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K N Srivastava to be DG ASI !
K N Srivastava is being tipped to be new DG of the Archaeological Survey of India.1978 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Srivastava will replace Ms Anshu Vaish .1975 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Ms Vaish may be appointed Secretary Coordination in the Government of India.
Will PIO get extension ?
Grapevine has it that PIO Deepak Sandhu is getting extension in Service. She is due to retire this month end.
Joshi unlikely to move to IB
DG CRPF V K Joshi is now unlikely to move to the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1971 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer.
Ms Neelmani Raju to join NDC
Ms Neelmani Raju is joining the NDC course next month. She is 1982 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Why delay in empanelment of 1976 batch IPS ?
Mystery shrouds the delay in the empanelment of 1976 batch IPS officers. So far no official communication about the empanelment.
R K Singh gets extension in tenure
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation R K Singh has been granted extension in deputation tenure till January 31.He is 1985 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer.
( We said this on November 17 )
Ambuj Sharma appointed Joint Secretary Heavy Industries
Ambuj Sharma has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industry. He is 1983 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer.
( We said this on October 29 )
Rao takes over as DG SSB
MV Krishna Rao has taken over as Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on October 24 )
CITs shifted
As many as two Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) have been shifted. They are:Sanjay Kumar CIT(A) XIII Kolkata to CIT(CO )Delhi & Hari Krishan CIT A -II Agra to CIT-V Delhi.
Anand appointed Joint Secretary AYUSH
B Anand has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
( We said this on October 14 and on November 12 )
RC Srinivasan is Principal Economic Advisor
RC Srinivasan has assumed the charge as Principal Economic Advisor in the Department of Economic Affairs(DEA) (HAG+ level post).He is an Indian Economic Service(IES) officer of the 1972 batch.
IAS changes in Gujarat after "Vibrant Gujarat"
A bureaucratic reshuffle in Gujarat will take place only towards the middle of next month. As the grapevine has it, the reshuffle of IAS officers will be affected by Chief Minister Narendra Modi after "Vibrant Gujarat"-investors' meet slated for January 12 & 13,2009 was over.
25 shortlisted for CGMs interview in SBI
As many as 25 General Managers (GMs) have been shortlisted for being promoted as Chief General Managers (CGMs) in the State Bank of India (SBI) . They are: Harish Gurubakhsh, BB Das, GN Dash, Harish Kumar Bahal, Siddharth Raj Sahgal, Uday Sohni, RK Saraf, SK Mishra, P Pradeep Kumar, MK Nag, N Venkatsubranian, AK Deb, SN Joshi, Ashok Pande, BV Chaubal, K Ramachandran, M Bhagwant Rao, S Shreedharan, Niranjan Parsha, Atanu Sen, Sharad Sharma, Achal Kumar Gupta, Anup Kumar Prabhakar, SK Sehgal & AK Garg. Interviews are to held within next two weeks time.
Three GM level vacancies in Railways
Central Railway, Western Railway and Staff College Baroda, have no General Managers. Early recommendations made by the Railway Minister have been returned by the Cabinet Secretary for reconsideration.
Manglik gets additional charge of Central Railway
V K Manglik posted in Jabalpur has been given additional charge of the General Manager Central Railways, Mumbai.
Moudgil gets additional charge of Western Railway
GM of the Wheel Factory Bangalore has been given additional charge of the GM Western Railway, Mumbai.
BSP's social engineering with a difference
Ms. Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister & BSP supreme, is adopting the formula of social engineering with a difference. It is not only Brahmins & Thakurs who are now acceptable in BSP but to fortify its presence among dalits, intellectuals are also being welcomed with open arms. Latest example of this is the anointment of Ms. P Sivakami as Senior state level General Secretary of BSP in Tamil Nadu. Ms. Sivakami who is renowned author in dalit literature is perhaps the maiden serving bureaucrat to have quit IAS & joined active politics. She is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch & belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Licencence to 120 cos.in telecom sector issued
Altogether 120 companies were issued licence by the Government of India (GoI) in the year 2008.This includes one company being backed by an Indian Minister while other belongs to a builder.
CBI to open new branches
The Central Burea of Investigation (CBI) has opened its new branches in Port Blair & Pune. A branch each in Shrinagar & Shimla will also be opened shortly.
