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I reached home dog tired and plonk myself in my favourite chair in the living room and Bolshoi, my Boxer dog, comes and sits at my feet.

Bolshoi: Boss who won the match that we were watching yesterday.... I had dozed off midway?????

Me: Mutt don't you remember what you had promised me?????

Bolshoi: Jog my memory.....Boss I'm 5 and if you convert these dog years into human years I'm over the hump.....memory is just not the same!!

Me: Convenient way to get out of commitments and promises. You had promised me that when I come back home for at least one hour you will not ask me any questions!!!

Bolshoi: Did I promise this???? Boss I don't remember!!!! Any proof of my making this promise????

Me: Mutt I have other methods to jog your memory.... how about I chain you in that corner...... hope you remember you got this punishment when you were a naughty pup!!!

Bolshoi: Boss ..... really I don't remember making this promise..... the other day we were watching the news and this guy Amar Singh said something and within ten minutes denied saying what he had said....... Boss no one punished him.... in fact you laughed it off saying 'Luchaa' (lovable scoundrel)!!!!

Me: So Mutt you are aping Amar Singh!!!! Well do you know because of his lying now no one trusts him...... in fact Amar Singh's name is synonymous with lying!!!

Boss: But do you see his lifestyle..... Big B is his pal...... Anil Ambani is his pal......Bollywood heroines are pally with him..... see his cars!!!!

Me: He's no longer pally with Big B or Anil Ambani .......his lying has put them off.... they studiously stay away from him!!! As for heroines ..... the kind he hobnobs with are pally with him because of his money.... they lie to him amd he lies to them!!!! And as for his cars...... his is the classical case of car maketh man!!! So buddy stick to you promises if you want to be trusted and loved!!!!

Bolshoi: Okay Boss........but one day you have to explain me that how come in the human world good things happen to bad people!!! Okay Boss gussa spit karr doh and call me 'Luchaa' and let's get over with it!!!

Me: Oye Luche don't get philosophical with me now.... too dog tired!!!!

Bolshoi (hurt): Boss you are tired of me!!!!!
Me: Idiot that's a human expression that 'I'm very tired'!!!!

Ramu my servant walks in.

Bolshoi: Here comes another promise breaker!!

Ramu: Oye kuthe mein tehra khoon pee loonga!!!

Bolshoi: Ramu promised you he will give up smoking...... he smokes incessantly when he takes me for a walk.......so much that after I come back home I feel my lungs are full of smoke!!

Me: (looking at Ramu sternly) Ramu!!!!!

Ramu: Boss I don't smoke....what proof does this kuthaa have that I smoke?????
Bolshoi: I'll just call Bunty (our neighbor's son) and he's recorded Ramu smoking this entire week!!!

Ramu: I may have smoked one day and your friend Bunty who is a computer whizz must have made my one day mistake as an everyday one.... on TV how many times you get to see Netas saying that CDs on them are made to order!!!

Bolshoi: Oye Ramu shaana Bunty took the pics whenever we crossed the newsstand and you can read the dates on the newspapers..... 7 shots of you smoking and 7 different dates on the newspapers!!!

Ramu: The tapes are duplicate (slang for false)........ I saw on the TV the other day ......a very respectable Lawyer saying that the tapes made about him were duplicate and then Amar Singh too was saying the CDs about him were duplicate!! He said the voice was his but he had not said what's been recorded on the tape!!!

Me: Ramu it's your health.... I was just worried that you are ruining your health.... the other day the lift was not working and you climbed the stairs with me and I'm 20 years your senior but I was not panting and you looked as if you had a heart attack!!!

Ramu: Sorry Sahib......now that we want truth to prevail....... Sahib yesterday you sent the driver to check out the paint job in the garage!!! He lied to you that the workmanship was shoddy and you gave the poor painter a firing!!! I checked out the painter's work and it was just fine!!

Me: Let's go to the garage and call the driver!!!

We reach the garage and the driver is there nervously shuffling about!

Me: Gajaa Singh the paint job is fine....... but you painted such a gory picture that the walls looked unpainted, that the painter had spilt pain all around on the floor and the painter had burnt something offensive in the garage!!!

