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Will Pani be Election Commissioner ?
Name of Secretary in the Planning Commission Subhash Pani has started doing the round for the post of Election Commissioner.1972 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer Subhash Pani has previous experience also in the Election Commission. Everything depends on the support of his boss in the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
Bhatia to be Special Secretary Commerce !
Buzz is that Ambassador WTO in Geneva Ujal Singh Bhatia is being appointed Special Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce. 1974 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer Bhatia may succeed Rahul Khullar who has been appointed Secretary Disinvestment.
Will DG NSG post go to the army ?
Grapevine has it that the post of DG National Security Guards (NSG) is going to the army after the retirement of J K Dutt in March. A panel of three names of the army officers to the rank of Lt Gen's has already been received by the Home Ministry. Will the IPS allow this post to go to the army ?.
Posting of 1989 batch IAS officers likely by Feb 2009
As the grapevine has it posting of those IAS officers belonging to the 1989 batch who have been empanelled, will see their posting orders by the end of February 2009.
Sethi was to move to Chandigarh
Infact there was a serious move to send R S Sethi as Advisor to the Chandigarh Administrator. Proposal of 1973 batch IAS officer of UT cadre, however, did not find favour and J P Singh was shifted from Goa.
Ms.Rao empanelled in GOI
Ms Urmila Rao who last month joined as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) Air India has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) to the rank of Secretary. She is an Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer of the 1975 batch.
Deepak Kapoor joins in Washington
Deepak Kapoor an IA & AS officer has joined as Director in Washington.
Abhishek Singh to join GoI ?
Abhishek Singh is likely to join the Government of India as Director Information Technology. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.
12 posts of DIGs vacant in CISF
As many as 12 posts of DIGs are vacant in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
NALCO lacks full time CMD since 2005
The National Aluminum Company (NALCO) of which acting Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) is C.R. Pradhan lacks a full time CMD since 2005.
Promotions in CBEC stuck up
There is acute stagnation in the Customs and Central Excise. Officers of 1986 batch are yet to be promoted to the grade of Commissioner while officers of the 1988 batch of Income Tax have been promoted. As of now, there are 51 vacancies in the grade of Commissioner and 17 vacancies in the rank of Chief Commissioner in the IC&CES service. This speaks of sorry state of affairs!
Beware, bureaucrats and PSU bosses
One retired senior bureaucrat of GOI has reportedly obtained a number of information under RTI Act-2005 from various PSUs/Attached Offices/Subordinate offices about the nature of perks and facilities being provided by them to the officers/ministers in the Ministries/Departments which are not backed by any rules and guidelines. Based on the information obtained by him and the blind eye being shown both by the CVC & CAG very soon he proposes to file a PIL in the Court. ' Beware' violators, whose wives go to markets/kitty parties regularly on hired vehicles & their children commute to & fro to school on hired vehicles. The record of calls made from unofficial telephones/mobile phones i.e. of PSUs etc. have been tracked and the details of stationery items gained from the PSUs & not returned has also been obtained. The details of Cars and excess persons/staff employed with the Senior Officers/Ministers have also been obtained.
Barack H Obama's address widely hailed
Maiden address by America's 44th President Barack H.Obama after being sworn in has been widely hailed. The aplomb with which he spoke is a pointer about his determination to restore order wherever there is disorder, feel diplomatic experts. His determination to fight terrorism & counter economic meltdown was also explicit from his speech on January 20,2009.
IPS reshuffle in Orissa on the cards
Reshuffle in the rank of SP's is on the cards in Orissa in view of the coming assembly elections. Names of SP's of Balasore, Nawarangpur, Bolangir, Puriare are doing the rounds
Arun Kumar Sinha posted to Guwahati
On promotion to SAG, ITS officer Arun Kumar Sinha has been shifted to Guwahati as General Manager (A&O) .\
Bureaucratic changes in J & K ,not now
As the grapevine has it bureaucratic changes in Jammu & Kashmir are unlikely to take in the wake of Omar Abdullah having become the Chief Minister.
