Public SectorBureaucracy

Dr SubhashChandra Khuntia,IAS (81) has beenappointed asChief Secretry ofKarnataka State.

G.S. Patra ap-pointment as aExecutive Direc-tor in Power Fi-nance Corpora-tion.

P r a k a s hMishra IPS,Rtd.appointed asthe post of DG,Fire Services,Civil Defence &Home Guards .

R K PachnandaIPS (West Ben-gal 1983) pres-ently working asADG, CISF hasbeen appointedas DG, NDRF.

Rahul PrasadBhatnagar IAS(UP:1983) hasbeen appointedas Chief Secre-tary of UttarPradesh.

K. Sreekant hasassumed thecharge of Direc-tor (Finance) ofPower Grid Cor-poration of IndiaLimited .

O P SinghIPS (UP 1983)appointed as Di-rector General,Central Indus-trial SecurityForce (CISF).

PESB recom-m e n d e dN.K.Nanda forthe post of CMDNational MineralDevelopmentCorporation Ltd.

PESB has rec-o m m e n d e dSanjiv Singh forthe post ofChairman, In-dian Oil Corpo-ration Limited .

Sanjiv Sharanhas been ap-pointed as Ex-ecutive Directorof the PunjabNational Bank.

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A R K Kini IPS (BH 1981) presentlyDirector, National Crime Records Bu-reau (NCRB), has been appointed asSecretary (Security), Cabinet Secre-tariat vice Shri M. K. Sinha IPS (UP1981).

The tenure of K.Rajendra Kumaras Director General of Police (DGP),Jammu & Kashmir, has been extendedfor a period of three months with effectfrom September 30, 2016. He is a 1984batch IPS officer.

Thakur likely to get nominatedpost in Gujarat

P.C.Thakur Former DGP /IPS of-ficer Gujarat 1979 batch, who is pres-ently on leave, Thakur was appointedas Director General, Fire Services, Civil

Defence and Home Guards in April 2015 on centraldeputation, recently central government had can-celled his central deputation deputation,is likely tobe appoint on a non-police post soon in Gujarat

6 IPS in the race of next CBI , DirectorThere are Six Senior IPS officers in the race for

next Director of Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI)Government of India:-

1-Krishna Chaudhari IPS officer Bihar 1979batch, who is presently posted as DG ITBP.

2- Satish Mathur IPS officer Maharashta 1981batch, who is presently posted as DG, Maharashtra.

3.Mrs. Meera Borwankar IPS officerMaharashtra 1981 batch, who is presently postedas DG BPR&D.

4-Mrs. Archana Ram Sundaram IPS officer TamilNadu 1980 batch, she is presently posted as DGSSB.

5- R.K Dutta IPS officer Karnataka 1981 batch,who is presently posted as SDG, CBI( Still StandTwo FIRs against him in parent cadre).

6-S.K Bhagat IPS officer Uttrakhand 1982batch,who is presently posted as DG RPF.

Dr Prem Singh IAS (MT 2000) pres-ently working as Director, Departmentof economic affairs has been appointedas Private Secretary to the Vice Chair-man of Niti Aayog, vice Shri ArvindPanagariya

Arun Goyal IAS (UT:1985) presentlyAdditional Secretary, Project MonitoringGroup, Cabinet Secretariat on lateral hasbeen appointed as Additional Secretary,GST Council against Newly createdpost under Central Staffing Scheme

Sanjeeva Kumar IAS (AM:1986)presently in his Cadre has been ap-pointed as Additional Secretary, Depart-ment of Health & Family Welfare, Minis-try of Health & Family Welfare againstthe vacancyon appointment of Shri C.

K. Mishra, IAS(BH:1983) secretary, Ministry of Health& FamilyWelfare

Suresh Kumar IAS (J&K 1986)presently Additional Secretary, Ministryof Defence has been appointed Addi-tional Secretary, Ministry of Coal againstthe vacancy on appointment of Shri A.K. Dubey IAS (KL:1982) as OSD in the

Department of Youth Affairs

U P Singh IAS (Orissa 1985) pres-ently Additional Secretary, Ministry ofWater Resources, River Developmentand Ganga Rejuvenation has been ap-pointed as Additional Secretary, RiverGanga(Rejuvenation, Protection and

Management) Authority against Newly created post.

Arun Goel IAS (PB 1985) presentlyVice Chairman, Delhi Development Au-thority under Ministry of Urban Devel-opment on lateral has been appointedas Additional Secretary & Financial Ad-visor, Ministry of Labour & Employment

vice Ms. Meenakshi Gupta, IA&AS (1984) by up-grading that post to the level of Additional Secretary.

S N Sahai IAS (UT 1986) presentlyin his Cadre has been appointed asAdditional Secretary, Department ofCommerce, Ministry of Commerce & In-dustry vice Shri Arvind Mehta, IAS(HP:1984).

Rabindra Panwar IAS (Bihar 1985)presently Joint Secretary, Ministry ofDefence has been appointed as Addi-tional Secretary, Ministry of Defencevice Shri Suresh Kumar IAS (J&K 1986).

Ms. Mandeep Kaur IAS (Jammu &Kashmir 2004) has been appointed asDeputy Secretary, Department of Rev-enue, She had done intermediate in sci-ence, she graduated in commerce fromPPN Degree College, and did her bach-

elors in law from VSSD Degree College. She is asso-ciated with several non-government organisations(NGOs) based in different cities.

Amandeep Garg IAS (HimanchalPradesh 1999) has been appointed asJoint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariatfrom the date of assumption of thecharge of the post

I.Srinivas Srinaresh IAS officerAndhra Pradesh 1995 batch, who is presently postedas Managing Director, APCO Government of AndhraPradesh , has been transferred as Vice Chairman &Managing Director, AP Handicrafts DevelopmentCorporation Limited in Andhra Pradesh.

IFSNavtej Singh Sarna IFS (1980) has

been appointed as the next Ambassa-dor of India to the United States ofAmerica.He takes charge after ArunKumar Singh retired last month-end.Both Sarna and Singh are former In-

dian ambassadors to Israel, underlying the impor-tance of a posting in Tel Aviv which is one ofWashington’s closest allies.

Ms.Kheya Bhattacharya IFS (1985)has been appointed as the next Am-bassador of India to the Kingdom ofMorocco.Dr Kheya Bhattacharya joinedthe Indian Foreign Service in 1985. Shehas served in Brussels, Dhaka, Paris,

Kathmandu and Geneva. She has also served inMinisty of External Affairs.

Taranjit Singh Sandhu IFS (1988)has been appointed as the next HighCommissioner of India to the DemocraticSocialist Republic of Sri Lanka.He isexpected to take up the assignmentshortly.

Ms. Monika Kapil Mohta (IFS:1985),presently Additional Secretary in theMinistry, has been appointed as the nextAmbassador of India to the Kingdom ofSweden.

Y.K.Sinha: 10 things to know aboutIndia’s new high commissioner to UK

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, 1981 batch In-dian Foreign Service officer and present highcommissioner of India to Sri Lanka, will be India’snew high commissioner to United Kingdom inplace of Navtej Sarna who is proceeding to-wards Washington DC after being appointed asIndia’s envoy to US. Here are 10 things to knowabout Sinha, India’s new high commissioner to UK:

1. Sinha, now 58, got into Indian ForeignService in 1981 in his very first attempt. Heactually wanted to join the Army, but got at-tracted to diplomacy in upper school and col-lege.

