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Bharat S Satyarthy

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Madam Sonia aap ko Diwali mubaraq….right way to wish a majority minority appeaser!!
And many would agree that this type of greeting would indeed 'please her'!!

Mohna Ji Happy Diwali!!
Perception here and overseas is you are in Madam's garden the Head Maali!!

Rahul wish you a Happy Diwali!
High time you got yourself a gharwaali!!

Pranab Da wish you a Happy Diwali!!
Is it makeup or is it natural ....what is the secret to your 'facial laali'!!

Happy Diwali PC aka Chiddy!!!!!
Power always makes you giddy!!

Sharad Pawar Diwali ki shubh kaamna!!
Hopefully by next Diwali aap ka ho jaye ga apne karmo ke saath saamna!!

Happy Diwali to Mamtha!!!
Despite Commies best efforts and Congress's games abh WB mein Mamtha wave nahi thamtha!!

Wish you a Happy Diwali Praful Patel!!!!!!
Your mishandling has literally lit up a fire in AI's tail!!

Happy Diwali Manohar Singh Gill!!!
Surprised that you are a Minister still!!

Happy Diwali Sheila Aunty aka Aunty Chaar Sau Bees!!
You are coming towards the end of your 'power lease'!!

Happy Diwali Laloo and Rabdi ki jodi or pair!!!
Very badly in Bihar elections RJD is going to fare!!

Ghadkari a Happy Diwali to you and yours!!
For BJP's ills you do not have any cures!!

Happy Diwali Nitish Kumar!!!
In cricketing parlance sixer fir diya maar!!

Modi wish you a Diwali full of joy!!!!!
In Gujarat with Congress you literally toy!!

Diwali di whadhayee Badal Senior!!
By next Diwali you will be Chairman Emeritus and show will be run by Junior!!

Happy Diwali Hooda aka Property Dealer!!!
Behind the scenes he's a property 'wheeler and dealer'!!

Happy Diwali to my readers!!!
Remember as we vote them to power we deserve our elected Leaders!!

Confucius says..... money now makes the Diwali Merry go round go round and round!!
Now in Diwali spirituality is no longet to be found!!

Bharat Kumar

Pranab's son to enter electoral fray
Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee might be thinking of retiring from active politics but his politically little-known son is preparing to enter the electoral fray from his home district of Birbhum in West Bengal. He is general manager, corporate social responsibility, with PSU major Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
BUREAUCRACY
Barack Obama's India tour to be quite historic
The forthcoming India tour by the US President Barack Obama is going to create a history of sorts. He will be the first American President who would have toured India during first half of his tenure.
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.
Kurian is new Chairman of Rubber Board
V.J. Kurian has taken over as Chairman of the Rubber Board.1983 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer Kurian has succeeded Sajen Peter.
1977 batch IAS get ACS rank in Uttar Pradesh
Three 1977 batch IAS officers in Uttar Pradesh Mssrs Jagan Mathew,Neeta Chaudhary and Jacob Thomas have been promoted to the rank of ACS.
Sungit Ao goes to Delhi
Additional SP Dimapur, I. Sungit Ao has been transferred as Deputy Commandant 1st NAP deployed at New Delhi .
Peshwani Gupta poised to be CGM in FCI
As the grapevine has it, Peshwani Gupta who is a General Manager (GM)in FCI's Rajasthan is poised to be elevated as a Chief General Manager (CGM).
SBI official Rajeev Diwakar transferred
Rajeev Diwakar Khond, Assistant General Manager (Home Loans), Personal Banking Business Unit, National Banking Group, Mumbai has been posted as Deputy General Manager, Delhi Circle.
No hike private tour operators
There will be no hike in private tour operators. As of now India has got a total of 595 private tour operators. Indian Minister for External Affairs S. M. Krishna has reportedly decided not to issue any more licenses to private tour operators.
DD SD Hyderabad Rao to retire
Station Director of Doordarshan Kendra Hyderabad Madhukar Rao is retiring next month.
Seven independent Muslims to back BJP in Godhra
In the Godhra civic body the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able to form its council with the backing of seven independent Muslim corporators'.
Ramachandran is Principal Registrar of CAT Delhi
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.
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 )
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.
Vasu to be TDP Commissioner
N. Vasu, Vigilance Tribunal is being appointed as Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) Commissioner.

