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POLITICS

NDA government will fall after two years ?
Political observers believe that NDA government at the centre will fall after two years. Overambitious allies will not allow the BJP to rule for a long.

Two Governors to face enquiry if NDA comes to power
Heard in the corridors of power "If NDA comes to power two Governors will face enquiry pertaining to a deal. ".Guess the name.

Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar to resign on Friday ?
Nikhil Kumar (Governor of Kerala) is all set to resign the day after tomorrow (Friday). He would contest Lok Sabha elections as Congress candidate from Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

BUREAUCRACY

Saurabh Chandra is new Secretary Petroleum
Saurabh Chandra will succeed Vivek Rae on March 1 as Secretary, Petroleum. The 1978 batch UP cadre IAS officer Saurabh Chandra is presently Secretary , IPP.

IFS is ahead - Empanelment of 1984 batch IFS takes place
Empanelment of 1984 batch Indian Foreign Service officers to the rank of Additional Secretary has taken place. About one dozen officers figure in the list.

10 IPS officers retiring in February
As many as 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are retiring in February 2014. They are Kamal Kumar Saini of Jammu & Kashmir cadre; M K Mudgal of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Prem Krishan Jain of Maharashtra cadre; L Thechamo Lotha of Nagaland cadre; M M Praharaj of Orissa cadre; Veerbhan Ajwani of Rajasthan cadre; Rizwan Ahmad of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Subhash Joshi of Uttarakhand cadre; Dr Nazrul Islam and Danicel Tshering Lepcha of West Bengal cadre.

Varma is new High Commissioner to Kenya
Yogeshwar Varma currently Ambassador of India to Panama, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Kenya. He is 1980 batch IFS officer .

Prabhat Kumar is new Ambassador to Colombia
Prabhat Kumar currently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Colombia. He is a 1991 batch IFS officer.

Who would be first Additional Secy with Shipping Ministry?
The newly sanctioned post of Additional Secretary has been waiting to see the ever first officer since its inception. Previously, Rajiv Nayan Choubey name had surfaced for the slot that finally landed to Union Ministry for power vice Ashok Lavasa. One can wait and watch only.

Kumar Sanjay Krishna to join as JS Disinvestment next month
Kumar Sanjay Krishna will join as Joint Secretary in the Department of Disinvestment in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on January 21 and February 10, 2014)

Vikram Misri to be Ambassador to Spain
Vikram Misri is likely to be appointed Indian Ambassador to Spain. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer.

Will Spolia return as Delhi Chief Secretary
Rumours are rife that D M Spolia is returning as Chief Secretary of Delhi Government. The AAP Government had shunted him out as CS. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Eapen to return in April
K V Eapen , Senior Advisor to ED , IMF is returning after completion of tenure in April end. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Will Javed Ahmed be appointed ADG in CBI ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Javed Ahmed may get a berth in CBI in next few months. The 1984 batch IPS officer of UP cadre is presently serving as Jt Director (Policy), CBI. If one would follow the twists and turns during the appointment of ADG, CBI the speculation would find its genesis in those twists itself. One can wait and watch only.

Who will be next DGP of J& K ?
Who will be new DGP of J & K ? Tie is said to be between two 1984 batch IPS officers P Lal Gupta and K Rajender Kumar.

Former IAS officer Oberoi joins Poddar Group as Group ED
Sunil Oberoi has joined the BP Poddar Group, Kolkata as Group Executive Director. The Group is involved in infrastructure, real estate, healthcare, agriculture, education and pharmaceuticals. Oberoi is former 1984 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Three TN cadre IPS officers to hit the chart of DG, GoI
As many as three IPS officers of Tamil Nadu cadre are all set to hit the chart of DG empanelment. Out of 23 officers, in the consideration zone, approx 09 officers would be empanelled as DG in GoI. Making a mark 03 IPS officers of TN cadre are tipped for DG empanelment in GoI.

Venkatesh Mohan to be Member (Finance) DDA
Venkatesh Mohan , Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi will be Member (Finance) in Delhi Development Authority . He is a 1983 IA & AS officer.

CVO ONGC Sanjiv Kumar to return to Assam
Sanjiv Kumar ONGC's CVO is returning to the parent Assam-Meghalaya cadre by next month end.

