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Another reason for China's difficulties was the continual interference of European powers.

Congress: No representation from TN
For the first time the grand oldest party Congress will not be able to send its representative to the upper house RS from Tamil Nadu. The worst part is that no regional party is supporting the Congress in this matter, especially DMK which was an ally of Congress and both fought assembly elections recently. In the political circles it being said that now Tamil Nadu has become a first Congress free state in the country.

Shops of VHP and Bajrang Dal closed ?
Public statement by BJP Chief Amit Shah has led to closure of VHP and Bajrang Dal shops. Shah had said that people should not go what VHP and Bajrang Dal is saying instead they should hear only to the BJP.

Former top Finance Ministry official to be interrogated ?
ED is reportedly going to interrogate a former top Finance Ministry official in arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari's case.

DEBATE

In world's biggest democracy- Who can be termed as dictator and why ?

In India - world's biggest democracy - Who can be said to be dictators from among the following. Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), Ms. Sonia Gandhi (AICC Chief), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi Chief Minister), Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan Chief Minister), J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister), Mamta Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister), Naveen Patnayak (Orissa Chief Minister ), K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana Chief Minister), Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar (Bihar Chief Minister).
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BUREAUCRACY


Will Jain be next IB Chief?
If the Government goes by seniority and experience than Rajiv Jain is set to be appointed next IB Chief. He is a Jharkhand cadre 1980 batch IPS officer and presently posted as Special Director, Intelligence Bureau.

Ratan Watal joins as Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog
Ratan P Watal, former Finance Secretary, has has joined as Principal Adviser (Social Sector), NITI Aayog for a period of three years. He is a 1978 batch retired IAS officer of AP cadre.
(We said this on May 21 )

Ajay Sawhney is also CMD, OIL
Ajay Sawhney, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Oil India Limited (OIL). He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Justice Mukhopadhaya is Chairman of NCLAT
Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, retd. from Supreme Court of India, has joined as the Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) .

Justice Kumar to head NCLT
Justice M M Kumar, (Retd.) will head the newly constituted the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). He has joined as the President of the NCLT.


Nair is now Secretary, WCD
Leena Nair has taken over the charge of new Secretary, Women and Child Development ( WCD) in the Government of India. She is a 1982 batch TN cadre IAS officer.

Prabhas Jha takes over as Parliamentary Affairs Secretary
Prabhas Kumar Jha has assumed the office of Secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Three Directors level appointments pending with GoI
Appointments of three Directors in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have been pending with the Government of India as vacancies against these posts are arising on June 1, 2016.

B N Reddy appointed as High Commissioner to Nigeria
B N Reddy has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is a 1993 batch IFS Officer.

Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi accredited as High Commissioner of India to Belize
Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi, presently Ambassador of India to Mexico has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Belize with residence in Mexico City. He is a 1991 batch IFS officer.

Angel Bhati goes inter cadre deputation to AGMUT cadre
An inter cadre transfer of Ms Angel Bhati from Kerela cadre to AGMUT cadre has been approved. She is a 2014 batch IAS Officer.

Additional charge tenure of R P Sasmal as Director (Proj), PGCIL extended
R P Sasmal has been given an extension of the additional charge of the post of Director (Project), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL).

Subramanian joins as Director, HLL Lifecare Ltd
E A Subramanian, MD, BCPL, has taken over the charge as Director (Technical & Operations), HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL).
(We said this on Nov 18, 2015)

B Mishra appointed as Commissioner of Raipur Division
Brijeshchandra Mishra has been posted as Commissioner of Raipur Division and has been given additional charge of Commissioner, Durg Division. He is an IAS Officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Sunil K Jain appointed as MD, CSCSCL
Sunil Kumar Jain has been posted as Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Civil Supply Corporation Limited. He is an IAS Officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Rina Ray is also Chairperson, NCTE
Mrs Rina Ray has been entrusted with additional charge of Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).

Karambir Singh, AVSM joins as Vice Chief of Naval Staff
Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, AVSM, has assumed the charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff.

Ranganathan takes over as MD, IGL
E S Ranganathan has taken over as MD, IGL, Delhi. He was ED in GAIL.

Will Rao be repatriated?
V Appa Rao is likely to be repatriated. He is a 1993 batch Indian Railway Store Service (IRRS) officer and presently posted as OSD to Minister of Civil Aviation.

