What people say about us !

Passionate Journalism. More balls than the channels and print media following the spins on 23 willing ton crescent Or Jhandewalan voices. Yes I forget to add the other spin master 5 motilal Nehru place. Keep up your prophetic whispers without an agenda.

Mani Shankar

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Sheila Aunty is all praise for Mr. Lovely!!!

She feels Lovely's defence for her was just lovely!!

Arvinder Singh Lovely a Minister in Sheila Aunty's Cabinet said ' if Ministers keep resigning soon there will be no Ministers'!!!!! First there was denial.... then excuses.....then debate and soon the inevitability will set in and like Yeddy Sheila will have to ultimately go! The CAG Report makes some very serious charges and it is only fair that she resigns till the investigation is completed!!! Once the investigation is over and if she gets a clean chit she can bounce back with credibility!!!!!! Delays, wastages and not following standard tendering procedures lead to ghoos making!!!! And on Kalmadi's appointment Congress has got itself into a fix......now a letter from Kalmadi that shows he was Sonia's 'appointee' has come out!!! CBI took its time to question and arrest Kalmadi..... seems all efforts were made to keep CBI at bay...... and I think 'by who, how and why' are pretty obvious!!

Indians are not that naive!!!!

So Rahul should not feel that thumbs up to him because of him India gave!!!

IBN conducted a poll..... the poll showed that those polled preferred Rahul to replace/takeover from Mohna!!! Yes Indians are sick of the duality at the top...... some equate it to a two headed monster!!! And Indians do not want the Indian PM to be demeaned any further!!! Today the most important and powerful post in India has become a joke!!!! From seat warmer to General Manager is what Mohna as PM is being perceived as!! ----- is not PM material..... Indians realize how Congress works.....and looking at the inevitability they've said he's the best replacement for Mohna... so in fact Rahul is not our choice for PM but our majboori..... majboori ka doosra naam Hindustani!!

The stiff upper lip just got a whack!!!!

London is under gang attack!!

The poorer areas of London are infested with gangs....some murderous and some that are just a nuisance!! The people who think that civility starts and ends with them did not realize what was going on in their backyard!!!! The education dropout rate is very high in UK and it seems the youth there does go through a mandatory punk phase...... in this phase being a drugs, nuisance and defacing/destroying public property are all mandatory!!! And then there are the criminal gangs which are into selling drugs!!! The Punks are their biggest customers!! This time seems the Afros are upset with Asians and Goras!! UK economy is now pretty fragile and now UK is under attack from within!!!! The Queen is one of the biggest revenue generators for UK..... really for UK's sake God save the Queen!!!

There's more economic pain coming so be careful!!!!!

Bear chases away the Bull!!

Fact is the Bear Market had started some time back.... the Bull did try to enter but the Bear shooed the Bull away.... now the Bear has literally chased the Bull away!! The only way US can tackle its deficit is by stop being the global monitor/bully and cut its defence bill and CIA's Bill!!! Americans are known for their wastefulness ...... the biggest wasters of food!!! Europe too is in economic pain!!!! I'd agree with Jhunjhunwala that it is still not time to do bottom fishing!!! It's being said after a slight recovery the Markets will head further South.... Oil will slide further..... hope Government cuts fuel prices!! And US FED will do what is always does ... print more money.... and please do not get misled by a bounce back!!!

PS....he's not been reading the writing on the wall all this time..... but all of a sudden he's read latest writing on the wall .... Mohna's house hunting for his post PM days..... of course hunt is being done very discreetly!!!!! He'll be spending the summers in US......lecturing..... it'll be a change for him because during his PM days he's been lectured by all.... from Sonia and Rahul and their think tanks, Commies (UPA 1) and even Mamtha..... only one request would Mohna please take Montek with him.... after all its said they are inseparable....they can do jugalbandhi lecture tours!

Bharat Kumar

Is Vincent George back in the scene?

The once all powerful secretary of Sonia Gandhi Vincent George who was sidelined due to the Bofors scandal is back in the reckoning , he even shares a cordial relationship with Ahmed Patel . It is heard that the two have been regularly meeting each other and having long chats.

