Where are the orders of Doval ?

On Wednesday A K Doval had been asked to take over as Chief of Intelligence Bureau without any formal orders ?.Where are the orders?.Confusion prevails.Answer lies with the Prime Minister's Office.

Doval to take charge on Monday ?

Grapevine has it that Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau A K Doval is taking over as DIB on Monday.

Will K P Singh be made Governor ?

Rumour mill says that Chief of Intelligence Bureau K P Singh may be appointed Governor of a small North-Eastern state.Insiders,however,rule out any such possibility.

K P Singh meets PM and HM

In the midst of reports of the appointment of A K Doval as Chief of Intelligence Bureau ,present boss K P Singh met the Prime Minister and the Home Minister.He is believed to have refused to accept any Government job and has asked for LPR.

Shivraj Patil would have been the PM !

If an insider of the Ten Janpath is to be believed Shivraj Patil would have been the Prime Minister instead of Manmohan Singh, had he won the Lok Sabha poll.

Pandey to join GoI

Raghav Sharan Pandey outgoing Chief Secretary of Nagaland is joining the Government of India as Additional Secretary this month. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

Likhi pulls out

Abhilaksh Likhi (IAS' HY,1991)was in an unprecedented last minute move pulled out of the waiting list of Fullbright Scholarship and selected. He is the son-in-law of NN.Vohra (IAS, Panjab, 1961) Centre's Interocutor on Kashmir.

Rathore to be promoted as Special DGP

O P Rathore is being promoted to the rank of Special DG in Chhattisgarh.He is 1973 batch IPS officer.

Singh is Administrator Lakshadweep

Sanjay Pratap Singh has taken over as Administrator of Union Territory of Lakshadweep.He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh

P C Sabharwal will be new IG Personnel.V N Rai has been made IG Railways Allahbad.Daya Shankar Singh has been moved to Vigilance as DIG.A D Mishra has been appointed DIG Railways Allahbad.

Mukherjee appointed Ambassador to Nepal

Shiv Shankar Mukherjee has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Nepal.He succeeds Foreign Secretary designate Shyam Saran.
( We said this on June 28)

Will Srivastava return to Delhi police ?

Will P K Srivastava Director in the Department of Electronics return to the Delhi police this month ?.Chances of 1986 batch UT cadre IPS officer Srivastava 's return are bright.

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Budget time and Sitaram Yechury and Jairam Ramesh are being sorely missed. Yechury is in 'banwaas' in Sri Lanka…..Yechury says that he has a sore throat and has been advised to give his throat rest!!!!! Have the Commies done a Govindacharya on Yechury???? How poignantly significant …Sitaram in banwaas in Sri Lanka……but his Ravan/s is/are in Delhi!!!!

Jairam Ramesh's PC connection is not working!!!! PC meaning Personal Computer and not what is being perceived ….P.C., the FM. Like they say too many cooks spoiled the broth…similarly too many economists can muck up Budget formulation…..and Manmohan and Jairam belong to different schools of thought !!!! So in this budget PC has said Jai Ram ji ( hello and bye bye) to Jairam ji…in this case it is bye bye!!!! Jairam was last seen taking his PC to 10 Janpath for rectification!!!!

Laloo has just added one more crime to his Criminal Record….Chain Pulling. He has pulled the Chain of the Railways via his Budget!!!! By the way RJD's Tainted Five will be boycotted by the Opposition. The Courts have asked Rabdi in Bihar to reign in the Criminal Element…….Rabdi is in a predicament…..how can she reign in her Swami , her Sahib and her so called 'dewars'??????

Seems Amrinder did not realize the motive behind the Ministry downsizing….to mollify the Ministers being sacked he appointed them as Parliamentary Secretaries and made his side-kick and Man Friday Rana Sodhi as Chief Parliamentary Secretary…Pranab Da has objected to this !!! Instead of doing this, all that Amrinder needed to do was appoint a NAC (SAC in this case - State Advisory Committee) type of Body and put all those junked in there!!!! Of course SAC would be funded from the CMs Office. Please note in this case SAC would mean……Sleeping and Chatting….that is what they would be expected to do….the lollipop …everything is on the house!!!! And Pranab Da would not have the guts to say a word!!!

Sonia says that she will be the interface between Society and Government!!!! In effect she is informing us that if we want anything from this Government we have to look towards her. Government will route all their work via her…….her name and photo will be mandatory on all Projects to be undertaken by the Government. Her fee…..Government Control and Goodwill from the people!!!!

Rumors abound that Ottavio Quatrocchi is back in business. In Ottavio's 'Defense' ….he is living a semi retired life in Malaysia……his daily routine……he is a late riser, plays golf , keeps in touch (developments????), makes a few calls, entertains……..only two suspicious activities ……..keeps in touch and makes a few calls!!!!

Take the name of any Commie and Praful Patel mood sours. Commies now want the FDI to be reduced ????? Commies translate FDI as Foreign Direct Interference.

Nothing much on the Budget today….the knives are out and the Sensex and Nifty are on a roller coaster…….when last seen the roller coaster has taken it down under (down 141)!!!! Radio FM of the Finance Minister is playing Radio Manmohan….golden oldies of the 1990's!!!! The Economic Survey is out of sync with reality!!!! Will be in a better position to 'twist and turn' tomorrow!!!! NDA says that this Budget is NDA wine in Congress's Bottle!!!!

If India were a Stock would you invest in India????? FIIs must be seized of this matter!!! One thing is for sure Fixed Deposits have all of a sudden started looking attractive!!!! There are some who soothsay that the Sensex could come down to 3000 if the FIIs decide that India is no longer attractive!!!!

B Kumar

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Enquiry against an Business House !

Senior officials of the Finance Ministry are reported to have been asked to collect information about a fast growing Business House of North- India. Guess.

Soota selected for award.

Ashok Soota, chairman and managing director, MindTree Consulting India Private Limited has been selected for the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) excellence award.