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Is J Harinarayan dark horse ?

Though Revenue Secretary K M Chandrasekhar is the front-runner for the post of Cabinet Secretary yet there is a dark horse -J Harinarayan Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh.Infact,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a great liking for the 1970 batch AP cadre IAS officer J Harinarayan.He is reportedly being supported by Media Advisor to the Prime Minister, Sanjay Baru.

48,1977 batch IAS officers empanelled

Finally 48 IAS officers belonging to 1977 batch have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.

Duggal gets post-retirement job

Former Home Secretary V K Duggal has been appointed Member of the Centre-State Relations Committee.He is retired 1969 batch IAS officer.

V.Thulasidas to head new company

V.Thulasidas will head the new company that would be formed after the merger of Indian with Air India. At present he is Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Air India. Formal orders are expected to be issued in a month or two.

Johny Joseph to be Chief Secretary of Maharashtra

Johny Joseph is all set to take over as Chief Secretary of Maharashtra.1972 batch IAS officer Johny Joseph is presently Commissioner of Mumbai Municipal Corporation.

Who will be Commissioner of Mumbai Municipal Corporation ?

Who will succeed Johny Joseph as Commissioner of Mumbai Municipal Corporation?.One thing is certain 1972 batch IAS officer Ramanand Tiwari is out of the race.Now the tie is said to be between 1976 batch IAS officer G S Gill and 1978 batch IAS officer Jairaj Phatak.

Shyam Saran to be Ambassador in Russia ?

Former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran is likely to go to Moscow as Indian Ambassador.

IAS loses to IDAS

Post of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development has gone to 1982 batch IDAS officer Savitur Prasad.

Ramasubbam yet to get posting

K S Ramasubbam Joint Secretary Water Resources, surprisingly enough, is yet to get posting whereas others have already accomplished it. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Six vacancies in UPSC in two years

There are going to be six vacancies of the Members of the UPSC during 2007 and 2008.

Ms Tomar to go Dhaka

Ms Mukta Tomar who is presently Joint Secretary in the MEA (ITP) is going to Dhaka as Deputy High Commissioner.She would replace Sarvajit Chakravarti.

Y P Singh to move Mandalay

Y P Singh currently Minister Mexico City has been shifted to Mandalay as Consul General in place of Ms Anita Nayar.

Nayar to move Melbourne

Consul General in Mandalay Ms Anita Nayar is going to succeed Butshikan Singh in Melbourne after the latters retirement.

1007 Scientists quit DRDO

During the last five years (2002-2006), 1007 scientists have left their jobs from DRDO due to increased opportunities available in private sectors The rate of attrition is marginally higher compared to private sector industries.

Amar Singh undergoes surgery

Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh underwent a surgical procedure for removal of stones from his stomach.

ED intrigued

A protégé of powerful Congress leader Ahmad Patel who vainly fought last Lok Sabha poll from Gujarat, created a sensation in media recently by claiming that Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan paid him through a London based company. What Enforcement Directorate(ED) authorities are intrigued about is that whose Swiss account was it where from money transfer took place to the London based company.

Parties discuss post poll scene in UP

With two of seven rounds for ensuing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls
left , backdoor diplomacy has already been started by leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).They are holding parleys. On the other hand close confidante of Congress chief Ms.Sonia Gandhi is talking Ms.Mayawati-BSP supreme & Amar Singh.

OBC matter to be referred by SCI

As the grapevine has it that the high profile OBC quota related matter will be referred by the Supreme Court of India (SCI) to Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court.

What are Congress aides up to?

What are aides of the Congress high command, upto?Well,if one goes by private conversation that Rahul Gandhi had with a scribe during his recent tour to Uttar Pradesh, then it is easy for all & sundry to fathom. As the grapevine has it Rahul Baba observed that most of the aides of party High Command spend majority of their time on listening to gossips or indulge in back biting of each other to the party present.

Hunt for Star News CEO is on

Hunt for Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Star News is still on, though Shazi Zaman & Milind Khandekar will jointly share Editorial responsibilities.

