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AICC session showed Congress is in denial mode!!!
Many say UPA today is corruption's abode!!

During the AICC session you had culprits like Kalmadi in full form!!
To keep such people away is the norm!!

But as Congress is in no mood to make Kalmadi, Raja, Pawar pay for their deeds!!
So down the 'garden path' the Nation Congress leads!!

Congress's stand is 'guilty will be brought to book'!
But from what's happening it seems the guilty will be let off the hook!!

Adarsh scam ……Chavan offered to resign!
But after this there was no resigning ka even sign!!

In Congress this is the SOP…… say guilty will not be spared!!
Caveat ' first guilt has to be bared'!!!

Then the accused offers to resign but do not do so!!
Usually it's a verbal offer and beyond the offer they do not go!!

To 'cries for taking action' the Party Leadership apne ears karr lethi hai cup!!
Then the accused and Party waits for some other scandal to crop up!!!

The next scandal too will be about Congress!
Acceptable.... a scandal staying in public glare beyond a certain perior causes stress!

CWG was there in public domain!!
Kalmadi knew for a limited period it would remain!!

Then came the Adrash scam and CWG was pushed out!!!
And there was a sigh of relief from Kalmadi the lout!!

Sonia and Rahul target Nitish but fact is they know Congress's situation!
But post the results for Congress there will be cause for some elation!!

Congress will do better and this will be at Laloo and Paswan's expense!!
Loss Laloo ne already karr liya hai sense!!

Obama will hand over the 'overseas asset info of Indian Leaders' to Mohna!!!
Mohna has 3 options…. reveal political foes names or on it sonna (sleep) or khona (loose it)!!

But what needs to be seen is why Obama is doing this…..blackmail!!
Message will be ' toe my line or I'll make list Public if you fail'!

He expects the entire polity cutting across Party lines will exert pressure!!
After all it's known that practically every Leader has 'overseas treasure'!!

Obama has his pressures and he wants India to do the needful!!
And he has lots of demands …. bag full!!

From Nuclear Civil Liability Bill to defence deals to usage of Indian bases,
Sorry not 'bag full'…Obama's coming with demands ke suitcases!!

Confucius says…. USSR kept the Indian polity in line with a similar threat!!
USSR had its ways to make those in power in India out of fear sweat!!

Adds... how can we forget an ex Congress PM's sudden Moscow unscheduled stop over!!
Seems he got a threat in Russian and English ' stop over at Moscow or Congress's game is over'!!

Bharat Kumar

This is the recommendation of PM for Cabinet reshuffle ?
PM Manmohan Singh is believed to have submitted a list to Congress President Ms. Sonia Gandhi for reshuffle of his cabinet. He wants Ahmed Patel as Home Minister-argument is that being a Muslim he could solve J & K tangle more effectively. Telecom Minister A Raja be dropped. Rural Development Department be given to Rahul
BUREAUCRACY
T Chatterjee appointed Secretary Forests and Environment
T Chatterjee has been appointed OSD in the Ministry of Forests and Environment.1975 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer Chatterjee will succeed Vijai Sharma on January 1 after his retirement.
( We said this on October 29 )

