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Cops are putting the blame for Cash for Votes on Hindustani and Saxena...... why did they need to undertake this 'slap on Democracy's face'!!! Who gained from Cash for Votes????? Could Hindustani and Saxena afford to undertake Cash for Votes???? It's pretty clear that Cops conclusion that Cash for Votes was a Hindustani and Saxena 'production' is laughable!!!! Cops say they grilled Amar Singh for four hours...... what a joke!!!! Amar regaled the interrogators with Bollywood stories.... both veg and non veg...... and he kept making and receiving calls on his mobile!!! Meanwhile Saxena and Hindustani are in Tihar...... I'm sure both must be worried sick about being 'bumped off'!!

We all know who from the Congress produced this drama and who directed it!!!

And we also know how into this drama Amar, Saxena and Hindustani fit!!

Yeddy must go.....Advani is as usual trying to be a bit too smart..... Ghadkari is too busy stuffing his gob..... Jaitley is too busy with cricket..... Sushma is in a tizzy hoping the Bellary Bros taint does not taint her image..... and she reduced her stress level by dancing to Punjabi 'shaadi' songs!!! BJP is Bharatiya Jammed Party..... jammed up!!! If BJP thinks it can spare the rod on Yeddy and beat UPA with the same rod then BJP's got it wrong!!! In the meantime Yeddy with his family is on Mauritian Holiday.....it was a 'timed' holiday!! Anyway BJP's antics provide much needed relief for Public in such stressful times!!!!!

Bharatiya Jokers Party of BJP is living up to its naam!!!!!

Public ka hasaana hai jokers ka kaam!!!

Karuna will ultimately Will his succession!!! Why should he kick start a war within DMK by naming a successor!! They say Stalin is blaming Alagiri and Kanimozi for DMKs' fall..... and Alagiri is blaming Dayanidhi saying he started it all!! What worries Karuna most is what will be Jaya's next move be!!!! DMK family is to blame for its woes!!!! What really perplexes is that did they think they'd get away with such choris?????

Power does strange things to those it afflicts!!!

Powers makes minds go wonky and makes people into 'convicts'!!

First Raja wanted to attend Parliament......now Kalmadi wants to attend Parliament!! At most they should be allowed to view the live Telecast that we get to see!! As long as they are in Tihar they should not be allowed to attend Parliament.... once they are out on bail they can attend Parliament....... Parliament should be out of bounds for jailbirds !! Maybe they'll get support from Bhai Digviyaya Singh!!!!! If they are allowed to attend Parliament Balwa and Morani will say they should be allowed to attend Office!!

Kalmadi tries to show he may be in the slammer but he still has power!!!

And after Digvijaya's support we all know from where he draws his power!!

Rahul chooses not to comment on vital issues!!! This is more because of 'self preservation'!!! He avoids Media discussions like plague...... he'd not last a minute on any discussion panel!! He cannot take him prompters and minders on discussion shows and on his own he is a classical ' Alice in Wonderland'!! Viewing his shortcomings the only way he can become PM is via the parachuting in the PM's chair!! He too will be a kind of puppet PM........ surrounded by minders who will help him to make up his mind.....their way!!!

PS........ the land acquisition policy up to now was unfair.... and now Sarkaar is making it ludicrous. Acquirers will have to pay 20% of land appreciation for a decade to the Farmers.......ludicrous!! NAC Members lack realism and this is the biggest impediment in NAC fulfilling its role...... it is afflicted with pandering to the gallery!!! Its sole objective is to allow Sonia to legitimately interfere in Sarkaar's work and keep the Gandhi family flag flying!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Where is Baba Ramdeva these days ?
Mystery shrouds the disappearance of Baba Ramdeva. Is Baba, who used to talk about bringing a revolution in the country, planning something big or is he so much under the government pressure that he has decided not to come out in the open for fear of 'action'.

Who is likely to replace Kalmadi as Pune Congress leader?
If the indications in the Maharshtra Congress circles are to be believed, the then Minister for State for forest Patangrao Kadam is likely to replace Suresh Kalmadi in Pune.

More Lavasa's coming up near Pune?
Despite the noise made by the greens on disturbing ecology in the Pune region, there are three more projects likely to come up in the region. Environment clearance for the same are likely to get a nod soon signaling that the state government cares only for the builder lobby. The water for the projects after flouting all the norms will come from three dams that are in the region.

