The site deserves praises for bringing fresh cases for the readers on regular basis. My congratulations to the team and the author. Can you improve the presentation at the site? The lines are often broken and the sentence starts in the middle like in the case reported today.
Shashikala M. Nair

Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> & <mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

Five new Joint Directors appointed
Five new Joint Directors have been appointed in the CBI. They are Mssrs R.P Agarwal, IPS(AM-86), Keshav Kumar, IPS(GJ-86) , Ms Suman Bala Sahoo, IPS(WB-87) ,Prabodh Kumar, IPS(PB-88) andR K Tandon, IPS(MP - 88).
(We said this yesterday only)
Raju to be CVC ?
DG NIA R V Raju is reportedly ahead in the race for the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of J & K Cadre.
35 Brigadiers to be promoted as Major Generals
As many as 35 Brigadiers are soon to be promoted as Major Generals. The files pertaining to the same are lying in the Ministry of Defence for approval.
Vivek Sahai is new Member (Traffic) Railways
Vivek Sahai has taken over as new Member (Traffic) in the Railway Board.He was earlier GM Northern Railways.
( We said this on December 12 and again on December22 )
Syed Naseem A Zaidi to get Secretary rank
As the grapevine has it, Syed Naseem A Zaidi, Director General (DG) in Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), will soon be Secretary . Zaidi is a 1976 batch IAS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Cabinet Secretary’s ‘no’ to upgradation of Jt. Secr post
Cabinet Secretary is believed to have turned down the proposal of upgrading the post of Joint Secretary to Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Fertilisers.
MP roads – a role model
Roads of Madhya Pradesh have been appreciated by G Haldia, adviser to Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission. He is reported to have said that the roads in Madhya Pradesh should be a role model for other road agencies. 1989 batch IAS officer Mohammad Suleman is the MD of the Road Development Corporation.
Process for appointment of GMs to EDs in PS banks starts
Process for appointment of General Managers (GMs) to Executive Directors (EDs) to be done next year in public sector banks has begun.
JNPT Chairman to go back to Maharashtra as ACS ?
Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) Syed S Hussain is all set to go back to his parent Maharashtra cadre early next year to become ACS.
Radhika to join GoI
B Radhika is joining the NCRB in the Government of India. She is 1989 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
Anil Khachi poised to go to centre
As the grapevine has it, Anil Khachi, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Himachal Pradesh, is poised to go on central deputation. He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Who will go first Governor or Mehra ?
Owing to an open confrontation by Pradip Mehra Chief Administrator Chandigarh with UT Administrator General S F Rodrigues (retd), it is being discussed in corridors of power that who will go first. Whether, Mehra or General S F Rodrigues (retd).
Entry of Air India to Star Alliance still a mirage
A common code for Indian Airlines and Air India is the major roadblock in way of the carrier's entry into the alliance, the membership of which was accepted two years ago, in December 2007.
Will Sarthak Behuria’s term be extended as IOC chief?
Will the term of Sarthak Behuria, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), which is coming to an end in February 2010, be extended? This question is hotly being discussed in corridors of power. Behuria will superannuate in the year 2012.
Post of Calcutta Port Trust Chairman hangs in balance
Post of Chairman in Calcutta Port Trust has been hanging in balance for long.
Keshav Kumar is new JD CBI
Keshav Kumar is joining the CBI as Joint Director. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
( We said this on October 15 and again on November 12)
M.S. Gill’s term coming to an end in April next
The Rajya Sabha tenure of M.S.Gill Indian Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs is coming to an end in April 2010.
Who will succeed Addl DG, PIB ?
While the Additional DG in PIB, DS Chauhan, is retiring in January 2010, his successor is yet to be decided.
Jaruhar to succeed Yashwant Malhotra in CRPF
Rakesh Jaruhar will succeed Yashwant Malhotra as Special DG (Training) in CRPF. Malhotra is retiring on Jan 1, 2010.
Pandey promoted in SPG
S K Pandey has been promoted to the rank of IG in the SPG. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
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.
Shyam Lal Goyal to be Joint Secretary, S & T
