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Rudhra Gangadharan or Santha Sheela Nair to be Secretary Drinking Water ?
Latest information says that Rudhra Gangadharan is being appointed Secretary of the GoI's flagship programme of Drinking Water .1975 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer Gangadharan is presently Director of the LBSNAA, Mussorie. Other source says that Secretary Mining Ms Santha Sheela Nair may move to the Department of Drinking Water. She is 1973 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Will Anil Kumar move to Mining ?
Secretary Child and Women Welfare Anil Kumar may move to the Department of Mining. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Supreme Court Collegium meeting this week ?
Meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium is expected to take place this week.
No OSD, PS of Jt. Secr level
From now onwards, no Joint Secretary level officer would be posted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) or PS in the personal staff of any Minister or Minister of State under any circumstances. The Cabinet Secretary has already written a letter in this connection on July 21 to all the Ministers.
15 Major Generals to be promoted
As many as 15 Major Generals in the Indian Army are to being promoted as Lieutenant Generals in a month or two.
Raghavan to be Envoy to Singapore
T C A Raghavan is likely to be appointed next High Commissioner to Singapore. He is presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Virk to continue as DGP in Maharastra
Maharashtra DGP S S Virk is not retiring on July 31. The State Government has recommended three months extension for Virk beginning August 1.He is 1970 batch IPS officer.
Orders of CBEC and CBDT Members this week
Orders of the appointment of new CBEC and CBDT Members are being issued this week.
Santosh Macheria set to join CBI
Santosh Macheria, IPS, 1984 batch, MT cadre is set to join CBI shortly. Presently he is posted in National Police Academy (NPA) Hyderabad.
Ashutosh Shukla to be IG in CRPF
Ashutosh Shukla, IPS, 1986 batch, TN cadre will soon be joining CRPF as IG, Government of India (GOI).
Ashok Kumar's extension likely in CBI
As the grapevine has it Joint Director, CBI, Ashok Kumar, IPS, 1982 batch, TN cadre is likely to get extension for two more years.
Dadwal to continue as Delhi Police Commissioner
As the grapevine has it the Y S Dadwal, who completed two years as Delhi Police Commissioner on July 25, 2009 will continue in his post till at least Commonwealth Games to be held next year. Dadwal is, an IPS officer of the 1974 batch.
Arti Upadhyaya likely to be retain in Delhi police
As the grapevine has it Ms.Arti Upadhyaya whose deputation to Enforcement Directorate (ED) was cleared is likely to continue in Delhi police. At present she is Additional Commissioner of Police-vigilance in Delhi. A request regarding this has reportedly been made to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for this 1990 batch IPS officer of the UT cadre.
Who will be Chairman of Calcutta Port Trust ?
Chief Minister, West Bengal and his 2nd lieutenant Nirupam Sen MIC, C&I have reportedly put all out efforts to crown their favourite 1977 batch IAS officer Sabyasachi Sen with the Chairmanship of Calcutta Port Trust, while TMC leadership and their MOS Shipping, GOI Mukul Roy are keen to get anyone else to lead the port trust as its next Chairman. Let's see who is later's choice.
Ms. R Jaya to be Director in MHA
Ms. R Jaya on central deputation is going to be a Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). She is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre. So far she was Director of Handlooms & Textiles and Special Officer & Managing Director (in charge), Cooptex.
S P Gupta transferred to Delhi
S P Gupta, IAS, 1990 batch, Haryana cadre, who was Chief Administrator, Haryana Housing Board, Chandigarh, has been transferred to Delhi as Chief Co-ordinator, Investment Promotion Centre, Government of Haryana. Gupta has been given dual charge and he will look after both charges of Chief Administrator and Chief Co-ordinator.
Meeting for empanelment of DIGs in MoEF held
Finally the meeting for empanelment of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers as DIG in Government of India run Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) has taken place.