IRAS officer joins AP Government
The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy who belongs to the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) has reportedly been absorbed permanently into to the AP Government.
Sunil Sharma promoted in BSNL
Sunil Sharma ITS officer has been promoted to SAG. He is now CGM NTP Circle.
Orders of 1999 IRTS issued for JAG
Orders of IRTS officers of 1999 batch to the JAG have been issued with effect from 2nd January.
Did Amar Singh offer ticket to Aishwarya Rai?
Did Amar Singh offer Samajwadi ticket to Aishwarya Rai from Uttar Pradesh?. Rumour mill says that yes, he offered but the cine star politely declined the offer.
Who will be Advisor to Jharkhand Governor?
Uncertainty regarding the appointment of new Advisor to Syed Sibtey Razi Governor Jharkhand continued till Tuesday evening. However, those retired bureaucrats whose names were in circulation are: G Krishnan, VS Dube , Ms.Sunila Basant , AK Rath & Mukund Prasad.
Will Sahu be PS Industries in Gujarat ?
Maheshwar Sahu is likely to be appointed Principal Secretary Industries in Gujarat. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.
IAS postings in Kerala
Usha Titus has been appointed Commissioner of Land Revenue.A. Jayatilak will now be Special Officer for the National Games (to be held in Kerala). S. Raveendran has been made Collector of Malappuram.T P Antony has been shifted to Pathanamthitta as Collector. K.S. Sreenivasan has been posted as Additional Secretary Industries. P B Salim will be Kozhikode Collector.
Gujarat HC Judge moves to Jharkhand
Gujarat High Court Judge D N Patel has reportedly been transfered to Jharkhand High Court.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
P. Balasubramanian has been transferred as Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Tiruchi Range. Sandeep Rai Rathore will now be Joint Commissioner of Police, Central Zone.Chennai Police.
IAS postings in Karnataka
A.K.M. Nayak has been given charge as the Principal Secretary, Home and D. Thangaraj, Principal Secretary, Revenue, will have additional charge as Principal Secretary, Transport.
IAS changes in Jharkhand
With imposition of President's rule winds of change have begun to blow in Jharkhand.This was explicit from a minor but a significant bureaucratic reshuffle two key officers of former Chief Minister Shibu Soren have been shifted.K.K.Khandelwal who holding charge of Roads & Mines has been shifted to Palamu as Commissioner.N.N.Sinha Secretary Industries has been given additional charge of Roads.Similarly, S.Satpathy Secretary Rural Development has been given additional charge of Mines. Charge of Information & Public Relation (IPR) & Civil Aviation, which was with B.K.Tripathi as Principal Secretary (PS) to Soren has been now given to Sudhir Tripathi who is PS to Syed Sibtey Razi Governor Jharkhand.B.K.Tripathi has been posted as PS Disaster Management.
Choudhary is CVO of Eastern Coalfields
S K Choudhary has been appointed CVO of the Eastern Coalfields Ltd..He is 1993 batch IDAS officer.
Name of J.B.Singh too figures for advisor in Jharkhand
As the grapevine has it J.B.Singh, a retired Intelligence Bureau(IB) officer who played major role in paving the way for creating the Jharkhand State is tipped to be the Advisor of Governor of Jharkhand. A close friend of former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Shibu Soren, J.B.Singh has been associate with Jharkhand state since 1988 when the issue of a seperate Jharkhand state had started.
Khosla gets extension
Jitesh Khosla Joint Secretary in that Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been granted three months extension in deputation tenure. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Goyal GS Joint Secretary in MHA
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of A.K. Goyal, CSS(77), presently working as Joint Secretary (in-situ), Ministry of Home Affairs, as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.

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Cost cutting in ToI Group
Due to cost cutting measure, Times of India & Economic Times have been discontinued their many epaper edition on internet since last three days. Now only four (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore & Kolkata) epaper edition available on the net.
