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The victorious allies fell out amongst themselves soon after and fought each other, and before long the shadow of the Mughal Empire of Delhi fell on them all.

Call drop is an issue in Bihar

Call drop has become a poll issue in Bihar assembly elections. It is said that opposition parties has raised this issue because Union minister telecom belongs to that state. Now result will tell how this issue affected elections.

638 declare undisclosed foreign assets

638 number of declarations have been received under the compliance window declaring undisclosed foreign assets amounting to Rs 3,770 crore under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (the Act). Tax at the rate of 30 percent and penalty at the rate of 30 percent is to be paid by 31st December 2015.

Yeh waala Jhadoo daale gandh...

Kejri puzzling bandaa hai,
Iss ki haath mein permanent revolt ka jhanda hai!

After showing proximity to Yadav Alliance !!
Abh Kejri is showing defiance!

Saying I support no one in Bihar!!
So everything is bahar bahar!!

Statement detha hai ..no one AAP supports!
But Tweet karta hai ...these are false reports!

He has failed miserably on the Dengue front!!
To save himself could not pull off any stunt!

And who has got the 526 cr ad deal!
Allegations abound so another problem for Kejri to deal!

Kejri's immature handling is causing Delhi pains!!
He is hell bent on fiddling with 'the mains'!

A shadow ACB under his control!!
Seems his common sense has gone for a stroll!

MMS says all Coal files he did not read!
Or maybe Sonia's orders he did heed!

Sent files for her to see!
And as per her directions commented down to T!

Now let's see what Raja's lawyer says!
But one thing for sure to pop up truth has its ways!

But his worries are far from over,
Without a doubt prestige of PM Post he did lower!!

Now Khoda wants him called!
For how long can his being hauled in Court be stalled?

Bishara incident truth has come out!!!
Was being given the wrong hue without a doubt.

The FIR does not even mention beef!
So this is just Pseudo mock grief!

And this took place in UP but aimed at Bihar!!
Where Pseudos are facing haar!

Laloo's language is getting bad to worse!!
Now khullam khulla he does curse!!

He is desperate as loss would mean oblivion,
Politically ...back to pavilion!!

Seems CM Karnataka uses towels and throws!
Resentment for his splurging grows!

And this when Government says it has no money!!
Lacs spent for towels...mats and pillows sounds funny!!

This CM seems to be the splurging type!!
Though he will say Media karr raha hai hype!

Sonia Aunty aap kya kehte ho!!
Or yeh baath sachchi hai ki aap Citadel mein rehte ho!!

Disclaimer : All alleged..this is Satire..read it and forget it

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Biggest Govt const. agency headless due to inter cadre rivalry b/w Army, civilian cadres
Military Engineer Services (MES), the infrastructure arm of ministry of defence with a budget of more than Rs 12,000 crore per year today, is headless. After retirement of Lt. Gen. J Sikand on September 30, 2015, government has neither appointed a new head nor has it made any alternate arrangements to look after the charge. All Directors General have been asked to handle their work independently instead of entrusting this charge to the seniormost DG as was the practice in the past. The reason, it is learnt is, that the senior most DG happens to belong to the civilian GpA cadre whom the previous military cadre head Lt. Gen. Sikand did not wish to hand over due to inter cadre rivalry. In a major departure from the government directions of reporting to ministry of Defence directly, all DGs instead have been asked to report to vice chief of Army who has nothing to do with MES, which is an inter services organisation looking after all the three services as well as ordnance factories and DRDO, directly under ministry of Defence. It is reliably learnt that this has been done without clearance from the ministry of Defence and they are not aware of this arrangement. This has resulted in around resentment and all the civilian cadre associations and federations gave a protest call and are wearing black bands since last three days. This will have adverse impact on the planning and execution of infrastructure projects of ministry of Defence.

Ms Ananya Ray appointed Member, CBEC
Ms Ananya Ray has been appointed Member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. She is a 1980 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Four IRS-Customs officers promoted to PriCC/PriDG of Customs grade
Four IRS-Customs officers have been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Commissioner/Principal Director General of Customs and Central Excise. The officers are: Deepa B Das Gupta, Ananya Ray, Sanjeev Behari and Rakesh Misra.

O Nabakishore Singh appointed new Chief Secretary, Manipur
O Nabakishore Singh, Additional CS & CEO, has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Manipur. The 1984 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre, Singh has succeeded Lawmkunga who retired on September 29.

Inter cadre deputation tenure of Dr. Ashima Jain extended
An inter cadre deputation tenure of Dr. Ashima Jain from Bihar cadre to AGMUT (Delhi segment) cadre has been extended up to August 22, 2017. She is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

PK Das selected for Director (Mktg.), STC
PK Das, ED, MMTC, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 1, 2015. Five persons were interviewed for the same.


