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INDIA,S BUSINESS HOUSE (16)
A large Corporate House has a policy of preparing a list of senior journalistrs every year and offering them all paid holidays in foreign destinations of their choice.Guess the name.
Khwaja is new Secretary Tourism in GoI
Finally suspense is over.The Union Government has chosen Rajen Habib Khwaja as Secretary Tourism.1976 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer Khwaja is presently Special Secretary Forests and Environment.He will succeed Sujit Banerjee on August 1.
Chugh is new Secretary Tribal Affairs
A K Chugh has been appointed Secretary Tribal Affairs in the Government of India.He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
( We said this on July 12 )
Marking CRs to be counted in 1991 batch IAS empanelment
For the first time, now marking CRs would be counted in empanelment of 1991 batch IAS officials at Joint Secretary level.
Manbir Singh posted as OSD in MEA
Manbir Singh has been posted as OSD Economic Relations in MEA. He is 1976 batch IFS officer.
Will Saleem Ali go as DGP J & K ?
There are rumours in the MHA that Saleem Ali may go to J & K as DGP. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre. Ali has held key Positions in Paramilitary forces and Central Investigative Agencies. Only question is -Can 1978 batch IPS be DGP ?
Pandey is new DGP Uttarakhand
Jyoti Swarup Pandey has been appointed new DGP of Uttarakhand. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.
Will Lt Gen Hasnain be Core Commander in Bhopal ?
Lt Gen Hasnain is being posted as new Core Commander in Bhopal. Presently he is posted in Mhow.
Maharashtra CM wants JNPT post for state cadre IAS
Maharashtra Chief Minister is reported to have written a letter to the GoI asking for appointment of new Chairman of the JNPT from the Maharashtra cadre IAS officer.
Coutinho unlikely to join GoI
B A Coutinho who has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in unlikely to join the Government of India. 1977 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre is scheduled to retire in May next year.
Will Khurana be CMD of MMTC ?
Will Suneer Khurana succeed Sanjeev Batra as CMD of the MMTC? Khurana who is presently Director (Marketing) is the only internal candidate. Insiders, however, are not sure about his selection.
Bhatnagar is Spl Invitee, Selection Committees for National Sports Awards
Rahul Bhatnagar, Joint Secretary (ISD), Department of Sports , has been appointed Special Invitee in the Selection Committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyanchand Award for Lifetime Achievements in Sports and Games and the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2010.
Naxalism in Chhattisgarh (4)
What is the root cause of Naxalism in Chhattisgarh ?Most of the retired IPS officers are of the view that exploitation of the tribals by “Netas” in all the Governments led to this problem mostly because of the illegal mining in the region.
Sujata Chaturvedi joins APPPA Course
Mrs. Sujata Chaturvedi has joined 36th APPPA course at Indian Institute of Public Administration. She is 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Shrivastava is convener for foreign delegation of Gujarat
The government of Gujarat will send a delegation led by M.M. Shrivastava, an IAS officer (1978 batch, Gujarat cadre) to the West USA for promotion of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011. The delegation consisting Gujarat based well-known industrial leaders, will visit these countries to invite business community there for participation in Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011. The summit is going to be held on January 12 and 13, 2011 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. M.M. Shrivastava is Principal Secretary (PS) Finance to the Gujarat government.
Nitin Agrawal to be IG CISF
Nitin Agrawal is being promoted to the rank of IG in CISF soon. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Anjani Kumar promoted as DIG in RPF
Anjani Kumar, Sr. DSC/FZR, Northern Railway has been promoted as DIG-cum-Addl. CSC/NCR.He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer.
S M Khan promoted
S M Khan has been promoted to the rank of additional Secretary in the Government of India . 1982 batch Indian Information service officer will now be DG Film Festivals and DG PIB.
Mohanty moves as DG News AIR
DG RNI G Mohanty has been moved as DG News All India Radio. He is 1982 batch Indian Information Service officer.
Jairaj to be DG RNI
Jairaj who has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary will now be Registrar General of Newspapers.He is 1982 batch IIS officer.
( We said this on July 2 )
Mohan Chandok goes as DG Field Publicity
Senior IIS officer Mohan Chandok has been appointed DG Field Publicity in the Government of India.
Arvind Manjit Singh moves to Publication Division
Arvind Manjit Singh who is ADG News Doordarshan has been moved to the Publication Division as Director.
Esther Kar to be ADG News DD
Esther Kar will be new ADG News Doordarshan.
Veena Jain to be ADG News AIR
Veena Jain will move from Publication Division to AIR News as ADG.