New CJ of Assam High Court

Justice Chalameswar of the Andhra Pradesh has been elevated as Chief Justice of Assam High Court in Guwahati.

IPS reshuffle in Karnataka

There is IPS reshuffle in Karnataka.M A Saleem-DIG, Hq, Bangalore, Charan Reddy-DIG, Spl Task Force, Ramachandra Rao- Principal, Police Training Cenre, Gulbarga,Malini Krishnamurthy-DIG, CoD, Bangalore,G B Chabbi-DIG, Security,K L Sudhir-DIG, Lok Ayukta, Dayanand-SP, Udupi, Syed Ulfat Hussain-DCP North, Bangalore, B N S Reddy, DCP Central, Bangalore, B Shivakumar, SP, Chitradurga, Madhukar Shetty-DCP Traffic East, Bangalore, Dr Subramaneshwar Rao-SP, Haveri, Trilok Chandra-SP, Kodagu and Satishkuamr-SP, Mangalore.

IAS Changes in Rajasthan

There is major IPS shake-up in Rajasthan. New postings are :- Mssrs Rajeshwar Singh Divisional Commissioner Udaipur,Ashutosh Gupta Secretary Information and Public Relations,Umesh Kumar Secretary Finance,Rajendra Bhanawat Secretary Animal Husbandry, Shubhra Singh Commissioner DPEP, Kuldip Sharma Member Board of Revenue,Abhay Kumar Special Secretary PHE,Aparna Arora Director IT,Mrs Rolly Singh Project Director Health,Ashvini Bhagat Dy Secretary Tax,Akhil Arora Collector Jaipur,Neeraj Kumar Pawan Collector Doongarpur,Ashutosh Pendhnekar Collector Dholpur,Manju Rajpal Collector Siker,Dr Krsihna Collector Karauli,Onkar Singh Collector Tonk,Dinesh Kumar Collector Jhunjhnu,Naveen Mahajan Collector Ajmer,Hemant Kumar Gera Collector Bhilwara,T Ravikant Collector Bharatpur,Bhawani Singh Collector Sri Ganganagar,Mugdha Sinha Collector Hanumangarh andSiddhartha Mahajan Collector Sirohi.

FORUM

Why this hue and cry about Chandrasekhar ?

Why this hue and cry about Shri Chandrasekhar being tipped for Cabinet Secretary. When Yashwant Sinha was Finance Minister, all Officers from Bihar were appointed to plum posts. In fact, almost all posts of PSs to Ministers were cornered by people of Bihar. What is wrong if a Keralite or for that matter a Tamil Brahmin is appointed as Cabinet Secretary? Are these posts the exclusive property of BIMARU States? These are people of mean mentality and have double standards.

Radhikai

Chandrasekhar as Cabinet Secretary

Such parochial considerations should not come in the way while selecting the topmost bureaucrat! The most suitable and deserving candidate should be chosen bearing in mind seniority and merit!

H G Obhrai

How can we call Chandrasekhar competent ?

How can we call Mr Chandrashekhar competent? During his tenure as the Revenue Secretary an unimplementable transfer policy was conceived, approved and 'implemented' in CBDT. The implementation as observed by even CAT was not on merits. Will he not share the burden for leaving the Human Resources of Income Tax Deaprtment in a mess? He has to .

Jagdish

Chandrasekhar is a good man

Yeah definite preponderance of Mallus no doubt but no one objects when UP cadre rules or Kayasths hold sway huh? Give others a chance besides which Chandra is a good man.

Akshay T

No one from Sikkim during last three decades

Here we are talking about all the key positions in GOI being taken over by select few cadres. Does anyone know that there is a negative list also. Yes, nobody from Sikkim Cadre has ever been appointed as Secretary or Additional Secretary during last 3 decades!!!

S Mishra

Retirement age should be lowered to 55

I fully agree with the views of R.Singh. Why do the oldies want the retirement age to be raised to 62 or 65? What kind of rich experience are they talking about? The experience to indulge in petty politics or the experience of accepting bribes? If they are so willing to share their rich experience they can join some NGO and do something worthwhile for the society. Infact to enthuse new blood in the rotting government departments, the retirement age should be lowered to 55.

