Released from jail, man rapes, kills minor girl

Shirdi: A 32-year-old man, who was released from jail for his good behaviour after serving sentence in a rape and murder case of a minor girl, was again arrested for allegedly raping and killing a girl, police said on Sunday. 

Sunil Suresh alias Pappu Salve was arrested yesterday for allegedly kidnapping a nine-year-old girl from Shirdi town of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra on December 28 last year following which he raped her and then killed her. 

Salve was arrested yesterday near Manmad railway station in Nashik district by Shirdi police. He was later produced in Rahata local court which remanded him to police custody till January 17, police said. 

Earlier, Salve was arrested in 2003 for raping and murdering a minor girl in Sinnar area of Nashik district. 

Later, Nashik Sessions Court had awarded death sentence to him in the case. But he had appealed in the Bombay High Court against the sentence and was acquitted in the case, police sources said. 

However, he was serving two jail terms - ten-year and seven-year rigorous imprisonment each - for cases of rape and murder against him lodged in Ambad and Nashik police stations in 2002, police said. 

On account of his good behaviour, he was released from the Nashik road jail on May 28, 2012. 


After release from jail, Salve kidnapped the nine-year-old girl from Shirdi and allegedly raped and murdered her on December 28, 2012. 

He then threw the victim's body at an isolated place near Shirdi railway station. The decomposed body was recovered on Friday night, police said. 

Additional Superintendent of Police Sunita Thakare had yesterday said that a rape and murder case against Suresh will be tried by a fast-track court. 

Enraged over the incident, people in Shirdi took out a protest march yesterday and demanded stern punishment for Salve. 

Online Stores in India Offer Big Discounts

The concept of Black Friday or Cyber Monday is virtually unknown here in India but Google is trying something similar with the launch of GOSF, or the Great Online Shopping Festival, that will begin in the next hour (12/12/12).

Google India has partnered with most of the popular online shopping websites in India – from Flipkart to MakeMyTrip to FirstCry – and all these stores will offer discounts, cash-backs and other deals during the 24-hour period.

The list of partnering sites is long but here’s a quick glimpse of what some of them plan to offer.

• IndiaTimes Shopping is offering a 12% discount on every item listed on their website if you use the coupon code GOSF12.
• At Flipkart, you get flat 25% off on all clothing brands.
• Shop for Rs 1999 or more and get 10% off across all products on Infibeam with the promo code ILOVEDISCOUNTS.
• BabyOye.com and FirstCry.com are offering a flat 15% discount on all products with coupon codes BOFLAT15 and FC121212 respectively.
• GoIbibo.com offers Rs 600 off on all domestic flight bookings with the coupon code GF600 while ClearTrip offers Rs 1212 cashback with the coupon code CLEAR1212.
• Myntra.com offers flat 20% discount on their entire catalog with the coupon code GOSF.
• eBay India offers up to 24% discount on Nokia Lumia and Samsung Galaxy series of mobile phones including the Note II tablet.
• Zovi will offer 25% off on all footwear products with the coupon code C121212.

All the deals will be valid only on 12/12/12. (Update: The site is now offline)

Where to Download Microsoft Office 2013?

Microsoft is expected to release a new version of Office, called Microsoft Office 2013 (or Office 15) early next year. The new Office, the release version of which is already available for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, sports a minimalist interface and, among other features, is very tightly integrated with SkyDrive.

If you aren’t an MSDN/Technet subscriber, you can still download and install Microsoft Office 2013 as long as your computer is running Windows 7 or Windows-8

Where can I download Microsoft Office 2013

Option A: You can go to office.com/preview and download the full-featured edition of Office 2013 that includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Microsoft Access (no Visio here). You can install this version on up to 5 PCs using your Microsoft account.

This is actually Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium Preview and what’s unique here is that you can get Office running on your computer within minutes of hitting the install button. This uses Microsoft’s Click-To-Run installation technology – you just have to download a 500KB installer and it “streams” the Microsoft Office applications to your computer.

The downside is that you have to install the entire Office package and second, this isn’t the final release of Office but a “preview” edition (version 15.0.4128.1025).

Option B: The other option is that you download the Microsoft Office 2013 installer from the  Technet website(all you need is a Windows Live ID). Unlike the preview edition of Office, this one is the “final” Office Professional Plus 2013 release (version 15.0.4433.1506) that will continue to work for 60 days from the date of installation.

In order to install this version of Office, you’ll be required to download the full MSI installer (666 MB, OfficeProfessionalPlus_x86_en-us.img) but the advantage is that you can choose which Office programs should be installed on the computer.