CORPORATE
Gambhir resigns from Transcorp Intl. Board
Suresh Kumar Gambhir has resigned from the directorship and Audit Committee membership of Transcorp International Ltd.
Narain resigns as Director, IDBI
Dr. Sailendra Narain has tendered his resignation from the directorship of IDBI Bank Ltd. with immediate effect.
Seethapathy resigns as ED Super Spinning Mills
K R Seethapathy has resigned from the post of Executive Director of Super Spinning Mills Ltd .
Sanganeria appointed Addl. Director
Filmcity Media Ltd has appointed Saurabh Sanganeria as an Additional Director of the Company with effect from November 1, 2010 and will hold office till the date of ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Dalal resigns from Jyoti Ltd Board
K.L. Dalal has resigned as Director of Jyoti Ltd the Company w.e.f. October 29, 2010 due to ill health
Rajagopalan no longer Addl. Director
L Rajagopalan, Alternate Director to Dr. Mukul G Asher of Excel Corp Care Ltd has ceased to be a Director w.e.f. October 25, 2010.
Nair resigns as Director, Marksans Pharma
Kumar Nair has resigned as a Director of Marksans Pharma Ltd effective from November 2, 2010.
Andhra Petrochemicals appoints nominee director
Andhra Petrochemicals has appointed V. Nagi Reddy as Nominee Director of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation on the board of the company with effect from September 27, 2010.
Murali joins 'Sports Illustrated India' as Editor-in-Chief
Kadambari Murali has joined Media Transasia group as Editor-in-Chief of 'Sports Illustrated India'. She was earlier working with Hindustan Times for over 10 years.
The Hindu awards 'Open' magazine's Manu Joseph for 'Serious Men'
Manu Joseph, Deputy Editor of 'Open' magazine, has bagged The Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010. Joseph got the award for his debut novel, 'Serious Men'.

Venkatraman appointed CEO, CNN-IBN
The Network18 Group has now assigned Dilip Venkatraman, CMO, CNN-IBN, IBN7, IBN-Lokmat & COO, IBN Focus, the mandate to lead Network18's English news channel, CNN-IBN as CEO, with immediate effect. He will be responsible for the strategic, financial and operational management of CNN-IBN.

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Only God can save India

Diwali gift distribution at government offices

Government is keen in eradicating corruption, it is said, and none is serious about it! Now it is Diwali Season and we are able to see all private companies openly distributing gifts and sweetmeats wrapped in colourful papers starting from top bureaucrats to the bottom level. This is a very easy way of greasing the palms. Why this practice is not being stopped?? Why everyone keeps accepting these gifts though they call themselves Mr. Clean!!!

Now a days, all central government department buildings are guarded by the CSF and it is a very job to stop such people entering into the premises but this is not being not done!

It is very easy to bring security threatening things in the disguise of gifts into the government building!!

Will the Central Vigilance Commission / Cabinet Secretary look into this (though they already quite aware of this) and issue immediate instructions to stop both distribution and acceptance of these gifts which are meant only to get something back from the officers!!.

Arudran

Why not extend the service of all secretaries to GOI

Then, why don't we extend the service of all the secretaries to GOI so that their juniors are denied of promotion for ever? At this rate many of us will not able to go beyond ASs. I thing we are not asses.

K Ramamoorthy

Two corrections

There are two corrections in N. Krishnan's thought provoking letter(3/11) written apparently in disgust about our hybrid democracy. First according to CAG, nation lost not 2000 but a mind boggling 1.75 lakhs crores due to A. Raja. Secondly it is not Ms. Albert who wrote 'State within State', but Dr Yevgenia Albats, a Russian scholar at Harvard. She has also mentioned the name of PM as Rajiv Gandhi.

N Sriram