Samar Ray to be Member of SAT !
Samar Ray is being tipped to be new Member of the Securities Appellate Tribunal(SAT).He is 1973 batch IA&AS officer.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Without a doubt YSR Reddy was Raju's Sugar Daddy!!!!
Or was it like Raju was 'the golfer' and YSR was his caddy!!
Both ways Raju prospered via land allotments and contracts!!!!
Moral of the story….. money and power attracts (each other)!!!!
The Vizag land allotment is just once case of favoritism by YSR!!!!
'Yes Sir Raju' is the apt way to decipher YSR!!!
Without a doubt from Satyam Raju's siphoned crores!!!!!
Money went out and came back out ... India 's revolving doors!!!
There was inward and outward hawala!!!!
And this is known even to Satyam Office ka chai-wala!!!!
A lot of siphoned money was painted white and invested in land!!!
Money went out and came back and into land this money did land!!!
Over invoicing was a convenient ploy!!!!
And with accounts blatantly Raju and gang did toy!!!
Rather than SEBI interrogating Raju its SEBI that should be put in the dock!!!
But SEBI is in a mood to cover up rather that take stock!!!
And then many say Raju had the ear of the Lungiwaala in Delhi !!!
But seems this Lungiwaala's role is not being looked into in the present melee!!!!!
For itself isn't Congress propping up a Demon that'll haunt it????
And Sonia has already been the butt of Demon's wit!!!
Mulayam's aim is to get enough seats to be a power in Dilli!!!
And Congress is being plain and simple silly!!!
Mulayam plans to use Congress like a ladder to reach the power ki matki!!!!
Don't know 'know all' Gandhi think tank ko yeh baath kyon nahi khatki???
Congress thinks SP will balance the loss it'll face because of Laloo!!!
Very soon Congress will realize the true meaning of chaloo!!!
Laloo's worried sick as for RJD he sees a bleak general poll!!!
For his 15 years of misrule in Bihar RJD continues to pay the toll!!!
He's planning to send a talking Laloo doll to every home in Bihar !!!!
Doll has a recording…. Laloo ko jitao aur paao car!!!!
No free rice or TVs….. Laloo's going for the kill!!!
And why should he bother when the State will foot the bill!!!!
The Pseudo lot feel Slumdog shows India in a bad light!!!
Reality pseudo lot ko nahi karti bite!!!
Why don't they cry foul on so many Bollywood movies that show the reality?
Seems in pseudoism reality is the first casualty!!
Confucius says ….Big B just cannot take Slumdog's success!!!
He's just plain and simply very very jealous!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Why Disinvestment deptt ?
When there is hardly any disinvestment, why there is a department for that? It follows Parkinson law. See http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126901.300-explaining-the-curse-of-work.html
Ram Narain
Pitiable conditions of the LDC/UDCs forming part of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service.
It has been brought to the notice that the officials of 1987 batch have been waiting for their promotion in the higher grade. No doubt, it is a great injustice to the officials concerned. In this connection, I would like to draw the kind attention towards the fact that the Stenographer Grade 'D', who are at par with UDCs of CSCS, appointed in 1981 have been waiting for their regular promotions as Stenographer Grade 'C'. It has been the need of the hour that the officials of both services (CSCS and CSSS) may come together and jointly struggle from a single common platform. For the first time, 6th Pay Commission has realised it and suggested the merger of two services and the proposal is pending with the Government for their follow up action.
V P Sharma
What do they interact ?
Rahul Gandhi spent a night with UK's Foreign Secretary Miliband in an Amethi village. The next morning Milband gives a statement that J&K issue is responsible for Mumbai terror attack.
I wonder what they have interacted. Whether they ever talked on real issues or exchanged notes on reason behind the issue. In yes then whether such a statement was a faux- passe or a deliberate act to irritate Indian leaders. After all, why the dignitaries visit each other is to discuss the issue not to just have a picnic in a village and give media coverage.
Shantanu Ghosh