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Mohna sings ... Sonia tehri wafaadari mein kya kya I've not done!!!!!

Really I've finished my credibility for you and your son!!!

Mohna doing a U Turn on PM coming under the ambit of Lokpal and then saying 'we too know about the skeletons in the Oppositions (meaning BJP) cupboard'... meaning if you paint Congress black we'll paint you blacker!!! Fact is after seeing what power has done to PM Mohna whose USP was his honesty, I feel the need that PM comes under the ambit of Lokpal is abs vital!! I'm very much sure that now Mohna is no longer considered to be honest by Indians........ the argument being....... no honest man will side with the dishonest....and Mohna's crossed all limits in doing do!!

Rahul is Congress's Ramdev!!!!

Seems that's why he's stopped to shave!!!

Rahul has to be in the news!!!! If he is not he gets upset!!! So his think tank is always coming up with ways to get him in the news!! The latest one being is that Rahul wants Youth Congress members to do Yoga everyday!! In fact all Youth Congress meeting will start with Yoga... yeah.... they'll do Sonia and Rahul Namaskar!!! They say Rahul is a Yoga buff himself...........he should do the aaasan that requires one to do a headstand.... maybe the rush of blood to his brains may do him some good and make him start thinking on his own.... rather than retainers telling him what he should do and not do!!!

Yeddy gaya!!!

Purana Yeddy gaya abh aaye ga Yeddy naya!!

Yeddy will rule Karnataka by proxy... that is if BJP agrees to make Yeddy's flunky Gowda as the CM!!!! Reddy bros are working overtime spreading cash to ensure that this is done and are even willing to buy out some of the objectors!! Basically Yeddy knows the Delhi BJP leaders are all windbags..... none of them are grass-root and mass Netas and so none of them are able to handle Yeddy..... and then with Reddy bros with him he has financial muscle too!!! Bhardwaj sees his comeback in Delhi via 'throwing out BJP Government in Karnataka' door so troubles for the Yeddy's proxy will not end!!!

What is Badal Senior's age .... Amrinder's new quest??????

Mr. Amrinder even if he's 90 he's not going to rest!!

Amrinder questioned Badal's age and said despite his age Badal's mental faculties were A1.....and the very next day he said Badal suffered from dementia..... now quite a few feel Amrinder's suffering from this dementia!! Manpreet Badal and the new face of his Party......stand up comic Bhagwant Mann are in US with katoras for NRI Dollars!!! Chalo if not for the Party NRI's will give Dollars for Bhagwant's stand up comedy.....his show will be the curtain raiser for Manpreet's fund raisers!!!!! Cousin Sukhbir's election war-chest is overflowing!! Both Badal and Amrinder have been trading charges on Operation Blue Star..... knowing fully well that Punjabis are still very hurt on account of Blue Star..... hope Congress's Rani and her Yuvraj have taken a note of this!!!

PS....... Congress says we are ready to discuss everything and BJP says we'll take on Congress...... however it is known that both would work to getting Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned..... noora kushti..... shouting/heckling versus stone-walling!! Sonia is suffering from hay fever on account of 'hay raking'.... only treatment available is in a clinic in Zug!!!! Sushma is saying that the pic of her with both her hands on the heads of Reddy bros is morphed.... who got it done....... Jaitley....... killing two birds with one stone????? Ramdev says Satya Sai Baba's sould ahse entered Balkrishna....to prove this Balkrishna may get his hair curled!!

Bharat Kumar

Top 10 of UP, CM: Mayawati

1 J.P. Gaur
2 Ponty Chadha

3 Shashank Shekhar Singh

4 Navneet Sehgal

5 Naseem Ud-Din Siddqui

6 Anand (borther of Ms. Mayawati)

7 Satish Chandra Mishra

8 Kunwar Fateh Bahadur Singh-( PS-Home)

9 Brijlal (Special DGP)

10 Yadav Singh (posted in NOIDA)

Congress leaders back the PM at UPA chief's behest
Sources said that since the time A Raja mentioned the name of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh in the 2G scam, the latter has been upset because not a single party member stood by him (the PM). It was only after the PM consulted UPA chief Ms. Sonia Gandhi about the matter, other leaders of the Congress party came forward to help him.

