Indian Buzz

Latest Buzz…

• Congress did make a comeback post 1995 era of non-Congress Govt’s, but never on its own

  By Prashant Hamine   Mumbai: The 1995 Assembly elections marked a turning point in the electoral history of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. For the first time a non-Congress government, a Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance government came to power, even [...]

• The 1978 assembly elections marked an era of political instability in Maharashtra politics

  By Prashant Hamine   Mumbai: The almost two decade old Golden Era of Congress supremacy came to an abrupt end in the 1978 assembly elections. This new era of political instability saw the first ever non-Congress government, the Progressive Democratic Front [...]

• Congress ruled the roost in Maharashtra Assembly till 1995, its record of 200 plus seats yet to be broken

  By Prashant Hamine   Mumbai: In a little over 45 days from now the 8.94 crore electorate of Maharashtra will elect a new 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, and technically its 24th Chief Minister. Between 1957 to 1995, for nearly 38 years the Congress [...]

• Praveen Prakash : Principal Secretary to AP CM

  The 1994 batch IAS officer Andhra Pradesh cadre Principal Secretary to Chief Minister with full additional charge of Principal Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD)

• Ram Was Ram

  By Ashok Arora, Ex Secretary Supreme Court Bar My experiences with Ram Jethmalani, ‘Beauty of a Soul’ My first encounter with Ram was in the year 1989 when I approached him for a COFEPOSA matter. He asked me in his usual [...]

• Diwakar Mishra : JS, Commerce

  The 2000 batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary in Department of Commerce.

• H Venuprasad : Senior Deputy Director, SFI, Bengaluru

  The 1996 batch IFS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre has been appointed Senior Deputy Director, FSI, Bengaluru.

• Dr Honnareddy N ; PS to Pralhad Joshi

  The 2008 batch IFS officer of the Tripura cadre has been appointed Private Secretary to Pralhad V Joshi, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines.

• Neeraj Sinha : IG, BPR&D

  The 1990 batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre has been appointed Inspector General of Police in Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).

• P K Mishra : Principal Secretary to the PM

  The former 1972 batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre has been appointed Principal Secretary to the PM Narendra Modi.

• Dr Hanif Qureshi : Secretary & DG, New & Renewable Energy in Haryana

  The 1996 batch IPS officer has been appointed Secretary & DG, New & Renewable Energy Department in Haryana.

• U P S Madan : State Election Commissioner in Maharashtra

  The former 1983 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre has been appointed State Election Commission Maharashtra.