Gajaa: Sir Ji Madam sent me on an urgent errand and I asked the building watchman to check out the painter's work and I told you what he had told me!!!

Me: Shame on you ........you got that poor painter fired for no reason........ I feel like firing you!!!

Gajaa: Sir Ji I'm at your mercy that's why you can fire me!!!! Yesterday you were talking to your friend about what happened in Greater Noida and you were taking Rahul Gandhi's side saying that he relied on what he heard and it was not his fault!!!! How about applying the same on me too.... I too relied on what the watchman said....... Sir Ji what is okay for Rahul should be okay for me too.......or is it that the rich and powerful are always right….. and then what Rahul did has huge ramifications.... my folly is nothing compared to his folly!!

Me: Bhaago tumm sabh...... aaj se tumm sabh ka TV pe news dekhna aur news paper padhna bandh.... our Netas are having a horrendous influence on you!!!

(for my readers sake I have converted the Hindi responses of Ramu and Gajaa into English)

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Mukul Roy appointed Union Railway Minister
Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy has been appointed as the Minister of State for Railways. The post was held by the Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee who will formally take over as the West Bengal Chief Minister today. Roy was Minister of Sate of State for Shipping. He is likely to be elevated to the cabinet rank when the Prime Minister reshuffles his cabinet.
(We said this on May 11, 2011)

Popularity graph of Ms. Mayawati goes down
Political analysts say that popularity graph of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has gone down.

Will main pillars of Maharashtra be dropped in cabinet reshuffle?
It is heard in the corridors of power that Sushil Kumar Shinde , Murli Deora and Vilasrao Deshmukh are likely to be dropped in the coming reshuffle. Shinde and Deshmukh will be dropped as they are facing a judicial inquiry in the Adarsh Housing scam.

BUREAUCRACY

Metha to be Special DG RPF
P K Metha is being tipped to be Special DG of the Railway Protection Force (RPF).He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

D P Srivastava is new Ambassador to Iran
D.P. Srivastava, presently Ambassador of India to Czech Republic has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Iran.

Gupta unlikely to get extension
Chairman of the Uranium Corporation of India R Gupta is unlikely to get extension in his tenure.

Subrato Gupta poised to be Jute Commissioner
As the grapevine has it Subrato Gupta is poised to go to Government of India (GOI)on central deputation as Jute Commissioner. He is an IAS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to West Bengal cadre. Presently, he is Managing Director (MD) of the West Bengal Industries Development Corporation (WBIC).

SC and Income-Tax
The Supreme Court has made remarks on Neera Radia case about the delay. The remark is against whom ?.

Chandra Kumar Rajesh is back to Bihar
IG in the SPG Kumar Chandra Rajesh is back to the parent Bihar cadre after completion of central deputation tenure.On return 1985 batch IPS officer Kumar has been posted as IG , Security.

K Shankar returns to Tamil Nadu
K Shankar is back to the parent Tamil Nadu cadre from NCB. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Gurjeet Singh to be India's envoy to Indonesia
As the grapevine has it, Gurjeet Singh is poised to be India's new Ambassador to Indonesia. Presently, he is a Joint Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Somanathan to go on World Bank assignment
Dr T V Somanathan is going on an assignment to the World Bank, Washington. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Sanjay Kumar tipped to be IG Security, Atomic Energy
Sanjay Kumar, Director Vigilance in Ministry of Railway is likely to be appointed as Joint Secretary (IG), Atomic Energy, Mumbai. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch, who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

S K Gupta to be Director (Finance) CCIL
S K Gupta is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the Cement Corporation of India (CCIL) Ltd.

11 posts of DIG vacant in CRPF
As many as 11 posts of DIG are lying vacant in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Chilumuri Venkata Muralidhar to be IG (Pers) in BSF
Chilumuri Venkata Muralidhar, IG (HQ), BSF, South Bengal Frontier Kolkata has been appointed as IG (Pers.) to the forces headquarter, New Delhi in place of Virendra Kumar IPS. He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the WB cadre.

