WHISPERS' IMPACT
'Whispers' on our website whispersinthecorridors.com are taken very seriously by the Government, which takes adequate steps to plug loopholes or shortcomings in policy matters, if any. The investigations into the 2G spectrum Scam and role of a lobbyist, that is under scanner is an ample proof of the impact of whispersinthecorridors.com. A small news item published on our web site earlier about the lobbyist caught the attention of the government. While the news item did not name the industrial house or the lobbyist, the investigating agencies still took cognizance of the news item and started the investigations into it, which is on record now.

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Do you hear something Sonia Aunty????
Can you hear the 'alarm ki ghanti'?????

One of the poorest States has shown the winds of change that do blow!!
Now with the electorate just one's surname does not make one glow!!

But I feel soon the message that Bihar gave could be forgotten!!
For Congress tougher the pitch has gotten!!

Inflation and scams have given Congress a bad name!!
High time to its senses Congress came!!

Congress's High Command culture prevents local leadership from emerging!!
Whenever and wherever a local Leader becomes strong there is a 'purging'!!

People now realize Sonia and Rahul come via air!!!
Say that for them they both do care!!

Then they fly off back to Delhi!!
And then for 5 years the locals say they get to see both only on the Telly!!

Scamsters Raja and Kalmadi are being protected!!
Both are 'connected'!!

Karuna is saving Raja and Kalmadi they say has support from his ex Party!!
They say in both 2 G and CWG scams DMK and Congress are party!!

Yes Congress ejected Kalmadi.... all a naatak!!!
In the real sense Congress has not closed on Kalamadi the faatak (gate)!!

On Mohna patting Raja Sonia says 'he's that kind of guy'!!!
'Manmohan Ji shows his warmth when he says hullo or bye'!!

But sometimes Mohna can 'loose it'!!!
Hope you recall when with 'he's a puppet' Advani ne Mohna ko kiya hit!!

Mohna was very livid and he made Advani aware of his ire!!!
Insiders say Mohna looked like as he had touched a live wire!!!

They have never seen him so charged!!
They say the minute Advani came in it was like at him mentally Mohna like a bull charged!

In Punjab a housing scam involving Netas from various Parties has been revealed!!
Nation's Adarsh wound has still not healed!!

Tribune has revealed the scam and Tribune should remember our Netas are besharam!!
So Tribune should work on making the Tata's feel sharam (shame)!!

Even 'above board' Manpreet has a flat in this Housing Project!!
Something common with his cousin as Sukhbir too what he is not he tries to project!!

Laloo has now lost it!!
The War he did loose and now at home doing nothing he does sit!!

Rabdi they say is dreading the prospect of 'Sahib' being more and more at home!
She's used to the Laloo who stayed less at home as all the time he would 'roam'!!

Confucius says.....Idle mind is the Devil's workshop... but what about a evil mind!!!!
Make an evil mind idle and 'lost connectivity with the soul' evil idle mind could find!!


Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Why delay in notifying new CBI chief ?
Why is there a delay in issuing notification regarding A P Singh's appointment as new Director, CBI? This question is very hotly being discussed in corridors of power. As the grapevine has it, now it is being talked about that new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) will take a view on panel for CBI's Director and then as final decision would be notified. If that happens then till selection process was completed afresh, existing CBI, Director Ashwani Kumar will continue. Singh is Jharkhand cadre IPS officer of 1974 batch. Presently he is Special Director in the CBI while Kumar is an IPS officer of the 1973 batch of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Kumar to be JS IT in GoI
Ajay Kumar is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Information & Technology in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
File relating to GMs' appointment in Railways returned
As the grapevine has it file relating to appointment of senior railway officers on promotion as General Managers (GMs) has been returned by the PMO.
Why S. Jaipal Reddy did not become Andhra Pradesh CM?
Why S. Jaipal Reddy Minister for Urban Development did not become Andhra Pradesh CM? As the grapevine has it, he was not keen on returning to the state politics.
Musical chair in Kerala's Health department
Dr Rathan Kelkar (IAS KL 2003) who was only recently posted as Director NRHM has been replaced by Saurabh Jain (IAS KL 2002) on premature repatriation from Uttrakhand. So the musical chair continues. Dr Kelkar has been posted as Director, Entrance Examinations.
Sawhney joins new assignment
A.P. Sawhney who till recently was Joint Secretary DoPT has joined 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.
(We said it on November 13, 2010)
Bassi soon to get higher pay scale
Bhim Sain Bassi DGP of Goa is soon going to get higher pay scale. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Vijayan joins Goa government
B.Vijayan who till recently was in Pondicherry has now joined the Goa government. His posting is expected in two to three days time. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
SBI official Mrs. Rachael transferred
Mrs. Rachael Mani Hannah, Assistant General Manager, Administrative Unit Network-I, Chennai has been posted as Deputy General Manager, Hyderabad Circle.
Namchu to be new Correspondent of Prasar Bharti in Nepal
Ms. Jane Namchu, NFSG officer of Indian Information Service, has been selected for the post of special correspondent in Nepal.
Dorjee to return to Sikkim
Special Correspondent Prasar Bharti in Nepal C. K.Dorjee is going back as Director DFP in Sikkim
Rajiv Sharma to get important assignment in AP
Rajiv Sharma is likely to get important assignment in the new regime.He is 1982 batch IAS officer
Romila Dubey appointed Chairman in Punjab
Punjab Financial Commissioner Revenue Romila Dubey has been appointed as the chairperson of Anomaly Committee in place of Financial Commissioner Forests RC Nayyar.
Four IAS officers in Tamil Nadu shifted
As many as four IAS officers have been shifted in Tamil Nadu. They are: K. Dhanavel Revenue Secretary to Secretary Public Works Department vice S. Ramasundaram permitted to retire voluntarily from service on 30.11.2010 , V. K. Jeyakodi Secretary / Commissioner of Commercial Taxes to Principal Secretary (PS) Revenue, Ms. R. Lilly Deputy Secretary , Transport to Joint Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection and S.S. Jawahar Secretary Welfare of the Differently Abled Persons, shall hold full additional charge of Secretary to Government, Tourism and Culture Department.
Meena gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Om Prakash Meena (IAS, Rajasthan cadre,1979 batch)Principal Secretary(PS) Food and Civil Supplies will hold additional charge of PS Labour and Planning till December 5,2010. The charge was mainly with Manohar Kant Kalohia (IAS, Rajasthan cadre,1983 batch) who is on leave from November 24,2010 to December 5,2010
Raju appointed CEO of Tripura JICA project
G. S. Raju 1985 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers and APCCF Tripura has been appointed CEO of Tripura JICA project. He has repalced S Taluqdar who has been transferred in the PCCF office. The 600 crore (a flag ship programme for integrated Tribal and non tribal development) Tripura JICA project was in a limbo ever since Dr V.K ,Bahuguna left Tripura two years ago. Dr Bahuguna had joined the central government in February 2008 he was requested by Tripura Chief Minsiter Manik Sarkar in September 2008 and again in May 2009 to return to handle the project once again. The
project was the relentless efforts made by Dr Bahuguna and R.K. Mathur the then Chief Secretary Tripura to bring an Externally aided project in the North East which constitute 25% of the forest cover of the country. The project is hailed as the best bet for tribal development and JICA is monitoring it very closely.
Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Chhattisgarh
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Chhattisgarh government has withdrawn the charge of Commerce and Industry, Public Sector Undertaking Departments and the post of Industry Commissioner from Additional Chief Secretary Serjius Minj and he is now left with the Departments of Panchayat and Rural Development and to act as Development Commissioner.
The other changes include posting of Commissioner Local Audit Fund Ramesh Sinha as Labour Commissioner, Principal Secretary Home, Jail and Transport A N Aswal has been given the additional charge of Water Resources, Principal Secretary PWD M K Raut has been given the additional charge of School Education, C K Khetan has been posted as Secretary cum Commissioner Higher Education, R P Mandal has been posted as Secretary Tribal with additional charge of Urban Development, Jawahar Srivastava would now continue only as the Secretary to the Governor and Parliamentary Affairs Secretary, R S Vishwakarma has been given the additional charge of PHE along with his previous charge Secretary Finance and Commissioner cum Director Finance and Statistics and Secretary Planning and Civil Aviation while Dinesh Kumar Srivastava has been shifted from the Departments of Public Health Engineering Department and posted as the Secretary Commerce, Industry and Public Sector Undertaking and Commissioner Industry. The other changes include withdrawal of the post of Director Panchayat and Social Welfare from B S Anant who has been given additional charge of Local Audit, Departments of Housing and Environment, Town and Country Planning has been withdrawn from Munish Kumar Tyagi and has been asked to continue as Special Secretary General Administration Department with new charge of Special Secretary to the Chief Minister as additional charge while Alok Awasthy who was Labour Commissioner has been posted as Director Panchayat and Social Welfare
Kumar is now Naval in-charge AP
Gangesh Kumar has taken over as Naval Officer-in-Charge of Andhra Pradesh.A. Thomas has been moved as Naval Officer-in-Charge INS Netaji Subhash in West Bengal.
C S Nautiyal is new Director NBRI
Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal has taken over as the director The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI
Final decision of CBI Director today ? (UPDATED)
Final decision about the new CBI Director is expected to take place today.
Railways transfers and postings (UPDATED)
Surender Pal of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR and posted in the cadre on NR itself, YP Singh of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR to be posted as CTE on NR itself, Mukesh Kumar Garg of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NCR and posted as CTE on NCR itself, AF Shevare of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NCR and posted as CAO(C)-II in SAG, VK Govil of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from RB to NCR to be appointed in HAG and posted as CAO(C), G. Narayanan of HAG/IRSE has been on return from leave transferred from SR to be posted as PCE/SR, Ajai Kumar Srivastava, Group`B` officer, has been transferred from NER, as Sr. AFA(C) to NR and posted in the cadre, Pompa Babbar of GM has been transferred from ICF also to look after the current duties of the post of GM/SR in addition to her own, till resumption of duties by Deepak Krishan, GM/SR, Dr. Shushil Kr.Sharma, Sr. Rajbhasha Adhikari has been transferred from NCR to NR in the same capacity against an existing vacancy and Ramesh Kumar of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NER to CORE in the same capacity and posted as CE.