BUREAUCRACY

46, 1981 batch IAS officers empanelled in GoI
Altogether 46 ,IAS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. The list include M Sahoo,C Viswanath,S Mohanty (AP) S C Panda , A K Srivastava(AM) Jayant Dasgupta,B P Sharma and Arun Jha (Bihar) P K Pujari ,Rita Teaotia ,Hasmukh Adhia and D J Pandiyan (Gujarat) Madhusudan Prasad and Anuradha Gupta (HY),S M Vijyanand (Kerala),Sunil Soni (MH)R K Jain (HP) S C Khuntia and K Ratna Prabha (KN) P K Dash and Amita Sharma (MP) Amel Singh Luikham (MT) Anita Agnihotri, S Srinivasan and R L Jamuda(Orissa) Anjuli Chib Duggal (Punjab) Gurjot Kaur (Raj) A K Gupta ,Shashi Shekhar ,C P Singh ,and R N Chaubey (TN) A K Bishnoi, ,Anil Swarup , Anand Mishra, Balvender Kumar, D Chaudhary , Rajive Kumar,Vrinda Swarup,D Diptivilasa,J P Sharma and C B Paliwal (UP)A Sinha (Uttarakhand )A K Agrawal and Dr Tuk Tuk Kumar (West Bengal) and Vinod Agrawal and A K Pandey (Jharkhand).
( We said this on August 5 )

40 IPS officers of 1988 batch empanelled for JS or equivalent post
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the empanelment of 40 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of 1988 batch for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent under the Central Staffing Scheme. Dr. K Venkatesham ( MH ), Probodh Kumar ( PB) Soumen Mitra ( WB ), R K Vij ( CH ), Satyajit Mohanty ( OR ), Zulfiquar Hasan ( WB ), Kamal Saxena ( UP ), Tapan Kumar Deka ( HP ), Satya Narayan Pradhan ( JH ), R K Tandon ( MP ), Anand Kumar ( UP ), N K Mishra ( SK ), M Akhaya ( OR ), Sanjiv Kumar Singhal ( BH ), Raj Kumar Viswakarma ( UP ), Amitabh Ranjan (MT ), S L Thaosen ( MP ), Atul Karwal ( GJ ), Ram Phal Pawar ( WB ), Sanjay Pillai ( CH ), Sunil Kumar ( TN ), Praveen Sinha ( GJ ), Manoj Yadav ( HY ), Anvesh Manglam ( MP ), B N S Negi ( HP ), Devendra Singh Chauhan Dr ( UP ), Harman Prit Singh ( WB ), Man Mohan Singh (BH ), Vivek Sahay ( WB ), Kailash Makwana ( MP ), Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota ( PB), Mukesh Gupta ( CH ), Anish Dayal Singh ( MT ), U C Sarangi ( MP ), J Poornachandra Rao ( AP ), Binayananda Jha ( OR ), Arun Kumar Ray ( OR ), Anil Kumar Agarwal ( UP ), Santosh Kumar Upadhyay ( OR ) and Prashant Kumar Agrawal (HY).

Four 1980 batch IAS empanelled during review
Four 1980 batch IAS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India during the last review.They are Mssrs S Mohanty (Karnataka),Anita Agnihotri and S Srinivasan (Orissa) and Vinod agrawal (Jharkhand).

R P Singh to be CMD of SJVNL
R P Singh is being tipped to be new CMD of the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL).He is presently Director in the SJVNL.

Arun Kumar Misra made Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Arun Kumar Misra, IAS (UP:76), presently Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, has been made Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
(We said this on Aug 8, 2011)

Navin Kumar made Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Navin Kumar, IAS (BH:75), presently Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development has been made Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
(We said this on Aug 4 and again on Aug 8, 2011)

Sudhir Krishna made Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development.
Sudhir Krishna, IAS (KN:77), presently Special Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, has been made Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development.
(We said this on Aug 8, 2011)

Ms. Kiran Dhingra placed on compulsory wait
Ms. Kiran Dhingra, IAS(UT:75). Has been placed on compulsory wait in the Ministry of HUPA until further orders.

Nine new SPs to join CBI
Nine new SPs will soon be joining the CBI.Selection has already been made by the Committee headed by the CVC.