Himmat Singh's promotion on the anvil
Himmat Singh, IG (HQ), Punjab Frontier, BSF Jalandhar, is likely to be promoted as ADG in a paramilitary force in near future. He is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

Maharashtra's new logo
There is a hoarding outside Mantralaya in Marathi showing smiling farmers which reads "Together we work and together we progress". The saying is however very ironical when it comes to the ministers inside the Mantralaya. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar have not met each other for quite a while. Sources say they cant see eye to eye ever since scams of various nature are unfolding. Last scam being that of failure of Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank which is controlled by NCP ,but the inquiry for which has been initiated by Congress through RBI.

BSNL to merge with MTNL !
The department of telecom (DoT) is learnt to have revived the plan to merge Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL). It has asked the two service providers to synergise their operations and function as one entity to offer services on a pan-India basis.

Ms. Mamata Banerjee to shift DMs and SPs
As the grapevine has it Ms.Mamata Banerjee on being Sworn in as the maiden woman Chief Minister of West Bengal Will shift those District Magistrates (DMs) and SPs whom she had found discharging their duties in a partisaned manner during recent
state assembly polls.

Secretary level changes in West Bengal first
Secretary level changes in West Bengal will take place first and officers besides other staff posted in fields will be touched only after six months or so. Initially,they all will be observed by workers of ruling Trina Mool Congress (TMC) party.

Nine CGMs figure in SBI's panel for DMD
As many as nine Chief General Managers (CGMs) figure in panel for elevation as Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) in the State Bank of India (SBI). They are: Mrs.Soundara Kumar CGM Bangalore, R. Nand Kumar CGM Gujarat Circle, R.K. Garg CGM
North-East Guwahati, R.K.Saraf CGM of IT, P. Pradeep Kumar Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of Travancore(SBT), Bhagwant Rao CGM Madhya Pradesh Circle, B. V,. Chaubal CGM Stressed Assets Management group (SAMG), Atanu Sen CGM Mumbai Circle and Achal Kumar Gupta CGM in SBI's CAG unit.

Dr V. K. Bahuguna is DG, ICFRE
Finally, Dr VK Bahuguna a 1979 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Tripura cadre has assumed the charge as new Director General (DG) of ICFRE, Dehradun.The post of DG ICFRE was open to both scientist and IFS officers and Dr. Bahuguna's choice shows Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's honest intentions to promote and have competent officers of in domain of expertise in the forestry research and in fulfillment of his assurance to the scientists that the post will be filled up by a well qualified officer of proven track record as the new DG. Dr. V. K. Bahuguna with 150 research publications is an internationally acclaimed forester from India.At present he is Member ( Technical Expert-Forestry/ Admin & Finance) in the Planning Commission's National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA).

J& K govt. recommends extension for Nalin Prabhat
Jammu and Kashmir Government has recommended an extension in service period of Nalin Prabhat, DIG, Special (Ops & Intelligence), CRPF J&K by two more years due to his good performance. Prabhat is an IPS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

M.D. Bhatia to be CGMT, Maharashtra circle
M.D. Bhatia who so far was BSNL's CGMT of Nagpur Telecom district has been shifted as BSNL's CGMT, Maharashtra Circle.

Postal service officer O S Veerwal is GM (PLI) PLI Dte.
Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of the Indian Postal service O S Veerwal (1981) has been posted as GM (PLI) PLI Dte.

Niranjan Kumar to be a Director, Atomic Energy deptt
Niranjan Kumar on central deputation is poised to be a Director in the Atomic Energy department. He is an officer of the Indian Defence Audit & Accounts (IDAS ) cadre.

Jyoti Banerjee posted as DD FSI Kolkata
Ms. Jyoti Banerjee is going on deputation as Deputy Director, FSI, Kolkata. She is 2003 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Maharashtra to get more money for central in Plan budget
Maharashtra is going to get more than double the funds from centre for the centrally sponsored schemes. The amount allotted last year was Rs 5600 crore which has now been increased to Rs 11600 crore for financial year 2011-12 . However an area of concern remains that the state has not been efficient in returning back the unused funds to the centre. However, the credit of increasing the fund allocation goes to Prithviraj Chavan.

