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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Pawar said ‘on Paki match fixing we will tolerate no nonsense’!!!
Does not make sense!!!
 
When you look at all the ‘nonsense he’s involved!!!
Like they say over the years into a money making machine Pawar has evolved!
 
It’s alleged he’s raked in hay by the tonnes and then invested the tonnes of hay!
He’s heavily invested into stocks, land, housing and commodities ‘they say’!!
 
And ‘poor fellow’ despite all the moolah does not own a car!!
Though the cars he roams about in him put him and any Billionaire at par!!
 
Though on record the cars are ‘borrowed’ from Industrialist pals!!
His only saving grace has been he’s never been into ‘gals’!!
 
Otherwise the first tool wheeler and dealers use is ‘gals’!!!
And via the gals they become with a Neta pal's!!
 
The technical term they use is ‘make the Neta kaana’!!
A term used when you via a vice enslave someone be it zanaani or zanaana !!
 
After all both males and females have their weaknesses!!!
And with their weaknesses the wheeler and dealer messes!!
 
It’s a trade that requires a lot of background research!!!!
As for weaknesses of targeted individuals they have to search!!
 
Maybe Rahul took Omar’s side as they are ‘birds of the same feather’!!
And Rahul felt with his siding with Omar this storm Omar will be able to weather!
 
That is because sitting in Delhi Rahul is not aware of the feeling in the Valley!!
Though he does read about the ‘growing mortality tally’!!!
 
The feeling in the Valley is ‘Omar should be sacked and from the Valley given banwaas’!
Ask anyone about Omar’s term and response is ‘abs bakwaas’!!
 
But then maybe ‘we mortals’ do not have the intelligence inputs that Rahul’s got!!!
And that is why a ‘longer term’ for Omar Rahul’s sought!!
 
After getting ‘stuck in the mud’ on the Jat issue Hooda’s plane did the same!!
In all probability the Opposition for his ‘stuck in the mud’ syndrome he’ll blame!
 
Hooda defends himself by blaming the Opposition!!!!!
Congress badly needs a change in Haryana would be a sane proposition!
 
Aunty Shiela advises Delhites ' if you follow the rules CWG will be fun ro mazaa'!!
But by the looks of it CWG for Delhities will be like a sazaa (punishment)!!
 
And Aunty Shiela too has quite a few skewers in the CWG mess!
After all insiders say she did levy for infrastructure Contracts 'Shiela's cess'!!
 
This is what Kalmadi's gang does allege!!!!
They say....you are catching the bird 'on hand' but ignoring the two hiding in the hedge'!
 
The other bird being Gill!!
Kalmadi's gang alleges ' pockets Gill too did fill'!!
 
The CWG Aerostat is giving problems galore!!
Lessen its weight is what experts implore!!
 
Somewhere the specs got muddled and now it’s not ‘delivering as it should do’!
Fact is the Aerostat is nothing but good money being flushed down the loo!!
 
Confucius says ….Yes….yes…. Kalmadi will say its all for the prestige on the Nation!!
Via this simple excuse he tries to justify the 'wastage' and balance 'gross overrun' equation!!

