35 IAS officers transferred in UP

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government today transferred 35 IAS officers, including divisional commissioners and district magistrates, an official spokesman said here. 

Principal secretary, homeguard and civil defence Sanjiv Dubey has been relieved from the additional charge of Institutional Finance Department. 

Principal secretary, finance Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar has been given additional charge of Institutional Finance Department. 

Secretary, women and child welfare, Kamini Chauhan Ratan has been transferred to finance. Renuka Kumar, who was on the waitlist, has been posted as principal secretary, women welfare and director general, State Nutrition Mission.

Jitendra Kumar, who was also on the waitlist, has been posted as principal secretary handloom, the spokesman said in a statement. 

Principal secretary, Dairy Development, Anant Kumar Singh has been given additional charge of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. secretary, Housing Rajiv Agarwal has been given additional charge of home department. 

Secretary, Rural Development, Sudhir Kumar Srivastava has been transferred as Divisional Commissioner Basti. Secretary, Home Sanjay Prasad has been shifted to Medical and Health Department. 

Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development, Dheeraj Sahu has been transferred to Planning Department. 

Secretary, Irrigation, Rakesh Kumar Ojha has been transferred as Commissioner Gorakhpur, he said. 

Secretary, IT and Electronics, Prabhat Mittal, who was under transfer as Commissioner Devipatan Division, has now been posted as Commissioner, Rural Development. 

Secretary, Minor Irrigation Ravi Prakash Arora has been transferred as Commissioner Devipatan. Commissioner Mirzapur Brij Kishore Singh has been put on the waitlist and Commissioner Varanasi R M Srivastava has been given additional charge of Mirzapur. 

District Magistrate, Sultanpur K Dhanlaxmi has been put on the waitlist and Special Secretary Aditi Singh has been posted in her place. 

DM Gorakhpur, Ravi Kumar N G has been put on the waitlist and Special Secretary, Irrigation Ranjan Kumar has been appointed in his place. 

DM Shahjahanpur, Aparna U has been transferred as Special Secretary, Revenue. Special Secretary, Entertainment Tax, Shubhra Saxena has been posted as DM Shahjahanpur. 

Secretary vocational education Bhuvnesh Kumar has been relieved from the additional charge of director sports. 

Special Secretary, APC Branch, Abhay has been posted as Mission Director, Skill Development Mission. Director, Panchayati Raj, Saurabh Babu has been shifted as Special Secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare. 

Anurag Yadav, who was on the waitlist, has been posted as Director, Panchayati Raj. DM Hathras, Suryapal Gangwar has been put on the waitlist and Chief Development Officer, Aligarh, Shameem Ahmad Khan has been posted in his place. 

Special Secretary, Power Shiv Shyam Mishra has been transferred as Vice-Chairman, Gorakhpur Development Authority. 

DM Sambhal, Karn Singh Chauhan has swapped places with Special Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies Pawan Kumar. 

Executive Director, UP Employee Welfare Corporation, Arvind Kumar Singh has been put on the waitlist. 

DM Bhadohi, Ranveer Prasad has been put on the waitlist and Regional Food Controller, Kanpur, Narendra Shanker Pandey has been posted in his place. 

DM Etawah, Vidya Bhushan, who sustained injury during a swimming session recently, has been put on the waitlist and Special Secretary, Irrigation, Nitin Bansal has been posted in his place.

Sources: TOI

Bombay HC orders CBI to probe Bollywood actor Jiah Khan's death

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday transferred the probe into the death of Bollywood actor Jiah Khan to the Central Bureau of Investigation. A division bench of Justice VM Kanade and Justice PD Kode asked the CBI to carry out further investigations on whether Jiah's death was a case of "suicide or homicide".

The court clarified that it was not expressing any opinion on the merits of the allegations and asked CBI to conduct an "independent and impartial" probe.

The 25-year-old actor had reportedly hanged herself on June 3, 2013. Suraj Pancholi, son of actor Aditya Pancholi, was arrested and charged for abetting his girlfriend Jiah's suicide.

The high court slammed the CBI for opposing the transfer of investigations with its claim that it did not have adequate manpower and machinery. "If the CBI takes such a stand one wonders where a citizen of this country's supposed to go when the state machinery is found deficient in protecting its citizens," the judges said while expressing "displeasure" at the agency's statement. The court has asked the CBI to carry out further probe and submit its report to the court.

