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August not augurs well, say Astrologers

Astrologers say ,the configuration of stars in August is likely to make this month an uphappy spell of disasters, turmoil and violence .An assembly of Saturn, Sun, Mercury and Ketu in Leo may cause an upsurge in violent activities all over the globe. It also indicates natural disasters like floods, earthquake, Tsunami and big accidents. As this assembly in Leo is accompanied by Mars in Taurus, Venus in Cancer, Jupiter in Scorpio and Rahu in Capricorn the month of our independence may not exactly be a memorable time. Those in Police and security must remain alert. Threats on prominent personalities may increase. Media will witness a lot of dirty linens being washed. Politicians and political parties will indulge in mud-slingimg on each other .Civil servants may also get embroiled in these cross-fires.
Pakistan is going through a difficult phase already. Things may worsen further for President Mushrraf. Attempts on his life have been off the mark, but the bigot zeal may not ebb. Such threats may lurk for many prominent figures this month. America's involvement in Iraq ,already strained, may witness newer complication. Bush's popularity may sink to an all-time low.

In India a few state governments will find themselves on sticky wickets. Not only political goings-on but natural disasters ,threats of terrorist violence, accidents and scandals may bother them this month. Fortunes may fluctuate for some of those occupying high-places. Do not be surprised if some Chief Ministers or even Governors get unwanted change.

Ramesh Chandra is acting Chairman of Railway Board
Matter of the appointment of the new Chairman of the Railway Board could not be resolved till late evening on Tuesday. Finally Member (Electrical) Ramesh Chandra has been appointed acting Chairman till August 31

Manjula Subramaniyam to be CS of Gujarat

Dr Manjula Subramaniyam is likely to succeed Sudhir Mankad as Chief Secretary of Gujarat on August 31. She is 1972 batch IAS officer.

IAS officer to quit in AP ?
Grapevine has it that P Krishnaiah is quitting IAS to join the Satyam Group. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Mathur joins Cabinet Secretariat
A B Mathur has moved to the Cabinet Secretariat.1975 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officer Mathur was earlier posted in the Intelligence Bureau.
( We said this on May 1 )

NO secretary level vacancy in GoI this month
There is no Secretary level vacancy in the Government of India in August.

Sujatha Singh appointed High Commissioner to Australia
Sujatha Singh, presently joint secretary in the ministry of external affairs, has been appointed as the next high commissioner of India to Australia. She is 1976 batch IFS officer.
( We said this on July 6)

Orders of Mehra in a day or two
Orders of new Secretary Security Shyam Ratan Mehra are being issued in a day or two. He is 1970 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Katna is DG Home Guards in Delhi
U K Katna has been appointed DG Home Guards in Delhi.He is 1974 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Neeraj Kumar gets new assignment
Neeraj Kumar is new Joint Commissioner (Administration) in Delhi Police. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.

IFS reshuffle in Uttarakhand
Ten Indian Forest Service Officers have been reshuffled in Uttarakhand.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh.New postings are :- Mssrs Atul Kumar Gupta Additional charge of PS Energy,G B Pattanayak additional charge of Power Corporation,Iftaruddin Commissioner Industries Kanpur,Monika Garg Secretary Finance,Sudhir Garg Secretary Social Welfare,Prashant Trivedi MD Power Supply Western Zone,Rajiv Kapoor Secretary Finance and CEO of State Highway Authority,Aradhana Shukla Secretary Urban Development and Anita Chatterjee Secretary Planning.

Alok Sheel joins Economic Advisory Council
Alok Sheel has joined the Prime Minister;s Economic Advisory Council. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Name of Justice Karpagavinayagam was considered
If top sources are to be believed, name of Justice M Karpagavinayagam, Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court, figured in the meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium for elevation .There was, however, no consensus.

Who will be Chief Secretary of Bihar ?
Who will succeed Ashok Chaudhry as Chief Secretary of Bihar on September 1.Names of Mssrs K D Sinha, M M Singh, M M Prasad, Vijay Raghvan and RJM Pillai have started doing the round

Mankad unlikely to accept Government assignment
Gujarat Chief Secretary Sudhir Mankad who is retiring by this month end is unlikely to accept any Government assignment. 1971 batch IAS officer Mankad has already shifted to his private house.

Prem Prashant unlikely to get any assignment
Haryana Chief Secretary Prem Prashant who is superannuating by this month end is unlikely to get and post -retirement job .He is 1970 batch IAS officer.

Dr.Dilip Kumar is Acting Director of IIITM

Dr.Dilip Kumar has taken over as Acting Director of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.Dr.Kumar is Registrar of the Institute & he assumed charge from Prof Om Vikas who has superannuated.

