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Gopinath Jagirdar

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Anna says he'll back a 'non BJP non Congress Government'.... so that means he'll back a Third Front Government....is Kejriwal behind this.... because Kejriwal is all for a Commie Government!!! Jaya, SP, Maya are all corrupt!!! I think Anna should behave like a Father figure and say 'let anyone come ... I'm going to keep a watch on corruption and ensure corrupt are brought to book'!!!!! And why does the Media try to 'fix' Anna by saying he's soft on Modi!!! Anna is anti corruption and Modi is known to be clean!!! He's also not anti Bihar's Nitish Kumar!!!

Anna should never let himself be drawn into siyaasat!!

99.95% Netas are in politics to make money and this is abs satt!!

Communal Violence Bill has PC written all over it!!!! It's a Bill that will divide India..... seems now this is Congress's aim.... it wants to fan hatred and create communal tensions for electoral benefits!! And who better to this than PC!!!! The Bill basically takes for granted that all communal violence is the work of the majority community and the minority is always at the receiving end!!!! Mohna has patted PC for this Bill..... Mohna is proven beyond doubt that he in indeed the worst pm India has had up to now.....to stay on in 7 RCR Mohna kuch bhi karrega!!!

This Bill has just one aim!!!!

And that is electoral benefit ...what a shame???

Diggy says 'Modi should express remorse for Gujarat Genocide'!!!!! First and foremost it was not a Genocide but a riot.... Genocide is when people of a community are killed..... riot is when people from both sides are killed.... in Gujarat both Muslims and Hindus were killed!! Mr. Diggy why don't you ask Sonia to express remorse on behalf her hubby for the 1984 genocide!!! 1984 Genocide cases have not got the same SC attention that Gujarat riots cases have got....... just see the conviction rate ..... it is pathetic in 1984 Genocide cases!!! Congress is trying its level best that Modi pays for the riots.... but in the case of 1984 genocide Congress has done whatever is possible to derail justice.... and sadly when BJP was in power it did precious little to get the genocide victims justice!!

More than 3000 Sikhs slaughtered and how many of the 'jalaads' have been convicted????

Sonia toh made Tytler a Mantri and only after the hue and cry, from the Cabinet he was evicted!

Elmer the Swiss Banker who the Swiss call 'rogue Banker' has said that Indian cricketers and actors hold Swiss Accounts!! Cricketers..... would be those who are involved in 'fixing and betting'!! And we have our own 'Elmer'... though he's not a Banker.... Subramaniam Swami in a tweet says ' Rahul (I'm not using the adjective he's used for Rahul) had told the FBI from which account he had withdrawn $165,000 and that he had $ 185 million left in this account'.... as per Swamy this took place during NDA days...... and Vajpayee and Mishra saved Rahul.....people do ask out why is Congress soft on both Ranjan Bhataacharya and Mishra???? And in another tweet he says Sonia has $ 20 billion!!!!If this is untrue I think Sonia and Rahul should sue Swamy!!! But my guess is at most a Congress Spokesman will say ' we do not respond to wild and senseless allegations'!!!!

Rahul may send Swamy a warning ' Mummy's back..... now I'll hit back'!!!

Those in the know say this tweeting/verbal war will go on as 'guts to take on Swamy on this matter Congress does lack'!!

PS....after he got news that SC had in a way given a clean chit to Modi Mohna exclaimed 'how can SC do this .... this is either my job or CBI's job'!!!! And where there is no will there are many ways..... fits Congress like a glove!! Subrata Roy tried to help out 'one time pal Amar'!!! He got his Sahara TV to film Amar in AIIMS to show he's serious!!! The film clip shows him lying in bed with a mask on his face surrounded by medicines and an IV drip!!! Actually for the camera Amar moaned and groaned and acted very ill but the Director felt his acting was not up to the mark and looked abs artificial... so this was edited!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Who mediated between Hazare and BJP ?
Self Styled spiritual guru Bhaiyyu Maharaj is said to have mediated between Anna Hazare and the combine comprising LK Advani and Nitin Gadkari.

Turbulence in the Congress party
As the grapevine has it there is a lot of turbulence in the Congress party, though on the face of it everything looks quiet. The Central Government was relieved to some extent, taking into account the speech reading skill of AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi However, in the satta bazaar many a eyebrows were raised on speeches written for Rahul Gandhi. When the question was thrown open that as to who scripted that speech then Indian Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibbal's name came to the fore front.

