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Ratan Tata says Tatas preferred to drop a project rather than pay a bribe!
The bribe demand was from a Neta who lived up to the reputation of his tribe!

This Neta insiders say was close to the Farmer PM Gowda and was his Civil Aviation Minister!!!
It is well known on political matters he was 'Gowda's prime political assister'!!

Political matters include 'funding' as is commonly seen!!!
Though prior to this revelation by Tata Ibrahim was not to be seen!!

Now he's come out of hibernation or oblivion and dared Tata on his claim!
Chalo infamy is also a way of having a name!!

Speculation is rife if Sonia and Mohna will attend Azagiri's son's wedding!!
Karuna will try his level best so that to the wedding they will be heading!!

He'll even bargain and give in on some issues to get both to attend!!
For their presence Karuna is willing to bend!!

If they attend Karuna will be told 'please keep Raja away when we are there'!
Karuna will be told 'on this please do take extra care'!!

Amma Jaya has made a cowardly Congress stand up to Karuna ….become bold!!
Though Jaya Amma's friendship offer has been put on hold!!

The deal between Pranab Da and Karuna is Raja will go!!
And to JPC or SC monitored investigation Government will say no!!

To any investigation that has chances of getting to the truth Government will say ille po!!
Which when translated means ' no go'!!

Rahul says 'corrupt will not be spared'!!!
However in actuality very poorly on this Congress has fared!!

It is because of the Media's pursuit and Public's outcry that Congress took action!!
Had these two not been there Congress would have preferred inaction!!

Sonia had already indicated ' first prove guilt' post the CWG revelations!!
India sadly is perceived as one of the most corrupt Nation's!!

Mohna says ' CAG should be fair'!!!
A loaded statement from PM that is indeed unfair!!

Sensex and Nifty have got the Chinese flu!!
Over the border into India this flu flew!!

So now the 'Bull is sneezing'!!!
After the 'phenomenal bull run' Bull is wheezing!!

Such a prolonged election in Bihar has put Bihar in a state of 'on hold'!!!!
Come after the election all are told!!!

Though its well known Nitish is coming back!!!!
But Officials on taking decisions ' are still holding back'!!

Such prolonged elections are detrimental …… maximum period should be 1 week and no more!
And then such a spread out election sure does also bore!!

Confucius says…… this election in phases is unfair!!!
In one go would be ideal and fair!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Kaun Banega new CMD of SBI ? (2) Insider or Outsider
Picture is still not clear.In banking circles one more question is being asked "Will the new SBI CMD be insider or outsider"?. Present incumbent O.P. Bhatt's term is coming to an end on March 7, 2011.
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.
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 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 WE District Delhi
Meenu Chowdhury, Additional DCP, Central District has been transferred to West-East District,as DCP Delhi Police.She is an IPS officer of the2000 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. Jharkhand requires eight IPS officers
IA&AS officer Choudhary transferred
A.K. Choudhary, Deputy Director, in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-III, New Delhi, is being transferred and posted as Deputy Director, in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Ordnance Factories, Kolkata against the vacancy created on transfer of Ms. Archana P Shirsat.
SBI official Anil Kumar transferred
Anil Kumar Singh Bhandari, Deputy General Manager (International Treasury), Virtual Business Unit (e-SBN), Mumbai has been posted as Chief Operating Officer, SBICAP, Securities Private Limited, Mumbai.
IAS changes in Punjab
Suresh Kumar has been appointed Financial Commissioner, Cooperation. He will also hold the additional charge of Principal Secretary Technical Education. SK Sandhu has been made Secretary PWD (B&R) . Vikas Garg will now be Managing Director Punjab Agro. Romila Dubey has been appointed Chairperson of the Anomalies Committee with CS Talwar as secretary of the committee.
Rameshan is Director of IIM Rohtak
Dr P Rameshan has taken over as Director of the IIM Rohtak.
Mukul Kumar of IOOA officers assn bereaved
Krishna Murari Rai (78) father of Mukul Kumar president of the Indian Oil Corporation officers association (IOOA)passed away in Patna on November 16, 2010.
IFS transfers in Rajasthan
Two Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers have been transferred in Rajasthan. Accordingly Rahul Kumar Additional PCCF Wild Life Jaipur was shifted as Additional PCCF Labour & Law. Avaneesh Chandra Chaube Additional PCCF Soil Conservation was shifted as Additional PCCF Wild Life.
Minor IAS reshuffle in Kerala
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle the Kerala government has posted Manoj Joshi as Secretary General Administration department (GAD). Earlier he was Secretary Health.B.S. Mauji Secretary Social Welfare will hold additional charge of Secretary Medical Education while Shashidhar Srinivas will be Special Secretary Health.
4 DCs to be changed in Haryana
As the grapevine has it deputy commissioners (DCs) of four districts will be shifted in Haryana. Narnaul, Bhiwani and Kurukshetra are among those four districts of which DCs will go for sure.
A bureaucratic reshuffle on the anvil in Haryana
As the grapevine has it there is going to be a bureaucratic reshuffle in Haryana. Accordingly 14 IAS officers and 22 state civil service (SCS) officers will be shifted.

