Whispers" presence is ubiquitous in the corridors of power. Cheers !!!
Gundeep Gill, Mohali (Chandigarh)

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

JPC ke maamle mein Congress is sticking to its 'no'!!!!
To meet Karuna the Opposition should now go!!

Because on this issue Congress is toeing Karuna's line!!
For Congress a JPC should be 'just fine'!!

Hold it….. is it possible that Congress too has a few fingers in the 2G pie???
Maybe in the 2G cupboard some Congress skeletons also lie!!

Really Barkha and Vir have tremendous clout!!
The Radia tapes prove that they use their Media clout to 'tout'!!

The Radia tapes indicate they touted for certain lobbies and business pals!!!
They say Barkah is one of the most 'ambitious and money minded' gal's!!

Vir is either touting or eating or both or dono!!!!
In actuality touting for a Journalist is a cardinal ' no no'!!

American Government is not banning WikiLeaks!!
However on Radia Tapes a different language Indian Government speaks!!

India Government would prefer such things remain under wraps!!!!!
Wants to give those responsible for the leaks knuckle raps!!

The conversations show how the Nation is taken for a ride!!!
So what if with each other those conversing did confide!!

Tapes show how lobbies get Ministers appointed!!!
I'm sure many would be with Rattan Tata very disappointed!!!

He's been caught being very 'un- Tata' like!!!!
SC should have told Rattan Tata to take a hike!!

Why should the tapes be banned and why bother who caused the leak????
Rather answers from Rattan Tata , Barkah, Vir the SC should seek!!

They keep raiding Kalmadi's aids but Kalmadi is treated like a holy cow!!!
Though on the side CBI keeps saying 'Kalmadi will be questioned anytime now'!!

Kalmadi says he done nothing wrong and says he'll let the Parliament know his side!
Let him let the House know but raid him side by side!!

He must have used a fine comb to clean his Offices and homes!!!
Seeing the inaction on Kalmadi in the mouth the Nation literally foam's!!

Pawar has said ' do not trouble businessmen'!!!
Seems he's worried now Congress may go after 'his men'!!!

Rumoured that in various Business Houses Pawar has investments of the benaami kind!
And such links are not too difficult to find!!

So Pawar is trying to protect his friends!!!!!
Pawar is sensing changing trends!!

He knows when it comes to him now Congress would like to 'trouble and shame'!!!
NCP he feels now Congress wants to tame!!

Confucius says… Jagan has followed Pawar's example!!
So by taking over NCP Congress may give Jagan what could happen down the line ka sample!!


Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Who will be the PM (2) if NDA forms govt? (Sushma Swaraj)
Who will be the Prime Minister(PM) if NDA returns to power? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power. Obvious choice is former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani. However, the new claimant for the post is Ms. Sushma Swaraj - leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
BUREAUCRACY
CVC resigns ?
Grapevine has it that CVC P J Thomas has sent in his resignation to the President. Only the other he had met Home Minister P Chidambaram.
Orders of Sanjeev Tripathi in a day or two !
Orders of Sanjeev Tripathi as new R&AW Chief are expected to be issued in a couple of days. He is seniormost R&AW cadre officer.One source however said that the proposal has been stalled.
A P Singh is new CBI Director
A P Singh has taken over as new CBI Director.1974 batch Jharkhand cadre IPS officer Singh will get two years tenure.
Major reshuffle unlikely in CBI
Appointment of A P Singh as new CBI Chief unlikely to see any kind of major reshuffle in the organisation.
Rajiv Kumar promoted in R&AW
Rajiv Kumar has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director in the R&AW. He is from Customs Service.
Kandaswamy is now JD CBI
P Kandaswamy has been promoted to the rank if Joint Director in the CBI. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
DPC for Chief Commissioners in C&CE soon
There are now seven vacancies to the rank of Chief Commissioner in Central Board of Customs and Central Excise. 1977 and 1978 batch IRS officers are to be considered.
Chittranjan Singh is new DGP of Gujarat
ADGP Chittranjan Singh has been appointed as director general of police in Gujarat.He will hold the additional charge and continue to head the anti-corruption bureau (ACB).
Sanjeev Kumar to be Director Power
Sanjeev Kumar will now be Director, Ministry of Power, Government of India. He is ex-P.S. to Prithviraj Chauhan, ex-MOS Ministry of Personnel &Training.He is an IAS officer of the 1993 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Posting of five Director level officers soon
Five Director level officers who have been empanelled in Government of India will be posted shortly under Central Staffing Pattern Scheme.
29 Director level posts are vacant in GoI
29 posts of Director level are currently vacant in the Government of India.
Ms Sethi is back to job
Mrs. Trishaljit Sethi. Director, DOPT, Ministry of Personnel & Training, Government of India has joined the office after completing the 15 days training on Management Development Programme at Ghaziabad.She is IPOS (India Postal Service) officer of the1990 batch.
Changes in Maharahtra after assembly session
Changes of officers in Maharashtra will take place after the assembly session concludes.
SBI official Chandra transferred
Umesh Chandra, Assistant General Manager, Banking Operations Department, National Banking Group, Mumbai, has been transferred as Deputy General Manager, Chandigarh Circle.
Raj Govt promotes Mohanty as ACS
Rajasthan government has promoted B.B. Mohanty, IAS member Revenue Board, Ajmer as Additional Chief Secretary in the grade of Rs 80,000 and posted as ACS (Development) and Development Commissioner, Jaipur. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to Rajasthan cadre.
Asha Singh transferred as DG Public Admn Institute, Jaipur
Rajasthan Govt has transferred Asha Singh ACS and Development Commissioner as ACS and Director General Harish Chandra Mathur Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur. She is Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of the 1976 batch.
Khyati Mathur posted Dy. Conservator Forests Jaipur
Rajasthan Govt has posted Khyati Mathur, IFS, as Deputy Conservator, Forest Security with immediate effect.
State Bank of Pakistan takes serious note
The Board of Directors of State Bank of pakistan (SBP) in their bi-monthly monetary policy announcement have taken serious note of reckless borrowings from it by the pakistan government which according to the Directors has blunted all efforts to arrest the 'runway monetary expansion' resulting in inflation. Apart from raising borrowing costs (which effectively means high rates of interest on borrowings) the meeting also decided strict adherence to revised borrowing limits 'even if it results in stopping payments to the provincial governments'. The proposal to increase borrowing costs has obviously not gone down well with Pakistan's business community who feel that it could 'crowd out the private sector, compromise growth and result in decreased export as well as loss of jobs'.
It is to be noted that against a total expansion of Rs 360 billion in the Bank's reserve money Rs 266 billion have gone into state borrowings upto 19 November this year.While apologists for the government attribute the phenomenon to rising security and flood relief related costs, cost of subsidies in the power sector and shortfall in external funding the SBP feels that fiscal indiscipline coupled with a narrow tax-base and declining Tax To GDP ratio (lower than 9% amongst lowest in the world) are the real factors.
ITBP Challenger cup
ITBP Challenger Cup-2010 was conducted at Delhi Race Course.R.K. Bhatia, DG, was the chief guest on the occasion and presented the "ITBP Challenger Cup" silver trophy to jokey R.Pramod of horse Rose who was the winner of the race. During last three years Equestrian Team of ITBP has won 7 Gold, 9 Silver & 8 Bronze Medals during various national and international level competitions. Their performance is par excellence. This year ITBP dog squad did most of the anti sabotage checking at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Games Village, during commonwealth games and during the visit of Mr Barak Obama, U S President in 2010. This annual race for the "ITBP CHALLENGER CUP-2010' is dedicated to all A.T. Personnel & Riders of ITBP Equestrian Team, who always work with the animals and serve the troops at remote border in the adverse climatic conditions, snow bound high altitude areas and in difficult terrain through out the year. ITBP Challenger Cup is presented to the winner of the race by Director General of ITBP.
Two IPS officers promoted in MP
Two 1985 batch IPS officers Swarn Singh and U K Lal have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Madhya Pradesh,
Aditya Sinha to join DNA as Editor-in-Chief
Aditya Sinha from The New Indian Express is likely to join DNA as its Editor-in-Chief, replacement of R Jagannathan. He is with The New Indian Express from April 2007 prior to that he was the Editor of Sunday Hindustan Times.
IAS changes in Karnataka
Meera C Saxena has been appointed ACS-cum-Development Commissioner.Principal Secretary Finance L V Nagarajan has been given additional charge as Chairman of Karnataka State Finance Corporation.S M Jaamdar has been posted as Managing Director, Karnataka State Finance Corporation.Other postings are Mssrs Kaushik Mukherjee - Principal Secretary, Forest, Ecology & Environment ,Ramesh Bindurao Zalki - Secretary, Kannada & Culture, Information Departmen, B R Jayaramaraje Urs - MD Karnataka Public Lands Corporation Ltd, G Kumar Naik - Secretary, Education Department, Dr N V Prasad - Additional Director, Food and Civil Supplies ,Subir Hari Singh - Commissioner, Bangalore Metropolitan Regional Development Authority and Rajeev Chawla - Special Secretary, Revenue Department (Bhoomi & Registration of Urban properties).
Orders for implementation of Mankad Committee recommendations yet to be issued
The Government of India has approved the recommendations of the Mankad Committee. However, order about its implementation is yet to be passed.
Thakur's order as Member, CBEC not yet issued
M.C. Thakur's appointment order as Member, CBEC in place of Sumit Dutt Mazumdar has not yet been issued.
Prem Narain is Advisor in Planning Commission
Prem Narain has been appointed advisor in the Planning Commission. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre,
NHAI Chairmn gets three months extension
Chairman of the NHAI Brijeshwar Singh has been given another three months extension beginning December1.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Chandramouli is new Sercretary Health
K Chandramouli on Wednesday assumed charge as Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Chandramouli is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the Uttar Pradesh Cadre of the 1975 batch.Prior to this appointment he was functioning as Secretary and Director General, National AIDS Control Organization. He would presently continue to hold the charge of DG, NACO.
Brigadier takes over charge
Brigadier Balwinder Singh, VSM has taken over command of the 108 Mountain Brigade from Brigadier Anuj Kainthla,
Puneet Agrawal IAS injured in a road mishap in the US
Puneet Agrawal, IAS officer of the Manipur-Tripura cadre belonging to the 1988 batch met with a road accident in the United States, where he is on training to the Syracuse University. According to reports reaching here, he lost his son in the mishap. Both Agrawal and his wife were injured but stated to be out of danger.

