Dinesh Jain is India's Ambassador to Mexico. He sent me this congratulatory email within minutes of its appearance on your Whispers!!.

This shows the reach of your website!!!

Vinod Dhall

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Looks like UPA was on a phone tapping spree!!!!

From being tapped seems very few phones of the Opposition Leaders were free!!!!

Was UPA keeping tabs on the entire Opposition???

This is for sure the tapping was undertaken on PC's proposition!!!

Public's phones were tapped too!!!

Random checks to find how many are praising UPA and how many karr rahe hai boo!!

PC's got a jalebi kind of mind!!!

Always some new funda he'll find!!!

Hope you recall when he was FM the tricks he played!!!

And ultimately for the tricks he paid!!

Recently he played another trick.... agreed to Governance deficit during UPA's stint!!!

What do you think he was trying to hint???

For one he was taking potshots at Mohna!!!!

Knowing PC kabhi na kabhi yeh tha honaa!!

If she thinks that PC is abs loyal to her Sonia's got it wrong!!

He'll prove her wrong and it will not take too long!!

'Rotten' or Rattan Tata wrote to Karuna praising Raja!!

And please do note 'Rotten' Tata knew Raja was bajaoing in 2G Nation ka band baaja!!

Really Rattan's proven to be very un-Tata like!!

He does not have the Tata psyche!!

Anil Ambani's ADAG has issued statements wondering at Shri Tata's intent!!

Copy of all Statements to Rattan Tata have been sent!!

Seems ultimately Modi will have to play the peace make and make both smoke the peace pipe!!

Modi being close to Tata and Anil is not just hype!!

That's why I find credence in the rumor that slowly but surely both Anil and Mukesh will mend fences!

And come to their senses!!

Modi Bhai is close to both bros!!!

And he too is interested that both come together the story goes!!

Will Anil ADAG and Mukesh RIL become one again???

In becoming one there is a lot for both Mukesh and Anil to gain!!

Confucius says......And remember both bros have 'Kokila Maa'!!

And she knows by separating both bros broke the dream of their Pa!

Bharat Kumar

Will Arun Shouri expose BJP leaders ?
Is Arun Shouri going to expose a couple of BJP Leaders ? One can only wait and watch the next move of Shourie ?.

Ram Jethmalani refuses to take up case
Veteran Lawyer Ram Jethmalani has reportedly refused to take up a case in Telecom scam at the behest of two BJP leaders.

IPS retiring in February
Four IPS are retiring in February. They Are Sibabrate Kakati (Assam & Meghalaya), K.P. Somarajan (Kerala) and Mahavir Singh Bali & Prem Chandra Sabarwal (Uttar Pradesh).

Orders of four IAS officers to be cancelled ?
Meeting of Delhi CM Sheila Dixit with Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday has fuelled speculations that transfer orders of some IAS officers including Ramesh Negi, R K Verma and Jalaj Srivastava are being cancelled.

IAS transfers of Delhi not to be implemented
As the grapevine has it orders relating to transfer of IAS officers that were issued recently by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at the centre will be not implemented because the budget session of Delhi Vidhan Sabha will be starting from March 15, 2011.

Anil Verma rejoins West Bengal government
Anil Verma who till recently was Minister Economic in the London based Indian High Commission has joined the West Bengal government. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to West Bengal cadre.

Pandit promoted as ADCAG
BB Pandit (IA&AS-1977), Director General (Audit), in CAG office has been promoted to the grade of Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General [HAG + Scale: Rs. 75500/--(annual increment @ 3%)-80000].

1986 batch IPS promoted in Orissa
1986 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Orissa.They are Mssrs Abhaya,Dr.R.P. Sharma, Pradeep Kapoor,B K Sharma,Shyam Sunder,M Nageshwar Rao and one 1985 batch IPS officer K Brijesh Singh.

1993 batch IPS is IG in Orissa
Three 1993 batch IPS officers Mssrs S K Nath,K P Koche and V Mishra have been promoted to the rank of IG in Orissa.

1997 batch IPS is DIG in Orissa
1997 batch IPS officers Rourkela SP Diptesh Patnaik, Sambalpur SP Asit Panigrahi, Jajpur SP D.S. Kutte, Puri SP Sanjay Kumar and deputy commissioner of police Rekha Lohani have been promoted to the rank of DIG in Orissa.