Pakistan : Cinema halls thrive due to screening of Indian Films
The provincial government of Sindh (Pakistan) is planning to restart tax collection from cinema halls after noticing boom in their business due to screening of Indian Films. Tax collection from cinema halls was suspended in 2005 to save the industry from collapse due to decreased viewership. Thanks to popularity of Indian films, there is noticeable improvement in the situation now. In Karachi alone three halls have already resumed business in Clifton area and two more are preparing to reopen. The rates of tickets too have been revised to Rs 250 from 200 for upper class, 150 from 100 for middle class and Rs 70 from 50 for the lower class.

Mrs Jaya Chandrashekhar to open "Roots & Beyond"
Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited, a Government of India Undertaking under Ministry of Textiles, is organising an exhibition cum sale "Roots & Beyond" at its Emporium situated at Jawahar Vyapar Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi from May 24 to June 2, 2011. The Exhibition will be inaugurated by Mrs Jaya Chandrashekhar, President, I.A.S. Officers Wives Association on May 24 at 05.00 p.m. Mrs. Rita Memon, IAS, Secretary (Textiles), Ministry of Textiles will welcome the Chief Guest.

25 IRS officials in CBEC granted NFSG
As many as 25 IRS(C&CE) officers, in Junior Administrative Grade in the Central Board of Excise & Customs, have been granted the Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG), on ad-hoc basis. They are Anwar Hussain, B.R.Deo Roy, D.P.Das, Nirupam kar, R.K.Chakraborty, S.C.Gupta, Subodh Dhar, U.H.Jadhav, Akhilesh Kumar, Anupam Prakash, Aseem Kumar, Awinash Thete, Binod Kumar Gupta, Dilip Goyal, Gaurav Masaldan, Harbir, Hardeep Batra, Manpreet Arya, Millind R. Lanjewar, Nitesh Srivastava, . Pankaj K Singh, Ramesh Kumar Raman, Smita Sudhakar Dolas, . Sonal Bajaj, (Ms) Vaishali Langewar Naik .

Jose is new Chairman of Coconut Development Board
T.K. Jose has taken over as the Chairman of the Coconut Development Board.He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on April 13,2011)

TamilNadu DGP extends leave
TamilNadu Director General of Police Letika Saran has extended her leave until June 13. She is 1976 batch IPS officer.

Will Ramanujam be new DGP of TamilNadu ?
Will K Ramanujam be new DGP of TamilNadu. 1978 batch IPS officer Ramanujam was promoted to the rank of DG on Thursday and asked to hold additional charge of DGP.

IPS changes in TamilNadu
Bholanath has been transferred and posted as Director General of Police Fire and Rescue Services,K.R. Shyamsundar has been posted as Director General of Police Vigilance and Anti-corruption. S George is new Additional Director General of Police (law and order).
He replaces K Radhakrishnan, who has been appointed as ADGP, Vigilance, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.M S Jaffer Sait will now be Additional Director General of olice/Special Officer of the refugees' camp headquartered at Mandapam in Ramanathapuram.

Senior Forester's Workshop for IFS officers of 1981 batch at IGNFA
The Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) is organizing Senior Forester's Workshop for the Indian Forest Service officers of 1981 batch on June 28 and 29. The workshop titled "National Mission for a Green India", will be held at the premises of IGNFA in Dehradun.

AP transfers two IAS officers
The Andhra Pradesh government has posted M. Jagannadham as Joint Collector an d Additional District Magistrate, Vizianagaram District. Jagannadham is an IAS officer of the 2004 batch IAS who hails from the Andhra Pradesh cadre and was waiting for his postings.
Similarly, Mohammed Abdul Azeem, Chief Rationing Officer, has been transferred and posted as Joint Collector and Additional District Magistrate, Karimnagar District. He is an IAS officer of the 2004 batch who belongs to the AP cadre. With Azeem's posting the earlier transfer of N. Yuvaraj Joint Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, as Joint Collector, Karimnagar has been cancelled.

Satyanarayana given addl charge of CEO, KVIB, AP
The AP government has placed M.V. Satyanarayana, Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records, Hyderabad with the full additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, A.P. Khadi and Village Industries Board, Hyderabad. He is an IAS officer of the 1993 batch who hails from Andhra Pradesh cadre.

