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Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes him mad.

Elections announcement today

As reported in this website earlier, ECI will announce detailed programme of five assembly elections today in Delhi.
(We said this on December 27)

Will BSP gain due to feud in SP ?

Will the BSP gain due to feud in SP ? Voters in Uttar Pradesh, specially those who are supporters of Samajwadi Party and those who are fence sitters, are highly confused over the melodrama going on in the party. This may lead to their inclination towards the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), it is said.

Will Shivpal Yadav be biggest loser?

In the fight for supremacy in Samajwadi party, it is said that Shivpal Yadav would be biggest loser. He has lost President, UP post. Now ticket of supporters are likely to be withdrawn by the new high command. Mulayam Singh unlikely to support brother Shivpal. Till then wait and watch.

BJP and RSS people unhappy with demonitization ?

In case a survey is done privately, majority of the BJP and the RSS people will vote against demonitization. Reason ? ha ha ha.

Jagdeesh Chandra quits ETV, joins ZEE Media Corp( (UPDATED)
The longest serving CEO of any regional network in the country in the recent times, Jagdeesh Chandra, who was heading ETV for the last more than 8 years, has finally moved out from Network18 (which also controls ETV) to pursue other major opportunities and his future entrepreneurship designs. Chandra was the initial choice of Ramoji Rao and when Reliance took over the Network in 2012, Chandra also continued with Network18 and during the last five years, Reliance launched 8 new regional News channels under his leadership. Chandra is credited to completely turnaround a loss-making regional News Network ETV into a profit-making venture. Under his leadership, only during the last Financial Year (FY15-16), ETV Hindi and Urdu channels made a record EBITDA of Rs.87.04 crores. During the first six months (April-September) of the current year, under Chandra’s command, the entire ETV Network (13 ETV channels across 22 states), registered a record Ad revenue growth of 58.12%, as compared to the previous year. On the editorial front, he succeeded in converting the ETV News channel, especially in the Hindi heartland, as the voice of the common man. Chandra’s 8 year ETV contract had expired on August 31, 2016 and since then he was working on an extended tenure. After relinquishing his Etv Charge this afternoon, soon after Chandra joined Zee Media Corporation as its CEO of Regional channels which includes Zee Marudhara Rajasthan, Zee Madhyapradesh-Chhatisgarh, Zee Purvaiya ( Bihar-Jharkhand), Zee Uttarpradesh-Uttrakhand (India 24x7), Zee Salam, 24 Ghanta, Zee 24 Taas and Zee Punjab-Hariyana-Himachal Pradesh. Chandra will be on a 5 year contract , which can be further extended with mutual consent. Chandra says that he is proud to be associated with the country’s largest and oldest television network Zee, which is controlled by an another legendary media icon Dr Subhash Chandra.


Imaginary Interview with The Sonia Gandhi. ..