Names of two IPS recommended in Kerala
Names of two IPS officers Siby Mathews and K Nadarajan have been in Kerala recommended for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and Commissioner respectively.

Two IPS to be shifted from Goa
Grapevine has it that DGO of Goa B S Bassi and IGP in Goa Sundari Nanda are being moved to Delhi.

Dutt is PS to Maken
Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed as Private Secretary to Minister of State (Independent Charge), Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Post of Director Marketing in IOC yet to be advertised
The post of Director Marketing in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC ) is yet to be advertised that is going to fall vacant once present incumbent G. C. Daga retires later this year.

IDAS officer Singh transferred

2007 batch IDAS officer Harmohinder Singh has been transferred from PCDA (RCD) to PCDA ,New Delhi.

Shiv Sena miffed as hiving off MCGM's work

Shiv Sena is miffed at a proposal relating to conversion of Disaster Management Cell of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) into an autonomous Brihanmumbai Disaster Management Authority(BDMA). It is so because it rules the MCGM and any hive off means further cut in the way it works.

Vasudeven to go to London
T V Vasudevan is moving from the MEA Headquarters to London as Second Secretary.

Rawat to go to Mexico City
U S Rawat is being moved to Mexico City from Indian High Commission in London.

HM directs SSC to recruit constables in CPOs
Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram has asked the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) for the recruitment of constable in par-military forces .As it is there many vacancies in central police organizations (CPO).

Dilip Trivedi ADG ITBP receives a trophy from A.K. Antony
Defence Minister A.K. Antony presented the trophy of the best marching contingent to Dilip Trivedi, Additional Director General, ITBP Police at a colourful ceremony at Akash Air Force Officers Mess, New Delhi. On the occasion of 62nd Republic Day Parade ITBP marching
contingent was declared the Best Marching Contingent among the contingents of Central Para Military Forces by Govt. of India.

Patnaik gets addl charge of Thane Police Commissioner
Senior IPS officer Arup Patnaik has been temporarily handed over the duties of Thane Police Commissioner, K P Raghuvanshi who is ill and advised bed rest. Patnaik is the chief of the Maharashtra highway police.

Railway's transfers and postings
AK Sinha of SS/IRSSE has been transferred from NR to ECR and posted in the cadre, K. Rajandran of SAG/IRPS has been transferred from SR to WCR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, A.S. Chaudhary of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from SWR to NFR and posted him as ADRM/Lmding, Uday Borwankar of SAG/IRSME has been on return from deputation transferred to CR, appointed to officiate in AG and posted as ADRM/NGP vice Sh. SN Jaiwal, SAG/IRSME, VK Tripathi of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from WR and posted as ADRM/Mumbai on the Rly itelf vice Ms. Soumya Mathur, SAG/IRAS, MK Poddar of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from RCF/Kapurthala to WR, and posted as ADRM/Hubli vice Sh. Prem Chand SAG/IRSEE, RK Gupta of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from IRIEEN to SWR, and posted as ADRM/MYS, SN Dubey of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from SECR and posted as ADRM/Bilaspur on the Rly itself, AK Gupta of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from ER to SER and posted as ADRM/KGP, Pramod Kumar of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from RCF/Kapurthala to SER and posted as ADRM/Adra vice Sh. SK Sinha, SAG/IRSS Mrs. Usha Venugopal of SAG/IRAS has been transferred from ECOR to SR and posted as ADRM/Ma vice Sh.K Rajendran SAG/IRPS, Ashok Kumar of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NWR to be posted as ADRM/Jodhpur on the rly itself, SM Khinchi of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from IRIEEN to NWR and posted a ADRM/Ajmer, GC Paunikar of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from NFR and posted as ADRM/Tinsukia on the Rly. Itself, CM Rao of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SCR to ECOR and posted as ADRM/Waltair, NS Patiyal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from NER to ECR and Posted as ADRM/Samastipur, Rajneesh Gupta of SG/IRSS has been transferred from SER to ER and appointed to officiate in SAG and posted as ADRM/Malda town.

Transfer of Rly official Rao cancelled
Transfer of P Ramakrishna Rao of SS/IRE from SCR to SWR has been cancelled.

