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Written competitive exam will be held for recruitment on vacant posts of Assistant Executive Engineers in Transco, Genco in Telangana state. A mock test will be held for the candidates on Sunday June 28, from 2:30 to 4 pm, at Siasat Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, opposite Ramakrishna Theatre, Abids for B.E/B.Tech, Electrical, Electronics, Civil, Mechanical branch candidates. Candidates can obtain model paper by appearing in the mock test. Information regarding Telangana will also be provided.

Siasat news

Telangana unemployed visually challenged Joint Action Committee has urged the government of Telangana to cancel the 6 point rooster system for reservations to physically handicap so that injustices done towards blind persons could be rectified. Committee leaders Messrs K Srinivas, Swami Nayak, Kashi and Viraraghu told that in a press conference here on Friday.

Six persons were today arrested at Belakoba and snake venom worth about Rs 100 crore was seized from them.

The six persons were arrested by forest police personnel from Belakoba today, Sanjoy Datta, Ranger, Baikunthapur forest division, said.

The venom was seized from the persons who were on three motorcycles and it was probably being smuggled to Bhutan, he said.

It was stored in containers inside schoolbags which they were carrying, he said.

Scientists use venom to develop anti-venoms.

Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda today assured of taking up the issue of granting autonomy to North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science (NEIGRIHMS) here, with the Centre.

The decision of granting autonomy would have to be taken by the central Cabinet and it would also require an Act of Parliament, Nadda told faculty members, medical students and staff after chairing the institute’s Governing Council.

British funnyman Russell Brand, who performed in India for the first time at the 2015 edition of the Comedy Central Chuckle Festival, said he can “fall in love with” actress Deepika Padukone during his stay here.

Best known for his satire, whimsy and observational jokes, Brand, 40, began his set last night by taking a potshot at his short- lived marriage to pop star Katy Perry. The couple had a lavish wedding in Rajasthan in 2010 only to divorce 14 months later.

Korean auto major Hyundai is gunning for the leadership position in the mass-market sports utility vehicle segment in India with its new model, Creta, which will be launched next month.

The company’s Indian arm, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), has invested Rs 1,000 crore on the development of its upcoming five-seater model. It will compete with the likes of Mahindra & Mahindra, Renault, Nissan, Ford and Tata Motors in the volume segment of SUVs.

A 48-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room in Govind Nagar area here, police said today.

Haradaya Naryan, an alcoholic, was in an inebriated state last night when he went to his room and hanged himself from the ceiling. He was found hanging by his family members, they added.

On receiving information, the police rushed to the spot and recovered the body which has been sent for post-mortem.

Police is investigating into the matter, they added.

South Korea today said it was closely monitoring a hospital in eastern Seoul over fears that hundreds of people there may have been exposed to the deadly MERS virus.

A 70-year-old woman who caught Middle East Respiratory Syndrome while visiting an infected relative in a different hospital was feared to have spread the virus to the new site.

“We are focusing our efforts in tracing contacts and isolating people who came close to this patient”, a senior health ministry official told journalists today.

US Secretary of State John Kerry was set today to try and seal a historic deal with Iran that would curb its nuclear programme in exchange for relief from painful sanctions.

But just days ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for Iran and six major powers to nail down the accord they hope will end a 13-year standoff, diplomats on both sides said Friday that major differences remain.

As a result, the June 30 target date may slip — if only for a few days — setting the stage after almost two years of hard bargaining for yet another bruising and lengthy round of talks.

Commonwealth Games silver medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa emerged as the lone Indian survivors at the Canada Open after reaching the semifinals of the USD 50,000 Grand Prix badminton tournament here.

The 2011 World Championship bronze medallists notched up a 21-19 21-13 win over Hong Kong combo of Chan Kaka Tsz Ka Yuen Sin Ying in women’s doubles competition at the Markin MacPhail Centre.

A mentally unstable man has been arrested for allegedly killing his mother and wife in Bahbhni area, police said here today.

Santosh Kumar Dubey assaulted his mother Pranmati (60) and wife Sangita with a stick in Sawara village yesterday, it said.

While Pranmati died on the spot, Sangita succumbed to injuries at a hospital, police said.

Acting on the complaint of Santosh’s elder brother Azad, police lodged an FIR and arrested the accused.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned today that France faced more attacks to come after a grisly killing in which a suspected Islamist pinned the severed head of his boss to the gates of a gas factory.

The alleged assailant, identified as 35-year-old married father-of-three Yassin Salhi, also caused an explosion by smashing his vehicle into the Air Products factory near France’s second city of Lyon.

Embattled Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje arrived here today to attend a NITI Aayog meeting and is also likely to meet the BJP top brass amidst mounting opposition pressure for her resignation in connection with the Lalit Modi controversy.