Dr Amitabh Rajan to replace D.V. Singh in the Ministry of Personnel
Dr Amitabh Rajan (MH : 1979), Maharashtra's Resident Commissioner and Principal Secretary (Investments) in New Delhi has been appointed as Additional Secretary Administratve Reforms in the Ministry of Personnel. He replaces Dhruv Vijay Singh who has recently been appointed Secretary in the Water Resources Ministry
Will Sujatha Rao get post-retirement job ?
There are whispers that Secretary Health in the Government of India Sujatha Rao is getting post-retirement job either with the WHO or with the Gates Foundation. She is scheduled to retire on November 30.
Neeraj Kumar to succeed Gupta in Tihar
Neeraj Kumar is being appointed new DG of the Tihar Jail.1976 batch IPS officer Neeraj Kumar will succeed B K Gupta who is taking over as Police Commissioner of Delhi.
Mann appointed HC to Namibia
S.P. Mann, presently High Commissioner of India, Port Moresby, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Namibia.
A M K Sinha is no. 1 in panel for IOC's Director (BD)
A M K Sinha Executive Director (ED) Corporate Planning & Economic Studies (CPES) with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is number one in panel for the slot of Director Business Development (BD) in IOC interviews for which were held on November 3, 2010.
Chakravarti is DDG ICWA
Sarvajit Chakravarti (IFS 1979) has been posted in ICWA as Deputy Director General in place of Ramesh Chandra (IFS 1989) who was left for posting to Ankara. Chakravarti has returned from posting to Milan, Italy.
Singh to be new Finance Secretary Chandigarh Administration
Name of Vijoy Kumar Singh, a 1990 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre has been cleared for the post of Finance Secretary of Chandigarh Administration.
MP cadre rules the roost in DoPT
As far the DoPT was concerned, in a span of nine years many IAS officers of MP cadre have served as Secretaries. They are: A. K. Agrawal, Arun Bhatnagar, Lalit Joshi, Satya Nand Mishra and now Ms. Alka Sirohi . Besides Badal Das also an MP cadre IAS officer was Establishment Officer (EO) in the DoPT.
Politics of Development triumphs in Gujarat
Outcome of in last civic body polls of Gujarat it has become quite evident that the politics of development is occupying the centre stage now.
1986 batch IAS is now PS in Chhattisgarh
1986 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Chhattisgarh.They are S K Kujur and Ajay Pal Singh.Alok Shukla who is on deputation has been given pro-forma promotion.
Massive financial irregularities by Pakistan
The Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan has unearthed massive financial irregularities by National Logistics Cell (NLC) a PSU under Pakistan's Ministry of Defence tasked with execution of infrastructure related projects. Its Chief Finance Officer Saeed-ur-Rehman had reportedly given away Rs 75 million to Japan Power General a private corporate entity without any guarantees in violation of all rules and norms. Besides, huge sums were invested in the stock market resulting in loss of Rs 2 billion. Saeed-ur-Rehman seems to have been rewarded for all the irregularities as he is presently Member (Finance) in Islamabad's Capital Development Authority. The chairman of PAC has asked the Secretary of Pakistan's Planning Commission Ashraf Hayat to conduct an enquiry to fix responsibility and report back to the Committee 'in a couple of weeks'.
Gupta poised to be CGM in FCI
As the grapevine has it, Anurag Gupta who is a General Manager (GM) in FCI's head quarter is poised to be elevated as a Chief General Manager (CGM).
SBI official Sundar Rajan transferred
Sundar Rajan, Vice President (Operations), SBI Funds Management Limited, Mumbai, has been posted as Deputy General Manager Chennai Circle.
Corruption in Haj weeded out
With introduction of total transparency in Haj pilgrimage, corruption has been weeded out. This is attributable to certain steps that Indian Minister for External Affairs S. M. Krishna took with the help of his team.
Abrol makes consultancy easy in his new book
The Director General, Consultancy Development Centre, Dr. Sunil Abrol has authored a new book titled "Selecting & getting best out of Consultant". The book is a comprehensive documentation of all aspects of engagement, beginning with, services offered by consultants, when to engage then and the benefits of hiring consultants. The book also has few case studies to exemplify the selection process and criteria. Written in a user friendly manner the book is published by Institute for Consultancy and Productivity Research. It is priced at Rs 195.
Pramod Kumar is Additional GM of SER
Pramod Kumar has taken over as the additional general manager of South Eastern Railway on Monday.
46 Central Excise Superintendents promoted
As many as 46 Superintendents of Central Excise have been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner. The promotions have been made on Ad-hoc basis. Those who have been promoted are V.P. Omkumar, S.N. Mahore, Fazulur Rahman, Devendra Prasad Gupta, M. Devarajan, B. Shyamsunder Rao, R. B. Deshpande, P. Rosi Reddy, G.L. Narsaiah, S.K.Guha-Thakurtha, Gyan Prakash Singh, V.K. Kapoor, Dharam Pal Sharma, G. Lakshmikantham, V.G. Patil, G. Sasikumar, C.K. Suresh Babu, Kamal Kumar Dutta, R. Ramachandran Nair, M.L. Satyaprasad, G. Sivaramavarama, P.P. Sivadasan, Kailash Nath, R.N. Ghosh, N.K. Mishra, R.K. Choudhury, Rajesh Kumar Goel, S. Indu, Ashwani Kumar Kapoor, Pran Kishore Tikkoo, L.D. Panda, Jaswant Singh Yadav, Satish Kr. Kapoor, Harish Chander Mathur, D.S. Dhruv, N.C. Bhadressa, M.H. Gehani, R.S. Rose Chandran, Jitendarsingh N. Gohil, V.K. Torgalmath, Man Singh, V.S. Gaikwad, R.Y. Deshmukh, Parmar Jeevanlal Chhaganlal, KM Rohit and Aravindra
Seven Superintendents of Customs (Preventive) promoted
As many as seven Superintendents of Customs (Preventive) have been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner . The promotions have been made on Ad-hoc basis. Those who have been promoted are Thomas Pavery, Vishnu Kolwalkar, Mrs J.N.S Loretta, Mrs L.E. Fernandes, S.H. Kuvawala, H.R. Shaikh and A.V. Rajguru.
Ramachandran is Principal Registrar of CAT Delhi (UPDATED)
M. Ramachandran has assumed charge as Principal Registrar at the Head Quarters of the Central Administrative Tribunal at New Delhi on Thursday. He had earlier served in various capacities in different departments of Government of India and had worked as Dy. Registrar and Joint Registrar of the Tribunal in Bombay Bench and as Registrar for many years in the Ernakulam Bench of the Tribunal. He holds Masters degree in History, Public Administration and Law.