P. C. Pankaj to be CMD,NEEPCO
P. C. Pankaj is soon going to be Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), Guwahati. Presently, he is an Executive Director (ED) with the POWERGRID.

Virendra Kumar repatriated to parent cadre
Virendra Kumar, IG (Pers) forces headquarter, New Delhi, has been repatriated to his parent cadre after completion of his of 7 years central deputation. He is WB cadre IPS officer of 1984 batch.

Metha is new DG of RPF
P K Metha has taken over as new DG of the RPF on Friday .He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
( We said this only yesterday )

Ranjit Sinha reports to MHA
DG RPF Ranjit Sinha has reported to the MHA for new posting. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

About two dozen IPS are above Metha
About two dozen 1975,1976 and 1977 batch IPS officers are above P K Metha as far as seniority is concerned.

Rlys transfers and postings
AK Nautiyal of SG/IRSME has been transferred from RB as DME(Chg) to NR, Prabhas Dansana of SAG/IRTS has been on return from deputation transferred to Metro Rly. as CTM, Niraj Kumar of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from Metro to NR and posted in the cadre, Praveen Kumar of SG/IRSE has been transferred from WR to NFR, AK Pradhan of JAG/IRSE has been transferred from NFR to WR, VK Tempe of AG/IRSEE has been transferred from SWR to NER in the same capacity and posted as CEE/CHOD, Kuldeep Chaturvedi has been transferred from SWR to look after the duties of GM/SR in addition to his own from May 13, 2011(AN) to May 23, 2011(FN) or till resumption of duties by Deepak Krishan, GM/SR proceeding on leave, SK Arya of HAG/IRSEE has been transferred from NER to SWR in the same capacity and posted as CEE by utilizing the HAG element of the post of CEE/NER temporarily transferred to SWR for operating the SAG/post of CEE/SWR in HAG, Devendra Singh of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from NR to RB and posted as ED(Plg) against an existing vacancy, DL Meena of SG/IRSSE has been transferred from NWR to RDSO treated as cancelled PK Verma of SG/IRSSE has been transferred from NER to RDSO against an existing vacancy Rajneesh Kumar of SG/IRSSE has been transferred from NER to ER, Lalit Mansukhani of SG/IRSSE has been transferred from ECR to RDSO vice Sh. Rajeev Jian trfrd on deputation to RVNL Ashutosh Pant of SG/IRSEE has been transferred from NER to RDSO, Harsh Khare of JAG/IRSEE has been transferred from WCR to RDSO, AK Sinha of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from ECR to ER, AK Mandal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from ER to CLW, Mrs. Jaya Verma Sinha of SG/IRTS has been on return from deputation transferred to NR and appointed to officiate in SAG and posted in the cadre, Rajib Mandal, Group B Officer of the CE Deptt. has been transferred from SER to Metro Rly., H. Anantharaman of SS/IRSE has been transferred from ECOR to SR, TS Khawas of AG/IRSE has been transferred from SECR to SWR and posted in the cadre, CS Sharma of SAG/IRSE has been on return from deputation transferred to CR in the cadre, BS Chitoria of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from WCR to ECR and posted in the cadre, DR Shyam Sundar of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from ECOR to SR and posted in the cadre, AK Yadav of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from CR as CTE on the Rly itself, Sanjay Suri of SAG/IRPS has been on return from deputation transferred to WR in the cadre and Chahatey Ram of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR to look after the duties of the post of CAO(C) USBRL In SAG in addition to his own for a period of 45 days or till a regular incumbent is posted, whichever is earlier.

Transfer of Rly official cancelled
Dr. N. Suresh of JAG/IRMS has been transferred from SWR to SR should be treated as cancelled.

Banerjee to be Director (Marketing) NTC
Alokendra Banerjee is being tipped to be new Director (Marketing) of the National Textile Corporation (NTC).

