OSD to be posted in RAW ?

Grapevine has it that a very senior IB officer is being sent to the RAW as an OSD.If the rumour is correct then RAW Chief C D Sahay must pack up.

Why did Ashok Gupta meet Manmohan Singh ?

Chief Secretary of West Bengal Ashok Gupta recently met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alongwith Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.What is the significance?Is he joining the Government of India?.

Jawed Usmani to join PMO ?

Jawed Usmani is likely to join the PMO as Joint Secretary. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Madhavan is PS to Rahul Gandhi

After the return of V George at the Ten Janpath Madhavan has exclusively become PS to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

Appointment of Sanjiv Nair cancelled

Now Sanjiv Nair is not joining the Government of India as Deputy Director General Tourism. Appointment of 1982 batch UP cadre IAS officer Nair has been cancelled by the new Government.

S K Kain is DG Home Guards Delhi

S K Kain has been appointed DG Home Guards,Delhi.He is 1970 batch IPS officer.
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Deepak Mishra is back to Delhi Police

Deepak Kumar Mishra is joining the Delhi Police as IG.1984 batch UT cadre IPS officer Mishra was on deputation to the NSG.His batch mate Karnail Singh has also been promoted to the rank of IG.

B K Gupta promoted

Brijesh Kumar Gupta has been promoted as Special Commissioner Police in Delhi.He is 1975 batch IPS officer

IPS changes in Uttaranchal

J S Pande has been appointed ADG Administration and Vigilance.Subhash Joshi will now be ADG Prosecution.

Vishwanathan gets additional charge

Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Home Affairs N A Vishwanathan has been given additional charge of the FA finance. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Four Secretary level vacancies in Planning Commission

Four Secretary level posts are currently lying vacant in the Planning Commission.

1988 batch IAS to get promotion in Jharkhand

Three 1988 batch IAS officers Mssrs Arun Kumar Singh,K K Khandelwal and Alka Tiwari are being given super-time scale in Jharkhand.

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Industry always moans that Government should get out of running businesses and concentrate on Governance…..well, Industry should practice before they preach……Anil Ambani has jumped into the fray for a Rajya Sabha Ticket….with industry getting into Politics they can hardly preach!!!!

Insiders say that SP is banking on realignments before or after the Maharashtra and Bihar elections. They feel there are too many balls in the air for Congress to juggle…and Congress will drop some!!!!!

Mayawathi as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha??????? Rajya Sabha 'manuwadis' get ready for Mayawathi's verbal whipping. Poor Rashid Alvi, with Mayawathi cozying up to the Congress his prospects in Congress have turned bleak. Congress has honoured its promise of a Rajya Sabha nomination……but for Rashid it will be only for two years and not the six year one……short service Commission for Rashid.

How will Laloo respond to demands for his resignation for this accident????? He will say that this accident warrants Force Majeure….this is an act of God …….the rains caused landslides and this brought the boulders onto the tracks. Hence, there is no question of him resigning!!!!!! Laloo says that Opposition cannot demand his resignation when Force Majeure is in effect!!!!!!

The poor Kumhaars who make the Kulads sing……..Kumhaar kahe Laloo se tu na promote kare mohe, tehre haath jo padaa woh apni kismat par roe hi roe.

Was the Jet air fare hike an inside job?????? The hike had the tacit support of Praful Patel…….Jet's Goel knows that now a businessman runs Indian Airlines …. business is all about profit…..so he was able to sell the hike to Patel. Jet is gung ho with Patel at the helm and are planning their overseas flights programme zealously and confidently. Patel nonchalantly says the risk is Jet's!!!!!

Chidambram while sitting on the throne in the loo must have done some jottings on toilet paper…..so this is how the White Paper on the Finances of India started!!!! After agreeing in the Media that he was lucky to be a comfortable FM because of the sound Financial position handed over to him by the previous government…….why a White Paper?????

In China the Communists work……in India Communists just go on strikes!!!!! Some additions took place when Communism was imported into India.

There is an underground Movement solidifying …….Communists, DMK , SP have realized that their unity will serve them best. They should formulate their own CMP……..what is good for the Congress may not be good for them!!!!!

By George!!!! George is back at 10 Janpath……….on a daily contract basis!!!!! Preconditions…..plenty. Do not expect the George of yore……Georgi Porgie pudding and pie got too big for his boots that made people uncomfortable, was sidelined till he got back to wearing his right size shoes thus becoming stable.

While announcing the fuel hike at a Press Conference , Mani Shanker Aiyer first spoke in English and then he said that he would repeat the announcement in Hindi…..will this be a regular feature in his Press Conference or only when he wants to score brownie points…in this case no hike in the Kerosene prices…..Aiyer felt that those using kerosene do not understand English and he wanted to make sure they knew the favour he was doing them….from the horse's mouth.

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Will Sonal Mansingh go ?

Rumour mill says that Chairperson of the Sangeet Natak Akadami Sonal Mansingh is being changed.

Parthasarthi is AG Karnataka

B T Parthasarthi has been appointed new Advocate General of Karnataka.

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.

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.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh

Ashok Kumar,Sobaran Singh Yadav and S N Shukla will be new Divisional Commissioners of Agra,Jhansi and Varanasi Divisions respectively.Other new postings are:- Mssrs Anurag Shrivastava DM Bahraich,Abhishek Singh DM Buland Shahar,Kuldeep Sethi Commissioner Land Records, Umadhar Dwivedi DM Sitapur,Mohan Swarup Special Secretary Higher Education,Pandhari Yadav DM Badayun,Rajesh Kumar Singh DM Meerut,Amit Mohan Prasad Director Social Welfare,Sanjeev Kumar DM Pilibhit,Anil Kumar Sagar DM Unnao,Ramendra Nath Tripathi DM Basti,Anil Garg Special Secretary Energy,P Guru Prasad Bhadohi DM Sant Ravi Das Nagar ,O N Mishra Special Secretary Energy,Ravindra DM Kushinagar,Navdeep Rinwa DM Mau,R K Pande Special Secretary Culture,K Ravindra Nayak DM Deoria,Shalini Prasad Project Director UP Health System,Veeresh Kumar Secretary Administrative Reforms,Ashok Ghosh Secretary Health,N S Ravi Board of Revenue Lucknow,Harishankar Pande Special Secretary Food,Sone Lal Additional Commissioner Allahbad and N S Chaudhry MD social Welfare Corporation.

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Amarjit Talwar opens Event management co.

Amarjit Singh Talwar, who recently retired from the ITDC, has now opened up his own event management company by the name of "Neumech events."Talwar, who was Resident Manager of the Delhi based The Ashok hotel, is also working as General Manager with the reputed car company, which is marketing Bentley and Porsch cars in India.

Chakravorty to be ED Punjab National Bank

General Manager of the Bank of Baroda K C Chakravorty is all set to join the Punjab National Bank as ED.

Goyal to be ED of Allahbad Bank !

General Manager of the Andhra Bank Subodh Kumar Goyal is being tipped to to be ED of the Allahbad Bank.

Sathyasingan is MD PNB Housing Finance

K G Sathyasingan has taken over as Managing Director of the Punjab National Bank Housing Finance Ltd..

Thiagarajan is COO Hinduja TMT

K Thiagarajan has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Hinduja TMT Ltd..

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.