BUREAUCRACY

M C Joshi to be new Chairman of CBDT
A proposal of regular appointment of M C Joshi as Chairman of the CBDT has been moved. He is 1974 batch IRS (IT) officer.Joshi will succeed Prakash Chandra Tripathi on August 1. He will superannuate on January 31 next year.

Nayak is new CMD of Powergrid
Name of R.N. Nayak has been cleared for the post of chairman and MD of the Power Grid Corporation. He is presently Director (Operations). He will take over on September 1.
( We said this on March 29 )

R Nariman is new Solicitor General of India
Rohinton Fali Nariman has been appointed new Solicitor General of India. He will succeed Gopal Subramanium. 55 year old Rohinton is the son of Fali S. Nariman, a legal luminary.
( We said this on July 16 )

Air Marshal Nowhar to be Vice Chief of IAF
Air Marshal K.K. Nowhar is all set to take over as the vice-chief of the Indian Air Force. He is presently Chief of the Eastern Air Command.

Dr Surajit Mitra is new Secretary Minority Affairs
Acting Chief Secretary Assam Government Dr Surajit Mitra has been appointed new Secretary Minority Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Orders of D K Mittal and Naved Masood Monday
Official orders of the appointment of D K Mittal as Secretary Financial Services and Naved Msood as Secretary Corporate Affairs are now expected to be issued on Monday. Both are 1977 batch IAS officers of UP cadre.

Commerce Minister clears name of Das for Chairman Tea Board
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has cleared the name of Subesh Das for the post of Chairman Tea board. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

V. Rajagopal Spl Director in IB shifted to Delhi
V. Rajagopal Special Director, North East, Shillong in Intelligence Bureau (IB) has joined as Special Director, Immigration, IB, HQ New Delhi, in place of Arun Choudhary IPS. He is an IPS officer of 1976 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Ravindra Garemella is PS to V. Kishore Chandra Dev
Ravindra Garemella is private secretary to V. Kishore Chandra Dev new Tribal Affairs Indian Minister for Tribal Affairs. Ravindra Garemella was earlier Director, Parliament House. He is a parliamentary service officer.

Bibhuti Bhuson Dash is Jt. Commissioner, BCAS
Bibhuti Bhuson Dash who so far was IG (A) West Bengal has joined as first Joint Commissioner, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). This is a newly created post. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Arun Choudhary Spl DG, CISF to launch special checking
Arun Choudhary, Special DG (Airport) in CISF will soon be starting a special checking for ensuring the safety for the upcoming Independence Day. He is an IPS officer of 1977 who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Ms. Shikha Goel gets additional charge in CISF
Ms. Shikha Goel, DIG(I&P And Training)CISF, will look after an additional charge of DIG (Pers) in place of Prashant Kumar IPS. She is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

K.G. Verma on promotion is Joint Secretary DoPT
K.G. Verma who so far was a Director in DoPT on elevation has now joined as Joint Secretary DoPT. He is CSS cadre officer who became Deputy Secretary in 1995. It is note worthy that he is the chief Architect of the RTI Act.

B.K. Sinha DIT gets new posting
B.K. Sinha who was DIT in the office of DGIT-CVO has been posted as CIT-XXII(Appeal) Delhi.

Ms. S. Bhawani to get Secretary rank
Ms. Bhawani is poised to get Secretary rank. She is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer.

Ms. Lalita John to retire as Member CBEC
Ms. Lalita John Member CBEC will retire on July 31, 2011.

Process for filling 3 IG's posts in CBI on
Process is under way to fill up three posts of Joint Director, IG level in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Manoj Yadav is now hardcore officer of IB
Manoj Yadav who, on central deputation, is Joint Director& (staff officer of DIB) Intelligence Bureau (IB) has become a hardcore IB officer. He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Himmat Singh on elevation is Spl ADG(Westt Zone),BSF
Himmat Singh, IG(HQ) Punjab Jalandhar Frontier - BSF has joined as Special DG/Additional DG West Zone, HQ, BSF, Chandigarh on promotion in place of Rajdeep Singh IPS. Himmat will also continue to hold the additional charge of IG(HQ) Punjab Jalandhar Frontier BSF). He is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Dr. Dinesh Arora is Deputy Secretary,Urban Development.
Dr. Dinesh Arora on central deputation has assumed charge as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development. He will be looking after JNNRUM. Prior to this, he was posted as District Collector & District Magistrate Thiruvanthapuram. He is an IAS officer of 2002 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre. Dr. Dinesh Arora is the recipient of Cheveing Gurukul scholarship that was awarded by the British council for the year 2010 at London School of Economics(LSE),UK.