Amma undertakes major IAS reshuffle in TN
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has undertaken a major bureaucratic overhaul of the state machinery by transferring three dozen IAS officers. Those transferred include Sheela Bhalakrishnan ACS, Director Anna Institute of Management & Director General of Training to ACS, Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme department. T.S. Sridhar Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Archeology and Museums to Principal Secretary Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises dept, Dr. N. Sundaradevan, Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Revenue Administration, on return from leave is posted to act as Principal Secretary, Industries Department, M. Kutralingam, Principal Secretary , Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department to Principal Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Rameshram Mishra, Principal Secretary, Transport Department to Principal Secretary, Labour & Employment Department, R. Kannan, Principal Secretary Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Training) Department to Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, N.S. Palaniappan, Principal Secretary / Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation Limited (TANSIDCO) to Principal Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department, Dr. Shanthini Kapoor, Principal Secretary/Special Officer & Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Handloom Weaver's Cooperative Society (Co-optex) to Principal Secretary, Youth Welfare & Sports Development Department, V.K. Jeyakodi, Principal Secretary, Revenue Department to Principal Secretary, Tourism and Culture Department, R. Rajagopal, Principal Secretary, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi Department to Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Rajeev Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries Department to Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Sugar, K. Arulmozhi, IAS, Principal Secretary/Member Secretary, State Planning Commission to Agricultural Production Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Md. Nasimuddin, Secretary, Commercial Taxes & Registration Department to Secretary, Transport Department, K. Fhanindra Reddy, Managing Director & Chief ' Executive Officer, Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Ltd. and Chairman, Fourth State Finance Commission to Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, C. Muthukumaraswamy, Commissioner of Land Reforms to Secretary, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles &. Khadi Department, Vibhu Nayar, IAS, Project Director, Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation & Water Resources Management and Ex-officio Special Secretary to Government, Public Works Department to Commissioner of Milk Production & Dairy Development and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk ' Producers Federation Ltd, S. Karuthiah Pandian, Secretary, Public & Rehabilitation Department to Secretary, Municipal Administration & Water Supply Department, A.S. Jeevarathinam, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Text Book Corporation Ltd. to Secretary, Adi Dravidar & Tribal Welfare Department, G. Santhanam, Secretary to Government, Highways & Minor Ports Department to Secretary, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department, Santhosh Babu, Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu & Director and Chief Executive Officer (Incharge), e-Governance to Secretary, Information Technology Department, Shiv Das Meena, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited to Secretary, Department of Special Programme Implementation, Sunil Paliwal, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO) and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Road Development Company Limited, to Secretary, Commercial Taxes & Registration Department, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board to Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department, M. Sai Kumar, Commissioner of Sugar & Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation Ltd. to Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, T.K. Ramachandran, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited to Secretary, Highways and Minor Ports Department, Chandra Prakash Singh, Principal Secretary/ Chairman & Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TANGEDCO) and ( Chairman, Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Ltd. (TANTRANSCO) to Commissioner of Archaeology, K. Gnanadesikan, formerly Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department to Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Revenue Administration, K. Deenabandu, Principal Secretary to the then Deputy Chief Minister to Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Rehabilitation, Ashoke Dongre, Principal Secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department to Principal Secretary/Director of Social Defence, V. Irai Anbu, Secretary, Environment & Forests Department Secretary to Government, Personnel & Administrative Reforms (Training) Department, S.S. Jawahar, Secretary, Department for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons & Secretary to Government (incharge), Tourism and Culture Department to Commissioner of Museums, S.K. Prabakar, formerly Secretary to the then Chief Minister to Officer on Special Duty (Relief & Rehabilitation), Tsunami Unit, Revenue Administration Department, K. Raghupathi, formerly Deputy Secretary to the then Deputy Chief Minister to Director of Rural Development (Training), P.R. Shampath, Commissioner, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments to State Commissioner for the Differently Abled Persons, Susan Mathew, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary/Vice Chairperson, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority are placed at the disposal of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO) for appointment as its Chairperson and Managing Director, PWC Davidar, Principal Secretary, Information Technology Department to Tamil Nadu Salt Corporation Limited for appointment as its Managing Director, Atul Anand, Commissioner of Agriculture are placed at the disposal of the Electronics'Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd. for appointment as its Managing, Director, Swaran Singh, Principal Secretary to Government, Cooperation, Food & Consumer Protection Department are placed at the disposal of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board for appointment as its Chairman & Managing Director, C.V. Sankar, formerly Project Director, National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project, New Delhi, on reversion to the State cadre and on return from leave are placed at the disposal of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board for appointment as its Chairman & Managing Director, V.K. Subburaj, Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department are placed at the disposal of the Science City for appointment as its Vice Chairman, K. Ganesan, Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department are placed at the disposal of Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. for appointment as its Managing Director, K. Allauddin, Principal Secretary to Government, Rural Development and 'Panchayat Raj Department are placed at the disposal of the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (TANSI) for appointment as its Managing Director.
TN Govt creates new posts of ACS, PS rank
The Tamil Nadu government has accorded for creation of temporary posts of Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Social Welfare & Nutritious Meal Programme Department in the grade of Chief Secretary for a period of one year. The government also created another post of Principal Secretary to Government, Tourism and Culture Department; Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Sugar; Principal Secretary/Commissioner of ' Rehabilitation; Principal Secretary/Director of Social Defence in the grade of Special Commissioner, Commissioner of Museums; and Officer on Special Duty (Relief &. Rehabilitation), Tsunami Unit, Revenue Administration Department, Director of Rural Development (Training) in the Senior Scale of IAS for a period of one year with effect from the date of appointment, or till the need for it ceases, whichever is earlier.

