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Raja ki wapas ho gayi baraat!!!
It was like day during raat and now its just raat (night)!!

After all as long as Raja was Mantri his baraat was on!!
And now even the banda baaja and baraatis (trappings of power) have all gone!!

What did Pranab Da say to Karuna that made Karuna relent????
And then only 'resign' message to Raja was sent!!

Seems Pranab Da advised Karuna 'Raja's resignation will calm things down'!!
Otherwise Opposition will take to streets in every village, city and town!!

Congress tried its best to make a 'mountain ka molehill' on the 2 G -gate!!
But it seems the CAG Report sealed Raja's fate!!

Rumours abound that lion's share went to Karuna and Raja just 'filled his pockets'!!
In the case of regional Parties a minority share Party's Minister in the Centre pockets!

Lion's share should go to the Party or the Party Boss!
And if this is not done the regional Party Boss takes it like a personal loss!

In fact regional party Bosses are always checking out!!
If the Party's Mantri is not giving Party a major share of the spoils then he or she is sorted out!

Regional Bosses do this also to prevent any Partyman from becoming too big!!!
If this check was not kept their own graves Regional Party Bosses would dig!!

Laloo knew what each of his Party's central and State Mantris were making!!
He had tabs to know how much ghoos his Party's Mantris were 'taking'!

And if the Mantri was depositing less than required with the Party!!
Which in RJD's case is Laloo then Laloo would 'bust the Mantris Ministrial party'!!

Manpreet Badal is not floating his own Party but going on a Jaago Punjab Yatra!
His SUV's tyres getting punctured all the time there is every khatra!!

Cousin Sukhbir will use every book in the trick to derail this Yatra!!
And thereby put Manpreet's poltical career 'full stop ke maatra'!

But then there is a school of thought that says in actuality this is a play (drama)!!
Both are hand in glove and Congress both Sukhbir and Manpreet are trying to waylay!

Akalis have a religious agenda and Congress has a financial one!!
So via Manpreet's 'financial agenda' 'in Congress will be done'!!

Confucius says… Netas put up a patriotic front to hide their unpatriotic deeds!!
Over an unpatriotic slash they put a patriotism ki bandage but under it the slash wound bleeds!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Media hype of Obama's India tour eclipsed by scam
The feel great media hype that was build up in the wake recent India tour by the US President Barack Obama has been eclipsed by scams latest being that of Communications' Ministry's due to which A Raja had to quit from the cabinet.
Maharashtra to have new PCC Chief
Maharashtra will soon have a new PCC Chief.One thing is certain he will not be a Maratha and Funds raising job will be assigned to him instead of the Chief Minister.