I'm in a Milan Cafe and am seated outside in the Sun ...its cold (3°) ... on the next table there is a Lady seated ...goggled... looks like she's trying to hide her identity. She looks up and I'm 80 % sure it's Sonia ...and then she removes her goggles and I notice her trademark eye twitches ...its Sonia 100%.
Me: Madam ji you ...here ...
Sonia: It's my Motherland ...who are you to ask...and I recognize you ..don't you dare ask for an interview ...you always end up making fun of me ..
M: Itna gussa Madam ji ... sorry Madam ji I narrate our conversation.....if people feel it's funny .....they are to blame ..
S: Vamoose Bozo ...or I'll call my Security ..
M: Madam ji all 4 of them are freezing ...can I send them Coffees ..
S: Don't try to be smart ...you know me ..I'm The Sonia Gandhi ...
M: And Credit goes to me for recognising you...despite your western clothes ...changed hairdo and goggles I still recognized The Sonia Gandhi ...but aren't you supposed to be ill..
S: So... can't I recoup in Milan.....Delhi ' s pollution is really bad...
M: But in India all think you are recovering in 10 Janpath ..
S: So now you know ......not only can Modi work secretly even The Sonia Gandhi can work secretly ..
M: So Madam if you knew he worked secretly ...why are your minions saying that Demonetization was open knowledge in BJP....and the proof your minions have cited have all fallen flat...
S: I'm The Sonia Gandhi ..nothing I say falls flat!
M: Election after election post Demonetization. .....Indians have shown they are with Modi ....
S: EVMs were rigged ...Congress infighting ...many of these elections were on local issues!!
M: Standard response by Congress since its debacle in 2014...back home Rahul is taking the centerstage in Congress ...Congis are really worried ...because many Congis feel he's responsible for Congress's downfall...
S: How dare they ... they are putting blame for their shortcomings on my Bambino... he's such a darling ...
M: Your Darling is called Gaffe Man in India ... aside Congis agree your Putra Moh is finishing off Congress ...why not get Priyanka in...
S: Whaaaa... and make Congress a Gandhi-Vadra Party ...no way ..
M: Many women retain their surname even after marriage ...why don't you get her to become Priyanka Vadra Gandhi ..or if you are so allergic to Vadra name ...Priyanka Gandhi ..
S: And what about my Bambino ...
M: One day have a heart to heart with him... as it is he's billed as a Reluctant Neta ...give him some career options ..
S: Like ..
M: Gentleman at Large (Playboy)....or he can be a Financial Advisor ..he just proved his mettle ...he survived for one month on 4000 and even has undertaken an overseas trip in this ammount ..
S: Whaaaa... he's not in India ..
M: No he wished Indians a Happy New Year and went overseas saying ...he's going overseas for the New Year ..
S: My God ...this Bambino of mine is simply too much ...who has he left in charge to mind the shop...and I just spoke to him he said he was in India taking on Modi ...
M: See I told you .....give him some options ..
S: Shut up ....I'm in no mood to talk ...no way can you get an interview with me ...vamoose....
M: Thanks The Sonia Gandhi ...you just gave me an interview ...
S: ( shouting) Security ...
Disclaimer : Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. With inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs.

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Khatua is also in the race for Foreign Secretary

Amrendra Khatua, a 1981 batch IFS officer's name is also doing the round for the post next Foreign Secretary. Presently he is DG, ICCR and Secretary, Special Assignment, in MEA. In MEA no one is optimistic.

Maharashtra Chief Secretary to get extension

Latest grapevine has it that Chief Secretary of Maharashtra Swadheen Kshatriya is getting three months extension in service beginning February 1. 1980 batch IAS officer Kshatriya is scheduled to retire on January 31.

Cooperative banks under scanner

It is now widely known that in the Cooperative Banks black money was converted into white. And now most of these banks are under the scanner of the Government.

Asra Garg joining CBI

Asra Garg has been relieved by the Tamil Nadu Government to join the CBI as Superintendent of Police for an initial tenure of four years. Garg is 2004 batch IPS officer.

Harmeet Singh to move to Delhi

Harmeet Singh is moving from J & K to Delhi in the IB. He is 1992 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Rashgotra to move to J & K

Rahul Rashgotra is moving to J & K from Delhi in the IB. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Manipur cadre.

Dr Thiruppugazh appointed as Advisor, NDMA

Dr V Thiruppugazh has been appointed as Advisor (Policy and Planning) in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Vaghela to join GoI ?

P D Vaghela is expected to join the Government of India as Additional Secretary. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

21 IPS Probationers of 2015 batch allocated UP cadre

As many as 21 Probationers of Indian Police Service of 2015 batch have been allocated Uttar Pradesh cadre after the completion of training at Vallabhbhai Patel Police Academy, Hyderabad. They are: Gaurav Singh Sogarwal, Nikhil Pathak, Atul Sharma, Ankur Aggarwal, Botre Rohan Pramod, Swapnil Khare, Deepak, Dhawal Jaiswal, Ravindra Kumar, Akshay Godara, Shubham Patel, Md Mustaque,Anil Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, Devendra Kumar, Elamaran G, Gopal Krishan Choudhary, Abhishak Verma, Aditya Langeh and Amit Kumar Anand, Anshul Singh.

Sharma posted as Jt CGDA

On premature reversion from central deputation Sharat Sharma has been posted as Joint CGDA, Delhi. He is a 1989 batch IDAS officer.

Vijay is IFA, Coast Guard

VK Vijay has been posted as IFA, Coast Guard, New Delhi. He is a 1992 batch IDAS officer.