A K Singh

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Girgit or Chameleon badal gaya rangh,
Now on Emergency Laloo Girgit hai Congress ke sangh!!!

Emergency ke liye Congress ko kiya thank,
Maybe this is another Laloo prank!!!

He says that Emergency kick started his political career...actually Emergency's shame,
Now for Laloo entering politics we know who to blame!!

Laloo is the long term ill effect of Emergency…. probity and proprietary ka bane,
He continues to be you know where a pain!!!

Think about this….. had there been no Emergency Laloo would be a gawala,
In Patna he would be known as Laloo doodhwala!!!

But then we also have to thank Emergency for giving Indian politics an entertainer,
So in one way on account of emergency Indian Politics has also been a gainer!!

The Quota bee in the Sarkaar's bonnet is creating a flutter,
When questioned on Quota UPA Ministers start to stutter!!!

Like they say jaldi karti hai spoil,
SC's Order for Sarkaar is like a painful boil!!

IIM's no longer have any autonomy….under Administrative control of HRD Minister,
I'm sure IIMs and students look at this as something very sinister!!

Though Arjun says that IIM's are not being coerced,
Only Minister's will is being enforced!!!

No decision was taken in CCPA…… all that we got was an excuse,
Absence of Paswan and PMK leaders kiya Sarkaar ne as an excuse use!!

All that they are doing is trying to delay the inevitable,
And this is really regrettable!!!

Arjun is triyng his best ki till May 8 addmissions ho jaye stall,
On all the Allies karr raha hai Arjun call!!!

The Industry should try to save the IIMs from the Sarkaar's hold,
Knock the Sarkaar out of the IIMs cold!!!

Manmohan dekho what's happening to education in Sonia's Raaj,
Aathi nahi kya tumhe laaj???

Kalam deserves to be President again,
Okay his continuance would be education's loss but it would be Country's gain!

If there's a BSP BJP majority in UP then Kalam should throw in his hat,
And I'm sure with him Vajpayee will have a chat!!!

Congress will be doing itself a favour by supporting Kalam's second baari,
Will save itself form within and with Allies a lot of maara maari!!

In Lucknow Sonia was in glee to get such a huge adaab,
Such an adaab she had not dreamt in her wildest khwaab!!

But will each adaab convert to vote,
Should think about this before her hopes ho jaye bloat!!!

And is Amar Singh sick because of too much merriment or worry????
Or was it because of interviews ka flurry!!!

Some say Amar will adopt Saharashree Roy's mode and spread the word that he's sick,
He hopes after SP's loss with a sick man fight koyi nahi karre ga pick!!

Giving Big B and entourage special treatment in God's House was wrong,
As they got special Darshan the queue of devotees outside got long!!

Big B's taken his privacy penchant into the House of God,
On those who allowed this the Temple should use the rod!!!

In the House of God all are equal,
Who are these fools who made things unequal????

BPOs mein China is moving in fast,
India's BPO run is not going to last!!!

Chinese have corrected their accent and they no longer say Flied Lice,
Now they pronounce it correctly …. Fried Rice!!!

And customers now know that work is outsourced,
The accent on the other end is forced!!!

The Chinese Yuan also gives China a huge advantage,
China is fast moving on to the BPO centre stage!!!

Dullo is demanding that Amrinder come to Punjab and helps out,
And he blames Amrinder for Congress's rout!!!

He laments that while they sweat it out Amrinder is living it up,
And on the sly confirms Aminder being besotted with a Paki journalist as no gupp!!!

They say the combined worth of India's NRIs exceeds economy of Mera Bharat Mahaan,
And NRIs are spread all over this jahaan!!

Punjab should tap this overseas resource,
And from Punjabi NRI's funds karre source!!!

The Mantra is let them take up projects on their own,
Should not be that 'please give Punjab a long term loan'!!