Telangana tangle & Ghulam Nabi Azad
In order to exit of the Telangana's matter, Congress party has handed over the responsibility of Telangana matter to Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. He is the representative of Congress party in Andhra Pradesh. However, these days he is facing a problem in his backbone due to which he cannot sit on a chair for a long time. There were two doctors with the delegates of Rayal Seema when they came to meet Azad for discussing the Telangana matter. During this meeting Azad suddenly had a problem in his backbone. Two doctors present there attended to him immediately due to which he felt better. However, the matter of concern is that the Telangana matter some how stood diminished and lost that time as it revolved solely around Azad's discomfort with his backbone.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Sayan Chatterjee be new Secretary Health ?
Sayan Chatterjee is likely to succeed K Chandramouli as Secretary Health in the Government of India.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Pradhan to head NACO ?
Special Secretary Health in the Government of India P K Pradhan is likely to replace Sayan Chatterjee as Secretary National Aids Control Organisation (NACO).He is 1977 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Sameer Kumar Khare to be Joint Secretary Defence
Sameer Kumar Khare who on central deputation is presently Bhopal based Senior Regional Manager with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for Madhya
Pradesh is poised to join the Government of India (GOI) as Joint Secretary Defence .He is an IAS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya (A-M)cadre.

No IPS to be Governor
It has been decided that no former IPS will be appointed Governor.There are already seven former IPS officers as Governor in the country.

Why delay in empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers?
Empanelment of IAS officers to Secretary's rank in the Government of India (GOI) has been delayed due to posting to delay in posting of IAS officers belonging to 1977 batch as Secretaries. There are many IAS officers of 1977 batch who are empanelled in GoI but are yet to be posted Secretaries in GoI.

Cadre of IAS officer changed from Rajasthan to Haryana
Cadre of 2009 batch IAS officer Ms Sharandeep Kaur Brar has been changed from Rajasthan to Haryana on the ground of marriage to 2006 batch IPS officer Ashwin.

D K Mittal takes over as Secretary Financial Services
D K Mittal has taken over on Monday as Secretary Financial Services. 1977 batch UP cadre IAS officer Mittal was earlier Secretary Corporate Affairs.
( We said this on July 22)

Naved Masood takes over as new Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Naved Masood has taken over as new Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Prior to it 1977 batch UP cadre IAS officer Masood was Special Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Health and Family Welfare in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
(We said this on July 22 )

MC Joshi takes over as CBDT Chairman
MC Joshi has taken over as the CBDT Chairman. He is 1974 batch IRS (IT) officer.

K Madhavan Nair is Member CBDT
K Madhavan Nair (IRS 1975 batch) has taken over as Member CBDT .

Ashwani Kumar Chand poised to join CBI
As the grapevine has it, Ashwani Kumar Chand is tipped to join the CBI on deputation. He is an IPS officer of 2000 batch who belongs to the Sikkim cadre.

Arun Kumar Gupta's deputation in FCI to be extended
Arun Kumar Gupta who on central deputation is presently Regional Manager with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for Haryana is poised to get three months extension in his tenure.His deputation is going to conclude soon. as Joint Secretary Defence in Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Karma Gyatso is new Chief Secretary of Sikkim
1977 batch IAS officer Karma Gyatso has been appointed new Chief Secretary to the Government of Sikkim . He has succeeded N.D. Chingapa on his superannuation.

Katoch gets pro-forma promotion as ACS
Additional Secretary Commerce in the Government of India Rajan Katoch has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ACS in the Madhya Pradesh Government. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Abha Anand Kishore is new CVO REC
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for the appointment of Ms Abha Anand Kishore, IRS(IT-82), as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited .

MP High Court Chief Justice moves to Allahabad
Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Syed Rafat Alam has been transferred to the Allahabad High Court.

