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

2G and CWG have brought back memories of Bofors!!! When Congressmen took it as their loyal duty to lie ..... when every Institution was compromised so as to save Rajiv Gandhi from shame and ensuing legal hassles!!! On 2 G and CWG Congressmen lie and lie....however, this time the SC has stepped in and that is why quite a few of the 2G protagonists are in jail.... had SC not stepped in Congress would have done a 'Bofors' and the protagonists of this scam would have walked scot-free!!! In the CWG matter you have the Minister of Sports lying in Parliament that it was the NDA Government that made Kalmadi the Boss of OC!!! As per BJP the IOC President was to be OC's Vice President and the President was to be nominated by the Government!! PM and PC are in the dock and will have to answer!!! PM can no longer keep mum and expect us to go accept his silence following the adage 'silence is golden' ..... and PC must realize he cannot insult his way out of these scams!!!

Maybe the reason why Mohna and PC bond,

Is that they are fishes fighting the fishing hooks of law in the same pond!!

Montek has been lying about inflation for years now..... he's given us every fib in the book to justify inflation and then predict inflation ebbing!!! Now he's fibbing about the PM's role in the 2 G scam!!! He's also now fibbing about the current global economic woes!! His political ambitions are behind his fibbing about inflation and PM's role in the 2G scam!!! He'll say that he's just trying to talk down fallout of Global woes in India...... he should realize he failed miserably to talk down inflation and talk up growth!! His goal is now to gain entry into Congress and become a Minister!!!

Montek is trying to emulate Mohna career!!!!

Both are Uncle Sam's nephews and to Uncle Sam both are very dear!!

In Punjab there's been a change in the electoral prospects.... from a clean sweep for Congress now it's an upper hand for Akali Dal!!! Amrinder laments 'High Command is not handing over the baton to me and that's why Congress's prospects are taking a beating'...... on being questioned on what he will do if he's not made the CM he says ' I'll read and write'....... Arusa's not going to be too happy with this response of his!!! Badals focus today is getting back all those who have left the Party, with the exception of Manpreet...only way he will be accepted back is if comes crawling on his two knees or totally politically broken...... and Operation Splurge is on via Sangat Darshans...... officials are present during these Darshans and solutions of Publics problems are done on the spot!! Manpreet is facing revolt after revolt.....Manpreet's biggest problem today is his election war chest....... he's not even been able to get 100 crore in commitments ..... as per knowledgeable estimates to fight an election as a political party 1000 crores is required!

Akali Dal di ho rahi hai balle balle!!

Congress teh Manpreet ja rahe hann thalle thalle (falling)!!

I respect Gandhi family's call for 'privacy' but privacy is causing a lot of eyebrows to rise!! I think Gandhi family is being unwise!! Why be so secretive about what Sonia's illness!!! One Channel said she's suffering from Skin Cancer..... I'm sure Indian Specialists in this disease would say she did not have to go oversees to get treated...... but yes people will the means do prefer to go overseas to get treated even for a common cold!! The secrecy has got tongues wagging..... as of today Gandhis must realize that their stock is down and every action of theirs is 'under the scanner'!!! This secrecy is in fact doing them a lot of damage!!! Like you have tweets from Swamy that the Gandhi entourage is staying in Manhattan Apartments and are paying a fantabulous amount as rent and I would not be surprised if he or someone else is able to get the treatment bill too......by the way Swamy's Delhi house has been attacked and he's blamed PC for the attack!!! So stop being evasive and let the people know!!! This secrecy is uncalled for!!

Only in China and Russia is there such secrecy when the Head of State falls ill!!!

Gandhis are just fuelling the rumour mill!!

PS..... it happens only in India....a Hospital set up for Gas victims conducts 'human trials' on them......and the Hospital will get away with the tests.... this also happens only in India!!

Bharat Kumar

Is an Indian responsible for upheavel in US ?
Is an Indian responsible for the current upheavel in the United States ?.Name of S&P Chief Deven Sharma is being discussed in this connection.