Maj. Gen B.C. Khanduri a trail blazer (UPDATED)
Uttarkhand Chief Minister Maj. Gen B.C. Khanduri has blazed a new trail by creating a new department. It has been named as Department of Good Governance, Anti Corruption & Public Service and its portfolio will remain with the Chief Minister.This is for the first time in India that such a department has been created by any of the Indian state overnments. This pioneering initiative of Maj. Gen B.C. Khanduri stems from the bedrock of what led to his induction as the Chief Minister of Uttarkhand.
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BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment meeting of 1978 batch IAS next week
Empanelment meeting of 1978 batch IAS to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place either on September 21 or 22.

Air Marshal Kumaria to be next Air Vice Chief
Air Marshal Kumaria is being tipped to be next Air Vice Chief in June.

Ram Subhag Singh is new JS Defence
Ram Subhag Singh will be new Joint Secretary Defence. 1987 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre Ram Sughag Singh will be joining the Defence Ministry for the second time. A product of Sainik School Singh has also been associated with the National Defence College. He is presently in the cadre.

Kotia is new Principal Secretary to Uttarakhand CM
D K Kotia has been appointed new Principal Secretary to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri. 1981 batch IAS officer Kotia is considered to be an honest and upright officer.

Who will write speech for PM ?
Confusion prevails in the PMO over writing speech for the Prime Minister after the departure of M N Prasad to the World Bank in Washington. It is well known that Prasad was speech writer for the PM for the last few years.

CVC clears names of Rly GMs
The CVC has cleared the file pertaining to the appointment of new General Managers in Railways.

Ms.Nivedita Shukla elevated in Cabinet Secretariat
Ms.Nivedita Shukla, Director Cabinet Secretariat has got in-situ promotion as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. She has been promoted in place of Upendra Tripathy IAS. She is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Upendra Tripathy elevated in Cabinet Secretariat
Upendra Tripathy who so far was Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat has been promoted
as Additional Secretariat in the Cabinet secretariat in place of Mruthyunjay Sarangi IAS. He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.

Manoj Pant to be senior Advisor World Bank Executive Director
Manoj Pant who is presently private secretary to Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has been appointed as senior Advisor to Executive Director (ED), World Bank (WB), Washington. An official order has been issued. He will be joining on October 1, 2011.He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

R.Krishnan to be BHEL's Director-Human Resources
R.Krishnan who is presently Executive Director (ED) of BHEL Hyderabad plant is poised to be BHEL's Director-Human Resources(HR).He will succeed present incumbent Anil Sachdeva who will be retiring on March 31, 2012.

Rajeev Verma to move to Delhi
Latest information says that Rajeev Verma is moving to Delhi from Goa. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Who is the closest bureaucrat to Tamil Nadu CM ?
Though both the Chief Secretary to the Government and Secretary to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu belong to the 1977 batch, the person who enjoys the maximum confidence of the Chief Minister is said to be K.N. Venkataramanan as IAS officer of 1986 promoted from the PCS. He has the final say in the transfers and postings of IAS, IPS and IFS officers. In fact all the calls to the Chief Minister are routed through him and all appointments with the CM are finalised by him. No doubt he is in great demand by all sections of bureaucracy and captains of industry.

Sanjay Sinha poised to be DGP, Tripura
Sanjay Sinha who was in charge of security in Intelligence Bureau (IB) is poised to be new DGP, Tripura. His orders for relieving him have been issued by the GoI. He is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Alok Singh is PS to Law Minister Salman Khursheed
Alok Singh has joined as Private Secretary (PS) to Indian Law Minister Salman Khursheed. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to Uttar Pradesh cadre.He is armed with a background in Marketing management and Physics.He had been trained at Centre of Excellence at Vicenza, Italy,for handling International Police Interventions in disturbed societies.Singh had successfully commanded 10 districts of diverse socio economic status.Ensured public peace and communal harmony in Kanpur and Meerut. Promoted a safe atmosphere for business and enterprise to thrive.Led teams of special troops and diverse human talents.He also led operations against Naxalites and was awarded with Presidents Medal for
conspicuous gallantry.