ACC to mull over aspect of promotion
Officers of different Government services had approached DoPT in the Government of India (GOI) with a complaint that when they were given promotions their scale and position were mentioned but while they were on central deputation they did not get their scale and posts. To discuss on this matter ACC will shortly be holding a meeting.

Cadre of IAS officer changed
Cadre of 2008 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre Pooja Pandey has been changed to Assam-Meghalaya cadre on the ground of Marriage to Dr Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari 2006 batch IAS officer.

RBI Chief gets two years extension
Reserve Bank of India Chief D Subbarao has been given two years extension. His tenure was coming to an end on September 3.There were about ten contenders for the post.
(We said this on July 14 )

Justice Madan Lokur to move Hyderabad ?
Grapevine has it that Chief Justice of the Guwahati High Court Justice Madan Lokur is moving to Hyderabad in the same capacity.

Search Committee for Information Commissioners set up
A Search Committee has been set up to suggest names of Information Commissioners for the central body. The Committee include Cabinet Secretary, Secretary Personnel and Anu Aga. Satyanand Mishra is the Chief Information Commissioner.

B V R Subramanyam unlikely to join PMO
B V R Subramanyam, an IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre who served as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in UPA-I from 2004 to 2008 is now unlikely to return to join the PMO as Joint Secretary. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

S K Pandey is back to Madhya Pradesh
IG in the SPG S K Pandey is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1988 batch IPS officer.

DONER to have 1 new post of Director
The Government of India (GOI) has cleared proposal for creating one new post of a Director in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER). It is purely for appointment of an IES officer.

Ashok Prasad is Additional Director (AX)
The position of Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Government of India (GOI), SIB, Srinagar has been upgraded to the rank of Additional Director (AX). Ashok Prasad has joined on this post. He is an IPS officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Kripa Ram IG in ITBP to be shifted to Shillong,
Kripa Ram Negi, IG ITPB Chandigarh is likely to be transferred as IG, ITBP, Shillong (Meghalaya). He is an ITBP cadre officer.

IIS officer Ampady joins Kerala Government on deputation
Dr. K. Ampady, a 2002 batch Civil Service Officer, belonging to Indian Information Service (Group A) has deputation joined as the Managing Director of Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation. Dr. Ampady was working as the Head of Regional News Division of Doordarshan, Thiruvanathapuram. He had also worked as officer on Special Duty in Directorate of Film Festivals, New Delhi.

Deputation of Sunil Roy IG, CISF concludes
Central deputation of Sunil Roy as IG, CISF is over and he has been relieved. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

6 IPS officers of Karnataka cadre to attend Spl foundation
As many as six IPS officers of the Karnataka cadre will be attending special foundation course in Musoorie. Of these six IPS officers two are from the 2008 batch and four of them belong to the 2009 batch. Those from 2009 batch who were given cadre clearance are: C.Vamsi Krishna, I.M Marbaniang, M.N Anucheth, Shantanu Sinha and Abhinav Khare.

Ms. Sundari Nanda is IG, Mizoram
Ms. Sundari Nanda has joined as IG, Mizoram. Hitherto she was an IG, Goa .She is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Eight CCIT to retire this month
Eight Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are retiring by this month end.

Pakistan : Khyber Pakhtun Khwaha for revival of Executive Magistracy
The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtun khwaha (KPK) is considering revival of the system of executive magistrates through an amendment to the CrPC. The system under which District magistrates enjoyed widespread judicial powers primarily for maintenance of law and order under the CrPC during the British colonial rule was done away with to secure total separation of the executive and the judiciary in both India and Pakistan. Pakistan amended its CrPC in 2001 transferring all the powers of adjudication enjoyed by DMs to Judicial Magistrates. The KPK government considers the revival of the colonial system essential for proper maintenance of law and order the legal fraternity suspects that executive magistrates being directly under the control o0f the state government might act only as per the whims of their political masters and not as impartially as judicial magistrates do.

IDAS postings
Avra Ghosh is now Joint Controller Ordnance Factory Board Kolkata. Binoy Choudhary is now Assistant Financial Adviser.