Bill Gates is deeply impressed by Nitish Kumar
Bill Gates during a video conferencing with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar praised him immensely on July 24, 2009. Bill Gates told Nitish Kumar "I am deeply impressed by your Government's work in the field of Health care."
One more list of CCITs to come
One more transfer list of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCITs) is going to come out.
Brijendra Singh tipped to be DC, Chandigarh
As the grapevine has it, Brijendra Singh is tipped to be Deputy Commissioner (DC) Chandigarh. At present he is DC Faridabad. He is an IAS officer of the 1998 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre. Even Chandigarh's UT Administration has recommended Singh's name. It may be stated here said that Brijendra Singh is the son of Haryana Finance Minister Birendra Singh.
Jayant Chavan is Registrar General of MP High Court
Jayant Chavan a senior Judge has been appointed new Registrar General of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Addl CIT Karnataka gets temporary posting in CBDT Delhi
Manoj Joshi, Additional CIT, Karnataka, has been temporarily posted in Directorate of human Resources, CBDT, Delhi, for a period of three months or till further orders.
Dr. Maru's book in on Hindi literature released
A book titled "Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihaas - Punurlekhan Ki Awashyakta" (History of Hindi Literatutre - Need for Rewriting) written by Dr. Pukhraj Maru, senior IAS officer and Commissioner Bhopal Division has been released. The book has been published by the M.P. Hindi Granth Academy and costs Rs. 100. The book chronicles history of Hindi literature through the ages and is very useful for researchers, students and those interested in Hindi literature.
Panel for JS banking today
The CSB will finalise the name for the prestigious post of Joint Secretary Banking on Monday.
Lakha joins CAT in Allahabad
Former IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre D C Lakha is reported to have joined as Administrative Member of the CAT in Allahabad.
Justice Saxena to be Member of the MP HRC
Retired Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice A K Saxena is being appointed Member of the State Human Rights Commission.
IAS changes in Karnataka
Shivananjaiah has been appointed as Director, Department of Youth Services and Sports.G. Jayaram will now be Director, Physically Challenged and Senior Citizens Welfare Department, Bangalore.A.J. Dhumale has been transferred to the Department of Water Resources to the post of Administrator, Achkat Area Development Authority, Malaprabha-Ghataprabha Projects, Belgaum.S.G. Vali will be Project Director, D.R.D.A Cell, zilla panchayat, Bagalkot and B.M. Risaldar Additional Deputy Commissioner and Additional District Magistrate, Bidar.
IPS shake-up in Bihar
There is major IPS reshuffle in Bihar.New postings are Mssrs :-Nishant Kumar Tiwary SP Aurganbad, S Ravindran AIG (inspection), G P Sinha SP Katihar, Anil K Yadav SP Nawada, O N Bhaskar SP Vaishali,
K K Singh SP Saran, Indranand Mishra SP Khagaria, Gopal Prasad Sheikhpura. ASP ,
Pankaj Kumar Raj Naugchia SP,Ajitabh Kumar SP Samastipur , Surendra Lal Das CID, Vivek Raj Singh SP Lakhisarai.

Manju Jha Madhubani SP, Rakesh Rathi SP Jamui,
Vinay Kumar SP Begusarai, P Kannan has SP Banka, Parasnath BMP-5 (Patna) commandant, Sanjay Singh SP Madhepura,Jitendra Rana AIG (wireless), Ziaul Hasan Khan SP (vigilance), Umashankar Sudhanshu SP Araria,
Awadhesh K Sharma BMP-7 (Katihar) commandant, Nagendra Prasad Singh SP Supaul, Shahrukh Majid Khan SP (special branch), Chaurasia Chandrashekhar Azad SP Kishanganj. Sujit Kumar SP of Bagaha, Satya Narain Jha BMP -11 ,Shiveshwar Prasad Sukla SP Sheohar , Ram Narain Singh assistant director, Police Training Academy,
Barun K Singh SP (security), Bagaha Dayanand Kumar commandant of BMP-3 (Bodh Gaya). Asgar Imam SP Arwal, Ram Jung Ram SP (food), Mohd Ali Siddique AIG (railways),IG (Central zone) Sunil Kumar, DIG (Central range) J.S. Gangwar, SSP (Patna) R. Malar Vizhi and SP (City) Anwar Hussain have been shifted.P.N. Rai will be the new IG of Central zone, Jitendra Kumar has been appointed DIG of the Central range, Vineet Vinayak has been appointed senior superintendent of police and Manu Maharaj made SP (city.