CORPORATE
Former NTPC Chief R S Sharma joins JSPL
Jindal Power Limited (JPL), a company promoted by Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has announced that it has appointed former CMD of the NTPC RS Sharma as the company's Managing Director.
( We said this on November 2 )
Guha to join South Indian Bank
Former SBI DMD Amitabha Guha is likely to join South Indian Bank as its new chairman.
Rajan takes over as CMD of RCF
R. G. Rajan has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) on Wednesday.Prior to this, he was the CMD of Projects and Development India (PDIL).
Roy is new GM of NTPC,Korba
S. K. Roy has taken over as the General Manager of NTPC Ltd, Korba. Prior to this he was heading the O&M Department of the unit.
Jogiraju is CFO Andhra Bank
Andhra Bank has designated D. Jogiraju, General Manager, as the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank w.e.f. October 26, 2010.
Murli joins 'Sports Illustrated India'
Kadambari Murali has joined Media Transasia group as Editor-in-Chief
of 'Sports Illustrated India' after working with Hindustan Times for
over a decade.
Kumar appointed Non Exec. Director
Solar Industries India Limited has appointed Anand Kumar as Non-Executive Independent Director to fill the casual vacancy caused due to the resignation of Dr. Rishi Narain Singh.
Venkataraman is CEO CNN IBN
Dilip Venkatraman, will now also function as Network18's English news channel CNN-IBN as CEO, with immediate effect. In his new role, he will be responsible for the strategic, financial and operational management of CNN-IBN.
Naik re-appointed Whole-time Director
GTL Ltd has re-appointed Charudatta Naik as a Whole-time Director for
a period of 3 years with effect from October 01, 2010.
Chandra resigns as Director
Naresh Chandra, Independent Director, GHCL Ltd has tendered his
resignation from the Board of the Company.
Udwadia resigns from ADF Foods
D E Udwadia, Independent Director of ADF Foods has tendered his
resignation w.e.f. October 21, 2010.
Mordekar appointed Addl. Director
Manugraph India Limited has appointed Shubhendra M. Mordekar as an
Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. October 29, 2010. Further he
has also been appointed as Whole-time Director (Works) w.e.f. October
29, 2010 subject.
Gaur resigns from Jaypee Infratech
The Board of Jaypee Infratech Ltd accepted the resignation of Sameer Gaur from the post of Whole-time office of Director w.e.f. October 31, 2010.
Bansal appointed member
Navneet Publications India Limited has appointed Mohinder Pal Bansal as the Member of the Audit Committee of the Company.
Nayyar is CEO of FCH
Apul Nayyar has been appointed as CEO of the Future Capital Holdings (FCH), a listed company engaged in providing financial services.
KDA Chairman resigns
Munirathnam Naidu, chairman of Kolar Gold Fields Development Authority (KDA) has resigned from the post.
Mahanty is back to job in Jamshedpur
Managing director (MD) of Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority (Aiada) R.N. Mahanty is now back to his old job.
BEML Opens Employees' Association Office at Palakkad
BEML LIMITED, a public sector company under the Ministry of Defence has opened BEML Employees' Association Office to facilitate the employee relations activities through registered union at its newly established fourth Manufacturing Complex at Palakkad, Kerala. It was inaugurated by the BEML Chairman & Managing Director V RS Natarajan while P N Muralidharan, President of the newly formed Association was present along with other office bearers of the Association and employees.
Praj Appoints Gajanan Nabar as CEO & MD
Gajanan Nabar has been, w.e.f. Nov 15, 2010, appointed CEO & Managing Director of Praj Industries (Praj), globally leading Biofuels, Brewery, Process Equipment and Water & Wastewater Treatment Solutions Company.
Rajul Kulshreshtha takes over as MD, Kinetic
Rajul Kulshreshtha, who is currently the Managing Director, Motivator, is the new Managing Director at Kinetic. Kulshreshtha was elevated to the Managing Director's post for Motivator in June 2006. He has been spearheading Motivator's pan India role for the last five years. Prior to that, in May 2004, he was the General Manager, GroupM, Team LG.
Sundeep Sharma appointed Country Head of Motivator
Sundeep Sharma, who has been the GM at Motivator, is appointed as Country Head of Motivator. Sharma has over 21 years of experience in media and started with Lintas where he worked for a year. He then moved on to WPP where he spent 10 years. He was part of the setup team for Maximize (now Maxus) under GroupM. When the GroupM management decided to launch Motivator, another independent media arm, Sharma was sent in from Maximize with the responsibility of launching the brand in Delhi.
Virender Sehwag joins hands with Madison World's PMG
Professional Management Group (PMG), India's first sports marketing company chaired by legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and co-owned by Adman Sam Balsara and Outdoor specialist Noomi Mehta, has roped in Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag to kick-start its 'Sports Celebrity Management' vertical to achieve greater heights in the sports marketing industry.
Inno Group Appoints Ish Anand as Managing Director, Inno GeoCity
Inno, a global investment firm focused on real estate with operations in Europe, Middle East and India, has appointed Ish Anand, as Managing Director of Inno GeoCity. Anand will report to the Inno Management Board and will be fully responsible for the successful execution of the Inno GeoCity Project.

