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Five new Joint Directors in CBI
Five new Joint Directors in the CBI are being appointed in a day or two.
Seven 1975 batch IAS waiting for posting at Secr level
As many as seven 1975 batch IAS officers are still waiting for posting in the Government of India at Secretary level. They are Navin Kumar (Bihar), BC Gupta (Punjab), Rachel Chatterjee and T Chatterjee (Andhra Pradesh ) BS Meena (Maharashtra) J Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) and Neela Gangadharan (Kerala).
Neeta Kapoor to be new CGDA !
Neeta Kapoor is being tipped to be new Controller General Defence Accounts (CGDA),1973 batch IDAS officer Neeta Kapoor will succeed Ms Bulbul Ghosh who has applied for VRS.
Orders of GM Nair in a day or so
Orders pertaining to Military Secretary, GM Nair, are likely to be issued in a day or two.
Air Marshal Neri to replace Rama Sundara ?
Air Marshal, J Neri, is all set to replace Air Officer-in-charge Maintenance (AOM) Air Marshal K M Rama Sundara, from February 1.
Who will be new DG of CRPF ?
Who will succeed A S Gill as DG of the CRPF on February1 ?.Those who figure in the panel include CISF DG N R Das, DG ITBP Vikram Srivastava, Director NPA Vijay Kumar and R Dalal DGP Haryana.
Mystery shrouds Cabinet note on Prasar Bharati Board
Mystery shrouds the non-implementation of a Cabinet note on disbanding Prasar Bharati Board. More than three months have passed since the note is yet to see the light of the day. Is someone more powerful than I & B Minister Ms Ambika Soni ?.
Rajiv Tandon is new Joint Director CBI
Rajiv Tandon is joining the CBI as Joint Director. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Process for appointment of EDs to CMDs in PS banks starts
Process for appointment of Executive Directors (EDs) to Chairman cum Managing Directors (CMDs) to be done next year in public sector banks has begun.
Thaosen promoted in SPG
S L Thaosen has been promoted to the rank of IG in the SPG. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Large scale transfers in Bihar on the anvil
As the grapevine has it there are going to be large-scale transfers of DMs & SPs in Bihar, during January 2010.
Will Shankar be Governor ?
Name of former CVC P Shankar has also started doing the round for the Governorship.
Air India’s entry into Star Alliance being sabotaged!
As the grapevine has it, entry of Air India into Star Alliance is being sabotaged. Order for passengers service system (PSS) an essential pre –requisite to join Star Alliance, has not been done so far.
Jobs is top priority in Uttarakhand : NS Napalchyal
The Uttarakhand Government being headed by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal is giving top priority to employment generation. This was disclosed to <whispersinthecorridors.com> by Nrip Singh Napalchyal newly appointed Chief Secretary of the Uttarakhand state. Napalchyal is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre. At the same time focus was developing 670 village panchayats as growth centers in such a way so that people did not have to travel to block or district head quarters. For this flagship Programme titled “Atal Adarsh gram yojana” was being vigorously pushed said Nrip Singh Napalchyal.  Fourteen point special programme was being implemented said Napalchyal adding aspects like afforestation, agriculture, horticulture, cultivation of herbal plants & health facilities in remote rural areas. Attention was also being paid by the Uttarakhand Government on resource mobilization for implementation of various developmental  programmes, he added.
CLB to be replaced by NCLT ?
The Company Law Board is likely to be replaced by the proposed National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). President of NCLT shall be a person who is or has been a High Court Judge.
Development of Chandigfarh stalled
Development of Chandigarh has been badly hit due to an open confrontation of Pradip Mehra Chief Administrator Chandigarh with UT Administrator General S F Rodrigues (retd).
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS Officer Madhabendra Mallick, Director, NSSO (DPD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata, has been posted as DDG, NSSO (DPD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata.
IOC chief’s term to end in February 2010
The deputation tenure of Sarthak Behuria, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), is coming to an end in February 2010.
Nagma Mallick moved to Washington
Director (ERS) in the Ministry of External Affairs Nagma M Mallick has been moved to Washington in place of Rahul Chhabra.
No panel sent by DoPT for Commissioner, KVS
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) in Government of India (GOI) is yet to sent a panel of officers for the slot of Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS). Earlier, the DoPT had sent a panel to the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), but HRD Minister Kapil Sibbal rejected that. Currently Dr (Ms.) Alka Bhargava who is a Director in the Government of India (GOI) is holding additional charge as Commissioner KVS. She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre. She is a Director in Ministry of HRD.
Decision on appointing DVC Chairman hangs in balance
The decision about appointing the next Chairman of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) still hangs in balance because there have been no directives from the CVC.
Neeraj Sharma to be OSD of Soren ?
Neeraj Sharma is likely to be appointed OSD to Jharkhand CM designated Shibu Soren.
Balanathan is PCCF in TamilNadu
AS Balanathan, IFS, 1976 Tamilnadu cadre, has been posted as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head Of Forest Force), Tamilnadu .
Dash posted as Special Secretary in Orissa
Panchanan Dash has been posted as Special Secretary to Government of Orissa in Industries Department on his promotion to SAG of ISS. He is 1983 batch ISS officer.
Bihar CM in Rajgir
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been camping in Rajgir (Nalanda) District since December 25, 2009 & will be there till December 30, 2009. He has convened a cabinet meeting in Rajgir which is slated for December 29, 2009.
No decision about AP Chief Secretary
No decision has been taken about the appointment of Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary.Meanwhile,names of A K Goel and S V Prasad have started doing the round for the post.
Decision of Gujarat Chief Secretary today
Decision of the new Chief Secretary of Gujarat is likely to be taken either today or tomorrow.
IPS officers list in MP soon
As the grapevine has it a list of IPS officers pertaining to their promotions & postings in Madhya Pradesh is on the anvil. According Maithili Sharan Gupta on elevation is likely to be posted as ADG Administration, Sukhraj Singh on elevation is likely to be posted as ADG SAF & Surendra Singh is likely to be posted as ADG Economic Offences Wing (EOW). Those DIGs who are being promoted as IGs are expected to be posted in PHQ, Bhopal.
Telangana stir disturbs travel plans of many people
Those availing leave travel concession (LTC) benefit or otherwise travelling to or from South are stuck up It is so because the ongoing stir relating to the Telangana stir which has cast a spell of uncertainty on all trains.
Aviation companies having a gala time
Aviation companies are making a fast buck. Thanks to the ongoing Telangana stir which has cast a spell of uncertainty on all trains. Otherwise also during winter vacations aviations companies have a gala time.
Nanawati appointed DDG UIDA
B.B. Nanawati has been appointed as Deputy Director General in the Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDA) under the PLanning Commission.He is 1981 batch IRS (IT) officer.
126 IRS (IT) officers granted non-functional upgradation
 
