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Ashok Chawla is new Secretary DEA
Finally Secretary Civil Aviation Ashok Chawla has been moved to the North Block as Secretary Department of Economic Affairs.He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
( We said this on September 1)
Nambiar is new Secretary Civil Aviation
Special Secretary Information Technology M Madhavan Nambiar has been appointed new Secretary Civil Aviation. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
( We said this on September 1)
Rahul Sarin is Secretary Personnel
Secretary Food Processing Industry Rahul Sarin has been appointed Secretary Personnel in the Government of India. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre. Sarin is going to hold additional charge of the Food Processing Industry Department.
Brijeshwar Singh to be NHAI chief ?
As the grapevine has it, Brijeshwar Singh is being tipped as Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).He is 1975 batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Race for the post of DG Shipping hots up
Race for the post of Director General (DG), Shipping, has hot up after the elevation of Ms. Kiran Dhingra, Director General (DG), Shipping, as Secretary Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) in Government of India(GoI).
Top 10 bureaucrats of Himachal Pradesh CM
Top 10 officers of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Prof. PK Dhumal, are as follows:
(1 ) Bhimsen (IAS 1981 batch).
(2) BK Agarwal (IAS 1985 batch).
(3) RK Jain (IAS 1981 batch).
(4) Ms Manisha Nanda (IAS 1985 batch).
(5) Nagin Nanda (IFS 1985 batch).
( 6) Balram Sharma (IAS 1986 batch).
(7) Arun Sharma (HAS).
(8) JR Katwal (HAS).
(9) Deepak Sanan (IAS 1982 batch).
(10) Srikant Baldi (IAS 1985 batch).
Now mid-career training programme for IPS
Now there is going to be mandatory mid-career training programme for the IPS officers in the country. Training will be imparted at the National Police Academy, universities abroad and also at the IIMs.
Cabinet reshuffle likely next month
As the grapevine has it much awaited reshuffle of the cabinet being headed by Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh is going to take place after Dr. Singh is back to India from the US. Chances are that reshuffle will take place once the nine day festivity of "Navratri (dedicated to the Goddess Durga) begins on September 30, 2008.
Rajul Asthana to join World Bank
OSD to the Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Rajul Asthana, is reportedly joining the World Bank.
IFS officers upto 1987 batch in MP to be CCFs
Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers, upto 1987 batch, in Madhya Pradesh will be elevated as CCFs. There are 64 posts of CCFs in MP.
IAS changes in Tripura
S K Panda has been given additional charge of Home. R P Meena will look after SC and OBC Welfare. Debasish Sircar will be Director of SIPARD. NC Sinha has been made Commissioner Rural Development. Anil Garg has been posted as Secretary GAD.
Subhash Tripathi joins BSP
Former Secretary Security in the Government of India and former DGP of Madhya Pradesh Subhash Tripathi has joined the BSP.He is retired 1963 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Seven DGPs empanelled
DGP of seven states including Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi have been empanelled to the rank of DG in the Government of India. They all belong to 1974 batch. They are unlikely to move to the GoI.
Arun Singhal is CVO,GAIL
Arun Singhal has joined as Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO)of the Gas Authority of India Ltd(GAIL).Hitherto he was Joint Secretary Heavy Industries.Singhal is an IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1987 batch.
Sikkim Horticulture, Emporium transferred to RC,Sikkim-Delhi
The Government of Sikkim has entrusted the task of running State Government's Horticulture sale outlet & emporium in Delhi to its Resident Commissioner Arvind Kumar. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1985 batch & belongs to the Sikkim cadre. This sale outlet is an ambitious & flagship project of the Sikkim Government which is aimed at show casing Sikkim's horticultural & handicraft produce.
Pandey to join GoI ?
A P Pandey is likely to go on deputation to the Government of India in a CPO. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre. Will he be relieved for deputation by the Punjab Government ?.
286 ITOs to become Assistant CITs
As many as 286 Income Tax Officers (ITOs) are going to be promoted as Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax(CITs).
R K Singh is DG Investigations, Mumbai
R K Singh has been appointed DG Investigations Income Tax in Mumbai. He is 1973 batch IRS officer.
( We said this on August 11 and again on Aug 12 )
A Satish Ganesh assumes charge as SSP Mathura
A Satish Ganesh has assumed charge as SSP Mathura. He is an IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1996 batch.
Amod Kanth to head Panel in Delhi
Amod Kumar Kanth, retired 1974 batch UT cadre IPS officer, is going to head new Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Delhi.
Major General dismissed
Maj Gen A K Lal is reported to have been dismissed from service. He was posted as GOC 3 Infantry Division in Leh when charges were leveled.
