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Mishra to be JS Chemicals !

Kumaresh Chandra Mishra is being tipped to be Joint Secretary, Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals, in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Who will be Chief Commissioner IT, Delhi?

Who will be shifted to Delhi as Chief Commissioner Income-Tax this week end ?.Names of U P Singh and S N Shukla are currently doing the round for the post.

Maharashtra Chief Secretary to get extension !

Maharashtra Chief Secretary, R M Prem Kumar, is expected to get three months extension.1968 batch IAS officer, Prem Kumar, is scheduled to retire on August 31.

Rakesh Ranjan is new PS to Pranab Mukherjee

Rakesh Ranjan is the new PS to Defence Minister, Pranab Mukherjee. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Murali Manohar gives mind to VHP, RSS

Former BJP President, Murali Manohar Joshi, is understood to be contemplating to impress upon the VHP and the RSS to stop banking on the BJP for long. He is reported to have advised them to think over the constitution of a new party comprising Hindu minded people from all the existing political parties. Will the game plan work?

Congress young turks in Rajasthan fail !

Going by the results of the recently held polls to the local bodies, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the young turks in the Congress have not been able to achieve any success. The Congress, on the contrary, had lost power in about 26 towns and cities as compared to the previous elections. Will the Congress leadership think of reinstating the old timers now?

Tenure of Mishra to expire today

Central deputation tenure of M K Mishra, Executive Director, Sports Authority of India, will expire on Monday. He is an IRS(IT) officer.

UP cadre official behind amendment of 1985 batch list?

Is a powerful UP cadre official behind the amendment in the list of 1985 batch IAS officials prepared for the empanelment to the Joint Secretary level? Let the list come ?.

IRS officer resigns !

Grapevine has it that Income-Tax Commissioner, S P Singh, has resigned. He is 1979 batch IRS officer.

Gauri Kumar is Hony Secy

DG of NIFT, Ms Gauri Kumar, is presently Hony Secy of the AC&AS Association (Central). 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, Ms Kumar, was a Mason Fellow in 1993-94.While at Harvard she was awarded the Litterateur Fellowship for academic excellence and public service.

Lt Gen Kapur to head Northern Command

Lt Gen Deepak Kapur is being tipped to be new GoC-in-C ,Northern Command. He would succeed Lt Gen Hari Prasad who is retiring by this month end.

Surjit Singh appointed PIO DEA

Surjit Singh, deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, has been appointed Public Information Officer for that Department.

AP cadre IPS officer 's laudable work

Andhra Pradesh cadre 1995 batch IPS officer, Mahesh Bhagwat, has launched a unique project AASARA with human approach & mission of attack on crime & not on criminal enforcement as well as rehabilitation of sex workers. He would like to share efforts with other friends, philosophers & guides in civil services to enrich this project via their suggestion. His weblog is www.aasara.blogspot.com

Three DMs in Bihar to be shifted

District Magistrates whose shifting has been ordered by the Election Commission are Rajiv Lochan (Sheohar), Ramshobhit Paswan (Nalanda) and Srinarain Murty (Khagaria).

Justice Panta is Acting CJ of HP HC

Justice Lokeswar Singh Panta has been appointed the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court as Chief Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta has proceeded on leave.

Whispers --- Corporate World -

Rakesh Nath to be Chairman of CEA !

Rakesh Nath, currently Chairman, BBMB, is all set to take over as Chairman of the Central Electricity Authority. The post fell vacant in May this year with the retirement of HL Bajaj. Since then lobbying and counter-lobbying have been going on with the CEA top brass wanting the post to go to their senior most person. However, finally the Government has reportedly decided in favour of Rakesh Nath.

Rao is now ahead

GS Rao, Dy Chairman of the New Mangalore Port Trust, is now ahead for the post of Dy Chairman Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust, Mumbai.

AIIEA wants merger

All India Insurance Employees Association (AIIEA) has reportedly demanded the merger of the four Public Sector General Insurance Companies into a single Corporation -Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

Mitra appointed Senior Director

Comvergs Corporation has appointed Koustuv Mitra as Senior Director customer care operations in India.