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This is History (173)
Whenever there was a disputed succession in the South, you would probably find the English supporting one claimant, and the French another.

Cong to align with Mamta in WB
It is believed that Congress in West Bengal will, in all probability, allign with Mamta Banerjee's TMC and not the Left Parties.

Cong to go alone in Punjab and TN
It is believed that the Congress will contest the ensuing state polls in Punjab and Tamil Nadu all alone and align with any party.

BUREAUCRACY

R P Watal to get extension !
Finance Secretary R P Watal is expected to get two months extension in service beyond February 29. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Justice Mittal is new CJ of Rajasthan High Court
Senior-most Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice S K Mittal has been appointed Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
(We said this on January 12 )

Justice Ajit Singh moves as CJ of Gauhati High Court
Acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court Justice Ajit Singh has been moved as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.
(We said this on January 14)

Justice Waghela appointed CJ of Bombay High Court
Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Justice D H Waghela has been appointed Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
(We said this on January 14 )

Justice Vineet Saran is new CJ of Orissa High Court
Senior most Judge of the Allahabad High Court Justice Vineet Saran has been moved as Orissa High Court Chief Justice.
(We said this on January 14)

Justice Dinesh Maheshwari appointed CJ of Meghalaya High Court
Senior Judge of the Allahabad High Court Justice Dinesh Maheshwari has been moved to Shillong as Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
(We said this on January 14)

Justice Gupta to be CJ of Patna High Court ?
Senior Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Hemant Gupta has been moved to the Patna High Court as ACJ. He is likely to be appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.
(We said this on January 12 )

Justice Mukherjee is CJ of Karnataka High Court
Acting Chief Justice ,Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee has been appointed chief justice of Karnataka High Court.
(We said this only yesterday )

Justice R Subhash Reddy to be CJ of Gujarat High Court ?
Senior Judge of the Andhra Pradesh Telangana High Court Justice R Subhash Reddy has been moved to the Gujarat High Court as ACJ. He is likely to be appointed Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court.

22 IRS-IT officers transferred after promotion to CCIT grade
As many as 22 IRS-IT officers presently Principal Commissioner of Income Tax have been transferred after promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. Accordingly, Kale Hari Lal Naick has been appointed as CCIT-2, Chennai; Shanta Sujata Abrol was posted as CCIT-2, Delhi and Ajay Singh is CCIT Amritsar. Similarly, Pramod Chandra Modi has been appoined as CCIT-2 Mumbai; A K Jaiswal as DGIT Inv, MP &CG; Laxmi Narayan Pant as CCIT-3, Mumbai; Meta Nambiar as CCIT, Ghaziabad; Pawan Parmar Singh as CCIT-4, Mumbai; Hukum chand Jain as CCIT 10, Mumbai; Neena Kumar as CCIT, Udaipur; Desh Deepak Goel as DGIT Inv, Rajasthan, Madhu Mahajan as DGIT Invt NWR; A K Nigam as CCIT 6 Delhi; Amresh Chander Shukla as CCIT, Nashik; Abhay Tayal as CCIT, Dehradun; Braj Kishore Singh as CCIT-11, Mumbai; Desh Bandhu Goel as CCIT, Ludhiana; K Ramlingam as CCIT 3, Chennai; Anand Kishore as CCIT 7, Delhi; Ashutosh chandra as CCIT Int taxation SZ, Bangalore; Pushap Srivastava as CCIT, Pune and K C Ghumaria was posted to CCIT, Raipur.


5 IRS-IT officers deprived of promotion to CCIT grade
Five Principal Commissioners of Income Tax: Rajendra, Abhijit Chakravertty, Abha Anand Kishore, Akhilesh Ranjan and Prasana Kumar Das are deprived of promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax for being on deputation.

Interview for SEBI Chief today
Interview for the SEBI Chief will be held in Delhi on Thursday. Altogether 7 candidates are appearing for interview.