The HC was hearing a petition filed by Jiah's mother, Rabia who blamed police for a shoddy probe and claimed Jiah may have been murdered. She attached photos of Jiah's body as well as a report by an independent forensic expert who opined that the possibility of the death being a homicide cannot be ruled out. The petition further claimed that Aditya had used his political clout to influence the probe.

Rabia claimed some circumstances supported the homicide theory: no stool was found in the house, questioned the police case that Jiah hung herself from a ceiling fan which was at a height from the floor; there were injury marks on her face and her arm as if someone had held her tightly; the ligature marks did not support the case that she hung herself and the forensic expert raised doubts that the depth of the marks could have been caused by the soft muslin cloth which police claimed Jiah used to kill herself. Rabia also claimed that police failed to probe a blood patch which she claimed to have found in one of the rooms.

Suraj Pancholi, son of Bollywood couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, has been charged for abetting Jiah Khan's suicide

Sources: Times Of India

How do I reset my Moto X?

In the unlikely event that your device becomes unresponsive, frozen, blank or black screen, or will not respond to the power button, you can perform a force restart or reboot on the device by following the steps below.

Press and hold the Power button for 7 - 10 seconds, the device will restart and go through the boot-up sequence.


Notes:

• The forced restart or reboot will not delete any Data on your phone.  

Factory Data Reset is a tool used to remove everything that was imported, added or installed on the device. Keep in mind, when using this feature everything is deleted.

To reset your device:

1.  Touch 

2.  Touch Settings

3.  Touch Backup & reset

4.  Touch Factory Data Reset

5.  Touch Reset Phone

Note: If you have customized your Moto X on Motomaker you will have the option to remove your personalized content. If you want to remove your start up message or wallpaper, check the Erase all personalized content box.

External Reset

If you are unable to access the phone's menu to perform the standard reset you can attempt an external factory reset.

Notes:

• When using this feature; everything is deleted from the device. If you have customized your device on Motomaker, your personalized message and wallpaper will not be deleted.
• Reset will require a minimum battery level of 25%. If you are unable to perform a reset, please charge for 20-30 minutes and try reset again.

1. With the phone powered off, press the VOL DOWN KEY for 2-3 seconds then POWER key then release.

2. The device will display different BOOT OPTIONS

3. Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL to Recovery and VOL UP Key to select

Tip: If the device reboots, you may have waited to long to make a selection, you will need to begin the process again. 

4. The device will display the Motorola logo and then the Android in distress ( logo with Exclamation mark)

5. Press and hold the VOL UP key for 10-15 seconds. While still holding the VOL UP key tap and release the POWER key

Tip: You can try this step, holding the phone in landscape. If you are stuck on step 6, try a force reboot by pressing the Power key and Vol Down key, and start the process again.

6. The device will display additional menu options (Text will appear in BLUE) 

7. Use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll to Wipe data / factory reset and the POWER Key to select this option

8. Use the VOL DOWN key again to select YES - delete all user data and press the POWER key to CONFIRM

9. Once the Formatting is complete, press the POWER key to confirm a REBOOT

10. The device will reboot and start the normal power up sequence

How to Reset a Samsung Galaxy S3

Resetting your Samsung Galaxy S3 can be helpful in the event your device is experiencing problems or you just want to restore your phone back to its default factory settings. Performing a reset will also wipe all your personal data and settings. Follow one of the three methods below to reset your Samsung Galaxy S3.

Method 1 of 3: Reset from the Settings Menu

01). Tap "Menu" from the home screen.

02). Tap on "settings"

03). Select "Back up & reset."

                   By default, your device will automatically backup & restore all your data. If you do not want your personal data backed up & restored folloeing the reset, tap on each corresponding option to clear the check box.

04). Tap on "Factory data reset."

                        If you have the screen lock feature enabled on your device, you will be prompted to enter your password or PIN code before you can continue.

05). Tap on "Reset device."

                   If you have the screen lock feature enabled on your device, you will be prompted to enter your password or PIN code before you can continue.

06). Select "Delete all."

                  Your phone will then reset by wiping all data and rebooting.

Method 2 of 3: Reset when powered off:

01). Turn off your Samsung Galaxy S3.