Vacancy of GM (Tech), MECON arises
The vacancy of General Manager (Technical), MECON, has arisen with Deepak Dutta joining as Director (Commercial), MECON Limited.

Tenure of J K Sharma, NHPC Director (Proj) to end in April
The tenure of J K Sharma, Director (Projects) National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is expiring in April, 2014.

Manish Kumar Sinha promoted as DIG in AP
Manish Kumar Sinha, who is presently on central deputation as SP, CBI, Bhubaneswar, has been promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 2000 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Four IPS officers promoted as IG in AP
As many as four IPS officers of 1996 batch have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. The officers are: Dr Shankha Brata Bagchi, Mrs Bhavana Saxena, Anil kumar and Mrs Ritu Mishra. All four IPS officers are presently on central deputation.

Ms Rajnikanth appointed as Deputy Director, PIB, Bangalore
Ms Rajnikanth has been appointed as Deputy Director (M&C), PIB, Bangalore. He is an officer of Indian Information Service (IIS).

Special package to employees working in Kashmir valley revised
The special concessions and facilities package to Central Government employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached/subordinate offices or PSUs falling under the control of Central Government have been revised by the Central Government.

Mrs Garima Gupta posted as Deputy Commissioner, EDMC, Delhi
Mrs Garima Gupta has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) in Delhi. She is a 2004 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka
Services of four officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been affected with their transfers and new postings in Karnataka. Accordingly, Dr Amita Prasad has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Women & Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens with additional charge of Director General, Administrative Training Institute, Mysore while Dr Shalini Rajneesh will continue as Principal Secretary, DP &AR (AR, Training & Political Pensions) and M Manjunath Naik is Deputy Commissioner, Haveri District. Besides, Panduranga Bommaiah Naik was made Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Bellary.

2 IAS officers shifted in AP
Ajeya Kallam has been posted as Principal Secretary to Government, Finance Department while Shamsher Singh Rawat was made Managing Director, AP GENCO under Energy Department in Andhra Pradesh.

3 IPS officers transferred in Bihar
Pradeep Kumar Shrivastava has been appointed as DIG, Champaran range, Betia while Mrs Manju Jha was shifted as Commandant, Bihar Armed Force-15, Bagaha and Shridhar Mandal is Commandant, Bihar Armed Police-7, Katihar in Bihar.

4 IPS officers transferred in Chhattisgarh
As many as four Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been transferred in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, T Ekka has been posted Superintendent of Police (Police Training), Rajnandgaon, while D K Garg was made Superintendent of Police (SP) (Radio), Bhilai Zone, Bhilai and B S Dhruv will now be Commandant, 8th battalion, Chhattisgarh Armed Force, Rajnandgaon. Similarly, Balaji Rao Somawar will be acting as Commandant, 3rd battalion, Chhattisgarh Armed Force, Amleshwar, Durg.

Suchitto Kumar Das shifted to South Eastern Railway
Suchitto Kumar Das of SAG/IRTS, after relieved of DRM post, Sealdah, Eastern Railway, has been appointed as CCM (CHOD), South Eastern Railway.

T K Nag selected as CMD, NCL
T K Nag, Director (Technical), NCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 19, 2014. As many as 12 persons were selected for the same.

'Feel India' - a cultural extravaganza by ITDC (UPDATED)
"Feel India" - A Cultural Extravaganza, is an initiative of Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism and the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) to showcase the myriad shades of culture to the tourist. The cultural programmes are being organized at the Amphitheatre, The Ashok every Thursday, Friday and Saturday The event will be formally launched by Parvez Dewan, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India on Thursday, the February 20, 2014 at the Amphitheatre, The Ashok The launch performance will have "Classical Dances of India" led by Yogi and Danseuse Reela Hota with Narmada Cultural Association, Swati Sinha and Group and other eminent artists. The cultural programmes would consist of a mix of classical, folk, fusion and contemporary dance and music. The effort is targeted to fill the much desired gap in the tourist offering of Delhi and enhance the tourist interest in India and its rich cultural traditions. ITDC has been promoting art and culture in the country by organizing cultural events at its different Hotels located across India. ITDC hotels also exhibit Indian art and culture in their decor along with providing modern and luxurious amenities to the guests. Cultural performances organized by the Corporation are further aimed to promote artists and Indian art forms.