2. He has been High Commissioner of Indiato Sri Lanka since June 2013.

3. Between 2009 and 2013, Sinha servedas additional secretary in ministry of external

affairs (MEA), heading the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division of MEA. Prior to thatSinha was India’s Ambassador to Venezuela (2007 to 2009) and Consul General ofIndia in Dubai (2003 to 2006) and Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission in Abu Dhabi(UAE) (2002 to 2003).

4. During 1998 to 2002, Sinha was Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Indiain United Nations, handling issues such as peace keeping, de-colonisation andmost importantly, UN Security Council reforms.

5. In 1990s, he had a 6-year-long long innings with Pakistan (deputy secretary(Pakistan) in MEA-1992 to 1995 and then Counsellor, heading the political section inthe Indian High Commission in Islamabad between 1995 and 1998.

6. As a young IFS officer, Sinha worked in India’s mission in Milan, Riyadh andCairo.

7. Among the major conferences that Sinha represented India included Londonconference on Afghanistan (2010); Bonn II conference on Afghanistan (2011), To-kyo conference on Afghanistan (2012), ’Heart of Asia’ ministerial conferences onAfghanistan at Istanbul (2011) etc.

8. Hailing from Bihar, Sinha did his schooling both in Chesham (UK) and then atSt. Michael’s High School, Patna.

9. He did his graduation in history from St. Stephen’s college, Delhi and MA fromthe University of Delhi.

10. Sinha is married to Girija, and they have two sons. “A spouse plays a hugerole in a diplomat’s career”, Sinha said in an earlier interview.

Eenam Gambhir — diplomat whochallenged Nawaz Sharif’s speech at the UN

Indian television and social media were abuzzwith the way an Indian diplomat -a 2005 Indian For-eign Service (IFS) officer Eenam Gambhir - gave anapt response to Pakistan Prime Minister NawazSharif’s speech at the United Nations where the PakPM had earlier raised the issue of Kashmir and hailedslain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani a“young leader” from Kashmir.

“The land of Taxila, one of the greatest learningcentres of ancient times, is now host to the Ivy Leagueof terrorism. It attracts aspirants and apprenticesfrom all over the world”, she said in UN while de-

scribing Pakistan as the “global epicentre of terrorism”. Here are a few things youmay like to know about this young Indian diplomat.

1. Ms Eenam Gambhir is an IFS officer of 2005 batch.2. She is the

first secretary rep-resenting India inUN, where sheworks in the teamof India’s perma-nent representativeto UN - SyedAkbaruddin.

3. In UN, shelooks after areassuch as UNDP,UNOPS, UNFDA,UNICEF, UNWomen, ISBA,Peacebuilding, GArevitalization, UNDemocracy, Fund,Palestine, RTI, Se-curity Council etc.

4. Between Au-gust 2008 and April2010, she hadserved as secondsecretary in Em-bassy of India, Ar-gentina.

5. Ms Gambhirserved as undersecretary in theMinistry of ExternalAffairs (MEA) be-fore she wasbrought in to NewYork for her role inthe UN.

6. In Twitter,she describes her-self as “an IndianDiplomat, aDelhiite”.

7. She studiedin the University ofGeneva.

Air India Chief Ashwani LohaniEmpanelled As Secretary

New Delhi:Air India chiefA s h w a n iLohani hasbeen empa-nelled to holdSecretary-levelposts in thecentral govern-ment. Lohani isa 1980 batchofficer of Indian

Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers(IRSME). He was in August last year ap-pointed as Chairman and Managing Direc-tor of Air India Ltd. The Appointments Com-mittee of Cabinet has approved empanelmentof Lohani to hold the post of a secretary orits equivalent in the Government of India, anorder issued by Department of Personneland Training said.

Besides him, six other officers- three ofIndian Audit and Accounts Service, two ofIndian Revenue Service and one belongingto Indian Forest Service- have beenempanelled as secretaries, it said.

CBI Deputes Joint Director ToProbe Torture Allegations

New Delhi: Facing embar-rassment over allegations bya top government official thattorture by its officers drovehim and his family to suicide,CBI today deputed a Joint Di-rector level official to probe thecharges.

National Human RightsCommission has asked CBIDirector Anil Kumar Sinha togive a report on the allega-

tions within 72 hours. The then Director General Corpo-rate Affairs, B K Bansal, in his purported suicide note hadaccused a DIG-level official and three more officers oftorturing his wife and daughter to an extent that they endedtheir life soon after his arrest in July on corruption allega-tions. Bansal and his son allegedly ended their lives onSeptember 27. He sent his purported suicide note dated aday before to PTI in which he alleged that the DIG, anIndian Revenue Service Officer of Customs and ExciseBranch, had flaunted his connections with a powerful poli-tician of ruling party.

It is rare for CBI to have a DIG level official from anyservice other than Indian Police Service, a former CBIofficial requesting anonymity said.

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Senior babus of Andhra Pradesh are not happywith the consultant policy adopted by AP CM.Thegovernment has appointed the consultants in someof the departments to use the new technology bypaying the huge pay comparatively which is morethan the babus. Now the consultants has to submitthe reports and proposals to the government andafter the review the officers has to implement thesame.

In total these days government is giving moreimportance to the consultants compare to seniorbabus, who are totally unhappy with the new trend.Intotal it is a unfair trend adopted by the government.Whereas the government has to utilize the servicesand the techniques of the experienced officers orelse the government has to face the angriness ofthe entire bureaucracy in coming days.Infact therewas a news that the CM had a one to one interviewswith the babus to place them in the right place, thistactic is ok, whereas appointing consultant beyondthe officers is just unfair.

No break for SCB, CEO Sujatha Gupta , aswhoever he or she may be they have to follow therules or else they have to face the heat. Recentlythe lady officer stopped the group of people whowere trying to construct the temple in the defenceland. Though it was tense for some time and politi-cal parties were trying to find a gap to enter andmake it as issue, but they have to drop ultimately.That is a style of lady officer.Whoever it may be, noexcuse ! Moreover the demolition drive on, the boardis targeting the illegal constructions after the re-cent flood.

Babus not happy with BabuThese days Telangana police head

Anurag Sharma is quite busy because ofthe new tasks, but amazing is that hehas set the things in a way the routineworks moves as usual. Really hectic, butstill the officer is not missing the griev-ances, as it’s an instructions from himthat the people who are coming from fardistricts should not be send back. Infacthe also attends the people who comesbefore and after the visiting hours. Con-clusion - ‘no words’ !

Many reasons that the Telanganagovernment is not willing to send-offofficer Rajiv Sharma from the post ofchief secretary.The officer experience& commitment is quite helpful for the gov-ernment and this is the strong reasonbehind it.Mr.Sharma played a vital role inthe process of state division and nowsee the coincident that in his presencethe new districts work is been done. Hisentire tenure is full of crucial decisionsand implementations. Question is will thegovernment leave him after the exten-sion, if yes then which officer will takehis place.