02). Press & hold down the "power" button, "Home" button, & the "volume Up" button.

03). Wait for your to vibrate, then release only the "Power" button.

04). Wait for the Android System Recovery screen to appear, then release the "Home" & "Volume Up" keys.

05). Press the "Volume Down" button until the "Wipe data / factory reset" option is highlighted.

06). Press the "Power" key to select the option.

07). Press the "Volume Down" button until "Delete all user data" is highlighted.

08). Press the "Power" button once again to select the option. Your phone will then perform the reset process & display "Reboot system now" when complete.

09). Press the "Power" key to select the reboot option & complete the master reset.

Method 3 of 3: Dial Pad

01). Open the dial pad on your Samsung Galaxy S3, which is normally represented by an icon of a green phone receiver.

02). Enter *2767*3855#. Your device will then reset itself & erase all your personal information & settings.

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Indian security establishment alive to ISIS threat

Home minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with the policy division of the ministry and asked for revision & strengthening of security at vital installations.

 NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) declaring war on various countries including India, the internal security establishment has already begun preparing for a threat that is as yet being seen as "not immediate" but hardly very "distant".

While intelligence agencies are closely tracking developments in the middle-east along with mounting surveillance on Indians reported to be fighting alongside ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the major concern for Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is a spillover of the sectarian strife in the region to India.

"The issue has been discussed within the ministry and apprehensions about a conflict between Shias and Sunnis erupting in the immediate future or later in the country is not being ruled out. An advisory in this regard has already been sent to various states but more preparations are on," said a senior home ministry official.

In a Ramzan speech, ISIS commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is learnt to have called on believers to take up arms and terrify the enemies of Allah in various countries including India. TOI had on June 19 reported that India was in ISIS crosshairs as one of the world dominion maps of the outfit had shown parts of North-West India as part of Islamic State of Khorasan.

A combo of two handout pictures released by the US Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (left) and by Iraqi Ministry of Interior allegedly shows photographs of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also known as Abu Du'a. (AFP Photo)

Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday held a meeting with the policy division of the ministry and asked for revision and strengthening of security at vital installations. He also asked for strengthening of VIP security.

Sources said the minister was given a low down on the security arrangement for VIPs in the meeting. The minister "desired that these security arrangements may be reviewed and suitably strengthened, wherever required. He further directed that the security audit of vital installations, wherever due, may be carried out and additional forces deployed, if found necessary, so as to ensure that adequate security arrangements are in place for such installations," said a home ministry spokesperson.

For this, the ministry is also reviewing budget provisions earmarked for making security arrangements and is likely to enhance the same.

Members loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) wave ISIS flags as they drive around Raqqa on June 29, 2014. (Reuters Photo)

Rajnath Singh also stressed on exploring avenues for strengthening bilateral security relations with the neighbouring countries. This would include execution of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in criminal matters with as many countries as possible, and specifically with the neighboring countries. India already has MLAT agreements with 36 countries and another 15 are in the pipeline. India has been pushing for MLAT with Pakistan as well but it has not yet come on board. Sources said the matter would be pushed again with the western neighbour.

Singh is learnt to have also asked bureaucrats to come up with new ideas for the forthcoming SAARC Conference of Home Ministers for deliberations during the Conference. The meeting was attended among others by Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami.

Indian IT companies may lose high-value projects

BANGALORE:  For Indian software companies, which are recovering from the global economic slowdown, the next big worry could be customers eating the best portion of their lunch. Increasingly, multinational clients are saying they are okay to outsource bread-and-butter work but not the jam & cream.
What this means is that the country's biggest software firms are facing the threat of losing high-value projects to customers who are setting up inhouse centres in India to ensure they keep tabs on critical work involving the latest technologies. 

For example, later this year, Lowe's —the second-biggest US home improvement chain with $53 billion (Rs 3.2 lakh crore) in annual revenue —will shift high-end analytics and ecommerce projects from companies including Cognizant, Wipro and Infosys to a new centre in Bangalore. 

Lowe's move, which spends over $1 billion annually on IT, reflects a growing trend of customers shifting their most important work to their own centres, leaving chores such as maintenance to Indian service providers. 