PM dedicates Bina oil refinery to the nation
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh dedicated Bina oil refinery to the nation at a ceremony held in Bina (Madhya Pradesh) on May 20,2011. The event was also attended by Rameshwar Thakur Governor MP, Shivraj Singh Chouhan Chief Minister Madhya Pradesh, S. Jaipal Reddy Indian Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Kamal Nath Indian Minister for Urban Development, Kantilal Bhuria Indian Minister of Tribal Affairs, R.P. N. Singh Indian Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas & Corp. Affairs, Jyotiraditya Scindia Indian Minister of State for Commerce & Industry along with other dignitaries and senior government officers.Refinery has a capacity of 6 million metric tones per annum (MMTPA) and is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to produce Euro III & IV petroleum products. The Refinery has an inbuilt flexibility to meet Euro - V equivalent standards for petrol and diesel with minimal investment. Adjacent to the Refinery complex is the Bina dispatch terminal (BDT), with product storage tanks and dispatch facilities for both rail and road movement of petroleum products. The Refinery and the BDT are spread over 2500 acres of land. Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL), is the company that was formed to set up the Bina Refinery and the company is promoted by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, a Fortune 500 company. BORL has an equity participation of 26% by Oman Oil Company and about 1% by Govt. of Madhya Pradesh.

DEBATE
Does ACC system have its relevance for all posts?
Does the ACC system has its relevance as far as appointment of incumbents for all posts was concerned? It is time consuming. Under the system it is examined at each level and in every Ministry there are at least six levels. Broadly speaking it goes from concerning Ministry to DoPT Ministry, then to cabinet secretariat and then to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).Finally it goes to the PMO. It is extremely time consuming .In the wake of this please give your valuable views to us.
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Expensive cars from cooperative bank funds !!
Car distributors of luxury and SUV brands in interior Maharashtra say that most of the cars that being bought in semi rural and rural Maharashtra have being paid for by the Cooperative banks who are also lenders for various Sugar Cooperative factories commonly known as SSK (Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana) .

Rao appointed ED, Solix Technologies Ltd
The Board of Solix Technologies Ltd has on May 18, 2011 has approved the re-appointment of . T. M. Rao who is presently working as Whole-time Director, as an Executive Director of the Company w.e.f. June 25, 2011 for a further period of five years .
Khanna resigns as Company Secy. Rohit Ferro-Tech Ltd
Nirmal Khanna has resigned as Company Secretary of Rohit Ferro-Tech Ltd w.e.f May 16, 2011.

Baid appointed as Company Secy. Rohit Ferro-Tech Ltd
Ms. Vineeta Baid has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Rohit Ferro-Tech Ltd w.e.f May 16, 2011.

Krishnan resigns as Independent Director, Geodesic Ltd
G.Krishnan, Independent Director, Geodesic Ltd has resigned with effect from May 13, 2011.

Raman appointed Nominee Director, GHCL Ltd
R. M. V. Raman, Nominee of Exim Bank has been appointed as Nominee Director on the Board of GHCL Ltd in place of R. W. Khanna w.e.f. April 30, 2011.