Tamil Nadu govt. asked to relieve Dayal for joining DIG, CISF
The Government of India has asked the Government of Tamil Nadu to relieve Maheswar Dayal of cadre responsibility paving the way for joining as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Som Datt Sharma deputed as CF, Regional office, Chandigarh
Som Datt Sharma has been appointed Conservator of Forests, Regional Office, Chandigarh on central deputation. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Four ASI officers get postings
Four officers of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have been given postings. Accordingly, Vinod Singh Rawat has been posted to Chandigarh circle while Arun Malik was posted to Shimla circle and Dr. Sachin Kumar Tiwary was appointed to Excavation branch, Nagpur. Besides, Dr. Shiv Kumar Bhagat was posted to Dharwad circle and Dr. Raj Kumar Patel was appointed to ASI HQ, New Delhi.

Dr A K Pujari assumes additional charge as CMD, SAIL
Dr. Anup K Pujari, IAS, Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise has been assigned the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Steel. Dr. Pujari has also assumed the charge of CMD, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) with effect from 01st October, 2015. He is a 1980 batch officer of Karnataka cadre.

S Mookerjee takes over as Financial Commissioner, Railways
S Mookerjee has taken over as the new Financial Commissioner (FC) (Railways) and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India. He takes charge after Smt. Rajalakshmi Ravi Kumar retired as FC on superannuation on September 30, 2015. Prior to this posting, Mookerjee was posted as Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways(NAIR), Vadodara. He belongs to an officer of Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) of 1978 batch.

Sarat Kumar Acharya takes charge of CMD, NLC
Sarat Kumar Acharya has assumed office as Chairman-and-Managing Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. (NLC), a premier Navratna Company of Govt. of India engaged in the business of Lignite and Coal mining and Power generation. Prior to this, Acharya served in NLC as Director (Human Resource) and with his rich and varied experience of over 35 years of working in BHEL, NTPC, NTPC-SAIL Power Company & NLC now he has risen to the level of CMD, NLC.

S V Kher joins as Director (BC&T), SCI
S V Kher, Senior VP, SCI, has taken over the charge as Director (Bulk Carriers & Tankers), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI).
(We said this on March 13, 2015)

A K Dutta takes over as Member (ANS) AAI
A K Dutta, ED, AAI, has taken over the charge as Member (Air Navigation Services), Airports Authority of India (AAI).
(We said this on April 8, 2015)

Justice Khan is Chairman of SAC
Former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Bashir Ahmad Khan has been appointes new Chairman of the State Accountability Commission (SAC in J & K.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as ten IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, M S Mann has been posted as Commandant General Home Guards and Director Civil Defence while Mr K Selvaraj was appointed as Director General, Human Rights and Litigation and Sat Parkash Ranga will be Inspector General (IG)/CID. Besides, Arshinder Singh Chawla has been appointed as IG/ SVB and Rajinder Kumar is posted as DIG/CID; Rakesh Kumar Arya as SP/Railways (H); Ms Manisha Choudhary as SP/Mahendergarh at Narnaul; Ms Pratiksha Godara as SP/Bhiwani; Sumer Pratap Singh as IGP/GGN and Balwan Singh was posted as SP/Rewari.

3 IAS officers get postings in AP (UPDATED)
Dr G Vani Mohan has been appointed as Commissioner, Survey Settlement & Land Records while Mrs P Usha Kumari was posted as Joint Secretary, Minorities Welfare and Prasanna Venkatesh is Additional Commissioner, Capital region Development Authority and Capital Area (CRDA) in Andhra Pradesh.

Cabinet Secretary inaugurates NBCC implemented toilet in S-Delhi (UPDATED)
In continued initiative towards Swachh Bharat Mission by the Government, P K Sinha, Cabinet Secretary, Government of India, inaugurated today, a Public Toilet constructed by the side of Ring Road at Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi. Madhusudan Prasad, Secretary (UD); D S Mishra, Addl Secretary (UD); Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC; Kewal Kumar Sharma, Chief Secretary, Delhi; Chetan B Sanghi, Principal Secretary, MoUD & Director of Local Bodies; Dr Puneet Kumar Goel, Commissioner, SDMC; Subhash Arya, SDMC Mayor; Dharamvir Singh, Nigam Parshad, SDMC and Directors of NBCC were also present on the occasion. The modular toilet has been implemented by NBCC, a Navratna CPSE of the Government of India, at a cost of Rs.14.50 lac and designed to discourage open defecation and is made of composite board.

CORPORATE

Prasad appointed Part-time Govt Director of BEML Limited
The Central government has appointed Sanjay Prasad who is Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Defence as Part-time Government Director of BEML Limited

Ramaswamy appointed as Director (Finance) of HPCL
Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has appointed J Ramaswamy as Director (Finance) of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited w.e.f. October 1, 2015. He has assumed charge.