7 IFS officers allotted states

Following officers of the Indian Forest Service(IFS) belonging to batches of 2005 & 2006 were allotted their states:
S.Das (2005 batch; AM cadre) to Assam,Srinivasa A (2005 batch;MT cadre) to Tripura, Ms.Surbhi Rai (2005 batch ;AGMUT cadre) to Goa,Dinesh Kanan (2005 batch; AGMUT cadre) to Andaman & Nicobar Administration,Rajgopal Prashant (2006 batch;AGMUT cadre ) to Goa & Ms.Koj Rinya (2006 batch ;AGMUT cadre) to Arunachal Pradesh.

Vijay Singh assumes charge as Defence Secretary

Vijay Singh has taken over as Defence Secretary. Born on July 13, 1948, Singh obtained his Masters Degree in History from Delhi University .He is an IAS officer of MP cadre who belongs to the 1970 batch.He has succeeded Shekhar Dutt who on his retirement was appointment as Deputy National Security Advisor(NSA).

N.B.Singh assumes charge as CBDT member

N.B.Singh has assumed charge as member of the CBDT.Hitherto he was posted in Mumbai.

Railway reservation from post offices

To add another landmark milestone in the achievements of Indian Railways, Indian Railways have taken another historic step to expand the reach of reserved tickets nearer to the doorsteps of passengers even in remote areas by allowing selling of reserved tickets through Post Offices. A Memorandum of Understating (MOU) in this regard was signed by A.K. Goyal, Additional Member (Commercial), Railway Board and S. Samant, Chief General Manager, Department of Posts (hereinafter referred to as "India Post") for five years.It was done in the presence of the Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav and the Minister of Communication & Information Technology A.Raja. According to Lalu Prasad Yadav the reserved tickets in the first phase will be available at 30 post offices. These are Phulbani (Orissa), Deoghar (Jharkjand), Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh), Anjaw (Arunachal Pradesh), Bishnupur (Manipur), Champhai (Mizoram), Mangaldoi (Assam), Jowai (Meghalaya), Senapati (Manipur), Udaipur (Tripura) Yingkiong, Daporijo, Bomdila & Along (Arunachal Pradesh), Doda (Jammu & Kashmir), Panchkula (Haryana), Poonch (J&K) Sundergarh (Orissa), Madras High Court (Tamil Nadu), Ahwa (Gujarat), Noida Sector 56 PO (Uttar Pradesh), Udyog Vihar PO, Gurgaon (Haryana), Dahisar, Mumbai (Maharashtra), Sriperambadur (Tamil Nadu), Pushkar (Rajasthan), DLF Gurgaon (Haryana), Dwarka Sector-6 (Delhi), Greater Noida Alpha (Uttar Pradesh), Indirapuram/Shipra Sun city, Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Kavinagar, Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh).India Post will realize service charges at following rates: Rs. 15/- for II class sleeper & II class sitting (2S), Rs. 20/- for III AC & AC Chair Car, Rs. 30/- for II AC, I AC & First Class and Rs. 10/- for cancellation charges (for all classes). Charges are inclusive of service tax.

Kumawat promoted in Star News
Umesh Kumawat has been promoted as Associated Editor Investigations in the Star News.

Ranjana Dev Sharma posted in DAVP
On return from central deputation 1991 batch Indian Information Service officer Ranjana Dev Sharma has been posted in DAVP.

Lal is Member of Electricity Tribunal
Mahesh B Lal has been appointed Technical Member (P&NG) in the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Minister for Power.

SPs in 12 Jharkhand districts without salary
The superintendents of police (SPs) in 12 districts of Jharkhand are working without salary since April 1 because the Accountant Genral (AG), Jharkhand, Rakesh Kumar Verma had stopped their payment citing violation of the Rule-9 of the All India Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954 which says, "A cadre post in a State shall not be filled up by a person who is not a cadre officer".

Kundal succeeds Bakaya in J & K

B R Kundal has been appointed as Chairman of the committee set up to address various problems faced by the displaced Kashmiri Pandits, He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

FORUM

What is the use of ten percent growth

Recent police firing on poor people of Mudigonda, Khammam District must make us hang our heads in shame. It looks so pointless to fight over matters like inter service seniority, deputation, foreign courses, name of service when poor people of Andhra Pradesh who were merely demanding house sites for themselves were instantaneously killed in police firing .What is the use of 10% growth rate when majority of people remain unaffected and poor people are entitled to bullets only even in a fast developing state like AP. Crores of rupees being spent on training of civil servants appears to be going down the drain as lethal mob control measures continue to be in vogue. Why is it that life saving responses of citizens become problem areas for those who are supposed to serve them. Instead of sending officers on foreign training courses they should be sent to villages once in every five years to atleast see the conditions in which majority of people live so that they are sensitised and do not behave in a brutal and inhuman manner when faced with even a" stone pelting mob".