Bureaucracy


Race for CIL's chief narrows down between 2 insiders
As the grapevine has it ,the race for the post of Chairman, Coal India Ltd (CIL) has narrowed down between two internal candidates. They are: T.K. Lahiri Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharat Coking & Coal Limited (BCCL) V.K. Singh Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL).
Kaun Banega new CMD of SBI ? (2)
Speculation game has started over the new CMD of the State Bank of India.Infact, term of present CMD O P Bhatt is coming to an end on March 7.
A P Sawhney poised to get a new assignment
A.P.Sawhney who is currently Joint Secretary DoPT is poised to be appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National E-Governance Division. He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Gupta to be Director Marketing BPCL !
As the grapevine has it K.K.Gupta is number one in panel for the slot of Director Marketing in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) interviews for which were held on November 15, 2010. He is presently Executive Directive (ED) Retail in BPCL
B C Gupta joins as Secretary Food
Newly appointed Food Secretary B.C. Gupta has joined the Government of India (GOI) on central deputation on November 15, 2010. Gupta is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.
(We said this on November 8 )
Rajan Katoch joins GoI as AS and FA Commerce
Rajan Katoch has joined the Government of India on Monday as Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Commerce. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on October 23 )
Changes in RTI in the offing
Changes in the Right to Information (RTI) Act are in the offing. It may entail keeping the chief justice of the Supreme Court out of its realm. This has prompted protests by those who see it as a dilution of the law. It is, however, yet to be discussed with stakeholders.
Last word !
There are only two such powerful Chief Ministers in the country whose word is the last word. And they are Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Addl Secr Tourism Sanjay Kothari affected by 'Panchak' ?
When Sanjay Kothari joined the Government of India he must have been influenced by "Panchak". This is evident from the fact that the low profile and hard working 1978 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre Kothari who is presenrly Additional Secretary Tourism has seen five secretaries so far. They are AK Misra, Shila Bhadra Banerjee, Dr Christy Fernandez, Sujit Banerjee and R H Khwaja.
A Company of CRPF with a retired DG
Believe it or not, this is a fact. One Company of the CRPF is still at the disposal of a retired DG of the organization. One Company means 125 personnel of this prestigious para-military force.
Singhvi Member PNGRB to demit office on November 16, 2010
L K Singhvi, Member(Commercial) Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) will be demitting office on November 16, 2010. Brij Mohan Bansal IOC chief no.1 for PNGRB's Member Brij Mohan Bansal Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is number one in panel for the slot of (Commercial) Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).
Manju Pandey is CVO of IRCTC
Manju Pandey has been appointed new CVO in the Indian Railways catering and Toursim Corporation (IRCTC) .She is 1989 batch IPoS officer.
Mishra is new CVO of Paradip Port Trust
Kashi Nath Mishra has been appointed as the CVO in the Paradip Port Trust, Paradip. He is 1983 batch AFHO officer.
Singhal appointed CTE in CVC
Anil Singhal has been appointed as Chief Technical Examiner in the Central Vigilance Commission.He is 1978 batch IRSS officer.
Mishra to be new CIC Orissa
Former chief secretary Tarun Kanti Mishra will be new new chief information commissioner (CIC) of Orissa. He is retired 1975 batch IAS officer.
Are two Kashmir Interlocutors not on talking terms ?
Grapevine has it that two Kashmir Interlocutors are not on talking terms these days ?. Are the bosses in GoI aware ?.
58 IPS' vacancies in UP
The post of 58 IPS officers is still vacant in Uttar Pradesh.
IA&AS officer Madan Lal transferred
Madan Lal, Deputy Accountant General (Funds), in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E)-I, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad is being transferred and posted as Deputy Director, in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-III, New Delhi.
Sanjay Singh to attend 51st NDC course
Sanjay Singh, IPS (AGMU: 1990). Director(Sec.) Parliament House has reportedly been selected for the 51st NDC course scheduled to commence in Delhi
on January 10,2011.
SBI official Dr. Girija transferred
Dr. Girija Prasad Ray, Regional Manager, SBI Life Insurance Company Limited, Bhubaneswar, has been posted as Deputy General Manager, Chandigarh Circle.
Snehlata Srivastava bereaved
Ramesh Chandra Srivastava father of 1982 batch IAS officer of MP cadre Ms Snehlata Srivastava has passed away in Bhopal.He was over 74.
Vimla Mehra is new Special CP (Scurity) Delhi Police
Ms.Vimla Mehra has been appointed as Special C.P. (Security), Delhi Police.She is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch of the AGMU cadre.
Yadav is moves to Police Headquarters Delhi
S.S. Yadav, Joint C.P., CAW , Delhi Police has been transferred as Joint C.P. at Delhi Police Headquarters..He is an IPS officer of the 1985 batch of the AGMU cadre.
Syyad to go on leave
Mansoor Ali Syyad, Joint C.P. at Delhi Police Headquarters is going on long leave.He is an IPS officer of the 1982 batch of the AGMU cadre.
Mohan posted as Joint CP (P&I) in Delhi Police
T.N. Mohan, CVO, Metro Rail Corporation after completion of central deputation is returning to the parent cadre Delhi Police .He has been posted as Joint CP (P&I), Delhi Police.He is an IPS officer of the 1986 batch of the AGMU cadre.
Meenu Chowdhury moves to NE District Delhi
Meenu Chowdhury, Additional DCP, Central District has been transferred to North-west District in place of Narendra Bundela as DCP Delhi Police.She is an IPS officer of the2000 batch of the AGMU cadre.
Singh is now Additional DCP (Central) Delhi
Sarender Kumar Singh, DCP, North District has been transferred as Additional DCP (Central), Delhi Police.He is an IPS officer of the 1997 batch of the AGMU cadre.
Mishra appointed Additional DCP EOW in Delhi Police
S.D. Mishra has been appointed as Additional DCP EOW Cell, Delhi Police.He is an SPS officer of the 1993 batch of the AGMU cadre.
Gondane is now HC to Papua New Guinea
Dr. Ajay M. Gondane (IFS: 85), presently Deputy Consul General, CGI, New York, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Papua New Guinea in succession to S.P. Mann.
Brij Mohan Bansal IOC chief no.1 for PNGRB's Member
Brij Mohan Bansal Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is number one in panel for the slot of (Commercial)Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).
Sharma appointed Director Road Transport
Nawal Kishore Sharma has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the Government of India. He is 1988 batch IDES officer.
NTPC receives the Certificate for Maharatna PSU
Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC received the certificate of the coveted Maharatna Status for NTPC bestowed by Government of India on select four PSUs from Vilasrao Deshmukh Indian Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises in Delhi on November 16, 2010. NTPC is the first PSU in Power Sector to receive this honour. The certificates were conferred at the conference Resurgent PSUs- Vibrant India held in New Delhi. Consequent upon grant of Maharatna status, the Board of Directors of NTPC are empowered to make equity investment to establish financial joint ventures and wholly-owned subsidiaries and undertake mergers & acquisitions, in India or abroad, subject to a ceiling of 15% of the net worth, limited to Rs.5000 crore in one project as against earlier limit of Rs.1000 crore. NTPC , the largest power generating company of the country, presently has an installed capacity of over 32000 MW. NTPC presently operates 28 power stations across the country. Currently NTPC has over 16,000 MW capacity under construction and plans to become a 75 GW by 2017.
Ajit Balaji Joshi poised to be OSD to Maharashtra Chief Minister
As the grapevine has it Ajit Balaji Joshi is poised to join Maharashtra cadre on inter state deputation as OSD to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. At present, he is deputy commissioner (DC) of Sonipat district in Haryana. He is an IAS officer of the 2003 batch & belongs to the Haryana cadre.