Bharat Kumar
 
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Kaun Banega CBI Chief (7) S K Raut
Name of the DGP of Madhya Pradesh S K Raut is also sure to be included in the panel because of his wide experience in the CBI for several years. He is also 1974 batch IPS officer.
Rentala Chandrasekhar is new Secretary Telecom
Rentala Chandrasekhar has been appointed as new Secretary Tele-Communications. Andhra Pradesh cadre 1975 batch IAS officer Chandrasekhar is the man behind all the IT initiatives in the country. He will succeed P J Thomas who is now CVC.
(We said this on 13 sep 2010 )
Shashikant Sharma is new IT Secretary
Shashikant Sharma has been appointed new Secretary Information Technology (IT) in Government of India (GOI).He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.He will succeed Rentala Chandrasekhar.
Anand Sinha’s file cleared by FM
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has cleared the file of Anand
Sinha for appointment as Deputy Governor (DG) of the reserve Bank of
India (RBI) in the slot to fall vacant once Ms. Usha Thorat retires.
( We said this on September 13 )
 Kaun Banega Coal India CMD ? (1) Eight top officials for Chairmanship
As many as eight top officials will vie for the post of Chairman Coal India Ltd (CIL).
Usha Mathur is new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs
Finally Usha Mathur has been appointed new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs. She is 1974 batch IRAS officer.This is for the first tima that an IAS officer has not been appointed Secretary of this department.
IAS may not be Secretary Parliamentary Affairs
This time IAS officer is unlikely to be appointed Secretary Parliamentary Affairs .1973 batch UP cadre IAS officer Anil Kumar who is presently Secretary Parliamentary Affairs is retiring next month end.
( We said this on July 8 )
Will Usha Mathur be Secretary Parliamentary Affairs ?
Usha Mathur is likely to be appointed new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs. She is 1974 batch IRAS officer.
( We said this on July 9 )
Samar Jha tipped be new FC
In the wake of  Ms. Usha Mathur’s appointment as Secretary Parliamentary Affairs decks have been cleared for appointment of Samar Jha as new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Railways. Presently Jha is Additional Member Budget in the Railway Board. As it is Indian Railway
Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee is in favour of Jha for appointment as new Financial Commissioner (FC). He is an IRAS officer of the 1974 batch.
IAS officer B. B. Hagjar takes VR in Assam
B.B. Hagjar an IAS officer of the 1990 batch in Assam cadre has taken
voluntary retirement from service (VRS). He is going to contest satate
assembly polls to be held in Assam next year.
Sanyal is new Additional Secretary Food
N Sanyal will be new Additional Secretary Food. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Ms.Upma Chaudhary to be ED) Personnel, FCI
Ms.Upma Chaudhary is poised to be Executive Director (ED) Personnel with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) once deputation tenure of present ED Personnel Ms. Anjali Shrivastava concludes in December 2010. Ms.Chaudhary at present is Joint Secretary Technology Mission on Oil & Pulses (TMOP)& Seeds in the Agriculture Ministry.Ms.Upma
Chaudhary is an IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1983 batch.Ms. Anjali Shrivastava an Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IAAS) officer of the 1984 batch.
Suman Mukherjee is no.1 in  panel for SAIL’s Director Commercial
As the grapevine has it Suman Mukherjee is number one in panel for the post of SAIL’s Director Commercial. He is executive Director (ED) Marketing with SAIL.
Mass exodus from India Today group at the senior level
There has been a mass exodus of journalists from India Today group at
the top level.
Prabhu Chawla retires from India Today !
Prabhu Chawla Editor of the India Today has reportedly retired.
Sanjoy Narayan to succeed Prabhu Chawla !
As the grapevine has it Sanjoy Narayan who had quit as Editor Business Today two years and joined the Hindustan Times is being brought back as Editor of the India Today in place of Prabhu Chawla who has retired.
Shankar Iyer Executive Editor India Today quits
Shankar Iyer   Executive Editor of leading English magazine titled
India Today has quit.
Why Shankar Iyer quit as  Executive Editor India Today?
Why did Shankar Iyer quit as  Executive Editor India Today? This question is hot topic of discussion in the media world. As the grapevine has it, he quit because he is not being made Editor of the India Today.
Ms. Sharda Ugra quits India Today
Ms. Sharda Ugra well known sports journalist has quit India Today to join the world’s leading website on cricket. She was Deputy Editor, India Today, and the sportswriter.
Process for new CBDT members yet to start
As the grapevine has it, the process for selecting incumbents as Members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is yet to start.
File of ITOs elevation as Asst CITs cleared
As the grapevine has it, the file relating to elevation of Income Tax Officers (ITOs) as Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax has been cleared.
155 ITOs to be elevated as Asst CITs cleared
Grapevine has it that the file relating to elevation of 155 Income Tax Officers (ITOs) as Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax has been cleared orders of which will issued this week
20 CITs to be transferred
As many as 20 Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) will soon be transferred . Presently, the file is lying with Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Selection of IGs in MoEF delayed
Selection of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers as IG in MoEF has been delayed.
CSB to consider empanelement for 1991 batch IAS officers
The CSB slated for September 20, 2010 is going to consider empanelment of IAS officers for appointment on deputation to the Government of India (GOI).
Rakesh Singh is also in panel for Goa Port Trust
Rakesh Singh also figures in the panel prepared for the post of Chairman, Goa Port Trust. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Another High Court Judge quits
After the Judge of the Andra Pradesh High Court now the Judge of the Bombay High Court Justice Rajiv Shyamrao Mohite has resigned.
Pakistan's Establishment Secretary faces CJ's ire for obeying the political masters
pakistan'e establishment secretary Ismail Qureshi faced the Supreme Court's ire in a case relating to appointment of a fellow bureaucrat Kamran Lashari as Chief Secretary of Sind despite recommendation for imposition of major penalty of dismissal from service  under rule 4(b)(V) of pakistan Government Servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules   1973 made against him persuant to an earlier order of the Supreme Court.
Mr lashari during his posting as Chairman of Islamabad's Capital Development Authority(CDA) had granted 33 years lease of public land inside Fatima Jinnah Park 'on nominal prices and in a non-transparent manner' and an outlet of Mcdonald's was opened on the premises. The Supreme Court had in June this year had ordered initiation of inquiry proceedings in the matter. The inquiry conducted by the Water and Power Secretary Shahid Rafi recommended Lashari's dismissal from the service but the government in its wisdom chose to elevate the tainted officer to the post of Chief Secretary of Sind.
facing an angry Chief Justice the Establishment secretary confessed that the orders for the tainted officer's elevation 'came from above'.  
Chauhan moves in MEA
Manish Chauhan (IFS 1994) has been moved from WANA Division in MEA to the post of Director (ADP).
Who will be new ED NHB?
Who will be the new Executive Director (ED) of the National Housing Bank (NHB)? The slot has fallen vacant in the wake of R.V. Verma having taken over elevation as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the National Housing Bank (NHB).
Dinesh Sharma’s central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) has in the offer list retained the name of Dinesh Sharma. He is an IAS officer of the1983 who belongs to Kerala cadre.
Atanu Ghosh is Dean Alumni & External Relationships, IIM-Ahmedabad
Atanu Ghosh Faculty (Business Policy area) in Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, has been appointed as Dean Alumni & External Relationships for a period of three years with effect from August 10, 2010. Samir Barua is Director IIM Ahmedabad
Salkat Ghosh promoted as GM in FCI
Salkat Ghosh, Deputy General Manager (Accounts) in Food Corporation of India (FCI), has been promoted as General Manager and posted in Hqrs.
CVC indicts 6 officers of Ministry of Defence
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has in July 2010 advised imposition of major penalty against 6 officers of Ministry of Defence.
Bureaucratic reshuffle on the anvil in Meghalaya