As many as 126 Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officers have been granted non-functional upgradation in the higher administrative grade.

RTI

Threat of implication in a case
Copy of action taken on a complaint against the visit of an inspector of CBI and alleged threat of implicating his sons in the case of ‘Garhwa fort dacoity cum murder case’ was sought. It was denied on the ground that notings made by the officers are a privileged document. Moreover, the complaint relates to case RC SID 2001 E 003, which is subjudice, and Court is already seized of the matter and prosecution has started in this case. Parting away with the said reports, shall pre-empt the trial and impede the process of prosecution. The Commission noted that the applicant has merely asked for action taken against CBI inspectors for allegedly threatening appellant in connection with case of RC No. 4 (S)/2003 (Garhwa fort dacoity cum murder case) in which appellant’s son is not a party. Holding the response of respondents as misconceived, the Commission allowed the appeal. The Commission also directed to adhere to the practice of answering correspondence in the language in which it is received.
Comments
While the disclosure of the information which is not going to affect prosecution is commendable, the direction of the CIC that correspondence should be in the language in which it is received can lead to difficulties.

[Shri S.C. Gupta v. CBI in Appeal No. CIC/WB/A/2008/01296]
Mrs. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in)
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann
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Bhutani takes over as Director in BHEL
O. P. Bhutani has taken over as Director (Engineering, Research and Development) at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.
Santhanakrishnan is CGM in Puducherry
B. Santhanakrishnan has been appointed as Chief General Manager (Administration) of Puducherry Industrial Promotion, Development and Investment Corporation.
Anoop Prabhakar is new Head of Corporate Banking
Anoop Prabhakar has taken over as head of Corporate Banking, Development Credit Bank.
PwC Tax Practice Head resigns
Dinesh Kanabar Tax Practice Head of the PricewaterhouseCooricepers' (PwC), has resigned. He is reportedly joining KPMG.
Dalal and Mukherjee appointed by PwC
Ketan Dalal and Shyamal Mukherjee, both Executive Directors have been appointed new joint leaders for PwC's tax and regulatory practice in India.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Hope Sonia Madam has realized Telengana could be a real thorn for her!!!!
Hope she’s hearing on this murmur after murmur!!!
Creation of Telengana will make rest of AP burn!!!
And if it’s not created then to burn it’ll be the so called Telengana region’s turn!!
It’s getting trickier and riskier with every passing day!!!!
If Telengana is created then ‘what about us’ other regions demanding Statehood will say!
Maybe very soon there will be pro and anti Telengana fasts in Andhra Pradesh!!!!
All overweight AP Congressmen should prepare to fast should be Sonia’s sandesh!!!
The Telengana Congressmen fast for Telengana and the others fast for unified AP State!
Maybe AP could solve rampant food inflation at this rate!!!
Congress wants to ensure that 'heads it wins and Opposition looses if its tails'!!!!
Telegana for Sonia and Congress could end up to be a ‘bed of nails’!!!
Would it not be right to find out how Rathor managed to twist Ruchika’s school’s arm???
Because the school would have acted only if it saw in not obeying his diktat harm!!!
Without a doubt Rathor had some info about some misdeeds of this school!!!
And that is how he managed to give the school hool (slang for threat)!!!
PIL has been filed and hope they find out what was the scum he had on the school!!
Which to get Ruchika expelled Rathor used like a tool!!!
And CBI’s got eggs by the dozen on its face!!!
After the revelations it looks as if to protect Rathor CBI did race!!
If he can get away with a lower pension and medal confiscation he’ll be only too khush!
In fact if these end his woes these proposals Rathor himself willingly push!!
The man is loaded and the medals do not matter to such a person!!!!
And he’ll happily accept this ‘punishment’ and hope from there things will not worsen!!
One poor and desperate man was a stowaway on an Air India plane!!
He’s being treated like a hijacker …want to make his case an example Agencies explain!
How about making Rathor’s case an example after all he’s molested a girl and the law too?
And then no one can forget the smirky smile on his mooh!!!
ND Tiwari says he was framed by a unidentified foe!!!