Rao goes to Waltair Division
M.M. Rao has taken over as Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division in East Coast Railway .
160 promoted as Assistant Commissioners by CBEC
The Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has promoted 160 superintendents as Assistant Commissioners of (C & CE)on ad hoc basis for six months. They are being given in situ promotion. However, their seniors have to ensure that none of them is facing any departmental action. Promoted officers have also been asked to inform concerning authorities their five choices by September 17,2008.Those who don't inform ,for them it will be construed as if they have no choice in this regard.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has promoted 160 superintendents as Assistant Commissioners of (C & CE)on ad hoc basis for six months.They are being given in situ promotion.However,their seniors have to ensure that none of them is facing any departmental action.Promoted officers have also been asked to inform concerning authorities their five choices by September 17,2008.Those who don't inform ,for them it will be construed as if they have no choice in this regard.Those who have been promoted are: M. G. Sangamkar , P. Sanjeevl , S. Sakthivel , J. K. Gulatl , D.H. Utpat, MS. Anita Sharma, Avtar Krishan Raina , Ashok Kumar Sharma , M.L. Narasimha MurthyY , A. S. Dattapra Kash , K. S. Srinivasan , M.A. Sathanandan , P.K. Govinda Pillal , M.R. Ingale, K. Kaail Shath , M.P. Mallappa , A.N. Prasanna Kumar , K.C. Appachu , A.S. Bljjal , H. Naraynan , G.Sampath Kumar , Harish KR. Bhandarl , M. S. Bhatnagar , Vinay Prakashjal , Mohan Lal Kathuria , O. B. Mundada , Amresh Kumar , RameshWar Singh, Awedhesh Kumar , A. K. jain , C. V. Parmar, R. K. Mishra , M. J. Motiramani, A. M.R. Khan , Purshcttam Gupta , S mt. Neelam Aneja, Nazakat Hussain, S.K. Pareek , Lallan Prasad, Ramnaresh Prasad, Naresh Prasad Singh, Rajesh Tomar, A.K. Nuhawan , LoveE Kumar Narang, S. Raghyendran, R.P. Rocqu, M.V. Thakur, R. D. Shedge, A. G. Kapre, D. G. Deshpande, S M Verghese, R. D. Goswami, A. V. Nadkarni, U. S. Deshpande, A.D. Paul , M. S. Survase H.B. Gawali, S. R. Payl, Ashok Kumar Sharma , Anil Kumar Khanna , Ravi Chand Sharma, Vinod K. Seth, Rajinder Kumar Malhotra, Madan Mohan Verma , Manilt Singh, Ashok Kampania, Suresh Chand Sharma , Kuldeep Singh, Chakarvarti Vais, Jagat Singh Juneja, P. K. Awasthi, S. K. Joshi, H.G. Bagwe, P. D. Kulkarni, A.D. Gaikar, P. S. Kukareja, D. V. Kulkarni, M.T. Mathew, C. R. Sukale , A. M. Shah, M. A. Hirani, P. R. Kulkarni, V. N. Sapre, V. G. Nevgi, D. S. Mane, H.R. Tiwari, S. M. Desai, A. P. Bhave, J. S. Rote, P. M. Gupte , J. H. Arora, C. N. Sawant, U.V. Deshpande C.G. Thoke, M. Sriramachandra Murihy, B. Ziauddin Ahmed, A. A. Bhosale, Asit Kumar Mohanty, Tapan Kumar Das, N. I. Kazi A. S. Kale, V. Sankarnarayanan, Rabindra Kda s -II, Suresh Kumar Nayak , Ashok Kumar Dutta, Atul Kumar Verma, S.K. Mondal, P.H. Bhoir, M. D. Mohekar, Smt. R. A. Rokade, Madanlal Mandar, U.S. Ingale, D. Mohandass, Dayaram, Babul Nath, Ram prasad) . , Arjun Singh, Jooesh Chand Das, Jimut Biswas, A.K.Das, Jayanta K. Nayak, K. N. Parmar , S. N. Parmar , K. L. Choudasama, H.C. DAS, D .Mallick , swapan kr Roy , G Malleshaiah , C.V.Mohan Kumar , Munnikrishna , A.N.Choudhary , N.S.Chhawal.R.N.Kachari , RaghavanKoya , G.L.Kotkar , H.R.Heena , H.M.Sachdev , K.V.Somnath , V.B.Tiwrekar , R.N.Tiwari , N.J.D'Souza , A.D.Pyorkar , R.k.More , M.H.J , Reddy , N.M.Desai , G.M.Mallick , S.K.Chakraborty , Arunabha Desarkar Tapankar hazra Arunkr das s.s. mukhopadhyay om prakash singh ajoy kumar chopra, s.n. Dole A.j. kanojla S.p. holemukhe, N. jangalayya, Amal B. barua, S.S.Sharma
In situ promotion for 1975 batch on the anvil (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it in situ promotion for empanelled IAS officers of 1975 as Secretaries in Government of India(GOI) is on the anvil .Ms.Kiran Dhingra was the first IAS officer this batch who last week had joined as Secretary Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation(HUPA) in Government of India(GOI).
