SANIA MIRZA: The Youth Icon

July 20, 2012Amazing Feats, Leaders, Records, All, Sportsadmin

Sania Mirza is one of the famous sports personalities. People always want to know more and more about their famous sports personality. She is also an idol for many. If you too are looking information on her and want to know more about her, you are at right place.

Sania Mirza came on earth on 15th November 1986. She is a tennis player and was born in Mumbai, Bombay at that time. She is famous for her impactful ground strokes which she hits hard. Most of the Sania Mirza photos are also depicting the same. Most of her photos are in powerful ground strokes which made her so forceful. A list was issued by ‘Times of India’ which contained 33 top women of India which made India proud. Sania Mirza was also included in it.

Various Sania Mirza biographies are also written till now on Indian tennis player. She is the one who provided top rankings to India on various opens. It was due to her efforts that India entered into singles top 30 WTA rankings. Not only this, she also maintained a highest rank in doubles. Former world’s number 1 player Dinara Safina and Martina Hingis were defeated by Mirza. Not only this, various top players like Marion Bartoli, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva are also defected by her. Once she had also won single WTA title. She won the title in 2006 in Hyderabad. Australian open 20009 and mixed double events are also won by her. Due to her wide achievement list, she also made to the Asia’s top fifty heroes by time in 2005 with Sania Mirza photo.

Sania Mirza was gifted to Nasima and Imran Mirza in Mumbai, India. The name of her younger sister is Anam and they both were grown up at Hyderabad. Sania was interested in tennis right from a very tender age. She was then trained professionally at NASR School and turned fully professional in 2003. She did her graduation from St. Mary College at Hyderabad as given in Sania Mirza Biography. Sania is the first tennis player from India who has got such a high ranking in India. In 2008, the tennis player broke the hearts of many and got engaged with her childhood friend Sohrab Mirza. However, it didn’t last much time. She then started seeing famous sport personality Sohaib Malik and is a Dubai based Pakistani cricketer. Grand wedding was held in Hyderabad at India and Sonia Mirza photos were issued. However, some customs and other functions were held in Pakistan too. Couple is now living happily in Dubai.

Various controversies are side by side following Sania. Once there was a big controversy related to the cloths that she had to wear at grounds. There was a protest form Muslim community that the dress tennis players wear at court is objectionable. Many more also keep coming. Mirza had never looked back and has also achieved various awards as is written in Sania Mirza Biography. She was awarded with Arjuna award by Indian government in 2004. Later in 2006 she was awarded with Padma Shri for her achievements.

source: http://www.WychWoodBarns.com / Categorized in Food / July 16th, 2012

New motorbike launched

July 17, 2012Business & Economyadmin

Deputy Transport Commissioner A. Mohan launching ‘Bajaj Discover 125 ST’ motorcycle in Vijayawada on Monday. / Photo: By Arrangement / The Hindu

Bajaj Auto has introduced a 125 cc motorcycle in Varun Bajaj in Vijayawada. Deputy Transport Commissioner (DTC) A. Mohan released the Bajaj Discover 125 Sports Tourer (ST) vehicle on Monday.

Mr. Mohan along with Varun Motors executive director P.V. Satyanarayana and director Prabhu Kishore presented the keys to the first five customers at the showroom.

Speaking on the occasion, the DTC said the new motorcycle which gives a sporty look is a fuel efficiency two-wheeler, as the maximum speed is 105 km. The specially designed ‘anti-vibration’ frame ensures enjoyable ride on all terrains.

Both self and kick starter facility was given for the motorcycle with 10 litre fuel tank capacity, he said.

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> News> Cities> Vijayawada / by Staff Reporter / July 17th, 2012

Indo Nissin Foods felicitates Saina Nehwal

July 16, 2012Records, All, Sportsadmin

Indo Nissin Foods Ltd (INFL), the makers of Top Ramen noodles, today felicitated badminton ace Saina Nehwal and wished her luck for the upcoming Olympic games in London.

Nehwal, who is also the brand ambassador of Top Ramen, was presented with a souvenir by INFL Managing Director Yuji Tabeta. NFL is also an Official Co-sponsor of the Indian Olympic contingent this year.

