Kaun Banega Indian Ambassador to USA ? (8) Kamal Pande

In the corridors of power name of Cabinet Secretary Kamal Pande is also doing the round.In case Pandeji moves to US,the prestigious post of Cabinet Secretary will automatically go to some 1966 batch IAS officer. Four 1966 batch IAS officers Mssrs Deepak Chatterjee, N N Khanna ,Arun Bhatnagar and B K Chaturvedi are still secretaries in Government of India.

1970 batch IAS officers to be made Spl Secretary

Grapevine has it that 1970 batch IAS officers are being appointed as Special Secretary in Government of India in a couple of months.

Mishra couple to join Chhattisgarh Government !

2000 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer S K Mishra and his wife 2000 batch IPS officer Sonal Mishra are expected to join the Chhattisgarh Government on deputation.

Post of CVO will fall vacant in Bangalore

Director level post of CVO,Hindustan Aeronautics will fall vacant on March 22.The post is located at Bangalore .

Masood Ahmad to retire

Member of Planning Commission Masood Ahmad will retire this year.

Gujarat IAS officers for centre

Gujarat Government has forwarded names of fifteen IAS officers for central deputation.

The Pioneer to reach Bhopal

Yet, another feather in the cap of Dr.Chandan Mitra Chief Editor of "The Pioneer" group of newspapers has been added. The journalist turned politician Dr.Mitra in collaboration with Sinkander Hafiz Khan Chairman of the Reliable group of industries is going to launch Bhopal Edition of "The Pioneer" from next month. Its Resident Editor will be Sanjeev Majupuria.At present the newspaper is simultaneously being published from Delhi and Lucknow.Dr.Mitra is also Editing "Darpan"--a bilungual,inflight magazine of the Alliance Air & Indian Airlines.

Two IAS officers in Karnataka to leave job

1972 batch IAS officer Bulla Subba Rao and 1973 batch IAS officer S L Gangadharappa are quitting the IAS to contest Lok Sabha polls. While Rao will be Congress candidate from Bidar constituency Gangadharappa may contest from Kolar on JD (S) ticket.

Will EC take action against Haryana DGP ?

Haryana unit of the BJP has urged the Election Commission to ask state DGP M S Malik to proceed on leave since his wife is contesting Lok Sabha election on INLD's ticket from Sonepat.

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Process started to fill vacancies in banks

Department of banking has started process to select CMDs of five banks.Names of senior EDs have been called by the department.

Prasad Rao is unhappy

V D V Prasad Rao Member (Finance) Airports Authority of India is upset over the appointment of his junior R Ramalingam as Chairman of the AAI.This is evident from his letter No MF/D-25/04 DATED February 10 to Mr Ashok Saikia Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Roy resigns

MD of Bharat Heavey Plates and Vessels Ltd. Shailendra N Roy is reported to have put in his papers .

Jagannathan appointed

Balaji Jagannathan has been appointed as director of sales for India and the sub-continent. Sybase Inc, a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software.