Sam Pitroda to be Director of Air India
Name of Sam Pitroda is doing the round for induction in the Air India Board as an Independent Director.
P. C. Chaturvedi to be new Labour Secretary in GOI
P. C. Chaturvedi who is presently Director General of ESIC has been appointed as Labour Secretary to Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1974 batch.
Subas Chandra Pani to CMD of ITPO
Subas Chandra Pani has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the ITPO.He is an IAS officer of the 1972 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.At present he is Member Secretary of Planning Commission of India (PCI). He will succeed Ms.Sheela Bhide IAS (AP cadre, 1973 batch).
Sudha Pillai is new Secretary of Planning Commission
Ms.Sudha Pillai Secretary, Labour Ministry has been appointed as Secretary of Planning Commission of India (PCI).She is an IAS officer of the 1972 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre. She was topper in her batch.
C. Phunsog to head PESB
Finally C Phunsog, a 1972 batch IAS officer who after retirement as Chief secretary Jammu & Kashmir & had joined the PESB has been appointed as its Chairman.
Two IAS transferred, fresh postings for 6 probationers in Chhattisgarh
The Chhattisgarh government has issued fresh postings for eight IAS officers of the state. Of these six are probationers. Those given new postings include N. Khka deputy Commissioner (Development), Bastar division Jagdalpur who has been posted as additional collector Raigarh and Ankit Anand (2006 batch) Additional Collector South Bastar (Dantewada) to CEO district Panchayat North Bastar (Kanker).
The probationers of 2007 batch who have been given new postings include Vasavaraju S. SDO Katghora, Korba, Him Shikhar Gupta to SDO Pandaria, Kabirdham, K.C. Devsenapati to SDO Kondagaon, Bastar, Mohammad Kaiser Abdul Haq to SDO Dantewada, South Bastar, Ms. Shammi Abidi to SDO Gariyabandh, Raipur and Yashwant Kumar SDO Raigarh.
Journalist appointed Member of Planning Commission
Meghalaya Government has appointed C K Nayak a veteran journalist as Member of the State Planning Commission.
B K Saha to be Chairman of Warehousing Corporation
B k Saha is being appointed Chairman of the Central Warehousing Corporation.Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Saha is retired 1967 batch IAS officer.
Deputation tenure of Kumar extended
Deputation tenure of Virendra Kumar Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Tehri Hydro Development Corporation has been extended upto April 29,2010.He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
CSB meeting takes place
CSB meeting has taken olace in the GoI on Monday.
Meeting for Police Award takes place
Central Police Award meeting was held in the North-Block ON Monday.
HUDCO's Quarter Net Up by 71%.
HUDCO has earned a net profit of Rs. 112.06 crores for the quarter ending 30.06.2009 as against Rs. 65.50 crore in the corresponding quarter, in the previous year, showing an increase of 71.08%. The profit for the quarter has increased mainly because of increase in the interest income on loans and reduction in interest expenditure on borrowings.
TK Doshi is new Director in CWC
Tarun Kumar Doshi will be new Director (Commercial) in the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC).At present he is General Manager Marketing in BEML Limited (formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited).
( We said this on September26,2008)
Seven CRPF officials promoted as IG
As many as seven CRPF officials have been promoted as IGs and given fresh posting. They are C V Mathew - Jorhat, R K Gaur - Srinagar, Ramesh Chandra - Raipur, George C Francis - Lucknow, CBS Rathore - Patna, A S Sidhu - Jammu And Sat Sarup Singh - Agartala.