“We are privileged to be associated with the IOA, and in turn support the entire Indian contingent that is leaving to London for the Olympics,” he said.

Saina has been associated with Top Ramen since January, 2011 and Nissin is very proud of her success on the badminton court internationally, he added.

“On behalf of the entire Indo Nissin family, all our associates and customers, I take this opportunity to wish her the very best, and encourage her to ‘Be the Champion’ at the world’s foremost athletic meet,” Tabeta said.

Japan-based Nissin Food Holdings established their operations in India more than 20 years back as Indo Nissin Foods Limited. The company has a flagship brand, Top Ramen and other brands such as Cup Noodles and Mug Noodles.

source: http://www.business-standard.com / Home> General News / by Press Trust of India / New Delhi, July 15th, 2012

State Bank group opens financial literacy, counselling centre

July 15, 2012Business & Economyadmin

Hyderabad, JULY 13:

The State Bank group has opened a financial literacy and credit counselling centre at Citizen Service Centre, Tank Bund, here.

The centre, headed by an experienced/retired officer, would offer free counselling in person or over telephone/email on aspects such as calculation of interest on deposits, advances or loans, nomination facility, customer rights and fair practice codes, preparation of debt restructuring plans and service charges.

State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of India and their sponsored regional rural banks in Andhra Pradesh had earlier established a joint society called ‘Runa Viveka Aacharana’ with its headquarters at head office, State Bank of Hyderabad here, to establish financial literacy and credit counselling centres (FLCCs).

According to the Reserve Bank of India’s model scheme, lead banks will have to open FLCCs in district headquarters, mandals and towns in a phased manner.

With this opening of new centre, the State Bank group had completed the target of setting up FLCCs in 12 lead districts in which it was operating, the released added.

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source: http://www.TheHinduBusinessLine.com / Home> Industry & Economy> Banking / by The Hindu’s Bureau / July 13th, 2012

Can’t promise medal, but will give our best shot: Sania Mirza

July 15, 2012Sportsadmin

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza today refused to make predictions on how many medals country’s tennis players will win at the upcoming London Olympic Games but promised that they will give their best shot.

“I think it’s unfair to put a number (on medals). As it is, all of us are under pressure going to the London Olympics.

We can’t promise a medal but will give our hundred per cent,” said Sania, who would be taking part in the women’s doubles with Rushmi Chakravarti and mixed doubles with Leander Paes in the Games, commencing July 27.

Sania was one of the panel speakers at a channel’s “Marks for Sports” campaign along with fellow tennis stalwart Mahesh Bhupathi, Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken, former national football skipper Bhaichung Bhutia and cricket star Virender Sehwag.

Asked about India’s chances in the Games, Maken said it is not appropriate for him to predict the country’s medal haul in the quadrennial sports spectacle.

“I would not like to say anything on this because it would be unfair as already we have qualified in large numbers.

Last time around 50 people had qualified (for Beijing in 2008), and this time 81 have qualified,” he observed.

Asked to comment about the cutting down on the number of non-sports persons as part of the Indian contingent, Maken hoped that by the time the next Games come around even the Sports Minister would be a former sports person.

“I wish at next Olympics the Sports Minister is also a sports person. In the group of ten people I am travelling with (to London), only I am not a sports person,” he remarked.

About the national game of hockey, Maken said the sport is on the rise after a steep dip four years ago when India failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in eight decades.

“This time we have qualified (in hockey). Last time we failed to qualify. Our team is on the rise and things are improving for hockey.”

source: http://www.indianexpress.com / Home> IE> Story / Agencies: Mumbai / Friday, July 13th, 2012

Students from Dublin share joy with orphans

July 15, 2012Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Inspiration /Positive News and Features, World Opinionadmin

A student of University College of Dublin, Volunteers Overseas, Ireland, who was on a study tour to India, playing ‘Gachakayalu’, a traditional game, with the inmates of Care and Share Charitable Trust at Buddavaram village in Krishna district on Friday. / Photo: Ch.Vijaya Bhaskar / The Hindu

“It is very pathetic that some children lost their parents and near and dear in natural calamities, while a few were abandoned due to infection of AIDS/HIV” said students

Students of University College of Dublin (UCD), Volunteers Overseas, Ireland, shared fun and joy with the inmates of Care and Share Charitable Trust at their home.

