Your waning popularity
I am a regular visitor to your site. I feel that, of late, you are giving undue importance to the postings OF IAS and IPS officers, while completely ignoring current issues of national importance. What do you get by cultivating proximity with these services? There is a need to change your existing policy as otherwise the decline in your popularity will increase faster. I expect you to place my viewpoints on this if you are transparent.
Sudha Chattopadhaya
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 Ms.Mayawati & Ms.Uma Bharati join hands
As the grapevine has it Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms.Mayawati who is also supremo of the Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) & founder chief of Bhartiya Janshakti Party Ms.Uma Bharati have joined hands for forthcoming assembly polls in five states of Mizoram,Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan,Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh. As part of the deal the former will support the latter on her home turf of MP while Ms.Bharati will support Ms.Maywati at the Central level.
Law Secretary to retire this month
Secretary Law in the Government of India Vishwanathan is superannuating by this month end.
Appointment of three SC Judges after Diwali
Appointment of three new Supreme Court Judges is being made after Diwali.
1977 batch IAS to get ACS rank in Uttarakhand
1977 batch IAS officer in Uttarakhand Subhash Kumar is being promoted to the rank of ACS.
1977 batch has produced three Chief Secretaries
The 1977 batch of IAS officers has produced six Chief Secretaries of three different states who were or are still occupying top slots. They are : JP Singh -Goa, P Joy Oomen - Chhattisgarh and Tabom Bam - Arunachal Pradesh.
Silent revolution in MCD ?
A silent but an ominous revolution is going on in Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Officers with unimpeachable integrity are slowly and steadily being marginalised by the incumbent administration which does not bode well for the Commonwealth games. What could be the reason? Does the Lt Governor or the Mayor know about it?.
Construction of a Greenfield Airport at Pakyong, Sikkim
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval for construction of a Greenfield Airport at Pakyong, about 35 kms from the State capital (Gangtok). The new Greenfield airport at Pakyong with 1700 mtrs. long runway and with two parking bays will be operational for ATR 72 type of Aircraft operation in fair weather condition. The Terminal building would be able to handle 100 passengers (50 arriving and 50 departing) at a time.
Gita Mishra is Director Rail Vikas Nigam
Ms Gita Mishra has taken over over as Director of the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.
IRPS postings
Sunil Sharma has taken over as Executive Director (ERP), Railway Board, Ministry of Railway.RD Chaudhary is new Executive Director Estt.(N), Railway Board, Ministry of Railway.
Retirement of Railway officials
K C Trivedi, Controller of Stores, S E Railway and A Dutta, Additional Member Railway Stores will be retiring on December'2008 & January' 2009 respectively.
Pal is Director of Corporation Bank
Asit Pal, who was GM at Bank of Baroda, has been appointed as whole time Director at Corporation Bank.
Can a service be collectively depressed?
One CIT has now been posted from Chennai to Mumbai by diverting a post from Kolkatta on health grounds. Glad to see the kinder face of CBDT for a change where punishment postings are the norm in an attempt to teach officers, especially lady officers, a lesson as a result of which the IRS as a service is going through a depression. The results will show in the revenue collection for 2008-09.
Ashok Lavasa is Member Power Ministry
Haryana cadre 1980 batch IAS officer Ashok Lavasa has been nominated by the union ministry for power on a steering committee for the implementation of the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme in the 11th Plan.
Dhirubhai Ambani University coming up in Madhya Pradesh
The capital city of Madhya Pradesh will see setting up of a University dedicated to the memory of famous industrial tycoon late Dhirubhai Ambani.Rs 500 crore university is being set up by his younger son Anil Ambani.
Bandopadhyay posted in Metro Railway
SAG IRAS officer A Bandopadhyay has been posted in the Metro Railways.
EC's work goes up
Election Commission's(EC's) work has increased in the wake of model code of conduct being enforced in five states where assembly polls are to be held next. These states are Delhi, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh. In these states no transfers can be affected without prior approval of the EC.
No lady Judge in SC
There is no representation for a woman Judge in the Supreme Court after the retirement of Justice Ruma Pal in June 2006.
Lt Gen Swamy takes over
Lt Gen R K Swamy has taken over the charge of prestigious 16 Corps from Lt Gen R K Karwal..
Justice Kakru is Acting CJ of J & K HC
Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of thre J & K High Court.
