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115 seats each to SP,BSP,BJP in UP ?
According to a survey for Uttar Pradesh ssembly polls that are to be held in a couple of weeks 115 seats each will be bagged by the Samajwadi Party(SP),Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) and the Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP).The Congress may end up just getting 25 seats or so,while independents would win 35 seats.The balance of seats will go to other parties like the Rashtriya Lok Dal(RLD) and Janata Dal (United).

Parade of senior officers before SC
As many as 24 Chief Secretaries appeared before the Supreme Court this week in a case relating to Women and Child Welfare. In another case, a large number of Deputy Commissioners from the North East were asked to appear along with the Union Home Secretary. Union Government is considering whether it is possible to sort inter-governmental problems out in the matters pending before the Supreme Court.

Ashok Gupta to be General Manager in Northern Railways !
In case Vinoo Mathur, General manager of Northern Railway, gets promoted as Member (Traffic) in the Railway Board, Ashok Gupta, Advisor, Traffic, Railway Board is likely to be promoted and posted as General Manager of this high profile Zone at Delhi. Presently, Gupta is involved in increasing traffic with Pakistan and establishing Kolkata Dhaka link. Padhi is also likely to be GM.

Panda to be Joint Secretary Health
Debasish Panda is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Health in the Government of India. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Empanelment of 1993 batch IPS in June
Empanelment of 1993 batch IPS officers to the rank of DIG is expected to take place in the Government of India in June.

Mitra to get extension
Dr Surajit Mitra who is Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Heavy Industries is getting three months extension in his deputation tenure. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Sarangi to be Secretary to Uttarakhand CM
Prabhat Kumar Sarangi is all set to go on deputation to the Uttarakhand Chife Minister B C Khanduri next week as his Secretary. 1986 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer, Sarangi, is presently on deputation to the Government of India .

Mittal is JS and FA Coal
Sanjiv Kumar Mittal is the new Joint Secretary and FA Coal in the Government of India. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Madhukar Gupta from a distinguished family
Newly appointed Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta hails from a very distingusihed family.While,his eldest brother is a retired IAS officer,his one brother each is an IAS and IFS.

Gauri Kumar gets extension
DG of the NIFT Gauri Kumar has been granted extension in deputation tenure till May 1. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Saunik to continue as OSD
Union Energy Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's PS Manoj Saunik is going to continue as OSD. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Pathak joins GVK in Mumbai ?
M D Pathak is reported to have joined the GVK Group in Mumbai on deputation to look after new Air Port project. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Goa to have Lady Governor ?
It is rumoured that a woman politician is being appointed Governor of Goa.

Is Left going to snap ties from UPA?
Is the left going to snap ties with the Congress led UPA at the Centre as a constituent partner party? Answer to this question is simply Yes. In the political circles it is being said that if former Congress chief Rajiv Gandhi could withdraw support from the then Indian Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar's government then why can't the Left front do it? Rajiv Gandhi had withdrawn support in the wake allged spying on him by two Haryana cops. Next three months are crucial.

Changes in Indian Railways
Ghanshyam Singh, AME(Planning)Hajipur has been posted to RDSO(at Kolkata) as Assistant Inspecting Engineer in I&L Wing. Dinesh Kumar Tewari, ADME (C&W), Izatnagar, North Eastern Railway, has been transferred to RDSO and posted as Assistant Inspecting Engineer in I & L wing of RDSO at Bharatpur. A K Mishra has been repatriated to his parent cadre on Northern Railway. On completion of his tenure in RDSO and
(II) Prem Sagar Yadav, CDO/BJU, East Central Railway has been transferred to RDSO and posted as Assistant Inspecting Engineer in I & L wing of RDSO at Kolkata. BK Sinha has also been repatriated to his parent cadre on Northeast Frontier Railway, on completion of his tenure in RDSO.

Four new judges in Madras HC
Four incumbents have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, for two years,from the date of assumption of offices by them.They: Neelakantam Sudanthiram, Kannaiya Veeraraghavan, Saminathan Nagamuthu and Shunmugavel Palanivelu.

A.P.Subba sent to Guwahati HC
Justice Ananda Prakash Subba has been transferred from the Sikkim High Court to the Guwahati High Court

Shifting of Diplomatic Enclave on the anvil
Delhi is contemplating to move the Diplomatic Enclave from Chanakyapuri to ,near the Indira Gandhi International Airport(IGIA),Delhi. The Indian Government has asked the Delhi Development Authority(DDA) to spare 100 acres of land in Dwarka locality.It is being proposed to shift all Commonwealth of Independent State(CIS) countries,nations of South
America ,South Africa and far Eastern countries.The Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) offices will also be shifted there.The proposal is to have this relocation of Embassies & High Commissions, done by the year 2010.