Appointment of CMD, NTPC in doldrums ?
The Government of India is whispered to be re-considering the appointment of new Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC).

Minister of Railways to have say in appointment of new DG, RPF
It is almost certain that Minister of Railways will have a say in the appointment of new DG, RPF. Present DG, R R Verma is schedule to retire in February. MHA is likely to send a panel of 3-4 IPS officers to the Railway Minister in a couple of days.

Dr Anupam Ray gets posting to Houston
Dr Anupam Ray has been posted to Houston as Consul General. Dr Ray is an Indian Foreign Service officer.

Puneet Agrawal gets posting to Hong Kong
Puneet Agrawal has been posted to Hong Kong as Consul General. He is an Indian Foreign Service officer.

Who will be the next Chief Secretary and DGP in Madhya Pradesh ?
Who will be the next Chief Secretary and DGP in Madhya Pradesh ? Answer lies only with the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Secretary IS retiring in January
Ashok Prasad Secretary Internal Security , MHA is superannuating by this month end . He is an IPS officer of 1979 batch and belongs to AP cadre.

IIMC has to wait for new DG
Premier institute IIMC has to wait for new DG. It is said that K. Suresh is ahead in the race. He is presently Consultant in Prasar Bharti.

M L Kalia promoted as CPMG, J&K circle
M L Kalia has been appointed as CPMG, Jammu & Kashmir circle after promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

K Raveen Kumar Reddy to join Govt of Telangana on deputation
K Raveen Kumar Reddy presently CFTM, South Central Railway, will be joining the Government of Telangana on deputation for a period of three years. He is an IRTS officer.

Manohar Kumar yet to join as Director (Eng), NPCC
Manohar Kumar, GGM, NPCC, is yet to take over the charge as Director (Engineering), National Projects Constructions Corporation Limited (NPCC).

ACC yet to approve appointment of Alagesan as Director (Prod), ITI Ltd.
The Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is yet to approve the appointment of K Alagesan, Addl, GM, ITI as Director (Production), ITI Limited. Presently, S Gopu, Director HR ITI, is holding an additional charge of this post.

D Gangopadhyay to join as Director (Tech), BCCL on Feb 1
D Gangopadhyay, GM, ECL, will be taking over the charge as Director (Technical), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) onFebruary 1, 2016.
(We said this on July 10, 2015)

PESB seeks applications for Director (Mktg) PEC Ltd
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Marketing), PEC Limited lying vacant since October 26, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before March 7, 2016.

Two ADG of CRPF empanelled DG
PVK Reddy and S. K. Bhagat have been empanelled as DG. Both officers belong to 1982 batch IPS and presently posted as ADG, CRPF.

BSF ADG to be DG
K K Sharma, a 1982 batch IPS officer has been empanelled as DG. Presently he is posted as ADG in BSF.

Two Vice Admirals Navy to retire in February
Two Vice Admirals of Navy are superannuating February. They are Vice Admiral Satish Soni, FOC-in-C East Command, Vishakhapattanam and Vice Admiral P.K.Chaterjee,Ci-In-C, A & N islands

Post of JS Heavy Industries to be filled up this month
A post of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Heavy Industries is being filled up by this month end.

Vikrant Pande to be Collector, Ahemdabad ?
Vikrant Pande is likely to be appointed Collector Ahemdabad. He is 2005 batch IAS officer of Ahemdabad cadre.