IAS postings in Tamil Nadu
Two IAS officers in Tamil Nadu have got new postings. Accordingly : Mrs. D. Sabitha formerly Chief Operating Officer TANSTIA-FNF Service Centre on return from leave has been  posted as Inspector General of Registration vice R. Sivakumar. Likewise, R. Sivakumar Inspector
General of Registration has been transferred and posted as Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection vice K. Rajaraman who was holding additional charge.
Vijay Kumar is now VC of Law University in TamilNadu
V. Vijayakumar, Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University.
Pant is now DG Technical Services in Uttarakahand
Acting D-G Vijay Raghav Pant has been appointed DG (Technical Services) in Uttarakhand. He is 1978 batch IPS officer.
Abhishek Dixit is ADC to Tamil Nadu Governor
Abishek Dixit has been appointed as new ADC to Governor of Tamil Nadu .He is 2006 batch IPS officer.
IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra
Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh has been transferred. Meera Borwankar will be new Police Commissioner Pune. Singh has been transferred as chief of Establishment wing in the state police .Jawed Ahmed Additional DG (Establishment) has been shifted as Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, replacing Gulab Rao Pol who has been transferred as special IG (Law and Order).
IPS shake-up in Jharkhand
There is IPS reshuffle in Jharkhand.R.K. Mallik has been promoted and made IG (operations). Prashant Singh will now be IG (training). Manoj Mishra has been made IG, Bokaro.Naveen Kumar Singh has been promoted as DIG, Kolhan. Chaibasa SP Akhilesh Jha will replace him.Lakshman Prasad Singh will be DIG Palamau.B.B. Pradhan, IG (training) has been made IG (modernisation and provision). Bokaro IG K.S. Meena is the new IG of JAP. Ram Lakhan Prasad will be IG, CID. Ajay Kumar Singh has been made the IG (rail) with charge of special branch.Sampat Meena will be new DIG Ranchi. Sido Hembrom has been appointed DIG (home guard). Shashinath Jha is new DIG (vigilance). Sheetal Oraon has been shifted to CID. Biglal Oraon is the new Ranchi traffic SP Kamlesh Kumar has been shifted to CID.Arun Kumar will now be SP Chaibasa. Sudhir Kumar Jha has been given additional charge of commandant JAP IX. Pankaj Kamboj has been given additional charge of Police Training Centre in Padma, Hazaribagh.Anup Belthare has been promoted as SP Simdega. Babban Singh, SP, SCRB has been appointed SP (home guard).
List of 1980 batch IAS officers empanelment
Following IAS officers belonging to 1980 batch are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.Swarnmala Rawla and P D Meena (MP) Swadheen K Kshtriya (Maharashtra) P S Kathiresan,Nandita Chatterjee ( West Bengal ) Ashok Kumar Angurana,P G Dhar Chakraborty (J&K) S Jagadeesan ,Ms Vijay Laxmi Joshi,H K Dash,A Bhhattacharya ,Maheshwar Sahoo and Rajesh Kishore (Gujarat) Chhatar Singh ,Ashok Lavasa(Haryana) D P Singh ,J S Mishra,Sanjeev S Ahluwalia,Shekhar Agrawal,Aradhna Johri,Rajeev Kher,Rakesh Garg (UP) Dr Arbind Prasad and Narendra Kumar Sinha (Bihar) V P Baligar ,Anoop K Pujari,Dr Upendra Tripathy and R G Nadadur (Karnataka) Naini Jayaseelan, G S Patnaik and S K Srivastava(UT) Dr Shyam Agrawal ,G S Sandhu and Sunil Arora (Rajasthan ) V K Subburaj,Shakikanta Das (TamilNadu) Amitabh Kant and Jiji Thomson (Kerala) N Ravi shankar (Uttarakhand) K D Tripathi , V K Pepersenia (Assam-Meghalaya) Smita Chugh (Jharkhand) S K Panda (Manipur-Tripura)
CIL Chairman bags management fellowship award
IISWBM (Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management) has conferred, Institute’s Distinguished Management Fellowship Award on Partha S Bhattacharyya, CMD - Coal India Limited, in recognition of his outstanding contribution in practicing classic management education in India. Bhattacharyya who is a legendary figure in the field of mining in India has been instrumental in introducing modern management principles and techniques in the Public Sector enterprise, thereby making it globally competitive. He is not only credited with placing Coal India on a global map by acquiring coal assets in Mozambique and initiating the process of creating strategic partnership with coal mining companies abroad but has also spearheaded a number of major strategic Public Private Partnership initiatives for opening new large underground mines; reopening abandoned UG mines, coal washeries etc. He introduced Integrity Pact in high value procurements and also monitoring of Land reclamation in opencast mines using Satellite imagery. He also introduced e-marketing of coal, later adopted by all coal companies, that provides transparent access to coal for all consumers and enables CIL to internalize premium exceeding Rs 2,000 crores annually which, earlier was mopped up by middlemen.
P.Mahajan is number one for Director (Technical), EIL
As the grapevine has it P. Mahajan is number one for the post Director(Technical), Engineers India Ltd (EIL).
Sudhir Bhalla is number one for Director (HR), IOC
As the grapevine has it Sudhir Bhalla is number one for the post Director (HR), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