Bureaucratic changes in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle the Maharashtra Government has transferred Mrs.Ranjana Sinha (IAS-1975 batch)Secretary Finance(Treasuries) to Secretary Textiles.The slot fell vacant as her husband Ashok Sinha who is also an IAS officer of the 1975 batch had become Secretary Food Processing in Government of India(GOI).Others who were transferred on October 18, 2008 were Mrs.Kavita Gupta (IAS-1985 batch) on her return from training to Commissioner Employment & Self Employment, B.R.Jadhav Commissioner Sangli Municipal Corporation to Commissioner Women & Child Welfare,Mrs.Shaila (IAS-2003 batch) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) District Panchayat Dhule to Deputy Secretary Tourism & Mrs. Jayshree Bhoj CEO District Panchayat Bhandara to CEO District Panchayat Kolhapur.
Kela is new Director Science and Technology (UPDATED)
Niraj Kela has joined as Director Science and Technology in the Government of India. He is 1989 batch Indian Ord Factory 's Service Officer.

CORPORATE
SCI gives final Dividend of Rs. 90.47 crore
Indian Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways T.R. Baalu received from S. Hajara, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)of the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a cheque for the final dividend of 40% declared by the Company for the Financial Year 2007-08, amounting to Rs.90,47,68,920/- (Rs. 90.47 crore). This is in addition to Interim Dividend of 45% amounting to Rs.101,78,65,035/- (Rs. 101.78 Crore) paid earlier, thus making a total amount of dividend paid to the Government of Rs. 192,26,33,955/- (Rs. 192.26 Crore).This dividend amount reflects the earnings on the 80.12% shareholding of the Government of India in the SCI. It may be recalled that SCI has declared a net profit of Rs. 814 Crore for the financial year 2007-08.It may be recalled that the Shipping Corporation of India, was recently been granted the coveted "Navratna" status.
NK Piplani VP, Duty Free trade to retire
NK Piplani, Vice President (VP) with ITDC, who looks after Duty Free trade, is due to retire on November 30,2008.At present such trade is being done at airports located in Goa, Hyderabad, Chennai Bangalore & Thiruvanthapuram. Such shops in Delhi & Mumbai are being run by private operators.
Vinit Mahajan quits Contract
Vinit Mahajan who so far was Creative Director (CD) with Contract has reportedly quit.
The Rice Mail at Maurya,Delhi on Sunday (UPDATED)
The Times of India in collaboration with Dawat Basmati rice is organizing a unique food festival dedicated to different ricpes of rice in Maurya Hotel,Delhi October 19,2008.Invite for the event has been extended in a wooden box on top of which is band aid & a slogan engraved on it reads "Cuisine is so irresistible ,you might eat up your finger too."

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Jet hires and fires and then again it re-hires as Papa Goyal had a change of dill!!!!
Fact is Jet forgot to provide water to swallow the layoff bitter pill!!!
Goyal says he's Papa of Jet,
And after sacking some of his gets so very sad he did get!!!
Papa Goyal says he could not sleep,
How could he when such a hectic partying schedule karta hai Goyal keep!!!
Goyal claims he reinstated employees as he could not sleep at night!!
Praful says Goyal did so because for sacked employees Praful put up a fight!!
Fact is for the sacked employees both don't care a damn!!!!
These claims on their re-hiring are just sham after sham!!!
Air India is asking 15000 employees to go on a five year without pay holiday!!!
Wish Praful Patel was given this offer some time back many would say!!!
With his pals who are all Kings of good times they've made Indian Aviation crash!!!
Life for them is living bash (party) to bash!!!
Ask Patel why did India have to order planes when dry Charters were the need?????
But then for the American Aviation Industry Patel had to do a good deed!!!
And now taking a page from Bush's book he's plugging for a bailout for Airlines!!!
The Jet firing was a warning that if bailout is not done get ready for jobless lines!!!!
Patel , Goyal and Mallya troika are Indian Aviation Sector's bane!!!!
And the cause for the widespread pain!!!
ND Tiwari is in a fix as a young man says NDT is his Papa!!!!
Now NDT is trying his best to wiggle out of this siyaapa!!!
NDT must take a DNA Test to support his denying being the boy's Dad!!!!
Or maybe NDT will settle matters with the lad!!!
After all at this age the boy is not looking for Dad's love but for a share of Dad's paisa!
Duniya mein hotha hai aisa!!!!
As per a survey majority of Indians feel PC's a dud FM!!!!!
Wrong choice by this Country's real PM!!!!
Maybe the nakli PM Mohna Ji recommended PC to Sonia Ji the real PM,
And that is how PC got the post of FM!!!
And then with every passing day he proved that nakli PM was wrong!!!!
Chalo India and Indians will now not have to suffer PC for long!!!
Nakli PM ji please do advice the real PM that people feel inflation!!!
And so by declaring fudged inflation figures Sarkaar cannot placate the Nation!!!