Pallav Bhattacharjee promoted as Additional, DG in Assam
Pallav Bhattacharjee, IG, SOU has been promoted as Additional DG,SOU in Assam Police. He is an IPS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Sinha is now Advisor (Rates) in Railway Board
Kundan Sinha ,SAG/IRTS ,COM/SER is now Advisor (Rates)in the Railway Board.

IAS changes in Maharashtra
Two IAS officers in Maharashtra have got new postings. They are: Sumit Mullick (1982 batch)Principal Secretary Protocol & P .Albangan -Joint CEO MIDC.

A.K. Singh poised to join GoI
As the grapevine has it, A. K. Singh is poised to join the Government of India (GoI) as a Joint Secretary. He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to Haryana cadre.

An IRS man represents Swiss Bank?
An IRS officer of is reportedly now acting as a front for routing money to Swiss bank. He is in touch with politicos and high net worth individuals and guides them to open the account, transfer funds, re-routing money to India etc.

Four CBI DIGs in NPA Hyderabad
Four IPS officers who are currently in CBI have gone to Hyderabad to attend Mid Career Training Course. They are Mssrs Anurag (MT1994), H Nonpluh (AM 1994),P S Salunke (MH 1995) and G Nageshwara Rao (PB 1995).

IA & AS officer Pandita transferred
R K Pandita, Assistant Director, in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Defence Services, Chandigarh, Branch Jammu, on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Adhoc) in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Air Force & Navy, New Delhi, Branch Dehradun.

Pakistan : Shahida Badshah all set to be first woman Lt Gen
Maj Gen Shahida Badshah currently posted at Pakistan army medical college is all set to be the first woman Lt Gen in Pakistan. She is likely to be promoted in October this year against the vacancy to be caused by retirement of Lt Gen (Surgeon) Rehan Burney. Other prominent Lt gens due to retire in October are Javed Zia (Southern Command Chief), Shujaa Zamir Dar (Chairman Ordnance Factory Board), Jamil Haider (Strategic Force Chief) and Mohsin Kamal (MS).

IAS changes in Chhattisgarh
Sonmani Bora will be new Commissioner Housing Board.Sarguja collector G S Dhananjay has been moved to Mantralaya.R Prasanna will be new Collector Sarguja.Amrit Kumar has been made Deputy Secretary.

DGPs' meet in Delhi on September 15, 2011
All India conference of DGPs and IGPs is slated to be held on September 15, 2011 in Vigyan Bhawan , New Delhi. This conference will be headed by Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief. This meeting is mainly to hold discussions on the implementation and improvement of internal security.

Reunion of 64th FC to be held on October 1, 2011
Reunion of 64th FC, i,e. Civil Services 1997 Exam /1998 joining batch will be held in NDMC Club (PSOI) Vinay Marg , New Delhi on October 1,2011. Officers of this batch may join from all over the country.

3 more IAS officers join Uttarakhand CM's office (UPDATED)
Three more IAS officers have joined the office of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj. Gen B.C. Khanduri. They are:Surendra Singh Rawat(1996 batch)as Secretary, Bhaskaranand Joshi (1998 batch) and Ms.Nidhi Mani Tripathi(2001 batch,on deputation from Manipur-Tripura,cadre)-both as Additional Secretaries.

Neeraj Semwal to move Goa (UPDATED)
Neeraj Semwal is all set to join the Goa Government. He is 2003 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Railways transfers and postings (UPDATED)
Ajay Shukla, HAG/IRTS/South East Central Railway, presently posted as COM (Chief Operating Manager) has been transferred to East Central Railway and posted as AGM, B.K.Joshi, SAG/IRTS/East Coast Railway, presently posted as Chief Freight Traffic Manager(CFTM), has been transferred to South East Central Railway and posted as COM , G.D.Brahma , SAG/IRTS/Railway Board, presently posted as Executive Director TC (R), has been transferred to East Coast Railway and posted in the cadre; G.K. Mohanty, SAG/IRTS/SER, presently posted as CFTM, has been posted as COM on the Railway itself; C.B.K. Singh, SAG/IRTS/SER, presently posted as CTPM, has been posted as CCM on the Railway itself, P.M.M. Rao, HAG/IRTS/SCR, presently posted as CCM has been posted as CCM (System) on the Railway itself, M. Sunder Ram, SAG/IRTS/NFR, presently posted as COM, has been transferred to South Central Railway and posted as CCM, Mukul Marwah, SAG/IRTS/CR, presently posted as CPTM, has been transferred to North East Frontier Railway and posted as COM, M. Sunder Ram; Ms. Ashima Singh, SAG/IRTS, presently posted as Director/IRITM, has been appointed in HAG and posted as Director/IRITM, Ms. Vijaya Sinha, SAG/IRTS/NR, presently posted as CAO(PIS), has been appointed in HAG and posted as CAO (PIS) on Northern Railway itself, S. Mohan, SAG/IRTS/SR, presently posted as CSO, has been posted as COM on Southern Railway itself and Ms. Sarla Balagopal, SAG/IRTS/SR, has been posted as CCM on Southern Railway itself.