CORPORATE
Hotels Division and Outside Delhi Hotels Division of ITDC to be merged
The Hotels Division and the Outside Delhi Hotels Division, of Indian Tourism and Development Corporation (ITDC), shall now be merged after superannuation of U S. Gupta, VP (HOD), who retired on November 30. These would comprise of Hotels, Restaurants and Catering units of ITDC headed by VP(Hotels).
Preity Zinta to be brand Ambassador of Himachal Pradesh
Renowned Film Actress Preity Zinta would be motivating world renowned personalities and entrepreneurs to visit and invest in high end Tourism promotion activities in Himachal Pradesh. Zinta has consented in principle to act as Brand Ambassador for Tourism and Environment protection endeavours of the State. This was revealed by Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. Dr. Arun Sharma, Director of Tourism and Civil Aviation, had visited Mumbai to discuss the proposal and seek the approval of Ms. Zinta, he said.
Honegg is MD Mercedes Benz
Mercedes Benz has appointed Peter T Honegg as the MD and CEO of its India operations.
Padmakumar to be National Creative Head Rediffusion
N Padmakumar the National Creative Director of Everest Brand Solutions will soon take up the responsibility at Rediffusion as its National Creative Head.
Majumder appointed Director, UBI
Saumen Majumder has been appointed as Director of United Bank of India (UBI) .
Sahni resigns from Kitply Industries as Company Secy.
Nitin Sahni has resigned as Director of Kitply Industries Ltd with effect from November 24, 2010.
Gupta resigns as Company Secy. HSIL Ltd
Ms. Ruchika Gupta, Company Secretary of HSIL Ltd has resigned with effect from November 17, 2010.
Harun resigns as Director, Oil Country Tubular
Dr. Abdul Halim Bin Harun, Independent Director of Oil Country Tubular Ltd has resigned and his resignation was accepted by the Board in its meeting held on October 21, 2010.
Wazir appointed Director, Oil Country Tubular
Syed Hisham Bin Syed Wazir is appointed as Additional Director of Oil Country Tubular Ltd w.e.f October 21, 2010.
Shrivastava appointed CFO Mukund Engineers
J. S. Shrivastava has been appointed as new Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of Mukund Engineers Ltd in place of M.R. Karandikar.
Arora resigns as Company Secy. Cosmo Films
Parvinder Singh Arora has resigned from the post of Company Secretary of Cosmo Films Ltd w.e.f. November 19, 2010.
Shamsuddhin appointed MD Southern Agrifune Industries
A.K.M.A. Shamsuddin has been appointed as Managing Director of Southern Agrifurane Industries Pvt Ltd.
CEO Lowe Lintas quits
Charles Cadell, CEO, Lowe Lintas India, who is completing his term on December 31, 2010, would be moving out of Lowe when his term ends.
George to be new CEO Lowe Lintas
Joseph George, who has been Deputy CEO, CEO, Lowe Lintas India, would assume CEO office on January 3, 2011. The vacancy of CEO is being created on the completion of the term of present incumbent Charles Cadell on December 31, 2010.
Padmakumar moves within Everest Brand Solutions group
After a nearly four-year stint at Everest Brand Solutions, N Padmakumar (Paddy), the National Creative Director (NCD) is moving on within the same group. Padmakumar's next assignment is with Rediffusion as its NCD.