Raju is back to J & K (UPDATED)
Joint Director CBI R V Raju is back to the parent J & K cadre.1975 batch IPS officer Raju will get DG rank in the state.
Rahul Khullar gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Rahul Khullar, IAS(UT:75) as Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry has got in situ promotion.
Mrs.Sindhushree Khullar gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Mrs.Sindhushree Khullar, IAS(UT:75) as Special Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Financehas got in situ promotion.
Rentala Chandrasekhar gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Rentala Chandrasekhar, IAS(AP:75) as Special Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has got in situ promotion.
P.C. Chaturvedi gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
P.C. Chaturvedi, IAS(UP:75) as Director General, Employees State Insurance Corporation, Ministry of Labour and Employment in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
S.V. Ranganath gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
S.V. Ranganath, IAS(KN:75) as Special Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Space has got in situ promotion.
Jawahar Sircar gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Jawahar Sircar, IAS (WB:75) as Special Secretary and Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has got in situ promotion.
Mrs.Anshu Vaish gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Mrs.Anshu Vaish, IAS (MP:75) as Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
Mrs. Rita Menon gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Mrs. Rita Menon, IAS(UP:75) as Special Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has got in situ promotion.
Bhaskar Chatterjee gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Bhaskar Chatterjee, IAS(OR:75) as Principal Adviser, Planning Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
Rudhra Gangadharan gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Rudhra Gangadharan, IAS(KL:75) as Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
Mrs.Jayati Chandra gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Mrs.Jayati Chandra, IAS(UP:75) as Principal Adviser, Planning Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
Birendra Kumar Sinha gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Birendra Kumar Sinha, IAS(BH:75) as Director General, National Institute of Rural Development, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
Subbaroyan Krishnan gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Subbaroyan Krishnan, IAS(UL:75) as Special Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment has got in situ promotion.
Mukul Joshi gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Mukul Joshi, IAS(PB:75) as Advisor, Inter State Council Secretariat in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
Rajiv Aggarwal gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Rajiv Aggarwal, IAS(MH:75) as Managing Director, National Cooperatives Development Corporation, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
Devender Kumar Sikri gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Devender Kumar Sikri, IAS(GJ:75) as Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs in the rank and pay of Secretary has got in situ promotion.
Vinay Kumar gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Vinay Kumar, IAS(KN:75) as Special Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs has got in situ promotion.
Mrs. Neelam Nath gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Mrs. Neelam Nath, IAS(JH:75) as Special Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence has got in situ promotion.
Suraj Prakash Seth gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Suraj Prakash Seth, IAS (BH:75) as Special Secretary, Ministry of Coal has got in situ promotion.
Harishankar Brahma gets in situ promotion (UPDATED)
Harishankar Brahma, IAS(AP75) as Special Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs has got in situ promotion.
N.Bala Baskar gets promotion (UPDATED)
N.Bala Baskar, IAS(HY:75), presently Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of External Affairs as Principal Adviser, has got promotion in the pay of Secretary with effect from 12th September, 2008 and until further orders.

2 IPS officers posted in MP (UPDATED)

Two IPS officers have got new postings in Madhya Pradesh.They are C.V.Muni Raju IG Selection to IG Balaghat Range & Anvesh Manglam IG Balaghat Range to IG Selection.

CORPORATE
Interviews for ED's in BHEL between September 20 & 24 !
Interviews for promotion of General Managers as Executive Directors (EDs) in BHEL are going to held between September 20 & 24, 2008.
Ajay Chaudhry quits ICICI Bank !
General Manager (Government Relations), Ajay Chaudhry, is reported to have quit the ICICI Bank.
Kolamkar is Member of FMC
D S Kolamkar Economic Advisor in the Department of Consumer Affairs has been appointed Member of the Forward Markets Commission. He will replace Kewal Ram.
Nano plant's row to cost dearly for West Bengal
Economists feel that the ongoing row over Tata Motors plant in Singur (West Bengal) for manufacture of Ratan Tata's dream car "Nano" is going to affect West Bengal (WB) adversely.