Sudhir Chopra

Railway Minister should follow the rule

Railway Minister should follow the rule. One who has two years left should become CRB as done in the past like in the case of RK Singh and even present CRB Batra.

K K Verma

Let us not insult our seniors

Rakesh seems to be a frustated young man. He has forgotten that he will also become dead wood some day. Let us not insult our seniors. He should go and meet some of the Government officers who are retiring and observe their knowledge and wisdom only than one can make out what the Govt. actually looses. It is our old mentality to blame others for our own failures. If one is capable enough, there is no dearth of jobs in our country. The attitude of pulling somebody down for climbing up need to go. Learn to face competition, it is part of our lives now.

Ravi

IRS should thank their stars

When one compares IAS and IRS, it becomes apparent that the IAS suffer the Politicians throughout their life ... a very undesirable option. The IRS should thank their stars as they are above all such pigmy politicians whom IAS salute from day one. Some IAS look pathetic when they boast about their power only till they meet a netaji

A K Kumar

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Sleeba is new CMD of FACT

George Sleeba has taken over as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of FACT.
( We said this on April 25 )

Bagla joins AIG Mutual Fund
Sandeep Bagla is joining as chief investment officer (fixed income) at AIG Mutual Fund.

V S Hukmani appointed CEO

Vineet Singh Hukmani who has been appointed by Radio One will join next month. He had recently quit as Chief Operating Officer (COO) Cheil Communications.

NTPC & AUC join hands

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between NTPC and Anna University, Chennai (AUC) to provide a platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration to promote Research and Development. As per MOU, NTPC and AUC would co-operate and promote Research & Development in the area of mutual interest, continue education program conducted by AUC in mutually identified areas of interest and establish a 'NTPC Centre of Excellence in Energy Studies'.It may be stated that T.Sankaralingam is NTPC's Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD).

Aditya Birla Nuvo does in 1st Quarter
The Aditya Birla Nuvo has posted good performance for the 1st quarter ended June 30, 2007. The company's consolidated revenues increased by 78% from Rs. 1305.7 Crores to Rs. 2320.8 crore. Revenues from its subsidiaries and joint ventures, where the company has made substantial investments in the past, saw a phenomenal rise of 202%, from Rs. 522.5 crore to Rs. 1579.8 crore. All the businesses are on high growth trajectory.

Saurabh Malhotra to be COO NDTV Labs

NDTV has announced the appointment of Saurabh Malhotra to head new business areas as the COO of NDTV Labs Ltd, the software and technology company. Hitherto he was Director Sales & Marketing, Barco, Saurabh.There he led the growth initiatives of Barco Electronic Systems Pvt. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Belgian company Barco N.V. in India & neighbouring countries. Saurabh holds a graduate degree from Calcutta University and has acquired an Executive MBA in International Business from the International Management Institute, New Delhi in association with McGill University Montreal, IMD Laussane, and University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

India Semiconductor Association Presents Technovation Awards 2007

The first Technovation Awards 2007 were presented at a glittering ceremony in Bangalore. This is a joint initiative of the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), & the VLSI Society of India (VSI). Dr.R.Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India & DEA gave away awards to the winners.Life time achievement award of "ISA TechnoVisionary Award" was given to Prof. Krishna Saraswat, Stanford University USA.Prof. Jagadish Kumar IIT Delhi was awarded the ISA-VSI TechnoMentor award for being an academic of extraordinary mentoring & research abilities. IIT Madras & IIT Kharagpur were joint recipients of the ISA-VSI TechnoShield Award. Dr. R K. Sharma National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra & Syam Sundar Reddy E from IIT Madras, were given ISA-VSI TechnoInventor Award for their outstanding post-graduate and doctoral research thesis.

Raksha group's 3D animation at a new level

Taking 3D animation to a new level in the country, Morphosys Information Services Pvt. Ltd., a Raksha Group subsidiary has embarked on an ambitious 3D animated project, "Honour & Country" in tribute to India's First War of Independence 1857.With its roots firmly attached to the parent company, Raksha Group, Morphosys was formed on January 8, 2007 at Bangalore. Its main agenda is to create a landmark in the area of 3D Animation Production, visual effects and Virtual Assistance.It was inaugurated by Governor of Karnataka T N Chaturvedi.The brain child of the company directors, Mr. Rajesh Kumar and Mrs. Shalini Kumar, the movie project will be pushed to completion by a pool of talented young people, working from pre-production to post-production by the year 2008.