SAIL posts Q1 profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 1177 crore
Notwithstanding sluggish market conditions, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has recorded a sales turnover of Rs. 9,931 crore during April-June (Q1) of the current financial year, showing an increase of nearly 2% over the corresponding period last year (CPLY). SAIL registered profit before tax (PBT) of Rs. 1,749 crore and profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 1,177 crore, which were respectively 13% and 11.5% lower than CPLY. The company’s profitability was affected by different factors, including sharp input cost escalations and lower volume of sales. The unaudited financial results of SAIL for Q1 were taken on record here today by the company’s Board of Directors. In Q1, SAIL’s cost on employees increased due to additional provision of Rs. 299 crore towards employee-related benefits, compared to net reversal of Rs. 199 crore in CPLY towards provision for revision of salaries & wages. In addition, the adverse impact of increase in prices of inputs such as coal, ferro-alloys, nickel, etc., during Q1 amounted to Rs. 556 crore (Rs. 368 crore on account of imported coking coal alone). These factors were, however, partially neutralised by better product-mix, higher production of special/value-added steel items and savings achieved through management initiatives. SAIL plants produced best-ever 1.18 million tonnes (MT) of special/value-added products during Q1, registering a growth of 3% over CPLY.
B. M. S. Rathore is new Jt.Secretary MoEF
B. M. S. Rathore, Madhya Pradesh cadre 1982 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, who on central deputation was posted as new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF), had joined on July 29. Earlier, Rathore was Senior Advisor with the Winrock International (a body dealing in spheres of bio diversity and climate changes). He has filled up the slot that fell vacant following completion of deputation tenure of A.K. Goyal, 1981 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.
Mrs Jaya Roy appointed Addl Judge of Jharkhand High Court
Mrs Jaya Roy, has been appointed Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court for a period of one year with effect from July 30, 2010.
Justice Kannan appointed Addl Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court
Justice K Kannan, Additional Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, has been appointed Judge of the Madras High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.