Sandeep Murthy is Chairman of Cleartrip.com
Co-founder of Cleartrip.com and its Chief Executive Officer Sandeep
Murthy has been elevated as Chairman of the company.
Cleartrip names Stuart Crighton as its new CEO
Stuart Crighton has become Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Cleartrip.com. Crighton, a co-founder of Cleartrip.com was the COO of the company.
Chris Pursell is VP, Promax&BDA
Senior scribe Christopher Pursell has been named VP, content
innovation, Promax&BDA.
S.K.Roongta SAIL chief receiving 1st Prize from President
S.K. Roongta, Chairman, SAIL receiving First Prize from President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil on September 14, 2008 on HINDI DIVAS for its ISPAT BHASHA BHARTI under All India House Journal Award Scheme at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Indian Minister for Home Affairs, Shivraj Patil is also present on the occasion.
CWC Receives Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) for the second year in a row bagged the 2nd best Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar. The award was presented by the President of India, Mrs.. Pratibha Devisingh Patil on the occasion of Hindi Divas, in a glittering ceremony in Vigyan Bhawan on Sept. 14, 2008. The award has been given to CWC among the Central Public Sector Undertakings in 'A' region for the year 2006-07 by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home, Government of India for its excellent work in Hindi. The award was received by Mr. B.B. Pattanaik, Chairman and Managing Director, CWC. Incidentally, CWC had also received the same award for 2005-06, last year

Aaj Ki Aawaz
UPA are a pathetic lot,
In UPA Raaj a real thrashing by terrorists Indians have got!!!!
India 's Home Minister has mugged up his reaction (to the blasts)!!!!
And all that we've got from him is inaction!!!!
This time he only added that we'll face this threat boldly!!!
People know he means that UPA will boldly turn a blind eye coldly!!!
So many blasts have taken place but no one's been brought to book!!!!
India gives a totally helpless look!!!!
Terrorists have shown they can strike at will,
And UPA Sarkaar is harping its old tune still!!!!
Modi had warned the Government about terrorist attacks in Dilli ( Delhi )!!!
But seems vote bank compulsions have made this Sarkaar pathetically silly!!!!
In fact after the Gujarat lasts I too had said North India was the next terror stop!!!!
Bangalore (S) then GujaraT (W) now Dilli (N) …now seems to Kolkata (E) they'll hop!!!!
Sarkaar has acted unintelligently and Indian Intelligence Agencies have failed!!!!
123 Deal got UPA and NSA derailed!!!!
First NSA was totally absorbed with the Deal and now he's absorbed in celebrating!!!
All other issues have been kept 'waiting' !!!!
Shivraj has proven to be the worst Home Minister India 's ever had!!!!
And his continuance as HM is indeed very sad!!!!
Shivraj should be sacked ……. in fact retired!!!!
Gunman Shivraj deserves to be fired!!!!
Sonia and Manmohan ensconced in their citadels show how little they care for us!!!!
On them and their near and dear's security the Security Agencies really fuss!!!
Remove the security cover for their near and dear!!!
And then they will realize and feel our kind of fear!!!
As they play politics we Indian bear the brunt!!!
For new ways to please Sonia and her think tank karte hai hunt!!!
Indian ranks third behind Iraq and Afghanistan in civilians being killed in terror attacks!!!
International opinion is commitment to tackle terrorism India totally lacks!!!!
UPA is Useless and Pathetic Alliance!!!!
Ho gayi buss (enough)!!!!!
Seems rather than Pranab's pitch an unwritten agreement between NSG did the job!!!!
And India 's right to get new technologies they've decided to rob!!!!
And Bush's letter shows US's mindset!!!!!
' If India carries out tests what will India get'!!!!!
Rightly Security is BJP's electoral plank!!!!
And BJP should show UPA's vote bank prank!!!!
As long as one is an Indian at heart there is nothing to fear or worry!!!
BJP's aim will be to secure India and terrorism ko karre bury!!!!
BJP should show how the 123 Deal for three years has made UPA comatose!!!!
Questions on what all UPA has compromised UPA ko karre BJP pose!!!!
BJP should also not forget inflation!!!!!
What caused inflation to rise….. tell the Nation?????
Amrinder as he has done in the past when pushed into a corner has gone abroad!!!
Insiders say its business and to spend time with his broad (slang for Lady)!!!
Is he giving Badals and Punjab Vigilance some cooling off time???
Or is this his way of telling them that for the cases against him he does not care a dime!!!
Will elections be held in December!!!!
For this UPA will have to call for elections in September !!!!
Congress feels inflation is coming down and Deal has been hyped!!!!