A Vigil on IT sleuths in Mahrashtra
With raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI)on Income Tax(IT) department officers in Maharashtra ,the investigation wing has come under a close scrutiny of the Finance Ministry.A strict vigil is being kept on their activities.

PMO concerned over incidents in Delhi Cantt area
The Indian Ministry of Defence,Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) and the Prime Minister's Office(PMO)have expressed their deep concern at the number of incidents in Delhi Cantt area,involving Army jawans & local civilians.The PMO is reported to be miffed at the detention of two Ethiopian girls in an Army Major's house the whole night on Tuesday.While seeking details of such incidents of last two years,the PMO has asked for Action Taken Report(ATR).

Delhi & UAE pact, on extradition likely
The Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates(UAE) & the ruler of Dubai H.H.Shiekh Mohammed is arriving in Delhi on a two day tour to India on March 25,2007.Delhi is hoping to finalise a number of bilateral agreements including extradition of criminals and stopping of money laundering from India to UAE.On the other hand UAE is hoping for being allowed investments in airports(duty free),sea ports and real estate besides "free flight policy"i.e.a more open air policy.

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Technical people should be posted
Technical people should be posted to head to control the affairs because ultimately non-technical have to consult the technical masters on technical issues. An IAS can not be expected to know intricacies of technical problems. It is found that decisions taken by IAS heads have not been correct. A person who has gone through the muddle for decades would do better than a non-technical IAS . I am retired technical Joint Secretary .
VK Mittal
Ambit of discussion should also be extended to CBI
I really endorse the views of Sunil Chopra with regard to many a reputation of honest officers getting sullied because of misplaced enthusiasm of the investigating agencies. I would suggest that the ambit of discussion should also be extended to the CBI. Secondly, it needs to be strongly considered as to what is the action taken by the CVC against those officers of the Vigilance wings of various departments who launch vigilance cases against officers/officials on incomplete documents. Secondly, after any raid the CBI by a systematic leakage reveals the name of officials to the Press and after nothing has been found against the said officials does not even give a press release exonerating the official. Thirdly, why does the CVC take up cases for investigation after a lapse of more than 10 years and that too on incomplete documents. Why does it take more than 5 years to investigate ? These are questions that need to be answered.
Jagdish
Such topics should find more place on this website
The condition imposed by the CVC doesn't appear to be in tune with the letter and spirit of the RTI Act. In fact the earlier CVC, Vithal, had suo-motto put these details on the web even when RTI was unheard of. In all fairness CVC should review its position. Besides such information should have been provided to Chopra free. The stand taken by the AA of CVC vis-a-vis Sudhir Chopra's application under the RTI Act should also be made public. Such topics should find more place on the website.
N N Ojha
Retirement age should not be raised
Retirement age of central government employees need to be raised to 62 years. As informed at your webside earlier, please confirm the possibility of raising the retirement age. Also, please inform whether there is any hope of getting interim relief.
J N Tiwari

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Why flog an issue that has everything factored in???
So why is Rahul on Babri causing a din???

What else will they come up for their Project Mulsim ko karro woo,
Seems for this anything and everything Congress is willing to do!!!

Sometimes I get the feeling that Muslims are more Indians that the rest of us,
No wonders for Muslims Congress creates such a fuss!!!

Like in this statement made by Rahul I'm sure he's calculated the fall out,
By blaming the Man with the famous pout!!!

Seems Congress feels in this issue there is some juice,
That is why this issue Congress karr rahi hai juice!!

The equation is there are more Muslim votes to gain and less Hindu votes to loose,
That's why this issue kiya Congress ne choose!!!

Tomorrow for galloping inflation he can use the same line,
Had a Gandhi been PM in place of Manmohan things would have been fine!!!

And then Manmohan was the FM in the Rao Sarkaar…… is there more to be read???
That now on the block is Manmohan's head!!!

Price rise is a huge issue in UP……. everybody's feeling the pinch,
And maybe someone is going to be blamed for this …. politically lynch!!!

Rajdeep Sardesai's IBN tried to muddle things up in Punjab an now UP is in its sights,
Opportunity ….. because UP is indeed one of those epic electoral fights!!

IBN is going to give SP the edge … show BJP and BSP are neck to neck in second place,
And predict that Congress in this election will loose face!!!

In Punjab IBN was way off the mark …… not even an apology was given for this,
Was like a dart player who not only missed the bulls eye but also the dart board kiya miss!!!