UT administration seeks fresh panel for UT Home Secretary
Having rejected the earlier panel sent by the Haryana Government for the post of UT Home Secretary due to the ineligibility of the IAS officers (as they have already got higher ranks than FC scale), the UT Administration has now sought a fresh panel for the same. The three officers named in the earlier panel were 1986 batch IAS officer RR Jowell, 1988 batch officer Anil Kumar and PK Das. Jowell and Das are now Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary. The tenure of the present incumbent Ram Niwas, who was appointed in September 2008, ends on September 24..he is 1985 batch IAS officer.

IRS officer Sen empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer K K Sen who belongs to 1984 batch has been empanelled to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

IA & AS officer JS Karape promoted
JS Karape, Officer on Special Duty, in the office of the Accountant General (A&E)-II, Maharashtra, Nagpur has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General and posted as Accountant General (A&E)-II, Maharashtra, Nagpur.

Brig. G. Subramanian joins APPPA
Brig. G. Subramanian, Deputy Director General Weapons & Equipment, Directorate of Weapons & Equipment, New Delhi, has been nominated for the 37th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) commencing at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi on July 1, 2011. The programme includes detailed framework of conceptual and applied modules to enable professional exposure on public administration in Indian and international context.

Tanmay Kumar gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Tanmay Kumar (IAS, 1993 batch, Rajasthan cadre) Secretary Disaster Management and Rural Development to the Rajasthan Government has been given additional charge of Secretary Panchayati Raj till further orders.

Rajeeva Swarup gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Rajeeva Swarup (IAS, 1986 batch, Rajasthan cadre) Principal Secretary (PS) Higher Education to the Rajasthan Government has been given additional charge of Commissioner & PS Information and Public Relation from August 8, to 19, 2011. During this period Commissioner and Secretary Information and Public Relation to the Rajasthan Government Kunji Lal Meena (IAS, 1995 batch, Rajasthan cadre) will undergo training.

Three 1977 batch IPS officers get DG rank in Uttar Pradesh
Three 1977 batch IPS officers Mssrs B M Saraswat,O P Dixit and A C Sharma have been promoted to the rank of DG in Uttar Pradesh.

Railways transfers and postings
GN Asthana of GM has been transferred from WCR to look after the duties of the post of GM/SCR, in addition to his own, further period of three months or until further orders, Rajiv Handa of MM has been transferred from RB to look after the duties of the post of GM/ICF,in addition to his own, for a further period of three months or until further orders, Kuldeep Chaturvedi of GM has been transferred from SWR to look after the duties of the post of GM/RWF,in addition to his own, further period of three months or until further orders, Dr. SVO Chandra Kumar of SG/IRMS has been transferred from SWR, as Sr. DMO to SR on his request, Dr. CM Ravi of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from SR, as Addl. CHD to SWR on his own request and posted in the same capacity, Rattan Chand of DIG-RPSF has been transferred from RB to look after the charge of DIG/OPS/RPSF/Kolkata Alok Kapoor of SG/IRSEE has been transferred from CR to be placed in SAG on Non-functional basis with effect from 24.5.2010, RK Bhatnagar of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from RB to WR and posted in the cadre in the same capacity and PK Saxena of HAG/IRSE has been transferred from CR as PCE to look after the duties of the post of CAO(C)/ CR in addition to his own, for a period of 45 days or till a regular incumbent is posted.

IPS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh
M Ratan has been appointed DG, Vigilance & Enforcement.Syed Anwarul Huda will now be ADG Law and Order.K Durga Prasad has been posted as ADG, Sports, in place of Tejdeep Kaur Menon, who will be the new ADG, Training. R P Meena, has been named as ADG (P&L). Rayalaseema Santosh Mehra has been posted as Additional Commissioner of Police, Coordination, Hyderabad . A R Anuradha will be IG (Law & Order), Hyderabad.Vinoy Kumar Singh has been transferred as controller, Legal Metrology. He was replaced by former Vijayawada commissioner K V R N Reddy. Swati Lakhra has been posted as DIG (Vigilance & Enforcement). K Venkateswara Rao would be the new DCP (Alwal Zone) and additional director ACB N Suryanarayana will be Joint Commissioner of Police, CAR Headquarters, Hyderabad.R B Naik has been posted as SP Ranga Reddy, replacing P Muniswamy, who would be the new SP Railways, Guntakal. M Kantha Rao has been posted as SP Railways, Secunderabad. S Shyam Sunder has been posted as SP, Guntur Urban.M Naganna has been posted as SP, Railways, Vijayawada in place of A S Khan, who has been posted as Regional Vigilance Officer (V&E).J&K-cadre officer S Gopal Reddy, who is on inter-cadre deputation, has been made ADG Technical Services, replacing RP Thakur, who has been named as new DG (Drugs and copyrights). Govind Singh will now be IG Rayalaseema and T A Tripathi has been posted in his place. Batti Lal Meena has been posted as IG (V&E) and KRM Kishore Kumar would be the new IG (Legal).

Kutty's autobiography to be launched today
B. M. Kutty's Autobiography "Sixty Years in Self Exile: No Regrets" is going to be released today. Kutty has been a former political secretary to the Governor of Baluchistan and Secretary of Pakistan Peace coalition.

Nine IAS officers of 1981 batch empanelled to equivalent rank (UPDATED)
Nine IAS officers belonging to 1981 batch have been empanelled to the equivalent rank of the Additional Secretary in the Government of India. They are Mssrs Hari Krishna and Sharda Prasad (UP) V Bhaskar ,C R Biswal ,A Mishra and K R Kishore (AP) Shailendra Mendiratta (AM) D K Kotia (Uttarakhand) and Dr Amar Singh (M P ).

P.B Gangopadhay is no more (UPDATED)
P.B Gangopadhay Ex -PCCF MP and ADG(Forest) MOEF passed away at Delhi this morning.He belonged to 1974 batch of the Indian Forest service.

Vaish to be Director (Finance) NTC (UPDATED)
P C Vaish, Presently GM(Finance), NHPC is being tipped to be new Director (Finance), National Textiles Corporation Limited (NTC).

Addl CIT Sanjay Rai transferred to SFIO, Mumbai (Updated)
Consequent upon his selection for appointment as Additional Director (Inv) in Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Mumbai, on deputation basis, the services of Sanjay Rai, Additional CIT, Vapi Range, Vapi, have been placed at the disposal of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Mumbai.

Addl CIT Amit Mohan transferred to TRAI (Updated)
Consequent upon his selection for appointment as Advisor (Legal) in the Telecom regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI), New Delhi, on deputation basis, the services of Amit Mohan Govil, Additional CIT, Transfer Pricing Officer - II (I), New Delhi, are placed at the disposal of TRAI.

PRSI reconstituted with S Rajagopalan as Chairman (Updated)
While the Chairman of the newly constituted committee of the Public Relation Society of India (PRSI) is S Rajagopalan, Deputy General Manager (Public Relations), Container Corporation of India, Mohan Shukla, Director (Corporate Affairs), Carrefour WC & C India Pvt Ltd, is its new Vice Chairman, Ciny Mathew Philip, Senior Corporate Communications Officer with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd is its Secretary, Naresh Kumar, Chief Manager (Corporate Communications), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd - Joint Secretary and Rajat Gupta, Managing Partner, Response Consulting, is the Treasurer.

Deputation tenure of Oberoi extended in CBI (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of M M Oberoi DIG in the CBI has been extended upto March 7,2013. He is 1992 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Deputation tenure of Hitendra extended in CBI (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of R Hitendra DIG in the CBI has been extended upto October 31,2013. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Deputation tenure of Aggarwal extended in CBI (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of Rakesh Aggarwal DIG in the CBI has been extended upto March 31 2012. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Deputation tenure of Golcha extended in CBI (UPDATED)
Central deputation tenure of Satish Golcha DIG in the CBI has been extended upto October 19,2010 .He is 1992 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Deputation tenure of Tripathi extended (UPDATED)
Central deputation tenure of Saurabh Tripathi DIG in the CBI has been extended upto September1,2012.He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Amit Kumar to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Amit Kumar has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Nisar Ahmed to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Nisar Ahmed has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 1999 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.

Ashwant Kumar Chand to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Ashwant Kumar Chand has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 2000 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Vineet Bhijlal to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Vineet Bhijlal has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 2001 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Sandeep M Tamgadge to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Sandeep M Tamgadge has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 2001 batch IPS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Dr A Subramanyeshwara Rao to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Dr A Subramanyeshwara Rao has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 2002 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Rakesh Rathi to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Rakesh Rathi has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 2002 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Krishna Kumar V K to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Krishna Kumar V K has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 2005 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Rajiv Ranjan to join CBI as SP (UPDATED)
Rajiv Ranjan has been selected to join the CBI as SP for a period of four years.He is 2005 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.

CORPORATE

CEO of Mudra Communications quits
Jude Fernandes, CEO, Mudra India and Executive Director, Mudra Group, has put in his papers. He has nearly two decades of experience.

Sulekha Sharma rejoins ZEE Ltd as Ad Sales Head
Sulekha Sharma has rejoined Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) as Deputy Vice President and National Head, Ad Sales after a gap of two years. Prior to re-joining Zee Ltd., she was Associate VP and National Head, Ad Sales for UTV World Movies. During her last stint with Zee Ltd., she was Zonal Head, North and East at Zee Café and Zee Studio.

JWT appoints Sanjeev Bhargava as Managing Partner
JWT India has appointed Sanjeev Bhargava as Managing Partner. Bhargava who has over 20 years experience in advertising will be responsible for JWT Delhi. Prior to this, he was with DraftFCB for 18 years.

Two directors re-appointed on Lakshmi Precision Screws Ltd Board
Lakshmi Precision Screws Limited has re-appointed Ajay Kumar Chakraborty and Keshwa Nand Rattan as directors of the Company.

Chaturvedi appointed Addl. Director, Energy Development Company Ltd

Energy Development Company Limited has appointed Tarun Chaturvedi as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f August 8, 2011.

Srinivasan resigns as Company Secy. Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd
N. R. Srinivasan resigned as Company Secretary of Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd w.e.f. July 31, 2011.

Subramaninan resigns as Independent Director, Arihant Foundations & Housing Ltd
A Subramanian, Independent Director, Arihant Foundations & Housing Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. August 8, 2011.

Wilson resigns as Director, Almondz Global Securities Ltd
David John Wilson has resigned from the directorship of Almondz Global Securities Ltd w.e.f. August 8, 2011.

Sud appointed Company Secy. Nahar Poly Films Ltd
Nahar Poly Films Limited has appointed Atul Sud as Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. July 30, 2011.

Chanda vacates post of Alternate Director at Birla Ericsson Optical Ltd
Dinesh Chanda, Alternate Director to Magnus Kreuger at Birla Ericsson Optical Ltd has vacated the office with effect from July 30, 2011 consequent upon return of original director to the state in which meetings of the Board are ordinarily held.

Narang ceases to be Non Exec. Director, Accel Frontline Ltd
Sudhir Narang, a Non-Executive Director of Accel Frontline Ltd representing BT Frontline Pte Limited ceases to be a Director on the Board of the company with effect from the closing hours of August 5, 2011.

Desai appointed Addl. Director, DCW Ltd
DCW Limited has appointed Berjis Desai as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. August 08, 2011.

Rengachary ceases to be Director, Apcotex Industries Ltd
Dr S Rengachary Independent Director of Apcotex Industries Ltd has vacated office of directorship of the Company on July 30, 2011.

Menon is VP (Media Planning & Buying), Star india
Arpita Menon has joined Star India as Vice President (Media Planning and Buying).

Joono Simon is ECD, Ogilvy & Mather Bangalore
Ogilvy &Mather Bangalore has appointed Joono Simon as Executive Creative Director (ECD). Prior to this, he was Head at Leo Burnett Solutions - Colombo as Chief Creative Officer.

Sriram quits Mirc Electronics as VP, Corporate Strategy
K Sriram, VP- Corporate Strategy at Mirc Electronic has put in his papers. Mirc Electronic is known as the makers of Onida and for IGO range of products.

