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1979 batch IAS officials to join as Addl Secr in GoI
Four to Five 1979 batch IAS officials are likely to join as Additional Secretary in the GoI this month.
Army Chief gets a jolt
In what is being considered as a jolt to the Army Chief, the Ministry of Defence is learnt to have turned down the request to increase the vacancy in Command and Staff team.
A rare praise by Minister of a Secretary
It is rare for serving Civil Servants to receive accolades in public from the Prime Minister. This rare happening was witnessed at the General Conference of the Indian Council for Culture recently when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh publicly placed on record his appreciation of the work being done by the Ministry of Culture and attributed the achievements to Secretary of the Department Jawahar Sircar,1975 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre. PIB even carried this mention in its press release on its website.
A.R. Bhattacharya appointed Addl Secretary & FA, IT
A.R. Bhattacharya has been appointed as Additional Secretary & FA in the Department of Information Technology, Government of India. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Fifteen 1979 batch IAS quit the service
IAS, mainly those belonging to 1979 batch, it seems, are gradually losing interest in civil services. It is now known that 15 officers of this batch alone have left the service in the recent past with Dr C I Joy being the last one. What could be the reason? Those who have quit the IAS are :- Mssrs Sandeep Madan, Rajiv Krishnaswami, Vivek Srivastava, Pradeep Puri, Debi Prasad Patra, Vijay Laxmi, Padmini Desikachar, D Prakash , Mukesh Kackar, Jai Shree Balachandran, Sukhdeep Aulakh, Kannath Alphonse, B K Bal , O P Agrawal and Dr C I Joy.
Ronen Sen likely to be Governor
Former Indian Ambassador to US Ronen Sen is likely to be made Governor soon. Since the IFS officer, SK Singh, who was Rajasthan Governor, has expired, the GoI is learnt to be contemplating to give at least one seat of Governor to an officer with IFS background.
Ms Aditi Mehta to return to Rajasthan
Ms. Aditi Mehta, 1979 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, who is presently Joint Secretary at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) has opted to revert prematurely to Rajasthan. Her central tenure would have ended in September 2010. She is likely to get an important assignment in the State shortly.
Francis appointed Ambassador
K. Joseph Francis, presently Ambassador of India to Mali, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania with residence in Bamako (Mali).
Samiullah Ansari’s central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) has retained the name of Samiullah Ansari in the offer list. He is an IPS officer of the 1992 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
B.A. Prabhakar tipped to CMD of a bank
As the grapevine has it, B A Prabhakar, Executive Director (ED) of the Bank of India, is poised to be Chairman & Managing Directors (CMD) of one of the public sector banks.
Srivastava joins as Advisor
Former Member of the Appellate Tribunal for forfeited property B K Srivastava has joined as Advisor (Corporate/International Taxation),Jai Corp Group pf Companies , Mumbai. He is retired 1971 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Anti terrorists’ center on the anvil
Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is planning to constitute a National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) like the exists in United State of America (USA). The related proposal will soon be sent to the ACC for consideration. Setting up of this organization will lead to creation many vacancies in future at different levels ranging from SP, DIG,IG, ADG to DG.
MHA seeks panel for NDMC’s CVO
Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has called a panel for the slot of CVO, NDMC, from the Delhi Government.
Pankaj Joshi to be PS to Dr. Tushar A Chaudhary
Pankaj Joshi, Director, HUPA, Ministry of Urban Development has been appointed as private secretary to Dr. Tushar A Chaudhary Indian Minister of State for Tribal Affairs. His deputation period will be up to 2014.He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Shantanu Consul to chair IAS officers’ review meeting
Shantanu Consul, Secretary (Personnel) will be chairing the IAS Review meeting of Punjab cadre on January 15, 2010.
Kamal Nayan Chobe’s deputation extended
Kamal Nayan Chobe, PS to Dinesh Trivedi, MOS, Health and Family Welfare, will continue for next 2 years in the same capacity. ACC has approved his central deputation period. He is an IPS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.
Officers deployed for CWG are a hassled lot
As the grapevine has it IAS and IPS officers who are engaged in arrangements for this year's Common Wealth Games (CWG) are a hassled lot due to different working style of Organizing Chairman Suresh Kalmadi.
Subhash Chand Malik to be Director, CVC
Subhash Chand Malik has been appointed as a Director in CVC office for a period of 5 years with effect from his date of joining. He is an ISS officer of the1993 batch.
Amit Sahai to return from deputation
Amit Sahai, Director, Ministry of Heavy Industries, will be returning to his parent cadre of Assam .He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the1987 batch.