When Badal Junior confronted Rajdeep with IBN's biased psephology,
Sheepishly Rajdeep used 'tarkology' (fib one's way out) !!!

Light a candle or wish someone a Happy Birthday….. IBN's idea of News,
Goes 360 degrees around to give biased views!!!

This Pawar Shiv Sena tie up shows in Politics there are no permanent enemies or friends,
According to power equations everyone bends!!

Now Balasahib is going to say for him Pawar is a Maratha … qualifies as Manus de Marathi,
And every Marathi Manus is Shiv Sena's saathi!!

Down the line will Sena be gobbled by NCP or vice versa… only one thing will decide,
On Yama's buffalo whether Pawar of Balasahib will be the first to ride!!!

Now Bhattal says , "Chahal is not one of us"…… what a lie????
This statement nobody is going to buy!!!!

All know in the previous Congress Sarkaar Chahal's dubious role,
The person they lobbied now Congress does not want to touch with a barge pole!!!

If Multinationals can do so why doesn't Punjab 's Markfed enter into Wheat value addition????
Markfed has the capability to make this a successful rendition!!!

And Markfed has the well recognized Sohna Brand …Punjab Farmers will benefit too,
Right time and right thing to do!!!

India 's SEZ mania has got a thumbs down from Infosys's Murthy…decries the land grab,
And still on SEZs Kamalnath continues to blab!!!

SEZs need serious rethinking ,
Because today the S in SEZ's stands for Stinking !!!!

Let Companies go and get the land on their own…. Sarkaar should keep away,
And let the Companies negotiate the price and pay!!!

States have other ways to attract SEZs…. land grabbing is not the way to do so,
In fact to States indulging in grabbing land Industry should say no!!!

They say Woolmer was murdered because he was going to reveal match fixing in his book,
So seems someone poisoned his food after masquerading as a cook!!!

Match fixing is a reality,
And the game of cricket has been the casualty!!

You can be ostriches and keep your head in the sand,
But in today's cricket match fixing has a humongous hand!!!

Bharat Kumar
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Rawal to be ED of Canara Bank
General Manager of the Punjab National Bank D L Rawal is being tipped to be ED of the Canara abank.

Will Malla be Chairman of SIDBI ?
Grapevine has it that CEO of the IFCI R M Malla is being appointed new chairman of the SIDBI. The post has been lying vacant .

Daga of BHEL is PPTL Chairman
SN Daga of BHEL who has remained in Bhopal for a considerable period as GM has been made Chairman PPTL. He is the second official from BHEL Bhopal who has attained such a height. Earlier SK Jain was appointed MD of PPTL. Grapevine has it that BHEL may take over PPTL sooner or later.

Move to lower duty on "Dream Cars" ?
Is there a move to slash duties on "Dream Cars"? Answer to this question is in affirmative, if one goes by activities that are going on in the Indian Finance Ministry. Finance Minister P Chidambaram may have avoided for lowering duties on "Dream Cars" like Ferrari and Rolls Royce in the budget but it is believed that a proposal is being pushed to cut duties. As the grapevine has it, this is being done as per the pact under the WTO regime.

Numerology in, Mahurats out in Bollywood
Believe it or not, the latest thing in vogue in Bollywood industry is numerology, where Mahurats (the Mahurat shot) was quite a big thing. How ever, new punch line nowadays is numerology and the much sought after and much talked about man for this is Suketu Parikh.

Excise deptt probing under invoicing by a car company
The Central Excise department is probing complaints against a car manufacturing company that is based 200 kilometres away from Mumbai. It is learnt that complaints are relate to under invoicing of cars and spare parts in the country. It has been found that the company is invoicing its car at less than the advertised price in the public media.

Sheth re-appointed MD
Vijay K Sheth has been re-appointed as the Managing Directo of the Great Offshore Ltd..

NTPC bags seven awards
Seven Power Stations of NTPC have bagged the prestigious National Meritorious Performance Awards instituted by the Indian Ministry of Power for the year 2004-05 and 2005-06. NTPC -Ramagundam and Simhadri have received Gold Award for year 2004-05 and 2005-06 respectively. NTPC- Dadri received Silver Award for both 2004-05 and 2005-06, NTPC - Korba Silver for 2004-05. NTPC- Singrauli and Unchahar received Bronze Award for 2005-06. These Awards were presented by Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, to T. Sankaralingam, CMD, NTPC and General Managers of the respective Stations at a function held in
New Delhi .Sushilkumar Shinde , Indian Minister for Power was also present on the occasion.