Shyam Lal Goyal would be joining Department of Biotechnology in Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India as a Joint Secretary. He is an IAS officer of the1985 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre. Presently, he is Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC) to Maharashtra government in Delhi.
M.P.Bhatt is IG, ITBP, Northern Frontier, Dehradun
M.P. Bhatt has joined as IG, ITBP, Northern Frontier, Dehradun in place of Rajiv Mehta.  He is an ITBP cadre officer.
Para military forces thank P.Chidambaram
All persons (from officer to constable) who are working in the paramilitary forces have thanked Indian Minister for Home Affairs P. Chidambaram, for the approval of high altitude allowances equal to them at with the Army. It was last-long demand of paramilitary forces on the reasoning that working conditions at the high altitude are same for the both forces.
MHA’s guideline for proper placement implemented
Ministry of Home Affairs has issued guidelines for proper placement of forces at International border i.e. one-border – one-force. Now this guideline has been fully implemented e.g.1.China Border - ITBP 2.Myamar Border – Assam Rifles 3.Nepal Border Sashastra Seema Bal 4.Bangladesh and Pakistan Border – BSF 5.Coastal Areas – Navy and Coast Guard
Ranjan Chatterjee elevated to the Secretary’s rank
Ranjan Chatterjee, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission has been elevated as Secretary level officer since November 24, 2009 and is also going to get pay and perks equivalent to Secretary. He is an IAS officer of the1976 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Mohsina Kidwai to be Governor of West Bengal !
Now the name of Mohsina Kidwai has started doing the round for the post of Governorship of West Bengal.
Orders of Prasad today !
Orders of S V Prasad as new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh are being issued on Wednesday.He is 1975 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on December 4 )
Reddy to be State Election Commissioner
Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Ramakanth Reddy who is retiring on December 31 will be new State Election Commissioner.He will succeedA.V.S. Reddy whose term will end on December 31.
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.
MNREGA still missing from official websites
After the Government’s decision for rechristening of NREGA as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), it is still NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) in Government websites. So, far there is not any update available in there digital record.
IIMs holding midterm career training programmes have tie-ups abroad
There have been several midterm career training programmes, in the past seven years, in public policy and management at the IIMs, which too have tie-ups with foreign institutes like the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Deol is new DGP of A & N Island
S B Deol has joined as new DGP of Andman & Nicobar Island.He is 1976 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Thirteenth Finance Commission Report Submitted
Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Chairman, 13th Finance Commission accompanied by  B.K. Chaturvedi, Dr. Indira Rajaraman, Prof. Atul Sarma and Dr. Sanjiv Misra, Members of the Commission called on the President Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan today and submitted their report. They also briefed the President on the recommendations made in the report. Sumit Bose is the Secretary of the Commission.
Services of DCIT Chandigarh placed at disposal of Dept of Excise, Punjab
Consequent upon his selection for appointment as Additional Secretary Vat in the Department of Excise and Taxation, Government of Punjab, on deputation basis, the services of Jivandeep Singh Kahlon, DCIT, Circle 1 (I), Chandigarh, are placed at the disposal of Department of Excise and Taxation, Government of Punjab, for a period of three years.
Dr Ashish Kumar Bhutani promoted
Dr Ashish Kumar Bhutani, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Guwahati Development Department and Finance department has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1992 batch IAS officer.
Longki Phangcho promoted
Longki Phangcho, Secretary to the Government of Assam, WPT and BC Department has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1992 batch IAS officer.
Sanjay Lohiya promoted
Sanjay Lohiya, Commissioner of Taxes, Assam, has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
Avinash P Joshi promoted
Avinash P Joshi, Mission Director, Assam Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
Rajeev Chandra Joshi promoted
Rajeev Chandra Joshi, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Finance department, has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
Niraj Verma promoted
Niraj Verma, State Project Director, AACP and Secretary to the Government of Assam, has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.

