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POLITICS

Whispers finds place in books creating political turmoil
As a matter of proud for all our surfers, who have faith in what we publish, whispersinthecorridors.com finds place in the two most talked about books these days - The Accidental Prime Minister by Sanjaya Baru & Crusader or Conspirator ? of PC Parakh.

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's former Media Adviser Sanjay Baru while narrating about the events that occurred during the run-up to his reappointment (which finally did not come) in June 2009 has mentioned, in his book The Accidental Prime Minister - about whispersinthecorridors ( on Pg. 267) saying - "A few days later whispersinthecorridors.com reported that I would be returning to the PMO".

Similarly, former Coal Secretary PC Parakh has in his book 'Crusader or Conspirator ?' , on Pg 142, mentioned about a report which appeared in the whispersinthecorridors.com on March 2, 2005. The report is related to repatriation of Parakh to his parent Andhra Pradesh cadre when the then Coal Secretary, according to him, was not getting full political support of his ministers and the PM was also finding himself helpless in coming to the rescue of the 1969 batch IAS officer because he (Dr. Manmohan Singh) required the support of the said ministers to run his coalition government.

This speaks about the credibility that whispersinthecorridors has earned over a period of time and how much authentic its reports are in the opinion of the 'decision makers' of the country

Nilekani is next Manmohan Singh of Sonia Gandhi
It is widely believed in Congress Circles that in case Congress comes to power Nandan Nilekani is going to be next Manmohan Singh of Sonia Gandhi. Nilekani has fought election on Congress ticket from Bangalore.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be Judge in SC ?
The Supreme Court Collegium is expected to meet this week to decide names of a couple of Judges for the Apex Court. Those likely to be considered include Justice Abhay Manohar - CJ of the Gauhati High Court, Justice D H Waghela - CJ of the Karnataka High Court, Justice R Banumathi - CJ of the Jharkhand High Court, Justice A K Goel - CJ of the Orissa High Court and Justice A K Banerjee of the Calcutta High Court.

Post of Chaudhary upgraded to Secretary rank in GoI
The post of Surjit Kumar Chaudhary as Secretary, National Commission for Minorities has been upgraded to the rank and pay of Secretary after his empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

V Rajagopalan is also Secretary, Minority Affairs in GoI
V Rajagopalan has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs in Government of India upto May 18, 2014. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Prof K Vijayraghavan is also Secretary, Science & Tech in GoI
Prof K Vijayraghavan has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Science & Technology in Government of India for a period of three months.

45 out of 130 empanelled in 1984 batch IAS
Out of the total 130 altogether 45 IAS officers belonging to 1984 batch have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.

Who will be CMD of SIDBI ?
Who will be new CMD of the SIDBI? About half a dozen names are believed to have been short listed .

Vice Admiral Chopra to head Western Naval Command
Vice Admiral Anil Chopra who is presently Eastern Naval Commander is likely to move to the Western Naval Command.

Secretary General of Lok Sabha gets three months re-employment
P Sreedharan Secretary General of the Lok Sabha has been given three months re-employment.

Debashish Prusty appointed Deputy Secretary, Environment & Forests
Debashish Prusty, who is presently serving as Private Secretary to Minister of State for Expenditure & Financial Services, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Environment & Forests in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on March 12, 2014)

Balakrishnan repatriated to parent cadre
T M Balakrishnan, Private Secretary to Minister of State for Labour & Employment has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Bhardwaj deputed as ADG, UIDAI
Sunil Prakash Bhardwaj has been deputed as Assistant Director General(ADG), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).He is a 1998 batch officer of Indian Statistical Service.

Singh is also Member (Service Tax), CBE&C
Shashi Bhushan Singh, Member (Central Excise) has been assigned an additional charge of Member (Service Tax) in Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBE&C).

Ranjan joins as Director (Fin), CSL (UPDATED)
D P Ranjan, CGM, CSL, has joined as Director (Finance), Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). He succeeded Ravikumar Roddam retired on April 30, 2014.
(We said this on Oct 15, 2013)

Prasad takes over as Director (Pers), RINL (UPDATED)
G B S Prasad, ED, RINL, has taken over the charge as Director (Personnel), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). He succeeded Y R Reddy retired on April 30, 2014.
(We said this on Oct 11, 2013)

Capt Narula to assume charge as Director (L&PS), SCI on May 2
Capt. Sarveen Narula, SVP, SCI, is assuming the charge as Director (Liner & Passenger Services), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) on May 2, 2014. He will succeed J N Das retired on April 30, 2014.
(We said this on Oct 8, 2013)

Ravindra Kumar to join as Director (Fin), NEPA Ltd on May 2
Ravindra Kumar, Joint GM, TCIL, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Finance), NEPA Limited onMay 2, 2014. The post has been lying vacant since September 10, 2012.
(We said this on Jan 9, 2014)

Ajaib Singh posted as PD Audit, Central, Hyderabad
Ajaib Singh, Principal Director of Audit, Defence Services, Chandigarh, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Central, Hyderabad.

