The government on Wednesday created an email id for public to send their ideas and inputs to tackle issues arising out of blackmoney. The email -- [email protected] -- has been created on the server of the National Informatics Centre and the public can send their responses on the subject with immediate effect, a senior Finance Ministry officer said. "General
An online auction is on for lunch meeting with whistle-blower website Wikileaks` chief Julian Assange in London next month and the bids have already reached 560 British Pounds (over Rs 40,000 a person). The bidding is being conducted on internet auction website eBay for the three-hour lunch meeting to be held on July 2. A total of eight seats are on offer for sharing the lunch ta
A Tehsil office in Gurgaon, Haryana, will arguably be the first modernised land record room of the country after the district was selected to launch the National Land Record Modernisation Programme. Director, Land Records, Haryana, Pankaj Yadav said on Wednesday that all land record-related documents would be placed in this room in a water, fire and dust-proof compactor.
The Centre has finally crossed the digital barrier to adopt the new age media of SMS messages and Internet advertisements to reach out the masses. The Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) has been asked by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to use bulk SMS and advertisements on popular websites instead of remaining stuck to publicity through newspapers, television and r
Draft IT and ITES policy to propose to maintain India`s leadership in the global IT market, promote sustenance and competitiveness of SMEs and support innovation in the industry The IT industry on Tuesday got an opportunity to place their demands before the IT and Communications Minister Kapil Sibal in the first round table held with stakeholders for National Policy on Informatio
Idea Cellular has said it has emerged as the No.1 operator of choice under mobile number portability (MNP) scheme in Andhra Pradesh. The Aditya Birla Group cellphone firm clocked net gain of 58,196 under MNP in the state as on June 8, Idea said in a statement in Hyderabad on Tuesday. At an all-India level, Idea reported net gain of 6,87,602 to emerge at the top spo
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) has become the first airport in the country to introduce e-ticket printing kiosks for passengers. Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL), which operates the airport, said these kiosks have been installed outside all domestic departure gates which would enable passengers to avoid queues at ticket counters. A pres
Telecom operators in the country added 15.34 million mobile subscribers in April this year 2011, taking the total number of telephone users to 861.48 million in India, sectoral regulator TRAI said. According to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the mobile subscriber base increased to 826.93 million at the end of April from 811.59 million in the pr
A day after RCOM protested disconnection of telecom services by BSNL, the Haryana circle of state-run telecom on Tuesday said it has asked the Anil Ambani Group company to pay Rs 25 lakh as restoration charges for restoring its telephone services in the state. "We have demanded from RCOM the payment of Rs 25 lakh, which are restoration charges and it is to be paid by RCOM as
China-based telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei on Tuesday announced the establishment of a product development centre here that will design and develop software and test mobile handsets for the Indian market, where it plans to build the brand in a big way. This centre would take up entire design of the phones, the software that gets inside and end-to-end testing of the product
Maharashtra government looks serious to make the installation of electronic meters in autorickshaws in Mumbai and Pune mandatory soon. A meeting is scheduled to take place on this issue on Wednesday. Minister of State for Transport, Gulabrao Deokar told this to reporters here. "We have accepted the policy of installing electronic meters in autorickshaws plying
LPG users of Indian Oil, which distributes gas under `Indane` brand, can now book their refills through Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) or SMS and need not call the ever busy phone number of cooking gas distributors. The oil marketing company has launched Automated Unified System (AUS) for booking LPG cylinders in Mohali and Chandigarh on pilot basis, by which the LPG cu
The size of India`s domestic IT services and products markets will touch Rs 1,71,698 crore in 2012, research and advisory firm CyberMedia Research said. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 17.3 per cent over the 2010-14 period, the aggregate market size of the domestic IT services and IT products sector will touch Rs 2,33,930 crore, or USD 51 billion, by 2014, it said in
Social networking site Facebook is likely to file an IPO by the first quarter of 2012, with a valuation of over USD 100 billion, a media report said. Facebook is likely to go public by next spring, CNBC quoted people familiar with the matter as saying. "The company`s IPO, were it to happen by next spring, would probably be triggered by a section of the 1934 Se
With the arrest of chairman of a private technical institute, Orissa police on Tuesday claimed to have made a breakthrough in the case in which the institute allegedly hacked the passwords of some candidates and changed their college preferences during e-counselling last year. Crime branch have arrested two persons in this connection, including the chairman of a Baleswar-
In a move to automate the functioning of Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs), Government has decided to impart basic learning of computers to all their functionaries soon. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj headed by Vilasrao Deshmukh has initiated a process of taking up the training of officials and elected representatives of the PRIs so that they are able to operate computers, work
With the arrest of chairman of a private technical institute, Orissa police on Tuesday claimed to have made a breakthrough in the case in which the institute allegedly hacked the passwords of some candidates and changed their college preferences during e-counselling last year. Crime branch have arrested two persons in this connection, including the chairman of a Baleswar-
A hacker group has threatened to attack the Malaysian government website to protest acts of censorship by the authorities. Anonymous, the hacker group, accused the government of censoring movies and television shows, and for restricting the Internet, which it says is a basic human right. The group, in a statement, on the Pastebin website said it was acting against
As the country grapples with issues like corruption and blackmoney, Tata Steel, a flagship company of Tata Group, has launched an online campaign via a web portal asking citizens to be part of the debate on values that shape India. The online campaign, called Valueabled.com, targets Indians who wish to make a difference, the company said in a statement, adding that this initiativ
About 15 persons lodged a complaint with police here alleging they had been cheated of Rs 1.2 crore in online trading by a woman who promised them good returns for their money after a certain period on Tuesday. Police said the complainants said the woman from Sathyamangalam in nearby Erode district, had promised them 10 per cent dividend on a monthly basis if they invested in on-
