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Najeeb Jung

A K Jain is now Secretary Disinvestment

Ajit K. Jain presently Special Secretary, Ministry of Power,has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Disinvestment, He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Arha shifted to Planning Commission

Charan Das Arha, Secretary, Ministry of Mines has been appointed as Advisor, Planning Commission.He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre

Will Arha join ?

Will Charan Das Arha Secretary Mines join as Adviser ?.If sources close to Arha are to be believed 1968 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer ,might proceed on leave. He is scheduled to superannuate in July.

Parakh gets additional charge of Mines

Secretary Coal P C Parakh has been given additional charge of Secretary Mines till further orders.He is 1969 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Rana is Secretary Programme Implementation

Prem Singh Rana presently Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Manoj Kumar gets additional charge

Manoj Kumar Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes will hold full additional charge of the post of Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, till further orders.He is 1970 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer.

Jainder Singh goes to Planning Commission

Jainder Singh presently awaiting posting on return from leave has been appointed as Adviser, Planning Commission, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary .He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Chandra Pal appointed Adviser Planning Commission

Chandra Pal has been appointed as Adviser, Planning Commission, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre

Ashok Chawla is new Additional Secretary DEA

Ashok Chawla presently Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre

Khan appointed Additional Secretary

I.M.G. Khan, IPoS(70), presently in the cadre has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare, in the post vacated by Yashwant S. Bhave, IAS(MH:72) .

Maini is Additional Secretary Chemicals and Fertilisers

Jivtesh Singh Maini has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

1971 IPS to be DG in GoI

Eight 1971 batch IPS officers are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of DG in the Government of India.

Ajay Singh is DG ARC

Ajay Singh Special Director in the RAW has been appointed DG ARC. He is 1970 batch RAW service officer.

BJP asked to mend itself or part ways

RSS Chief K Sudarshan is believed to have made it clear to the BJP leadership, though in private, to mend ways or part with the RSS. "The party will have to follow RSS directives or it is free to have its own identity", RSS chief has been quoted as saying.

Veenu Gupta returns to Rajasthan

Ms Veenu Gupta Director Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals is returning to the parent Rajasthan cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. She is 1987 batch IAS officer.

Tiwari is Director Defence

Vinay Tiwari an officer of Indian Postal Service has joined the Government of India as Director in the Ministry of Defence.

Anindo Majumdar to return Delhi

Anindo Majumdar is returning to the Delhi Government from Mizoram by this month end. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Wadhwa and Phonsog get proforma promotion

Two 1972 batch IAS officers in J & K cadre Gurmukh Das Wadhwa and Chewang Phonsog have been given proforma promotion to the rank of Chief Secretary.

Pande is RC Punjab in Delhi

Amitabh Pande will be new Principal Resident Commissioner Punjab in Delhi.He is 1971 batch IAS officer.

Chamber to join GoI

Jagan Nath Chamber is joining the Government of India next week as Joint Secretary. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ram Mohan is Ambassador to Romania

Ram Mohan, present Ambassador in Tunisia, has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to Romania in succession to Ajai Malhotra.

Wallang is High Commissioner Zambia

R O'Neil Wallang, presently Consul General of India in Osaka-Kobe, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Zambia .He would succeed Yogesh K Gupta.

Shetty appointed Ambassador Bahrain

Dr Balkrishna Shetty, presently Ambassador of India in Senegal, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Bahrain.He would succeed Mr Bhaskar K Mitra.

FORUM
Aaj Ki Aawaz

Congress is on a Report hiding spree……..quite a few Reports are damaging to Congress's health,
The Phukan and CVC Reports puncture Congress's claims that Fernandes made wealth!!!

Nanawati Commission Report kar rahi hai Congress hide,
Just to save Congress Party and Party men ki hide!!!!

In Amar Singh words this is 'meetha meetha hup hup kadwa kadwa thoo thoo',
Fact is Congress is trying to save its mooh (face)!!!!

A South African Paper has reported that MFD (Money for Documents) was paid,
Report says that Agent was involved……..quite a lot of money was made!!!!

The deal was for bunker buster rifles…….may bust the Agent's bunker by reverse fire,
Because as per Contract Terms Arms Suppliers Agent nahi kar sakthe hai hire!!!

Change it to only Indian Agent and payment only in Rupees for Agency Fees…..FE will increase!!!
Be realistic ……. all over the World in such Deals there is usage of grease!!!

This is like the Teacher knowing that all cheat but only the one who is caught is a cheat,
Fact is 'No Agents' objective ho raha hai defeat!!!