File of Naresh Chandra still with CVC
With the file of Naresh Chandra sticking to Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), the Ministry has reportedly validated his penal second time for more six months. Chandra, who is presently posted as Director (Technical), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) on deputation, was selected for the absorption appointment.

Sushovan Bannerjee gets pro-forma promotion
CVO in the Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust, Sushovan Bannerjee, has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ADG. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Prof Talat Ahmad appointed VC of Jamia Millia Islamia
Professor Talat Ahmad has been appointed VC of Jamia Millia Islamia. He is Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir.

Luthra in the race of Spl Director, ED (Northern Zone)
Tejendra Singh Luthra is reliably learnt to have been shortlisted for the slot of Special Director, Enforcement Directorate. The 1990 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre is presently serving as Joint Commissioner of Police (Central Range) Delhi Police.

Gaur appointed Health Advisor in Haryana
Shiv Raman Gaur has been appointed Health Adviser in Haryana after his retirement on April 30. He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

Air Marshal SBP Sinha takes over as DCAS
Air Marshal SBP Sinha has taken over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff at Air Headquarters. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was commissioned in the fighter stream on June 15, 1980. He has over 3700 hours of flying experience having flown the Hunter, MiG-21, Mirage 2000 and Su-30MKI fighter aircraft.

Sinha posted as Director, Finance (Stores-I), Railway Board
Amitesh Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Director, Finance (Stores)-I in Railway Board. He is an IRAS officer.

Ms Bharati gets CVC clearance for JS empanelment
It is reliably learnt that Ms Bharati has got CVC clearance to be empanelled as Jt Secretary, GoI. She is 1992 batch IFS officer of Sikkim cadre.

T Theethan appointed as DG, Railway Board Audit
T Theethan has been posted as Director General, Railway Board Audit under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. Theethan is a 1983 batch IA&AS officer.

K V Chowdary gets addl charge of CBDT Chairman
K V Chowdary, Member (Investigation), CBDT, has been given an additional charge of Chairman, CBDT upto May 10, 2014.

Kaisar Azam to move to Abuja
First Secretary in Copenhagen Kaisar Azam has been transferred to Abuja.

Alliance Air introduces Mumbai-Bhuj-Mumbai CRJ type aircraft (UPDATED)
Alliance Air, wholly owned subsidiary of Air India Limited, has introduced Mumbai-Bhuj-Mumbai sector with CRJ type of aircraft effective May 15, 2014 till further notice as per the details given below:

Flt.No. Sector Dep / Arr Days of operations

AI 9625 Mumbai-Bhuj 0605 / 0715 23456
AI 9626 Bhuj-Mumbai 0740 / 0845 23456

G R Raghavender posted as Director, IPP in GoI (UPDATED)
G R Raghavender has been transferred and posted as Director, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP). He is a Central Secretariat Service officer.

59 CSS officers promoted as Director in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 59 officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted to the grade of Director in Government of India (GoI). The officers include: S G P Verghese, L N Thakkar, Vinod Bala Jindal, Mehar Chand Jhamb, Mohan Lal, Amrit Lal, M A Muraleedharan, R S Bhatia, Arvind Kumar, Krishna Pal Saroha, Shersha, V K Sinha, P P Nagrath, C S Kaushhik, Sangeeta B Rao, R P Batra, K S Samarendra Nath, S N Sharma, A K Deori, T V A Ram, Surinder Kumar, K S Kusala Kumar, Ghanshyam Devnani, Kamal Parkash, Tapan Mitra, S Srinivas, Nandan Singh, R K Sood, Pratima Tyagi, R S Yadav, Braj Mohan, Y M Pande, Gulshan Lal, K Unnikrishnan, N Sriraman, Babu Cherian, Rajiva Kumar, P T Bhutia, T M Skaria, O P Dogra, B Ravindran, S Anandan, B C Behera, P K Mittal, T K Gupta, Jose Thomas, N Raja, B K Pant, N Radhakrishnan, Balbir Singh, Chandra Prakash, V M Rathnam, Jai Prakash Saini, Ganpat Ram Khetrapal, Dinesh Kumar, S P Singh, N K Gupta, K Raja Mohan and Manojit Dey.