Ms Snehlata Kumar gets additional charge of Justice (UPDATED)
Ms Snehlata Kumar,IAS(MP:79), Secretary, Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs has been given additional charge of Justice during the period of absence on leave of Ms Anita Kaul (KN:79) from Feb 22 to March 9,2014.

NTPC lays foundation stone of its first 800 MW unit in MP (UPDATED)
The foundation stone laying of 1600 MW stage - I, Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC is a moment dedicated to the growth of the country towards self sufficiency in the power, said Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of State for Power addressing a large gathering in Narsinghpur District of Madhya Pradesh today. He added that with coming of this project Narsighpur will become the power capital of Madhya Pradesh. Scindia unveiled the foundation stone of the project in the presence of Rajender Shukla , Energy Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Suresh Pachauri , former Union Minister, R N Choubey, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power Government of India, Dr Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC , senior dignitaries, officials of State Government, Ministry of Power and NTPC. In his address on the occasion Dr Choudhury called Madhya Pradesh Karmabhoomi of NTPC with three new projects coming up in the state at Gadarwara, Barethi and Khargone. He assured of sustainability, CSR and sound environmental practices at all the upcoming projects of NTPC. NTPC's Gadarwara project comprises 2 units of 800 MW which have been sourced under Bulk Tendering Process initiated by Government of India for rapid capacity addition and cost competitiveness. Gadarwara project will thus be a trend setter in the state of Madhya Pradesh with 800MW unit capacity having super critical units and latest technology. This project is being implemented as a regional power project for the benefit of States/UTs of Western region with 50 per cent of the power generated from the project supplied to state of Madhya Pradesh only. Remaining power would be supplied to the states of Western Region. The project is targeted to be commissioned in the 13th Plan with total investment of approx Rs.11000 crore. The coal requirement of the project will be met from Talaipalli block from Mand -Raigarh coalfields and water sourced from river Narmada.

7 IAS officers of 1981 batch promoted to CS grade in TN (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1981 batch have been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: Dr Girija Vaidhyanathan, Dr R Kannan, K Ganesan, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Chandra Prakash Singh, Shasi Shekhar and Rajiv Nayan Choubey.

Gangwar gets addl charge of PS, School Education in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Naresh Pal Gangwar has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, School Education Department in Rajasthan. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ashok Kumar Sharma of Haryana gets IAS cadre (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Sharma of non-state Civil Service of Haryana has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancy 2012.

56 IRS-IT officers promoted to CIT grade (UPDATED)
As many as 56 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). The officers include: Devinder Kumar Gupta, Sanjay Agarwal, Sanjeet Singh, Inderjit Singh, Kalika Singh, Om Prakash Sharma, Nikhil Pandit, Munesh Kumar, Kishan Kumar Vyas, Nikhil Choudhary, Ajit Kumar Srivastava, Anurag Sahay, Shravan Kumar, Ranjeet Singh, Abha Rani Singh, G Awungeshi, Duregsh Sumrott, Anurag Prasad, Sushil Kumar Madhuk, M Sampath, N Ranga Raj, M Chandra Mohan, Chinthala Sundararao, R Manjunathaswamy, Rajinder Singh, Surendra K Goswami, R Laxman, Hari Prasad Meena, Pradeep S Hedavo, Dinesh J S Aibor, Jacinta Zimik Vashai, Esther Lal Ruatkimi, A K Agensh Rao, Ajay Chandra, N Jayasankar, Batsala Jha Yadav, G Phani Kishore, Sandkp Garg, Nirupama Kotru, Vandana Chawala, Krishnamurthi Ramesh, Nidhi Srivastava, O P Singh, Deepkant Prasad, Renuka Jain gupta, sirpurapu Padamja, Surabhi Ahluwalia, D Srinivas, V S Sreelekha, Anupama Anand, Manu Malik, Amlan Tripathy, Anshu Shukla Pandey, Rajrshi Dwivedy, Vasundhra Upmanyu and Sheefali Juneja.