Record sale of a ticket
Believe it or not, a commemorative stamp of a literary figure has broken sale record in UP. Postal deptt released a Rs.5/- commemorative stamp on legendary poet Sumitra Nanyang Pant on Dec 23 last year. Within two weeks three lakh tickets were sold out across the country, mostly in the Allahabad.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Bihar
More than three dozen IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Shailesh Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Road Construction while Umesh Kumar was posted as Joint Secretary, Building Construction and Shyama Nand Jha is also poted as Joint Secretary, Road Construction. Similarly, Uma Shankar Prasad has been appointed as Director, Tourism with additional charge of Tourism corporation; Gopal Krishna Paramhans as Joint Secretary, Small Scale Water Resources; Virendra Kumar as Joint Secretary, Social Welfare with additional charge of SC/ST welfare; Ramashankar Prasad as Joint Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection; Girijesh Prasad Shrivastava as Sugarcane Commissioner and Joint Secretary, Sugarcane Industries; Gajanan Mishra as Joint Secretary, Small Scale Water Resources; Md Salim as Labour Commissioner and Joint Secretary, Labour Resources; Rajiv Prasad Singh 'Ranjan' as Director and Joint Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies; Keshav Kumar Singh as Joint Secrtary, GAD; Mohan Ram as Secretary, Mahadalit Commission with additional charge of Joint Secretary, SC and ST welfare; Ram Niwas Pandey as Joint Secretary, Finance; Bipin Kumar Singh as Director, Information and Public Relations; Jayant Kumar Singh as Joint Secretary, Finance; Bhara Jha as Director, Urban Development and Housing; Harihar Prasad as Director, Mid-day Meal; Suresh Prasad Sah as Joint Secretary, Panchayati Raj; Mrs Sujata Chalana as Joint Secretary, Social Welfare as well as Secretary, Child Rights Protection Commission; Munni Lal Jamadar as Joint Secretary, Panchayati Raj; Dev Narayan Mandal as Joint Secretary, Home; Aniruddha Kumar as Joint Secretary, Disaster Management; Surendra Kumar Ram as Joint Secretary, Planning and Development; Ram Kishore Mishra as Joint Secretary, Transport; Sohan Kumar Thakur as Joint Secretary & Joint Chief Electoral Officer; Sanjay Kumar as Joint Secretary, Rural works; Brij Raj Rai as Joint Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs; Birendra Kumar Mishra as Director, Land Acquisition, Revenue and Land Reforms; Sunil Kumar as Joint Secretary, CM Secretariat; Md Naushad Yusuf as Joint Secretary, CM Secretariat; Radheysham Sah as Director, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries; Nil Kamal as Managing Director, Bihar State Housing Board; Ashok Kumar Singh as Joint Secretary, Tourism; Ajay Kumar Shrivastava as Secretary, State Information Commission; Sanjay Kumar Singh as Joint Secretary, Labour Resources with additional charge of Additional CEO, Bihar Skill Development and Satish Kumar Singh was posted as Joint Secretary, Mining.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
More than one dozen IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, T P Rajesh has been posted as Collector, Karur district while C Kathiravan was made Collector, Krishnagiri and K Nanthakumar is Collector, Perambalur district. Similarly, Mrs S Jayandhi has been appointed as Collector, Tiruppur; K Veera Raghava Rao as Collector, Madurai; G Govindraj as Collector, Chennai; Dr S Natarajan as Collector, Ramanthapuram; Mrs E Sundaravalli as Collector, Tiruvallur; Dr L Subramanian as Joint Commissioner of Revenue Administration; Vikram Kapur as MD, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Dr B Chandra Mohan was posted as Commissioner, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.

3 IAS officers of 1983 batch promoted to Chief Secretary grade in TN (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers belonging to 1983 batch have been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: Ambuj Sharma, Braj Kishore Prasad and N S Palaniappan.

6 IAS officers of 1984 batch promoted to Chief Secretary grade in TN (UPDATED)
Six IAS officers belonging to 1984 batch have been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: R Rajagopal, T Jacob, V K Jeyakodi, Mrs Meenakshi Rajagopal, Mrs Smita Nagaraj and Rulokhumlien Buril.

6 IAS officers of 1985 batch promoted to Chief Secretary grade in TN (UPDATED)
Six IAS officers belonging to 1985 batch have been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: Rajeev Ranjan, K Shanmugam, Dr C Chandramouli, Dr P Rama Mohana Rao, Mohan Pyare and Jagmohan Singh Raju.