When a reporter of this paper visited the Care and Share campus in the village, the students were seen dancing, jumping and playing with the poor and orphan children on Friday.

The students, who were on a month-long study tour to India, understood the lifestyles of hundreds of orphans in the home. They learnt about the role of Non-Governmental Organisations in taking care of the deprived children in the society.

“It is very pathetic that some children lost their parents and near and dear in natural calamities, while a few were abandoned due to infection of AIDS/HIV,” said the students who were pursuing different courses in the university.

“The children are very active and have become friendly with us. We spent about 30 days in the home and attended a few get-togethers with them,” said the UCD Volunteers Overseas Manager Caroline O `Connor, who headed the team to Vijayawada.

A bachelor in Psychology student, Paul O `Sullivan thanked the Care and Share management for providing good hospitality for the team members on their campus.

“The food is very spicy and the trust management arranged special diet for us. But, the Indian food is very tasty,” said a nursing student Sorcha O `Brien.

“I am very happy to spend time with the Irish students at our home. We sang songs, played games and enjoyed with the brothers and sisters.

I request them to visit us once again,” said Saritha, an inmate of the home.

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> News> Cities> Vijayawada / by Rajulapudi Srinivas / Budhavaram (Krishna District), July 14th, 2012

Secunderabad Cantonment Board to promote rainwater harvesting

July 11, 2012Business & Economy, Green Initiatives / Environment, Science & Technologyadmin

Hyderabad:

The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) will follow in the footsteps of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) and construct rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures in its jurisdiction. Though the RWH structures should have been in place before the arrival of monsoon, the SCB officials claim it is never too late to start a good initiative.

“We have experienced severe water crisis this summer. The HMWS&SB could not supply the assured quantity of water to us. Adding to the problem, groundwater in the Cantonment area also got depleted. Of 200 borewells in the Cantonment area, 150 have dried up completely,” an SCB water works official told TOI.

“In view of the recent experience, we felt the need for construction of rainwater harvesting structures. Initially, we will educate and encourage citizens to construct RWH structures by distributing pamphlets containing information on how to build them,” the official added.

Initially, the SCB would spread awareness about the concept in 100 residential colonies in Mahendra Hills, Trimulgherry, Bowenpally, Bolarum and Marredpally. “We will give technical assistance to construct RWHs. The residential association has to bear all the expenditure for construction of RHW on their premises,” added.

A proposal would also be moved to make RWH structures mandatory either at the time of new water connection or sanctioning building plan. The proposal would be tabled before the next Cantonment Board meeting to be held shortly, the official said.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Hyderabad / TNN / July 11th, 2012

Secunderabad comes alive with Bonalu

July 11, 2012Arts, Culture & Entertainmentadmin

Devotees offering Bonalu at the Ujjaini Mahankali temple on Sunday | Express Photo

Most parts of Secunderabad were in a festive mood on Sunday as thousands of devotees thronged various Mahankali temples, including the 191 year old Sri Ujjaini Mahankali temple to celebrate ‘Bonalu’, a traditional Hindu festival of Telangana.

‘Bonalu’ is dedicated to the Mother Goddess Mahankali and is held in the month of Ashada Masam (July/August) every year. It is celebrated to ward off evil and to usher peace and harmony. Womenfolk, dressed in their best traditional attire, carried ‘bonam’ (a pot carrying rice, turmeric powder, jaggery, milk and curd, covered with neem leaves and a lamp placed on top of it) on their heads to the Ujjaini Mahankali temple. The temple was decorated with buntings, festoons and neem leaves.

Siva Sattulu dances under trance near the Ujjaini Mahankali temple in Secunderabad | EPS

‘Pothrajus’,smeared with colours carried long whips and ‘ghatams’ as ‘teen maar’ drumbeats and Telugu folk songs reverberated the by-lanes of Secunderabad.

Separate queues were made for the convenience of devotees carrying ‘bonalu’. Water sachets and ‘prasadam’ were supplied free of cost to the devotees, many of them from the surrounding districts of Rangareddy, Medak and Nalgonda. The ritual of ‘Rangam’ (foretelling the future) by a young spinster will be performed on Monday at 9 am.