Shroff appointed Addl. Director, Pudumjee Industries Ltd
Rushabh P. Shroff has been appointed as Additional Director of Pudumjee Industries Ltd.

Kedia resigns as Director, Pudumjee Industries Ltd
S. C. Kedia has resigned as Director of Pudumjee Industries Ltd .

Bhatia appointed ED, Frontier Springs Ltd
Frontier Springs Ltd has appointed Ms Mamta Bhatia as an Executive Director w.e.f May 14, 2011.

Srinivas resigns as Company Secy. Goldstone Technologies Ltd
I Srinivas, Company Secretary of Goldstone Technologies Ltd has resigned with effect from May 16, 2011 .

Mohan appointed Company Secy. Goldstone Technologies Ltd
R Ram Mohan has been appointed as Company Secretary of Goldstone Technologies Ltd with effect from May 16, 2011.

FORUM

ACC system- a delay tool

The concerned department forwards the proposal to the parent ministry. which has 8 levels-S.O./US/DS/Dir/JS/AS/Secy/ Minister. then the case goes to DOPT at 6 levels- SO/US/DS/DIR/JS/AS/SECY. Then the case goes to Cabinet i.e. ACC. It takes about 2-3 months for ACC meeting. totally process takes 4-6 months which is sheer wastage of time. JS and above level appointments should be completed in max one months time, including ACC approval.

Er. S Bhardwaj, I.E.S.

UPA to pay heavy price

Corruption will be the main issue in all elections. Almost all incumbent governments will go. UPA and its partners will have to pay a heavy price

N V K Prabhakar

Rare October news is totally wrong

Rare October news is totally wrong information because October 2006 also had 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays & 5 Mondays. Then how it can happen after 800 yrs. whispersinthe.com is the responsible site. It should not view this kind of information without any clarification..

Pavel Garg

Calendar repeats every 28 years

Calendar repeats entirely every 28 years. Stop making fools by claiming a repeat after 800 years.

A V Maran

Why go 800 years back ?

Milton

Vested interests using website !

Even in the year 2005 there were 5 Saturdays,5 Sundays and 5 Mondays. Why go 800 years back ?

I feel certain vested interests are using your website for pushing their own agenda & have hidden interests. Such people are repeatedly voicing their views & praising certain bureaucrats. I hope it is not at the instance of these bureaucrats themselves that their selected chamchas are praising them. Everyone must retire on time & no one should be given any extension because no one is indispensable. if anyone think that the government of India will fall if certain officers are retired from service then they are mistaken. the government should not give any extension to anyone. history has always thrown up leaders in a crisis similarly if one person retires another should take over & powers to be will realise they have got a better person. Continuing the same person with same stale ideas & giving extension upon extension only reflects lack of confidence of politicians in their own decision making abilities & hence the inclination towards maintaining status quo at the cost of good governance.

Vijay Kashyap

Tail-piece

"For their honeymoon, Prince William and Princess Kate want to go somewhere abroad, where they can have complete privacy and no one in the country will give away their location. I think they're going to Pakistan." - Jay Leno.

By-A Contributor

Audit Paras of C&AG

Request for disclosure of information which went into the making of an Audit Report such as audit observations, marginal notes, audit notes and audit memos, etc. was denied claiming that these intermediary
documents are merely working papers and are not within realm of "Information" under the RTI Act. The CIC ordered for disclosure holding that disclosure could not be said to constitute a breach of privilege of the House.

Comments

The Article 151 of the Constitution provides that the reports of the C&AG shall be laid before the Legislature. However, it is silent about the draft report, half margins or draft audit notes. Therefore, the
Parliamentary privileges cannot be stretched to mean that every single item of information held anywhere, that may in future become part of the proceeding before the Parliamentary Committee, should be exempt
from disclosure. In view of the dominating role acquired by the C&AG reports in the media in cases of alleged corruption; this case has immense implications for bureaucrats.

[Full bench decision in CIC/AT/A/2007/00274, CIC/AT/A/2008/00726, & CIC/AT/A/2009/000732 in Shri Manohar Parrikar and others vs Accountant General, Goa and others].

- 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)