These days the Andhra police chiefN.Sambasiva Rao and his team are ontask in making the police department upthe mark and establishing of commandcontrol system is the one of them forwhich the team is set to take some feed-back from the New York Police Depart-ment. Great ! It means that control sys-tem is going to be exceptional, which willbe quite helpful for the department.

It’s a news for the people who werequite busy in spreading the rumors andwho were willing for a change in the com-mand that M.Mahendar Reddy’s charmis to continues in city police until the fur-ther orders of the government.As todaythe city police has its own image and inlast year’s many feathers has beenadded in its regime and all these hap-pened in the supervision of Mr.Reddyfor which he had put all his efforts.So, it’sa time to be positive and to appreciatethe hard work been done by the officer.

The city residents ,who usually tar-gets the traffic cops for jams are gratefulfor the commitment of cops for their su-per-duper performance during recentfloods.The people have really shown theirgratitude among the traffic cops on thesocial media.It is not a card to make thecops happy to set aside from the regularchallans, but really they deserves theapplaud for taking a step forward andjoining their hands in the reliefoperation.Lets not forget the efforts madeby traffic chief Jitender , who was notonly monitoring the situating , but alsovisiting the spots to motivate the team.

From the day one the baldiya chiefDr.B.Janardhan Reddy is vigorously dedicatedfor the routine & new tasks, but during the lastfloods he was committed for each minute andfor each second. He was available 24x7 duringthe entire relief operation and did beyond theboundary work for which the city residents areappreciating the officer.Thanks that the sincereofficer like him is at GHMC, infact the creditgoes to the government for making right choice.

The happening officer Navin Mittal has anawesome fan following and credit goes to hispractice of maintaining the good relations withthe people from the beginning.The officer cel-ebrated his birth day last month and the bignumber of wishes from the people on the socialmedia is the best example of his popularity.Andthe coincident is the officer is also heading theI&PR department apart of Finance departmentas a Secretary.

Economic Times has published an exclu-sive interview of IPS officer RS.Praveen Kumar,which is quite in discussion. “I am comfortablewith my identity today”.The above picture alsocarried with the story, which is sketchbeautifully.So thought not to miss ! Picture cour-tesy #ET.

Boss is Busy ! But…

Incredible Officer

Samba ‘On Task’

Charm Continues

Super - Duper

Beyond the Boundary

Awesome PR

Big One

Outstanding :Rachakonda Po-lice Commis-sioner MaheshBhagwat visitedrain effected ar-eas with histeam. Kudos !!

Whoever, No excuse

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Public SectorSteel Minister review performance of BokaroSteel Plant during maiden visit

Hon’ble Union Steel Minister,Shri Birender Singh arrived atSAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant on hismaiden visit to the steel city. Hewas accompanied by Smt PremLata Singh, Hon’ble MLA, UchanaKalan, Jind (Haryana); Joint Sec-retary, Ministry of Steel, Shri SunilBarthwal and SAIL Chairman ShriP.K. Singh. Upon his arrival,Hon’ble Steel Minister was wel-comed by Bokaro Steel Plant’sCEO Shri Anutosh Maitra andother senior officials.

The highlight of the visit wasthe review of the plant’s produc-

tion, projects and other related issues by hon’ble Minister. Addressing a meeting with the seniorofficials of the plant at Bokaro Niwas and reviewed the plant’s performance he said, “The effortsbeing undertaken in SAIL Plants including BSL for bringing down the cost of production shouldcontinue to stay competitive and SAIL collective needs to strive for betterment in all perfor-mance parameters in line with international benchmarks.” Hon’ble Steel Minister also underlinedthe importance of increased focus on R&D and innovation in SAIL so as to fully tap the potentialof the steel market. Later, he also addressed the media representatives and apprised them ofthe Govt’s priorities in the steel sector and future plans. During his short stay at Bokaro, Hon’bleSteel Minister first visited the Model Room at the Ispat Bhavan where he was apprised of BokaroSteel Plant’s layout, ongoing modernisation projects and future expansion plans. Thereafter, hevisited some of the important shops of the plant including the Blast Furnace#2, the ContinuousCasting Shop and the new Cold Rolling Mill-3.

S.K.Acharya, CMD, NLC conferred withHonorary Doctorate

Sarat Kumar Acharya, Chair-man and Managing Director of NLCIndia Ltd., has been conferred withan Honorary Doctorate bySathyabama University, Chennai.

Tmt. Remibai Jeppiaar, Chan-cellor, Sathyabama University pre-sented the Honorary Degree to ShriS.K Acharya CMD,NLCI during the25th Convocation of SathyabamaUniversity, for his contribution to theNation’s building and exceptionalleadership skills and achievementsin Human Resources.

Shri Acharya, in his 36 years ofrich professional career, working in

BHEL, NTPC, NTPC-SAIL Power Company and NLC India (joined as Director HR in NLC Indiain 2005) made significant contributions in improving peoples’ processes and practices in thecompanies through his strategic planning which enhanced the business results. He is knownfor his excellent administration, acumen in resolving problems faced in Corporate Management,Human Resource and Personnel Management. Shri S.K Acharya, believes in the fact that for anorganization “no dreams become reality unless there is a solid resource based minds andhands of its people join together to achieve a shared vision” with this philosophy, soon afterassuming charge as CMD of NLC India on 1st October 2015, he has drafted an ambitiousCorporate Plan for the company “Corporate Plan 2025”, with a vision for 10 years. Born out ofhis visionary dreams the plan takes of a growth plan in Lignite mining capacity from 30.6 MTPAto 56.9 MTPA, Coal mining capacity from 0 to 31.5 MTPA, Power generation capacity from 4271MW to 19831 MW including renewable energy of 4251 MW (Solar-4000 MW, Wind-251 MW).

Shri S.K Acharya in his illustrious career has been conferred with many awards and alsohas, through his dynamic and innovative approaches, enabled organizations under his leader-ship to win numerous awards and accolades.

GAIL releases its sixth Sustainability ReportB. C. Tripathi, Chairman

and Managing Director, GAIL(India) Limited, today releasedthe company’s SustainabilityReport for the year 2015-16on the theme ‘Nurturing Resil-ient Ecosystem’ in the pres-ence of Shri M. Ravindran, Di-rector (HR), Dr. AshutoshKarnatak, Director (Projects),Shri Subir Purkayastha, Direc-tor (Finance) and other seniorofficials of the company.

While our previous Sustainability Reports highlighted our commitment and action-orienta-tion to fulfill and achieve our targets, our Sustainability Report for FY 15-16 centred around thetheme of ‘Nurturing Resilient Ecosystem’ is aligned with the theme of our Annual report FY 15-16. With the sixth edition of our Sustainability Report, FY 15-16, ‘Nurturing Resilient Ecosystem’communicates our efforts to adapt while fostering a resilient ecosystem to prosper even intesting times while being responsible and committed to our stakeholders.