Raje has travelled to the national capital a day after Rajasthan BJP refuted all the allegations being levelled at her, saying yesterday that the document which she signed in support of Modi’s immigration application to the UK government was never produced in court as she had backed out of it later.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which has put on the block around 30,000 sq metres of transfer of development rights (TDR), today said the sale will fetch over Rs 150 crore.

Nearly 30,000 sq metres, or 3.22 lakh sq ft, of TDR have been generated from slum rehabilitation projects at Nirlon and NESCO plots in suburban Goregaon and Ajgaonkar in suburban Jogeshwari, an MMRDA statement said here.

“The deal is expected to garner over Rs 153.98 crore,” it said.

UK companies see huge opportunities in India in sectors like insurance and defence but there is a need to work further on improving ease of doing business here, the UK-India Business Council said today.

“Lot of progress has been made during the first year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Improvement is there in certain aspects of doing business in India. Lot of entities are exploring business opportunities here…(but) it is complicated market,” Council’s CEO Richard Heald told reporters here.

Myanmar released today a Bangladeshi border guard detained eight days ago during a rare exchange of gunfire between troops from the two countries, a Bangladeshi paramilitary officer said.

Abdur Razzak was handed over during a “flag meeting” of troops from the nations in the Myanmar border township of Maungdaw, a Bangladesh Border Guard spokesman said.

“Razzak was handed over to our representative team this afternoon. His belongings (including) uniform, submachine gun, ammunition etc have also been returned,” Major Abu Russell Siddiki told AFP.

In a move that will cater to city’s farmers, Delhi government today proposed to increase circle rate on agriculture land by up to 125 per cent.

Presenting the Delhi Budget, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said that government has decided to fulfil the long pending demand of our farmers to increase the circle rate which is taken as benchmark for land acquisition purpose.

Congress today wondered if there was a message from “the top” to Rohini Salian to go soft in Malegan blast case as public prosecutor and alleged that BJP leadership had tried to “bargain” with then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “not to pursue cases against Hindu extremists”.

Demanding “removal” of Director General of NIA over the episode, the party also sought answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh over remarks of Salian, that she was under pressure from NIA to go soft in the case.

Couples who buy abducted children in China will face criminal punishment under proposed laws that would remove their exemption from prosecution, reports said today, as authorities clamp down on the flourishing child trafficking industry.

More than 13,000 children were rescued by police in China last year, the China Daily said, with demand for stolen youngsters fuelled by a traditional preference for sons and a one-child limit for some couples.

Current law imposes harsh sentences for child trafficking, including the death penalty in certain cases.

German ambassador Michael Steiner was today of the view that the language row with HRD Ministry could have been avoided and handled slightly differently.

Steiner, who would be leaving India next week after ending his tenure as ambassador to New Delhi, said “this is one issue that could have been avoided. It could have been handled slightly differently.”

The ambassador was addressing a small gathering at his residence where a recipe book authored by his wife was launched.

Uttarakhand government today approached the Centre, seeking to change the name of the airport at Dehradun and augment its night landing facility.

Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Dinesh Dhanai, who met Union Minister of state for Civil Aviation and Tourism, Mahesh Sharma here, told reporters that the state government has sought the centre for changing the name of the Jolly Grant Airport located in Dehradun.

Israel today released a prominent Hamas leader in the West Bank, the Islamist group said, a year after his arrest along with hundreds of others following the killing of three Israeli teenagers.

Hamas says Hassan Yusef, who has spent years in Israeli jails and was elected to the Palestinian parliament in 2006 while in Israeli custody, has worked entirely in the political wing of the movement.

He is also known for having disowned his son after he worked as an informant for Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency under the codename “The Green Prince”.

Short term computer courses will begin from July 1, at Mahboob Husain Jigar Career guidance centre, Siasat premises. Over 50 students learn various courses and are obtaining employment in city and abroad. Over 500 candidates are serving in Dubai, Saudi Arab and Qatar after learning AutoCAD. The courses include AutoCAD, 3D mix, accounting packages (Tally, Wings, Fox, Peachtree) DTP and MS office, Spoken English. Classes will be held under the supervision of expert teachers. Interested persons can registration their names at Siasat office. Age no bar.

Written competitive exam will be held for recruitment on vacant posts of Assistant Executive Engineers in Transco, Genco in Telangana state. A mock test will be held for the candidates on Sunday June 28, from 2:30 to 4 pm, at Siasat Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, opposite Ramakrishna Theatre, Abids for B.E/B.Tech, Electrical, Electronics, Civil, Mechanical branch candidates. Candidates can obtain model paper by appearing in the mock test. Information regarding Telangana will also be provided.

Siasat news

Minority Welfare Department has sanctioned Rs. 3,98,60,000 for 25 Waqf institutions of Medak district as grant in aid. MLA Narsapur C Mandan Reddy had sent proposal to the Minority Welfare Department to sanction grant in aid to 25 Waqf institutions. After reviewing the proposal MFD sanctioned it. Secretary Minority Welfare Syed Omer Jaleel issued orders in this connection.