Sharan granted proforma promotion

Sheyphali B. Sharan a Group A JAG officer, has been granted proforma promotion to the SAG w.e.f. December 28, 2016. She is an IIS officer and presently on deputation as Director, Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.

Three more IIS officers promoted

Three more Group A IIS officers have been promoted to the JAG. Paviter Singh is now JD, PIB, Chandigarh, M.Devendra has been posted as JD, DFP, Hyderabad and Gurubabu Balaram posted as JD, PIB, Chennai.

IAS officer resigns to contest election in a Punjab

Tejinder Pal Singh Sindhu, an IAS officer is set to contest assembly elections in Punjab. According to sources, he has tendered his resignation and likely to be SAD candidate from Mohali. He is son-in-law of former Union Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and was inducted into IAS in 2012.

Tenure of S R Medhi as Director Tech, NRL ends in Jan

The tenure of S R Medhi, Director Technical, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is coming to an end in January.

Two Directors of IREDA retiring in 2017

Two Directors of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA): Director Finance S K Bhargava and Director Technical B Venkateswara Rao are retiring in 2017.

Vijay Kumar to continue as Secretary to Delhi LG

Vijay Kumar is likely to continue as Secretary to the new Delhi LG Anil Baijal. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

ECL headless since June 2015

Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) has been running headless since June 1, 2016. However, R R Mishra, CMD, WCL, has been assigned an additional charge of CMD, ECL.

Mrs Despande appointed as Airport Manger, Sydney

Mrs V S Despande, Manager Commercial, Western region, has been appointed as Airport Manager, Sydney.

One IPS officer out of three from Jharkhand empanelled as DIG in GoI

One IPS officer out of two belonging to 2002 batch from Jharkhand cadre has been empanelled for Deputy Director General of Police (DIG) posts in Government.

Marandi is new ED, RBI

Surekha Marandi has taken over as new Executive Director (ED) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Justice Sullar is Judicial Member CAT in Chandigarh

A former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Mehinder Singh Sullar, has taken over as Judicial Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) Chandigarh Bench .

Sanjiv Ranjan concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Uruguay

Sanjiv Ranjan has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. He is a 1993 batch IFS officer.

R K Jain promoted to grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax

Ravindra Kumar Jain has been empanelled for promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT).

Three IRSE officers transferred

Three IRSE officers have been transferred by Railway Board. Accordingly, Indra Jeet has been transferred to Northern Railway while Brijesh Pratap Singh was transferred to North Eastern Railway and R D Uma is posted to South Central Railway.

Barun Kumar Ray promoted to HAG in West Bengal

Barun Kumar Ray has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in West Bengal. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

A Subbiah promoted to HAG in West Bengal

A Subbiah has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in West Bengal. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

13 IAS officers get Super Time Scale in West Bengal

As many as 13 IAS officers of 2001 batch have been given Super Time Scale in West Bengal. The officers are: Dr Asvini Kumar Yadav, Dr P B Salim, Abhinav Chandra, Shaique Ahmed, Mrs Mira Ray, Manabendra Chakravarty, Jawaid Akhtar, Mrs Arpita Basu, Amar Nath Mallick, Dibakar Mukhopadhyaya, Debashis Bose, Mrs Saswati Banerjee and Mrs Mita Bandyopadhyay,

10 IAS officers get Selection Grade in West Bengal

As many as 10 IAS officers of 2004 batch have been accorded Selection Grade in West Bengal. The officers are: P Mohangandhi, Sanjay Bansal, Jagdish Prasad Meena, Saibal Barman, Bholanath Das, Ujjal Kumar Sengupta, Sudip Ghosh, Rabindranath Ray, Pradeep Gobinda and Naba Gopal Hira.

Four IAS officers get Junior Administrative Grade in West Bengal

As many as four IAS officers of 2008 batch have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in West Bengal. The officers are: Mrs Mukta Arya, Saurav Pahari, Devi Prasad and Mrs V Lalitalakshmi.

12 IAS officers get Senior Time Scale in West Bengal

As many as 12 IAS officers of 2013 batch have been given Senior Time Scale in West Bengal. The officers are: Nitin Singhania, Khursheed Ali, Quadri, Dr Rajat Nanda, Mrs Nidhi Malik, Anshul Gupta, Dr Preeti Goyal, Harishankar, Mrs Shama Parveen, Balasubramanian T, Mrs Reena Niranjan, Mrs Mayuri Vasu and Mrs Tshering Y Bhutia.