Vajpayee has bowled a googly or returned a high spinning lob,
But lo and behold Advani and not Sudarshan is batting/on other side of the net…sobs why is Vajpayee after my job!!!

And now Uma says she will retire if ordered by her Guru,
So Uma bhi ho gayi hai shuroo (start)!!!

Uma says she will be retiring at forty five……no age to retire!!!
Many would say this is retiring after Advani ne indirectly kar diya Uma ko fire!!!!

After her outburst she has been at odd ends……no kaam,
Paid for her ego daam (price)!!!!

Advani would be 82 when next elections are held.........will be too old,
And for leading the Opposition in an election old is not gold!!!!

But second rung has lateral entry Leaders with one exception to some extent…. Uma,
All others are lateral entrants…..Pramod, Venkaiah, Jaitley or Sushma!!!

Really BJP has lost more than just loosing power….just lost it,
They have to do something to get back their grit!!!

Rather than having one President BJP should now have a Panel of Presidents…..joint Presidency,
Maybe this will garner unison……each other pe dependency!!!

And both Vajpayee and Advani could be made Joint Chairmen Emeritus….golden handshake,
No power and no stake!!!!

By the way they say Sudarshan vented his spleen on Vajpayee as he felt sorry for him,
Vajpayee came to the help of Congress's first family on a matter that was very grim!!!

Vajpayee seems to have helped out Congress's first Family in an extremely dire time,
Post 9/11 the US Immigration was going to book a first family member for a crime!!!

Now on being told that Congress is investigating Ranjan …..Sudarshan simply saw red,
For Sudarshan's ire this is the story that we are being fed!!!

Sangma is returning to NCP…….coming back home,
East mein thak gaya kar ke roam!!!

Speaking of NCP……Patil now realizes that his anti Dancing Bar order is legally weak,
Is now looking for a way to exit from this as per a leak!!!

Moral Policing is the job of Sena ,
And they do it with years of experience of lena and dena (give and take)!!!

Shiela Dixit stomped out of a AICC meeting……sick of dissidence,
Her way of objecting to dissidents presence!!!

Sheila is on her way out as per rumors….. dissidents have the upper hand,
High Command has given them the order and ground to stand!!!

In Punjab Badal and Amrinder are back to their slanging match…..getting bad to worse,
Now have started to curse!!!

Both vow to reveal all about each other in the public domain,
At the end in Public the cleaner one will remain!!!!

The other one will take Sanyaas,
With his supporters will exit from politics en-masse!!!

This is how it should be done……just abusing each other is of no use,
Both of these fellows use abuse as an excuse!!!

Hulka Fulka

Nanny Shukla is trying to make Big B and Sonia mend fences,
Forgive and forget past offences!!!!

Standing on a chair he looks Big B in the eyes……….pleads his case,
Then in front of Sonia postulates and pleads case as it is blasphemy to see her in the face!!!

By the way who has made the first move……Sonia or Big B????
Coming to a theatre near you Deewar - Part 2……please do see!!!!

Flash

Shekhawat pointed that as per rules Reports have to tabled within six months….UPA has agreed to do so,
Somnath Da and Shekhawat's observations have made it difficult for Congress to say no!

Bharat Kumar

Madan to be Director Technical RITES

Anil Madan is all set to join RITES as Director Technical next month.

Bharti to be Director STC

S K Bharti is being tipped to be Director (Marketing) of the State Trading Corporation. Formal orders are expected to be issued soon.

ONGC posts record turnover and profit

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) produced 26.487Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of crude during 2004-05 against 26.057MMT in 2003-04. The increase of 1.65 per cent was achieved against natural decline at 6 to 8 per cent per year. Financials:-Turnover increased by 43 per cent to Rs. 47, 025 Crore [Rs. 32,927Crore] and provisional Net Profit increased by 47 per cent to Rs.12,725 Crore [Rs. 8,664 Crore]. These figures exclude transfer of Rs. 3,114 crore profit to IOC, BPC, HPC (for April-December 2004)on the instructions of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.ONGC's contribution to central and state exchequer by way of Royalty, Cess, Duties and Taxes increased by 20 per cent to Rs.20,200 Crore [Rs. 16,858 Crore].

Gopalakrishnan takes over

V. Gopalakrishnan, Group General Manager has taken over as the new chief of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Tiruchi complex .He was heading the Planning and Development Group at the Corporate Office in New Delhi.
( We said this on April 12 )