Justice Harkauli to be acting CJ of MP High Court
Justice Sushil Harkauli has been appointed acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Ravi Kota to be Direcor,DoPT
Ravi Kota, IAS, 1993 batch, Assam-Meghalaya cadre, who was earlier private secretary (PS) to ex- Indian Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) B. K. Handique is poised to be a Director, DoPT. He will look after Senior Management(SM).

S.C. Mishra to be Director, UD
S.C. Mishra who was earlier private secretary (PS) to ex- Indian Minister for Textiles Dayanidhi Maran is poised to be a Director, Urban Development (UD) in GOI. He is an IAS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Vivek Dewangan is PS to Dr.C.D. Mahant
Vivek Dewangan has been appointed as private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister of State (MoS)for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries. He is an IAS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre.

Only 3 IPS officers are SSPs in Punjab
There are only three IPS officers who are posted as SSPs in Punjab. These districts are: Hoshiarpur,Bhatinda & DCP Ludhiana. In rest of the 24 districts Punjab Police Service (PPS) officers are heading District police force.

G.S. Sandhawalia to be a HC Judge
As the grapevine has it, G.S. Sandhawalia an advocate is going to be appointed as a judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court (HC), Chandigarh.

Ms Rinchen Ongmu gets ACS rank in Sikkim
Ms Rinchen Ongmu, IAS (SK-1979), Principal Secretary-cum-Development Commissioner, Development Planning, Economic Reforms & NECA Department has been promoted as Additional Chief in Sikkim.

Vivek Sahay relieved to join CRPF
Vivek Sahay IG Kolkata who on central deputation has been appointed in CRPF (HQ) New Delhi has been relieved by the West Bengal (WB) government. He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the WB cadre.

V.V Lakshminarayan soon to be Joint Director, CBI
V.V Lakshminarayan DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon be elevated as a Joint Director in CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Anand Kumar is JD (Immigration) IB New Delhi
Anand Kumar, Joint Director Intelligence Bureau (IB) Government of India (GOI) SIB Guwahati, Assam has joined as JD (Immigration) IB RK Puram New Delhi in place of Arvind Deep IPS. He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the MP cadre.

Sunil Kumar is Joint Director (Administration) IB
Sunil Kumar, Joint Director, SIB Srinagar,Intelligence Bureau (IB) Government of India (GOI) has joined as Joint Director, Administration, IB, Head Quarters New Delhi. in place of S.S Sidhu IPS. He is an IPS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

Process for NHPC's new CMD starts
The process for selection of an incumbent as new CMD of NHPC has started as the
PESB has re-advertised the post. Last date for submitting applications is August 9,
2011.

Interviews CMD,SJVN on August 7,2011
Interviews for selecting new CMD of the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN)
will be held on August 7,2011.

IA&AS officer Raj Kumar transferred
Raj Kumar-II (IA&AS-1999) on return from GAO, Washington, has been transferred and posted as Director (AMG-V), in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Economic and Service Ministries, New Delhi against an existing vacancy.

IRS officer Ms. Tyagi empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Ms. Alka Tyagi 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).

K.P. Mishra is now JS Inter State Council Secretariat
K.P. Mishra, Director in Inter State Council Secretariat, has been promoted as Joint Secretary at the same place on promotion. He is a CSS officer.

H.M. Cairre is Chairman Assam Administrative Tribunal
H.M. Cairre Additional Chief Secretary with the Assam government has got charge of Chairman Assam Administrative Tribunal He will also hold additional charge of Chairman Board of Revenue .He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Jitesh Khosla is ACS Power in Assam
Jitesh Khosla Additional Chief Secretary with the Assam Government has been appointed as (ACS) Ministry of Power by Assam Government. He is an IAS officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Forest lost in tangle between Forest and Revenue Ministry in Maharashtra
Nearly 19 lac hectare of forest land has gone missing in Maharashtra, most of it is due to administrative overlook between Forest and Revenue Ministry in the state. Now ,Forest department has only 5.95 lac hectare of forest left with it, and the revenue department has
2.44 lac hectare. much of it has been lost due to encroachment, and squatting. Regions like Thane, Melghat and Maoist affected Gadchiroli, Chandrapur are the worst affected.

IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh.S Chellappa has been appointed ADG Dr MCR HRD Institute. Dinesh Kumar, will head the energy department.
Adhar Sinha has been appointed the new chief of Hyderabad water board in place of M Jagadeeshwar, who was shifted as commissioner, apparel export parks. Krishna Rao was given agricultural marketing and cooperation while Agarwal got public enterprises. AR Sukumar has been made made special commissioner, in the CCLA office and in his place, B Aravinda Reddy was brought in. SK Sinha has been appointed commissioner, appeals, in the CCLA office.Shalini Mishra has been posted as commissioner of collegiate education in Adhar Sinha's place. Housing commissioner G Sai Prasad was given additional charge of the Rajiv housing project. R V Chandravadan has been state project director of DPEP and CEO of state literacy mission.

IPS changes in West Bengal
N K Sing is new vigilance commissioner Gov. of West Bengal.K L Tamta will be Adg (AP).K Harirajan is Adg(Telecom).Rakesh Gupta is Adg(Vigilance)Kuldeep Sing will be Adg(Org) and Tayagraju Adg cid-2

Seven new High Court Judges in TamilNadu
Seven names are believed to have been cleared for Judges in the Madras High Court. They are Mssrs P. Devadas, R. Karuppiah, M. Vijayaraghavan and Registrar General S. Vimala and three from the Bar - K. Ravichandrababu, P. Wilson and M. Ajmalkhan .

15 PCS awarded IAS in Madhya Pradesh
Fifteen PCS officers have been awarded IAS in Madhya Pradesh.

Bidari moves SC challenging selection process for Karnataka, DGP
Senior IPS officer and former Commissioner of Police Bangalore, Shankar Mahadeva Bidari has filed a Special Leave Petition before the Apex Court challenging the selection process for the post of Director General of Police, Karnataka.

Soundar Rajan is new Director DARE
P.M. Soundar Rajan has taken over as the new Director of Defence Avionics Research Establishment on August 1.DARE is the Bangalore-based premier defence laboratory.

Capt Deepak Kapoor nominated for 37th APPPA
Capt Deepak Kapoor Director (Transport) DTP, 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..

Pakistan : US Ambassador asked to show NOC while travelling to Karachi
Pakistan government's strict enforcement of NOC requirement for foreign diplomats travelling outside Islamabad was stretched a little too much when the US Ambnasaor Cameron Munter was stopped and asked to show the requisite permission at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto airport when he was travelling to Karachi. The incident has as expected added to the tension the two countries are experiencing post the May 2 operation at Abbottabad that resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden by the US Navy seals. Pakistani authorities who are trying to play down the incident are also reportedly considering a review of the requirement so as to exempt the heads of missions from it.

24 IAS officers transferred in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government has transferred 24 IAS officers.

Justice Wangdi is Acting CJ of Sikkim High Court
Justice Sonam Phintso Wangdi has been appointed acting Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court after P D Dinakaran's decision to resign.

B.K. Sharma takes over as CMD,TCIL (UPDATED)
B.K.Sharma who is Director Projects has taken over additional charge of CMD, TCIL. on August 2,2011 from R.K. Upadhyay. The latter is CMD, BSNL. However, Upadhyay concurrently held the charge till Tuesday morning.