CORPORATE
CIL is now Member of World Coal International Board
Coal India Ltd has become Member of the World Coal International Board.Chairman of the CIL Partha S Bhattacharya is in Brazil today to attend Meeting of the Board.
Chadha gets new position in PepsiCo
Sanjeev Chadha has been appointed the head of PepsiCo in West Asia & Africa.
Somany is President of AIGMF
Mukul Somany has been appointed new president of the All India Glass Manufacturers' Federation.
Mathur gets award
Aditya Swarup Mathur ED incharge, Research and Development Centre for Iron and Steel (RDCIS), Ranchi has been conferred with the OP Jindal Gold Medal for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Steel Industry.
Zanwar appointed Part-time Non-official Dir, BHEL
Trimbakdas S. Zanwar has been appointed as a Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) w.e.f. November 12, 2010.
Sharma appointed Addl. Director
Supreme Infrastructure India Limited has appointed Vimal Sharma as an Additional Director of the company.
Thakral resigns from Gateway Distriparks
The Board of Gateway Distriparks Limited has accepted the resignation of Karan Singh Thakral, a Non-executive Director on Board of the Company.
Zolfaghari appointed Senior VP
Prithvi Information Solutions has appointed Chahram Zolfaghari as the Senior Vice-president of Telecom, Americas.
Tesco HSC appoints HR Head
Tesco Hindustan Service Centre (Tesco HSC) has appointed Dayanand Allapur as Head ( HR).
Murthy appointed Independent Dir.
Manjeera Constructions Ltd has appointed K. Krishna Murthy as an Independent Director on the Board of the subsidiary Company.
DCM Shriram appoints Director
DCM Shriram Industries Ltd has appointed Anil Gujral, Chief Executive Officer (Chemicals & Alcohol) of the company and appointed him as Whole-time Director with effect from February 01, 2011 in place of G. Kumar, Whole-time Director, whose term expires on January 31, 2011.
Yusuff Ali awarded
Yusuff Ali, Managing Director, Emke Group, has been selected for the Business Man of the Year award of State Forum of Banker's Club, Kerala. State Forum of Banker's Club is a joint platform of private and public sector banks in Kerala.
Mohan to be Addl. Director
The Board of Arvind Remedies Limited has approved appointment of Raja Mohan as Additional Director of the Company in place of Dr.Yogesh Kothari who had resigned.
Dhawan appointed Head (Enterprise Business)
Juniper Networks has appointed Ashish Dhawan as Head (Enterprise Business).
Ganjoo appointed Head (Service Provider Business)
Dhananjay Ganjoo has been appointed as Head (Service Provider Business) Juniper Networks .
Adani Power appoints CFO
Adani Power has appointed Prabal Banerji as the new Chief Financial Officer of the company. Earlier he was with the Hinduja Group.
Maran is now Chairman of SpiceJet
Sun TV chief Kalanithi Maran - brother of Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran has taken over as the chairman of SpiceJet.
123greetings.com appoints Anita Swamy as Regional Head
123greetings.com, an IntraSoft Technologies venture, has appointed Anita Swamy as Regional Head, Ad Sales (South). She has joined the company's Bangalore office from October onwards.