Dorjee Khandu seeks People's support in development
"Development cannot be fulfilled until people endorse their participation fullest" asserted Dorjee Khandu Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister while inaugurating the 2nd Poy Pee Mau Tai Khamti New Year festival in Chongkham ,recently. He was speaking about the PMs Mega economic package which is under execution in full swing.Khandu said that he was pursuing with the central government for enhancing the present ration quota in respect of Arunachal Pradesh considering its tough terrains which hardly facilitates to produce food grains for meeting up the ration shortage. He was confident that since the centre has been showering positive attitude towards this land locked Himalayan state, it may also consider the genuine request. He was responding to the memorandum submitted by the locals for increasing the existing quota of rice. He further advised the local people to make use of their blessed lands for agriculture so that the shortage of rice could be overcomed.While assuring to take up the plea of up gradation of Chongkham Circle Headquarter to EAC Hq. in the next cabinet, Khandu promised to give due consideration to the demand of the Namsai Sub-division for a new district in days to come. He also assured to grant fund for permanent ground for Poi Pee Mau annual festival as requested by the festival committee. Agreeing with the people of Lohit district for Railway line to Parusharama Kund, the CM said that he would try his utmost to impress upon the Prime Minister and Railway Minister to connect this abode of Lord Parshuram with rail connectivity.RWD Minister Chowna Mein,local MLA Chow Tewa Mein, Commissioners Tape Bagra, Ganesh Koyu and RWD Chief Engineer and ARRDA CEO were present on the occasion.
Chakravorty is new CPMG of TamilNadu
S K Chakravorty CPMG North-East has been moved to TamilNadu as Chief Post Master General.
Parking blues in Delhi
Parking of vehicles both in residential & commercial places has now turned into a nightmare for inhabitants of Delhi. In residential colonies people are more careful in getting vehicles of their guests to avert any kind of an unpleasant happening. General feeling is that in Delhi & other developed major cities of India law for registration of vehicles need to be like the West. Even parking fees in prime commercial & shopping areas need to be revised to regulate vehicular movement so that people could be saved from facing difficulties.
Good job of outgoing Director of the NPA , Hyderabad
To mark the completion of the Diamond Jubilee of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, a set of two special commemorative postage stamps were issued by the Department of Posts on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at a function held at the Academy. Dr. GS Rajagopal, Director, received the set of stamps.
Established as the Central Police Training College at Mount Abu in Rajasthan on September 15, 1948, the then Central Police Training College was given the exclusive responsibility to train officers joining the newly formed Indian Police Service. The Academy was renamed as the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in 1974, and shifted to its present premises at Hyderabad in 1975.
In the course of 60 years, the Academy has trained more than 4200 directly recruited Indian Police Service officers in the basic course. Apart from this, on an average every year, more than 800 IPS offices undergo in-service courses at the institution.
Spread over an area of 270 acres, on either side of the Hyderabad-Bangalore Highway, the Academy has achieved the reputation of truly being a Centre of Excellence. A large number of measures have been taken in the recent past to improve the infrastructure facilities, and to revise and update the training modules. Some of these include the newly renovated Bitumen Top Parade Ground, a newly constructed Diamond Jubilee Complex containing excellent facilities for Outdoor Training, a sewage treatment plant which helps in recirculation of 20,000 litres of water a day, etc.
While focusing on the core functioning of training, the Academy has not lost sight of environment and ecology. Drip irrigation system, water harvesting measures, soil conservation efforts are a few of these. More than one hundred Solar Lights have been installed not only to save on power but also to protect the ecology. All these eco-friendly measures have resulted in a large number of birds and butterflies making the Academy their home. Peacocks, rabbits, partridges are some of the inhabitants of the picturesque precincts of the Academy.
The Academy has said a big no to plastics. Greenery and cleanliness of the campus is worthy of note. This has been possible owing to the noble concept of "Shramdan", wherein all members of faculty and staff as well as the probationers participate in efforts aimed at cleaning the Campus and planting saplings. The quarterly 'Sainik Sammelan' helps in focusing on the grievances of the staff, so that they could be attended to.
At the Director's monthly parade, the identified performers of the previous month are rewarded.
IAS changes in TamilNadu
Hans Raj Verma will be new Secretary to the Governor. He will take over from D.Jothi Jagarajan, holding additional charge. N.Sundaradevan has been transferred as Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Revenue Administration .Thangam Sankaranarayanan has been posted as Vigilance Commissioner and Commissioner for Administrative Reforms.
Sudhir Saxena bereaved
J P Saxena father of Sudhir Saxena Joint Director CBI passed away in Delhi on Monday. He was 77.
