Raghavan to be Ambassador to Czech Republic !

P S Raghavan currently Joint Secretary in the PMO is being tipped to be India's Ambassador to Czech Republic.

Amit Agrawal to join PMO

Amit Agrawal is joining the PMO as Deputy Secretary. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

13 posts are to be filled up

13 Secretary level posts in Government of India are to be filled up this month.Exercise is on .

Santosh Sathpathy is back to Jharkhand

Santosh Kumar Sathpathy is back to the parent Jharkhand cadre. 1986 batch IAS officer Sathpathy had been on deputation to the Orissa Government.

IAS to be posted in Zila Parishad

IAS officers are being posted as Secretary to each Zila Parishad in Andhra Pradesh.

Atulya Mishra is back to Tamil Nadu

Atulya Mishra is back to Tamil Nadu after completion of central deputation tenure.On his return 1988 batch IAS officer Mishra has been made Secretary Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare.

Kamleshwar to be Adviser to Prasar Bharti ?

Grapevine has it that noted journalist Kamleshwar is being appointed Adviser to the Prasar Bharti.

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Aaj Ki Awaz

Just a couple of days back a cavalcade of cars came to a screeching halt at Krishi Bhavan and out stepped Chidambram and entourage. Speaks volumes for Pawar's stature in the Alliance…..usually it is the other way…that is the Agriculture Minister would have called on the Finance Minister for pre budget confabulations. One of Pawar's cronies was heard saying " Amcha Pawar Sahib top jhaala ahit" (Our Pawar Sahib has come out tops).

Pawar knows that the minute he merges NCP with Congress his stature will change!!! Now Madame calls him and if NCP merges with Congress he will be standing outside 10 Janpath waiting to meet Madam.

By the way Madam has been allocated an Office…Vigyan Bhavan…the other option was 9 Janpath, but Madam is not interested as it is too close to home. She would have preferred that her Office be located on the top two floors of Hotel Samrath……overlooks 7 Race Course!!!! Opulent interiors and latest equipment and gadgetry , all to be funded by the PMO. Her Office would also have the latest surveillance equipment….Madam is watching is the byword.

What is with these Politicians???? They declare assets worth crores but they still do not own a Car. The latest to join this list is Ambika Soni…10 crores in assets and no car!!!!! When in power sarkaari Car and when out of power Party Car!!!! That is why these people talk about fuel hikes so unpassionately ……..does not affect them because they've never paid for fuel.

With Cabinets required to be downsized by July 07 a Newspaper has been running 'Be a Super Selector'…that is choose the Ministers in various States to be kept and those to be sacked. Surprising outcome the Newspaper has received quite a few entires that say that all the Ministers should be sacked.

What is with these Shakers wanting to enter Parliament……actually these people are from the Page 3 crowd…….Page 3 trying to become Page 1.

A report says that Shivraj Patil owns 5 guns. Are these the remnants from his Speaker Days when he had to maintain decorum in the House and had to project a tough and no nonsense image. Hence, he showcased his armaments in his Study, so that Visitors could take note of these. Maybe taking a cue Somnath Da will showcase a Bazooka in his study……situation demands this…he is dealing with RJD MPs…guns are peashooters for these guys!!!!!!!But, Shivraj says that Guns are a hobby with him…hope he collects ammunition too…..then chances of usage would be negligible!!!

Vajpayee has set the cat amongst pigeons by taking 'maximum' responsibility for the Poll debacle. The Mumbai Chintan is going to have quite a few red faces. Grapevine has it that Modi's days are numbered…….the question now is who will be his successor???? Modi, of course, will exit not because of the Gujarat riots but to strengthen the Party…….parachute…….VRS…….Voluntarily Retired from Service.

A Lady on reading about Anil Ambanis declared assets exclaimed, " Poor fellow is that all he has???"

B Kumar

TAIL-PIECE

There is vacancy for the last 15 days for the post of V.C. in Lucknow Development Authority (LDA)......
Debt Trap....
Only God is sahara.....

Gopal Krishnan to join PMO

R Gopal Krishnan is joining the PMO as Joint Secretary.1979 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Gopal Krishnan had been Secretary to former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh for ten years.

35,1973 batch IAS officers empanelled

Altogether 35 ,1973 batch IAS officers are believed to have been cleared for empanelment to the rank of Additional Secretary in Government of India.Prime Minister is yet to clear the list of empanelment.

Sujata Mehta to join PMO ?

Sujata Mehta ,Indian Foreign Service officer is likely to join the PMO.Sujata Mehta currently posted in the MEA would replace P S Raghvan.

Ms Bhupinder Prasad to go on leave

Secretary to the Lt Governor of Delhi,Ms Bhupinder Prasad is proceeding on seven months leave beginning July 1. She is 1976 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Kapil Mohan to be PS to Muniappa

Kapil Kumar is PS to Union Minister of State Road Transport and Highways K H Muniappa. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Khandelwal promoted in Jharkhand

Kailash Kant Khandelwal has been given super-time scale in Jharkhant. He is 1988 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on June 17)

First woman DGP in the country

After Kiran Bedi, Kanchan Chowdhary Bhattacharya is the second woman to get into the IPS. By becoming DGP of a state,1973 batch IPS officer acquires the distinction of being the first woman to become DG Police of a state

Two former bureaucrats are Rajya Sabha nominees

Radha Kant Nayak is Congress nominee for the Rajya Sabha from Orissa. He is retired 1962 batch IAS officer.On the other hand the BJD has nominated retired 1963 batch IAS officer Pyari Mohan Mahapatra.

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Nagappan to be ED of Indian Overseas Bank

General Manager of the Indian Bank A R Nagappan is being appointed ED of the Indian Overseas Bank.

Seven new EDs of NTPC

Six General Managers have been promoted to the post of ED in the NTPC. They are MssrsB P Singh,K Prakash Rao,B C Ghosh, S R Yadav,A K Dhar and J Jha.

Nagrajan is Joint MD IndusInd Bank

S Nagarajan, managing director of the erstwhile ALFL, has been named joint managing director of IndusInd Bank.

Daroowala to be ED of OBC !

H A Daroowala is all set to join the Oriental Bank of Commerce as ED.He is currently General Manager of the Union Bank .

Nayyar to be ED of Dena Bank

M V Nayyar is being tipped to be ED of the Dena Bank. He is currently General Manager of the Corporation bank.

Transfers in Coal India Ltd

There is senior level reshuffle in Coal India Ltd.. Changes are :- Mssrs N V Danial SECL to WCL,Ram Milan Dey SECL to BCCL,Devendra Kumar Sharma SECL to BCCL,G P Singh NCL to CCLGajraj Singh SECL to CCAL,A K Thipde SCCL,Jagdish Prasd CCL to SECL,B S Singh NCL to SECL,K K Roy SECL to WCL,A L Verma SECL to NCL,Purshottam Godbole SECL to CIL,S Majumdar MCL to NCL,B P Mistri CCL to ECL,S B Prasad CCL to ECL,T K Mukherjee ECL to CCL,S C Tiwari WCL to SECL,Vinay Kumar Jha CCL to SECL,S N L Das BCCL to WCL,S K Chattoraj ECL to NCL,Ss k Sinha BCCL to CMPDI and R K Bhattacharya CCL to MCL.