Two CRPF officials reshuffled
As many as two CRPF officials have been reshuffled. They are R K Saxena, IG NWS, CHG who has been posted as Special DG Raipur and Nalin Prabhat, DIG OPS Anantnag who has been posted as DIG Chandigarh with additional charge of DIG Anantnag.
CRPF official Tayal gets additional charge
CRPF official R C Tayal, IG, Jammu, will hold additional charge of IG NWS Chandigarh till fu

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Will Anand move to HCL ?
General Manager (HR) MTNL Anupam Anand is likely to move to the HCL as Director (Personnel).
Suresh Babu is NTPC Federation Secretary
Y. Suresh Babu has been elected secretary of the NTPC Executive Federation of India.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
A news report say Sonia is upset that rivalry between Ministers caused the Ricegate leak!!!
Some would say just see the cheek!!
The UPA Sarkaar is accused of Ricegate and she's peeved it was leaked into Public domain!!!
So it means hidden she wanted Ricegate to remain!!!
I warned you Madam .... its Congress's credibility that will take the fall!!!!
Because be it UPA or UPA2 dono ko Congress Sarkaars people call!!
Sonia is bang on when she says that Congressis should not become haughty!!!
And she should have added also not become too naughty!!!
By naughty I mean under the table dealings…… of course total eradication is impossible!!
But to check blatant 'naughtiness' is possible!!
Yes Sonia must also order her orderlies not to speak out of line!!!
On the Joint Statement why did two 'big Congress Netas' to the Media whine?
And hope she's taking not of table inflation spiraling into 'outer space'!!!
How can the poor with such prices keep pace????
Hope she remembers UPA in its previous avtar gave Indians a hard time on prices!!!!
In UPA2 price of everything on the Aam Aadmi's table once again rises!!!!
Mark my words in due course 'advantage India' in the Joint Statement will be known!!!!
And Paki double speak will be blown!!!!
What we must remember that Sarkaar cannot trample Public opinion….must heed!!!!!
Do you think any dialogue is possible if India does bleed?????
World has seen is that for peace India has despite terror plugged for the peace process!!!
So the World perceives India is doing a clean up job as Pakis create a mess!!!!
Praful has got Air India to ask for a Rs.. 2 Billion bailout !!!!!
Money that will ultimately go down the drain without a doubt!!!
Air India is like a plane flown by a 'Pilot' who does not have License to fly!!!
And all the instruments in the cockpit seem to lie!!!
The plane is literally running on fumes......run out of 'gas'!!!!!
And to fuel mid-air no equipment the airline has!!
The weather is horrid and the ground controller has a bias to other planes under his control!
And he's playing a very devious role!!!!
If they want to revive Air India first put a Pilot in its cockpit……an Airline man!!!!
And then to correct the faulty systems Air India needs do everything it can!!
Plug the leaks and keep tabs on a weekly basis on Air India's profit or loss!!!
And work on making it a 'friendly airline' ..... cabin crew on passengers must not boss!!
Praful should be told that he's the Civil Aviation Minister just for name!!!!
Because we know what's his real game!!!
All that Air India needs is to get the right kind of people to guide it out of this storm!!!
Least political interference and professionals at the helm is for such cases the norm!!
India would be one of the only Democracies where Judges assets are not made public!!
Judges assets are not made Public is every Banana Republic!!
Seems the Government did not want to upset the Judges.....would have been detrimental!!!
A Judge commented to me ' Sarkaar will not antagonize the Judiciary… its not mental'!!!
So the Holy Cows have their way again!!!
On the face of the Lady with blindfolds and holding a scale you can see pain!!!
There are rumours in Punjab that Badal Junior is going to announce his independence!!!
And he's chosen 15 August as the day… Day of India's Independence!!
Rumours abound that BadaL Senior will become Chairman Emeritus ….. retired!!!
And he'll give way to the one he sired!!!
That's why Badal senior is saying that Party will decide his son's future…..how very funny!!