ONGC Q1 net profit falls 21% at Rs 4,232 croreState-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on

Wednesday posted a 21.14 per cent fall in net profit for the firstquarter ended June at Rs 4,232 crore, as compared to Rs 5,386crore in the same quarter a year ago caused by lower crude prices.The company’s gross revenue for the quarter in consideration alsofell by a similar 21.4 per cent to Rs 17,784 crore, as compared toRs 22,628 crore in the first quarter of the last fiscal. Operatingincome or EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciationand amortization) during the quarter in question also fell, coming inat Rs 8,484 crore, as against Rs 10,636 crore in the same quarterlast year. ONGC stock closed on Monday at Rs 245.10 a share, up

6 points, or 2.51 per cent, over its previous close on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

BHEL wins 5 National Safety AwardsBharat Heavy Electricals

Limited (BHEL) has won Five‘National Safety Awards’ foroutstanding achievements interms of the longest accidentfree period and lowest acci-dent frequency rate at theirworks. The awards were re-ceived by Sh. Atul Sobti, CMD,BHEL from Sh. BandaruDattatreya, Hon’ble Minister ofState (Independent Charge)for Labour & Employment.

In addition, for their inno-vations, 36 employees of

BHEL have bagged eight ‘Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskars’ for the year 2014, among a hostof public & private sector companiesin the country. Significantly, BHEL and its employees havebeen winning both these prestigious national awards, instituted by the Government of India,Ministry of Labour, consistently, since their inception.

Powergrid 27th Annual General BodyMeeting held

The 27th AGM of POWERGRID was held at Delhi. During his address to the Shareholders,CMD informed that the Gross Fixed Assets has surpassed Rs.1,50,000 crore. Total Revenueof Rs.21,281 crore has risen about 20% YoY and Profit after Tax has grown 21 % to Rs.6027crore. During the year POWERGRID has achieved the highest ever capitalization of Rs. 31,788crores. Inter-Regional power transfer capacity has seen the highest ever addition of 13,200MW. Further, CMD informed the stakeholders that the first ever 800 kV HVDC line of thecountry, 1750 km long Biswanath Chariali - Agra transmission line was commissioned this year.400kV line International links with Bangladesh and Nepal were made operational this year.World’s highest voltage level 1200 kV UHVAC test station at Bina has been charged success-fully. CMD in the presence of full Board of Directors, proudly announced that POWERGRID hasbeen voted as India’s Best Companies to Work in 2016. The Company is the only Indian PSUplaced in the list of ‘Top 50 Fastest Growing Energy Companies’ of the World.POWERGRID declared as the 3rd Fastest Growing Electric Utility globally by Platts

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) declared as the 3rd Fastest Grow-ing Electric Utility in the world. It is again the “Fastest Growing Electric Utility in Asia’ marking ahat- trick for the third consecutive year in the industry category Electric Utilities and ranked as19th Fastest Growing Energy Company, globally.

The Company has earned # 92 position in the recently declared 2016 Platts Top 250 GlobalEnergy Company Rankings, thereby making its entry into the top 100 for the first time.POWERGRID’s rank moved up 37 positions over its last year’s rank, #129.

The Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings® recognize outstanding accom-plishments of the top performing energy companies around the world. These are annual rankingsand were announced by S&P Global Platts, a division of S&P Global. All Companies on the listhave assets greater than USD 5 bn.

NBCC Holds 56TH AGM - PAT Surges by 16.40%

The 56th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NBCC, a Schedule ‘A’ Navratna CPSE underthe Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India, and a State owned Construction Giant, washeld in New Delhi recently. The AGM was chaired by CMD Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal in presenceof Board of Directors who informed the shareholders present about the financials and operatingperformance of NBCC during the last fiscal 2015-16. Dr. Mittal stated that the Company, during2015-16, registered 32% growth in topline as compared to previous year, posted a profit of Rs311 Crore while its total income surged to Rs 5838 Crore and PAT from Rs.278 Crores toRs.311 Crore. He also informed that NBCC’s outstanding Order Book stood at Rs.70000Crores and counting. With these improved Financial Results, Company has recommended100% dividend for the FY 2015-16.

Giving an outlook of NBCC’s future initiatives, Dr. Mittal said that NBCC’s future initiativeswould include its major participation in the Govt’s ambitious schemes such as Housing for all by2022, Development of 100 Smart Cities in the Country and AMRUT, Real Estate Developmentof Tier II & Tier III Cities, Namami Gange, Skill Development, Swachh Bharat Campaign. In thiscontext, he mentioned that during the year 2015-16, new projects worth Rs 17,516.53 Crorewere secured, which include two big-ticket assignments, both located in New Delhi. The firstcomprises the development of Infrastructure works at AIIMS, valued at Rs 7,828 Crore, andthe other entails the construction of an integrated exhibition-cum-convention Centre at ITPO,valued at Rs 2149 Crore. Followed by Chairman’s Speech, there were interactions with Share-holders who applauded company’s new initiatives in all business fronts.

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PNB bags Rajbhasha Kirti shieldPunjab National Bank

has been awarded withFirst Prize in RajbhashaKirti award competitionfor the outstanding per-formance in implementa-tion of Official LanguagePolicy in Bank for the Fi-nancial year 2015-16un-der the category of Na-tionalized Banks and Fi-nancial Institutions in Re-gion ‘A’.

President of IndiaShri Pranab Mukharjeeawarded this prize to Smt.Usha Anantha-subramanian, MD &

CEO,Punjab National Bank in a grand prize distribution ceremony organized by the Govt. ofIndia, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Official Language on the occasion of HindiDivas in Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Shri Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home Affairs ofIndia and Shri Kiren Rijeju, Minister of state for Home Affairs of India were also present on theoccasion. From Punjab National Bank Shri K.V.Brahmaji Rao, ED, Shri M.K.Pangtey, GM Dr.Rajesh Yaduvanshi Zonal Manager-Delhi also witnessed the occasion.

Rajbhasha Kirti is the highest award in the field of Rajbhasha given by the Govt. of India.After receiving the award, Smt. Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD & CEO while congratulatingall the officials of PNB for prestigious prize said that PNB is continuously receiving first prizefrom financial year since 2012-13 to 2015-16, which is an outstanding achievement.

This award is a result of composite efforts and commitment of all PNB employees andOfficers towards ensuring use of Hindi in Bank. Smt. Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD &CEO, in the message to all PNB Family Members published on occasion of rajbhasha month,made an appeal to make efforts to increase use of Hindi in banking services so that PNBmay maintain its Top Position in the field of implementation of Official Language Policy.

SBH celebrated Hindi DivasHindi day was

celebrated at StateBank of Hyderabadwith gaiety.

On this occasionDr. Alok Pandey, Pro-fessor, Hindi Dept,Hyderabad CentralUniversity was invitedas the Chief Guest.Our Managing Direc-tor Shri SantanuMukherjee, CGMsShri V. Viswanathan ,Shri D.V. SureshKumar graced the oc-casion. Other Seniorfunctionaries were

also present on this occasion. Dr Alok Pandey pointed out the similarities between IndianLanguages and he said that all Indian languages originated from Sanskrit and therefore thereis similarity of vocabulary among these Languages. He emphasized the need for increaseduse of Hindi & Regional Languages in our day-today transactions.

