Will S K Singh be Ambassador to US ?

Now name of former Foreign Secretary S K Singh has started doing the round for the post of Indian Ambassador to the US.

Law Ministry refers retirement age plan to new Government !

Law Ministry is believed to have sent back proposal of the Atal Behari Vajpayee Government to be put up before the new Cabinet.The then Government during its last cabinet meeting had decided to decrease the retirement age from 60 to 58 years.

How Vora has retained his job ?

Grapevine has it that Centre's Interlocutor on Kashmir N N Vora has been able to retain his job courtesy Har Kishan Singh Surajeet.

Nair appointed Principal Secretary to PM

OSD to the Prime Minister,T K S Nair has been elevated to the post of Principal Secretary.His appointment has been made for a period of three years.

Subramanyam to be PS to PM

B V R Subramanyam will be PS to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.1987 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer Subramanyam is currently Director in the Ministry of Commerce.

IAS changes in UP

Himanshu Kumar has been appointed Special Secretary languages.Deepak Kumar will now be Special Secretary Religious Trusts.

Secretary level changes on cards

Secretary level changes are expected to take place in Government of India in a couple of days.

Is a bureaucrat having Villa in London ?

A report has reached to the new Government that a senior bureaucrat considered close to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has bought a big Villa in Chapman Cresent Wandsworth in London.

Krishna Saini to be PS to Chaidambaram

Krishna Saini will be PS to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram. He is 1981 batch IRS officer .

New Departments to be created in Sikkim

A couple of new Departments are being created in Sikkim. Meanwhile over one dozen departments have been renamed.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Punjab next month

A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Punjab next month.

Arvind Kumar is PS to Balu

Arvind Kumar is PS to Union Surface Transport and Highways Minister T R Balu. He is 1985 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Sikkim cadre.

Khot promoted in Maharashtra

A.S Khot has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Maharashtra. He is 1969 batch IAS officer

Former IPS officer is now MP

Former 1972 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand Rameshwar Oraon has been elected to the Lok Sabha on the Congress ticket.

IPS changes in UP

B k Sharma will now be DIG Agra Range.K L Meena has been moved to Lucknow as DIG Food Cell.

Manu Shrivastava to be PS to Kamal Nath

Manu Shrivastava will be PS to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath.He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Vijay Kumar is MD Kerala Water Board

P C Vijay Kumar has been appointed Managing Director of the Kerala Water Board.

Tej Pal Singh to be PS to Kanti Singh

Tej Pal Singh will be PS to Union Minister of State HRD Kanti Singh.He is 1990 batch Indian Customs Service officer.

IAS officer shifted in Chhattisgarh

1982 batch IAS officer R C Sinha has reportedly been shifted from his present post for going to the media against his minister in Chhattisgarh.

Will Mrs Balakrishnan be CBDT Chief ?

Grapevine has it that Mrs R Balakrishnan is being appointed new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).If all goes well 1967 batch IRS officer Mrs Balakrishnan would succeed acting Chairperson of the CBDT Ms Shobha Majumdar in a couple of weeks.

Meena to be PS to Shakeel Ahmad

Hukum Singh Meena will be PS to Union Minister of State Communications and IT Shakeel Ahmad. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

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Maroo on the board of Jindal Power

Sushil Maroo has been appointed as Director on the board of Jindal Power Ltd..

Sharma takes over

P.K. SHARMA, Assistant General Manager, Punjab National Bank, has assumed charge as the Regional Head of the bank's Karnataka operations.