B B Singh joins as CMD, MSTC
B B Singh, Director (Commercial), MSTC, has taken over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, MSTC Limited on June 1, 2016.
(We said this on Nov 13, 2015)

Gyanesh Kumar gets charge of Kashmir division in MHA
Gyanesh Kumar, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been assigned the charge of Kashmir division. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Rajit Punhani to look after FFR division in MHA
Rajit Punhani, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been assigned an additional charge of Freedom Fighter Rehabilitation (FFR) division. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Shashank Shekhar gets charge of Police II division in MHA
V Shashank Shekhar, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been assigned the job of Police-II division. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

R K Mitra to look after C&PG division in MHA
R K Mitra has been assigned the charge of C&PG division including the judicial wing of the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a Central Secretarial Service officer.

Mitra is State Election Commissioner in HP
Outgoing Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary P Mitra has been appointed the State Election Commissioner in place of TG Negi. He is former 1978 batch IAS officer.

Sheharyar appointed DG All India Radio
Finally F Sheharyar has been appointed the Director General of All India Radio (AIR). Presently he is acting DG.

18 IIS officers promoted to Senior Time Scale
As many as 18 officers belonging to Indian Information Service (IIS) have been promoted from Junior Time Scale (JTS) to Senior Time Scale (STS). The officers are: Ahmed Farooqi, Amit Kuamr, Rajith Chandran, Rituraj, Anshuman Mishra, Neha Jalali, Arvind Jain, V Parvathi, Suresh Gedela, Nadeem Thufail, Sweta Singh, Vinod Kumar, Suresh Gadela, Mayusha AM, Leela Meenatchi, Sooraj Mon, Sudhir Singh, Sarswati Kuwalekar, Madhu Shekar, Dipanita Dhar, Shukhendu Das, Ravi Kumar, ramani Kanta, Sarma, Manjer Neyaz, Vinay Raj Tiwari, Sanjit Khajuria, Yasmeen Faroqui and Idris Ahmed Khan.

Jain was an honest officer; assigned important job just before his death
The 1977 batch retired IAS officer of Nagaland cadre Arun Kumar Jain, who died in a tragic road accident, was entrusted with an important job of Chairperson of a Committee constituted by the Ministry of Textiles on May 26, 2016. The professional career of Jain has been a full of struggle and life threats because of his fairplay and honesty. From the time he joined services he fearlessly faced forces which were damaging the system by being antinational and corrupt. In 1985, his first encounter was with underground elements in Nagaland who were forcing him as Financial Commissioner to release funds to contractors solely for diversion for underground activities. He stood firm so he was shot at and miraculously escaped death. He reviewed cases of detenues under preventive detention as some of them were languishing in jail on account of petty local rivalries and with no evidence of antinational activities. In Prasar Bharti, he fearlessly fought Lalli who was hell bent on destroying the institution. He was made to regret for being fearlessly honest. He stood against some in the Home Ministry to prevent establishment of an enquiry against Gujarat riots as it was not as per law. He was made to suffer for that. This appointment was accepted by him as he thought that he would remove the controlling mafia from the field due to his strong knowledge of finance and business. There are endless episodes which will be worth emulation by present day officers.

Vacancy of Director (Fin), RINL
A vacancy of Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) has arisen with the retirement of present incumbent TVS Krishna Kumar on June 1, 2016 as P K Purwar, who was selected for this post, is awaited for appointment orders.

Mishra joins CRPF
Deepak Mishra has joined as ADG, CRPF on Wednesday. He is an AGMUT cadre 1984 batch IPS officer.

Amarjit Gautam returns from deputation
Upon return from deputation to DFCCIL, Amarjit Gautam has been posted to South Eastern Railway. He is an IRAS officer.

Four IRAS officers transferred
Four IRAS officers have been transferred and posted to different zones. Accordingly, S C Mitra has been shifted from Western Railway to South Eastern Railway while M M Hasan was moved from South Eastern Railway to East Central Railway and C K Verma was posted from DLW to North Central Railway. Besides, P Ranganathan has been appointed to Southern Railway from Metro Railway.