RP Tak to be CMD, CCI for 3 months
RP Tak, Director (Finance), Cement Corporation of India (CCI), has got additional charge of CMD, CCI, for a period of 3 months with effect from January 1.2010.
Cabinet to meet on January 19, 2010
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh will be holding a meeting with  all  Ministers of State (MoS) in his cabinet on January 19, 2010 . This is perhaps aimed at giving an audience to them & thrash out their problems.
Number of ADGs in Bihar to increase by 3
The number of Additional Director General of Police (ADGs) in Bihar is going to increase from six to nine.
Sachidanand Srivastava shifted from Jt. CP (Traffic) Delhi
Sachidanand Srivastava, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Delhi Police has been transferred to Police Training School (PTS). He is an IPS officer of the1985 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Satyendra Garg is new Jt. CP (Traffic) Delhi
Satyendra Garg Joint Commissioner of Police (Ops), Delhi Police has been transferred to Jt.CP Traffic. Garg will look after dual charge of Ops&Traffic..He is an IPS officer of the1987 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Mitra is number two in panel
The PESB has reportedly put the name of R K Mitra number two in the panel prepared for the post of Directir (Finance) Jute Corporation of India.
Pankaj Asthana to go to the US
Pankaj Asthana has been nominated by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T), Government of India (GOI), for an 11 months course on Masters in Public Administration in Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA” commencing shortly. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the UT cadre who belongs to the 1988 batch. At present he is Director in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
Mrs. Letika Saran is maiden lady DGP of Tamil Nadu
Mrs. Letika Saran newly appointed DGP of Tamil Nadu is the maiden lady IPS officer to have been appointed as DGP of Tamil Nadu. She is an IPS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS Officer, Jaideep De, Director, Director, NSSO (DPD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata, has been posted as DDG, NSSO (DPD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata.
Assistant Accountant General promoted
Ms. Aswathy VS, Assistant Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (C&CA), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, has been promoted and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn) in the same office.
No decision on IOC chief
There has been no move to fill up the vacancy that may arise if Sarthak Behuria Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is discontinued. His deputation tenure is coming to an end in February 2010. This is for the first time that such a situation has arisen. Behuria will superannuate in the year 2012.
Gangetic dolphin is India’s national aquatic animal
The breed of Gangetic dolphin, which in local parlance of Bihar is called “sauns”, has been declared as the national aquatic animal. For this Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made efforts.
Jharkhand IPS for correction in Date of Birth
1991 batch Jharkhand cadre IPS officer has pleaded for correction in his Date of Birth which according to him is Jan 25, 1953 and not Jan 27, 1950 as stated in the service record.
Kuldeep Singh to be Acting CMD of MTNL
As per convention Director Technical, Kuldeep Singh is likely to get the acting charge as CMD, till a new incumbent is named.
11 IPS officers of 1997 batch get selection grade in Rajasthan
As many as 11 IPS officers of the 1997 batch have been elevated to the selection grade by the Rajasthan government. They are: Vishal Bansal SP A.C.B. Jaipur,Vijay Kumar Singh A.D.C. to Governor Rajasthan, Hawa Singh Ghumaria  SP Inlelligence Jaipur, S. Sengathir  SP CBI S.C.B. Chennai, Gurcharan Rai SP Karauli, Dr. Girraj Lal Meena SP Chittorgarh, Gajanand Verma SP CID CB Jaipur,  Girdhari Lal Sharma SP Kota Rural Kota, Mohan Singh Nitharwal SP Hanumangarh ,Devendra Singh  SP Dausa  & Ravi Kant Mittal SP Pratapgarh .
Rajeev Ranjan appointed Director and Part Time Chairman
TamilNadu Government has appointed Industries Secretary Rajeev Ranjan as Director-Part Time Chairman of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.
Mohapatra is Member of OPSC
K C Mohapatra has been appointed Member of the Orissa Public Service Commission. He is 1993 batch IAS officer.
Arvind Kumar is Addl PCCF in Sikkim
Arvind Kumar Indian Forerst Service (IFS) officer of Sikkim cadre has been promoted to the post and rank of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in the New Higher Administrative Grade (HAG)of IFS (Rs. 67000 - 79000). In addition Arvind Kumar who is currently holding the charge of Delhi based Resident Commissioner(RC) Government of Sikkim has been now posted and designated as the Principal Resident Commissioner
(PRC)of Sikkim Government , Delhi. He belongs to 1985 batch.
Pradeep Sharma Commissioner Bhavnagar civic body suspended
Bhavnagar’s Municipal Commissioner Pradeep Sharma(IAS, Gujarat cadre, 1994 batch) who was arrested earlier for his alleged involvement in 2002 Kutch earthquake land scadal, has now been suspended in connection with the scam that took place during 19 June 2001 and 5 November 2007 while Pradeep Sharma was Collector of Kutch.