Dr. Vishnu Bhagwan, AGM (OL) presented a brief description of the activities of theOfficial Language Department. Shri Santanu Mukherjee exhorted all the Bank Officials touse Hindi and Regional Languages so that we may connect to the common man. He alsomentioned that the Town Official Language Implementation Committee (Banks) , Hyderabadwas awarded the Second Prize by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Departmentof Official Language and he received the shield from the Honourable President of India ShriPranab Mukherjee. Various Hindi Competitions were conducted during the Hindi fortnightamong the students of various schools, colleges and Osmania university as well as theemployees of SBH, Head Office and Gunfoundry Branch and prizes were given away to thewinners. The function ended with the recitation of National Anthem.

GAIL’s Q1 net profit soars244% to Rs 1,355 crore

State-run gas utility GAIL India (GAIL) on Wednesday posted244 per cent jump in its net profit for the first quarter which ended inJune at Rs 1,335 crore on the back of a turnaround in its petro-chemical business and the stake sale in Mahanagar Gas. Thecompany’s net profit in the April-June quarter of 2015 was at Rs 388crore, it said in a statement here. “GAIL’s PAT excluding gain fromstake sale in Mahanagar Gas Ltd is Rs 846 crore, signifying an

increase by 118 per cent,” it said. Moreover, during the quarter, production and sales ofGAIL’s petrochemical business jumped 149 per cent and 121 per cent respectively, resultingin a revenue increase of 95 per cent to Rs 1,133 crore. The profit in this segment stood at Rs9 crore as against a loss of Rs 397 crore in the corresponding period of last year.

“The increase in net profit during Q1 of the financial year 2016-17 was also supported byincrease in natural gas sales and transmission volumes, which increased by 15 per cent and10 per cent respectively,” the company said.

With results being declared after close of trade, GAIL stock closed on Wednesday at Rs396.50 a share, down 5.90 points, or 1.47 per cent, on its previous close on the BombayStock Exchange.

BHEL Q1 net jumps 54%, income rises29%, EBITDA at Rs 71 cr

In its first quarter results for FY 2016-17, BHEL’s turnover has shown a double-digitgrowth of over 29% at Rs.5,721 Crore compared to the corresponding period in the previousyear. The company has sprung a surprise and beaten street expectations by reversing thetrend of negative topline growth prevailing for the last 14 straight quarters. Significantly, profitafter tax has also shot up by more than 54% at Rs.77.8 Crore over the corresponding periodin 2015-16.

Mr. Atul Sobti, the new Chairman and Managing Director of the company said that holdingon to our strengths and building news ones, we are resolutely focused on achieving theimmediate target of regaining growth. Attributing the reversal in the trend of negative growthto accelerated execution, he said that specific steps of expeditious execution and enhancedorder booking have been initiated by the company.

Coal India net profit down 15% in Q1Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Tuesday reported that its consolidated net

profit dipped by 14.78 percent to Rs 3,065.26 crore in the quarterended June 30, 2016 against Rs 3,596.92 crore in the correspondingquarter last year. Its net sales for the quarter stood at Rs 17,796.05crore, down 6.1 percent from Rs 18,955.75 crore in the year-agoperiod. The state-run miner produced 125.67 million tonnes (mt) of coalin April-June quarter against a target of 132.43 mt, achieving 95 percent of the production target for the quarter. However, its productiongrew by 3.5 percent in the period as compared to 121.35 mt producedin the corresponding period last year. CIL’s off-take stood at 133.24 mtin the quarter ended June against a target of 149.88 mt. Its off-take

grew by only 2.9 percent in the quarter as compared to off-take of 129.39 mt in the year agoperiod. In 2015-16, the miner produced 536.51 million tonnes of coal against a target of 550 milliontonnes and its off-take stood at 532.26 million tonnes. In its latest annual report, the CIL said itwould invest Rs 7,765 crore as capital expenditure and Rs 5,069 crore in various other projectsin 2016-17. The company envisaged production of 908.10 million tonnes in 2019-20 with aCompound Annual Growth Rate of 12.98 per cent with respect to 2014-15.

During 2016-17, the coal production target has been pegged at 598.61 million tonnes with anannualised growth of about 11.6 per cent. In 2017-18, coal production is expected to be 660.7million tonnes with a growth of about 10.5 per cent.

OIL achieves Rs 494 cr Q1 profit despiteprice woes

State-run Oil India’s standalone net profit dropped33.47 per cent to Rs 494.41 crore in the quarter endedon June 30, 2016, compared to the same period lastyear. The oil PSU had reported a net profit of Rs 743.21crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Total income fell to Rs 2,460.85 crore for the quar-ter ended June 30, 2016, from Rs 3,164.12 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2015, Oil Indiasaid in a BSE filing on Tuesday.

Oil India’s revenue from crude oil came down to Rs 1,605.35 crore in the first quarter of thisfiscal from Rs 2,195.36 crore in the year ago period. Similarly, revenue from natural gas declinedto Rs 451.11 crore in April-June compared to Rs 541.52 crore last year.

MRPL posts Rs 720 crore profit in Q1 of FY 16-17Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd has posted a

profit before tax of Rs 1,137 crore as against Rs 509 crore forduring the corresponding previous quarter. The profit after tax forfirst quarter of the current fiscal is Rs 720 crore as against Rs 405crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal. The gross refiningmargin (GRM) stood at $10.01/bbl (as against $6.62/bbl in Q1 ofFY’15-16, D K Saraff, chairman, MRPL said here on Saturday. Theboard of directors of MRPL, a subsidiary company of ONGC andschedule A Mini Ratna company, earlier during the day approvedits un-audited (limited review) results for the first quarter of FY2016-17. MRPL’s refining throughput stood at 3.66 million metrictonnes as against 3.89MMT in the corresponding quarter of pre-

vious year. Gross turn over for Q1 this fiscal was Rs 11,588 crore as against Rs 1,706 crore incorresponding quarter last fiscal.

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Exclusive & prestigious honor to reputed realtor & investorS.P.Reddy, the Chairman & Managing Director of TERMINUSInfrastructures India Pvt Ltd.At Mumbai during ConstructionWeek India Award -2016 the Jury has selected Mr.Reddy namefor “Hall of Fame 2016 Award” from all over India and out of 500nominations. Isn’t amazing ! Mr.Reddy devoted this honor tohis parents, wife & kids and off course to his team membersand well wishers.Moreover among the recipients Mr.Reddywas the 2nd person who was asked to speak after Mr.ChanduRajeha,who honored with Life Time Achievement award. TheAward Jury consisted of Shappoorji, Hitachi, Reliance, L&T &HDFC reality etc.In total it was a big show packed with bigtycoons.

Mr.Reddy honoredwith prestigious

“Hall of Fame 2016Award”

Bengaluru is the third weathiest cityBengaluru is the third wealthiest city in India according to a study.

