Over 40 Chief Commissioners of IT transferred

Promotion and posting orders of 42 Chief Commissioners of Income-Tax have been issued late last night.

Three top officials to retire this month end

As many as three top officials are slated to retire this month end. The officials include IB Chief AK Doval, RAW Chief CD Sahai and national Security Council Secretary Satish Chandra.

Applications for training abroad invited

Government of India's Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training, falling under Ministry of Personnel, has in a letter written to the Chief Secretaries of all the State Government's/UT's besides the Secretaries of all the Ministries/Departments of Government of India, invited applications for the training programmes abroad to be funded by foreign governments. These programmes are to take place during 2005.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

Shashi Prakash Goyal will be new Principal Staff Officer to the Chief Secretary.K S Atoria has been moved to the Board of Revenue as Member.B L Meena has been posted as Special Secretary APC.Beena Kumari has been made Special Secretary Higher Education.D P Singh has also been appointed Chairman of the Gaziabad Development Authority.

No feedback link in ISS cadre website

The website pertaining to ISS cadre in Ministry of Statistics doesn't have any feedback link. Grapevine has it that it has been deliberately done away with to avoid any curt comment from the viewers (read ISS members). Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise!

IPS in naxal hit list

As many as six IPS officers of Jharkhand are believed to be in the hit list of the naxalites.

Selection Grade to 1991 batch IAS in Punjab

Six 1991 batch IAS officers in Punjab have been given selection-grade. They are Mssrs S S Puri, S J Singh Sandhu, Babu Lal, Ms Usha R Sharma, Balbir Singh Sudan and B R Banga.

Ritu Sen joins Chhattisgarh Government

Ms Ritu Sen has joined the Chhattisgarh Government on deputation. Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer, of 2003 batch, Ms Sen, has been posted as Assistant Collector in Bilaspur.

IAS changes in Orissa

There is an IAS reshuffle in Orissa. New changes are :- Mssrs Syed Osatullah - Excise Commissioner, Nilanjan Sanyal - Secretary Higher Education, Ramesh Chandra Behera - Revenue Divisional Commissioner Southern Range, Arun Kumar Panda - Vice-Chairman Bhubneshwar Development Authority, Suresh Chandra Mantri - Director Rural Development, Vijay Kumar Arora Revenue Divisional Commissioner Cuttack and Satyabrata Sahu - Secretary Bhubneshwar Development Authority.

Sooraj joins CMs Secretariat,Kerala

T O Sooraj has joined the Secretariat of Kerala Chief Minister as Additional Secretary. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.

Pranab Da gets CPM support

Veteran Congress leader and Union Minister Pranab Mukherjee is said to have garnered the support of all the young CPM MPs. They are lending their support in his each and every endeavour.

High Court Judge is Ombudsman in Kerala

Justice T K Chandrasekhardas has been appointed Ombudsman for local-self bodies in Kerala.

IAS writes book

1974 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer, Rabindra Nath Gupta = known for writing poems and articles on a variety of subjects ranging from history, monuments, Sufism, music, art, nature and profiles of men and women who impressed him - has now come out with "A Bouquet of Thoughts" said to be a judicious selection of his best writings.

Chhhattisgarh asks for renewal of deputation

Five IAS officers are retirning in Chhattisgarh in next six months.Robert Herngdowla in Feb, MS Murthy in March, MR Sarathi in May, B S Baswan in May and Ms Indira Mishra in Sept. State has asked the centre to renew deputation of Pankaj Dwivedi (APcadre), Ujagar Singh (Kerala cadre), AJB Prasad (Himachal cadre) and ICP Kesri (MP cadre)due to shortage of IAS in the state.

Lt Gen Thakur takes over

Lt General B S Thakur has taken over as the new Vice Chief of the Army succeeding Lt Gen Shantonu Choudhary who retired on December 31.

Ravi Shankar gets additional charge in Uttaranchal

Secretary to the Governor Uttaranchal,N Ravi Shankar has been given additional charge of Secretary Science and Technology.He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

FORUM
Aaj Ki Aawaz

Speaking of WB….Bhuddadeb has called for investment and said Commies are changing with times,
Capitalism is no longer one of the biggest crimes!!!

He says that Commies are not fools to cling to obsolete ideas……Communism of convenience,
Once the investments take place return to Commie obedience!!!

Amrinder has opened a front with prospective CM Jagmeeth Brar,
Many say Brar is High Command's new star.

High Command knows that Amrinder has gotten too big for his shoes,
In fact making him the CM High Command really rues.

Bhattal is with Amrinder as of now because Brar is spawning on her prospective territory,
Possibility of Brar becoming the next CM is her biggest worry.

Raja's helicopter is literally bleeding Punjab's economy…and so are his redecoration sprees,
For Raja's shouks Punjabis are paying the fees.

Raja is scheduled to meet Manmohan (Man) and he will plead for Virk's case ,
Man will tell Raja to become a bandaa (sane man) and to gulp HM's order with grace.

Confucius says…….How can Raja understand democracy.
He continues… Rajas only know autocracy.

Hulka Fulka

Anil is a man of letters…..keeps in touch with bro via his numerous letters and emails,
Has written to Mukesh requesting that he should make public Anil Jain's and RIL business details.

Of course Mukesh will have his minions in RIL issue a terse one line retort,
With every letter/email and retort they move closer to going to Court.

Confucius says…In the age of Dry Cleaning why wash laundry in public glare???
He continues……What they need to do is sit together privately and wash and then darn the tear!!!

Weekend is here……eat, think and be merry or khush,
Be regular in taking holidays from work and relaxing like George Bush.

Even 9/11 did not prevent Bush from taking time off……took a break to relax,
Though at such a time people would say that Bush was being lax.

Bharat Kumar

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :---

Shenoy assumes NCDRC charge

Dr. P.D. Shenoy has taken over charge as a whole-time Member of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). His appointment is for a period of five years or until further orders whichever is earlier.

Ramchandran to be Chairman of BRPL

Chairman of the Indian Oil Corporation M Ramchandran has been appointed part time Chairman of Bongaigaon Refinery and Petro-chemicals Ltd..

Garg is BCCL Director

D C Garg has taken over as Director (Personnel) of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd..