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Sohail

Aaj Ki Aawaz

The Empire Strikes Back…….Civil Society's survey in Rahul's constituency has got Congress livid!!!! So now Congress has raked in Justice Sawant's Report that says 2.2 lakhs were spent on Anna's birthday celebrations….…..funnily Sawant termed it as misutilization of funds and Congress is claiming this is corruption .....our Netas sidekicks spend more on the birthdays of their pets!! Anna now says his fast will continue till his name is not cleared!!! Congress is bent upon making Indian Public realize how warped Congress is on corruption!! Even a dolt will not term the strictures in Sawant's Report as corruption!! And Mr. Manish Tiwari needs to realize pointing fingers at the PM is not disrespect to the National Flag!!!! And if it is then I think as Mohna has been misused by Congress then this should be akin to misusage of the National Flag!

Congress is desperate to 'hit its own wicket'!!!!

One who does this is declared 'out' in cricket!!

Our PM's speech from Red Fort was more like a lament on what he would like to do…. but not possible!! Like a strong Lokpal…….. he has said that as PM he would like to come under the ambit of the Lokpal…… but then we all know what the Party made him say…..then he says that fasting is not the solution to the Lokpal Bill….. it is the Gandhian solution...... and keeping chup is also no solution Mohna Ji!!! Though I'm sure knowing Mohna's love for Gora Sahib he must have felt the same when Gandhi went on fasts!!!! He says inflation is a huge concern…. Congress will get Montek to 'talk down inflation and its outfall'!!! Mohna has said 'terror is still a huge cause of concern'….and PC will soon issue a statement on Hindu terror!! Our PM sure has some very lofty dreams but alas…… his Party has other ideas!!!

Our PM builds Castles in the air!!!

And Castles 'hawaa' ho jaathe hai or 'disintegrate' into air!!!

Subramanim Swamy is back with a bag full of allegations!!! He's tweeted that Sonia's illness is more serious that was being talked about!!! He now says tests were carried for Giloma of the brain! Initially he had indicated that she's got cervical cancer!!!! He's been saying privately that most Netas who have money in Switzerland have closed their accounts and are holding the money in 'Bankers Cheques' issued by the Banks!!! Interest rate is zero and the Cheques are good for payment for a year…. so techincally they hold no moneys in Switzerland as a now the ill gotten wealth is stored in Cheques…… so there must be a couple of Banker Cheques for 'Billions'! He also says that Indian Muslims trace their roots to Hinduism!! He refuses to see that religion is all about belief!!!!

Swamy aa gaya!!!

And if it gets hot for him it'll be Swamy bhaag gaya!!

PS….. Salmaan Khursheed is now known as 'Diet Sibbal'…Diet Cola is less harmful than regular Cola.... how very apt!!! PC's ancestral home was burgled.... what did the fools think he's that naive tht he'll keep the goodies he's alleged to have made in his ancestral home?????
Bharat Kumar

Rahul Gandhi to marry ?

Grapevine has it that Rahul Gandhi is going to marry before the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections and that too with a girl of well known Brahmin family of UP.

First time in the history of AICC

First time in the history of the Congress party, a leader other than the party President unfurled flag at the AICC headquarters on Independence Day. He was none other than the AICC Treasurer Moti Lal Vora.

Meeting between "Uncle" and "Nephew "

There was a five minutes meeting between "Uncle" Manmohan Singh and "Nephew" Rahul Gandhi in the AICC Headquarters on August 15. What transpired ? Anybody's guess.

Did PM avoid Ahmad Patel and A K Antony ?

In the AICC Headquarters Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a closed door meeting with Pranab Mukherjee,Janardan Dwivedi, Ambika Soni and Rahul Gandhi. Though A K Antony and Ahmad Patel were present in the AICC Headquarters they were not asked to attend the meeting.

What about Wikileaks ?

Everybody is asking one question in the corridors of power in India - why Wikileaks is silent these days ?

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1981 batch IAS and ?
Empanelment of 1981 batch will prove a testing ground for their political clout. Will they beat 1980 batch and become regular AS's while half of 1980 batch is still in-situ AS. This will be a first.

Justice Ranjana Desai to move to SC
Name of Justice Ranjana Desai of the Bombay High Court is believed to have been cleared by the Supreme Court Collegium for the elevation to the Supreme Court of India. She is going to succeed Justice V S Sirpurkar who is superannuating on August 21.
(We said this on May 2 and again on June 1 )

Will Deshmukh be Chief Justice of M P High Court ?
After the appointment of Justice Ranjana Desai to the Supreme Court of India, most senior Judge of the Bombay High Court Justice D K Deshmukh is likely to move as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Justice Mukhopadhaya to move to SC
Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court S J Mukhopadhaya is all set to move to the Supreme Court of India next month.
(We said this on May 4 )

Justice Kehar to move to SC ?
Supreme Court Collegium has cleared the elevation of Chief Justice of the Karataka High Court Justice J S Kehar to the Supreme Court of India. He is likely to succeed Justice H S Bedi who is superannuating on September 4.
( We said this on May 3 and again on May 31 )

Who is Rohit Nandan ?
After taking over the reins of Air India everybody is curious to know who is Rohit Nandan ? Infact, he is 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and had been successful PR Chief of BSP Supremo Mayawati during her first regime as CM of UP.

Bharat Bhushan should have been Air India CMD
There is a general feeling in the corridors of power that E K Bharat Bhushan should have been the CMD of Air India because of his past experience.1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre Bhushan, who is presently DGCA, had been Air India CMD for quite some time.

Gone are the days of Kerala cadre
Gone are the days of Kerala cadre IAS officers as far as holding key posts in the Government of India (GoI) was concerned. Appointment of Rohit Nandan is said to be an example.

IAS officers of UP, Bihar calling shots
In corridors of power it is a hot topic of discussion that now it is IAS officers belonging to cadres of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar are calling shots in the Government of India (GoI). Cabinet Secretary A K Seth is from UP cadre and Secretaries of all the important ministries and CBI -IB Chief hail from the Bihar cadre.

Now two vacancies of JS in Petroleum
There are now two vacancies of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum. One Joint Secretary Apurva Chandra has already moved to the HRD ministry .He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre. Term of another Joint Secretary D N Narsimha Raju is coming to an end in the first week of October.

Proposal of lateral shifting of Nayak turned down
The cabinet Secretary is believed to have turned down a proposal of lateral shifting of Joint Secretary Mining in the Government of India S K Nayak. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Will Srikumar get some assignment in GoI ?
In the light of the Gujarat Government action against whistle blowers Sanjiv Bhatt and Rahul Sharma, in order to send a strong signal, the Central Government will accommodate R.B. Srikumar, former Director General of Police, Gujarat, at a very senior level. Srikumar retired four years ago and L.K. Advani in a detailed interview to the Indian Express sometime ago had revealed the Government intent to appoint Srikumar as Chairman of the Information Commission, which he opposed.

3 in fray for post of Special Secretary (internal security)
Three IPS officers are in fray for the post of Special Secretary (internal security).

Elevation of K.K. Shrivastava Member Traffic in a limbo
Proposal relating to elevation of K.K. Shrivastava as new Member Traffic in the Railway Board has been put on the back burner. Presently he is posted as General Manager (GM) East Central Railway (ECR).As the grapevine has it the Railway Ministry did not moot his proposal whereas the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) had noted that since Shrivastava deserves to be Member Traffic then why was he not being made a Member Traffic in the Railway Board.

File of GMs panel to move soon
File relating to elevation of senior railway officers as General Managers (GMs) and their postings will now move.

IES officer Dasgupta empanelled as JS
IES officer of 1984 batch Somit Dasgupta has been empanelled as JS, under CSS, in GoI.

IRS officer Gupta empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Rajani Kant Gupta 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 K Vijayakumaran promoted
K Vijayakumaran, Sr. Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General and transferred and posted as Accountant General (LB&A), Tamil Nadu, Chennai against a newly created post.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
There is IPS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are -Messrs L V Antony DIG Rules, Anil Kumar DIG Jhansi, Bhanu Bhaskar SP Rampur, Ramit Sharma DP Shahjahanpur, P K Gautam, ASP Mathura, Laxmi Narain SP Raibarelley and Ajay Mohan Sharma SP Etah.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Navdeep Rinwa has been appointed the district magistrate of Shahjahanpur. Dr Balkar Singh posted as DM of Rampur. Gyan Singh has been moved as Special Secretary (Basic Education). Akhilesh Kumar Barnwal will now be DM of Kushinagar. SVS Rangarav was shifted as DM of Sant Ravidas Nagar.

Nine new districts to be created in Chhattisgarh
Nine new districts are being created in Chhattisgarh. The proposed districts are Sukma, Kondagaon, Gariabandh, Balodbazar, Mungeli, Balod, Bemetara, Surajpur, and Balrampur.

R P Kapoor is no more
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary R P Kapoor has passed away in Bhopal.1956 batch IAS officer Kapoor was father of 1991 batch M P Cadre IPS officer Varun Kapoor. He was 80.

56 AGMs in BHEL promoted as GM (UPDATED)
As many as 56 AGMs in BHEL have been promoted as GM. They are C V Rajagopal - GM, A K Sanadhya - GM (MM, Comml., MSX and PSD), AK Jain - GM (MM), J C S Karma - GM (CEPD), Rajeev Mathur - GH (HR - Recruitment & Manpower Planning), C Thirugnanam GM (PCS), SVN Jithin Sundar - GM (TES), Gururaj S Rotti - GM (Photovoltaics), ISG, Bangalore, K Kalaiselvan - GM(CSES-CE), K S Shivaprasad - GM (PSD), Corporate Office, New Delhi, A K Ajmani - GM (Logistics), A K Saxena - GM (Central Planning), Mayank S Karma - GM (PSD), NK Gupta GM (HR), R U Prasad - GM (HSE, Civil & Machine Erection), S K Mishra -GM (WEX), V K Chaturvedi - GM (EM), HPEP, Hyderabad, A K S Guru - GM (EM- Engg.), D K Dixit - GM (Modernisation), DK Thakur - GM (Switchgear Engg & MM), N K Bhar GM (Finance), PS-PEW, Noida, S Chaturvedi - GM (TCB - Productions MM), Subhaah Saxena - GM (CDC), CH V S S S Sarma - GM (CM - PS Projects), Dr C N V Ramana GM (TC - Engg.), K V Purnachandra Rao- GM (Compressor - Operations), T Somaiah - GM (CMM CDC), C P Chengappa - GM (Spares Business), P Soundarajan - GM (Valves), R S Deenadayalu - GM (MM & Manufacturing), S Ramesh - GM (ATP), T Chockslingam -GM (Finance), Hargovind Sharma - GM (HRDI) Noida, A Jayasinha - GM(BG-1A), Rajesh Kumar Sood GM (MMI & PI), T S S Prakasa Reddy GM (Contract Closing & PMG - P-1), Kamalesh Das - GM (IP) Jagdishpur, Dipankar Guin -GM (IO), New Delhi, G V Banskar - GM (PESED), Kajal Ranjan Bhowmick - GM (Mejia), Lakshmi Narayan Mishra - GM (Barauni & Muzaffarpur) with Hq. at Barauni, Manju Prasad - GM(HR), PS-HQ, GK Hedaoo - GM (Marketing), Joginder Singh - GM (Hydro II), PS-NR. Noida, K K Khurana - GM (Electrical), P K Khurana - GM (Mechanical), AK Nigam - GM (PMG), ML Sharma - GM (PMG), R Krishnasamy - GM (Bellary), A Rajaguru - GM (Rihand and Vlndhyachal) with Hq. at Rihand, H Suresh Udupa - GM (ESBGI, SR, Hyderabad), G S Thukral - GM (ROD), New Delhi, M G Kargaonkar - GM (ROD), Mumbai, Alanu Saha -GM (Finance). Jhansi, Bijit Kumar Roy - GM (Construction - ER & SR). Kolkata and Deepak Kant - GM (Construction - MR & WR), New Delhi.

CORPORATE

Piyoosh Goyal - a humanitarian whose business goals are driven by philanthropic reasons
The Chairman and founding member of ISKCON Food Relief Foundation, Piyoosh Goyal, is a young enthusiastic entrepreneur who has to his credit setting up of a big business empire with an annual turnover of around Rs. 2000 crore at a very youthful age.

The success of ISKCON - a non profit organization aimed at giving the country a better, educated and a stronger future - shows that Goyal is not only a successful businessman but also a humanitarian whose business goals are driven by his philanthropic reasons.

Goyal running a Business Group having more than 2000 employees is having an international presence with more than 25 offices across the globe.

And the organization started by him with a handful of beneficiaries - to ensure that no one should remain deprived of the fundamental right to education - today provides mid day meals to 500,000 school going children daily.