New political equation in UP (UPDATED)
A group of 12 small parties declared their pact on Tuesday in Lucknow. These parties have their own cloud in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. They do caste politics to the last mile. Jointly they have a chance to dent in BSP's vote bank and play a spoiler. They also declared a joint morcha in Rabindralaya Lucknow Tuesday afternoon. The parties are National Loktantrik Party, Jai Bharat Samta Party, Labour Party, Rastrawadi Labour PArty, Janwadi Party, Rastrawadi Aarthik Swantantra PArty, All India Gondwada Gantrant PArty, Awami Samta Party, Rastriya Rakshak Dal Pasi, Jansatta PArty, Vanchit Jamat Dal, Lokshakti PArty. Around 3500 people were present at Rabindralaya and lot were standing out. This group has done few rallies in eastern UP attracting gathering of 2-3 thousand at all centre without much publicity or collection of people. Four more party are likely to join the Morcha. Bhartiya Samaj Party, Pragatisheel Manav Samaj PArty, Kaumi Ekta Dal and Samanta Dal. The morcha has blessing of Chatriya Mahasabha. Congress leader Digvijay Singh and JAgdambika Pal have been wooing Chatriya Mahasabha in light of coming assembly poll in UP. The new morcha has appointed Bhagwan Singh of Chatriya Mahasabha as convener for the group.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Samirendra Chatterjee be Secretary of Inter-State Secretariat Council ?
Will Samirendra Chatterjee move to the Inter-State Secretariat Council ? He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Ms.Manisha Shridhar IAS seeks VRS
Ms.Manisha Shridhar is Principal Secretary Urban Development (UD) ,Town & Country Planning (T&CP) with the Himachal Pradesh Government has sought voluntary retirement from service (VRS). She is an IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1984 batch.
Mishra to be Secretary Housing and Poverty Alleviation Arun Kumar Mishra is all set to become Secretary Housing and Poverty Alleviation in the Government of India. Mishra is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Navin Kumar to be Secretary Drinking Water supply
Secretary Urban Development Navin Kumar is reportedly moving as Secretary Drinking Water Supply in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sudheer Krishna to replace Navin Kumar
Sudhir Krishna is all set to replace Navin Kumar as Secretary Urban Development in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Apurva Chandra to be Joint Secretary, School Education and Literacy
Apurva Chandra who so far was Joint Secretary (Marketing) in Petroleum Ministry will now be Joint Secretary in School Education and Literacy, under the HRD Ministry. Chandra is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre. His deputation tenure is till 8.1.2014.

Ms. Sadhana Rout is Joint Secretary, Tribal Affairs
Ms. Sadhana Rout who so far was Joint Secretary in the Ministry of, Women and Child Welfare to the Government of India (GOI) has been laterally shifted to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in place of Prabhu Dayal Meena IAS. Her tenure is till 15.7.2015 . She is an Indian Information Service (IIS)
officer of the 1984 batch.

Will Justice J N Patel move to Delhi High Court ?
Grapevine has it that Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice J N Patel is moving to the Delhi High Court in the same capacity.

A.K. Vohra to be Member Staff in Railway Board
As the grapevine has it, A.K. Vohra is poised to be new Staff in the Railway Board. Presently he is posted as General Manager (GM) East Coast.

Kulbhushan to be Member Electrical
As the grapevine has it, Kulbhushan will be new Member Electrical in the Railway Board. Presently he is posted as General Manager (GM) Central Railway.

K.K. Shrivastava to be Member Traffic
K.K. Shrivastava will be new Member Traffic in the Railway Board. Presently he is posted as General Manager (GM) East Central Railway (ECR).

File of GMs panel to move after posting of new Mermbers
File relating to elevation of senior railway officers as General Managers (GMs) and their postings will move only after new Members in the Railway Board were finalised.