We all know in Akali Dal all decisions are made nowadays by Badal's sonny!!!
And to placate BJP the Deputy CM's post will go to BJP's Kalia…… lollipop!!!
To get BJP to agree to this midway change at the top a sop!!
News from Singapore is Amar has left the hospital and shifted into an apartment!!!
Domestic help and other paraphenalia from India have been sent!!
Could not be from a brain dead person .... transplant was like engaged today and married next day!!!
Too quick for dead donor transplant those in the know would say!!
Or with his contacts he was able to jump the line!!!!
Or some brain dead person's relatives decided that kidney to Amar they'll assign!!!
Then whose kidney did he got….. was it a relative who gave him 'a filtration plant'!!!
Only first relative .... other relatives including mooh bolla can't!!!
Or it could be a donation of the political kind…….some Party Member!!!!!
In India such a donation is not legal one must remember !!!!
Or was this a sale and purchase case!!!!
And that is why Singapore ko for this surgery kiya Amar ne race!!
Confucius says……. when it comes to Amar one can expect everything…..nothing is impossible!!
Impossible ko Amar can make possible!!!!
Adds...Indian transplant law is only for those who cannot go overseas to get a transplant!!
Because if you need a kidney and want to buy one here the law says you can't!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Is Menon the right man for the job he is entrusted with ?
Shivshanker Menon, Foreign Secretary of India has been a controversial man. He assumed the office after creating series of resignations and furore in the Foreign Service community. The first action he took after assuming office was giving up India's position at Havana, Cuba that India was a victim of cross border terrorism by admitting that Pakistan was also a victim of terrorism. Till this point India maintained that India suffered by terrorism emanating from Pakistan. After that recently in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, in the Joint statement he gave up India's position of not talking to Pakistan till
concrete action is taken on terrorism. He also introduced Baluchistan as a talking point in India-Pakistan relations. This despite the fact that Pakistan perpetrated 26/11 onto India. If any member of Gandhi family been at the helm of affairs this would never have happened! Despite all this Shri Menon leading the team of Indian diplomats accepted the u-turn in India's Pakistan policy.
Menon has many wrong doings also. He during his tenure did not follow the constitutionally mandated reservation policy in recruitment. SC/STs and OBCs were either not recruited or the numbers of those recruited was below the mandated 15,7.5 and 27.5 % respectively. He also discriminated against SC/STs & OBCs in transfers and postings. He carried out his vindictive agenda without any wind to norms.
The questions to be asked are:-
1) Can Menon hide behind the cloak of Ministerial responsibility
and make the government accept the flak for his inefficiency?
2) Is he a suitable candidate for Post-Retirement Public Office?
3) Can he mislead the group of parliamentarians by shamefacedly doing
an about turn on policy and commitment made to parliament after 26/11?.
AB
Wasting public money !
"Not content with screwing up with the India Pak Joint Statement and making a fool of us all Indians, PMO and MEA are now bend on wasting crores of the poor tax payers money in these times of economic recession by holding yet another conference of all Indian Ambassadors in Delhi next month for one full week. For the information of the public, Ambassadors do not travel cheap - they only fly First Class. What a wastage in these days of internet, email and video conferencing to summon these Ambassadors from distant and also insignificant (with respect to our national interest) just to hear what the PM or External Affairs Minister have to say. Do they have any thing new to say? No. One fails to understand the purpose of this jamboree. Will some one in the Finance Ministry question this futile conference. No. Will some newspaper/media question this wasteful expenditure when the nation is already going through tough economic times. Hope so. The Common Man is the sufferer. But then in My Bharat Mahan who cares for the Common Man.
A Concerned Citizen."
Pamela George(Ms)
Army no longer stands for righteousness and truth !
