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In situ promotion for 1978 batch likely
As the grapevine has it in situ promotion is on the anvil for empanelled IAS officers of 1978 batch.
1976 batch IPS empanelment next month ?
Now empanelment list of 1976 batch IPS officers to the rank of Additional DG is likely to be cleared in November.
Empanelment meeting of 1989 batch of IAS deferred
In a surprise move the CSB meeting for empanement of IAS officers belonging to 1989 batch in Government of India(GOI) to the rank of Joint Secretary has been deferred once again.The meeting was scheduled to be held on November 3,2008.
Four new High Court Chief Justices soon
If all goes well, Justice C P Prasad of Bihar High Court,Justice R S Garg of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and Justice Singh of the Rajasthan High Court will soon go as Chief Justice of High Courts of Kerala, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Maliti is back to Delhi
K.D.Maiti (ISS:1981) who was posted as DDG, Patna hardly a month back during September end had been successful in getting transferred back to Delhi vide MOSPI's order dated 29th October.
(We said this on 13 th October).
Why an IAS officer of UP was shifted ?
Why ,Balwinder Singh, an IAS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre was shifted recently? This question is hotly being debated in corridors of power. As the grapevine has it, there were hot talks between Singh & Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Miss Mayawati during one of the official meetings.
Where will be Kanu Gohain on this Christmas?
In the Civil Aviation sector it is being discussed that as to where would be Kanu Gohain ,Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) will be on this year's Christmas. Gohain who is serving 4th extension of his service is supposed to retire by the end of next month.
Das gets UN assignment
Another PMO official S C L Das has got UN assignment.1992 batch UT cadre IAS officer Das was Director in the PMO.
68 vacancies of GMs in Air India
There are 68 vacancies of General Manager rank including 16 of Commercial in the Air India.