Two 1985 batch IAS officers empanelled
During the last review two 1985 batch IAS officers Vandana Krishna of Maharashtra cadre and M Iftakharuddin of UP cadre have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

Yeddyurappa's trusted man is now CMD HUDCO
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa may be in trouble but his Principal Secretary is now very comfortable in the UPA Government. V P Baligar who was Principal Secretary to Yeddyurappa is now CMD of the HUDCO. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

Sahay is now JS in HRD
R D Sahay a CSS officer has been promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary in Higher Education in the Department of HRD. He is looking after Central Universities Division.

Railway in more docks, bless Kolkota ?
After Mamta, Mukul Roy did his bit to push forward unjust decisions on postings and contracts which were not at all appreciated by PMO, including postings of CRB, Members and GMs. Now, there is complete lull due to Dinesh Trivedi being under pressure from within TMC to follow dictats of Mamta and Mukul duly putting his personal staff to spy and control. Several posts of Members and GMs lying vacant. Could be another Railway scam in making. Is Manmohan aware and prepared to defend?.

Justice Bhatt to be Chairman of HRC in Gujarat
Former acting chief justice of Gujarat High Court J N Bhatt is likely to be appointed chairman of Gujarat State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) .

Four CSS Deputy Secretaries on deputation get pro-forma promotion
Ms Jaya Dubey on deputation to UIDAI,V Sreenivas working as PS to Min.of Minor Irrigation & Planning Vidhan Sabha, Karnatka, K Nagraja in CBFC, Bangalore and SP Singh posted as OSD to Dy CM, Punjab have been given pro-forma promotion as Directors w.e.f. 1st july,2011 by the Union Government.

Manish Gupta to join MCD
Manish Gupta is poised to join the MCD, Delhi as Additional Commissioner. He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to UT cadre.

IA & AS officer Ms. Archana promoted
Ms. Archana P. Shirsat, Officer on Special Duty, Regional Training Institute, Kolkata has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General and posted as as Principal Director of Commercial Audit & ex-officio Member Audit Board-II, Mumbai.

Vanraj A Chavda nominated for 37th APPPA
Vanraj A Chavda, Director, O/o- Dev. Comnr, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, 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 : Auditor General reports bungling in defence spending
The reports of auditor general of Pakistan for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 presented in the national assembly on Friday by the country's finance minister contains 56 paras concerning irregularities including unauthorised spending and embezzlement to the tune of Rs 3.118 billion (US $ 5.844 million) in defence spending. The report will be taken up by the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament in the coming months for detailed examination and fixing of responsibility in cases of fraud and embezzlement.

12 IFS officers shifted in Kerala
As many as 12 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers have got new postings in Kerala. They are: V. Gopinathan (1979 batch) Addl PCCF Administration, N.V. Trivedi Babu (1979 batch) Addl PCCF Ecological Development and Tribal Welfare, A.K. Goyal (1981 batch) Addl PCCF HRD, Dr. B. Shivaraju (1981 batch) Addl PCCF Working Plan & Research, K.J. Varhgese (1986 batch) CCF Agasthyavanam Biological Park (ABP), Mohammed Naushad CCF Social Forestry Kollam, C.S. Yadalakka (1982 batch) CCF Central Circle Thrissur, Jupudi Prasad (1983 batch) CCF Social Forestry Ernakulum, B. Thomas (1988 batch) CCF High Range Circle Kottayam, G.J. Theggi (1982 batch) CCF Forest Management Information System (FMIS) & G. Rennenson (1984 batch) CCF Working Plan.

Dr Sharad Satya Chauhan is Police Commissioner, Ludhiana
Dr Sharad Satya Chauhan has become the new Police Commissioner of Ludhiana. He replaces Ishwar Singh, who has been transferred as IG Police, Jalandhar Zone (for both Jalandhar and Ludhiana range). He is an IPS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to Punjab cadre.