IRTS officer Shashi Kant Singh transferred to Central Railway
Shashi Kant Singh has been transferred from Eastern Railway to Central Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Maharashtra
As many as 15 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Dr Pradeep Vyas has been posted as Commissioner (Family Welfare) & Director, National Health Mission, Mumbai while K H Govindraj will now be Managing Director, Mahatarashtra Tourism Development Corporation, Mumbai and P K Deshmukh is Divisional Commissioner, Konkan Division, Konkan. Similarly, B R Jadhav has been posted as Secretary (SDC) and SEO II, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; R D Devkar as Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Pune; V V Deshmukh, as Secretary (EGS&WC), Rural Development & Water Conservation Deptt., Mantralaya, Mumbai; N K Poyam as Commissioner, TRTI, Pune; Deepak Mhaisekar as Chairman, NIT, Nagpur; K D Nimbalkar as Chief Executive Officer, ZP, Thane; Anil Bhandari as Collector, Hingoli; M Devender Singh as Chief Executive Officer, ZP, Chandrapur; Mrs N A Gunde as Chief Executive Officer, ZP, Wardha; R V Game as Managing Director, MS Seed Corporation, Akola; B G Pawar as Joint Secretary, Housing Deptt. Mantralaya and K B Umap has been posted as Commissioner, Animal Husbandary, Pune.

Seven CPES officers promoted to SAG
As many as seven officers belonging to Central Power Engineering Group A Service in Central Electricity Authority (CEA) have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). The officers are: Seema Saxena, Sanjay Srivastava, Ravinder Gupta, Ajay Talegaonkar, Ghansyam Prasad, Praveen Gupta and Hemant Jain.

Senkumar is now DG Police Housing in Kerala
Outgoing Director General of Police (DGP) Kerala T. P. Senkumar has been posted as the Chairman and Managing Director of Kerala Police and Housing Construction Corporation.
(We said this on May 30 )

Rawal promoted in RPF
1981 batch RPF cadre officer P S Rawal has been promoted as Additional Director General, Railway Protection Force, Railway Board.

Kishore Chandra Das selected as Director (Pers), RINL
Kishore Chandra Das, ED, MDSL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 1, 2016. As many as 16 persons were interviewed for the same.

Nine ITS officers promoted to Chief General Manager grade
As many as nine officers of Indian Telecom Services have been promoted to the grade of Chief General Manager. They are: R Ramesh, Rajesh Gupta, G K Upadhaya, Hemant P Joglekar, M K Jain II, Ashok Kumar Das, M Soma Sundara Rao, Rajnish Kumar Mishra and Man Mohan Gupta.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Kerala (UPDATED)
More than two dozen IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Kerala. Accordingly, K M Abraham has been retained as Finance Secretary while V J Kurien was made Managing Director, Cochin International Airport Ltd and V S Senthil is assigned the charge of Planning and Economic affairs and Environment with being as Member Secretary, State Planning Board. Similarly, Paul Antony, Additional Chief Secretary has been given charge of Power and will hold the post of Chairman and Managing Director KSEB; Mara Pandiyan gets charge of Forests and Wildlife, Taxes, Registration and Excise; Rajeev Sadanandan looks after Health; Viswas Mehta given Land, Revenue, and Housing; T K Jose given LSGD charge;. James Varghese gets Fisheries, Ports, Harbour Engineering, and Cashew and Coir; P H Kurien retains as Principal Secretary, Industries; Usha Titus as Secretary General Administration Department, Information and Public Relations, and NORKA; B Srinivas as Secretary, Higher Education; APM Mohammed Hanish as Secretary, General Education, Sports and Youth Affairs; V Venu as Secretary, Welfare of SC/ ST and Backward Classes, Tourism, and Museum and Archaeology; Rani George as Secretary, Culture; K Jyotilal as Secretary, Transport and Devaswom; V K Baby as Secretary, LSGD; Raju Narayana Swamy as Secretary, Agriculture; Kamala Vardhana Rao Secretary, Finance Expenditure; Shajahan as Secretary, Social Justice, Wakf and Welfare of Minorities; Asha Thomas as Chairman and Managing Director, Supplyco; B Ashok as Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Zoos; Tinku Biswal as Secretary, Irrigation, Water supply and Sanitation, Inland Navigation and Coastal Shipping; Sumana Menon as Secretary, Sainik Welfare, Printing and Stationery; Inderjith Singh as Resident Commissioner, New Delhi while Puneethkumar was made Assistant Resident Commissioner, New Delhi.

Dr Inderjith Singh appointed as Resident Commissioner of Kerala, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Dr Inderjith Singh has been posted as Resident Commissioner of Kerala at New Delhi. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

K H Govindraj is new MD, MTDC (UPDATED)
K H Govindaraj has been appointed as new Managing Director, Mahatarashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), Mumbai in place of Paraag Jaiin Nanautia. Govindraj, who belongs to a 1995 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, is presently serving as Secretary, Relief and Rehabilitation. The orders of new posting of Paraag Jaiin Nanautia have yet nobeen issued. it is to be mentioned that the era of Paraag Jaiin Nanautia has given a great boost with new dimensions to MTDC which will always be remembered.

