George is back to Ten Janpath

Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist V George is back to the Ten Janpath.He is the key link between Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other functionaries.

Khanna to get post retirement job !

Secretary Urban Development N N Khanna is likely to be appointed Chairman of Delhi Urban Arts Commission . 1966 batch Punjab Cadre IAS officer Khanna is superannuating on June 30.

Vimal Kriti Singh to be PS to Akhilesh Singh

Vimal Kriti Singh will be PS to Union Minister of State for Agriculture,Food and Civil Supplies,Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Akhilesh Singh. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Review of 1969 batch IAS officers

Review meeting for the empanelment of a couple of 1969 batch IAS officers is expected to take place in a week's time.

Transfers in Income-Tax and Customs this month !

Finance Minister P Chidambaram is believed to have asked the CBDT and CBEC heads to enact transfers by June 30.

PM is yet to clear appointment of Anoop Mishra

Finance Ministry has cleared the appointment of Anoop Mishra as World Bank Adviser.Appointment of 1978 batch UP cadre IAS officer Mishra is yet to be cleared by the Prime Minister.

Kain to be DG Home Guards ,Delhi !

S K Kain is likely to be appointed DG Home Guards,Delhi Police. He is 1970 batch IPS officer.

Kamal Pande takes over

Outgoing Cabinet Secretary Kamal Pande has taken over as Secretary of Inter-State Council Secretariat.

Tenure of Winson expires

Tenure of Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Finance P J Winson has expired on May 31.He is an officer of CSS.

Kharola goes on training

Director in the Ministry of Tourism Pradeep Singh Kharola has gone abroad to attend one year training programme.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Seva Ram appointed CEO Madhya Pradesh

Seva Ram has been appointed Chief Electoral Officer Madhya Pradesh. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Tail-Piece

Seeing the discomfiture of Somnath Chatterjee in controlling the proceedings of the House, a member of the CPM politburo who was opposed to Somnath Chaterjee becoming the Speaker remarked: "Dada should now realize that being the Parliamentary Leader of our party was much better than controlling the anarchy of the House. Maybe he would like to return to his old job at which he is best: 'making speeches'
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Praful Patel is preparing to procure new Airplanes and he wrote to the CVC to provide the guidelines for the procurement…..he wants the CVC to say …..Mehengaa roe ek baar, sasthaa roe baar baar. However, CVC will respond ….sasthaa and tikaoo…and would also request that nothing should be done that will show that the procurers are bikaoo.

We need a 'people's Airline on the domestic routes. But, Patel is more interested in doing this on the International Route. Somebody should gift him a copy of the Southwest Airline History….start at home and then go Global !!!!

What is happening to the Sensex???? The Sensex today is shallow because of the low volumes on which it moves. No wonder Dalals on Dalal Street have started taking bets….side business in slack times. The hot bet is by how much will the Petrol and Diesel prices go up (1.25 to 1.50/litre)………Laloo's next gimmick….kullad type Lotaas!!!!!

Market Stabilization Fund, Oil Stabilization Fund………with Laloo in the Government we also require a Sanity Stabilization Fund.

Have you tried having Coffee in a Kulad???? Pathetic would be the response post tasting. But, Laloo would say that Coffee is not an Indian Beverage and so unsuitable for Kulads……..Southerners please take note????

Vijay Mallya is depressed. After the debacle of Janta Party , Mallya's interest in active politics is waning. Mallya has done it all and is looking for something that would make Adrenalin shoot up in his bloodstream……problems of plenty…..that is Mallya's problem. Actually with the Kingfisher's annual photo-shoot for the Kingfisher Calendar still far away ….. Mallya is depressed!!! Mallya should try taking on Laloo on some issue for that Adrenalin kick.

Chaidambram has found hundreds of services to tax…….would he consider taxing the lip service that Politicians give us???……The provider be taxed at source!!!!!!

Vajpayee thought he'd have a quite holiday now that he has demitted the Prime Ministership……wrong……Allies still throng to meet him. Why even ex Allies like Abhay Chautala representing Dad and Omar Abdullah met Vajpayee. Exit of Power and the ex powerful shrivel…….like they say Power is the best Beauty Parlour…..but Vajpayee proves this phenomena wrong….Vajpayee has never looked better!!!!

Chautala senior could not go to meet Vajpayee and sent son Abhay because after the SYL decision , Chautala felt that he should also correct his own 'water' flow problem which is clogging up his personal water flow…..he's undergone prostrate surgery. Operation has been successful and Chautala is back to his abusing and threatening best!!!!!