LS Changaan promoted
LS Changaan, Deputy Commissioner, Jorhat, has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
AB Md Eunus promoted
AB Md Eunus, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Education (Elementary and Secondary) and Welfare Minorities Development Department, has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
SC Longmailai promoted
SC Longmailai, Commissioner of Labour, Assam, has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
Utpalananda Sarma promoted
Utpalananda Sarma, Deputy Commissioner, Bongaigaon, has been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
Samir Kumar Sinha promoted
Samir Kumar Sinha, now on centrall deputation has been allowed proforma promotion to officiate in Super Time Scale of IAS. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
Santanu Thakur transferred
Santanu Thakur, Director of Industries and Commerce, Assam, has been transferred and posted as Secretary to Government of Assam, Sports and Youth Welfare Department. He is 1997 batch IAS officer.

CORPORATE
Goel elected President
Rohtas Goel has been elected president of the National Real Estate Development Council.
Brar gets one year extension
Chairman of the Punjab State Electricity Board H S Brar has been granted one year extension.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

With Soren BJP is allying!!
So that means when Advani ‘cried foul on Soren being made a Mantri’ he was lying!
 
Best case scenario for BJP would have been to extend external support!!!!!
Own credibility by itself BJP ne kee deport!!!!
 
Maybe Rajnath has handed over the baton to keep making BJP trip to Ghadkhari!!!
And Ghadkari has started doing this in a hurry!!!
 
Please do also note that Ghadkari was a flop in his State but he’s been given BJP’s top post!
His only qualification is he’s a damn good host!!!
 
What was so great in Ghadkari’s resume that he was selected!!!!
If merit was the criteria  and not his cooking skills then he should have been rejected!!!
 
BJP is going to sink further and there’s no chance of a recovery for at least a decade!!!
Fact of the matter is power spoilt BJP and by its fighting Leaders BJP's been waylaid!!
 
Only tinka for drowning BJP is to plunge head on into ‘Public ki Sewa’!!!!
And then maybe after years of sewa BJP may get power as mewa (award)!!!
 
Tiwari is an example of how Netas are caught red handed and how they try to wiggle out!!!!
‘I’ve been framed’ now from Dehra Dun Tiwari karr raha hai shout!!!
 
Isn’t the Guv House abs secure and teems with security so how did these Ladies enter?
The Guv House teems with attendants and Guv is attention ka centre!!!!
 
Did they enter as women from his constituency come to meet the Guv????
What were the instructions from ‘above’????
 
Tiwari says he’s going to present his case to High Command!!!!
If I know Sonia she’ll treat him like the plague and from him even an explanation she’ll not demand!!
 
I think she’ll just let him fade away!!!
And Tiwari is now in Dehra Dun to stay!!!!
 
In Dehra Dun he’s going to feel the heat of cases ‘ in land allotments he did when he was CM’!
And just imagine at one time his name was taken to be India’s ‘stopgap’ PM!!!!
 
Congress is celebrating 125 years of ‘good, bad and ugly’!!!!
And its biggest shame is the 1984 genocide when Congress went uglily pagli!!!
 
Chalo let them celebrate but they cannot erase what history says!!!!
And with changing times Congress will have to change its ways!!!
 
An intrusive Media and alert Public are making Netas change!!!!
And Netas  should now realize that they are never out of the Media’s and Public’s range!!!
 
It’s Ruchika’s 16th death anniversary and more than a week since the Court’s injustice!!!
But still there are no concrete steps from the Haryana Sarkaar to give justice!!!
 
Hooda has washed his hand off by just saying case should be revisited!!!
And how and who in the Haryana Sarkaar protected Rathor should also 'be visited'!!!
 
Both Dhirubhai's sons have ads on TV on his 77th birth anniversary!!!
But if he could he'd sing ‘sapna mera ho gaya bury'!!!
 
Sons broke up Reliance and went their own ways!!!!!
‘He would have been broken hearted if break up took place when he was alive’ an insider says!
 
Very soon if you travel to US the Airline you intend to fly will call you for an interview!!
And to check in for US flights you will find a ‘ passengers in underwear’ ka queue!!!!
 
Post emplaning Airline will provide ‘robes’ which will be collected after baggage collection!
So that before leaving the airport passengers can in their attire make necessary correction!
 
Confucius says…… Underwear manufacturers will come out with ‘undergarments for US travel’!!!
Conservative, Regular and Oglers delight models for travel to US Jockey may unravel!!


Bharat Kumar

Forum
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Appoint scholars as Governors
Government should revert back to the tradition when scholars were made Governors of the State. There is no dearth of outstanding  IAS, IPS, Generals, Doctors, Engineers, academicians and even businessmen etc in the country. When businessmen and IAS can be sent as Ambassador, why not as Governor to the States. They will serve dual purpose. There will be a non politician above politician (The Chief Minister) and impartial from the day to day Tamasha which politicians create. Certainly the politicians are not required as Governors .
K C Rathore