Shyamal Sarkar gets additional charge of EO (UPDATED)
Additional Secretary in the Department of Personnel Dr Shyamal Sarkar has been given additional charge of the Establishment Officer.He is 1979 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Dr. I.V Subba Rao relieved to join UNESCO (UPDATED)
Dr. I.V Subba Rao Additional Secretary& Establishment Officer) with central government's DoPT has been relieved on Wednesday to join UNESCO as Chief of Literacy Basic Education and non formal Education. Its a newly created post at UNECO head quarters. He is an IAS officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on August 12, 2011)

Minor IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
There has been a minor IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, VK Batham has been made Commissioner Social Justice, H Trivedi - Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development, NBS Rajput - Commissioner Jabalpur Municipal Corporation , SK Misra - Deputy Secretary Agriculture Development, Mrs. Madhu Khare - Additional Commissioner Tribal, Anand Sharma - Additional Commissioner Commercial Taxes.

(DEBATE)
LOKPAL BILL AND BUREAUCRACY
The debate on Lokpal Bill and the subsequent anger and protests across the country led by veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare has instilled a fear of accountability among the bureaucracy. How should the bureaucrats react to the situation?
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Change of name of Ambani residence?
The name of Mukesh Ambani's residence has reportedly been changed from Antillia to 9 Altamount road.

Maha lobby urging lift on onion export ban ?
The lobby in Maharashtra representing powerful biggies is urging the center to lift a ban on the export of onion. In a letter written to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee it is stated that if onion export ban was not lifted then there will be a situation of overproduction.

Will we fall in trap of excess exports?
Will we again fall in the trap of excess exports and price rise thereof needs to be seen!!!

Perti, Part-time Official Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd
Alok Perti, Part-time Official Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd has relinquished the office of Directorship of the Corporation w.e.f. September 12, 2011.

Lodha resigns as Director, Supreme Holdings Ltd
Abhay Lodha, Director , Supreme Holdings Ltd has resigned from the directorship of the company with effect from September 8, 2011.

Prasad appointed Exec. Editor, Aaj Tak Channel
Aaj Tak has appointed Supriya Prasad as Executive Editor to head the output of the news channel.

Reddy appointed Exec. VP (South), ZEEL
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has appointed Sanjay Reddy as Executive Vice President (South Cluster).

Markand and Gautam Adhikari resign as directors of Broadcast Initiatives Ltd
Markand Adhikari and Gautam Adhikari, directors of Broadcast Initiatives Ltd have resigned from the company's Board.

Kothari appointed Associate VP, BBDO India
Shefali Kothari has been appointed as Associate Vice President, BBDO India.

Shankar appointed Associate Creative Director, BBDO India
Ravi Shankar has been appointed as Associate Creative Director, BBDO India.

Bhatt appointed Company Secy. Deep Industries Ltd
Deep Industries Limited has appointed Ms. Bhavika Bhatt as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. September 12, 2011.

IL&FS Engineering & Construction Company appoints directors
The Board of IL&FS Engineering And Construction Company Limited has approved the appointment of Saleh Mohammed Binladin, Mu'taz Sawwaf, Akberali Mohamedali Moawalla and Ahmad Mohamad Dabbous as directors of the company on September 13, 2011

Mahajan appointed Addl. Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd
R K Mahajan has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Directors of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd w.e.f. September 12, 2011.

Jain resigns as Company Secy. Atlanta Ltd
Ms Hemlata Jain, Company Secretary of Atlanta Ltd has resigned from Atlanta Ltd.

Joshi appointed Company Secy. Atlanta Ltd
Narayan Joshi has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Atlanta Ltd with effect from August 22, 2011.