R.P. Mittal is Police Commissioner Amritsar
R. P. Mittal has assumed charge as the Police Commissioner of Amritsar. Mittal, who was earlier the IG (zonal), Jalandhar, has replaced Parampal Singh Sidhu. R.P. Mittal is an IPS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to Punjab cadre.

10 SSPs in Punjab to be shifted
As the grapevine has it at least 10 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) will soon be shifted in Punjab.

Yadav is new CEO OF Yamuna Expressway
Pandhari Yadav will be new CEO of the Yamnua Expressway Industrial Development Authority. Present CEO Santosh Kumar Dwivedi has been moved as additional commissioner, entertainment tax department.

Parija is new Chairman of BCI
Odisha High Court lawyer Ashok Kumar Parija has been elected as the chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI).

Tripurari Sharan is new DG Doordarshan (UPDATED)
Tripurari Sharan has taken over as new DG of the Doordarshan. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
( We said this on March 12 )

Dr A K Mishra to be Director (Finance) HAL (UPDATED)
Dr AK Mishra presently ED at Hindustan Aeronautics Limted (HAL) is being tipped to be new Director (Finance ).

Mohd Shahid Absar posted as Addl Secretary Home in MP (UPDATED)
Mohd Shahid Absar who hitherto was Commandant of the 25th Battalion of SAF has now been posted as Additional Secretary Home. He is an IPS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE

GoI to float infrastructure bonds
As the grapevine has it, the Government of India (GoI) is contemplating to float infrastructure bonds.

Fourteen top industrialists to meet Pranab Mukherjee
Fourteen top industrialists are meeting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on August 1. Those invited, include Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Yogi Deveshwar, N.R. Narayana Murthy, G.V. Krishna Reddy, G. Mallikarjun Rao, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Sunil Mittal, Azim Premji, Anand Mahindra, R.P. Goenka and Adi Godrej.

H.S. Man divested of charge as CMD, MMTC
H.S. Man Director (Marketing), MMTC who in January 2011 had got additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) MMTC has been suddenly divested of the additional charge of CMD,MMTC.

Ms. Vijay Laxmi Joshi gets additional charge of CMD, MMTC
In a sudden development Ms.Vijay Laxmi Joshi who on central deputation is Additional Secretary Commerce has been given additional charge of Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) MMTC. She is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

Sinha appointed Nominee Director, UBI
The Union Government has nominated Samir K. Sinha, Director, Department of Financial Services as Director of Union Bank of India in place of K V Eapen with immediate effect.

Saxena appointed Part-time Nominee Director, Syndicate Bank
The Union Government has nominated Dilip Kumar Saxena as Part-time Non-official Director of Syndicate Bank under Chartered Accountant category on the Board of Directors of the Bank for a period of three years w.e.f. July 22, 2011.

Chandramouli resigns as Director, Kothari Sugars And Chemicals Ltd
N Chandramouli Director has resigned from the Board of Kothari Sugars And Chemicals Ltd with effect from July 20, 2011.

Guha appointed Nominee Director, Oriental Bank of Commerce
Oriental Bank of Commerce has appointed Ms. Sreya Guha, as Government of India Nominee Director (in place of Ms. Sumita Dawra) of Oriental Bank of Commerce.

Poreddy resigns as Director, 7Seas Technologies Ltd
The Board of 7Seas Technologies Ltd has approved the resignation of Devender R. Poreddy as Director of the Company.

Murthy appointed Director, 7Seas Technologies Ltd
The Board of 7Seas Technologies Ltd has appointed A. S. R. Murthy as Director of the Company.

Sindhwani appointed Director (Sales & Strategic Planning) The Imperial, New Delhi
Gaurav Sindhwani has been appointed as the Director (Sales & Strategic Planning ) at The Imperial, New Delhi.

Hungerbuehler appointed COO, DIAL
Marcel Hungerbuehler has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL).

Sharma in Board of Wipro
M.K. Sharma has been inducted on the board of directors of Wipro.

CBI : From best agency to a "Political Harlot"

The CBI under D P Kohli was the best investigative agency in the World and under D Sen it became a "Political Harlot" from which it has not fully recovered even till today.

