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Customs, Postal and Railways top

The customs and excise department has topped the list of ministries and departments against which the CBI registered the maximum number of cases in 2006, followed by the postal department and the railway ministry.
Official record shows as many as 1,156 cases were registered by the agency in 2006, with 68 cases of traps and corruption against the customs and excise department, including one involving the Central Excise commissioner in Jaipur. This was followed by cases against the postal department (57), officials of the railways ministry (54).

Shashi Tharoor to get job in GoI !

Former United Nations undersecretary-general Shashi Tharoor is likely to get some important assignment in the Government of India.

New Police Reforms Act to be tabled

New Police Reforms Act is being presented in the budget session of the Parliament.

Two Up-Lokayukts in Madhya Pradesh

Two new Up-Lokayukts are expected to be appointed in Madhya Pradesh.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

A K Joshi will be new Principal Secretary PWD.Shantanu Trivedi has been moved as Vice Chairman of Gaziabad Development Authority.D Passi will be Special Secretary Public Enterprises Bureau.Bhaskar Upadhyay has been appointed Additional Commissioner Commercial Tax.

Transfers in Indian Railways

AK Sinha, SA Grade/IRSME/North East Frontier Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Rangiya has been transferred to RCF. W K Pradhan, SA Grade/IRSME/North East Frontier Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Tinsukia has been moved to Western Railway. Alok Johri, SA Grade/IRSME/West Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Jabalpur has been shifted to COFMOW.
R S Virdi, SA Grade/IRSME/Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Mumbai has been transferred to Northern Railway. Arvind Khare, SA Grade/IRSME/Western Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Ahmedabad has been moved to IRIMEE and Pramod Kumar, SA Grade/IRSME/South Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Nanded has been moved as Executive Director/CAMTECH.

A book written by-Vinod Dhall

A landmark new book on an important regulatory issue in a market economy is being hailed by the legal and economic fraternity….. Vinod Dhall, Member and acting Chairman, Competition Commission of India, formerly Secretary, GOI, has brought out " COMPETITION LAW TODAY-CONCEPTS, ISSUES AND THE LAW IN PRACTICE", published by Oxford University Press. A voluminous book covering all facets of modern Competition Law, it is being recognized as one of the first authoritative books on the subject in India. Specialists and professionals, from India and abroad, have showered critical praise on the book. These include Frederic Jenny, Judge, French Supreme Court, Paris; William Rowley, Chairman, International Bar Association Global Competition Forum; Bernard Phillips, Head, Competition Division, OECD, Paris; Harsha Singh, Dy D G, WTO, Geneva; Dipankar Gupta, former Solicitor General of India, and Dr Jayagovind, Vice Chancellor, National Law School University, Bangalore and others. Dr C Rangarajan has written the Foreword and Fali Nariman has written a special foreword. The book has been variously described as an "important reference work for years to come", " essential reading", " invaluable aid to the development of the law in India and abroad", " ideal resource" and a " tour de force". Dhall himself says that it is a mere labour of love dedicated to the cause of competition law and policy in India.

2003 batch IPS to be promoted in TamilNadu

2003 batch IPS officers are being promoted in Tamil Nadu in a couple of weeks.

IRPS changes

There is IRPS reshuffle. New postings are :- Mssrs Nand Kishore, Dy.CPO (Gaz), NWR/Jaipur,Anupam Ban, Sr. DPO, Jaipur, NWR, L R Meena, Dy.CPO (IR), NWR, Kamal Singh Panwar, Sr.DPO, Ajmer, Rajeev Singh, PIO, NWR and Kailash Powar, Sr.DPO, Bikaner.

Pushpa Rani transferred to East Coast Railway

Ms Pushpa Rani, SS(looking after in JAG)/East Central Railway, has been transferred to East Coast Railway.

Nair moves to Dubai

Passport Officer in Thiruvananthapuram R C Nair has been moved to Dubai in place of T F Ashoka.

Krishnan delays departure

PS to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram ,S Krishnan has reportedly delayed his departure to the IMF by a week or two. He was earlier to go on March 6.

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Hope new faces will be seen

Hope that at the time of transfer /promotion orders the Angads of Income Tax Deptt, who have put their foot strongly at Delhi/Bombay, will be shifted and new faces who have never been posted here will get a chance to work in big cities.
Poonam

Efficieny is seldom seen nowadays
Yesterday I had read your news regarding Mrs Alka Sirohi Addl Sec in Ministry of Consumer Aaffairs. I am presently DDG Adm in Bureau of Indian Standards which is under Mrs Alka Sirohi as Addl Sec and also she is holding the charge of DG of BIS.