Kapadia appointed ED Indian Hotels Company Ltd
Mehernosh Kapadia has been appointed as the Executive Director of Indian Hotels Company Ltd as head of Corporate Affairs.

Women CBEC Members

Lets also hope that the Customs and C Excise formations get to be revamped and there is place for honest people, men and women of integrity. Also, hope to see some tough action against the corrupt..

Vinay

Why waste time over Mayawati ?

Is she not a public figure? why she should not be commented upon? Why can't she become like Mamta Bannerji. Why can't she rule like Narender Modi, Nitish Kumar, and Khanduria. Even if, all upper caste marry dalit girls, shall that change Mayawati's style of ruling. It should not be forgotten that even Mayawati became CM with support of upper castes. Therefore, no need to blame them, but instead Dalit should test Mayawati on welfare schemes launched for Dalits and other castes. |It is quite funny to laud Mayawati for amassing wealth, wearing jewellery and for building parks. Mayawati should appoint Lokayukta and implement citizen charter like things-then upper castes too will worship her. and let Dalits also contribute to society and India by raising this demand in U.P., to begin with. They will do a great service to mankind and dalit in special by doing so, instead of shutting their mouths.

Bobby Kapoor

Why bring caste in everything?

Why do we keep getting caste into everything including corruption? Is it because of vested interests belonging to various castes? Should corruption cases be decided on the basis of caste? Let Anna decide! Or maybe whispers can run a debate on it! Isnt corruption a secular issue?

Vijay Kumar

How the US is doing business today -

Quite an analogy….!!!!!

It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town. He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to choose one. The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher. The butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower. The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel. The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town's underworld that in these hard times, provided "protection & drugs" on credit. The underworld runs to the hotel, and pays off their debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that they rented when they brought their clients for drug sale. The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything. At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 Euro note, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town. No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States is doing business today.

Ashok K Bhimani

Government, MHA must take care of Senior Citizens:

I am fully convinced and agreed with the today's views of Mr. M.L. Gupta about the caring attitude of all Senior Citizens, especially those who have retired from the Government Departments/Ministries and MHA must consider issue of routine coloured photo I/cards for having their thorough entry in public places and even in government buildings. This will, certainly, be a great help to the Govt. when Sr. Retired citizens of Government will to put their vigil and sincere eyes on the movements of others in public places. I shall support that government must assign secret assignments to such government officers (Rtd Sr. Citizens) so as to enable them to take remedial action in favour of government and carry out their assignments as watch dog of the Government so far as the Security of mass from any threat from unscrupulous and terrorist outfits. Such government retired officers must be extending their whole hearted support even without any vested interests of monetary gains etc because these days the pension of senior citizens retired from government is sufficient to their bread and butter but they want to keep themselves busy and without tension from the domestic front. I think, 80% of such senior citizens will be ready to help the government.

It will be appreciated, if government consider this point of view and reply thru whisper channel to all such senior retired citizens that interested persons will be issued proper Identity cards with security chips and in return such citizens will vouch for the security of the government and its all interest saving activities from the terrorist outfits and unscrupulous persons who have their motives to harm the country.

H. S. Bhalla

Be it be an eye opener

Kudos to M. L. Gupta for his write up on senior citizens. This should be an eye opener for all public dealing institutions in the country. Respecting seniors has been the ethos of our national culture for centuries and needs to be embedded in our working patterns.

H G Upreti

Orders of specific type by the Supreme Court

The Appellant sought information regarding all the cases of section 17 B of the Industrial Disputes Act passed by the Supreme Court of India. The CPIO informed him that it was beyond the scope of his duties to provide any interpretation of the judgments passed by the Supreme Court. The Respondents submitted before the CIC that such information was not maintained in the form in which it was being sought and that the CPIO would have to undertake research through hundreds of orders. In view of the availability of the Supreme Court orders in computerized form since 1998, the CIC directed to make an effort to generate this data from the computer database. In case no such data can be generated, the appellant may be informed accordingly.

Comments
In some cases, the CIC has directed the PIO to provide information after compilation of data, if it does not require too much effort. Computerisation of data is making the supply of data in specific formats effortless and user friendly.

Shri Ish Kumar Pruthi v. Supreme Court of India in CIC/WB/A/2010/000834SM

- 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)