Appointment of Saikia cancelled

The new Government has cancelled the appointment of Ashok Saikia as ED of the ADB. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Appointment of new Principal Secretary to PM soon

Appointment of new Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister will be made soon.T K A Nair has only been posted in the PMO as OSD.

New National Security Adviser this week

New National Security Adviser will be appointed this week.Former Foreign Secretary J N Dixit is ahead in the race.

IG BSF Trivedi shifted to Delhi

IG BSF ,Jammu Dilip Trivedi has been shifted to the headquarters as IG Provisioning.He is 1978 batch UP cadre IPS officer.

Alok Ranjan is SP CBI Delhi Branch

Alok Ranjan has been posted as SP in Delhi Branch of the CBI. He is 1991 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Rahul Khullar to join PMO

Joint Secretary Commerce Rahul Khullar is all set to join the PMO this week. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Meena to be IG Pondicherry

P R Meena is being tipped to be IG of Pondicherry.He is 1980 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Agrawal to be PS of Vagela

Manoj Agrawal is joining as PS to Union Textiles Minister Shankar Singh Vagela. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Will Nair be Chairman of RPSC?

Grapevine has it that Rajasthan Chief Secretary Raghavan Krishna Nair is being appointed Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission. He is 1968 batch IAS officer.

Gopalkrishnan to go Berlin

K V Gopalkrishnan is all set to join the Indian Embassy in Berlin as Counciller next month.He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Resignation of Brijesh Mishra accepted

The Prime Minister has accepted the resignation of Brajesh Mishra from the post of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and National Security Advisor with effect from May 22, 2004.

Dr Subramanyam is Spl Secretary to AP CM

Dr P Subramanyam has been appointed Special Secretary to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajsekhar Reddy. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.

IAS reshuffle in UP

Brijesh Kumar will now be Chairman of the Board of Revenue.Dharmendra Dev has been made Chairman of the Jal Nigam.Chairman of the NOIDA V K Malhotra has been posted as Principal secretary Environment.Dev Dutt will be new Chairman and CEO of NOIDA.A K Gupta will be Secretary Excise. Ravi Mathur has been made Chairman of Greater NOIDA.Rakesh Bahadur will be CEO of Greater NOIDA.

IPS changes in West Bengal

There is major IPS reshuffle in West Bengal.Partha Bhattacharya and Anuj Chatterjee will be Additional Commissioner of Police 1 and 1V respectively.Former North 24-Parganas superintendent of police Basudeb Bag, who was made special superintendent of police of the intelligence branch following the poll panel's recommendation, will assume charge as SSP, Criminal Investigation Department.Benoy Chakraborty, who was barred from election duty as Nadia SP and transferred to the intelligence branch as special superintendent of police on the poll panel's directive, has been reinstated.B.N. Ramesh, has been transferred as special superintendent of police, intelligence branch.South 24-Parganas SP D.K. Ganguly has been promoted as DIG (operations), CID. He will be replaced by S.N. Gupta, the Jalpaiguri SP.C.V. Muralidhar, the DIG, CID, has been transferred as DIG, IB, border. He has been replaced by D.P. Tarenia, who held charge as DIG (administration).Soumen Mitra, deputy commissioner of police, detective department (I), has been promoted as joint commissioner of police (organisation). He will be succeeded by Peeyush Pandey, the deputy commissioner of traffic division. A.K. Sharma, DC, Calcutta armed police, third battalion, will replace Pandey as DC (traffic).B.K. Malik, DC, Calcutta armed police, fifth battalion, will assume office as DC (north). S.P. Sarkar, special IG and DIG (PCC), has been transferred as IG, welfare.V.V. Thambi, IG, IB, North Bengal, will assume charge as IG (traffic) of West Bengal police. He will be replaced by S.N. Sarka.H.P. Singh, DC (headquarters), has been promoted as DIG (administration). He will be replaced by Sanjay Mukherjee, DC (I) of the special branch. K.C. Meena, Burdwan SP, has been promoted as DIG (armed police), Siliguri.

IAS changes in Haryana

Rajesh Kumar Khullar has been appointed Deputy Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister.He is 1988 batch IAS officer.Balbir Singh Malik has been made DC Hissar.

IPS changes in UP

Dinesh Chandra Dubey will be SSP Protocol.Raju Babu Singh has been made SPP Trans-Gomti.

Niranjan is Collector Chhindwara in MP

Dr V S Niranjan has been appointed Collector of Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

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Gowda to be Chairman

K Srinivasa Gowda is taking over as the Chairman of Iffco-Tokio General Insurance .

New Taj Resorts GMs

Sarabjit Singh and Rohit Khosla will be GMs of Taj Palace Hotel New Delhi and Taj President Mumbai respectively.Marc Cremous has been made GM of Taj Exotica Maldives. Hans E Koch will be GM of Taj Exotica Mauritius.

Two new GMs SBI Hyderabad

K S Mohanan and Pradeep Shankar have joined as General Managers of the State Bank of Hyderabad.