CORPORATE
Interviews for EIL’s Director Personnel from Jan.19, 2009
PESB on January 19 & 20, 2010 will conduct interviews for the post of Director Personnel in Engineers India Ltd (EIL).
Sinha relieved from the post of CMD MTNL
RSP Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, MTNL, has been relieved of his charge after his extension came to an end with effect from Jan 11.
Successor of Sinha is yet to be named
It is learnt that the Government is yet to decide on the name of a successor to RSP Sinha as CMD of MTNL.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Leading from the front CJI should have brought his Office under RTI’s ambit or range!!!!
In fact CJI resisting this sure does look and sound strange!!!!
 
After all Public should know about why and how Judges have been appointed!!!!
And when and why the CJI with their performance or work is disappointed!!!
 
Why should the Public not be allowed to find out the reasons for a SC Judgement????
We are all ‘humans’ and prone to ‘unintentional or intentional misjudgement’!!
 
After all the CJI of India and SC are not National secrets that from RTI need to be exempted!!!
And Devtas or Angels are not appointed as SC Judges who ‘cannot be tempted’!!!
 
Without a doubt the Delhi HC Judgement bringing SC under RTI will make SC’s credibility rise,
In fact it can be termed as a decision that’s indeed very wise!!!
 
However seems our Holy Cows do not want to be put under the RTI scanner!!!
And so in the HC’s verdict have thrown an ‘appeal in SC’ ka spanner!!
 
Now the Ruchika case is with CBI and this sure has got many worried!!!
Because when it comes to the powerful CBI’s track record shows it’s got Justice buried!!
 
It was CBI that dumped the suicide abetment charge in the first place!!!!
To Rathod’s aid it sure did race!!!
 
Haryana Cops under Hooda’s orders have tried their best to damage the case!!!!
Don’t know how in the morning Hooda sees in the mirror his face!!!
 
Jethmalani has already been Channel hopping and trying to show Media is interfering in judicial process!!
Fact is ‘Media just brought out facts that were not being considered’ nothing more or less!!
 
Rathod should thank Manu Sharma as it’s because of him he’s not gone to jail!!!
And the aim is to use Rathod’s case to get Manu bail!!!
 
After all if somehow Defence is able to prove via Veena etc., that Media got its story wrong!!!
Then Jethamalani will get working saying 'I said Manu’s trial was a trial by Media all along’!!!
 
Amar Singh they say got NCP to float ‘we’ll take Amar’ balloon or gubaara!!!
Because for Pawar to allow this would mean Pawar ne apne laath pe kulhaada maara!

So NCP just aided Amar so that he could bargain with Mulayam!!!
And now Amar has started saying in SP I'm still kaayam!!
 
NCP is not a ‘house that’s united’!!!!!
That’s because post Pawar ambition of many a NCP leader has been lighted!!!
 
Sule is no mass Leader and Ajit Pawar has his sights for the top job!!!!
And Praful toh already karta hai about post Pawar scenario sob!!!
 
Speaking of Pawar….. he’s washed his hands off the price rise and says I cannot say when prices will fall!!!
Why now he did not take when there were signs of impending price rise any call???
 
He was too busy with cricket, hay making and leafing thru catalogues of cars!!!!
Or dreaming of increasing on the golf course his birdies and pars!!!
 
Nowadays Mohna too does not use his past reason for price rise!!!!
Because his statement that ‘price rise was to benefit farmers’ proved to be a pack of lies!!!
 
BJP is worried that ‘the middleman and shopkeeper’ community who were BJP fans have switched sides!!!
They’ve gone over to UPA and now behind UPA many a hoarder hides!!!
 
Laloo says that qualification to get an RJD ticket is one must have gone to jail!!!
Jail is the criteria and one will not qualify one has got bail!!!
 
A applicant cannot say ‘ I’ve got bail and there is the prospect that I’ll go to jail’!!!!
No jail then you fail!!!
 
Of course Laloo’s not bothered about the reasons for a candidate going to jail!!!!
Murderer, looter, rapist, corrupt etc., however lesser offenses will fail!
 