In line with his altruistic objectives, Goyal has now planned to set up a world class orphanage where the basic traditional values shall be an integral part of the curriculum and learning that will be lend to the students. The children there shall be given a first-rate upbringing and boundless opportunities in order to help them emerge as world class professionals. These children shall then serve to be the pillars of this humane object of making the life a beautiful experience for all, who have been fortunate to come into being, but not enough to experience the beauty of their fortune.

60 posts in PSUs are vacant
60 posts from Chairman and Managing Director to Director - Marketing, Finance and Hhuman Resources among others are vacant in 43 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).

Krishnaswamy appointed ED (Technical), Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceticals Ltd
Raju Krishnaswamy has been appointed as an Executive Director (Technical) of Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Banerjee appointed Alternate Director, Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Ashoke Banerjee has been appointed as Alternate Director to Simon Harford on the Board of Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Bhasin resigns as Director, SKS Microfinace Ltd
Pramod Bhasin, an Independent Director, SKS Microfinance Ltd has tendered his resignation as Director from the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from August 12, 2011.

Mardikar appointed Independent Director, Murli Industries Ltd
Murli Industries Limited has appointed Avinash Prabhakar Mardikar as an Independent Director of the Company.

Maheshwari resigns as Director, Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Ltd
The Board of Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Limited has approved the resignation of Krishna Kishore Maheshwari from the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. August 6, 2011.

Kumar nominated as Part-time Director, UCO Bank
The Union Government has nominated Manoj Kumar Gupta as Part-time Non-official Director of UCO Bank for a period of three years with effect from August 2, 2011.

Goyal appointed Addl. Director, Kalyani Investment Company Ltd
Kalyani Investment Company Limited has appointed Ravindra Kumar Goyal as an Additional Director on the Board w.e.f. August 12, 2011.

Sharma appointed GM, Glow Studios
Biresh Sharma has been appointed as the General Manager of Glow Studios, Greater Noida.

Kumar appointed Addl. Director, JPT Securities Ltd
JPT Securities Ltd has appointed Ravindra Kumar Belapurkar as an Additional Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Softbpo Global Services Ltd appoints Addl. Directors
Softbpo Global Services Ltd appointed Pramod Krishnan, Rajiv Chawla and Suri Gopalan as Additional Directors (Independent) of the Company with effect from August 12, 2011.

Grover resigns as Company Secy. Cantabil Retail India Ltd
Ms. Rekha Grover has resigned as Company Secretary of Cantabil Retail India Ltd.

Chahal appointed Company Secy. Cantabil Retail India Ltd
Cantabil Retail India Ltd has appointed Ms. Poonam Chahal as Company Secretary of the Company.

Doshi appointed CFO, Avon Corporation Ltd
Bhupendra L. Doshi is appointed as a Chief Financial Officer of Avon Corporation Ltd w.e.f. August 1, 2011.

Singh resigns as CFO, Avon Corporation Ltd
Ratnesh Singh has resigned from the post of Chief Financial Officer of Avon Corporation Ltd with effect from July 30, 2011.

Patel resigns from Nagpur Power & Industries
Kalpana Patel has resigned as the company secretary of Nagpur Power & Industries.

Babu now Additional Director Odyssey Technologies
Odyssey Technologies has appointed U Rathish Babu as additional director of the company.

Raju resigns from Jyothi Infraventures
G Srinivasa Raju has resigned from being the Director of Jyothi Infraventures.

What she thinks about common man ?

I was listening to the press conference held on 14th August in which Ambika Soni was referring to the Anna Team as they are so small and inconsequential person. If she thinks so about them, one can imagine what does she thinks about common people of India. By the way, what is her credentials to hold such an important post?

Mohan Kumar

Insaaf ki dagar par chalte chalte...