Justice Rana is President of HP State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Justice PS Rana, a former judge of the High Court has taken over charge of president, Himachal Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

Kishore Chandra Das joins as Director (Pers), RINL (UPDATED)
Kishore Chandra Das, ED, MDSL, has taken over the charge as Director (Personnel), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).
(We said this on June 1, 2016)

NSIC CMD extends new year greetings to employees (UPDATED)
Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC greeted all the NSIC employees on the occasion of New Year and encouraged the NSIC team to give their Best performance for the growth of MSME sector during 2016-17.The Winners of" Hindi Week celebrations" and children of NSIC employees who excelled in their school performance were awarded certificate and cash prizes under the" NSIC Scholarship scheme " A K Mittal, Director (Finance),NSIC along with all the NSIC offices spread all over the country were connected through video conferencing during this celebrations.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as 14 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Haryana. Accordingly, K K Khandelwal has been given the additional charge of the post of Additional Chief Secretary, Environment while Alok Nigam was posted as Additional Chief Secretary, PW (B&R) and Architecture. Similarly, Mrs Dheera Khandelwal has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperation while Rajesh Khullar was given the additional charge of the post of Principal Secretary, Information, Public Relations and Languages; Dr Raja Sekhar Vundru as Principal Secretary, Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare; Shrikant Walgad as Commissioner, Ambala Division; Arun Kumar Gupta as Principal Secretary, Town & Country Planning and Urban Estates; Mrs Neerja Sekhar is also State Project Director, Haryana School Siksha Priyojna Parishad; Vijayendra Kumar is also Project Director, Haryana State Resident Database Authority; Shekhar Vidyarthi is also Director, Environment and Special Secretary; Bhupinder Singh as Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister; Mrs Geeta Bharti as Director, Food & Supplies, Special Secretary and Managing Director, CONFED; Dusmanta Kumar Behera as Director, Agriculture and Special Secretary and Ravi Prakash Gupta has been transferred and appointed as Director, Medical Education & Research and Special Secretary.

Justice Khehar joins as Chief Justice, Supreme Court (UPDATED)
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has taken over the charge as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

Transfers and postings of IRS-IT officers (UPDATED)
As many as eight IRS-IT officers in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been given new postings. Accordingly, Rajiv Kumar was transferred to Pr DGIT (Admin) Delhi while Raja Ram Sah was posted as Pr DGIT (Vig) Delhi. Similarly, Syamai Dutta has been posted as OSD, CBDT, Delhi while Andasu Ravinder was transferred to Odisha region and Ratan Singh was given Kerala region. Besides, Ms Sunita Verma has been posted as Addl CIT (OSD) (Inv III) Division under the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi Region and Amitabh Shukla is CIT (OSD) in the Principal CCIT Delhi region and Rajeev Kumar was appointed as CIT (OSD) in the Principal CCIT Gujarat Region.

Dr P V Ramesh Babu relieved to join as CMD, RECL (UPDATED)
The Government of Andhra Pradesh relieved Dr P V Ramesh Babu of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Chairman & Managing Director, Rural Electrification Corporation of India Limited, New Delhi. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Central deputation tenure of Devesh Deval extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Devesh Deval as Deputy Secretary Department of Health & Family Welfare, has been extended. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Sanjay Sharma takes over as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (UPDATED)
Air Marshal Sanjay Sharma has taken over as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at Air Headquarters.

G A Ramu is also Special Chief Secretary, Environment in AP (UPDATED)
G Anantha Ramu has been given full additional charge for the post of Special Chief Secretary, Environment, Forests, Science & Technology in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Steel Minister takes SAIL western region review meeting (UPDATED)
Union Minister of Steel Birender Singh took a review meeting of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) western region's sales performance at Goa on 27/12/2016. He opined that SAIL should increase the market share of its products and try to replace the imports by leveraging the products from its new mills. The Indian steel industry is poised for good growth in view of consumption potential in the country. SAIL's has to find out new markets and develop value added products to take larger share of the market. He further opined that SAIL should target specific steel intensive segments like infrastructure, railways, highways, automobiles etc. Government's focus on developing infrastructure including the schemes like housing for all will boost the steel demand. This demand should be assessed and the production should be matched accordingly. The Minister also stressed on domestic steel producers, specially the PSUs, to take lead role in augmenting consumption of steel in the country. Presently, the domestic steel consumption stands near 60 Kg per capital as compared to the world average of 208 Kgs.