Six Additional Judges of Gujarat High Court appointed
Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya, Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, Gautam Babubhai Shah, Ms. Bela Madhurya Trivedi, Pradipkumar Premshanker Bhatt and Ms. Sonia Giridhar Gokani have been appointed Additional Judges of the Gujarat High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their offices.

62 IRS officers promoted as Dy Commissioners (UPDATED)
As many as 62 Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) have been promoted as Deputy Commissioners. They are M Haja Mohiden and Narayan Prasad Agarwal of 1996 batch, Dr AS Gill, Anjan Kumar Pandit , BR Deb Roy, DP Das , Dr Jeetesh Nagori, Gopinath Dutta, JK Paul, MK Chanda, Md Anwar Hussain, Ranju Kumar Chakarborty, SC Gupta and Subodh Dhar of 1997 batch, KR Chavan of 1998 batch, AJ Verma of 1999 batch and AA D'Silva, Abyokta Kumar Sharma, Andrade Maximo Antonio, Anil Kumar Tak , Ashrafi Lal, BS Gill, Bishan Singh Hans, Dasari Paul, G Sivasubramaniam, GP Gaikwad, Inder Singh, JC Barot, Jagdish Saran, KP Saseedharan, L Rajendran, Laurenso Julio Aguiar, M Murali Krishna, ND Jakati, NG Shahdadpuri, N Muthuchidambaram, Om Parkash, PB Vaishnao, PV Rajapande, PW Kulkarni, P Gopal Krishnan, R Kanakadri, RB Patel, Rajinder Singh, Ramadas D More, Ravi Vasudev, S Bhomick, S Ramamoorthy, S Sampath Kumar, S Thulsiram, SB Solapurkar, SD Gadkari, SK Bhaskar, SR Vichare, Satish Kumar, Sharad Kumar H Meshram, ST Sivasarani, TR Gajalakshmi, V Parthasarathy, WS Borkar of 2002 batch and Satish Vinayak Dandekar and Syed Nazeeruddin of 2003 batch.

17 Asstt Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise promoted (UPDATED)
As many as 17 Assistant Commissioners (Customs & Central Excise) have been promoted as Deputy Commissioners. They are Roshan Lal, M Tamizh Vendan, Mohan Lal Sukhpal, K Kamban, Madan Lal Toofan, RP Singla, B Rangaraj, Saroja Swaminath, WV Jacob, G H Khaikhanthang, R Rajendran, KS Gunasekar, P Kesavan, NA Borkar, DS Wayal, Raj Mal and MK Sarangi

Dr. K.S. Palanisamy posted Director,IPR in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
Dr. K.S. Palanisamy former Commissioner Corporation of Salem has been posted as Director of Information and Public Relations and Ex-officio Deputy Secretary to Government, Tamil Development , Religious Endowments and Information Department vice J.Jeyakanthan who was holding additinal charge.

CORPORATE
Pamnani appointed on Citi's advisory board for India operations
Former Citibank India CEO Nanoo Pamnani has been appointed on Citi's seven-member advisory board for its India operations. The new advisory board is designed to improve governance at the bank.

Mishra appointed Director HR by Holiday Inn
Anup Mishra has been appointed Director, Human Resources by the Holiday Inn, Mumbai International Airport. Prior to joining Holiday Inn, he was working with Mahindra Holidays and Resorts, India and has also been associated with Taj Group of Hotels and Provogue India.

Unnat Varma to be Director Marketing, KFC
Unnat Varma, Director Marketing at KFC is being moved to Taco Bell as General Manager by Yum! Restaurants International which owns both the brands besides the others like Pizza Hut. In his new role, Varma will provide strategic thought leadership to the expansion of Taco Bell in the Indian subcontinent.

Ashok Bajpai appointed GM, Pizza Hut Delivery
Ashok Bajpai has been appointed General Manager, Pizza Hut Delivery. He was General Manager Taco Bell. Both the brands are owned by Yum! Restaurants International.

Dhruv Kaul appointed Business Head, Pizza Hut Delivery
Dhruv Kaul, Business Head at Pizza Hut Delivery, will take over his new role as Head of Marketing at KFC. In his new role, he will continue to further strengthen and expand the brand KFC across the Indian subcontinent. Both Pizza Hut and KFC are owned by Yum! Restaurants International.