Punnoose is new DGP of Kerala
Jacob Punnoose has taken over as Director-General of Police Kerala on Monday. He is 1975 batch IPS officer.
Two IPS officer re-instated in UP
DIG Abhimanyu Tripathi and SP Vijay Kumar Garg have been re-instated in Uttar Pradesh.
Maj Gen Singh takes over
Major General AK Singh has taken over as Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor of the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun.
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Deepak Sandhu is new Media Advisor to PM
PIO in the Government of India Deepak Sandhu will be new Media Advisor to the Prime Minister. The post was earlier held by Sanjay Baru.
Raman Srivastava takes charge
Kerala DGP Raman Srivastava has taken over as Special Secretary Home in the Government of India . He is 1973 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on October 17 and again on October 23 )
Dr.Umakant Mishra to be next PIO
Dr.Umakant Mishra Mishra is poised to be next Principal Information officer(PIO).At present he is Director General(DG),Directorate of Audio-Visual Publicity(DAVP).He is an Indian Information Service(IIS)officer of the 1972 batch.
Frank Noronha poised to be DG,DAVP (DAVP)
Frank Noronha who is currently Additional Director General(ADG),Directorate of Audio-Visual Publicity(DAVP),Bangalore office is poised to be next DG,DAVP.He is an Indian Information Service(IIS)officer of the 1982 batch.Three Indian Information Service(IIS)officers belonging to 1982 batch were promoted earlier.They are:Ms.Neelam Kapur DG Press Information Bureau(PIB),G.Ganeshan DG Doordarshan(News) and G.M.Mohanty chief of RNI.
Ms.Sowmya Raghavan is FC, Railways
Ms. Sowmya Raghavan has taken over as the charge of the office of Financial Commissioner, Railways. Prior to this, she was General Manager of Central Railway. Before joining as the first lady General Manager in the history of Central Railway, Smt. Raghavan was Advisor (Finance), Ministry of Railways (Railway Board). She belongs to the 1973 batch of the Indian Railway Accounts Service. She has served in various capacities on Indian Railways and has got rich and varied experience.She was also the first lady Divisional Railway Manager of Bangalore Division and Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer of Southern Railway, Eastern Railway and Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka. As the Financial Advisor to the Massive Construction Project on Southern Railway, she was in charge of Finance Management of Railway Projects spread over the three southern states.She has had extensive training abroad in areas related to 'Staff Productivity in Workshops' in Germany, USA and Japan as also 'High Speed System' at Paris, France. She has attended advanced leadership programme at Stern Business School in New York.
(We said this on November 12)
Lt Gen Jasbir Singh is new DG, Infantry
Lt Gen Jasbir Singh has taken over as Director General(DG), Infantry at Army Headquarters. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Gen Singh was commissioned into the Dogra Regiment on March 31, 1972. A graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, he has held various staff and command appointments. He has attended the prestigious Higher Command and NDC courses. Gen Singh has commanded an Infantry Battalion in counter-insurgency in Jammu & Kashmir, an Infantry Brigade in active operations in India's western theatre and later an Infantry Division, again in J&K. He has also been the Colonel Administration of an Infantry Division and Brigadier General Staff of a Corps deployed in Super High Altitude Terrain. Gen Singh has also served as Defence Attaché in Yangon, Myanmar for three years.
Borah is new CMD of Oil India
Nayan Mani Borah has taken over as chairman & managing director of Oil India Limited (OIL). Prior to this he was Director (Operations). He is a petroleum engineer from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and Post Graduate from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (IKU), Norway,
Shrivastava is new DGP of Assam
GM Srivastava has been appointed new Director General of Assam Police in place of RN Mathur. He is 1972 batch IPS officer.Mathur will take over as the DG of Home Guards and Civil Defence.

CORPORATE
Economic Times to launch Business channel
Economic Times is going to launch a television channel focusing on Business, by February 2009, for which dry runs are already going on.
Nitin Alawadhi quits Cheil
Nitin Alawadhi has Director, Cheil Communications, has reportedly resigned.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
PC says that he was disinclined when PM informed him of PC being made HM!!!!
PC has many skewers in the fire and so he wanted to stay on as FM!!!!
Insiders say after getting the shifting Order he was very upset!!!!
And why he got upset no need to bet!!!!!
2008 was described by PC as a very trying year!!!
But fact is for a head on collision with recession kiya PC ne Indian economy ko steer!!!
Inflation was allowed to play out its course and take its toll!!!