DEBATE
Is PM Narendra Modi losing his charm ?. Is he a changed man ? Any suggestions ?
Mail your views to:- mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

J P Alex appointed as ED, Operations, AAI
J P Alex has taken over as Executive Director, Operations, Airports Authority of India at Corporate Headquarters, New Delhi.

Gupta to step down as ED (Corporate Centre) of Axis Bank Ltd
Sanjeev K Gupta will step down as Executive Director (Corporate Centre) of Axis Bank Ltd w.e.f. March 18, 2016.

Shetty appointed CS of Provogue (India) Ltd
Provogue (India) Limited has appointed Vishant Shetty as Company Secretary of the company.

Taneja resigns as CEO of Micromax?
Vineet Taneja has resigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Micromax ?

Kaushik resigns as CS of FCS Software Solutions Ltd
Gagan Kaushik has resigned as Company Secretary of FCS Software Solutions Ltd.

Shinde appointed Independent Director of Menon Bearings Ltd
Menon Bearings Ltd has appointed M L Shinde as an Independent Director of the company w.e.f. January 29, 2016.

Jalan appointed Independent Director of KDJ Holidayscapes and Resorts Ltd
KDJ Holidayscapes and Resorts Ltd has appointed Ms Shikha Jalan as an Independent Director of the company.

Sharma appointed CS of Indiabulls Ventures Ltd
Indiabulls Ventures Ltd has appointed Lalit Sharma as Company Secretary of the company.

Shetty appointed Director of Porsche India?
Pavan Shetty has been appointed as Director of Porsche India?

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DEBATE (1)

This is nonsense
Nonsense- Modi is not losing his charm. Go and talk to people in rural areas you will come to know his popularity. Only because of adverse media publicity urban people are spreading this kind of rumours.

T C Meena

Chance be given to PM

People arguing that PM should be given time to show his noble deeds to the Nation. But in democracy he got full 5 yrs' time to show it, there is no question of mid term correction on this count as he got majority for governance of the country. Now, it is million dollar question, whether he and his team do it or not? and this would be clear in next general election. Just wait and do you duties as good a citizen rather taking the development of Nation as responsibility of PM only.

Dinesh Chand

PM MODI WILL CLAP FOR ARMY DOGS
WHILE ITBP DOGS SILENTLY SECURE HIM

During this Raising Day Parade, held under the highest threat perception in independent India, the media spot-light will be on the Army Dog Squad that would march down the Rajpath after a hiatus of 26 years. Photos will be splashed all over the newspapers and TV commentators would go ga ga over the Indian Army Dogs.
The PM along with the French Premier would surely clap when they march down the Rajpath. There is another team of elite "crack K9 unit" of ITBP ( Indo Tibetan Border Police) that is silently slogging their noses off for the past 30 days , to ensure that no IED ( Improvised Explosive Device) goes off and harms the VVIPs and spectators.
ITBP is the largest provider of security dogs to secure the PM and his entourage during high-threat international events. Right from the swearing-in ceremony to Op Obmo ( Obama visit) to Op Doga ( Yoga day) to Op Lal Quila ( ID) and Africa Meet the ITBP dogs have not only been securing the PM but have also ensured that no terrorist succeeds in placing IEDs to dent the image of the country, internationally.

During this 26th Jan Parade, while clapping for Army dogs, kindly do spare a thought for the ITBP dogs who have worked behind the scenes, unsung , unheard or unseen, to secure this event.

Himveer

Reference " Is this a fact" in WIC dated 1`9.1.2016.