I'm sure many will exclaim like me with 'Is that so'????
For being framed,
Telengana he's blamed!
Maybe someone used his NDTV 'gustaakhi maaf' dummy!!
Seems Tiwaari thinks in India 'bewakoofo ki there is no kummi'!!!
BJP too thinks India is full of fools!!!
And that us why with us it fools!!!
BJP says its a Party with a difference and then does what it has said Congress should not do!!!
Like it is allying with Soren at whom sometime back Advani did boo!!
Rajnath says if Congress made him a Mantri then what's wrong if we make him CM of a State?
And Advani had cried foul when Congress had made Soren in UPA a mate!!
RSS needs to issue a diktat that Rajnath keeps his gob shut!!
And so that he does not cause more damage RSS should do so futta-futt!!
Tharoor's twitting should come to an end!!
A firm message on this to him Sonia should send!!!
Why should he be twitting about something that comes in Home Ministry's domain???
He should not grow big for his boots and in his own boots he should remain!
If you ask me Mohan should drop this Twitter and give him all the time to twit!
And Mohna can sack him using wit!!
Confucius says....Mohna should write to him and say ' Please now feel free to twit 24x7'!!!!
' Why you can now even open a Twitting Cafe and call it Twitter's Heaven'!!!
Adds... The Twit then can twit to his heart's desire!!!!
But first jaldi se karro iss ko Cabinet se fire!!!!

Bharat Kumar

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Some debacles of this decade

1. Liberhan report
2. Sachhar report
3. R.N. Misra reports(two)
4. S. Sagir Ahmad report
5. Second SRC proposal
It is the primary responsibility of the Paliament Of India to consider all aspects of the issues involved, rather than leaving it to one man/one group. Retired Justices may be as flawed as retired bureaucrats, but national issues call for only political maturity & vision. The constitution of India has been rewritten in several pieces in the past less than 59 years. The Parliament alone is empowered to rewrite the constitution and none else. For the integrity and unity of the nation called India, the Parliament must step in now. Either save the country or at least spare it for God's sake!
M L Gupta

Apply it to Ministers and Judiciary also
Home minister PC wants that performance appraisal be done for IAS and IFS and IPS officers over 50 years of age and the less efficient be weeded out. Certainly, but why not apply it to Ministers and Judiciary as well. In the end, let us be sure that as always, even the IAS will wriggle out of it and only the IPS will suffer!
A K Singh

Obama must be strict
Being true that Obama is an ideal for youngsters, but I must say that Obama may not be, perhaps, a person to remain strict to his promises, whatsoever, political or extending financial help to developing countries or any joint agreement. He must be strict to the issue of terrorist too without opting middle path. Overall, I appreciate Obama as a young, energetic, exemplary personality in the world.
H S Bhalla

Include IRTS Rly officer as Coal Regulator member
Coal transportation takes place mainly through Railways. A retired/existing IRTS Railway officer should invariably be a member of the Coal Regulator. Otherwise some day, the Coal Regulator may pass some unreasonable order to the Railways to implement.
B B Srivastava

Administrative scam in Telecom Department
Is anybody aware of any administrative scam in Department of Telecom ? Please do come forward for reporting the same .
Siri

India doesn’t needs to import culture & mores
When will we wake up to the pitfalls of blindly aping the west? Legalise prostitution, legalise deviant behaviour, become the AIDS capital of the world, break up the institutions of marriage and family, leave the elderly and children in old age and juvenile homes, live on credit and do not save, rely on savings of other countries, destroy the environment, become prey to lifestyle diseases- is that all we want to do? We must remember that this country does not need to import culture and mores, we have our own culture and values.
A K Singh

Politicians shouldn’t be made Governors
The episode that led to the resignation of ND Tiwari as AP Governor raises many questions about the way the Governors are selected. Some like Bharadwaj were selected for the dog like devotion they showed to the Supreme Commander of Congreass. Bharadwaj is reportedly one who helped in quashing Quottrochi case. He also as a law minister reportedly had his hand in the selection of many undeserving characers into higher judiciary. He is sent to Karnataka to screw up BJP Government there. Politicians should not be made Governors
N Krishnan