Animesh Barat appointed Director Food & Beverage, Jaipur Marriott
Animesh Barat has been appointed as Director Food and Beverage of Jaipur Marriott, the latest addition to Marriott's portfolio of properties in India.

Prashant Mehta to be CEO
Prashant Mehta will become Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific's leading digital media network .

Dasgupta appointed CFO, Berger Paints India
Srijit Dasgupta, Senior Vice President (Finance and Accounts) has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Berger Paints India Ltd
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Kaushik appointed Non-official Director, MOIL Ltd
Union Ministry of Steel has appointed Dr. D. D. Kaushik, as Part Time Non-Official Director on the Board of MOIL Limited for a period of three years.

Schneider is GM, The Claridges, New Delhi
Markus O Schneider has been appointed as General Manager, The Claridges, New Delhi as General Manager.

Kamdar appointed Addl. Independent Director, Goldcrest Finance
Goldcrest Finance India Ltd has appointed Shirish B. Kamdar as Additional - Independent Director of the Company w.e.f. February 14, 2011.

Balachander appointed Whole-time Director, Dhandapani Finance
Dhandapani Finance Ltd has appointed S. Balachander as a Whole-time Director of the Company with effect from February 14, 2011.

Jain appointed Addl. Director, PH Capital
PH Capital Ltd has appointed Roshan Jain as Additional Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Goenka resigns as Director, Andhra Cements Ltd
Shrivardhan Goenka, Director submitted his resignation from the Directorship of Andhra Cements Ltd w.e.f. February 15, 2011.

Tarika nominated CFO Amrit Banaspati Company
Amrit Banaspati Company Ltd has nominated Parveen Tarika, Vice President (Finance & Accounts) as Chief Financial Officer of the Company w.e.f. February 15, 2011..

Ramdas is Director (Rooms), Hyatt Regency, Mumbai
Rajesh Ramdas has been appointed the Director (Rooms), Hyatt Regency Mumbai.

FORUM

Rahul desires to make youths aware of their rights and duties !

My intuitions based on prevailing atmosphere around Rahul Gandhi reflects that he desires to make youths aware of their rights and duties which ultimately may be considered as ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and as such it may not be taken by the critics as his own interests rather Rahul Gandhi's vision be considered as rich intentions to make the country prosperous and powerful with nil reasons for corruption and corrupt practices.

I, personally, wish Rahul Gandhi all the best in his mission in this so called Kalyug. I shall have no hesitation in joining his mission, if given a chance.

H S Bhalla

Will the Indian middle class do like in Egypt?

Only middle class is shouldering responsibility of political, social, educational, economic, etc. Question arises what about responsibility of other classes?

Ramesh Chhabra

Unfair promotions by big CPSE management

CPSE management this year, superceding many senior officers without assigning any reason and disclosing their marks, have already done certain promotions of officers who were junior to them. This unfair action should also come under scrutiny and superceded officers should be given relief.

Promotions done in Maharatnas and Navratnas PSUs in current year should be scrutinised.

MANI

Warn officials strictly

So many officials are either not relieved for months or they try for retention in their parent department. The officials should be strictly warned that ad-hoc promotion or ACP would be withdrawn if they do not join within the given time. No request by anyone should be accepted, may be from any level.

Pradeep

Use decent words

Won't it be better if words like "Snatch the silver spoon from these privileged CSS & IAS Babus" can be avoided and more appropriate and decent words are used to express feelings. Ideally there should be some editing on the part of Whispers Team

S S Nayyar

RTI

Minutes of DPC in sealed cover

The Commission directed to provide (i) the marks awarded by the DPC to the Appellant under all heads, if necessary by opening the sealed over in which the evaluation sheet for this particular DPC has been kept;
and the (ii) photocopy of the action taken report including the file noting concerning the disposal of his representation dated 19 January 2010 addressed to the UPSC.

Comments

Sealed cover proceedings no longer enjoy absolute immunity from disclosure. The procedure of 'sealed cover' needs to be re-visited to evolve a new mechanism to deal with the current realities.

[Shri B L Sinha v. UPSC in File No.CIC/WB/A/2010/000569 & 868SM]

- 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)