MISTAKEN IDENTITY
It was a piquant situation for a senior officer of CISF who had recently gone to see his staff deployment at Rajiv Chowk Metro station. When the plain-clothed officer was inspecting the security of Metro, he was stopped by security personnel as his movement was found suspicious. The officer tried to convince the security personnel that he was from the same force and his superior. But they did not listen and took him to CISG headquarters, where his torble finally ended. .
AFFIDAVIT GOOF-UP
Affidavit filing goof-ups are continuing due to the lack of co-ordination between Government departments and Supreme Court’s Central filing section. The latest was filing of a draft affidavit, in place of final one, on Rohingyas deportation by Home Ministry. The Central filing section says such goof ups happen due to filing of affidavits directly by different Ministries circumventing law Ministry. Now, Attorney General KK Venugopal has given strict instructions to all Government secretaries to route all affidavits and legal opinion through law Ministry.
MAKEOVER
South and North Blocks on the Raisina Hills are undergoing a makeover with the installation of floodlights to artistically highlight the facades of the two buildings. Engineers are now busy laying underground electrical cables for these lights, which will become functional shortly. Similarly, panels of light now adorn the kerbs all along the flowerbeds on both side of Rajpath starting from Vijay Chowk and will light up the wide road along with the floodlights.
lESS MPS, lOSE PANElS!
Due to fall in its numbers in the Rajya Sabha, the Congress is set to lose chairmanships of parliamentary panels. Grapevine has it that Anand Sharma could be replaced by BJP’s Bhupender Yadav from a panel on political funding. Out of eight Rajya Sabha standing committees, the Congress is heading three panels — home affairs, science and technology, and a third combined committee on personnel, public grievances, law and justice. BJP is presently heading two panels, while one committee each is chaired by the SP, the JD (U) and the TMC. The BJP has conveyed to the Congress that since their strength has declined to 57, which is equivalent to the treasury benches, it cannot chair three panels in the House.
MONKEY MENACE
Officials posted at Nirman Bhawan are facing the heat of monkeys menace. On September 21, three rooms of Nirman Bhawan were found ransacked and mouse of several computers were missing. No one was able to figure out whether it was a security breach or a damage caused by construction workers working there. Finally, it was realised that the trespassers were monkeys who threw computer mouses outside the windows.
UNIQUE WAY
Among several birthday wishes sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the one sent by Russian Charge De Affairs Anatoly Kargapolov stood out. Kargapolov sent a handwritten letter to Modi in Hindi in which the envoy praised the Indian PM for his various political activities and assured that Russia will always remain committed to the India-Russia friendship. No wonder Kargapolov’s gesture earned him a lot of praise on the social media.
PRAGATI MAIDAN CHANGEOVER
With the redevelopment work of the Indian Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) at Pragati Maidan going on in full swing, the authorities are doing their best to accommodate the interest of stakeholders such as the States, the PSUs, the Government departments, and private companies including local and also those from abroad. In view of the ongoing construction work undertaken by the National Buildings Construction Corporation ltd (NBCC), this time just half of the over 1.19 lakh square metres will be available for exhibition purpose. The number of visitors will also be strictly restricted this time in view of space crunch.