Who will be Secretary Commerce ?

Who will be next Secretary Commerce?.Hot contenders are two 1969 batch IAS officers-S N Menon (West Bengal Cadre ) and Ashok Kumar Jha (Andhra Pradesh cadre).

Suresh is new Chairman Chennai Port Trust

K Suresh has been appointed new Chairman of the Chennai Port Trust.He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.Post had been lying vacant since February last.

Vinay Kumar to be JS - RD ?

Name of Vinay Kumar has started doing the round for the post of Joint Secretary, Rural Development, in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Civil servants have reason to smile

Civil servants having women as their boss have reasons to smile in the days to come. With Saturn moving into the zodiac sign of Cancer on September 6, women officials are destined to lose their clout.

Chacko Takes over as DGFT

K T Chacko has taken over as Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Friday. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh.

Four IAS officers get CS rank in Orissa

Two 1971 batch IAS officers Ms Meena Gupta and Dhirendra Nath Padhi and two 1973 batch IAS officers Ajit Tripathy and Gautam Buddha Mukherjee have been given Chief Secretary rank in Orissa.

Will Ajay Mehta join NCF ?

Ajay G Mehta is likely to join the National Commission on Farmers. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Jalali to be JS Water Resources ?

Outgoing Joint Secretary-UT in the Government of India is being tipped to join the Ministry of Water Resources. He is 1974 batch CSS officer.

S Siddharth to join GoI

S Siddharth is likely to join the Government of India as Director Heavy Industries. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Will Negi get posting in Economic Affairs ?

Name of Gopal Singh Negi is being tipped for the post of Director in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is 1985 batch IES officer.

Gautam Datta passes away

ADG News Gautam Datta died in Delhi on Thursday.1973 batch IIS officer Datta was 53.

Tenure of Mahajan to expire today

Deputation tenure of H C Mahajan, CMD of the Handicapped Finance Development Corporation, will expire on Friday. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh

UK Samal, Principal Secretary Food and Civil Supplies Corporation has been posted in the Religious Trust and Endowment Department in the same capacity. Principal Secretary of General Administration Department (GAD) RS Sirohi has been posted as Principal Secretary in the department of Food & Civil has been given the additional charge of Principal Secretary GAD. Development Department Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains would be given the additional charge as Development Commissioner and Co- ordinator Mid-Day Meal.

DD's new News Incharge

V Narayan, News Editor, Akashwani, has been made the incharge of Doordarshan News. He is said to be a seasoned journalist.

Prof Krishna Kumar is Director NCERT

Prof Krishna Kumar has taken over as Director of the NCERT.

( We said this in July )

IAS changes in Tamil Nadu

Abhin Dinesh Modak will be new SP Karur. Rajeev Kumar has been made SP Narcotics Intelligence Bureau Chennai.K Prem Kumar has been appointed SP Cuddalore.S Davidsm Devasirrathhanam will be SP Kancheepuram.

Army postings

Vice-Admiral Arun Kumar has taken over as DG of the Coast Guard Vishakhapatnam.Lt Gen Ramji Rai has taken over as DG Medical Services in the Army.

IFS changes in Madhya Pradesh

The services of IFS official Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) (South Seoni) Sunil Agrawal has been posted as Deputy Forest Conservator TFRI Jabalpur under deputation to Government of India. Another IFS official Prashant A Jadhav, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) District Panchayat Seoni has been posted as acting CEO District Panchayat Narsinghpur.

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Will NCP be Not Capable Party or Not Considered Party ?

With the upcoming Maharashtra elections the Aviation Ministry will be pilot-less and the Agriculture Ministry will be tractor-less for some time!!!! Pawar and Praful are worried!!!! Congress is less worried…….for NCP the stakes are higher. If Congress NCP combine loose face in Maharashtra, NCP will be NCP....Not Capable Party and will then become NCP.... Not Considered Party...in the Alliance!!!

Congress Party now has a Notice Board at the entrance that announces the Controversy of the Day and BJP Headquarters has a Notice Board that announces the Protest of the Day!!! Coming soon....before the next Parliament Session outside Somnath Da's Office Notice Board.....Headache of the Day!!!

It is obvious that Congress Spokesmen are now perceived as the 'loose canons'……..and all their cannon balls ricochet on the Congress. Anand Sharma ,who during the 'dry days' when NDA was in power, did part time moon lighting for various Wheelers and Dealers is now pointing fingers …….Abhishek Singhvi is the only 'plausible' Spokesman…..but seems either his practice has got the better of his time…or Congress feels uncomfortable because of his Dad's BJP credentials….anyway whatever the cause he has been sidelined….Congress's loss!!!

Now you will get to see more of Natwar Singh after the release of the Hostages, Sonia has 'released' him ….actually removed the tape form his mouth…..now Natwar will be giving us stories about his inputs in getting the Hostages released!!!! In actuality…yes he had an input…..his silence!!!

Seems Laloo is using 'middle men' to placate Paswan. Paswan however as of now is adamant…….may use this to bargain for more seats……….because if LJP enters the fray on its own RJD will be RJD….Removed by Jantha Democratically.

Manmohan should meet Vajpayee and get an insight on how Vajpayee had tackled the Monkeys on his back!!!! Manmohan is pretty sick of the 'power' lobbies in Congress!!!! He and PC are like sprinters being held back at the start line after the starter's gun has been fired!!! And poor guys if they win the race Sonia will occupy the first, second and third places on the podium….with Sonia it is heads she wins tails you loose!!!!

Rajiv Shukla has developed airs and has become a Nanny with airs. He keeps telling everyone that in the next Cabinet Expansion he will become a Mantri!!!! What a guy…back door entry into Politics, then back door entry into Parliament and now back door entry into Power!!!!!

Hulka Fulka…..Reports of Amir getting married have evinced mixed responses…..he says no and the Press says yes. Press says he has married a Pakistani girl in London. Maybe he is trying to improve Indo Pak relations at a personal level!!! What would interest people is the Lagaan or 'Mehar' that he has promised his bride?????

India got whacked at the NatWest Series by England…..Ganguly say that batting let India down……sometimes it is bowling, sometimes batting, sometimes umpiring, sometimes conditions, sometimes rules………naach na jaane angan tedaa!!!!

Whispers Mr. Sexy competition…..Anil Ambani wins hands down and is crowned Mr. Sexy.

Anil Ambani is the chosen one,
And even though this was for fun,
Tina, his wifey, for safety sake has decided to join him on his run. (runs 4 KM every second day)

Anil says after this poll life will just not be the same,
After all there are problems that accompany fame,
For one now Sexy Anil is his new name.

Gandhi boys come in a distant second and third,
Ladies pine for men and not boys and vide this poll they have been heard.

Laloo is upset at not being named as one of the nominees for the Mr. Sexy Crown,
Ladies say ' Yeh toh daraane ke cheez hai' with a frown.

B Kumar

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :---

Shashi Kumar to be CIL CMD !

Shashi Kumar is all set to become Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Coal India Ltd..

Shetty to be ED Vijaya Bank !

A Padmanabha Shetty is being tipped to be Employee Director (Finance).of the Vijaya Bank.

Krishnamurthy is CMD Power Finance Corporation

R Krishnamurthy is the new CMD of Power Finance Corporation.He has succeeded A A Khan who retired on August 31.

Three EDs in Kotak Investment

Mssrs S Srinivasan,S Ramesh and T V Raghunath have been promoted as Eds in the Kotak Investment Banking.

Luthra gets new assignment

Hemant Luthra will now head Mahindra Systems and Automotive Technologies.