A high-level meet to discuss `Dial 100`--Integrated Emergency Communication System (IECS) which is scheduled to be launched through a pilot-mode in the country, was today held at Police headquarters here. Director, National Police Mission, Ish Kumar explained the importance of integrated communication system linking the essential services. He also informed about the pilo
Public sector Indian Bank on Friday launched e-Treasury combining the domestic and foreign exchange trading on a common software package. Indian Bank Chairman and Managing Director T M Bhasin launched the new service at the newly constructed Corporate office in Chennai. The common software package analyses profitability, risk and costing aspects through differ
The government on Friday said as many as 33 incidents of misuse of social networking sites were reported between April 2010 and July 2011. "During the period April 2010 to July 2011, a total number of 33 incidents of misuse of social networking sites, related to publishing of objectionable content pertaining to political leaders, religion, national security and individuals w
Facilities like internet, printing and telephone will be available from tomorrow at the Leh post office, State Minister of Tourism Nawang Rigzin Jora said in Srinagar. These facilities would be available over and above the normal postal services at the Leh post office, he said. The upgraded post-office would remain functional till 8 in the evening for convenience of the tourists.
In a surprise move, telecom regulator TRAI has increased the number of licences to be cancelled over operators` failure to meet roll-out obligation to 83 from its earlier recommendation of 74. "... Now the figure stands at 83 who will be issued show cause notices (SCN), which includes 15 issued earlier," a senior Telecom Ministry official told PTI. "
The Dutch government said on Saturday it cannot guarantee the security of its own websites, days after the private company it uses to authenticate them admitted it was hacked. An official also said the government was taking over the company`s operations. The announcement affects millions of people who use the Netherlands` government`s online services and rely on the authenticator
The new Thai government has set a target to develop the Kingdom to become "Smart Thailand" over the next four years. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister Anudith Nakornthap announced the plan this morning when inaugurating a seminar on "Smart Thailand": Modern Public Services through High Speed Internet -- in which executives and senior offi
Scientists have developed a new DNA-based logic circuit which they say can identify and kill cancer cells without harming the healthy ones. The researchers, who developed the cell-level diagnostic system, said it could be used for drug screening or perhaps for disease treatment, killing tumors while leaving healthy cells alone. The circuit, they said, works like any other logic c
In a move that could bring transparency, all the land records in Haryana would be computerised by July 2012 under National Land Records Modernisation Scheme. Special training would be imparted to all the tehsildars, naib tehsildars, kannongoes and patwaris for the purpose. Revenue Minister Mahender Pratap stated this while addressing a state-level workshop at Panipat under Nation
A 32-year old man was arrested for allegedly making nuisance calls and sending obscene SMS to a couple. Padmanabhan, the accused, was arrested on Friday night at Sullivan Street by officials of the Cyber Crime Cell, police said. He was arrested following a complaint by Ravishankar, a resident of Telugupalayam area in Coimbatore. Ravishankar and his wife had complained that they w
Maharashtra government has launched a scheme to distribute aid to beneficiaries through biometric system on the lines of Andhra Pradesh Government on an experimental basis, Labour Minister Hasan Mushrif said on Sunday. The beneficiaries will get state government aid through the scheme, Mushrif said at a function in Beed district of Maharashtra. He said 87 percent registration und
The 24x7 public grievance redressal call centre, which was set up in the office of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy two days ago, has received a huge response in the first day itself with as many as 2.25 lakh people calling the toll-free numbers. As the lines were choked, only 6,315 calls could be attended and out of them, 4,220 calls were registered in the system, a CMO spoke
Over 37,000 villages in India were still waiting to get connected with the rest of the country through mobile telephony as of March this year, despite the government`s efforts to facilitate expansion of networks to rural areas by offering a subsidy. Over 37,000 villages in the county were yet to be connected with mobile telephony services as of March, 2011, Minister of State for
The government will throw open a single payment gateway for e-governance services in 11 states by March, 2012, which will facilitate collection of fees for licences and other chargeable services over the internet. "We are done with proof of concept with Maharashtra and are ready with standard guidelines to replicate the whole process throughout the country. NSDL has been sel
Vishal Goyal loves surfing the internet. But the 20-year-old student, who lives in west Delhi’s Sunder Vihar, hates standing in serpentine queues to pay his internet bills. The Jeevan centre, a single-window facility for depositing utility bills near his home, has come as a boon to him. It is open for 12 hours through the day from 8 am. And unlike the Easy Bill centres, it does not charge
Directorate of Education (DoE) of the Delhi government runs one of India’s largest school education systems. In order to run its affairs smoothly, the department has developed a web-based application for online administration through MIS (management information system). Nityanand, assistant director (education) of DoE, explains: "For example, the employee module is int
Most citizens believe that the government agencies are characterised by a callous lack of efficiency and a seeming contempt for accountability. The Delhi government’s electronic service level agreement (e-SLA) project promises to change this sorry state of affairs. The e-SLA project is designed to ensure timely delivery of basic services to the citizens by fixing accountabi
Non-availability of government information in public domain is among the key concerns of the citizens. How are you planning to address this issue? We are planning to upload all gazettes department-wise in a comprehensive format on the Delhi government website. Various search options – including department-wise and name-wise – will also be available on the web
Imagine the seemingly impossible. Imagine that your city’s multiple municipal bodies actually coordinate with each other and dig up the roads to attend to water pipes, broadband cables, gas pipelines and sewage pipes - all at once instead of one after the other which results in perpetually dug-up roads. While you are at it, also imagine that the staff of a municipal body pr
Bhagwaan Das, 65, did not know until a year ago that he was entitled to a monthly pension of Rs 1,000. A daily wage labourer living in a one-room house in northwest Delhi’s Mangolpuri, he had to increasingly depend on his son. "Sometimes my son used to give me money. But I could not depend on him," he says. Yet, when he came to know about his entit