Bengaluru boasts of a total wealth of USD 320 billion. The city is home to7,500 millionaires and 8 billionaires. India’s financial capital Mumbai, home to45,000 millionaires and 28 billionaires, is the wealthiest city in the countrywith total wealth of USD 820 billion, says a report. According to New WorldWealth, Mumbai is followed by Delhi and Bengaluru at the second and thirdplace respectively. While Delhi, home to 22,000 millionaires and 18 billion-aires has total wealth of USD 450 billion, Total wealth refers to the privatewealth held by all individuals. The report defines ‘wealth’ as the net assets ofa person. It includes all their assets (property, cash, equity, business inter-ests) less any liabilities. The report excludes government funds from itsfigures. As per the report, the total wealth held in the country amounts to USD5.6 trillion (as of June 2016). The country is home to 264,000 millionaires and95 billionaires in total. Other emerging cities in the country include, Surat,Ahmadabad, Visakhapatnam, Goa, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Vadodara, thereport said. It noted that over the next decade, India is expected to benefitfrom strong growth in local financial services, IT, real estate, healthcare andmedia sectors. “In particular, the local hospital services and health insurancesectors are expected to grow strongly. Hyderabad, Pune and Bengaluru areexpected to lead the pack in terms of wealth growth,” it said. Millionaires orhigh net worth individuals (HNWIs) refer to individuals with net assets ofUSD 1 million or more. Billionaires refer to individuals with net assets of USD1 billion or more. Other wealthiest cities include, Hyderabad (total wealth ofUSD 310 billion, has 8,200 millionaires, 7 billionaires); Kolkata (USD 290billion, has 8,600 millionaires and 10 billionaires); Pune (USD 180 billion, has3,900 millionaires and 5 billionaires); Chennai (USD 150 billion and has 6,200millionaires and 4 billionaires) and Gurgaon (USD 110 billion and home to3,600 millionaires and 2 billionaires).

Builders bat for brandingNashik as real estate hub

Nashik: The Confederation of Real Estate Developers As-sociation of India (Credai) in Nashik has come up with a brand-ing strategy for the city to overcome the slowdown in the realestate sector. As part of this, the builders’ body is in the pro-cess of holding talks with experts and various otherorganisations to chalk out a roadmap for the project.

Speaking to media,Sunil Kotwal, president, Credai Nashik,said, “The realty sector is already passing through a phase ofslowdown. Moreover, sanctions on the new building plans andbuilding completions have been affected due to the NGT is-sues. Builders are unable to complete their new projects . Infact, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) needs to ad-dress these problems at the earliest. The civic body is givingconditional permissions to the new building plans but it is prac-tically impossible to fulfil these conditions.” He further said, “Butdespite these issues, we are working on how to increase thedemand for real estate.”

Kotwal said, “We have decided to brand Nashik city togenerate demand for the real estate segment. We will holdtalks with experts and other organisations on how go about it.We will prepare the blueprint once feedback and inputs aretaken from the experts. The objective is to attract people to-wards Nashik by highlighting the city’s potential as a realestate hub.”

Hyderabad’s Ashoka Developers makes itsfoot in India’s Most Reputed Real Estate List

Hyderabad’s Ashoka Developers& Builders (all Indiaranked 20th), is the only city-based developer to makeit in India’s Most Reputed Real Estate list, in a study byBlueBytes in association with TRA Research (both partof the Comniscient Group).Gurgaon-based DLFranked as India’s Most Reputed Real Estate brand inthe report. Mumbai-based Godrej Properties trailed DLFat the second spot. Another Mumbai-based developer,Lodha Group, featured third, followed by HiranandaniDevelopers at the fourth place, which had a Brand RepScore 14% lower than Lodha. Tata Housing ranked

fifth with an 18% lowerBrand Rep Score. Bangalore-based Prestige Estates came in at sixth place and is the secondnon-Mumbai-based developer to make the list.

A total of eight Real Estate developers from Mumbai featured among the top 10 in the Most Reputed Real EstateBrands list. K Raheja Corp. took the seventh spot, followed by the 150-year-old Shapoorji Pallonji, which took the eighthspot. Oberoi Realty (ranked ninth) and Indiabulls Real Estate (ranked tenth) completed the top 10. A total of 57 RealEstate brands were listed in the India’s Most Reputed Real Estate Brands report. This Report is the third in the India’sMost Reputed Brands series, and BlueBytes is set to launch a Report each month that covers different Sectors. Thestudy evaluates Brand Reputation by analyzing media perception and consumer perception.

“Realty in India is intimately connected to progress, to growth, to business success, and to the asset building of itspopulace. Though Real Estate investments in the coming years may not give the returns it has been giving for the last2 decades, this can only be seen as a sign of the maturity of the Industry.Maintaining a good Reputation in thiscompetitive Sector is a tough task, as the Industry is intricately connected to social status,finances, and foresighted-ness. With a trend of top retail brands entering the city, the developers will have to not only focus on building reputation,but they also need to invest in sustaining it,” said Pooja Kaura, Chief Spokesperson for India’s Most Reputed Brands.

Homes Expo event reflects thecurrent needs in real estate

The 24th edition of East and Central Africa’sbiggest home show will be held at the KenyattaInternational Convention Centre from October27-30. The expo, known as the Blue TriangleKenya Homes Expo, will provide a platform mainlyfor middle-income earners to look at the differentoptions of owning a home.

It will feature a number of innovative prod-ucts. The expo comes at a time when manyKenyans want to own homes in urban areas butcannot afford it.

Mr Daniel Ojijo, the organiser, says the themefor this year’s event, “Homes for All”, is intendedto reflect the needs in the real estate market in thecountry today.

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Exceptional & unique ! Just imagine how it would be if ‘gogreen’ idea joins interior designing. It will be awesome….!!!And it’s a news that VASANTHA ARCHITECTS AND INTE-RIOR DESIGNER’S (VAID) design firm is expertise in Envi-ronmental & green oriented innovative concepts.The clientsare obliged to have a green touch designs for their dreamprojects. V.Suresh Kumar is the chap behind VAID, who isspecialize in ‘Environmental Design & Green Buildings’.He isM. Arch (Environmental Design) first class with distinctionfrom Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts Univer-sity and B. Arch, Architecture/Planning (gold medalist) fromSri Venkateshwara College Of Architecture.

VIAD making rounds with the vast services and the firmis specialized in areas of sustainable design, green building,specialization building materials.energy simulation, environ-mental sustainability,architectural design,building informationmodeling software’s,cost effective construction techniquesand in construction management.

VAID design firm is with Project range from apartments,commercial buildings, corporate campuses , hospitals ,ho-

tels ,Institutions etc. The bestarchitecture is achievedthrough a process of inten-sive ongoing dialogue col-laboration, analysis, editingand application of instinctand insight. VAID energeti-cally collaborate with the cli-ent and consultants and ar-rive at appropriate solutionswhich are aestheticallypleasing, pragmatically effi-cient works of architecturalexcellence.

Creative architecturemust look forward as well asbackward, deriving from butalso extending history.

Rather than respondingwith nostalgic regressions orfuture projection, we foryears single-mindedly in-vestigated the possibilitiesinherent within the present,discovering in each projecta unique set of conditionsthat can be enhanced, em-bodied and extendedthrough architecture.Ourcore strength is the ability tounderstand and meet theneeds of the clients.

VIAD - The Green Initiative

V.Suresh Kumar

DLF ranked India’s topreal estate brand

Gurgaon-basedDLF has been rankedIndia’s most reputedreal estate brand fol-lowed by Godrej Prop-erties and LodhaGroup in second andthird places respec-tively, according to areport.