24 IAS officers in Rajasthan transferred (UPDATED)
Rajasthan government has transferred 24 IAS officers. Accordingly Mrs. Asha Singh has been made Chairman - Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur, Pankaj - CMD - Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation Ltd, Chandra Mohan Meena - Principal secretary and honorary DG, Harishchandra Mathur Rajasthan Public Administration Institute, Jaipur, Rakesh Verma - Principle Secretary Planning department, Ram Khiladi Meena - Principal Secretary - Revenue, Colonisation and Army welfare department, Pradeep Sen - Chairman - Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna, Jaipur, Damodar Sharma - Member - Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur, Devendra Bhushan Gupta - Principal Secretary Agriculture, Manohar Kant Kalohiya - Principal Secretary Tribal Area Development, Mrs. Seema Bahuguna - Principal Resident Commissioner, New Delhi, Dr. Lalit Mehra - Principal Secretary - Labour and Employmemnt and Commissioner - Labour Department, Rajiv Swarup - Principal Secretary, Higher Education department, Madhukar Gupta - Divisional Commissioner Jaipur, Yaduvendra Mathur - CMD - Rajasthan Finance Corporation, Jaipur, Siyaram Meena - IG, Stamps and Registration, Bhaskar Atmaram Sawant - Divisional Commissioner and Commissioner , TAD, Udaipur, Ajitabh Sharma - MD, Rajasthan Mines and Minerals Ltd., Udaipur, Dinesh Kumar - Commissioner, Excise department, Naveen jain - Director, Panchayati Raj, Ambarish Kumar - Collector and District Magistrate, Sriganganagar, Joga Ram - Collector and District Magistrate, Jhunjhunu, Mrs. Poonam - Collector and District Magistrate, Dungarpur, V sarvan Kumar - Collector and District Magistrate, Bara and Muktanand Agarwal - Special Officer (Personnel), Rajasthan, Jaipur.
IPS officer Rani Dole bereaved (UPDATED)
Sarveshwar Dole, father of D. Rani Doley (IPS 1986 batch, Jammu and Kashmir cadre) Additional Director General Intelligence, died at Guwahati. He was 85. Saveshwar Dole was Advisor to the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan.

Dr. Surajit Mitra Takes Over as the New Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs (UPDATED)
Dr. Surajit Mitra has taken over as the Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs . Later on he called on the Minister of Minority Affairs, Salman Khurshid and Minister of State for Minority Affairs, Vincent H. Pala who welcomed the new Secretary into the Ministry. Khurshid said that Dr. Mitra has entered the Ministry at a time when the process of finalization of the 12th Five-Year Plan is in progress and this provides a great opportunity to the Ministry to meet the aspirations of the Minorities. An IAS officer of 1977 batch, Dr. Surajit Mitra belongs to Assam Meghalaya Cadre. Prior to joining the Ministry of Minority Affairs, he was serving as Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam. Dr. Mitra has a Doctorate in Economics and has a long experience of working in different Ministries of the Central Government in various capacities. He has worked in the Ministries of Rural Development; Tourism & Culture; Defence; Home Affairs; Commerce & Industry; and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

Corporate circles hopeful of several reforms (UPDATED)
Corporate circles are hopeful that the Union government, after a long hiatus, was now proactively working on bringing in several reforms including those in land acquisition bill, mining and minerals bill, opening up of foreign direct investment in retail sector, nod to the Cairn- Vedanta , Reliance- BP deal etc. The industry hopes that most of these bills will get passed or debated in the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Will CBI probe Ambani's land deal with Wakf Board? (UPDATED)
Will the CBI probe Mukesh Ambani's land deal with the Wakf Board? Grapevine has it that the Maharashtra government has been asked to furnish information about the deal viz. the process adopted by Ambanis in acquiring the land in question. The land has been used by Mukesh Ambani to build his house Antillia. Sources say that the probe would be focused on why the Wakf board land that is given to a charitable institution was sold for building a house and who authorised the sale and registered the new property.

Air Marshal S Varthaman takes over charge (UPDATED)
Air Marshal S Varthaman, AVSM, has taken over as AOC in C, Eastern Air Command on Monday.

Srivastava is new PCCF Tripura (UPDATED)
R L Srivastava has been appointed as new Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) of Tripura. He has replaced R P Tangwan.

Rastogi is MD TFDPC (UPDATED)
Senior IFS officer Rastogi has been appointed MD of Tripura Forest Development and Plantation Corporation Limited (TFDPC).

Air Marshal Kishan Kumar Nohwar is new VCAS (UPDATED)
Veteran fighter pilot Air Marshal Kishan Kumar Nohwar has taken over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) .He has succeeded Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne who took over as the chief of the IAF yesterday.

Four Addl/Jt Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred (UPDATED)
As many as four Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. Accordingly, S.K. Virdi has been transferred from Pune CX & Customs (UOP to CESTAT Mumbai) to Pune Zone (Goa), Madur Sreedhar Reddy from Hyderabad CX (UOP to Cochin CX) to Hyderabad CX (Retention), K.M. Nagarajan from Systems Chennai to Chennai Customs and Upendra Gupta from Delhi CX (UOP to Rohtak CX) to Delhi CX (Delhi) (Retention).