Gangwar appointed as Deputy Secretary, Small Scale Industries in MP (UPDATED)
Ajay Singh Gangwar, who was removed as Collector, Barwani, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Small Scale Industries in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Navin Agarwal appointed as DG, NADA (UPDATED)
Navin Agarwal has been appointed as CEO/Director General of National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) under the Departments of Sports. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

What forced Minister to postpone P.C.? (UPDATED)
The scheduled press conference of Civil Aviation Minister was postponed two hrs before the announced time in Delhi on Thursday. Any reason ?.

Kiran S relieved to join CBI (UPDATED)
Kiran Shivkumar has been relieved to join CBI as SP. He is a 2008 batch UP cadre IPS officer.

Yadav posted as SSP Noida (UPDATED)
Dharmendra Singh Yadav has been posted as new SSP , NOIDA in UP. He is a 2006 batch IPS officer.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in West Bengal (UPDATED)
Some IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in West Bengal. Accordingly, Dr Rajesh Kumar has been appointed as ADG CID while Ramphal Pawar was made ADG Anti-Corruption Bureau and Dr Sudhir Mishra is ADG, Administration. Similarly, Adhir Sharma has been appointed as ADG Railways; M KSingh as ADG Provisioning ; Gangeshwar Singh as ADG Intelligence Branch; Tapan Kumar Das as DIG, CID Special and P Nirajnayan was posted as Director, Civil Defence.

Minor changes in West Bengal bureaucracy (UPDATED)
Minor changes in the bureaucracy have been made in West Bengal. Accordingly, Sanjay Bansal DM of Hooghly while B P Gopalika will look after Food Processing and Horticulture and C M Bachchwat was given the charge of Consumer Affairs Department and Mukta Arya was posted as Jalpaiguri DM; Pritha Sarkar as Additional Secretary, Health Department and Subrata Biswas was posted with the Cooperative department.

R K Singh, CMD, NSCFDC repatriated to his parent cadre (UPDATED)
R K Singh, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation (NSCFDC), has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

No suitable candidate found for Director (Fin), HAL (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find a suitable candidate for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL) at the selection meeting held on June 1, 2016.

CORPORATE

Arora appointed MD & CEO of Airtel Payments Bank
Airtel Payments Bank has appointed Shashi Arora as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company.

GAIL (India) nominates Ranganathan as Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd
E S Ranganathan has been nominated by GAIL (India) Limited as Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited

Kumar ceases to be MD of Indraprastha Gas Ltd
Narendra Kumar has ceased to be Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited w.e.f. June 1, 2016

Sawhney to hold addl. charge as Oil India Limited CMD
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MOP&NG) has entrusted A.P Sawhney, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas with additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Oil India Limited for a period of three months w.e.f June 1, 2016

Singh ceases to be CMD of Oil India Limited
U P Singh, Additional Secretary (E), Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has ceased to be Chairman and Managing Director of Oil India Limited w.e.f. May 31, 2016

Sivaramakrishnan appointed CEO of Sezal Glass Ltd
Sezal Glass Limited has appointed S Sivaramakrishnan as the Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Ansari resigns as CFO of Mather and Platt Fire Systems Ltd
Mohd. Yunus Iqbal Ansari has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Mather and Platt Fire Systems Ltd.

Choubey resigns as CS of Vedanta Limited
Rajiv Choubey has resigned as Company Secretary of Vedanta Limited

Sabharwal resigns as Company Secretary of Whirlpool of India Limited
Ravi Sabharwal has resigned as Company Secretary of Whirlpool of India Limited

Jethva appointed CFO of Thomas Scott (India) Ltd
Thomas Scott (India) Limited has appointed Deepak Jethva as a Chief Financial Officer of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

In my view Kejriwal is a big dictator. In his party he rules.

Y K Divekar

DEBATE (2)

JayaLalitha is the real dictator. Nobody can sit in front of her.

Joy

WIC hunting to remove Dr Raghuram Rajan ?

I am at a loss to understand as to why Whispers is indulging in hunting to remove Dr Raghuram Rajan, you should know that Dr Rajan's loss to India is gain for somebody else. Look like you want to push the candidature of mediocre IAS officer from Gujarat Government. I am sure you understand who the person is ? I personally feel that Dr Rajan should resign and pursue his passion, i.e., teaching. IAS Officers have no passion and manipulation is the only thing they are good at.

Radhikai

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