The study con-ducted by BlueBytesin association withTRA Research (bothpart of the ComniscientGroup), featuresHiranandani Develop-ers at the fourth placeand Tata Housing atfifth place. Bangalore-based Prestige Estates came in at sixth place and is thesecond non-Mumbai-based developer to make the list.

A total of eight real estate developers from Mumbai featured among the top 10in the Most Reputed Real Estate Brands list. K Raheja Corp. took the seventh spot,followed by the 150-year-old Shapoorji Pallonji, which took the eighth spot.

Oberoi Realty (ranked ninth) and Indiabulls Real Estate (ranked tenth) com-pleted the top 10.

A total of 57 Real Estate brands were listed in the India’s Most Reputed RealEstate Brands report, which saw 28 brands from Mumbai, 14 from Delhi, 10 fromBangalore, three from Pune, and one each from Chennai and Hyderabad.

This report is the third in India’s Most Reputed Brands series. The study evalu-ates brand reputation by analysing media perception and consumer perception.

Online auction of property is catching onThe real estate industry has joined the online bandwagon that enables quicker and more profitable sale

of property. With 402 million active internet users in India by the end of 2015, phenomenal growth ofecommerce and availability of adequate infrastructure and system controls, the real estate industry hasbecome a veritable goldmine once again. ”E-auctions have a tremendous future considering the benefitsthey bring to the entire process of buying and selling properties. It’s early days yet, and early adopters ofthe exciting and immensely lucrative e-auction platform will be the ones to benefit the most. In fact, e-auctions are all set to become the new standard in real estate marketing, and will totally revolutionise thesector in the years to come,” said Ashwinder Raj Singh, CEO-Residential Services, JLL India.

Bengaluru has seen a rapid rise in real estate development with both commercial and residentialleasing space growing exponentially in the past. The first to capitalise on the internet was the renting andselling platforms and in a short period of time, many companies joined the race. The growth of the realestate business also brought with it the drawbacks associated with it.

A senior manager with State Bank of India working in the housing loan department said that due tolower home loan interests and fabulous offers, the city saw one of the highest number of borrowers in thecountry as the urge to invest in real estate is high and it is still a favoured destination because thecompared to other big cities the asking rate of property is still low, which provides more lucrative invest-ment opportunities for the future.

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Bina- Ambassador ofIndian culture

Bina Mehta is on screen for her commit-ment to promote the Indian dance & Indianculture like its brand ambassador.Bina hashigh values for Indian tradition & culture &to keep it alive she started teaching tradi-tional dances and today it has became herpassion.As she is the Director of PrakashLights and also a socialite too, associatedwith reputed social platforms.The versatilelady also does the part time teaching in oneof the school run by an NGO.In total Bina istrue inspirational personality and stands formoral values & ethics.

Abhimanika - Beauty of the townIt’s a news that the beauty of the town Abhimanika

Tavi has rocked in the recent Mrs India Beauty Queen-2016 pageant held recently at Delhi.In the final roundshe was the 4 th runner-up by winning the three titlesMrs India South, Mrs India Fitness and Mrs India Tal-ented 2016.Big one ! Next year Tavi will compitate forMRS Universe. “My son Tavish is my biggest sup-port” said Tavi when asked that with whose inspira-tion and support you are achieving your goals. That’sreally fantastic !

Danish - Best film makerThe well recognized and award winner actor &

film maker Danish Khan is again in talk for his 30 mindocumentary film ‘TRAGEDY OF HYDERABAD, whichis mainly focused on the Fall of Hyderabad.Film ishonest attempt at providing a fair assessment to therule of Nizam regime.News is this film is has bagged3 International Awards at Various film festivals acrossthe globe.And after screening in London and Canadathe film was screened at Prasad Labs recently. Kudosand best wishes to the rising film maker Mr.Khan.

Cheers to ‘Event Charmers’Celebration time for Arjun Singh &

Loveleena , as their event managementcompany ‘Event Charmers’ is makingrounds in the entire event industry. Sev-enth anniversary of the company is theanother reason of their celebration. Cel-ebration of success & celebration of sen-sation…..! The company is expertise intowedding décor,wedding planning,artistmanagement, sangeeths,baby shower,cradle ceremonies, thematic birthdayevents & anniversaries too. So, to makeyour occasions memorable catch the duos,as it’s not easy to grab them. Full too de-mand !!!

Awesome !Proud of you

Proud to introduce the actualreal citizen the versatile ladyNiharika Reddy and body builderManuka Rajuyadav, who hastaken a individual task on theirown to distribute the food inflood affected areas of the townwith their friends & familymembers.This is called the trueand genuine service, which hasencourage many of the people tocome forward and help out theneedy. We applaud for their ef-forts and appeal to the people tcome forward whenever there isa need on the humanity grounds.

Dance baby danceAmit Gupta, the dance choreogra-

pher has once again proved his abilitywith the recent ‘foot looze’ season 5 Na-tional dance competition held in thetown recently.Though it was heavy rainbut the event held on the schedule datewith full too crowd and dhoom.Thisshows was in discussion and many ofthe guests grace the occasion.All en-joyed and said ‘Amit is awesome’.

“Bathukamma” Goes Global : ‘Bangaru Bathukamma’ - the color-ful festival of Telangana celebrated worldwide. Member of ParliamentSmt.Kalvakuntla Kavita took this colorful festival to Dubai, UK, USA,Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Bahrain,Kuwait & Denmark.Totalnine countries. Awesome !

Movie Time ! Badminton Star Saina Nehwal came all the way withthe family members to watch the film MS.Dohni.

Award Time ! The Southern Travels Pvt. Ltd Managing DirectorKrishna Mohan Alapati & ED A.V.Praveen receiving “Tourism Excel-lency Award” of Department of Tourism, Govt. of AP by Chief MinisterNara Chandrababu Naidu at Bhavani Island, Vijayawada.

What a trip …! AnandMehta & with son Kabir en-joying at Myknos, Greece.

Ek selfietho banthihai ! BobitaS a i k i aNedungadiwith ReemaMalik, RichaMalik & JayaHiranandani.

Stunning Strokes ! Emraan,the celebrity make over artist ismaking rounds in theindustry.The most happening &the most preferred artistry of thetown is polishing the beauty andspreading the smiles.

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Cool CharmisStunning shades has added more glamour to the face and

to the fashion. Earlier it was a safe guard , but today it’s a style, it’s a trend and almost it became the tradition to wear it in allthe season and occasions.The brands,the collection and theawesome frames & colors has taken up the its own share inthe routine life style.Whereas the big brands, who were await-ing for boom has come up with large range and varieties in themarket.

Why shades ? Shades gives new look, sets the image andincreases the confidence. It helps to built the brand and alsomakes the base for the wonderful entry.It changes the opinionof the another person, sometimes a person gets special treat-ment and also gives a rich feel.These days feminine are justpassionate about shades and just rocking over the screenswith varieties of shades.Not just in black the divas are lookingawesome in the colorful shades are really amazing.A thoughtof ‘Midnight Reporter’ and the awesome pictures of these coolcharmis have come up with a amazing story like a sugar in thecoffee.The MR team appreciate the association of the beauti-ful ladies,who all associated to explore the exclusive theme,which was not been touched from the long-long time.