M N Buch

Refreshingly different

The observations of Chaudhry on current Corruption scenario are refreshingly different. The Anna / Baba and Co. will never appeal to general public and their supporters to shun Corrupt practices because then entire support sytem to the agitation will collapse in no time. If they are really serious about Corruption as an issue and not UPA bashing, then they should ask the supporters /opposition leaders, to do three things. 1. Opt for Compulsary auditing of their IT and other financial returns 2. Allow their accounts to be put up on Net for open access to public and 3. Quote their PAN numbers while supporting any mail based/ sms based/signing any referendum in support of the anti corruption crusade. This will ensure that only non corrupt people are in the forefront. The case of Kiran Bedi mentioned is an apt one. Its likely that current millions of numbers of supporters may not cross even four figures.

In fact, during next fasting/agitation by Activists, Govt. too rather than lathi charges or any other harsh measure, should start noting down above details of the participants ---the lawyers, movie stars, businessmen, builders, etc. and after quick scrutiny, share their assets/income details with Public and enjoy the resultant scenario.

Ashok Patil

WIC's editors should scissor unabashed encomiums

Bhalla's laudatory about Pullock Chatterjee is well taken. But instead of using panegyrical and flattering words like 'remarkable', 'creating adventure', 'fabulous', 'sincere , 'rarest of the rare' etc ,it would have been better if he has mentioned a few of the contributions made by Chatterjee when he was in the PMO earlier. To me as a civil servant, Chatterjee is one of the privileged bureaucrats and a favourite of the 'high command' and his career graph shows it. I feel your editors should use their prerogative to scissor our such unabashed encomiums.

N Krishnan

Why feel zealous about meeting with TN CM ?

Not under stood, why you people are so agitated and zealous about the meeting with TN CM.

RTI

Intellectuals and eminent public figures in poor light

The unravelling of Gulam Nabi Fai enterprise has shown once again many so called intellectuals or eminent public figures in poor light. That they would not mind selling their conscience for free juncket and having good time abroad. Many of them now professing their ignorance about the ISI-links of their host in America. Can one believe it? As the name indicates the Kashmir American Council had everything to do with Kashmir and the man running the show being from Kashmir and having Pakistani links would certainly be promoting Pakistan line on Kashmir. Sheer commonsense. The fact of the matter is that many of our 'civil society' members just abuse the freedom and rights which our country as democracy bestows on them. It pays them to be anti-Indian. One of the small-time owner of a newspaper of the troubled state became a media baron in publishing by abusing his country in every forum specially on the Pakistani soil or such seminars or conferences circuit.He had been a regular guest in Fai's party. The defence given by a retired judge, who too enjoyed this agent's hospitality ,on a TV channel last night was so hollow that it was difficult to accept it. How can one be not motivated to support the cause of one's hospitable host who gave you a wonder-ful trip to America with all expenses paid .Many of us are small persons and are willing to sell our country for such favours. The sad part is that we in Government trust these very fellows to study and report on the issues crucial to governance ,integrity and sovereignty of the nation. Mark that one of the interlocuters currently engaged in Kashmir problem had also been a guest of Fai!

Aarti Khosla

Age of Army Chief

This matter has been engaging the government for some time past. Why it has come up near the time of retirement? The entry at the NDA exam form consonant with the then matriculation board's exam should have been followed. If it would have been a case of some junior defence personnel, it would have been rejected by Army chief Singh himself.

Ram Kanwar

Probably, Gen V.K is too straight to be bent by the corrupt Indian political class.

Old Soldier

Pay Scales Of Chief Commissioners/Commissioners

The CBDT/CBEC must be ashamed that their officers of 28 years service are in PB IV whereas their ineffective counterpart services like forest,police etc are placed in the scale of 75000-80000.Where is the spineless IRS Association?

S K Singh

Claiming exemption as the third party

Certain information about a property assessment was refused by the PIO claiming that the owner of the property had opposed disclosure of the information to the applicant. Since no grounds were advanced as per Section 8(1) of the RTI Act to justify the denial of information, the Commission did not accept the objection of third party and directed to provide the information.

Comments

When a citizen applies for information which has been provided by or is related to a third party, it can be denied only if it is exempted under Section 8(1) or Section 9. Section 11 merely requires the PIO to seek the objections of the third party and keep them in view while deciding whether to release the information as per the provisions of the RTI Act. Many PIOs fail to do so even 5 years after the enactment of the RTI Act due to ignorance and lack of proper training. The third parties too remain ignorant of their rights and fail to defend their case.

Mr. Saroop Lal Sherawat v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi in Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2011/001013/13449

- 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)