Though in his last Press Conference as FM credit for falling inflation PC stole!
And Mr. PC Manmohan does not need any references from you for his capabilities!!!
Manmohan's honesty is one of his biggest abilities!!!
Bottom line is Manmohan will not put any personal skewers in the fire!!!!!
Will go out of the way so that apne aap ko nahi karre in any controversy mein mire!!!
Praise be to the Lord…from the Finance Ministry The Punter has been exorcised!
And knowing him rest assured as HM he will get himself downsized!!!!
Now as HM about another growth PC needs to worry!!!!
Growth of terror he needs to bury!!!
R.R. Patil has a big disconnect between his brain and gob!!!
Made a 'chalta hai' heartless comment as Mumbai karr rahi thi sob!!!!
He said ' in big Cities such incidents do take place'!!!
And every Mumbaikar went red in the face!!!
Deshmukh blundered as the CM and topped it by taking son and Verma along,
This is no tamaasha so taking them on such a visit is something very wrong!!!
Deshmukh says that to the CWC he's submitted his resignation!!!
'Throw him out' I'm sure will be the chant of the entire Nation!!!
Though Deshmukh is trying to wiggle out!!!
Cabinet and State Home Ministers have resigned should be enough karr raha hai Deshmukh tout!!
Post the blasts Public's patience with politicians is running thin!!!
Feeling is that because of Politicians Public has time and again taken it on the chin!
For the Public 'Politician or Neta' is now a bad name,
Public says 'They live at our expense and then they do us in is a crying shame'!!!
Has BJP's Naqvi become the Spokesman for the Political Establishment!!!
Not a bad idea if to the 'poltical lines' (sidelened) he's sent!!!
Naqvi's comments will hurt BJP as Public is in a vey sour state of mind!!!!
I'm sure many will join me is demanding that BJP Naqvi ko kick karre in the hind!!!
What really appalls is that Sarkaar had warnings that attacks would take place!
But Sarkaar chose to turn its face!!!
Its now revealed that Sarkaar had a mountain of info on prospective attack!!!!
And we know why to this mountain of info Sarkaar turned its back!!!!
Sarkaar has been criminally negligent and those responsible should be hauled up!
This negligence has been going on for years and now time is up!!!
Zaradari aka 'Palin Hugger' has proven that a Paki should never be trusted!!!!
His own promise that his Government will investigate he busted!!!
India should harden its stance towards Pakistan!!!!!
Send a clear message that 'jaag gaya Hindustan'!!!!
Rahul Baba please do re-think your garibi hatao chant, slogan or call!!!!!
Gareeb or the poor rot and it's the politicians who have a ball!!
Congress has been using this slogan for years and Congressmen have become rich!
Vow to remove gareebi of people pre election and post election karte hai ditch!!!
Confucius says ……Factually slogan should be …… Congress hatao,
Desh aur gareeb ko bachao!!!!
Adds..... Congress deserves a break from power to contemplate and make amends!
Hope to the Pavilion in General Elections Congress ko the voter sends
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Before setting up a Federal Investigation Agency…
Before setting up a Federal Investigation Agency, the following needs to be considered. First, the NDMA has already been created. Why not break this organization into four regional organizations under the command of a senior Lt. General or DGP with financial powers of upto Rs. 25 crore in each case, reporting only to the PMO? These could be based in tier-two cities where land is easier to acquire for a cantonment. Post-regionalization, these centers could have dedicated divisions that would look after seismic activity, epidemic attacks, chemical disasters/attacks, terrorist violence, I-T crime, specialized investigation teams, state-of-the-art labs, R&D and weapons testing centres, etc. Each division would be manned by professionals drawn from both public and private sectors. Each region would have captive relief material ranging from tents to sniffer dogs, mobile operation theatres to hospitals, airliftable light vehicles and ambulances, dinghies, gensets, bomb disposal and detection equipment, transport and executive aircraft, landing strips, etc. Captive inter-disciplinary teams composed of commandoes, doctors, paramedics, communication specialists, etc. would remain on 24x7 alert supported by transport aircraft and Sikorsky or equivalent airdrop/lift choppers that should airdrop these teams into a national disaster area within two hours of the first report of disaster. Second, no reference from a state should be required for intervention by NDMA in cases where terrorist violence, chemical disasters, epidemic attacks, etc. happen for which the Concurrent List items would have to be amended. In such cases, the NDMA should also have magisterial and judicial powers such as declaring curfew, declaring disaster areas and also temporarily appointing a the regional NDMA regional head as the Administrator of the disaster-hit area with the state administration in the affected areas reporting to him till normalcy returns. States would have to mandatorily carry out the orders of the Administrator and provide whatever support that may be required by NDMA. Law and order in most states is in shambles, thus the suggestion for assuming their powers by NDMA in national disasters.