Three Dy/Asstt Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred (UPDATED)
Altogether three IRS officers in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. While Anubha Sinha has been transferred from Jaipur CX to Systems Delhi, Harbhajan Das from Delhi Customs (P) to Delhi CX (To work as OSD in PAC, CBEC) and Prabhat K. Rameshwaram from Lucknow CX to DGICCE Delhi (To work as OSD in RA, CBEC).

CORPORATE

R. T. Agarwal is now Director Finance Powergrid
RT Agarwal who was the Executive Director of Powergrid Corporation has assumed charge as Director Finance of the Corporation.

Is proximity to BJP governments leading Jindal and Adanis in trouble?
Is proximity to BJP governments leading Jindal and Adanis in trouble? This question is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. As the grapevine has it trouble is brewing for both these groups in Maharashtra. Adani's 3300 mw power plant in Gondia is stuck in clearances tangle, and so is the 660 mw power plant of Jindal power. Sources say proximity to the BJP led state government of both these groups is causing these roadblocks.

A P Choudhary is new Chairman of RINL
A.P. Choudhary has taken over as Chairman of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, Visakhapatnam steel plant (RINL-VSP),on Monday. He succeeds P.K. Bishnoi.

( We said this on Mar 31)

New CMD for HSL
Rear-Admiral N.K Mishra (retired) has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of the Hindusthan Shipyard Limited (HSL) on Monday.

Lanco launches Academy
Lanco Infratech Limited (LITL), has announced the launch of Lanco Academy, company's first leadership development institute for its employees. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Minister of Power inaugurated Lanco Academy in Gurgaon.

Saraswat Bank to appoint new board members
On August 6, the 1,68,000 members of Saraswat Bank will vote for 16 new Board members at 200 polling stations across the country and will be monitored by an independent Returning Officer. Out of these 16 members, 10 are from Mumbai, 4 from the rest of the state and 2 from rest of India.

Sajal Mukherjee joins Emami as VP, Media
Sajal Mukherjee has been appointed Vice President - Media by Emami Ltd. Mukherjee who has almost 30 years experience has worked with reputed groups like Ananda Bazar Group, Mudra Communication, Rediffusion Y&R etc.

Nagesh Alai re-elected President of AAAI
Nagesh Alai, Executive Director, Interface Communications Pvt Ltd, has been re-elected President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the year 2011-12 at its Annual General Body Meeting. Arvind Sharma, Chairman & CEO - India Sub-Continent, Leo Burnett, has been elected Vice-President of the Association.

Mohan is Head of Samvaya Kannada
GN Mohan has been appointed head of Samaya Kannada news channel following which he has taken over charge of Samaya TV' Editor-in-Chief on July 26. Earlier he was head ETV Kannada television news of Ramoji Group.

Sridhar appointed COO, SSTL
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) has appointed Sridhar.T as the Chief Operating Officer for Tamil Nadu circle.

Lever appointed Executive Chairman, Cambridge Solutions Ltd
Cambridge Solutions Limited has appointed Kenneth Lever, Executive Director and Vice Chairman as the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from July 29, 2011.

Bauernfeind appointed ED, Cambridge Solutions Ltd
The Board of Cambridge Solutions Ltd has appointed David Bauernfeind as Executive Director of the Company with effect from July 29, 2011.

Fisher resigns as Whole-time Director, Cambridge Solutions Ltd
Darren Fisher, Whole-time Director, Cambridge Solutions Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from July 29, 2011.

Dhingra appointed Company Secy. Lloyds Steel Industries Ltd
Lloyds Steel Industries Limited has appointed Ms Neelu Dhingra as the Company Secretary with effect from August 1, 2011 in place of S N Tiwari who resigned from the post.

Agarwal assumes charge as Director (Finance), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd
R T Agarwal has assumed charge as Director (Finance) of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd with effect from July 29, 2011.