Rumoured now Jhakhar may become the Governor of MP…..first it was Moshina Kidwai…but seems the Lady does not want to go out of Delhi…….she cannot bear the distance from Sonia!!!!

Men in UP and Mumbia have demonstrated against the movie Girlfriend…they are actually objecting to the wasting of such attractive opportunities…..Lesbianism is inversely proportional to Male mating opportunities.

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IAS transfers likely in Madhya Pradesh

A minor bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Madhya Pradesh in a couple of days.

IPS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh

There is IPS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh.New postings are :- Mssrs Shailendra Pratap Singh SP Pratapgarh,Jyoti Narain SP Firozabad, B P Jogdand SSP Jhansi, S S Maheshwari SP Cooperative Cell, Anand Swaroop SSP Etah, P K shrivastava SP Vigilance,B M Tripathi SP Hardoi, A K Upadhyay CB-CID Lucknow,Sunil Kumar Gupta SSP Barelley, S A Rizvi SSP Saharanpur,Alok Singh SP Deoria,Mohit Agrawal PAC Agra,Rajesh Kumar Rai SP Pilibhit,Prakash-D CB-CID Lucknow,Satyendra VEER Singh SSP Mathura, R A Gautam SP Mau, Deepesh Juneja SP Prosecution Agra and S K Bhagat PAC .

Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya is DGP Uttaranchal

Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya has been appointed new DGP of Uttaranchal. She is 1973 batch IPS officer. She has replaced Premdutt Ratudi who has been made DG Rules and Regulations.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

S R Lakha will be Secretary Horticulture.Anil Swarup has been made MD PICUP.Mukul Singhal Has been appointed Secretary Sports.Leena Nandan has been made CEO Taj Express Way.M Mustafa has been moved to the Secretariat as Special Secretary Minority Welfare Department.

Rajeev Verma is PS to Tytler
Rajeev Verma(RR AGMUT IAS 1992) is joining as PS to Jagdish Tytler MoS NRI Affairs. Presently he is posted as Secretary(Rural Development) Govt. Of Goa.

Will Lalli be DG FT ?

Name of Baljit Singh Lalli is doing the round for the post of Director General Foreign Trade. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Anupam Das Gupta to be Secretary Civil Aviation ?

Will Anupam Das Gupta be Secretary of Civil Aviation?.Sources close to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel are sure that 1970 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Das Gupta would be new Secretary Civil Aviation.

Deepak Chatterjee gets three months extension

Secretary Commerce Deepak Chatterjee has been granted three months extension in service.1966 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer Chatterjee was to superannuate on June 30.

Ronen Sen appointed Ambassador to US

Finally Ronen Sen has been appointed Ambassador to US. He is 1966 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on June 14 )

Kanwal Sibbal appointed Ambassador to Russia

Former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibbal has been appointed Indian Ambassador to Russia. He would succeed Raghunath in August.
( We said this on June 14 )

Nirupam Sen to be Permanent Representative to UN

Nirupam Sen has been appointed India's permanent representative to the UN. Sen would succeed Vijay Nambiar

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Kanta Kumar to be CMD of Syndicate Bank

ED of the Canara Bank Kanta Kumar is being appointed CMD of the Syndicate Bank in a week or two. He would succeed Michael Bastian

Swaminathan to be ED Kanara

B Swaminathan is being tipped to be ED of the Canara Bank. Swaminathan is currently General Manager of Indian Overseas Bank.

Phenomenal growth of ONGC

The stock markets are never too kind to PSU stocks. Belying this statement has been the phenomenal growth of ONGC. The group market capitalization crosses 1lakh crore making ONGC No. 1 in the BSE 30. As per Stock Exchange Listing, ONGC has proved that across all companies in India, in terms of wealth creation, both in EVA and MVA terms that ONGC is far ahead of certain private sector companies which are supposed to be very well managed. ONGC and MRPL have more than 10% of BSE market cap. This was not the case when Mr. Raha stepped in as C&MD, ONGC in May 2001.
What is recognized as the most valuable company in India was thought to be closing down! Three years back the share price of ONGC was Rs. 130. Morale and motivation were at its lowest ebb, pushing the officers' community to express lack of confidence in the Board! Today, ONGC's overseas capital investment makes it the largest MNC from India. On financials, as a group revenue it has crossed 10 billion dollars, which should qualify them for Fortune 500. A case in point for the exceptional managerial ability of Mr. Subir Raha.