Advani rules the roost

In the sea-saw between the hardliner LK Advani and moderate Atal Behari Vajpayee, the former is once again having an upper hand these days. Naturally, when the party - following its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections - is increasingly becoming inclined towards Hindutva once again, Advani is bound to bounce back. He is all in all in the party these days, it is said.

Will Raghuveer Singh be JS and FA RD ?

Raghuveer Singh is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Rural Development in the Government of India. He is an officer of IAAS.

Who will succeed Karnail Singh?

Who will succeed Karnail Singh - Principal Secretary to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister? Names of Mssrs A K Mishra, Prabhat Chandra Chaturvedi, Ravi Mathur and Anil Kumar are being discussed in the corridors of power. 1975 batch IAS officer Karnail Singh is going on deputation to the Government of India.

Bhat to join GoI ?

S L Bhat is likely to go on deputation to the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Ray to join Chhattisgarh Government next week

B K S Ray is returning to the parent Chhattisgarh cadre next week.1972 batch IAS officer, Ray, will get CS rank.

IFS to get posting in Cabinet Secretariat ?

Indian Forest Service Officer Ravikant Sinha is all set to join the Cabinet Secretariat as a Director. He is 1985 batch officer.

1988 batch IAS gets super-time scale in Orissa

Nine 1988 batch IAS officers in Orissa have been give super-time scale.They are Mssrs C J Venugopal, Pradipta Kumar Mahapatra, Parag Gupta, Swapaneshwar Baya, Manoranjan Saran, S C Patnaik, Krishna Chandra Badu and D N Mishra.

Amarjeet Singh is Addl Attorney General

Senior Lawyer Amarjeet Singh has been appointed Additional Attorney General of India.

Chandra is Member CBEC

Subash Chandra has been appointed Member-Anti Smuggling, CBEC. He has taken charge on September 02, 2004.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

Sharda Prasad will be Commissioner Labour.Balvinder Singh has been made MD of the UPSIDC.Chandra Prakash has been moved as Commissioner Entertainment Tax.Rajiv Agrawal has been appointed Special Secretary AVN.Nivedita Shukla Verma will be Special Secretary APC.

Bhattacharya appointed EC Himachal Pradesh

Retired IAS officer R Bhattacharya has been appointed State Election Commissioner in Himachal Pradesh.

J P Singh bereaved

Mrs Kamna Singh wife of J.P.Singh 1972 batch rajasthan cadre officer presently Director General Sports Authority of India,has passed paway in Delhi.

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Manmohan Singh met Vajpayee to discuss the upcoming Indo Pak talks. Vajpayee went to 7 Race Course to meet Manmohan…. nostalgic visit!!! Congress realizes that Vajpayee's 'people to people contact' was a masterstroke!!!! In fact this one act has changed things dramatically…..Pakis now do not believe in the anti India propaganda on PTV. Confucius says….When hearts meet walls fall!!!

Natwar has been meeting Leaders from Ally Parties and BJP to discuss the Indo Pak talks. Natwar says , " Please do not expect a breakthrough but please do expect that there will not be a breakdown." Natwar has to dramatize things…..all that he needed to say was 'expect a status quo'!!!!! Fact is that from Advantage India (during NDA's time) now it will be Deuce!!!!

The Government has acceded to Laloo's demand for a fresh probe into the Godhra incident. What about a fresh probe into the 1984 Sikh riots???? The then Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has deposed recently that Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for the delay in the Army being deployed to quell the riots. These are 'political' probes….sometime matters are brushed under the carpet and sometimes dirt is planted…'jis ki laathi us ki bhains' and Laloo is an expert in Lathis and Bhains!!!!

The Hostages are back. Credit goes to KGL who paid the ransom. Now there is a demand for a Hostage Policy. There will be a dual policy…..one for VIPs and their kith and kin and one for ordinary Indians…in the former negotiation and ransom will be mandatory and in the latter …..circumstantial…all will depend on how the Media projects matters!!!

NCP and Congress are squabbling over seats….. this is being done at the minion level……the final negotiation will take place between the Alaa Commands later. Congress says that NCP is NCP…..Not Compromising Party!!! NCP says that INC is being INC……Irritatingly Non Cooperative!!! NCP feels that in Maharashtra they are the 'big brother'!!!!

Commies want this Government to shelve disinvestment in Telecom and Insurance Sectors!!! After the EPF rate hike assurance by the Government now the Commies are targeting FDI. Barhdan says that Congress does not know the Dharma of Coalition Politics!!!! Barhdan should realize it is against Congress ethos to share power!!!

Hulka Fulka……Sorry Amir has not married a Pakistani girl …..he has married Kiran Rao the assistant Director of Lagaan……just confirms one fact…..girlfriends of these stars are hot and sexy, but when it comes to marriage they prefer the 'next door' type of girl!!!! Kiran is an ordinary looking girl with curly hair and a good sense of humour…pixie type of girl!!!

The Election scene in USA is hotting up…..Kerry today rebutted Bush's acceptance speech in record time….Kerry's 'ambush'!!!!! News is that even Blair prefers Kerry!!! Bush has made a note of this and if he returns to power Blair is on Bush's revenge list !!!!

In case the Wifey has not been responding to your overtures then try cooking at home!!!! A study shows that women find men doing the cooking sexy. But, then please do not get carried away…….order the meal from a Takeaway and do some sham cooking……..everything is fair in love and war!!!!

Laloo has raised objections to Whispers ' Choose the Sexy Politician' Poll. No reservation has been given and this is Laloo's biggest objection. Laloo is writing to the EC on this matter and wants the Poll to be countermanded.

Renuka Chowdhury is also perturbed. She wants to know as to why any Lady Politician's name was not included in the nominees. She questions, "Are Lady Politicians not sexy???"

Now Bureaucrats are demanding that a similar Poll be carried out for them!!! So are the Police!!!!

B Kumar

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Mann to be Punjab & Sindh Bank ED

Avtar Singh Mann is being tipped to be Employee Director (Finance) of the Punjab & Sindh Bank.

IISCO to be merged with SAIL

Indian Iron and Steel Company is being merged with the Steel Authority of India.

Shrivastava is Director SECL

K. K. Shrivastava has taken over as Director (personnel) of South Eastern Coalfields (SECL), a subsidiary of Coal India at Bilaspur.