Chand appointed Addl. Director, Kalptaru Papers Ltd
Kalptaru Papers Ltd has appointed Ramesh Chand as Additional and Independent Director w.e.f. July 30, 2011.

Singhal resigns as Addl. Director, Kalptaru Papers Ltd
Satish Kumar Singhal has resigned as Additional and Independent Director, Kalptaru Papers Ltd w.e.f. July 30, 2011.

Tanti resigns as ED, Suzlon Energy Ltd
Girish R. Tanti has resigned as the Executive Director of Suzlon Energy Ltd with effect from July 30, 2011, however , he will continue as a Director on the Board of the Company.

Rao promoted as Exec. Vice Chairman NDTV
NDTV has elevated K V L Narayan Rao as Executive Vice Chairperson.

Chitlangia is Sales Manager (Business & Corporate), India, Lufthansa
Lufthansa has appointed Hemant Chitlangia as Sales Manager (Business &
Corporate), India.

Childish rants

Whenever any IRS officer takes up matter of delay in empanelment and career progression there is a certain tribe which crops up and starts distorting the whole argument. The Forum on the whispers gets full of childish rants. Many of us in civil services daily visit this site and get update about various developments taking place. What unsettles to see is sinking level of reason and parochial and prejudiced mindset of civil servants proclaiming to be from as important services as IA&AS! If such are people to man IA&AS then only god can help them. I am writing with reference to a comment posted by an IA&AS officer. He while rebutting IRS's plea for equitable career progression goes on to make insinuation that, You have knowingly joined a service which has a huge cadre size and so the hard truth is that you will not get quick promotions. So accept it and be happy with the worldly gifts and perks of your service Dear Sir what are those worldly gifts which IRS is getting and to which you are alluding? Worse if IRS is getting away with any worldly gifts than what CAG and you guys are doing? Busy collecting throw away from leftovers? Delhi Ed. Of Indian Express Dtd. 30th July,2011 has published a front page story that CAG spent Rs. 18.66 Lakhs on flowers for its three office buildings in Delhi between 2008 to 2010; Should we rush to paint the whole IA&AS black. My friend grow up! Your attempt to belittle others is borne out of your inferiority complex and it will not take you anywhere. We are all civil servants. We are here for betterment of our country. Every service has right to seek equity and just career progression. As far as worldly things to which you seem to be quite enthusiastic, are concerned; the system has its checks in place and it will take care of them all. It does not discriminate between services. Before we part let me remind, you need to do your home-work. Did you know the size of IAS cadre before writing that big cadres can't get quick empanelment thing! Do you know percentage of IAS officers under scanner of vigilance etc. to total cadre strength ratio of IAS! I bet you did not. It's precisely because of your this habit that you landed up in IA&AS inspite of having IRS as preference over IA&AS. Didn't you?.

-KR.

Woes of an IRS

The reply to my IA&AS friend is hidden in his own comment that why people chose IRS above other central services. If one can recall, in pre-1990 era, IA&AS & IRTS were opted before IRS. But then, it can't be said that intention of such audit & railway officerrs ws not good in opting a career. In fact, most have only a vague idea about any service before joining it.

An IRS

Noida's declining living standards

I am living in Noida now for about ten years and am witness to its fast declining living standards. It seems Noida administration is not intrested in anything else except alloting land to builders for obvious reasons. City's infrastructure is woefully underprovided and with increasing population is under severe stress. Worst is that administration choses to look other way and shows no concern to address the problems facing the citizenry. Every morning you can find the display of administrative apathy at various traffic junctions of the city where jams have increasingly become a norm. Worst is you will find some citizens managing the traffic as the traffic police is not visible. You take law & order, power, traffic management, water quality etc etc. city is just going down with administration not even blinking an eye. However as there is no other alternative therefore one is constraint to live with this kind of administarion which in any other country would have been dumped in the sea.

MB

Sudhir Vyas was topper of 1977 batch

Ref. to a post that D K Mittal is the topper of 1977 batch. Kindly note that Sudhir Vyas, Ambassdor to Germany was the topper of the 1977 batch who joined IFS.