Recently we all saw her working with such a high degree of efficiency which is very seldom seen nowadays. BIS Regulations were pending for a number of years for notification. After her taking over as DG, She took up this work of amendment of the Regulations which were pending for the last 4 years and it is unbelievable that she got everyone work almost round the clock for a week. The result was that, under her guidance, the Regulations were notified with such a record speed. I fully agree with Ms Arti that there should be more officers like her in the government. I as DDG not only thank her but wish her more success in life.

Deepak K sINGH

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Fuel price cut is not going to dent inflation,
Supply side problems have to be tackled to cause inflation mein deflation!!!

Manmohan says he's got a multi-pronged strategy to tackle inflation….. what's preventing him letting this strategy jump out of the files and see the light of day?? Basically things have been mishandled …. Multinationals , who have the deepest pockets and are known to cause shortages for profit, have been allowed in the Foodgrains space . Now while these Multinationals are making a killing it's the Indians who are paying the price. Commodity Exchange too has pushed up prices…. how could they have allowed speculative trading in Essentials??? Problem is that our Government has tried to ape the West without taking into cognisance India centric realities!!!

Congress will pay dearly for the inflation in the UP elections too,
How can Congress show Aam Aadmi its mooh???

Aam Admi must be feeling....Congress ka haath , Aam Admi ke mooh peh chamaat (slap)!!! Glib talk is not going to get Congress Votes….. Punjab has already binned Congress and in Uttrakhand too Congress will pay a price for inflation !!! Kamalnath says that rising inflation is a fallout because of the spurt in GDP…… so GDP for Indians is Gross (Bad) Domestic Punishment!!! Problem is that our Sarkaar is looking for total 'convertibility' to Capitalism and forgetting the ethos of this Country!!! SEZ is a glaring example… and now you have Companies in Singapore and USA crying foul!!! Seems India has swallowed too much thoughtlessly and in a tearing hurry and now signs of indigestion are showing up!!!

This revelation that Terror Outfits have forayed into Indian Stock Markets is disturbing,
The Government 'allowed' this to happen and that is what is perturbing!!!

Was the Government sleeping while the Outfits made money on Indian Bourses…. akin to guarding a cupboard from the front and the robbers make an entry through the back???? And now the Government behaves like a 'know all'!!! The FII route has been misused grossly!!! India is paying in more than one way for the FII investments!!!!

In the Media you see pics of Congressmen looking very very happy,
Seeing this paining Aam Aadmi must be feeling crappy!!!

Has Congress decided that it'll take the mounting anti incumbency punch squarely in the jaw ….. if not then Congress needs to act fast???? For one Sonia needs to have a heart to heart with Manmohan and tell him to stop thinking like a Capitalist Economist and to start thinking like Socio-Capitalist Economist….. just having an Economist at the helm is not enough .. depends on what School of thought does this Economist subscribe to!!! First and foremost inflation needs to controlled. India's Food Security should not be compromised. Jaago Congress waalo or be prepared to be rudely awoken, promises with its electorate Congress has broken!!!

CBI wants to test Laloo's acquittal in High Court,
And if this is done HC Lower Court ki decision ko definitely karre ga retort!!!

The general feeling all over the Country is that justice has not been served in Laloo and Rabdi's disproportionate assets case!! Now CBI has approached the Law Ministry for permission to challenge the Lower Court's verdict!!! Laloo of course will be threatening Congress with 24 guns (MPs)....... on the face of it Laloo says his 24 guns are to give Congress a 24 gun salute (support) but if you look closely the 24 guns are 'pointing' at Congress !!! Laloo is a master at arm twisting……. he's made it into an art…….. on the face he looks so chummy with his victim…. the give away is the painful smile on the face of his victim and if you look behind you'll get to see his hand twisting his victim's arm!!!

Rekha came to the Premiere of Eklavya,
Was she Big B's one time Ek-Love…… ya (yes)???

They say both stayed away from each other lest they be photographed together lest their eyes give away their feelings for each other!!! But insiders say that Rekha does not like Big B's goatee!!! And so if the goatee disappears this would be the pointer that the affair has rekindled!!! But no chance of rekindling till Big B is rudely brought down form the 'Presidential' cloud that Amar has put him on!!!

Bharat Kumar

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New names to be added in Navratnas
A couple of new names are being added in the list of Navratnas during the ensuing budget. The PSUs in the elite league are BHEL, BPCL, GAIL, HPCL, IOC, MTNL, NTPC, ONGC and SAIL - nine in number and hence Navratnas.

Verma promoted in Air India
V K Verma is reported to have been promoted as Functional Director in the Air India.

Ratan Tata in the Board of Alcoa Inc

Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata has been named by the Alcoa Inc to its board of directors.