A minor shifting of IAS officers in Meghalaya is on the anvil. Certain Secretary level changes are expected to take place.
BWWA organises a function
On the occasion of the 18th raising day of BWWA (Border Security Force Wives welfare association) an organisation working for the welfare and all score advancement of the wives of BSF personnel, an impressive function was organized in the sprawling BSF campus at BSF Officers’ Mess Nizamuddin New Delhi by Mrs Anjali Srivastava, president BWWA,
wife of Raman Srivastava, DG,BSF.BWWA which has proven itself as sympathetic ear with a helping hand to resolve to problem in times of need. Presently functioning under the dynamic leadership of President Mrs Anjali Srivastava has undertaken several innovative and welfare
schemes for the wellbeing of dependent of Force personnel and all frontiers of BSF is implementing the family welfare measures in their respective area. Rehabilitation and remarriage of widows, organization of vocational programmes for the women of force personnel to make them self dependent viz. making of agarbatti, biscuits, packaging of spices, training of tailoring which enabled them making clothing for the children and women, bed sheets etc. these products have been provided outlet by opening counters at BSF Hqrs, CGO Complex New Delhi
and at Atari-Wagah Border in Punjab. This was informed by the chief guest Mrs. Anjali  Srivastava. Speaking on the occasion, in the presence of senior members of the association, large numbers of lady wives of the force personnel she expressed satisfaction over the good
public demand of these products. BWWA President reiterated her commitment for the rehabilitation and employment of Widows of the Force and further informed that scholarship of meritorious ward of Force personnel have been undertaken. The photograph shows Mrs. Anjali
Srivasatava presenting a tricycle to a differently abled person.
ONGC releases ‘Assured’ Sustainability Report for FY’10
The first ‘Sustainability Report’ of ONGC, released by the Executive Committee of the Board, pertaining to the period from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010 coinciding with FY’10, covers ONGC’s domestic exploration and production operations at onshore and offshore (excluding joint ventures and subsidiaries). This Sustainability Report, released last week, is unique in terms of its comprehensive coverage and assurance standards while its validity against the best global standard gives the highest credibility to the report. There are over 750 organizations globally who have published their sustainability reports in 2010 of which five are Indian companies. With its first externally assured sustainability report, based on the reporting principles and methodology given in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2006, ONGC now enters this select group of organizations with voluntary and assured non-financial reporting.
CRPF deploys state- of- the- art ambulances for CWG
Extending their support to the Commonwealth Games, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has dedicated two ambulances for the use of CWG at the full bore shooting range .These fully equipped vehicles with state-of-the-art medical facilities, have been specially designed for CWG. Prominent among those present on theoccassion were DG CRPF, Vikram Srivastava and other CRPF officers. "These ambulances are being positioned at the Shooting Range at Kadarpur, CRPF campus, to cater for emergency evacuation and other medical treatment should there be any such requirement. Specially trained CRPF troops will be deployed at 11 Games venue during the CWG. Their briefing is on, and the units have been stationed at the required places," said Srivastava.
Union Bank of India accords farewell to its 4 senior officers
The Union Bank of India, of which Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) is M.V. Nair, had last Saturday accorded a heart touching farewell to
four of its senior executives who in the last few months had been elevated as CMDs & Executive Directors (EDs). They are: S. Raman CMD
Canara Bank, S L. Bansal ED United Bank, Mrs. V. Iyengar ED Central Bank of India & Anil Bansal ED Indian Overseas Bank.