CORPORATE

Rao is now Chairman of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company
Former Chairman of the Canara Bank and Indian Bank M B N Rao has been appointed Chairman of the Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company company.
Mohanty is new MD of Bokaro Steel Ltd
Shashi Shekhar Mohanty has been appointed new MD of the Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL).He will take over on August 1.
IIT, IIM faculty in demand to join as Independent directors 
Corporates vying for senior acamedicians from IIMs and IITs to join as Independent directors on their Board
Vdopia appoints GM (Business Development) 
Online video advertising network Vdopia has appointed Lovnish Bhatia as General Manager (Business Development)  for its India operations. Prior to joining Vdopia, Bhatia was Senior Manager (Business Development) at Viacom 18.
Gianchandani is President , PVR Pictures
Kamal Gianchandani has joined  as President, PVR Pictures. He will be based out of Mumbai and will lead the entire operations of PVR Pictures.
Manohar is CEO Stempeutics Research 
Stempeutics Research private Ltd, a group company of Manipal Education & Medical Group, a leading stem cell company developing stem cell based medicinal products has promoted  B N Manohar, formerly President as the Chief Executive Officer of the company.
Chadha is CEO, Barclays Shared Services
Barclays Shared Services (BSS), a 100% subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC, has appointed Sameer Chadha, currently Chief Operating Officer, as the company's Chief Executive Officer.
Ingersoll Rand appoints VP (Strategy & Business Creation) 
Ingersoll Rand , the $13.0 billion globally diversified industrial technology company has appointed Sameer Nagpal as Vice President - Strategy & Business Creation for its Indian operations. In his current profile Sameer will be responsible for formulating entry and growth strategies for expanding Ingersoll Rand's footprint in India.
Agarwal reappointed MD of VLS Finance 
The Board of VLS Finance Limited has approved the re-appointment of  S. K. Agarwal as Managing Director of the Company for three years with effect from August 21, 2010.
Dr Ashok Ganguly resigns as Chairman, Firstsource Solutions
The Board of  Firstsource Solutions Limited has accepted the resignation of  Dr. Ashok Ganguly, Chairman of the Board of Directors who resigned from the Board w.e.f. July 27, 2010. The Board accepted his resignation and appointed Dr Shailesh J. Mehta, Non-Executive Independent Director, as Chairman of the Board of Directors in place of Dr Ganguly. 
Swaraj Mazda appoints Whole-time Director 
Swaraj Mazda Limited has appointed R.P. Sehgal as Whole-Time Director of the Company for a period of three years with effect from June 01, 2010.
Asahi Songwon appoints joint MD
Asahi Songwon Ltd has appointed Munjal M. Jaykrishna as joint Managing Director of the company.
Can Fin Homes Director resigns
P. Santosh Kumar, Director, Can Fin Homes has put in his papers and his resignation has been accepted by the Board of Directors.
Roy elevated in GTL
 The board of GTL has approved the elevation of S K Roy - Chief Operating Officer of the company to the position of Whole-time Director & Chief Operating Officer with effect from 27 July 2010.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation's directors resign
P. V. Rajaraman and P. G. Apte who were part-time directors in the board of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd  have ceased to be directors effective July 19,  2010.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Inflation has got Indians by the collar!!
But all our Netas can do is at each other holler!!
 
Congress is desperate that on this issue there should not be voting!!
Whereas BJP feels that by raising this issue it will again start floating!!
 
In all this Pawar is laughing to the bank!!!
Without a doubt because of him India’s food security sank!!
 
And if you think Pawar has stopped his hay making you are mistaken!!
Not even a breather he’s taken!!
 
I do not want the Delhi CWG to fail!!!
But I know games will not be a smooth sail!!
 
Mani says Games will fail cent percent!!!
A bouquet of cacti to him Kalmadi has sent!!
 
Kalmadi attached a card to the cacti saying ‘ Mani is not a patriot’!!
Of course in his shudh Angrezi Mani has responded ‘ what rot’!!
 
Fact is the work undertaken is shoddy and will soon come apart!!
Some has even come apart even before the Games ka start!!
 
Karat should be given the Bharat Ratna for making Communism fall!!!
And by the looks of it Communism in India could be in its ‘death throes’ by next fall!!
 
Karat needs to be commended for what he’s done!!
A huge battle for India he’s won!!
 