For all this, budgeted amounts should be charged expenditure, power to draw up separate financial and administrative rules and powers to hire on contract basis by paying market rates for the right HR, exemption from DoPT staffing norms and MoF/DoD procurement norms, separate arrangements for book-keeping and audit, capital works, maintenance, etc. Sounds scary? It is, but then do we have any choices left to curb growing multiple cancers and growing apathy? One more investigative agency, more turf battles, more politics in decision-making, more rules, faster promotions………the list is endless while innocent people suffer and India's image takes a severe beating globally.
A Concerned Citizen
Have we lost it to our political class ?
Why is that on this forum of bureaucrats we are not echoing the same sentiment of 'enough is enough' as is being experienced in this whole nation today? Have we lost it to our political class by becoming their stooges and by supporting their gradual demolition of institutions?
Shall we not ask ourselves the question that are our 'service interests' more important than national interests?
Shall we not ask ourselves the question till when we are going to push honest, dedicated, well meaning officers behind the corrupt and inefficient?
Shall we continue to oppose reforms in the systems like 'police reforms' because it goes against our service intersts?
Shall we continue to demolish one institution after another to promote so called generalist control over the technocrats?
Enough is enough I think time has come when we must all rise above the service interests and push for what is in the best interests of system. Believe me otherwise we are fast moving towards an anarchical state which ultimately our kids would be the one grappling with. Let us commit ourselves to provide best and most professional governance and from bureaucracy cabinet secretary has to take lead.
GB
CIN is need of the hour
Yes, it is the need of the hour that government should think of issuing Citizen of India Identity No. (CIN Card) to every Indian Citizen.
P Chandrasekhar
Interesting SMS
Don't worry about those who come thru boats: Our forces can defeat them, Worry about those who come thru votes. By selling interests of the country they earn Notes; Aur Aapko Lagate Hai Chot Pe Chots;
They are real enemies!!! Jago Don't keep quiet, Join some good NGO or keep suffering.
Yogesh Dabra
Sweeping generalization wrong
It will be wrong to make a sweeping generalization about Politicians enjoying all sorts of comforts at the cost of public money whom they are supposed to be their saviours as elected representatives. About the news that on the fretful day of Taj burning, they were to be there for attending to parliamentary Hindi committee meeting hosted by some Navartna PSU. Infact, if probe is carried out on this matter, the revelation would be certainly towards pointing the finger on agency/Deptt. proposing Taj as the venue of conference and not towards our MPs. It should be PSU concerned in consultation with Official language Department looking after parliamentary matters finalising the Taj as venue. I heard official language policy officers are more responsible enjoying the lavish hospitality on such occasions. Therefore ,the whole truth is that ministries & PSU's they themselves, in order to avoid displeasure of MPs prompted by Hindi officials, tend to succumb to this kind of undesirable practice.
Similarly, an example can be cited here, but I'm not sure abut its truth but heard that, on this fretful day of 25th Nov. one senior level Department of expenditure officer was also in Taj Hotel with some PSU banker. However, the bank officer was unfortunately shot down during the course of encounter with terrorist but this officer luckily escaped and safely reached Delhi. Now this is a cause of surprise as to whether the officer who is supposed to enforce economy in Government spending strictly, deserves to enjoy Taj hospitality? Seems we have equally no hope from Bureaucrats either and India will continue to be a sick & bruised country unless we have large number of honest, dedicated and fair establishments.