CORPORATE
Kulkarni resigns from BSE
Vivek Kulkarni, an ex-IAS officer, has resigned from the Board of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Jha appointed VP Koutons Retail India

Abani kant Jha has been appointed as Vice - President ( Finance & Accounts ) of Koutons Retail India Ltd in place of Anuj Kumar who has resigned from the said post.

NTPC power station synchronised

The Unit VII of 500 MW of NTPC Ltd's Korba Super Thermal Power Station has been successfully synchronised with grid on November 25,
2010.
Dheer appointed Director, Superhouse Ltd
Dilip Kumar Dheer has been appointed as a director of Superhouse Ltd in place of Sartaj Ahmad who had resigned from the directorship of the Company.
Thomas appointed Company Secy. Vijayeswari Textiles
Jaison Thomas was appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of Vijayeswari Textiles Ltd .
Kantawala resigns from Flawless Diamond
Sujay N Kantawala has resigned from the Independent Directorship of Flawless Diamond (India) Ltd with immediate effect.
Natarajan 's tenure as Employee Dir. Indian Bank over
T. T. Natarajan, Officer Employee Director of Indian Bank has relinquished office on conclusion of his tenure on November 21, 2010.

FORUM
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No independent investigative agency
After hosts of scams, intelligentsia and people in general should be aware of the extent of gagging of various investigative agencies like IRS, CBI by bureaucracy. Infact, these investigative agencies are so deranged by designs of top bureaucracy that all those who should be held accountable, themselves block any attempt for it...too bad for justice delivery. Except Supreme Ccourt, who is now forced to monitor investigations through self appointed committees, there is no single agency which is independent and outside the clutches of this largely unaccountable bureaucracy..

N Vij

Why former finance secretary Arun Ramanathan sidelined ?

Why can't the former finance secretary Arun Ramanathan become the CVC of India? He is regarded as one of the most honest and distinguished IAS officers in the country. Yet he was sidelined after retirement in April 2009.

A Well-Wisher

NABARD fighting odds

There isn't anybody more qualified, able, honest and experienced in the sectors in which NABARD operates. The very best to him as he is fighting odds at all levels to achieve what has been his due for many years.

NABARD

Government should replicate DD News elsewhere

The Government simply ignored the strike by engineers. It was only bothered about News and DD News Delivered. Government should think of replicating DD News models elsewhere. Its time for Regional News Channels in the country

Dr K Ampady