Month: January 2014

Ferrer braves extreme heat to advance to fourth round of Australian Open

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World number three David Ferrer has defeated Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 on Friday to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open amid extreme heat.

The Spaniard, who reached the semi-finals twice at Melbourne Park, braved temperatures of 42 degrees Celsius on the Rod Laver Arena and wore down Laver with his trademark brand of attritional tennis within two hours and 12 minutes.

Reports said that Ferrer, who took his frustrations out by smashing his racket after losing his serve in the second set, saved two set points to win it in the tiebreak.

California woman found ‘not guilty’ of watching TV on Google Glass while driving

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A Google Glass wearer in the US has been reportedly found ‘not guilty’ for watching television while driving after an officer ticketed her for using a visible ‘monitor’.

A software developer and part of Google’s Glass Explorer’s team, Cecilia Abadie was pulled over for speeding in October last year, but the Californian denied the charges.

According to Sky News, Abadie’s case is the first known alleged traffic violation for wearing Google’s wearable computing eyeglasses while driving.

AICC meeting commenced, party to decide role of Rahul Gandhi

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde met in Talkatora Stadium on Friday to proceed with the ongoing All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting.

This meeting has been organized to strategize the party’s move ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, and will also be deciding the role of Rahul Gandhi.

Maneka compared Rahul and Modi as‘ bird’ and‘ tiger’

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On Thursday, BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, RAHUL Gandhi’s aunt, said the Congress vice- president was a “ bird” compared to her party’s PM nominee Narendra Modi, whom she termed a “ tiger”. The former Environment Minister also said that though the position of Prime Minister was officially held by Manmohan Singh, it was Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul who actually called the shots in the Congress- led UPA government.

Legendary actress Suchitra Sen passes away

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Legendary actress Suchitra Sen, who was known as the Greta Garbo of Bengali cinema and had 60 films to her credit including the memorable ‘Aandhi’ and’ Deep Jwele Jai’, today died of a heart attack at a super-speciality hospital here today.

The condition of the 82-year-old screen goddess had deteriorated last evening after which she suffered a massive cardiac arrest leading to her death at 8:25 AM, family sources said.

American Embassy School in Delhi not run by embassy: US

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With the American Embassy School in New Delhi under the scanner for alleged violation of India’s tax and visa laws, the US sought to sidetrack the issue by suggesting that it was not run by the embassy.

Asked to comment on a New York Times report Thursday that female spouses of couples intending to teach at the school were asked to list their occupation on visa applications as “housewife,” State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki instead offered a bit of “history”.

Madina Educational Institutions to function from today

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Government is planning to form a committee comprising of educational experts to run educational institutions under the Madina Group. Waqf Board on Wednesday took over possession of the Madina Group of Institutions, the institutions run by the Madina Group that are situated on Waqf lands.

Servant gets property worth over Rs 600 crore from employer

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A servant in Rajkot district was given away property over Rs 600 crore by his employer, who died about four months ago.

Gajrajsinh Jadeja died on September 21 last year and made a will bequeathing his property worth over Rs 600 crore to his loyal servant Kanji Jaypal alias Vinubhai.

Vinubhai had been with Gajrajsinh Jadeja since 1976 and became like a family member to him.

Gajrajsinh did not marry, but he bore expenses to get Vinubhai married and also bore the educational expenses of Vinubhai’s two children.

The Rape victim who is unknown to many

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Can any one remember the 11 year-old girl who was abducted in Sikar, Rajasthan and brutally gang-raped and left on the road to die, four months before the Capital and the whole nation was dumbfound by the atrocious gang rape and resulting in death of a 23- year old physiotherapy student in December 2012.

One- and- a- half- year and more than 20 surgeries later, family of the 12- year- old is engaged in a lonely battle.

Crime In Hyderabad (17.1.2014)

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Aged woman murdered by thieves

(Siasat News): The unknown thieves killed an aged man at Balkampet in Ameerpet area and fled with gold ornaments.

Inspector S R Nagar police station Mr. Prabhakar said that the deceased Pentamma. 60, has been living in slab complex at PJR Nagar. She was actually working there. This morning, she was found dead with injuries marks on her head.

Police suspect that the thieves might have collided her head with the wall and after killing her, might have run away with gold ornaments, cash and cellphone.

Barack Obama, Michelle Obama in Divorce Shocker?

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Barack Obama and his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, are hiding a divorce shocker from America, according to a new report.

The two locked horns in a series of ugly fights during their recent Hawaiian getaway, but sources say the death blow came when Michelle learned that the Secret Service has covered up Obama’s cheating – twice.

“Michelle is so upset over her trou­bled marriage that she didn’t want to leave Hawaii when it was time to go,” a source said.

Samsung recruiting freshers for GMT

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Samsung recruiting freshers for GMT

Location: Chennai

Eligibility: BCA or B.Sc Computer Science only 60 % and above with no backlogs Only 2013 passout

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Management Associate at Honeywell

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Order Management Associate

Processing Purchase Orders / Quotes in SAP and other requests related to Order Management sent

by the North America (US and Canada).

Honeywell distributors for ACS ECC products.

Process Credit Card orders and also take authorizations in EC-Zone and follow up with US & India

credit teams in case of irregularities.