A dissilusioned Indian
CATA- (Central Anti_terrorists Agency)
The views expressed in this article are practical based on the experience and the reality in any intelligence agency of Government of India. People come here to pass time, be it IPS, IRS, or even Inspectors of Police, Customs or Income Tax. There are, of course, either very honest persons, who want a peaceful life but are equally dedicated to the work. Others come only because of their compulsions to have posting in Delhi, because of spouse or other reasons. The reality is that vacancies in such intelligence agencies are lying vacant for years. Why? Because, on deputation to intelligence agencies, they do not get money as in field establishments. Otherwise, there is absolutely no reason for Police, Customs, Income Tax officials/officers to shun postings in intelligence agencies. An that is why, there should be a separate intelligence cadre. By looking at the unfilled vacancies in intelligence agencies, it should not be an option for deputation. But a compulsory posting for any service/cadre/rank-either just after probation or in between, so that vacancies do not remain unfilled. The basic problem is that vacancies are not filled due to various reasons. There are people who want to come on deputation, but then there are not enough prospectus, for once they get promotion, in their respective cadre, they have to be deported to their parent cadre for lack of equal cadre in the intelligence agencies. Hence, lack of promotional avenues, lack of financial benefits are the major problems that intelligence agencies are not able to match the current increase in any sort of crime, cyber, smuggling, hawala or terrorists related. Therefore, therefore, therefore, there must be any motivation-- financial or promotional for the field staff to join intelligence agencies. Otherwise, there must be a separate cadre for them for adequate financial/promotional avenues. Government should sincerely think now- how to attract talent from field staff. Of course, there cannot be matching financial benefits like they get in field offices. But there may be promotional benefits which may attract honest, dedicated officers from field staff.
Bobby Kapoor
MP's were put up at Taj following economic hardship !
We find that our MPs were putting up at Taj whereas the officers have been receiving appeal to cut the expenditure by travelling in a lower class and to put up at Dak bunglow, Guest Houses etc. in view of economic hardship.
D P Singh
India sick ?
Looking into present condition of our country, one can only conclude that India , our so called great country, is badly sick and if this situation continued for a long, may go in COMA.
A kind of anarchy, lawlessness, indiscipline can be seen in any and every walk of life. No rule of law, no governance, no Government, no principle.....every body is before money and indulging in corruption (particularly Government officials/workers). We may praise terrorists and terrorist activities for votes and money, we may keep our country at stake for our own vested interest, we can do anything for our vested interest...What kind of character we have? Terrorist are coming, attacking without fear / Corrupt officials, Netas making money and roaming around fearless / Any body making any statement, indulged in any misdeed, lawlessness...What's going on? Where are we going?
Like a weak body is prone to attack of various diseases, diseases like Terrorism, Corruption, Lawlessness etc. are attacking India regularly, because India is weak. Terrorists, Corrupt officials and Rich are not afraid of punishment, there is no law, no rule of land, no Administration, no Government.
This grave situation has strengthened and worsened during the tenure of present directionless, leaderless, spineless and characterless Government.
We all are Hindu, Muslim...Bihari, Maratha, Tamil...SC, Brahmin... Where are Indians? Where is India ? So please rise above this nonsense and work and think for India first, rest of the things will improve with time on its own.
It is high time, we all Indians, let's stand (irrespective of cast, creed, region and religion) think and act for the welfare and well being of India, otherwise next generations will curse us for centuries for our misdeeds.
Country should be first and above everything. Jai Hind
Improve India Mission
Vinai Sharma
Following should resign ?
If our system has some sort of accountability structure than following should be asked to resign immediately:
1. Union home minister
2. Union home secretary
3. Chief of IB and RAW
4. NSA
5. CM of Maharashtra
6. Dy CM of Maharashtra
7. DGP of Maharashtra
8. Commissioner of Police Mumbai
Mb
It will delay decision making
This creating another layer in the already creaking system. It will only delay the decision making and implementation mechanism. Need of the hour is to bring out the bureaucrats out of slumber. And the only way out is to overhaul the system. Secondly, whether responsible or not, key functionaries should be shown the door- Home Secretary, GOI; NSA; IB Chief; RAW Chief; CNS; DGCG.
Manoj
Rotten security system
Mumbai terror attack was indicative of rotten security system in the country. Security agencies particularly the police is bothered for deriving personal gains by protecting the politicians. The recent terror attacks have shown how ineffective and incompetent is our police. Had NSG commandoes would not have come for rescue the city of Mumbai would have lost the precious TAJ as well as thousands of more innocent lives. The time has come when we should seek peoples participation through community policing by involving selfless voluntary and civil society organisations and train these in intelligence gathering and disaster management. Similar training may also be thought for willing civil servants from various services. If we leave our security to police alone than we may witness many more devastating terror attacks in future.
Ramesh Kumar
Hospitality industry already required reformation
Hospitality industry in India even otherwise needed a reformation and streamlining of its systems, structures giving due recognition to those rendering services to it. Now it is hit by this setback emerging from Mumbai terror attack.
Tail-Piece
Coming soon Bollywood Mega Block buster - "Ram Gopal Varma Ka Rambo". No prizes for guessing who is Rambo.
Sampath