It does not appear appropriate to attribute deletion of para military forces and their contingents to Army. There must be some strong reasons for doing so. Moreover, this is the need of the day keeping in view that huge expenditure is being incurred on Republic Day Parade arrangements, including the security arrangements. The expenditure on this ceremony should be kept to the minimum possible. In fact, there is need to discontinue the annual ceremony. In my view it should be held every 25th year i.e. 75th year, 100th year and so on. The huge amount of money saved on this account should be utilised for the upliftment of general masses. There is no use spending so much money for a three hour ceremony on the Rajpath, when there is a large population in the county which finds it difficult to manage two meals a day.

However, if the story published in WIC is true, it is wrong on the part of army personnel to think that para military forces have blocked their OROP proposal. In fact, it is armymen`s adamant attitude which has delayed implementation of OROP. Now Seventh Pay Commission has recommended OROP even to civilian employees.

Subhash Sharma

Deadly combination-drugs and terrorism

The alleged involvement of the high level police officer in the drugs trade for diamonds and ornaments and the terrorist attack on the Pathankot airbase with the needle of suspicion on the enemies inside has shocked the country. Every one in the world knows except the state and the Central governments that addiction to drugs particularly of the youth of the state is destroying the very fabric of the social structure. The slumber of the state government was disturbed for a while after the jolt given to the regime by the ignominious defeat of Arun Jaitley in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, in Amritsar. The defeat triggered the government to take corrective measures to stop drugs sale, arrest of drugs smugglers and traders and also opening of rehabilitation centres for the drug addicts. The measures were effective to contain the menace of drugs. But the effort was only impulsive and momentary and not genuine as the later events proved. The government of India also seemed to be concerned about the evil as its senior ministers also took the state government to task for not eradicating drugs prevalence and addiction. It also appeared that the alliance may break and the BJP may go in the 2017 Assembly elections, independent of the Akali party, the major reason being the ill name the regime was getting because of the alleged deluge of drugs in the state. However the Delhi Assembly elections in the beginning of 2015 reversed the correctional course of the BJ,Pas it required the Alliance partner's help in Delhi. The reaction of the state leadership was even faster to change its stance and to say that there was no drug problem in the state and the regime was being wrongly given bad name by the opponents.

The use of opium and liquor was prevalent to a little extent in the state since long, but addiction to these two intoxicants was considered stigmatic individually and familywise. Nobody liked Amli(addict) in the Punjabi society. In the sixties dry intoxicants in the form of capsules and Beerha came in the state along with migrant labour from the UP and Bihar. In the 1990s heroin and other synthetic drugs started getting roots in the state as the terrorism was waning. No serious and consistent effort has been made to finish off this disease since then. As a result the trade and the traders of drugs have flourished to bring in its arms politicians and the black sheep in the police and para military forces.

The investigations into the recent terrorist attack on Pathankot airbase is reportedly revealing highly dangerous proportions to which the drugs trade has reached. The alleged involvement of police officials to act not only as conduits but also as carriers of drugs has sent shivers down the spines of the ordinary citizens. Earlier too the involvement of the para-military forces in such nefarious activities have been noticeable, but the drugs trade intrusions combined with terrorists' infiltration is a new phenomenon. The Governor of J&K, NN Vohra, who is a former Punjab cadre IAS officer has stated that Pathankot incident could have been avoided had the authorities taken the Dina Nagar terrorist attack incident seriously. That incident has still not been probed. It must be done along with the Pathankot case investigation before it is too late.

China was afflicted by the opium addiction in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. China was then called a nation of opium eaters. It had to fight two Opium wars from 1839-1842 and 1856-1862.But the menace was eradicated after the revolution almost after two centuries. The trade interests and the stakes of money it involves will not make it possible for the state and the central government to see its end just with slogans. The strictures of the courts are also going to have no effect. Constant and relentless war with determined political will of the governments at the state and the central level can see its end. If the drugs are finished, terrorism will also be half finished.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

Did WIC had access to information ?

When the interview of CMD PFC was held on 18th Jan only, how did you know about the selection to have said this on 11th Jan? Was it fixed in advance and you had an access to this info ?

T Bhattacharya

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