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Bureaucratic changes in Haryana on the anvil
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is on the anvil in Haryana.
KS Bhoria likely to head Environmental body in Haryana
KS Bhoria, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary Revenue (FCR), who is retiring on October 31, 2008 is tipped to be the chairman of Haryana Environment Impact Assessment Authority (HEIAA). Haryana Chief Minister, Bupinder Singh Hooda, is understood have recommended his name to the Central Government's Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
HC Disodia out of race for the post of head Environmental body in Haryana
HC Disodia who had retired a few months back was also in the race for postof Chairman of Haryana Environment Impact Assessment Authority (HEIAA). He was being backed by Ms Kiran Choudhary Minister for Environment & Forest to the Haryana Government.
Ms.Feroza Mehrotra to replace Bhauria
Ms. Feroza Mehrotra Principal Secretary Home, Haryana is likely to replace KS Bhauria as Financial Commissioner Revenue (FCR) in Haryana. This is a high profile post. Traditionally, this post goes to the senior most bureaucrat in the state. Hopefully the tradition would be maintained this time too.
Gulathi in race for PS Home
The name of Ms Urvashi Gulathi, who is among the three IAS sisters is tipped to be the Principal Secretary Home, Haryana.
Madhusudan Prasad to get his posting
Madhusudan Prasad who returned from Central deputation is likely to get Panchayat department. He is a Haryana cadre IAS officer of the 1981 batch. Since he is a Delhi bird, Prasad and his endeavour to continue in Delhi may lead to displacement of Mahpatra Resident Commissioner to Haryana Government in Delhi because displacement of Chhatar Singh Resident Financial Commissioner to Haryana Government in Delhi is unlikely. Another possibility is that Prasad may be made Director General(DG)of the Gurgaon located Haryana Institute for Public Affairs(HIPA).
Ms.Roli Singh is Director,DoPT
Ms.Roli Singh has joined the Department of Personnel & Training(DoPT) in Government of India(GOI).She is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch & hails from the Rajasthan cadre.
Ms.Rajni Sekhri Sibbal to get a posting
Ms.Rajni Sekhri Sibbal an IAS officer of the Haryana cadre of the 1986 batch on her return from Central deputation is going to get a new posting.
RR Jowel's charge likely to be changed
RR Jowel an IAS officer of the 1986 batch of the Haryana cadre who is Chief Administrator of the Marketing Board & Director Agriculture may see modification in his charge. One of his portfolios may be changed. As the grapevine has it he is not getting along well with Agriculture Minister to the Haryana Government.
LT Gen OP Mathew is Col Commandant, AMC
Lt. Gen O P Mathew, Commandant of Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi has been appointed as Colonel Commandant of Army Medical Corps. Gen. Mathew did his MBBS from AFMC, Pune in 1970 and MD in General Medicine in 1979 from the same college. He obtained DM Degree in Cardiology in 1988 from Pune, University. A Recipient of GOC-in-C (Western Command) commendation, Chief of Army Staff Commendation, Sena Medal and Ati Vishisht Sewa Medal, Gen. Mathew is an accomplished medical professional with over 38 years of comprehensive experience in medical care and hospital administration.
New Uttarakhand Lokayukta
M.M. Ghildiyal, former Judge of Uttarakhand High Court has been appointed new Lokayukta .
IAS changes in TamilNadu
P.W.C. Davidar has been appointed new IT Secretary.He has also been appointed as Chairman, Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd. S. Vijayakumar on return from training abroad, has been posted as Project Director, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project.S. Karuthiah Pandian has been posted as Special Secretary, Home Department.
IAS postings in Punjab
On return from central deputation Sudhir Mittal has been appointed Principal Secretary Home. B C Gupta will now be Principal Secretary Cooperatives.In addition, Tejveer Singh, director, Public Relations, and special secretary, planning, will hold the additional charge of commissioner, NRIs.
Rana is Media Advisor in Himachal Pradesh
State BJP Spokesman Rajendra Rana has been appointed Media Advisor to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister.
Major IPS changes in Orissa
In a major IPS reshuffle 12 incumbents have been changed . They are -
Pradeep Kapur , IG Law and Order and I/C , IG SAP to IG Railways, Gopabandhu Mallick IG Railways to IG Special Armed Police Orissa, Satyajit Mohanty IG Finance to Director-Cum -IG Training BPSPA Bhubaneswar,Ms.B.Radhika Director cum-IG Training BPSPA Bhubaneswar to Special Secretary Home Department in place of A.M.Prasad who was posted as IG Finance,Arun Kumar Sarangi
DIG Operations to DIG Law and Order, Vinayatosh Mishra DIG Home Guards to DIG Intelligence,on return from study leave Sudhansu Sarangi was posted as DIG Operations,Satyabrata Bhoi SP Gajapati to SP Malkangiri, G.S.K.Iswardas SP Malkangiri to SP Dhenkanal, S.K.Kaushal SP Dhenkanal to SP Sonepur & Safeen Ahmed SP Jharsuguda SP Gajapati.
Will Justice Deepak Verma be CJ of Bihar HC ? (UPDATED)
Grapevine has it that Justice Deepak Verma is being appointed new Chief Justice of the Bihar High Court.
Bhaskar is Professor in Forest Academy (UPDATED)
C B Bhaskar has reportedly been appointed Professor in the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy.He is 1986 batch Uttarakhand cadre IFS officer.
Vishwanathan gets appointment (UPDATED)
T.K. Viswanathan, Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice (presently in additional charge of the post of Secretary, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice) on post retirement appointment has been appointed on contract basis for one year w.e.f. 1st November, 2008 on the existing terms and conditions of appointment. He will continue to hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice till regular appointment is made to the post, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Prashant Kumar to join MP cadre (UPDATED)
Prashant Kumar an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the 1985 batch is returning to his parent cadre of Madhya Pradesh on November 1,2008.
Sanjay Kirpal joins Rajputana Sheraton,Jaipur (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kirpal has joined as Senior General Manager Operations with Welcomgroup's Rajputana Sheraton,Jaipur.

CORPORATE
Economic melt down a boon for investors
The proverbial saying of "make hay, wile sun shines" is presently proving to be true in case of long term investors. Thanks to the Economic melt down, those companies which are dealing with stocks in a big way have reportedly invested their surplus money in the stock market.
Ganesh Dutt is Vice Chief HUDA in HP
Himachal Pradesh Government has appointed Ganesh Dutt President of BJP Shimla district as Vice Chairman of Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority(HUDA).
75 new DGM in SBI
75 new DGM have been promoted in the State Bank of India.
Sujoy Ghosh is now Director BCCL
Sujoy Ghosh, Deputy Director
Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL) has
been promoted as Director.
Kate is now Director, Times GroupBennett,
Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL) has promoted Deputy Director,
Ranjeet Kate head of Maharashtra Times and Navbharat Times as Director.
Debashish Ghosh promoted BCCL Director
Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL) has promoted Debashish Ghosh as
Director corporate functions, alliance and operation and new media.
Vikram Ahuja is Marketing Head, Mumbai
Vikram Ahuja has been appointed as Marketing Head in Mumbai for Radio
Mirchi 98.3 FM .