CMDE Ashok Bhal to be Director HSL
CMDE Ashok Bhal presently in the MoD is going to be new Director (Strategic Pojects) of the Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL).

Dinesh Sharma to join CM's office in Kerala
Dinesh Sharma is going to assume charge as principal Secretary (PS) to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Dinesh Sharma, an IAS officer of 1983 batch from the Kerala cadre on central deputation was so far the CEO of Price Stabilisation Fund Trust (PSFT) under the Commerce Ministry.
(We said this on May 22,2011)

5 IPS officers of 1991 batch to be empanelled
As many as five IPS officers of 1991 batch are going to be empanelled as IGs.A meeting regarding this will be held tomorrow in the central government's Ministry of Home Affair (MHA).

R.N Behura is Additional Director (AX)
The position of Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Government of India (GOI), SIB, Guwahati (Assam) has been upgraded to the rank of Additional Director (AX). Behura has joined on this post. He is an IPS officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

M.S Bhurji IG in ITBP to be shifted to Delhi
M.S Bhurji, IG, ITBP, Shillong (Meghalaya), is likely to be transferred as IG (Adm), ITBP, Head Quarter, New Delhi. He is an ITBP cadre officer.

DONER to have 2 new posts of Joint Secretaries
The Government of India (GOI) has cleared proposal for creating two new posts of Joint Secretaries in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER). It is purely for appointment of IES officers. These posts will be named as (1) Joint Secretary, Industry, Ministry of DONER and (2) Evaluation Monitoring and Implementing officer.

Shashikant in fray for DGP's post in Punjab
Shashikant, an IPS officer of Punjab cadre in fray for the post of DGP with the Punjab government. At present he is DGP of the Punjab Armed Police (PAP).

Vineet Mathur to be Director in MOS (C&IT)(P),Delhi
Vineet Mathur, Director (Mails and Speed Post), West Bengal Circle, has been posted as Director in office of MOS (C&IT)(P) Sachin Pilot, New Delhi.

Chandigarh Administration Mocks UPSC in a unique manner
A petitioner duly recommended by UPSC approaches Chandigarh tribunal for denial of appointment to the post of Professor in Government medical college for well over 8 months. Ironically the same Administration is maintaining the deputation of Director Principal of the college for 4th consecutive year rejected repeatedly by UPSC for by passing it completely and even challenged in High Court in at least two public interest litigations (PLIs). The faculty of this college is also maintaining two designations each, one for which selected through UPSC and a higher designation gifted locally by powers that be .A unique phenomenon in the country.

Ms. Mugdha Sinha is OSD to Textiles Minister
Ms. Mugdha Sinha has joined as OSD to Indian Textiles Minister Anand Sharma on August 8, 2011.She is an IAS officer of 1999 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre. Earlier, she was Collector of Ganganagar in Rajasthan.

IRS officer Ms. Bhatia empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Ms. Aunradha Bhatia 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).

Krishna Gopal Verma is now JS DOPST
Krishna Gopal Verma, Director in DOPST, has been promoted as Joint Secretary in the same Ministry on promotion. He is a CSS officer.

IA&AS officer Pravindra Yadav transferred
Pravindra Yadav, Director (Local Bodies) in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Director (CRA/RACE/RTC), in the office of the Director General of Audit, Central Receipt, New Delhi.

Ambreesh Kumar is new Collector Ganganagar
Ambreesh Kumar is new Collector of Ganganagar in Rajasthan. He is an IAS officer of 2004 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

Kerala House to get PRC
Delhi based Kerala house will soon be getting an IAS as Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC).He is Jiji Thomson who so far was OSD, Common Wealth Games 2010. He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre .

Pakistan : Supreme court once again rescues senior police officer Zafar Qureshi
Pakistan's supreme court once again came to the rescue of senior police officer Zafar Qureshi on Monday when a three judge bench headed by CJ Iftekhar Chjowdhary quashed the suspension order issued by the federal government against him on 4 July. Zafar Qureshi's investigations as Addl DG Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) into the notorious NICL case had led to the arrest of Moonis Elahi son of former Punjab CM Parvez Elahi now an ally of the federal government after which he was summarily shunted out of the agency. He was brought back to FIA following the apex court's direction but was placed under suspension immediately after rejoining on charges of misconduct as he gave an interview to a TV channel which the federal government felt he wasn't authorised for. The apex court has quashed the suspension order terming it illegal and a deliberate obstruction for the process of investigations in the NICL case.

Bloeria is now VC Central University
Former J & K Chief Secretary Dr Sudhir S Bloeria on Monday assumed the charge as first Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Jammu .

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
S N Shukla will be new Divisional Commissioner Kanpur.Mohammad Mustafa has been made Divisional Commissioner Jhansi.Himanshu Kumar will be new Mission Director NHRM.

RBI Chief to get two years extension (UPDATED)
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 )

Railways transfers and postings (UPDATED)
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.

1988 batch IPS officers empanelled for JS or equivalent post (UPDATED)
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).

Arun Kumar Misra made Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (UPDATED)
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 Today)
Navin Kumar made Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (UPDATED)
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 Today)
Sudhir Krishna made Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development. (UPDATED)
Sudhir Krishna, IAS (KN:77), presently Special Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, has been made Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development.
(We said this on Today)

CORPORATE

Will Ujal Singh Bhatia be Judge of International Body ?
Former IAS officer of Orissa cadre Ujal Singh Bhatia may be appointed judge at the WTO's highest court for trade disputes - The Appellate Body .

Raman to be CFO L&T
R Shankar Raman is going to be new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) from September 6. He will succeed YM Deosthalee.

Amitabh Saha is Director (Finance) BCCL
Amitabh Saha has taken over as new Director (Finance ) of the BCCL.

Alok Rana is now Member (Finance) JSEB
Alok Rana is now Member (Finance) of the Jharkhand State Electricity Board.He was earlier with the NHPC.

Basu retires as Non Exec. Director, Usha Martin Ltd
A K Basu, Non Executive Independent Director of Usha Martin Ltd retired on July 29, 2011.

Bhattacharya retires as Joint MD, Usha Martin Ltd
Dr P Bhattacharya, Joint Managing Director, has retired from the services of Usha Martin Ltd with effect from August 4, 2011.

Sharma retires as Director (Commercial), NDMC Ltd
V K Sharma, Director (Commercial), NMDC Ltd has retired from the services of the company on attaining age of 60 years on July 31, 2011
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Wadhera appointed Company Secy. Barak Valley Cements Ltd
Hitesh Wadhera has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Barak Valley Cements Ltd with effect from August 7, 2011.

Avanti Feeds Ltd Board reappoints two directors
The Board of Avanti Feeds Ltd has approved re-appointment of K Rammohan Rao and N Ramprasad as directors of the company.

O P Agrawal resigns as Director, Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd
O P Agrawal, Vice Chairman, Godawari Power and Ispat Ltd has resigned from directorship of the company on August 6, 2011 .

Siddharth Agrawal re-designated as Non Exec. Director, Godawari Ispat and Power Ltd
Siddharth Agrawal, Executive Director has been re-designated as Non-Executive Director of Godawari Ispat and Power Ltd w.e.f August 6, 2011.

Umesh Agrawal resigns as Independent Director, Hira Ferro Alloys Ltd
Umesh Agrawal, Independent Director of Hira Ferro Alloys Ltd has resigned from the directorship of the Company w.e.f. August 6, 2011 .

Jain appointed CEO, Premier Pipes Ltd
Ajay Kumar Jain has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Premier Pipes Ltd w.e.f. June 30, 2011.

Ahmed appointed Exec. Chef, Jaipur Marriott Hotel
Chef Raheel Ahmed has been appointed as Executive Chef of Jaipur Marriott Hotel.

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)