RTI
 
Refusal under the Official Secret Act

The PIO refused to provide the Kapur Mittal report on the Anti Sikh Riots claiming that, “the report of Kapur Mittal Committee has been marked as secret and therefore cannot be disclosed under the provisions of Official Secret Act, 1923”. The Commission observed that neither any exemptions of Section 8(1) of the RTI Act have been quoted by the PIO nor has he given any reasons to explain how the information is exempt. Holding the action of the PIO as without any basis in law, the Commission directed Mr. M. A. Ahsref, Joint Secretary and PIO, to present himself before the Commission on 01 November 2010 alongwith his written submissions showing cause why penalty should not be imposed on him u/s 20 (1).

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[Ms. Suroor Mander v. Joint Secretary (Home-II), Govt. of NCT of Delhi
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CORPORATE
SEBI chief to get 3 lakh salar
Now the SEBI Chief will get consolidated monthly salary of Rs 3 lakh.
Alai elected President, AAAI
Nagesh Alai has been elected President, Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the year 2010 – 11. . He is Executive Director of Interface Communications.
Tata in board of Assam Government project
Ratan Tata will be Member in the trust being headed by chief minister Tarun Gogoi in Assam.
NRIs to get voting rights
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) will soon be able to exercise their right to franchise, in India, provided they are present in the constituency mentioned in the passport when the voting takes place. The bill in this connection has been approved by the Indian Cabinet of Ministers and is soon likely to be passed in the Parliament too.
Ecron appoints CFO 
Ecron Acunova has appointed Lalit Mahapatra as Chief Financial Officer. The appointment was announced by DA Prasanna, founder and chairman of Ecron Acunova.
Yarkhan appointed Executive Creative Director
Romeen Yarkhan has been appointed as the Executive Creative Director ( Mumbai ) of Everest Brand Solutions.
Nandan Nilekani awarded
UIDAI Chairman, Nandan Nilekani was presented the 12th Sir M Visvesvaraya memorial award at a ceremony organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) to mark the birth anniversary of Sir M Visvesvaraya.
Darda is Chairman ABC
Chairman and Managing Director of Lokmat Group of newspapers Vijay Darda has been unanimously elected the new chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) for the year 2010-11.
Big Productions makes new appointments 
Big Productions, the TV content creation division of Reliance Big Entertainment, has announced the appointment of Jayesh Patil and Bimal Unnikrishnan as Head of Fiction and Non-Fiction, respectively. 
Pulickal appointed Creative Head 
Nirmal Pulickal, former Associate Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, has joined Mudra Communications as Creative Head, North and East.  