"This (the new Lowe's centre) is not going to be a back office," Robert F Hull Jr, the CFO of Lowe's, said in an interview. For Lowe's, the new technology capabilities in Bangalore will mean a competitive edge against rivals such as Home Depot. As more US consumers shift to the web for home improvement solutions, technology has become the new battlefront. 

Lowe's, which now gets around 2% of its revenues from online sales, has been closing in on market leader Home Depot. The new centre could potentially hire up to 1,000 engineers, and will focus on data analytics and nextgeneration online commerce projects. 

Lowe's also plans to engage with retail software startups in India, and could potentially even invest in some of them. Scores of captives were set up in the 1990s as global corporations looked to take advantage of the lower costs of operating in India without relinquishing control of their information technology systems. 

Over 800 captive centers in India

There are more than 800 captive centres in the country and more are being added each year. In 2012, captives employed about 5 lakh people and delivered as much as $15 billion (Rs 90,000 crore) worth of work, according to Nasscom data. 

While the over-$100-billion Indian software services industry employs around 3 million staff and is forecast to grow at 13-15%, captives are growing at nearly twice that rate. 

While this trend may not be very good news for IT services companies, it will open up new opportunities for employees in the software sector to work on cutting-edge technologies directly with global corporations. 

Over the past year, Hull met around 38 companies having captives in India and got some of the myths busted. "We even visited some of the universities and were fully convinced that there's going to be no scarcity of talent in the long term," he said. "We are going to manage and develop key capabilities in-house. 

The third-party providers can do maintenance and support work far more effectively; they have tens of thousands of people in place." Lowe's has hired Narayan Ram as managing director for India, reporting directly to Hull. Ram, an IT industry veteran who ran Sony's technology centre, said Target, Tesco and Walmart have already set the bar high for Lowe's India. 

"We do expect a war for the right talent," Ram said. Lalit Ahuja, a former Indian Navy commander who helped companies such as Target and several others build their captive centres in India said these centre are also beginning to manage service providers such as TCS and Infosys on behalf of their parent organisations. 

"In some ways, the captives have broken the 'value' barrier that Indian IT has been aspiring to address for a long time now," said Ahuja whose company ANSR Source is helping Lowe's and several others establish technology centres in India. "There are incredible opportunities for Indian IT to understand the games captives play to operate at the high end of value chain." 

Senior executives at some of India's biggest software firms are watching in envy and even praying that these captives remain mere experiments and hopefully fall short of what one called "lofty adventures". "Don't get me wrong — we have seen these waves of captives being feverishly talked about. 

But a lot of them eventually get acquired by a large service provider," said a senior executive at one of the top India-based software firms. He was referring to how the technology captives of banks such as UBS and retailers including Supervalu ended up being acquired by Cognizant and TCS, respectively.

Facebook testing 'missed-calls' in India

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook wants its users in India to hang up on advertisers. 

The internet social networking company is testing a new type of ad in the country that allows mobile phone users to click a button that calls a brand advertiser, immediately hangs up and then receives a return call. 

The return call delivers pre-recorded audio messages about everything from sponsored cricket scores to information about shopping discounts, minimizing data charges for the user. 

The so-called "missed call" ad was specially created by Facebook to appeal to users in the world's second-most populous country, and potentially in other emerging markets. Facebook has more than 100 million users in India, with the majority accessing the service on so-called feature phones, which lack touchscreens and other capabilities of higher-end smartphones. 

The ads are part of Facebook's effort to bolster its business in countries such as Brazil, India and Indonesia, which could help Facebook boost its overall revenue. 

Roughly 84% of Facebook's 1.28 billion monthly users are outside the United States and Canada, but the average revenue per user that Facebook generates in international markets is significantly lower than in the United States and Canada. 

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is in India this week visiting the company's offices and meeting with partners. Last week, Facebook rival Google announced plans to bolster its business there by developing a sub-$100 smartphone that uses its Android software. 

Facebook has optimized the ads on its service to work on slower wireless connections in emerging markets and it is improving its tools in individual countries to help marketers better target different groups of users. 

The company has also recently opened sales offices in Colombia and Indonesia and it is working with measurement firm Nielsen to measure how mobile phone users react to ads. 

In early tests of the missed call ads by L'Oreal-owned haircare product Garnier Men, the ads led to a 2.5 times year-on-year increase in online sales, according to Facebook. In the coming months, Facebook said it plans to make the missed call ads more widely available.