Sharma resigns as MD of Duncans Industries Ltd
Rajesh Sharma has resigned as Managing Director of Duncans Industries Limited

Ms Kejriwal appointed Addl. Director of GKW Ltd
GKW Limited has appointed Ms Surbhi Singhi Kejriwal as Additional Director of the company.

Krishna resigns as Independent Director of UPL Ltd
Dr P V Krishna has resigned as Independent Director of UPL Limited

Somaiya appointed Independent Director of Advance Metering Technology Ltd
Advance Metering Technology Limited has appointed Dr Priya Somaiya as an Independent Director of the company.

Kumar appointed CS of Prakash Industries Ltd
Prakash Industries Limited has appointed Ashwini Kumar as Company Secretary of the company.

Harish ceases to be Shareholder's Director of Bank of India
D Harish has ceased to be Shareholder's Director of Bank of India

Malla appointed Independent Director of Vardhman Textiles Ltd
Rajender Mohan Malla has been appointed as an Independent Director of Vardhman Textiles Limited

Israni appointed Independent Director of Advani Hotels & Resorts (India) Ltd
Advani Hotels & Resorts (India) Limited has appointed Dr S D lsrani as an Additional Director and Non Executive Independent Director of the company.

Ms Singh ceases to be Addl. Director of Nectar Lifesciences Ltd
Ms Neena Singh has ceased to be Additional Director of Nectar Lifesciences Limited

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Pagri Sambhal Jatta

The travails of farmers had started at the advent of 20th century. As far back as 1907,the Pagri Sambhal Jatta movement highlighted the inhuman face of the government, which excessively charged land revenue, water- rate and brought about atrocious legislation ,which ensured non-vesting of proprietary rights on the farmers, who had left their house and hearth to make lands cultivable. S Ajit Singh, uncle of Shahid Bhagat Singh, led this movement and ultimately fighting against the British tyranny against the Indian masses, he had to flee the country.

Till 1930s the life of the farmers in Punjab had become a virtual hell. The money lenders had usurped lands by adopting inhuman usury tactics. Then appeared a Messiah in the form of Sir Chhotu Ram, who ensured the enactments of, "Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act, 1934,''and, ''Punjab Debtors' Act 1936,'' the very firm implementation of which emancipated the peasants from the slavery and clutches of the money lenders and restored their rights on land and honour. His legend as saviour of farmers still lives on.

Till the year 1980s, some towering national leaders like Chaudhary Charan Singh and Devilal watched the interests of farmers and also saw the repealing of draconian Estate Duty Act. But for more than 30 years farmers do not have any towering leader to represent their cause at the national level. Affluent families, though own agricultural land do not till the land and are thus, unaware of difficulties of the peasants. Dynastic politics rules out entry of mass based leaders in national level politics. So the farmers have become political orphans.

Punjab has been facing suicides of farmers since 1995. The only time the government wakes up to the problem is when reply has to be filed in the court in any related PIL. The present plight of the farmers is the worst in last one century. Only serious effort has resulted so far in inadequate enhancement of relief for crop loss and loss of a farmer in distress. The larger questions are being laughed at, and subsidy to them in some areas is being frowned upon. Even if three crops of any farmer are destroyed consecutively because of natural calamity, the scale of relief will remain the same. They have been pushed against the wall. The governments of India and the state must act like statesmen to save the peasantry and the prosperity of rural India. The situation is grim. They should act wise and fast to save the saviours of the country.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar


"India's race for permanent membership of UNSC "

India's induction as a permanent member of UNSC, is fraught with glorious uncertainties. Getting support of two-third majority in UNGA is mandatory in the first hurdle Secondly, a majority of 15-members in UNSC ( at least 8) must register its support for each aspirant. In third stage, approval of Veto-holding P-5 in UNSC, is crucial. India's financial contribution and supplying peace-keeping forces to the UN cannot be ignored. Stakes are high in favour of India in crossing the triple hurdles with greater ease than three others of G-4 partners despite uncertainties in stances of China and Russia. Pakistan's envy and fears are not baseless. But, that is immaterial.

Hats off to Modi's ceaseless efforts to garner support for India in the comity of nations. Let the Sonia-led Congress grow more desperate and frustrated.

A K Saxena (A retd. civil servant)


Instead of OROP, ask for jobs

I agree that instead of OROP, Defence services should ask for jobs after retirement. It is reported that there are thousands of jobs like drivers, skilled workers etc. lying vacant all over the country. If all the state government/central government and other government institutions make sincere efforts, they will be able to provide jobs to thousands of trained persons. These retired persons should be paid salary in addition to their pension.

S Gopal

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