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It is horrifying
 
Apropos the article ‘10 things that distinguish the PM in UPA 1 with PM in UPA2’; .I have batch mates at Director level in some of the key ministries like Finance, Transport, Social Welfare. Their tale of corruption at the top is horrifying. How come that majority of the public representative in the highest decision making body (a euphemism for word "minister")are thoroughly corrupt.
 
Sukhvir
 
PS to Ministers
 
Today, it is privilege of Minister and not the officer (appointed as his PS) to get a well-connected PS. All ministers prefer IAS officers as Private Secretary only because they have better and effective contacts and one who could prove handy to solve their problems, not only now but till their retirement. Therefore, why would they prefer officers from other services? Similarly, most IAS officers aspire to be a politician some day (if all JS and above-level of officers are not already) and, therefore, these stints (as PS to Ministers) would only add to their experience to handle other colleagues or politicians in future. Therefore, the comments that CSS officers would prove a better PS to certain Minister is irrelevant as efficiency has different meaning while working in the Minister’s office. Had that been so, senior officers from CSSS (Sr.PPS/PSO) had been the best choice to work as PS to Ministers, after they having experience of working with officers of various levels, including Secretaries, besides they being specialized officers for the job.
 
C Singh
 
Whose failure is it ?
 
Political Circles in Delhi are busy figuring out what are the reasons for disinformation about relations between Mrs G and Dr MMS ? Rahul was heard asking other day asking a senior congress leader from Madhya Pradesh - Is this failure of political managers or our media management? Or have we lost support of our true selfless friends and now surrounded by vested interests , Rahul wondered. Insiders say, Congress information channels have never been so bad that even our EVES dropping agency friends no longer feed us information.
 
Suman S
 
Our CWG
 
 Do'nt make it a joke site. I know for certain that the things are not like the one it has been painted.
 
-SD former Chief Engineer connected with CWG
 
Anarkali, Jahanpanah tum se mukhatib hein!
 
This is a very significant dialogue from the classic Indian film: Mughl-e-Azam. (The context is when Anarkali is being buried alive under orders of the emperor/jahanpanah and her mother succeeds in getting her life spared by Akbar, the Jahanpanah (refuge for the masses or saviour of the people). The kind of refuge he is providing to the aam aadmi (Anarkali, a courtesan only) is clear from the way she is being buried alive and later being deported to darkness! That is our present day emperors! But what troubles most is, the plight of the poor mother, who can do nothing to save the life of her exceedingly beautiful young daughter, excepting praying for mercy from the ruler. So she tries to make the almost dead Anarkali to regain consciousness by telling her that the refuge of the people is saying something to her! Anarkali is too shocked to register or react! So if a Police officer beats dead a poor cinema hall guard or another SP is dragged a few miles by traffic constables or a District Magistrate slaps publicly an ordinary school teacher on election duty in front of the cameras and the poor employee says out of fear that no such incident took place, it is because of that sense of helplessness which had engulfed the mother of Anarkali. The dialogue is relevant in the context of contemporary India, where the ordinary are being buried alive by our Jehanpanahs of the day, our well wishers can only whisper into our anaesthetized ears "Jehanpanah tumse mukhatib hein"!
 
M L Gupta
 
Nothing is free !
 
Left to me, no retired officer from the IAS be allowed to join a pvt company within 5 years of retirement; nor they should be on the their boards. This is the sure way of using these officers, who would have favoured these cos. during their career either in the state or in the centre, to further gain through their access to their junior colleagues in the IAS. Mind you, everything has a price tag.
 
K Raamamoorthy