Five IRTS officers shifted after promotion to SAG (UPDATED)
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) have been transferred after promotion to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). Accordingly, Niraj Verma has been transferred to North Central Railway while Manish Tiwari was posted to North Eastern Railway and Bibhuti Bhushan Gupta is moved to North Eastern Railway. Similarly, Kushal Singh has been transferred to North Central Railway and Arun Jatoh Rathod was posted to North Central Railway.

Four IRTS officers promoted to SAG(UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) have been given Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). They are: Brijendra Kumar, Uday Shankar Jha, HM Dinesh and R Senthil Kumar.

Ratnakar Ghosh is also CMD, GRSE (UPDATED)
Ratnakar Ghosh, Director Shipbuilding, has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) after the orders of selected candidate RAdm Vipini Kumar Saxena, ADD, DG (Tech) in the Ministry of Defence, got delayed. A vacancy of this post has arisen on January after the retirement of present incumbent RAdm A K Verma on December 31, 2016.

CORPORATE

Mani Palvesan is new CGM SBH

Mani Palvesan has taken over as Chief General Manager of State Bank of Hyderabad. He took over charge from Santanu Mukherjee who retired on December 31.

Mahanta appointed as Part-time Official Director on BHEL Board

Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry has been appointed as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Directors of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

Manimaran ceases to be the Officer Director of Canara Bank

G V Manimaran has ceased to be the Officer Director of Canara Bank.

Kamath ceases to be CFO of Union Bank of India

Vivekanand H Kamath has ceased to be Chief Financial Officer of Union Bank of India .

Sheth steps down as MD of Aurionpro Solutions Ltd

Amit Sheth has stepped down as Managing Director of Aurionpro Solutions Limited.He will however continue as Co-Chairman and Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Lilha appointed as CEO of Mahamaya Steel Industries Ltd

Mahamaya Steel Industries Ltd has appointed Sanjay Kumar Lilha as Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Ms Wrobleski resigns as Non Exec Director of International Paper APPM Ltd

Ms Ann B Wrobleski has resigned as Non Executive Director of International Paper APPM Limited.

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Mulayam Singh Yadav v/s SP

Akhilesh and SP you all have to bow in front of senior Yadav if YOU want to rule the Pradesh as you have a very long political career. The senior Yadav doesn't care if you all do not obey and he makes sure your charisma is to an end. It would be wise if you all come under his guidance & apprehend this difficult phase of family and the party and your future. Something is always better than nothing.

Vivek Dhawan

U.P. drama goes on unabated

At the outset let me wish team Whispers and fellow surfers a very happy New Year.
U.P. drama goes on unabated. Father expels the son and his cousin one day. Next day on saner advice he takes them back. The son holds a rally of his supporters in Lucknow today and declares himself the real chief of Samajwadi Party. When elections are round the corner these developments do not bode well for the party. It seems seasoned politician though he may be Mulayam Singh has lost control over himself and is blindly going by his brother's advice who seems to have a personal game plan to oust Akhilesh Yadav and capture power. Akhilesh is the decent face of this party which otherwise known to harbour ruffians and criminals. Let us see what next.

Aarti Khosla

RTI Act has missed another

It seems that RTI Act has missed another chance to make a significant impact and has been limited to a select group of activists or disgruntled employees. It has not yet gained currency in the life of a common man. Unless the pro-active disclosure takes root and the information is easily accessible, there would be little accountability. A small success here and there (as in this case reported) would not be the ideal situation for the country. Hope that 2017 has something better for RTI.

Sushila Pandey

Injustice

Such injustice. When the previous Chief Secretary of Telangana was given two extensions why was it denied to an efficient and brillant officer like Dr Pradeep Chandra. Such a blatant discrimination.

N S Rao

Best choice for GoI

V K. Gokhale at Beijing is the best choice for GoI.

Harish Kumat

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