The devotees were interrupted by the visits of politicians, including chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, for which they had to wait outside the temple for three long hours. Eventually, when Reddy exited the temple, they expressed their frustration by raising slogans like ‘CM down down’.

They were also unhappy with the discrimination meted out to them by the temple authorities by giving VIP treatment to the politicians. N Chandrababu Naidu, ministers C Ramachandraiah, Mukesh Goud, Danam Nagender, J Geetha Reddy, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Botcha Satyanarayana, deputy speaker Bhatti Vikramarka, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president G Kishan Reddy, V Hanumanth Rao, Anjan Kumar Yadav offered prayers at the 19th century temple.

Apart from ‘Lashkar Bonalu’, devotees thronged different Mahankali temples in Ramgopalpet, Pan Bazar, R P Road and M G Road, Paradise, Mettuguda, Bhoiguda, Ranigunj and YMCA. The festival will conclude on Monday with ‘Rangam’ and ‘Ghatam’ procession of Mahankali Goddess on an elephant in the neighbourhoods of Sri Ujjaini Mahankali temple. The temple deity was installed by soldiers from Ujjain, who were part of an army contingent trapped in cholera epidemic.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / July 09th, 2012

Yagneswari bags gold medal in AIMS talent examination

July 10, 2012Uncategorizedadmin

S. Sai Yagneswari posing with the gold medal she won for securing 12th rank in AIMS Talent Examination, in Vijayawada. / Photo: V.Raju / The Hindu

A native of Penamaluru village in Krishna district, Yagneswari, scored 99.84 marks in the test organised by Centre for Excellence in Academics (CEA).

A ninth standard student, Sambhana Sai Yagneswari of Samvida Vidya Peeth in Poranki, has achieved gold medal by securing 12th rank in the All India Maths Science (AIMS) Talent Examination 2011-12.

A native of Penamaluru village in Krishna district, Yagneswari, scored 99.84 marks in the test organised by Centre for Excellence in Academics (CEA).

“The question paper was for 50 marks for science and mathematics subjects and test of reasoning. CBSE had conducted the test in December 2011, and the results were announced recently”, Yagneswari told The Hindu.

Yagneswari also topped in the State-level drawing competition held last year, and third prize in the drawing contest organised by Gora Science Centre, said her grandfather Kesanakurthi Nageswara Rao. The talent examination was conducted at both junior and senior levels in many schools across the State, and some thousands of students took the test.

CEA has awarded me a gold medal and certificate, besides providing free entry for the AIMS talent test to be held this year.

“My mother K. Swathi Sree, uncles K. Phani Kumar and K. Chaitanya, principal P. Malathi Latha and mathematics and biology teachers G. Srinivas and Shiva helped me a lot to prepare for the talent test at all India level”, said Yagneswari. Samvida Vidya Peeth former principal Bhargavi, management and staff complimented the student for securing top rank in the AIMS talent examination

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> News> Cities> Vijayawada / by Staff Reporter / July 09th, 2012

City gets multi-purpose fire tender

July 10, 2012Business & Economy, Science & Technologyadmin

Firemen presenting a demonstration of Multi-Purpose Fire Tender, after the launch of the new vehicle at Swaraj Maidan in Vijayawada on Sunday. / Photo: V.Raju / The Hindu

District Fire Officer V. Srinivasa Rao said the new vehicle is having capacity to contain 4,500 litres of water, 600 litres foam and 250 kg of dry chemical powder.

The Fire Department has got the first multi-purpose fire tender for the city. MP Lagadapati Rajagopal and MLC Ilapuram Venkaiah inaugurated the new vehicle at Swaraj Maidan here on Sunday.

MP sprays water

Mr. Rajagopal drove the fire tender and sprayed water by operating the hose pipes in the ground.

Speaking on the occasion, the MP said the multi-purpose vehicle is very much essential in the city as many multi-storeyed buildings have come up in Vijayawada.

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The owners of the apartments, offices, shopping malls and educational institutions should follow fire safety norms and obtain ‘No Objection Certificates’ from the fire personnel, he said adding that the government is planning to strengthen Fire Department by sanctioning more funds.

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