Which Microsoft Office 2013 edition should I download?

Microsoft Office 2013 Pro is available as a 60-day trial while there’s no exact expiry date fixed for Office 365 Preview. Microsoft says that Office Preview will expire approximately 60 days after Office 2013 becomes available in that market. You will thus have more time to play with Office 2013 with the preview release.

Office 365 Preview can be installed alongside an older copy of Microsoft Office whereas in the case of Office 2013 Professional, it will override your existing installation.

One more thing. The Office 2013 preview release streams very quickly (click to run) and you don’t even have to be an administrator of your computer to install it. That’s not the case with Office 2013 Pro.

Microsoft hasn’t specified an exact release date for Microsoft Office 2013 but if you buy a licence of Microsoft Office 2010 now, you will get a free upgrade to Office 2013.

Obama Will Seek Citizenship Path in One Fast Push

WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to push Congress to move quickly in the coming months on an ambitious overhaul of theimmigration system that would include a path to citizenship for most of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the country, senior administration officials and lawmakers said last week.

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Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York has been writing a bill with colleagues of both parties.

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Mr. Obama and Senate Democrats will propose the changes in one comprehensive bill, the officials said, resisting efforts by some Republicans to break the overhaul into smaller pieces — separately addressing young illegal immigrants, migrant farmworkers or highly skilled foreigners — which might be easier for reluctant members of their party to accept.

The president and Democrats will also oppose measures that do not allow immigrants who gain legal status to become American citizens one day, the officials said.

Even while Mr. Obama has been focused on fiscal negotiations and gun control, overhauling immigration remains a priority for him this year, White House officials said. Top officials there have been quietly working on a broad proposal. Mr. Obama and lawmakers from both parties believe that the early months of his second term offer the best prospects for passing substantial legislation on the issue.

Mr. Obama is expected to lay out his plan in the coming weeks, perhaps in his State of the Union address early next month, administration officials said. The White House will argue that its solution for illegal immigrants is not an amnesty, as many critics insist, because it would include fines, the payment of back taxes and other hurdles for illegal immigrants who would obtain legal status, the officials said.

The president’s plan would also impose nationwide verification of legal status for all newly hired workers; add visas to relieve backlogs and allow highly skilled immigrants to stay; and create some form of guest-worker program to bring in low-wage immigrants in the future.

A bipartisan group of senators has also been meeting to write a comprehensive bill, with the goal of introducing legislation as early as March and holding a vote in the Senate before August. As a sign of the keen interest in starting action on immigration, White House officials and Democratic leaders in the Senate have been negotiating over which of them will first introduce a bill, Senate aides said.

“This is so important now to both parties that neither the fiscal cliff nor guns will get in the way,” said Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, a Democrat who is a leader of the bipartisan discussions.

A similar attempt at bipartisan legislation early in Mr. Obama’s first term collapsed amid political divisions fueled by surging public wrath over illegal immigration in many states. But both supporters and opponents say conditions are significantly different now.

Memories of the results of the November election are still fresh here. Latinos, the nation’s fastest-growing electorate, turned out in record numbers and cast 71 percent of their ballots for Mr. Obama. Many Latinos said they were put off by Republicans’ harsh language and policies against illegal immigrants.

After the election, a host of Republicans, starting with Speaker John A. Boehner, said it was time for the party to find a more positive, practical approach to immigration. Many party leaders say electoral demographics are compelling them to move beyond policies based only on tough enforcement.

Supporters of comprehensive changes say that the elections were nothing less than a mandate in their favor, and that they are still optimistic that Mr. Obama is prepared to lead the fight.

“Republicans must demonstrate a reasoned approach to start to rebuild their relationship with Latino voters,” said Clarissa Martinez de Castro, the director of immigration policy at the National Council of La Raza, a Latino organization. “Democrats must demonstrate they can deliver on a promise.”

Since the election, Mr. Obama has repeatedly pledged to act on immigration this year. In his weekly radio address on Saturday, he again referred to the urgency of fixing the immigration system, saying it was one of the “difficult missions” the country must take on.

Parallel to the White House effort, Mr. Schumer and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a Republican, have been meeting with a group of at least four other colleagues to write a bill. Republicans who have participated include John McCain of Arizona, who has supported comprehensive legislation in the past; Jeff Flake, also of Arizona, who is newly elected to the Senate; and Mike Lee of Utah. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida participated in one meeting last month.

Democrats in the meetings include Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat; Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado.

