Is Home and Power reserved for CPI ?

Grapevine has it that the CPI will ultimately join the Government in a month or two and Shiv Raj patil and P M Sayeed are stop-gap arrangements.Is Home and Power reserved for the CPI?.Incidently,Patil and Sayeed are not elected members of the Lok Sabha.

Who backed Nair ?

Whose nominee is T K A Nair now Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ?.It is widely believed that CPM leader Surjit and a Chandigarh based NGO had pushed the name of 1963 batch retired Punjab Cadre IAS officer Nair.

Pulok Chaterjee to join PMO

OSD to Sonia Gandhi Pulok Chaterjee is set to join the PMO soon.He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Yashwant Sinha to get Rajya Sabha berth

Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha is expected to get Rajya Sabha berth from Jharkhand in June.

Chidambaram is the choice of PM

New Finance Minister P Chidambaram is the choice of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Now the team of Manohan Singh and Chidambaram is to be joined by Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

Ashok Kumar is JD EOW in CBI

Ashok Kumar is new Joint Director Economic Offences Wing in the CBI.He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Orissa CM unlikely to change officials

Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is unlikely to change officials from the Chief Minister's Secretariat.

Naresh Narad to retire

Secretary Heavy Industries in Government of India Naresh Narad is superannuating by this month end. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Parmar is PS to Paswan

Sri Parmar Ravi Manu Bhai will be PS to Union Minister for Steel and Fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan.He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Jacob resigns

Former DGP of Bihar K A Jacob ,who is member of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission has resigned in protest against the appointment of his junior as Chairman.

IAS changes in Haryana

Satwanti Ahlawat will be Director and Joint Secretary Primary Education.M P Bansal has been made MD of Haryana Warehousing Corporation.Sukriti Likhi has been appointed Administrator HUDA Panchkula.Neerja will be Additional Director Haryana Institute of Public Administration.D Suresh has been made OSD Rules.

Vijay Kapoor resigns

Lt Governor Vijay Kapoor has resigned.About a dozen contenders have started lobbying for the post.
(We said this on May 18)

Retirement age raised in Rajasthan

Retirement age has been raised from 58 to 60 years in Rajasthan.

Will a secretary quit the IAS ?

A powerful Secretary belonging to 1969 batch in Government of India is reported to have threatened to resign from the IAS if he is shifted..Guess?.

P K Mishra is back to UP

P K Mishra is back to UP after completion of his central deputation tenure. On his return 1972 batch IAS officer Mishra has been posted in the Board of Revenue.

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Will Damodaran get extension ?

Will favourite of Atal Behari Vajpayee Government M Damodaran get extension in IDBI?. Surprisingly,file of his extension has been moved .Will Finance Minister P Chidambaram okay the proposal on Tuesday ?.

Arun Bharatram is now CMD of SRF Group

Arun Bharatram has been elevated to the post of CMD SRF Ltd.