FORUM
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Watch dog ?

One is bewildered by the argument given by no less a person than the Law minister of this country that CAG cannot question the policy of the Government. Why not if the policy is framed with the purpose to defraud the national exchequer as was done in the 2G spectrum case. CAG is a watchdog of national finances-a constitutional watchdog. How can they question his authority. It is troubling to see that one more institution is being undermined by the corrupt mafia. They have already made the Finance irrelevant by making financial Advisors from IAS rather than the four finance services viz.IAAS, ICAS, IDAS and IRAS. The officers from these services are recruited through the same Civil Services Exam and after allotment to any of these four Finance services they get trained in the principles of financial concurrence with the very first lesson that 'a prudent man will spend the public money as his own'. It is they who should man the FAs' posts at Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary's level. But no, IAS-wallahs are repository of all wisdom. Even FAs' posts are given to them mostly and what do they do? What the then Secretary Telecom explained the other day in response to his predecessor's whistleblowing that he had no option but to go along with the minister as the relationship between the minister and secretary is very 'tenous'.Wah,what a defence?But that is what the bureaucrats at senior level are doing.Helping their masters in corruption,sharing the loot and also ensuring a post-retirement job.Incidentally when the upright lady officer who was Member(Finance) in the Telecom Department at the time of 2G spectrum sell-off sought voluntry retirement since she did not agree to be a party to this wrong doing why was she allowed to go.Those who agreed to her going are equally guilty.Who was her successor?A finance man who i learnt has been awarded with a post -retirement important post.Maybe at the recommendation of Raja.It is getting rotten and rotten all around and that too under a Prime Minister who is perceived to be honest.

Aarti Khosla

"CBI must be closed?"

Since the CBI is being misused by the govt,it is better to wind it up.

Dheeraj Kumaar


Amazing!

The suggestion to strengthen anti-corruption agencies like CBI deserves consideration.

V Nnatrajan

Now textile minisry !

After CWG now it is the turn of textile ministry to had a scam in the exhibition with export promotion councils and lot money be siphoned off

Vinod Thapar

It happens only in India. !

Just amass huge wealth through Scam with pocket full of money.

Kalyan

Spectrum Scam

The Government should ruthlessly punish the corporate and lobbyists who gained from this scandal. In Madhu Koda case, Koda was jailed but nothing happened to the industrialists who paid bribes to loot the nation. Whispers should expose and shame all such private sector criminals.
The officers who colluded need to shamed too. Simultaneously the ones who stood up despite the enormous pressure like the then Secretary DoT (D S Mathur), Member Finance (Madhavan?) and the present CAG need praise and felicitation.

Mukesh