CORPORATE
'Maharatna' Certificate presented to ONGC
Premier corporate and the most valuable Public Sector Undertaking ONGC was formally conferred Maharatna Status today by Vilasrao Deshmukh Union Minister of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises. R S Sharma, CMD, ONGC received the 'Maharatna' certificate from the Minister at a conference organized by ASSOCHAM with the support of the Ministry of HI&PE on the theme- "Resurgent PSUs- Vibrant India." On this occasion, all four PSEs, viz. ONGC, IOC, SAIL and NTPC, who were Navaratna since 1997 and declared 'Maharatna' on 19th May this year, received the certificates in the inaugural function of this conference. The Maharatna status to select PSEs ensures more empowerment in decision making and encourages becoming globally competitive. While presenting this certificate, Deshmukh congratulated the employees & managements of all 'Maharatnas'. In his Conference inaugural speech Minister remarked that the "best practices of ONGC & ONGC Videsh Ltd. are worth emulating by others".
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).
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.
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.
Kumar appointed CFO of Bharti General Insurance
Sampath Kumar has been appointed chief financial officer of Bharti AXA General Insurance.
Chakrabarti is DMD of Axis Bank
S. K. Chakrabarti has taken over as deputy managing director of Axis Bank
Edelweiss Group appoints CEO
Edelweiss Group has appointed Vikaas M Sachdeva as Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Asset Management Limited (AMC), the investment manager to Edelweiss Mutual Fund.
SpiceJet appoints COO
SpiceJet has appointed S Natrajhen as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company.
Chopra resigns as Director
The Board of Cambridge Technology Enterprises Limited has accepted resignation of Arjun Chopra as Director of the company. However, he will continue to serve the Company as Chief Technology Officer;
Cambridge Tech appoints CEO
The Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd has appointed Stefan Hetges as Whole Time Director and Chief Executive Director. Stefan started his career as a consultant at Cambridge Technology Group.
Manaksia Limited appoints directors
Manaksia Limited has appointed Suresh Kumar Agrawal, Sushil Kumar Agrawal, Sunil Kumar Agrawal, Nadia Basak and Debabrata Guha, Directors of the Company as Whole-time Directors for a period of 5 years w.e.f. January 01, 2011.
Kaveri Seed Board approves appointment
The Board of Kaveri Seed Company Limited has approved the appointment of Dr.S.Raghuvardhan Reddy as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. Dr Reddy has a Ph.D in Agriculture and he has held several eminent professional positions including Vice Chancellor of Archarya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University.
Fulay no longer VP, Pritish Nandy Comm.
Anuraag Fulay, Vice President, Sales and Business Development is no longer in the employment with Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd .
Kumar appointed Chief Production Officer
Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd has appointed Anoop Kumar as Chief Production Officer.
Two Cimmco Birla Independent directors resign
Sanjiv Kumar Jha and Rakesh Khandelwal have resigned as Non-Executive Independent Directors of Cimmco Birla Ltd .
Lal resigns as Non Exec. Dir, Cantabil Retail
Romesh Lal, Non Executive Independent Director of Cantabil Retail India Ltd the Company, due to his ill health, has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company.
Prasad resigns as Director
A. Hari Prasad has resigned as director of Bhagiradha Chemicals & Industries Ltd w.e.f. November 8, 2010.

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Average Dalit is illiterate and poor . Raja is only a foot soldier
As a Dalit and a bureaucrat from TN, I can tell you with authority that an average Dalit in TN is illiterate and poor. Other than Ms. Mayavati in UP, perhaps Karunanidhi is the only one who exploited the Dalits to the most. Their poverty is exploited by giving them doles like TVs and Sarees and getting their votes. While Karunanidhi and his ilk have become the richest in TN, the general condition of the Dalit is getting worse. Raja is only a foot soldier and Karunanidhi is cleverly using his Dalit identity to hide the loot he has made. Congress and Sonia have to explain a lot on this. The Spectrum loot which comes to almost 3% of GDP could have been used for the uplift of the down trodden. Congress is hiding behind a PAC whose powers are limited and stalling any idea of a JPC. Sonia led Congress is also not prepared to ask Swiss authorities to divulge the bank accounts of Indians, even though they are prepared to give it. In the Spectrom affair, my only wonder is that why successive bureaucrats in the telecom ministry kept qiet when such national loot was being carried on,though some of the retired ones are now coming out of their holes and squeaking. Do they have no conscience.

Manimuthu.K


Dayal is an outstanding

Sanjeev Dayal is an outstanding officer having served in SPG with 4 Prime Ministers of different parties including Congress) and AB Vajpayee(BJP). Being impartial is now in his GENES....!

Deepak Swarup

Agreed

I agree that for strengthening financial discipline, Financial Advisors need to be from one of the three service mentioned by her. Records in the Govt offices would reveal that prescribed rules, instruction etc are ignored at the behest of some of the IAS officers where Finance Divisions are headed by IAS officers. Might be some of the decisions would be for smooth transaction of business but in a few the decisions taken are not correct. Earlier, when Finance Divisions were headed by officers from IA&AS etc, financial accountability used to be of highest order.

H G Upreti

He was Chief Commissioner IT

The Member Telecom Commission who preferred to resign was a Chief Commissioner of Income-Tax who went on deputation to Telecom Commission as Member Finance, the post being equivalent to a Secretary to Govt. of India. She is probably 73 Batch IRS and a hard nut to crack, which is why she fell out of favour with Raja!

Swapan Mehra

She derves kudos


Ms Manju Madhavan deserves kudos for standing upto a corrupt/domineering regime. She endured personal insults!!! The entire IRS fraternity salutes you for your courage, committment and integrity. She should be a model for the entire civil service fraternity.

Sam