Following the Bombay High Court`s observation that the Octroi department of the city`s civic body was "corrupt", Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Subodh Kumar on Monday told the court that various steps have been taken to ensure there are no irregularities at Octroi check posts. Kumar, in his affidavit, has said that as part of measures to prevent p
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday launched an e-ticket booking facility for travelling by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation buses. Passengers can book tickets 30 days in advance through mobile phones and the website www.tnstc.in by using credit or debit cards to any destination of their choice, an official release said. The facility also allows a pas
Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group`s head Jack Ma said he is "interested" in buying Yahoo, even as the US company is being approached by private equity firms and others for a potential deal, says a media report. "Jack Ma, chief executive of Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said he is "interested" in buying Yahoo Inc and (the Interne
The low cost computer-cum-access device, which will be launched here on October 5, is expected to be named as `Aakash` and given to 500 students at a function. According to sources in HRD Ministry, several names were suggested but there was consensus on `Aakash`. It will perform "all the functions that any other computer can perform," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had said l
SoSasta.com, a part of US-based online-coupon giant Groupon, on Monday said it has re-branded itself as Crazeal.com. A new leadership team will take charge of delivering the ultimate Crazeal.com experience to consumers, the company said in a statement. Ankur Warikoo has been named the CEO of Crazeal.com and will be responsible for growing the business in India, it
The government today unveiled the draft National Policy on Electronics, 2011, which aims at USD 400 billion turnover in 2020 by the domestic industry and focuses on reducing imports. Announcing the draft policy, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said at the current rate of growth, the "domestic production can cater to a demand of USD 100 billion in 2020 as against demand of USD 4
The VOC Port here has selected Chennai-based L&T Infotech for implementation of a Rs 19.75 crore web-enabled integrated electronic port information system. The work agreement for `e-sail` (electronic systems and information logistics) was signed here on Monday by VOC Port Chairman A Subbiah and L&T Infotech President R A Swamy. L&T Infotech was selected
With telecom tariff ruling as low as Re 1 due to competition in the market, telecom tribunal TDSAT today said there was no need at present for regulator Trai to fix tariffs and it should leave this to market forces. "The consumer groups contend that Trai should frame tariff. This tribunal is, however, of the opinion that Trai having prescribed forbearance (operators are free
In an attempt to refurbish the image of the three-year-old scam hit BJP government, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today urged the bureaucracy to make administration citizen welfare oriented and ensure transparency in tenders and procurements. Into the second month in office, Gowda held a meeting with Regional Commissioners, District Deputy Commissioners and CEOs of Panchayat
The Japanese government will hold a meeting on Friday to discuss measures to boost information security, top government spokesman Osamu Fujimura said on Monday, in the wake of recent cyberattacks on the computer systems of the country`s defense-related firms. Among its steps, the government plans to set up a working group to step up cooperation between the public and private sect
Haryana government today signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard to implement Rs 55.04 crore Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project for sharing intelligence and information about crime and criminals across the country. Haryana, Director General of Police (DGP) Ranjeev Dalal after signing an agreement said Haryana is one of the first States in the country
An increasing number of people are falling prey to fraudulent schemes masquerading as `lotteries` and `job offers`, mostly on the cyber world. As many as 11,195 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) have been detected by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in the Finance Ministry, between 2006-10 in this regard. The Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) were found to
The US has said that it would take up the issue of pending requests for information from India regarding cyber cases with various departments in that country. New Delhi has also sought appropriate technology to deal with cyber security issues. According to minutes of a meeting on US-India dialogue here on Cyber Security prepared recently, the Indian delegation was
The Reserve Bank is planning to make its Web interface more interactive with a presence on social networking sites like Twitter, blogs and other online discussion forums. The RBI is conducting a Web survey where it is asking the visitors to its website whether they would like features like discussion forum, blog, live chat, Twitter (for information dissemination) and opinion poll
For the first time, the CVC has decided to give vigilance clearance to government officials for postings through an online mechanism, a move aimed at expediting the process. Officials said they were also working to reduce time limit from present about three months to less than 60 days. "We are working on a system which will give vigilance clearance on real tim
Air travellers across the country may soon have their boarding passes sent directly to their cell phones. SITA, an air transport communications and IT solutions provider, is in talks with airlines and other agencies concerned for implementation of their PassengerWeb check-in application that allows people to check-in via electronic boarding passes sent directly to their phones.
Sam Pitroda, advisor to the Prime Minister, on Monday favored an open and transparent e-auction system for all government auctions and tenders, including the sale of spectrum bandwidth to telecom providers, to avoid any legal hassle and bad name to the government. Talking to PTI on Sunday on his way to Chicago after a visit to New York to address the two-day Pan-IIT Conference, P
Sony Corporation said on Monday it will participate in a demonstration test of a `smart grid` next-generation power delivery system in the United States by providing technology to measure electricity demand in households efficiently. This will be the first time the major Japanese consumer electronics company provides such a system in a demonstration test, a Sony spokesman said, a
Internet search giant Google has been ranked as the best company to work for by management and engineering graduates in two separate surveys, which term the company the world`s "most attractive employer" of 2011. According to the survey conducted by global employer branding firm Universum, Google has been ranked at the top of its 2011 list of the top 50 global bus
The government on Thursday said it is essential to institutionalise e-governance systems that will help reduce the human interface in the course of delivering public services and also check corruption. "It is very important to have a law in place to ensure that those who are corrupt are dealt with expeditiously and very strongly so that there is an element of deterre
