objected to this process…..he says that on one side she should put the three CMs and on the other side put him!!!! As this issue gets more entangled with every passing day Madam is 'weighing and watching'!!!!

Hulka Fulka…..the only way to bring sanity in the World pronto….stop the galloping oil prices, stop the bombings , insecurities etc., well just pre-pone the US Elections!!!!

Bush says he saved Iraqis…..Saddam is contemplating a campaign ……he says he saved Americans!!! He says he is the one who brought the incapability and spitefulness of Bush to the fore!!!!

By the way where is Donald 'Quack' Rumsfeld…….like our Natwar Singh , Donald's foot too homed into his mouth pretty often…..seems Bush taped his beak up!!!! There is also news that Donald incognito is working where Saddam is gaoled……still looking for info on the WMDs!!!! When will the Americans realize that they have the WMD in Jail???? Right in their own hands under their nose!!!!!!

B Kumar

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :---

Committee to be set up for merger

An advisory Committee is being set up for the merger of BSNL and MTNL..

Swamy to take over as chief of AAAI

S K Swamy will take over as the President of the All Advertising Agencies in India.

CIL is headless

There is no full time Chairman for Coal India Ltd.. CILs Director Marketing Shashi Kumar has been given additional charge.

Appaji is ED of Pharmexcil

Former Director of the National Pharmaceutical Authority Dr P V Appaji has taken over as ED of the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council.

Subramanya elected President

Dr H R Subramanya Director Finance National Mineral Development Corporation has been elected President of Cost and Work Accountants of India.