I am an avid reader and a regular visitor to your site. For some strange reasons I followed your whisper about the post of vice chief in the Indian army. Well, army no longer stands for righteousness and truth. An inside source revealed that Lt Gen Bhardawaj, G.O.C Northern Command was being touted as the next vice chief. This move will come as a reward for him for burying the skeletons of corruption unearthed by Lt Gen Panag against our present army chief Lt Gen Deepak Kapoor. I wonder why our Raksha Mantri did not see through this move. Is he involved in corruption too? Let's see what your site says about this .
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Official Language Officers-reg.
Though, in central secretariat payscales of Hindi Translators have been revised, there are institutions in Government of India-autonomous bodies, where payscale of Translators have not been increased even after 5th Pay Commission's recommendations. It still remains so after 6th Pay Commission Recommendation- one such body is under ministry of Agriculture. As 5th & 6th Pay commission's recommendations are clear and have enhanced Translators pay at entry level, would the Department of Agriculture do something.
Bobby Kapoor
AI officials eating into vitals
The air India officers are eating into the vitals of this country. Can you imagine the Times of India story today (24th July 2009) that a GM level officer getting a salary package of 68,000 but PLI of Rs 5.5o lakh. . Praful Patel must order an inquiry how this type of PLI was. fixed. cAll the officers responsible for this must be booked. A PSU can not swindle its money and cabinet secretary level committee should order an enquiry. PLI should be given to the ground workers based on the business brought. The airlines should be handed over to TATA
M D Khurana
Air India should have professional CMD
Air India was never in such a bad condition till it had a professional CMD at the helm of it. Every CMD(Babu) brought by Government ruined the national carrier.
If IAS feel that the Air Lines can be run like (making mess) a District/Region, or ministry in state or central government, which are normally run by them, then god will only help Air India to come back to old days.
IAS who land in Air India with great push and pull without the due process by PSEB should be made accountable.
Their promotion in their cader/Pension/perks be stopped if they do not bring the airlines to good health even after doing all their experiment. In the past all the babus have done the experiment and put Air India in more and more bad health.
Shyam
Nitish - a real hero !
Nitish has now become the real hero of Bihar. Just think of the same Gates who during his last visit would never have dreamt of even thinking about Bihar....that's the spirit. work pays, and not the mere teles.
Rajeshwar Lal
Chaturvedi needs all kudos !
P C Chaturvedi is very dynamic IAS Officer. His vision and mission has brought a face lift to ESIC, particularly the interlinking of all ESIC and State ESI Scheme offices/institutions through computerisation is a dream manifested to reality.
Meeran A S
Tail-piece
Musharraf wanted to raise money for his country, and on being told that there was a fortune in horse racing, decided to purchase one and enter it in the races. However at the local auction, the going price for was very high that he ended up buying a donkey instead.
He figured that since he had it, he might as well go ahead and enter it in the races. To his surprise, the donkey came in third!
The next day the local paper:
MUSHARRAF'S ASS SHOWS
Mian Sahib was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and this time it won.
The paper read:
MUSHARRAF'S ASS OUT IN FRONT
His wife was so upset with this kind of publicity that she ordered Mian MUSHARRAF not to enter the donkey in another race.
The paper headline read:
WIFE SCRATCHES MUSHARRAF'S ASS
This was too much for his wife. So she ordered Musharraf to get rid of the donkey. Mian Sahib decided to give it to Zardari.
The paper headline the next day read:
ZARDARI TAKES MUSHARRAF'S ASS
Followed by another on the next day:
NOW ZARDARI HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN
All the opposition leaders got very upset at this kind of publicity. They informed ZARDARI that he would have to get rid of the donkey, so he sold it to a farmer for Rs.500.
Next day the headline read:
ZARDARI SELLS HIS ASS FOR Rs. 500
This was too much for the veteran opposition leader, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, so he ordered ZARDARI to buy back the donkey lead it to the plains where it could run wild and free.
Next day, the headline in the paper read:
ZARDARI ANNOUNCES HIS ASS IS WILD AND FREE
The Nawabzada was buried the next day and Pakistan got rid of the biggest Ass it had produced in the bargain.
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