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Shocked SC Chief Justice promises to expose guilty !

Supreme Court CJ is shocked at how some High Court Judges have shielded corrupt politicians and businessmen. He is reportedly flooded with complaints of how Judges brushed aside cases of nepotism and corruption by businessmen, bureaucrats and politicians. A young Judge in Maharashtra High Court allegedly dismissed a PIL under pressure from a Foreign Embassy. A CJ of a court in South India absolved a Union Minister. Judges close to a former SC CJI helped a powerful Delhi politician to go scoot free on charges of molestation. Several Judges under the influence of a former Law Minister summarily dismissed petitions in grave cases of corruption and criminal misconduct for being awarded with ceremonial jobs after retirement. The list is unending but SC CJI has promised his conscience and the oath he took under Constitution of India to expose and punish the guilty in accordance to the law of the land.

Justice retd SCI


Apex Court to gag media !

Supreme Court of India is likely to gag the media from publishing the Radia tapes. A PIL may be moved in SC early this week. SC judges are reportedly not happy with Ratan TATA's name being dragged into the controversy.

Justice ( Retd) Khanna

Understand the reality

There is a lot of controversy on the appointment of CVC. We should understand that CVC is a constitutional Authority and should not submit to any pressure from any executive once the appointment is made. That is the purpose of providing such protection to the constitutional authorities like CVC, CEC, CAG etc. The question is of the integrity. Present CVC is not the only civil servant who has been suffering the agony of hanging sword for Nineteen years. He is simply a playing field in the rivalry amongst bigger players. I think he is the best person to lay down guidelines for protecting civil servants from such long drawn agony. I have seen many competent officers suffering for years together mentally and socially for none of their faults and exonerated at the end of long drawn battles after 20 - 26 years in many cases. They are given promotions and some time monetary benefits at the end with a word "exonerated honorably", however neither their agony nor their loss of honor is compensated as both are nontangibles. I feel the present CVC should stay put and using his residuary power should frame rules for the benefit of many such sufferers, as the various election commissioners have done in the past to set the election process in order.

H S Kingra

Congratulations !

I would like to congratulate Dr PK Misra for his letter. I think not only PM but the entire country should ponder over his suggestion. There is need to file PIL in supreme court to stop this bureaucratic nepotism which is ruining the civil swervices edifice. Entire IAS fraternity should move on this. The stink need to be removed.

V B Kumar

Cong turning blind eye to deals !

Many scams because of selective denotification of lands are surfacing. Many ministers are involved in Karnataka. In TN many public park lands get denotified and even some Govt lands. With the lapse of time these park lands get into the hands of many Govt bureaucrats and ministers who construct flats and sell them. Even corporation of Chennai is not aware of its own property holdings. Many temples in TN have lost their lands and buildings to politicians and their relatives. Central Govt and congress which boasts of transparency and morality are turning blind eyes to these deals.

Venkat


NABARD needs able leader

NABARD needs an able leader to take bold strides and achieve great heights and fulfill the aspirations of the people in the rural hinterlands

AB

This is a good site

For making it more powerful, the public should be enabled to send the important news going on in the government. I think till day it is not there.

Dev Kant