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Laloo Ji socho….. when you ruled Bihar there was an exodus from your State!!!
And this has stemmed of late!!!
In Punjab this time in Nitish Raaj there was a shortage of Bihari Labor,
And for Punjab it was good because in the fields Punjabis had to labor!!
Had Laloo not caused an exodus Biharis would not be looked upon like they are!
Like in Mumbai they say 'one ( Bihari) comes and next month he brings chaar'!!!
Uncle Balasahib targeted non Maharshtrian Bombayites who he termed as bahar waale!
And now Raj wants his supporters to chant ' Raj aale' (Raj has come)!!!!
He's doing just what his Uncle did and by the looks of it could go a step ahead!!!!
One who apes tends to over do its said!!!
If Diwali gifts are a yardstick then BJP is sure to win Dilli!!!
Because in this selfish gifting giving gifts to a loser sounds silly!!!
The count in Dilli is one is to four!!!!
For every one person at a Congress Leader's door four stood at a BJP Leader's door!!
With top economists PC is reviewing the meltdown!!!
Maybe he's decided with the Indian Economy he'll no longer clown!!!
First they need to see whether it'll be a ripple effect or domino effect!!!!
If only they keep their ears to the ground the possible effect they'll be able to detect!!!
People like Montek who believe in 'make the people pay',
'Let's follow the capitalist model' they'll say!!!!
Shouldn't there be a level playing field… so make FIIs pay tax or exempt local entities too!
Plugging the Mauritius route would indeed be a prudent thing to do!!!
Remove this disparity…… though PC will disagree as he has his own take!!!!
And if market rumors are to be believed also his own stake!!!
From 48 FII's pumping in Dollars took the Rupee to 38!!!!
And next time Rupee will face the same fate!!!
From 54 they'll take the Rupee down to 46!!!!
With equity investments currency hedging they tend to mix!!!
A prudent FM would never allow Rupee to depreciate because of speculative inflows!
Now because of PC's mishandling Rupee will hit new lows!!!
If at $ 56 (oil cost) our Refineries are breaking even then something is wrong,
And quite a few have been pointing in this direction for long!!!
Why not find out what is Reliance's refining cost???
And then evaluate why so much by other Refineries is being lost!!!!
At 56 after taking the subsidies into account Refineries should be in the green!!!!
But as per Sarkaar still in their costing a lot of red is being seen!!!
In USA my guess is Obama will win!!!
As on Obama hopes Americans karr rahe hai pin!!!
Unless White America unites and strikes back and Democrats too vote for the McCain!
On McCain there is a white votes rain!!
But my guess in this election Americans have risen above color or rangh,
And Obama's rangh will not cause rangh mein bhang!!!
Economic turnaround, return of US soldiers from Iraq and more for the Main Street!!!
Obama's promised these and hope he delivers when he sits in the hot seat!!!
Confucius says…. maybe his middle name could strike a chord for World peace!!!
Or maybe for added strife his middle name could serve as grease!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Next BHEL CMD, Directors be from within
It can not be agreed with the contention of Ishan Shankar that next CMD and other Directors should be from BHEL itself. The next CMD should be a well known performer, with integrity, farsightedness and should be able to pursue futuristic policies and programs. He should not be posted on adhoc basis dancing to the tune of higher ups to get extension every 6 months. Relying only on an internal candidate is intolerance. An outsider will be free from any prejudice. If there is no external influence, PESB is capable of finding a suitable person to lead BHEL & its employees to more and more progress.
K J Raman
Batla House encounter
The politicisation of the Batla House encounter whereby some prominent political parties have listed it as one of the key issues for braving the November assembly ballot is a grim reminder of the levels to which politics have come to.
One shudders to think what if Inspector MC Sharma had not been martyred and a Head Constable of the Special Cell not been injured in the shootout ? What if the lads in the L 18 had not been directly involved in the Delhi Blasts ? For starters the brave officers of the Special Cell would surely have been hounded by the so called righteous intelligentsia and lofty idealed politicians.
I think the time has now come to politicising issues just for the sake of cornering vote banks and instead Politicians should stand rocklike behind law enforcement agencies.....
N Tshering

We are Indians, only Indians - nothing else
It is a sad day when India is to sought to be divided by caste, creed, region and religion. Is the President of India a Marathi, or the Home Minister of India a Marathi? Was Mahatma Gandhi a Gujarati or Sardar Patel? Was Subhas Chandra Bose a Bengali? Was Jawaharlal Nehru a Kashmiri or Uttar bahrtiya? Was Lal Bahadur Shastri an Uttar Bhartiya? Was Rajendra Prasad a Bihari? Was C R Rajagopalachari a Tamil?
For shame. They were and are Indians.
A K Singh

Priyanka's children would fetch votes!
Congress must consider children also of Priyanka for their posters. I am sure that they will fetch some votes for them. Rahul will remain in posters. He cannot create any JAADU for congress.
Vijy