Confucius says….. Get investments on merit and not pity,
He continues…. Never compromise on your dignity!!!

Bharat Kumar

Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com
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NBCC COLLECTS RECORD RS.611 CRORE

Authorised by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, NBCC on April 25, 2007, auctioned a 3-acre plot, through its unique Tender-cum-E-auction process. The auction registered a record sale price of Rs.204 crore per acre. M/s Hotel Leela Venture were the highest bidder followed by Rs.525.60 crore of M/s Kudos Probuild Pvt Limited. In this Unique model approved by the Union Cabinet, NBCC would utilize this money to create Government Housing stock. NBCC has, of late, emerged as a major Real Estate player in the Country and has recently picked up, through DDA auction, a plot in the prime location of Okhla, New Delhi, for Rs.135 crore.

S Janakiraman takes over as ISA Chairman

India Semiconductor Association ISA, the trade body for the Indian semiconductor driven industry, has appointed S Janakiraman, President & CEO R&D Services Mindtree Consulting Ltd. as the Chairman of ISA for the year 2007-08. Jaswinder Ahuja, Managing Director, Cadence Design Systems has been appointed Vice Chairman, ISA for the current year. Janakiraman has replaced Rajendra Kumar Khare the outgoing Chairman.The other elected members to the Executive Council are: Vasudevan Moorthy Wipro Technologies (Treasurer) , Sanjeev Keskar Freescale Semiconductor, Rajiv Kapur LSI, B V Naidu SemIndia, Dr Pradip K Dutta Synopsis, Dr Sunil Sherelekar TCS and V Veerappan Tessolve Services.It may be stated that ISA is the only body representing the Indian semiconductor industry with around 130 members.

ITDC & Aldesa to float a JV company

With a view to enable India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC) expand its business operations to locations outside the country, while facilitating it to effectively compete in the duty-free retail industry in India ,the Indian Government has allowed ITDC to form a joint venture company with Aldeasa of Spain. The ITDC will be subscribing to 50% of the paid up equity capital of the JV company. The Aldeasa would bring on board a strong international brand name, state-of-the-art technology platforms, cutting-edge retailing practices as well as global sourcing and supply chain linkages, it is learnt.

PGIL to disinvest

The Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGIL) of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is R.P.Singh, is soon going to disinvest 15 per cent of its equity. And it will soon be coming out with an Initial Public Offer (IPO).

Pankaj Kumar joins in Chennai

Regional Manager INDIAN in Singapore Pankaj Kumar has joined as Deputy General Manager (Commercial) in Chennai.

Bajaj is Joint MD of BHL

K Nayan Bajaj has been appointed Joint Managing Director of Bajaj Hindustan Ltd..

PSEs to float a JV for a steel plant in Chhattisgarh

Three Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) will jointly set up an integrated iron and steel plant in the Chhattisgarh state. Initially it will be having annual capacity of four million tones. This was decided in a meeting at Hyderabad where a Memorandum of Discussions was concluded among S.K. Roongta, Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Y. Siva Sagar Rao, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) and B Ramesh Kumar, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC).

Mittal acquires Kazakh firm for $980 mn

In his first major oil deal, billionaire Lakshmi N Mittal has acquired Russian oil firm Lukoil's 50 per cent stake in a Kazakhstan oil firm for 980 million dollars (nearly Rs 4,000 crore). Mittal Investments will also take over half of Caspian Investments Resources Ltd's (CIR) outstanding debt, which is equivalent to about 175 million dollars.CIR has equity in five Kazakh oil fields -- Alibekmola, Kozhasai, Northern Buzachi, Karakuduk and Arman -- in the Aktyubinsk and Mangistau regions. Current production from the fields, which have total proven reserves of some 270 million barrels, is more than 40,000 barrels per day and is set to increase in the coming years.

Sekhon is Member of PESB

J.S. Sekhon has been re-eppointed as member, distribution of the Punjab State Electricity Board for one more year

Hinduja is CGM BSNL MP

R K P Hinduja has taken over as CHIEF general Manager of the BSNL Madhya Pradesh Circle.