READ MORE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/us/politics/obama-plans-to-push-congress-on-immigration-overhaul.html?_r=0

Honda MSX125 Monkey Is A Mini Street Bike

Honda will soon be coming out with a mini street bike MSX125 which will be loosely based on the Honda Monkey or the Z-Series bikes which the Japanese company had launched in 1960. This mini bike has its own essence of styling carrying an overall stylinh of a naked sports bike but on a smaller scale. The MSX125 should definitely prove to be a justified bike on urban as well as rough roads. If you are not conscious enough to ride on one, the mini bike should definitely do its part of making you look cool.
The MSX125 (Mini Street X-treme 125), as the name suggests, will be powered by a 125cc, 4-stroke, single cylinder engine with a maximum power of 9.7 HP and should be able twist 11 Nm of torque. Fuel will be fed to the engine through Honda’s programmed fuel-injection system (PGM-FI) and the transmission is achieved through a 4-speed gearbox. The list of other features include LCD digital display, projector headlamps, LED tail- ights and what Honda calls upside-down suspension.
The mini street bike with 12-inch alloy wheels weighs about 102 kgs and has a fuel tank capacity of 5.48-litres. The MSX125 will be manufactured at Honda’s plant in Thailand and will be made available in four colors, namely Asteroid Black Metallic, Pearl Himalayas White, Pearl Queen Bee Yellow, and Pearl Valentine Red. Seems, there is an opening for mini-segment in the two-wheeler market too. How well the segment or in this case the Honda MSX125 is received will be answered only through the sales figures it achieves.

Read more at http://www.motorbeam.com/bikes/honda-motorcycle-bikes/honda-msx125-monkey-is-a-mini-street-bike/#7IMSZKrCFPEtDoqL.99 

The ‘ Trust’ Email - Story!

“Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.” 
― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday

Below is a very interesting email chain (Unedited – Just Names Removed). A close friend of mine forwarded this to me.

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From:

Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:31 PM
Subject: Just a Thought
Importance: Low

It is better to be hated for something you are rather than being liked for what you are not.

From: 
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:33 PM
To:

Subject: RE: Just a Thought

Haan but its so difficult………………….it’s easier to say a white lie just to gain someone’s affection………….rather than speak the truth and risk their wrath.

From:

Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:51 PM
To: 

Subject: RE: Just a Thought

I personally feel that it’s better to risk the wrath than to stay under the illusion which would be  short lived.

 And anyways if you have to gain someone’s affection it has to be on merit.

The person has to accept you in totality, the way you are and not on false grounds.

The relationships on lie are short lived.

regards

From: 
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:59 PM
To:

Subject: RE: Just a Thought

Oh my god………….. totally agree on this with you since I suddenly recollect a lie I told a while ago…….

I had buried it deep into the recesses of my memory till your mail threw up the incident into the realms of  my consciousness.

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Absolute proof of the outcome of a  small white lie………….

you will exhaust a lifetime trying to undo the indiscretion of a moment………

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Last year in dec it was my nephew’s wedding and for one of the functions I wore a vilandi set ( piece of antique jewelry)………..albeit in artificial.

since to make one in real gold and kundan would take around 5 lakh and I could only  afford the one for 5 thousand.

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One of the relatives ( extremely wealthy and arrogant)  complimented me on my outfit and good taste in jewelry

and gushed and oohed and aahed over the neckpiece

and said that her mum too has an identical one………….

I was still beaming and grinning like a fool under the unexpected shower when she …………..

wondered casually aloud  whether it is real.

I gulped and immediately agreed……………...

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Somehow I didn’t have the guts to admit to all in public that I was wearing a fake one.

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Later on spoke to my mil about it.

She said that I must only wear real stuff ( how so ever small or frequently worn it may be)  for family events………….

since it can be easily made out if it’s not authentic.

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The ladies present there in all probability knew that I was wearing a fake one

and now I made a complete fool of myself by admitting to a white lie in public.

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I should have spoken the truth…………sab ko to pata tha.

  

From: 
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 2:02 PM
To: 
Subject: RE: Just a Thought

See………. That’s what I meant .. ………..

Not to hurt you further but this will always remain with you :-

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one because you lied.

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Two because now others also know that you lied

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and three  with this small lie how much do you think people will be willing to depend on you.

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From: 
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 2:05 PM
To:

Subject: RE: Just a Thought

Haan re…………..now I can’t even make eye contact with them.

Am actually dreading running into them during future function.

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In social life we can plan an avoid people but in business or at work we can’t!

When it comes to business, all that ultimately matters is TRUST.

Building trust is all about the little things…..