3 IAS officers shifted in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, S Murugaia has been appointed as Inspector General of Registration while Dharmendra Pratap Yadav will now be Commissioner, Government Data Centre and C Rajendran is Joint Secretary, Agriculture Department.

3 IAS officers get fresh assignments in Delhi (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers have been given fresh assignments in Delhi. Accordingly, Mrs Rinku Dhugga has been assigned additional charge of Secretary, Tourism while Ramesh Tiwari was posted as Secretary, Delhi Minorities Commission and V P Rao gets additional charge of Director, Agriculture Marketing.

Vijay Kumar Siddappa Bhavikatti posted as SDO, Indri in Haryana (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar Siddappa Bhavikatti has been appointed as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Indri in Haryana. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

DEBATE

WILL AAP Party get fractured ?
There is a saying "If you want to start a journey of 1000 miles begin with a single step ". Will the AAP Party get fractured by running very fast ?
Mail your views to + mehrotra.suresh @gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Kapoor resigns as CFO, Phillips Carbon Black Ltd
Jateen S Kapoor has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Phillips Carbon Black Ltd.

Jindal re-designated as Non Exec. Chairman, SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd
SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd has re-designated Dr Anil Jindal as Non-Executive Chairman of the company.

Sundararajan resigns as MD & CEO , SRM Energy Ltd
D Sundararajan has resigned as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SRM Energy Ltd.

Ciarrocchi resigns as Director, Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Ltd
Luigi Ciarrocchi has resigned as Director of Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Ltd.

Ratnaparkhi resigns as CFO , Finolex Industries Ltd
Mandar B Ratnaparkhi has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Finolex Industries Ltd.

Reddy appointed Addl. Director, Suryajyoti Spinning Mills Ltd
R Surender Reddy has been appointed as an Additional Director of Suryajyoti Spinning Mills Ltd.

Deshmukh resigns as Company Secretary, Castrol India Ltd
Castrol India Ltd has appointed Sandeep Deshmukh as Company Secretary of the company .

Rajpal appointed Independent Director, SRM Energy Ltd
Sameer Rajpal has been appointed as an Independent Director of SRM Energy Ltd.

Yarra resigns as Director, Photon Capital Advisors Ltd
Madhukar Yarra has resigned as Director of Photon Capital Advisors Ltd.

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DEBATE (1)

In a short while only, AAP has proved that while they are good at street protests ,they are unfit to govern. They also have no vision for development of Delhi, leave alone the country. Giving out doles to people, esp. their supporters is the way of all politicians for building their vote banks , and AAP is following the same route. They are no different and are squandering the honest tax payers money by following vote bank politics, instead of improving infrastructure, housing, transportation systems etc. Delhi govt. Will soon become bankrupt due to their poor financial management.

S Swarup

DEBATE (2)

The AAP is in a hurry to be martyred. Hence the intransigence on various issues. Government of Delhi is too time consuming for them. If they keep spending time on Delhi, how will they do their spadework for the national elections which are coming up. Even otherwise, Chief Minister of Delhi is a glorified Mayor. If they are not able to quit Delhi government quickly in a blaze of glory, their prospects at the national hustings will be severely jeopardised.

M K Singh

Grudge against IT dept

Anurag Srivastav is under the misplaced impression that he is the only honest person.which he is not.He is justifiably under the IT net.

Prabhat Shahi, IRS (IT)

Appropriate person be recommended for D, ICFRE

Appropriate person with clear understanding of ICFRE issues and having experience in R&D and Government of India functioning should be recommended for DG, ICFRE, keeping in view the growing demand of R&D in the field of forest and environment

S Kumar

Dishonesty all the way

Blackmail, lies, manipulation, aggression, pushing through one's agenda by hook or by crook, concealing or manufacturing facts to suit selfish goals-are these the ingredients of Democracy we are so proud of ? What has been happening in both houses of Parliament for the last several days is certainly not democracy and the way Telangana bill has been pushed through by switching off Lok Sabha TV channel etc. is really shameful. It is no less than getting the Coal Scam or the multiple other scams files lost. Dishonesty all the way. BJP's role in Tuesday Drama in Lok Sabha is equally abominable.

Aarti Khosla

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