Persons being made Governor be screened carefully
While I condemn the ND Tiwari episode, I cannot concur with Krishnan’s views, that "Politicians should not be made governors". Au contraire, retired bureaucrats, policemen, military officers, judges, academics, etc are all equally and perfectly capable of being morally/intellectually deficient, and the ND Tiwari episode hardly proves that any one class is unfit to hold constitutional posts. Indeed, it is a false extrapolation. Going by this account, one could say that on the basis of the SPS Rathore, IPS (Retd) rapist case, IPS officers should not be made DGP's. Just as that makes no sense, nor does the claim that politicians should not be made governors make any sense. Certainly the persons being made governor should be screened carefully, and it should be made sure that they are the right sort of person. If anything, this brouhaha shows up the poor judgement made by the congress high command. But India will become better because of better politicians, and removal of the rot from our political scene, and never through control by bureaucrats!
Aditya

There is an understandble outrage over light punishment meted out to "meritorious police officer" and ex DGP of Haryana SPS Rathore and everyone is shocked over the mockery of justice. While doing everything to undo the wrongs committed during last 19 years , we should not forget that Rathore must have been a man of great utility to his political masters and all others who bent backwards to not only save him but also punish Ruchika her brother and father. There is very little information on what all he did while holding high positions to please all those who ensured that no harm came to him.But the sad fact is that types of Rathore are even today flourishing and holding top positions and there is little likelihood of their being caught and brought to justice before another 19 years.It is not a mere coincidence that a person having tastes identical to Rathore goes on to become governor(after having held important positions in the government) . Though he got caught on camera at the age of 85 years but was quite successful upto 84 years. Instead of disowning and condemning his shameful conduct , the ex governor is being hailed for taking a high moral position and resigning.
Sudhir Chopra

Reinvention – Disowning - Distancing
It seems now-a-days the Congress party has been in the process of reinventing (in some cases distancing from) itself in some issues. The issue reinvented is - on 125th Anniversary of AICC, ‘Madam’ enlightened the countrymen that the country's economic liberalization was shaped and conceptualized during her martyr husband's living years. What a reinvention of the millennium! This reinvented message would soon be mass-communicated through the entire breadth and corner in the form of sponsored education & awareness programmes by her trusted saplings.

She disowned and distanced from the legacy of AICC, the period 1991-1996, when Congress was in power at the centre. It is said ‘Madam’ painted that period in the books of AICC as the darkest phase and more over ‘Madam’ gets allergic to the name of that incumbent PM (a poor southern Brahmin lacking any mass following). So keeping in view her allergy problem, I am also not naming that person. But who cures ‘Madam’ from PV phobia. Like any unsung heroes of Congress non-Gandhi leaders, the former PM showed exemplary courage in ushering liberalization era, withstood the tests of time and left indelible imprints in the growth story of nation. He ate ‘desi namak & mirchi’ that is why he had been ‘faithful’ (because he ate ‘desi namak’) to Congress party and country. He ate ‘desi mirchi’ so he showed ‘courage’ when the time demanded. I was told the Europeans do not take ‘namak’ & ‘mirchi’ in their dishes.
Madduri VKR

It’s also failure of judiciary and public prosecutors
Apropos AK Saxena's note on "Ruchika...", it is not only the entire bureaucracy at Chandigarh and New Delhi, but also the failure of judiciary as well as the public prosecutors. They all have interfered with the case, blocking it, delaying it and finally giving out meager punishment for such a dastardly, heinous crime.
Ujagar Singh

Accolades on Rahul Gandhi>
M S Bhalla’s accolades on Rahul Gandhi appears to be an appendix to what NDTV did the other day proclaiming him as the best loved politician in the world, even above President Obama. Except for a few villagers in his home constituency, most of us have not seen much of him or heard of his opinions on the vital problems facing this nation, except the paeans sung for him by dynasty sycophants. He has been mostly silent in Lok Sabha also and has consistently avoided any media interviews. Many believe that his much hyped village visits are meant to avoid such interviews and get his ignorance exposed. Our nation is already paying dearly for pushing up a Nehru as the PM over more suitable candidates (Kashmir, Tibet et al) undemocratically by Gandhi. One shudders to think what will happen when such a unqualified abd unsuitable person is hoisted on the Nation as PM.
Naveen K

Who listens ?
Tell us of the Ministry of GOI which is deft in pickling and salting Joint Secretaries as OSDs , given no work and full pay? CBDT, of course , of the MOF, the same ministry which issues guidelines on austerity. Who listens any way!
DM

Tail piece
If you want to see a short-lived Government in Jharkhand then have Shibu Soren as the Chief Minister. Soren, had unfortunately lost two by elections while he was earlier in office.