If anyone has the inflation pulse in his or her hand it's the common man!!!!
Maybe Sarkaar may enforce an inflation gag order or ban!!!
Banned…..Common man cannot think or talk about inflation,
Sarkaar will say this step is being taken as it is good for the Nation!!!
Parliamen convened today…..terror is up and economy in the dumps!!
In cricketing parlance…..Mohna stands in his crease with two uprooted stumps!!!
Anyway this is the last time he'll be doing so as PM!!!!
Though for life he'll continue to be Sonia's GM!!!
Session will be short and bitter and will be chaired by a Speaker expelled by his Party!!!
On the last day in Lok Sabha's canteen Mohna's cabinet should be given a farewell party!!!
Big B has been discharged and now Amar will fly back to Dilly!!
Only to find that Congress has become even more chilly!!!
Amar will now get back to demanding Batla House encounter probe!!!!!!
As he deplanes in Dilli he'll wear his (pseudo) secular robe!!!!
Nation be damned ….. now votes only count!!!!
So pressure for a probe in the Batla House encounter will mount!!!!
McCain in US has invented Joe the plumber!!!!
From dumb he's gone dumber!!!!
Plumbers make a killing and McCain chose the wrong guy!!!!
His sob story no one is going to buy!!!
Confucius says…… Obama's got McCain by his tail!!!!
Now only by blundering himself will Obama fail!!!
Bharat Kumar

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A welcome step by GoI
Government of India's decision to allow Indian Navy to patrol Somali waters to ensure safety & release India crew from a ship hijacked by Somalian pirates is to be welcomed by all. It is hoped that Navy will be able to secure release and good sense will prevail upon the pirates and they do not resort to any drastic action on expiry of 48 hrs. as threatened. In view of the recent spurt in number of sea piracy cases, there is urgent need to firm up a policy for quick effective action to secure the release of captive crew. Efforts of Seema Goyal in highlighting the issue are really laudable .
Sudhir Chopra
Kudos to Nitish Kumar
It is sad that contribution and efforts of the three Armed Forces in organising those camps and abject failure of administration in the flood relief is deliberately missed out. Please give the devils their due.
R K Jha
Flood could have been avoided
If Nitish Kumar's government deserve credit for running such a large number of relief camps, then please allow to give credit to the same government for this flood. This flood could have been avoided by a sensitive ,timely and prompt action by it. This situation was looming there for many years together. After 54 years, my village at Saharsa got flood, of course, after this maha pralaya government of Bihar reacted promptly.
Dharmvir Jha
Please allow
This is a request to Alok Saxena, Director, Department of Expenditure to consider allowing PAs and Assistants to opt for revised Pay scales w.e.f 15.09.2006 or consider the upgradation of pay scale i.e. 5500-175-9000 to 6500-200-10500 w.e.f. 1.1.2006 itself. When we are prepared to lose our arreras, there should not be any objection to this.
K Shama
Lets forget what happened in the past for the time being. As per SCPC, this is the promotional schedule for all Group A services except Defence forces what would you say ?
1. Promotion to Senior Time Scale (Pay Band-3 / Grade Pay 6600) : 4 years for all
2. Promotion to Junior Administrative Grade (Pay Band-3 / Grade Pay 7600) : 9 years for all
3. Promotion to Selection Grade (Pay Band-4 / Grade Pay 8700) : 13 years for all
4. Promotion to DIG in the IPS and Conservator in IFS (Pay Band-4 / Grade Pay 8900) : 14 years. This grade does not exist in the IAS
5. Promotion to Senior Administrative Grade (Pay Band-4 / Grade Pay 10000) : 16 years for IAS, 18 years for IPS and IFS is it justified? or you are still hell bent upon justifying this as correct.
Hope good sense prevails.
I as citizen of India have great faith in democracy not in one upmanship
Samy
TAIL-PIECE
Poor Pakistan.....
NEWSFLASH………………
A massive earthquake with the strength of 8.1 on the Richter scale has hit Pakistan .
Two million Pakistanis have died and over a million are injured.
The country is totally ruined, the government doesn't know where to start with providing help to rebuild and the rest of the world is in shock.
The United States is sending troops to help.
Saudi Arabia is sending oil.
Latin American countries are sending supplies.
New Zealand is sending sheep, cattle and food crops.
The rest of the European community (except France ) is sending money.
The Asian countries are sending labour to assist in rebuilding infrastructure.
Australia is sending medical teams and supplies .
The Brits, not to be outdone, are sending two million replacement Pakistanis.
God Bless British generosity.
Contributed by Anita Saxena