After all what use for Laloo will be a person whose gone to jail for travelling w/o ticket,
Or someone who went to jail because he did picket!!!

Or does Laloo feel politics is only for jailbirds!!!
And as per him others are unfit for politics or nerds!!! 
 
Confucius says…. In fact in Laloo’s eyes the more heinous the crime the higher the individuals esteem!
Laloo wants to win Bihar by 'hook and crook’ it does seem!!!
 
Adds….. he feels threatening and booth capturing are the only ways he can win!!!!
And that’s why he’s selecting candidates who can deliver a sock on Democracy’s very chin!!!

Flash..... Amar and Ram Gopal's war is now moved to the next step!!!
Both are tacitly warning each other ' I know a lot about you so watch your step'!!

When Amar says I know a lot but will take the secrets to the grave!!!
Rest assured a clear warning he gave!!!

 


Bharat Kumar

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WHETHER MEDIA TRIAL OF FORMER DGP SPS RATHORE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER NATIONAL ISSUES ?

Yes Media is doing good job
Yes. The media is doing an excellent job. People in high positions should not be allowed to circumvent the law and make life hell for normal law abiding citizens. He should be given an exemplary punishment.
Bhooma S. Kumar

Media trial is building up public opinion
The so called media trial is in fact building up public opinion against outrageous and brazen use of state authority to subvert justice. The media would not have taken up the case had all concerned acted fairly and promptly. Hence the state functionaries should ensure that justice should be seen to have been delivered.
A B Savant

Lets first take that issue to its end (Justice to Victims) then others will follow...
V Kumara

No trial:only duty
The media is not trying Rathore. Media being the fourth Estate is duty bound to bring the truth to public knowledge. If it fails to do so, it fails to justify it's very existence. Is the allegation an attempt to silence the media? The black deeds of the Emergency also fetched the media brickbats like "malacious/tendentious/biased" etc reporting. The Emergency would never have ended were the media "embedded" as was the "committed" bureaucracy. Rathore will always remember Ruchika whenever he touches his own daughter, since both were classmates. He exceeded his call of duty by torturing Ashu the same way a young man was tortured in Kerala during the Emergency. Instead of bothering for the media, he should come out with the truth and end this unseemly debate. It need not be repeated that all candidates for the IAS etc(now Civil Services) are inspired by idealism and a sense of duty. It is the rough & tumble of Indian democracy in practice that turns them into just the opposite. Unfortunate, but Indian democracy has evolved only to this level! All serving government servants must remember that making compromises in public services can turn them into objects of public approbation. The media is only our watchdog. It is better to keep them watching you in the manner of "nindak niyare rakhiye, aangan kutee chhabaaye..". If Rathore owns up the truth even at this late stage, he can prove the mettle of public servants. For this he will need to be stronger within himself & not seek advice of his advocates only!
M L Gupta

Media highlighting things is okay as far as journalism is concerned.What is troubling is," How and when did the President and the CJI give oath and appoint media as Judges." Justice is the purview of the judiciary and cannot be obtained through yelling.
M.D.Bosco

Ms Sudha Pillai is excellent
I being an officer working under Ms Sudha Pillai for long time, can assure that her calibre of working and nature to get the work done from the subordinates is so attractive and full of enthusiasm that she must be made Cabinet Secretary despite any criticism from the bureaucracy on the ground that her husband is a Home Secretary. She deserves the post and if considered, she should be made Cabinet Secretary by superseding others even.
I wish her alround success in her life and say best luck to her.
H.S. Bhalla

Killing of Indians in Aussie, worrisome
When Graham Staines, the Auissie missionary and his children died unfortunately in Orissa, more as an accident than as a deliberate action, the entire white world rose in unison condemning India, Aussies going to the extent of threatening to severe diplomatic ties with us. But now when Indian students are being brutally treated, racially abused and murdered in Australia, we have a foreign minister squeaking around, his deputy twittering away and a PM who keeps his head above the clouds. And what is our all powerful Congress Chair person, who was much concerned with attacks on proselytizing missionaries do, remain as a ghost in 10 Jan path incommunicado. The dignity and respect any citizen gets in a foreign country depend on the strength, credibility and courage of his Government and its ability to protect its citizens. Going by this Indian lives are the most expendable thing in the world.
N Krishnan

Pathetic condition of our governance
Vicky is probably not aware of the basic problems which the BSF cadre is facing. Every body would like to get top most posts in BSF not having seen the plight of BSF cadre officers/Troops. What a pathetic condition of our governance ?.
Mohan Kumar