Because Commies are for India a pain in the neck or galaa!!
On anything that is progressive for India they create a hulla!!
 
Their objective is India should never come close to Cheen!!!
Look into History and amply this is seen!!
 
Laloo of course will take offence to Ghadkari’s CBI remark!!
And the reason is very stark!!
 
CBI on the orders of the Sarkaar in power has got Laloo off the hook!!
The law CBI was able to rook!!
 
Confucius says…. CBI goes after Shah but lets Tytler off the hook!!
And for both cases we know from whom orders CBI took!!

Bharat Kumar

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Secular politicians have been ignoring bare fact
A fact that has been going around among sensible masses, but given a blind eye by the so called secular politicians in Kerala, has come out now with the revelation by Kerala CM that certain Muslim parties are trying to make their religion a majority in Kerala by fraudulent conversions, love jihad, maximizing child births etc with in the next twenty years. Mullahs in medieval Madrassa in the state allegedly propagate this. According to Government itself there are more than 800NGOs,some in the garb of human right groups, working in Kerala and legal inflow itself is more than 1800 Crores. And almost all of them are coming from Gulf itself. Vote bank politics do not allow both state and central Governments to look into this. This funds are also used for purchasing lands. Sources say that more than 80% of land transaction in Kerala in the last 5 years is done in favour of people of a particular religion. Meanwhile Congress, who even considers Muslim League(a left over of the pre-partition Muslim League) a secular party and inducted them into central ministry, is baying for the blood of the CM. Kerala soon is going to be threat not only to its neighbours ,but to the nation itself.
N Krishna
Crisis In Command
The American army did not fail merely due to lack of knowledge of jungle warfare but for reasons as enumerated in the book ‘Crisis In Command’ written by officers having first hand experience of the war. The senior police officer may like to review his remarks after reading the book.
Gorkhali

Should we really talk to Pakistan ?
Pakistan made a fuss over our Home Secretary just stating a fact that 26/11 was planned, guided and financed by ISI. What have they to say to the US military documents made public by website WikiLeaks which reveal that ISI has been paying Taliban and the Haqqani terrorist outfit to kill Indians working in Afganistan and to kidnap " doctors, officers engineers and labourers" working on the road projects. That the attack on Indian mission in July 2008 also was planned and helped by ISI. The polish intelligence agency had informed about it a week before the attack. In view of these revelations should we really talk to Pakistan. Is it not disgusting that we still allow them to be offensive and aggressive. They are being 'chor' and 'chatur' at the same time .Their intelligence outfit is responsible for killing so many of our nationals in Afganistan .Why can not we tell them that no meaningful dialogue is possible till they stop such activities. Pakistan is adept at playing this double game. This is what they are doing with their ally USA who is giving them $ one billion every year as aid to eliminate terrorists (read Taliban).They are using the same money to let Taliban kill US soldiers. USA is helpless since they are caught in a piquant situation in Afganistan. They are not winning the war nor can they get out. What makes us so helpless in continuing the dialogue with Pakistan inspite of their nefarious designs of getting Indians murdered in Afganistan. Is it on orders from their ally US? Are we so bereft of national pride as to do something at the bidding of a third country howsoever powerful what we should not do in our national interest and also as a mark of respect to our citizens whose lives have been so mercilessly sniffed out. The WikiLeaks documents reveal what we already suspected. We should feel out-raged by these acts of criminality on the part of one wing of Pakistan Establishment of which i am sure their foreign Minister Qureshi must not be ignorant.
Aarti Khosla

An anti-national statement !
Notwithstanding the present state of unpreparedness for Commonwealth Games, every Indian wishes and prays that these should be a success, a great success. Only disgruntled and frustrated persons like Mani Shankar Aiyar would be unhappy if the Games are a success. His personal enmity with Kalmadi apart, it is an anti-national statement. Only a mad person will say this. Congress led Government which has sponsored these Games and is making great efforts at all levels to hold the Games should rein this person whom it has brought to Parliament through backdoor.
B Sharma