Meeting the service levels by ensuring that emergency orders are booked well within the service

levels for immediate shipment.

Candidate Profile

Candidate should possess Any degree from a recognised university.

Pakistani journalist takes on Sunanda

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A Pakistani journalist Thursday took on Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, on twitter after she was accused of stalking him.

“The blonde’s ‘aqal’ (brain) is weaker thn her grammar and spellings. From an ‘affair’ it has become ‘stalking’… make up (your) mind… Which one is it?” tweeted Mehr Tarar without naming Pushkar.

On Wednesday, Tharoor tweeted that his account has been hacked. Published reports Thursday quoted Pushkar as saying there was trouble in the marriage.

Assistant- Customer Support at CSC

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Assistant- Customer Support

Candidate should possess Diploma/ Any Graduate from a recognised institute.

Should have Basic business and analytical problem solving skills.

Should have Basic communication skills.

Zero or more years of customer service or other telephone experience.

Experience working with organizational functions and personnel.

Experience working with fax machines, computer software, and telephone technology.

Experience working with and skilled in the use of help desk software.

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Customer Service Representative at HP

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Customer Service Representative

Contributes primarily in handling complex customer escalations, sometimes involving social media,

HP executives, legal team.

Provide professional solutions to HP end-users, dealers and service providers originating from

unresolved escalated case issues received via telephone and written correspondence.

Develops expertise and practical knowledge of applications within business environment.

Acts as team member by providing information, analysis and recommendations in support of team

efforts.

Candidate Profile

Lok Sabha poll a battle for India: Sonia

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi Friday said the 2014 Lok Sabha election will be “a battle for India” and its secular traditions.

“We assemble here as the 2014 Lok Sabha elections approach. We meet today to send a clear signal that the Congress is ready and prepared for the battle ahead,” she said in her address at the All India Congress Committee meeting here.

“These elections will be a battle for India as it was conceived by our founding fathers. It will be a battle for our secular traditions,” she said.

Kerry urges Syrian opposition to attend Geneva II conference

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US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the Syrian opposition to attend the UN-sponsored international peace talks next week in Switzerland.

Kerry’s plea came on the eve of the crucial meeting of the Syrian opposition leaders called the Syrian National Coalition in Istanbul wherein they are scheduled to vote on attending the talks.

BJP leaders meet, target 272 seats in Lok Sabha

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Getting more than 272 seats in Lok Sabha is in focus as Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) three day long brainstorming session starts here Friday.

This will be the last session of the national executive and council of BJP before the Lok Sabha polls.

Those who will attend include, party president Rajnath Singh, party patriarch L.K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Murli Manohar Joshi, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Vasundhara Raje, Raman Singh and Manohar Parrikar.

The BJP currently has 117 members in the 545-member Lok Sabha.

–IANS

State of art hall at Hajj House lies unused for 4 years

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Although there are a lot of Waqf properties worth crores of rupees in and around the city which if exploited commercially can raise huge income to spend for the welfare of the community but more importantly 50% of the Hajj House building where State Waqf Board, Hajj House, Urdu Academy, Minority Welfare Department and Qazat office work, is vacant. If the vacant rooms of the 11 storied building are used properly it can reap rich dividends for the community.

Free medical camp for women at Siasat office

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1-day free medical camp for women is being organized by Siasat on January 26, from 10 am to 2 pm, at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Abids.

Team of doctors under the supervision of Gynecologists Dr. Asiya Farheen MD and Dr. Asima Sultana will conduct check up for the common diseases besides female-specific diseases. Leucorrhoea, infertility, gallbladder or kidney stone, obesity, liver diseases and diabetes will be treated.

Free Hijama camp for women at Siasat office

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Siasat daily is organizing free Hijama camp for ladies on Tuesday, January 21 from 9 am to 2 pm at Mahboob Jigar Hall, Siasat.

Hakeem Syed Ghousuddin coordinator camp asked the women to register their names on phone no 040-6599966. Expert doctors of Hyderabad Dr. Yusra Fatima, Dr. Kausar Fatima, Dr. Muneer Fatima, Dr. Hajera Begum, Dr. Sadia Kausar, Dr. Jabeen Fatima and others will carry out free checkup.

Cups will be selected in accordance with the disease. Rs. 50 will be charged for each cup.

Siasat news

New album hasn’t been easy: Kylie Minogue

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Pop star Kylie Minogue admits it has not been easy making her new album.

The ‘Celebration’ hitmaker, who is a judge on talent show ‘The Voice’, said she took risks on her next record which will be released after the series finishes, reported Contactmusic.

“I actually didn’t know where I was going or what the future held at the end of 2012. There’s been a lot of change, this album is about taking the plunge and embracing the future and not holding on to things from the past.

Sensex down 37 points in early trade

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The benchmark Sensex fell over 37 points in early trade today due to sustained selling by funds and retail investors amid a weak trend in other Asian markets.

The 30-share barometer declined by 37.60 points, or 0.18 per cent, to trade at 21,227.58 points. The index had lost 24.31 points in the previous session.

IT, tech, banking and capital goods sector stocks led the fall.

The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty shed 7.10 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 6,311.80 points.