CAG's factual Audit Report

The CAG has presented an explosive and factual Audit Report, the findings of which conclusively show evidence of massive corruption and huge expenditure which the government is trying to pass off as irregularities, genuine mistakes or resulting from time delays.

This is an urgent appeal to all honest officials and others involved in the organisation of the games with any agency, public or private to come forward and in the interest of the country, turn whistleblowers by approaching the authorities including the PAC with full details of all wrongdoings. Even those who might have participated in the wrongs unwittingly should come forward.

Thanks to those who come forward.

Ashwinikumar

Great Indian Railways !

Yes this is Great Indian Railways. The RPF still takes care of ex Minister whereas in Mumbai there is shortage of RPF for protecting locals? What is this ? This is the story. Since last one year senior posts are lying vacant Why ? Who cares for safety ? PM is busy with Sonia.

Kailash

Tower of Babel !

One thing that strikes in this web site - in the viewers' sections - is what makes and ails this polity. There is absolutely no connection between what one says and what another reacts. A reader writes passionately on CGHS and expects voices to support or criticize him, seeing his view point at least. Next morning, he gets voices , dozens of them, on house allotment by the Estates Directorate or promotion issues of GrD in some Ministry.

Tower of Babel, is it ?

BFG

No one seems concerned

There is another department DGS&D , presently dealing with Rate Contract for Central Government and New Public Procurement Law to curb corruption in public procurement with eight vacant posts of Deputy Director Generals and two more in the offing out of total Eleven posts. Neither the DG (S&D) nor Ministry of Commerce is concerned to fill up these posts. This will reflect on the quality of work but who is bothered.

Rajdhan

Any reason ?

Any reason why senior Chief Commissioners continue to be overlooked and junior Chief Commissioners continue to hog all important positions in CBEC/CBDT?

Vijay Kumar

Bhalla has done it again

Showering praises on the ruling Congress for promoting a few CSS officers as Joint secretaries. It is no favour. They would have put in many years of service and must have been empannelled on the basis of their performance. Your admiration for persons in power seems to be a habit with you but at times it reads like flattery and thus ridiculous. Please save this praise for the really worthy.

Aarti Khosla

Scoop of the week

We should always remember that the one who delegates the work- remains accountable for its outcome. Thus we should always be clear about the work and to whom and when it should be delegated. Poor delegation, on the other hand, might cause frustration and confusion to the involved parties.

The Wolf and the Shepherd

A Wolf had been prowling around a flock of Sheep for a long time, and the Shepherd watched very anxiously to prevent him from carrying off a Lamb. But the Wolf did not try to do any harm. Instead he seemed to be helping the Shepherd take care of the Sheep. At last the Shepherd got so used to seeing the Wolf that he forgot about the inherent traits of the Wolf.

One day he even went too far as to leave his flock in the Wolf's care. But when he came back and saw many of the sheep killed and carried off. Then he knew, how foolish it was to trust a Wolf. He exclaimed, "I have been rightly served; why did I leave my sheeps to a Wolf?" .

Moral: Delegate your task wisely

Ashok K bhimani

Copies of documents in Vigilance cases

The copies of documents sent by the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) along with enclosures on the basis of which the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) issued the 'advice' in the case of the applicant were sought. They were declined claiming exemption u/s 8(1) (h) of RTI Act by CVC after consulting the CBEC as a third party. It was submitted to the CIC that although the proceedings against the Appellant himself had since been completed, the proceedings against the remaining employees who had been charge-sheeted in connection with this case were still pending and, therefore, the disclosure could adversely affect the pending enquiry. Further, the case involved a large number of employees and the records and documents received from the CBEC had common references to all those employees, distinguishing the information related to the Appellant from the rest might not be possible. The CIC held that upon the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings against the Appellant with the advice of the CVC, there is no reason why the desired documents should not be disclosed.

Comments

Even if the communications from the CBEC contained some references to other employees, it would hardly matter when the CVC has already given its advice in relation to the Appellant. The increasing number of such cases point to a need for a change in practice and training in RTI Act.

[Shri B R Beedu v. Central Vigilance Commission in CIC/WB/A/2010/000202SM]

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)