And Laloo feels by the floods some of his negativity has been wiped!!!
Pawar and DMK want polls to be held as per schedule!!!!
For a few more months they'd like to continue their Dilli rule!!!
Sonia is in a quandary and her eye twitch has kicked in!!!!
She knows the odds are sky high for a Congress win!!!
Confucius says….how she wishes she had a magical mirror that could give her the jawaab!!!!
And if she had one it would say ' Congress ki haalath hai ek dum kharaab!!!

Forum
Waiting list be scrapped
All the Waiting List prepared in the Directorate of Estates on the basis of basic pay on 01.01.1996 should be scrapped immediately and new application should be called from officers eligible for Type VA and above for drawing up new waiting list on the basis of revised pay as per 6th CPC as on 01.01.2006.It is wrong and unfair to continue the present waiting list drawn on the basic pay 12 years old. It does not take into account the cadre reviews, appointments and promotions which took place during these 12 years in DS or higher scales after 01.01.1996.
Prasad
What about the male?
Government vide OM of DOPT NO. 13018/2/2008-EStt.(L), dated 11th Sept. 08, has substantively increased the quantum of Maternity Leave and introduced the Child Care Leave for women. This is good news for the family who has a employed lady but what about the male. Is he not responsible for child birth or child care. I think male parents are more involved in child care in today's nuclear family norms, as the housewife has to perform almost all household works and get a few time for child care. It is, therefore, my request is to included Male government employees in this memorandum
Amian Das
Respose of the visitor is erroneous and misleading
To state that 1980 batch is still Director is to conceal that 1982 batch officers are in SAG since last two years.
To state that the promotion is in-situ again is misleading as so many posts have been upgraded to provide substantive promotion.
Where is the Batch in ISS?
The original UPSC recommendation for appointment has been altered and so many of 1985 and 1986 batch officers have superseded 1984 batch officers. ISS cadre management has concealed many things than they revealed.
Ramarama Prasad
Let us resolve to be more reasonable
It is strange that we have to depend on reports from some organisation to know the corruption level in country. At least, we the officers know everything and still pretend this country is being run according to the constitution. Who does not know how the officers are being posted by paying money to the ministers. The chief secretaries have little role other than signing the whims and fancies of political bosses. Can he dare to oppose any order, however unreasonable it be when he knows he can be shifted out any moment. In other departments too the fate of Ojha, Bihar DGP, is an indication how things work on ground. If the top bosses are so helpless, imagine the plight of junior officers like us. The so called all india services to which we belong have betrayed the very objective for which they were constituted. Now we are more concerned in protecting our posting in state rather than the principles because there are a whole lot of equally competent and more close to ministers, "son of the soil" officers waiting to occupy our chairs. Rather than slinging mud on each others services, let us together resolve to be more reasonable and try to be l
Neeta Singh
If corruption is legitmised?
Think if a proposal is move for legitmising corruption, then what would happen? Legislatures would be too happy to pass such a legislation after all they are in any case not expected to be honest. Bureaucracy would be too happy to make rules for the same of course while taking into account that 'superiority' of IAS is maintained. While IPS and IRS officers would also be pleased as it both reduces their workload and increases the perks of the job. Judiciary may also react positively as all this ongoing talk of judicial accountability would then rest to peace. Come on people now let us pass this one legislation which pleases everybody and all this embarrassment of doing it under the table should be ended once for all.
MB
Protocol Officer made a scapegoat !
Protocol Officer Defence Ministry is perhaps made a scapegoat. If American ambassador was visiting, RM was everything left to the poor soul? What was the huge staff of RM doing?
Nandan
Why Special soft corner for ISS?
Usually it is said that ideal cadre structure should be pyramidal but the kind of structure which has now emerged oflate for ISS would confuse all mathematicians to define it as against a pyramidal set-up.
In view of the present scenario, one would wonder if ISS officers would crave at all for any 2-year parity at Joint Secretary level with IAS. This special soft-corner of the Government for ISS is beyond comprehension
Nikhil
A modern day Birbal ki kahani.
An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the
United Nations Assembly that made the world community smile. A
representative from India began: 'Before beginning my talk, I want to
tell you something about Rishi Kashyap of Kashmir, after whom Kashmir is named.
When he struck a rock and it brought forth water, he thought, 'What a
good opportunity to have a bath.'
He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water.
When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A
Pakistani had stolen them.'
The Pakistani representative jumped up furiously and shouted, 'What
are you talking about? The Pakistanis weren't there then.'
The Indian representative smiled and said, 'And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech.'
Contributed by=Satya Singal