FORUM
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Only God can save India

Scams followed by another scam,
corruption, nepotism, galore;
Politicians, outwardly asking end to all this,
But, what to do, their dil mange more and more.

God would certainly reincarnate soon,
Thought our forefathers during British mis-rule;
Never imagined at time of freedom,
Native rulers would make democracy a tool.

A last ray of hope, the disciplined Indian forces,
Alas! Its top brass too, hungry and greedy;
Can't ask foreigners to rule us again,
No use now preventing soul to leave the body.

Secularism, freedom of speech, freedom of worship,
Highlighted as tenets of democratic India;
For Indian politicians those principles mere ideas,
Lost all hopes now, only God can save India.

C.Singh

Why should Ministers have a say in postings of officials?

What is the Cabinet Secretariat for? Is it to sub serve them and toe their line in every damn thing and get into a mess later on. Its time bureaucracy resists this evil practice.

K Ramamoorthy

Quite interesting

It is interesting to know through newspaper reports that Obama is bringing a list of 'netas' who have stashed millions of dollars abroad. There are other details like the names of tax heavens and the banks. If true what could be the purpose? Quite a sinister revelation it would be. Is it to blackmail the Govt. into giving in to what he wants to peck up his image back home after the present election debacle by picking up thousands of crores of defence orders to create jobs for Americans? Or is it to provide his 'friend' with a weapon of blackmail for his rivals and boss or is it to get a whip to subdue stalwarts from the opposition or those of Allies by blackmailing them after picking up the names only from them and hiding those of the Congress. It is all very intriguing. One thing however the media should sincerely follow is the nature of agreements to be signed with USA. Imports from USA may create jobs there but we will lose jobs here. Already our garment exports are down leading to closure of mills and slashing of employment. The defence agreement of them having bases here and use their bases there has already been objected to by the three Chiefs of Armed forces. It is ridiculous on the face of it and dangerous too. They can use our bases for Pakistan, Afganistan and what not. What for are we going to use their bases. It will indeed be interesting to watch the outcome of Obama visit keeping in view our Prime minister's equation with him.

Aarti Khosla

Why can't they increase the age of retirement ?

Time and again government recognises that services are still required from the bureaucrats. Why can't they increase the age to 62 years as done in China and France.

Kunwar Ramsumiran

Yeh kaisa Athiti Devo Bhava?
I have been watching with curiosity the media stories and statements from the GOI ministries about the forthcoming visit of the American President to India and wondering why such coldness was being spread for this athiti rather than the warmth of the red carpet! I have found the answer and wish to share it with WIC surfers. Actually we want our athiti(guest) to be like Dev(God). It has been misunderstood to mean that Indians treat their guest as God. No, they don't! They simply want their guest to be cast in the mould of God--nothing more, nothing less. The guest is supposed to be athiti devo bhava. The guest should not be like humans or demons. Because then the ritual of welcome is totally different. Now, when President Obama is coming to India with a list of Indians, who have stacked their ill gotten money(corruption incomes like G 2, CWG, Adarsh, Madhu Koda, Quottrocchi, defence deals, food exports, sugar imports etc) in foreign banks, complete with their name, designation, addresses, banks details along with account number etc, what more should he expect! He is behaving exactly like the human/demons behave: rather the Indians behave. How can he be treated to a warm welcome? Corruption protocol does not permit it. How can he destabilise the Indian polity. The Indian democracy, like the American counterpart, takes serious view of such conduct. In Obama's case, they can't even call it communal, fundamentalist, fascist, marxist, socialist or capitalist conspiracy to harm the government. It robs them of referring to the "invisible foreign hand", since Obama spills the beans with both his hands in front of the cameras and the hand can no more remain invisible. Hence the coldness. Hence the negative coverage. Hence more of his losing the confidence of the American voters. If Indians can play their games from the American soil, can't the Americans play theirs from the Indian soil, especially when political party to political party bonds are strong. Unless President Obama changes to the image of a dev, he can not be treated as one. For him to decide whether he would like us to chant again Athiti Devo Bhava?

M L Gupta