Lakshmi

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Tourism

India saw a 10 percent rise in foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in the first eight months this year, enabling Asia’sthird-largest economy to earn close to $15 billion in foreign exchange earnings (FEEs). The tourism season, so tospeak, begins in October and ends in March next year, in the country.

Data released by the government on Tuesday showed that 55.92 lakh (5.59 million) foreign tourists visited Indiabetween January and August this year, including 6.70 lakh last month, marking an increase of 10.2 percent over the50.73 lakh (5.07 million) tourist arrivals during the corresponding period last year.

During the eight-month period, earnings from these tourists rose 7.8 percent to $14.92 billion from $13.83 billionearned between January and August last year. The data also showed that Bangladesh, the United States and theUnited Kingdom are the top three countries from where tourists came in large numbers, followed by Sri Lanka,Malaysia and China. The spike in arrivals and consequently, earnings, can be attributed in part to the popularity ofe-tourist visas that are now extended to citizens from 150 countries. More and more foreigners are availing of thisfacility to visit India, spurring the multi-billion dollar industry.

The tourism sector has been hit in Kashmir ever since violence erupted in the Valley after the killing of HizbulMujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani on July 8 in Anantnag. Tourist arrivals to popular destinations in the state, includingSrinagar, Pahalgam and Gulmarg, have seen a sharp fall, apart from cancellation of bookings for the coming months.

Companies that are directly associated with the tourism and hospitality sector, and listed on the stock exchangeinclude Indian Hotels Co. (owner of Taj Group of hotels), EIH (owner of Oberoi and Trident hotels), Hotel LeelaVenture, Taj GVK Hotels and Resorts, and Asian Hotels. Companies that offer holiday and travel packages, such asThomas Cook (India), Cox & Kings and International Travel House, are also listed on the stock exchanges in India.

India earns $15 billion fromforeign tourist arrivals in 2016

Tourism Investors’’ Summit witnesses signing of86 MoUs, aggregating close to Rs 15,000 crores

The valedictory session of the ‘Incredible India Tourism Investors’ Summit (IITIS)-2016’ organized by the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with Confederation of IndianIndustry and the Tourism Finance Corporation of India, further paved the way for boost-ing the infrastructure growth for the India’s travel and tourism sector. The session wit-nessed states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh ex-changing 86 MoUs and many more are in the pipeline, aggregating close to Rs 15,000crores.

According to the Ministry, IITIS-2016 had met the desired objectives and highlightedtourism investment potential in the country. Gujarat exchanged MoUs close to 9000crores, Karnataka with 2600 crores, Rajasthan with 1000 crores, Uttarakhand with 500

crores and Chhattisgarh with 12 crores. Also, B. R. Shetty Group is keen to invest Rs 450 crores and Costa CruiseRs 750 crores and Triveni Singapore close to Rs 800 crores in the country.Speaking at the valedictory session,Vinod Zutshi, Secretary - Tourism, Govt. of India announced that IITIS will be held annually with the next Summit tobe organized in September 2017. He also said that a task force will be set up to undertake strategic planning. Thetask force will be headed by Secretary, Tourism, with membership from relevant ministries, state governments, andindustry associations. Moreover, an investor facilitation desk will be set up to handhold investors and facilitateprojects.

Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism and Culture assured the investors that his ministry willassist and support investors for making India the tourist destination of choice and for promotion of investmentprojects in tourism sector. He referred to the tourist helpline in 12 languages and highlighted that a portal is beingopened for inviting suggestions. “Let us join hands to give tourists a memorable experience,” he added. World Bankis supporting India’s Buddhist Circuit development and will provide support for sustainable tourism developmentincluding through funds, said Cecile Fruman, Global Director, Trade and Competitiveness, World Bank.

Nine new tourismprojects in Uttarakhand

The UttarakhandGovernment has signed9 memorandums of in-tent for projects acrossvarious themes at theInaugural Incredible In-dia Tourism InvestorsSummit 2016. Agree-ments were signed dur-ing the summit in NewDelhi to set up tent Cit-

ies, wellness resorts, yoga and wellness institutes, a hill resort in TehriLake and dakbunglaw operations and maintenance worth Rs 507

Indian Railways create virtual museums toshowcase rich heritage

The Railways, which owns a host of UNESCO world heritage sites including three mountain railways, is usingInternet to create virtual museums to showcase its 160-year-old heritage. The British era steam locomotives,wooden body coaches, narrow and meter gauge rolling stock, stations and office buildings, among others, will bedisplayed online to make them accessible for a wider range of people. This can also be accessed on a mobile phone.

“With advent of technology and wider reach of Internet, heritage displays need not be limited to collections inmuseums and galleries or in form of outdoor exhibits near prominent places like stations and administrative offices.Indian Railways is collaborating with technology partners for creating a pan-India virtual museum in a digital webenabled platform,” said a senior railway ministry official.

12 October, 2016MIDNIGHT REPORTER

Inviting Indian tourists to St. PetersburgSaint Petersburg was, more than 250

years ago, for the first time called “thewindow through which Russia looked atEurope.” The phrase was coined by aforeigner, the Italian traveler FrancescoAlgarote. The city is perceived in Europeas the city built by Peter I, and it reflectedhis designs as a modern king.

This unofficial name for the city wasfixed by the good graces of the poetAlexander Pushkin, and continues to thisday. St. Petersburg really is, in many ways,a window to Europe for Russia, but it isalso a window to Russia for foreigners.

Even more specifically, it is a window into the European Russia, which wanted to and becamea part of Europe. The city is a window into Russia’s history, culture and spiritual quest.

That is why St. Petersburg is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Russia, forforeigners, including Indians, and for Russians themselves.

The tourist flow from India to Russia is growing. According to the Federal Tourism Agency,for the first 9 months of 2015, 23,300 Indian tourists visited Russia, compared to 16,000 whovisited in 2014. The figure is set to rise this year, the Russian Embassy in New Delhi estimates.The number of tourist visas issued to Indians in 2016 will rise considerably, and may exceed30,000.

According to the Embassy of India in Moscow, “Almost all of the Indians coming to Russiaare visiting Moscow and Saint-Petersburg”.

25,000 business meetings on openingday of Kerala Travel Mart

Organisers of the Kerala TravelMart today claimed that around25,000 business meetings - bothscheduled and unscheduled - wereheld on the opening day of the ninthedition of the state’s largest con-clave for tourism stakeholders.

The conclave, housed atSamudrika and Sagara ConventionCentre here, saw registrationsfrom 1,380 foreign and Indian del-egates, they said. The venue wasinaugurated in the morning by JointSecretary, India Tourism, SumanBilla IAS, V Venu, Principal Secre-

tary, Tourism, Government of Kerala and Kerala Tourism Director U V Jose. A pavilion themedon the Muziris Heritage Project and the Spice Route- was inaugurated by KTDC Chairman MVijayakumar. “The response from the delegates has been overwhelming. This may be attrib-uted to the fact that both buyers and sellers were accommodated in the same premises thisyear, facilitating meetings.Overall, it has been a very successful beginning,” said AbrahamGeorge, President, KTM Society. KTM, India’s biggest tourism conclave focused on a singledestination, has 265 stalls featuring an array of products, packages and services offered bybusinesses and entrepreneurs.