Arijit Banerjee posted as Principal Special Officer to CM, Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Upon return from deputation to Government of India as Secretary, National Jute Board, Kolkata, Arijit Banerjee has been appointed as Principal Special Officer to Chief Minister in Rajasthan. He is a 1991 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

6 IAS officers promoted to Principal Secretary rank in TN (UPDATED)
As many as six 1990 batch officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been promoted to the Principal Secretary grade in Tamil Nadu. The officers include: Vibhu Nayar, K Phanindra Reddy, Dr, M Sai Kumar, P Sivasankaran, T S Jawahar and M P Nirmala.

22 IAS officers get JAG in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as 22 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been promoted to Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Tamil Nadu. They are: S Nagarajan, Dr. Darez Ahamed, Ashish Kumar, M Balaji, V Sampath, Dr. C N Maheswaran, T Munusamy, S Shivashanmugaraja, B Maheswari, V Amuthawalli, Dr. K S Palanisami, M Mathivanan, J Jayekanthan, K Baskaran, V Santha, M Karunakaran, S Natarajan, V Rajaraman, K Nagarajan, C T Manimekalai, Dr, R Selvaraj and R Lilly.

6 IAS officers accorded Senior Scale in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
Six officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been promoted to Senior Scale in Tamil Nadu. They are: Lalitha, Praveen P Nair, Shankar Lal Kumawat, Dr. Subodh Kumar, Ajay Yadav and Rashmi Siddharth Zagade.

CORPORATE

Das ceases to be Director (Liner & Passenger Services) Shipping Corporation of India Ltd
J N Das, Director (Liner & Passenger Services) Shipping Corporation of India Ltd has ceased to be Director on the Board of Directors of Shipping Corporation of India Ltd w.e.f. May 1, 2014 on reaching the age of superannuation

Pathanjali appointed MD, High Energy Batteries India Ltd
High Energy Batteries India Ltd has appointed Dr G A Pathanjali as Managing Director of the company .

Sivaraman designated Director (Finance), High Energy Batteries India Ltd
T R Sivaraman has been designated as Director (Finance) of High Energy Batteries India Ltd.

Naik resigns as Non Independent Director, Tata Sponge Iron Ltd
Manikanta Naik has resigned as Non Executive and Non Independent Director of Tata Sponge Iron Ltd.

Singhania appointed Non Exec. Director, Raymond Ltd
Raymond Ltd has appointed Ms Nawaz Gautam Singhania as an Non-Executive Director of the company.

Ms Gupta appointed Director, Honeywell Automation India Ltd
Honeywell Automation India Ltd has appointed Ms Nisha Gupta as a Director of the company.

Chatterjee appointed Independent Director, KEC International Ltd
KEC International Ltd has appointed Vinayak Chatterjee as an Independent Director of the company .

Sharma resigns as PNB Nominee Director, ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd
P K Sharma has resigned as Nominee of Punjab National Bank from the Board of Directors of ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd.

Sharma appointed BoI Nominee Director on Board of ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd
B K Sharma, Assistant General Manager, Bank of India has been appointed as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd

Shah appointed Independent Non Exec. Director, Orient Cement Ltd
Orient Cement Ltd has appointed Janat Shah as Independent Non-Executive Director of the company

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Why media crying wolf ?

Why media like Times Now and NDTV crying wolf against personal attacks on public figures. People have a right to know the personal traits and wrong doings of public figures. Is it to protect the Nehru clan.BJP appears to have fallen in the trap. They avoided projecting the wrong doings of the clan so far and underestimated them. Why did they delay in exposing Vadra earlier. Perhaps they thought, Priyanka will be scared to come out.(or is it to follow Vajpayee policy that allowed Quattrochi escape with his looted millions).Now after she has come out hammer and tongs against Modi and BJP ,BJP is coming out with exposure of Vadra's wrong doings. If people think it is only tit for tat, one need not be surprised.

N Krishnan

What happened to CWG scam?

Has any enquiry done on big Delhi based construction Company bonanza to bureaucrats. In Kochi itself more than four apartments have been given free to Ex.bureaucrats .

Avinash Puri

Same practice

Even in ortho department, the same practice is going on. For X-ray, MRI etc. private lab people stand outside the room and doctors recommend to go to them and do the tests.

Narinder

Tearing hurry

Like Railway Board the CBDT is in a tearing hurry to pass transfer orders bypassing Modi govt

Anshuma

Health & Family Welfare dept. will benefit

Ms Kapil Chaudhary is a meek, brilliant and hard working officer. Hope Health and Family Welfare department will be benefit from her vast experience. We, the officers of AERA, wish her all the success in future.

H S Chauhan

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