B Srikant

Cashless treatment for CGHS card holders

I fully support and endorse the views of cashless treatment for CGHS card holders , specially the retired Govt servants. It is too cumbersome to run around for paper work in addition to arrange payment for treatment in hospitals.With the rapid increase in cost of living,medical treatment is becoming a nightmare for a retired person. In my case cost of collecting monthly medicines by car is almost same as the cost of medicines from CGHS. It will be too much of a burden in case of reference and susequent treatment in a hospital while driving to and fro for paper work. It is high time that Govt pays due attention towards cashless treatment for retired persons in specified hospitals on production of CGHS Card.

Dinesh Sharma

DOPT - Rowdy and cowardy

This is a Rowdy and cowardy department which serves the purpose of Sr.PPS/PPS/PSO and to some extent PS. These persons get promotion and their no of posts are also increasing. But as far as Steno D who are ad-hoc steno C for the past 20-25 years are concerned, still DOPT is not interested in making them regular but very much interest in Buttering persons like Sr.PPS/PPS and PSO who leave office promptly at 5.30 P.M. except very few. But they think that a Steno C adhoc for the past 20 years should sit late. Really funny.

Raju

The Chairman CBDT, Sh Prakash Chandra, IRS, the last remaining officer from the 1973 batch, superannuated on 31.7.2011. A gentleman to the core, he brought a quiet dignity to the office. His devotion to duty, integrity, selfless service and compassion reflect his pedigree and the tradition of service which he has imbibed. Our best wishes to the incoming Chairman, Shri M C Joshi, IRS, who embodies the same values of integrity, quiet dignity, devotion to duty and culture of selfless service.

Arjun Mallik

Scoop of the Week :

Don't jump to conclusions on half-overhearing or see part of someone's doing and make it worse by relating our mistaken conclusions to others.

Story of an Old Man and His Son :

An old man was sitting with his 25 year old son in a train. The Young man was filled with a lot of joy and curiosity similar to that of a 2 yr old. He was sitting on the window side and was feeling the passing air with one hand.

He shouted, "Papa see all trees are going behind". Old man smiles and admired son's feelings.

The couple sitting next to them was listening to the conversion.

They were feeling awkward since a 25 year old man was behaving like a small child.

They pulled their children at a safe distance from the young man.

Suddenly young man again shouted, "Papa see the pond and the animals. The Clouds are moving with train".

Now the couple couldn't help themselves and asked the old man.

"Why don't you visit the Doctor and get treatment for your son."

Old man smiled and said, Yes, we are actually coming from the hospital. My son has recently got his eye sight and is seeing the world for the first time in his life".

Moral of the story: "Don't draw conclusions until you know all the facts".

Ashok K Bhimani

Opinion given by Ministry of Law and Justice

The Appellant sought information regarding the legal opinion provided by the Ministry of Law & Justice in respect of an incident for which action is being contemplated against Shri Pranav Kumar (IAS 2008 Batch, Bihar Cadre) under Rule 12 (d) of the IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954. The Ministry of Law informed the CIC that its opinion on any given issue is tendered on the file received from the concerned department. This opinion becomes a part of the File which is eventually returned to the Department concerned. The Commission clarified that the records of any advice / opinion tendered by the Ministry to other Government Departments do not fall under the category of fiduciary capacity and Section 8 (1) (e) is not attracted. The Commission held that the decision in respect of disclosure of the legal opinion given by the Law Ministry to the concerned under the RTI Act, has to be made by the Department seeking that advice.

Comments

There exists a two-way channel connecting the Law Ministry with any other Department of the Central Government. On one way, the File seeking opinion travels from the concerned Department to the Law Ministry and on the other way, the opinion tendered on that File travels from the Ministry of Law to the concerned Department. If the advice given by the Law Ministry is accepted as fiduciary, then such information which will never be disclosed in any contingency u/s 8 (1) (e) of the RTI Act even if the concerned Department is willing to disclose such opinion which is under its control.

[Shri Rajiv Ranjan Verma v. Ministry of Law and Justice in Appeal No.CIC/SS/A/2011/000886].

- 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)