Insaaf ki dagar pe, bachcho dikhao chalke. Aur hum chale. Chalte chalte yehan tak aa pahunche hai! This song used to enthuse us children like nothing else. Independence Day was special. The laddos distributed on the occasion tasted best. We trusted our leaders. We followed them. One by one they started disappearing. In their place, all kinds of fellows creeped in. The enthusiasm ebbed slowly. Ladoos disappeared. The netas of tomorrow that the song promised were collecting garbage with bare hands. Some were scavenging. The 9% growth made many more millionaires but millions of paupers. Employment shrank. Labour was thrown on to the streets in world class mega cities to beg, steel or scavenge. No hand gloves, no masks on the nose, no shoes--bare hands in the filthiest conditions. In our childhood we didn't see even one child doing this kind of labour. We heard our Prime Minister shower special love and care on children. He loved to be called Chaachaa Nehru. He died. Now nobody cares for the children. Nobody spares even a moment for their pitiable condition. Nobody even wants to know whether they are children from scheduled castes or scheduled tribes or backward classes or minorities. All they want is someone doing this inhuman work in the most inhuman conditions. They also keep them as slaves at their homes or farm houses, beat them mercilessly to death when they refuse to do begar for them. (What is the use of begar or unpaid labour being declared unconstitutional?).They go unaccounted as the police has not so far registered a single case of murder of innocent poor children found mysteriously dead by the roadside in colonies or dark alleys. The judges see it daily, the ministers see it daily, the bureaucrats see it daily, the society sees it daily--only to turn their eyes the other way. The SC Commission sees it not, the ST Commission sees it not, the BC Commission sees it not, the minorities commission sees it not. I don't know why I see it? I feel a day will come when children in this country-Our India-will not be compelled to do such dirty job. It would not be too much to expect the government to declare the year 2011-12(Independence Year) as the National Year of the Children and ensure complete stoppage of employing children for scavenging and garbage handling. Machines must be ordered immediately for such jobs as is the practice in civilized world. Make Independence Day a day for celebrations for all children! It is very much within the power of this government and needs no more five year plans!!!

M L Gupta

Rahul to marry !

Good socio political news for UP.

Dr B L Arya

Air India can still fly majestically !

Brijeshkumar was the only bureaucrat who did excellent work. None before or after. He was then short lived.

Can one hope that Rohit Nandan will hear out everybody and decide what is right according to his conscience. If he were to toe the line, he should himself come forward to quit. Air India can still be pulled out of the red and fly majestically.

We need better brains and self respecting bureaucrats. It is hard to come by. When 99 % Indians are corrupt in one way or the other, the bureaucracy can not be an exception.

Retired people are history. There may be few exceptions. There is no harm in taking their advice. Rohit Nandan would do justice if he can redress the grievances of the original Air Indians. Not the IC walas emp0loyees to start with.

There are many area where Nandan has to clean up and ensure that all our aircraft should be in the air atleast 20 hours out of 24 hours to make money. He should find ways as how to fill the last seat of an aircraft before its departure. Revenue loss is on many counts.

I wish the very best of everything for Nandan .

EM

Will more members be inducted in National commission for women ?

Will more members in National commission for women other than two at present be inducted ? Why two this time when it should be five?

Parminder Kaur

TAIL-PIECE

I asked my new girlfriend what sort of books she's interested in.

She said: Cheque books.

The easiest way to make your old car run better, is to check the prices of new car.

What is the difference between men and pigs?

Pigs don't turn into men when they drink.

Q: What's the difference between a good lawyer and a great lawyer?

A: A good lawyer knows the law. A great lawyer knows the judge.

What is Nurse?

A beautiful woman who holds your hand for one full minute and then expects your pulse to be normal.

Boss: We are very keen on cleanliness. Did you wipe your feet on the mat as you came in?

New employee: Yes, sir.

Boss: We are also keen on truthfulness. There is no mat.

Q: Why dogs don't marry?

A: Because they are already leading a dog's life!

Q: What's the difference between mother wife?

A: One woman brings you into the world crying and the other ensures you continue to do so.

Banta enters kitchen, opens sugar container, looks inside and closes it. He does this again and again. Why?

Because his Doctor told him to check sugar level regularly.

Contributed by-Satya Singhal

Protection of trees

The Complainant wanted the Forest Department, GNCTD to put up on their website certain information related to the Delhi Tree Preservation Act like details of permissions given for felling and pruning of trees, together with the details of applicants, the number of trees, locations, reasons for approval or rejection of the same and other details. The CIC directed to put the information on-line along with the details of complaints received on the tree help-line and their status till the date of final disposal. The CIC also directed all civic agencies carrying out any construction work to display along with the monetary costs and details of the project, the environmental cost, indicating the number of trees being felled and the location of compensatory plantation.

Comments

In M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India, the scope of Article 21 of the Constitution of India (Right to Life and Liberty) was enlarged by the Apex Court and the right to clean environment was also comprehended under Article 21. The rapid concretization in the city is affecting the trees the most, leading to poor forest cover and disappearance of
various species of birds. While this order is a step in the right direction, the mute question is whether it would be implemented and if yes, to what extent?

- 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)