“Gujarat is one of only two states in the country that has effectively set up the core e-infrastructure under the national e-governance plan (NeGP)," Ajay Sawhney, chief executive officer, national e-governance division (NeGD), government of India said on Friday. He said the challenge is to move forward and break ground. Sawhney was speaking at the state e-governance consulta
The government of India may approach the Supreme Court for an extension of its August 31 deadline for the auction of telecom spectrum even as the reconstituted EGoM held its first meeting to decide on pricing of airwaves. Telecom regulator TRAI, which made a presentation before the EGoM, said impact of its proposed sale price will be higher in metros. The reconstituted Empowered
In a tale of contrasting fortunes of country`s two biggest IT companies, TCS on Thursday reported 38 per cent surge in profit exceeding market expectations on favourable rupee while Infosys`s 33 per cent rise was way below estimates. While TCS continued to maintain its optimism to outgrow the industry in the rest of the year, Infosys -- which has for the past two-three quarters struggle
The Indian Navy is creating a dedicated cadre of officers specialising in Information Technology to protect its critical networks from attacks by hackers. The Navy, which is moving towards connecting all its war-fighting assets through safe and secure e-networks for acquiring network centric capabilities, will also use these officers for administering and managing these IT networks.
The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has filed a complaint with the police apprehending theft of data from its computer network and servers by unauthorised persons. "We have received an application from the vigilance officer of IIM-A apprehending data theft from their computer networks and servers," deputy commissioner of police, crime branch, Himanshu Shukla,
The Cabinet on Thursday approved the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme under which the government will provide up to Rs 10,000 crore in benefits to the industry over the next five years for promoting production of electronics products and components in India. "The policy is expected to create an indigenous manufacturing eco-system for electronics in the country. It will fos
The Cyber Crime Cell of Tamil Nadu Police has been directed to probe the hacking of the state police`s website allegedly by a hacktivist group named `Anonymous.` "NIC is examining how the breach took place. Cyber Crime Cell has been directed to take up investigation," Director General of Police K Ramanujam said in a release. The website, now being maintained by Nationa
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has become the latest personality to make foray into social networking site, Facebook, where he will share his thoughts on issues concerning the country`s development and his interaction with various sections of people. 81-year-old Kalam, who is already on video sharing website YouTube, will be a regular on Facebook and make his observations about maki
Jhajjar will become the first district in Haryana where anganwadi workers and auxiliary nursing midwives will get mobile phones to gather information on school children and pregnant women. With the help of mobile service, records on expecting mothers and school going children would be available with the district administration, an official spokesman said on Wednesday in Jhajjhar.
With an aim to improve services, the Delhi Jal Board on Tuesday decided to induct newly-manufactured water tankers that will have smart cards and GPS devices in eight of its five zones and appointed a private firm as consultant for the project. At a meeting of the Board chaired by chief minister Sheila Dikshit, it was decided to provide tankers with stainless steel containers which will
The popular Tatkal scheme with new timings and additional measures to check the menace of touts came into effect on Tuesday with railways claiming a tangible reduction of pressure at reservation counters and improved performance of its e-ticketing site. The segregation of the crowd following different timings for opening of normal ticket booking and Tatkal ticket booking helped both rai
A court in Jodhpur on Tuesday issued notice to DataWind, the makers of Aakash, which had entered into a contract with the IIT-Jodhpur to manufacture and supply the low cost tablets. The ADJ court has sought the company`s reply by 24 July, the next date of hearing. This was in response to a notice by DataWind to two professors of IIT-J - Sandeep Yadav and Anupam Gupta - on filing
Union minister Sachin Pilot on Tuesday visited five villages of Pushkar in Ajmer district and dedicated Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra from where people can get birth and death certificates among other documents. The inister of state for communications and IT was accompanied by Rajasthan MoS for education Nasim Akhtar Insaaf, an official release said. They visited Ghughara, Chachiyawa
The Ghaziabad development authority (GDA) on Tuesday launched its call centre to help people register their grievances and gather information about various projects of the urban housing body. The helpline will be functional during the working days, chairman of board of revenue, Uttar Pradesh, V K Sharma said after inaugurating the call centre. GDA vice-chairman Santosh Kumar Yad
The Punjab government on Tuesday gave its nod for digital mapping of all 12,000 plus villages in the state. This will be done in collaboration with the Remote Sensing Department of the Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Rural Development and Panchayat minister Surjit Singh Rakhra said. Punjab will be the first state in the country to initiate digital mapping of all 12,000
The Bihar government in partnership with the State Bank of India on Tuesday launched e-payment facility for commercial-vehicle owners in the state. The facility has been launched initially in five districts - Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Purnia and Bhagalpur -- and it would be extended to other districts later, state Transport Minister Vrishin Patel said after launching the facility at a f
The government would soon roll out a new telecom policy leading to the second phase of revolution in the telecommunication industry, minister of state for IT and telecommunication Sachin Pilot said on Monday. "As of July 4, we have about 93 crore mobile phones. In the first phase of telecom revolution between 1998 and 2006, we saw exponential growth..there were about 15-18 million
Amidst rising complaints about misuse of the railway`s Tatkal scheme of booking tickets, a revised scheme with additional measures to check the lacunae will come into effect from Tuesday under which passengers can book Tatkal tickets from 10 AM instead of 8 AM. The revised scheme comes in the backdrop of increased number of complaints from train passengers about the misuse of the scheme
As part of its strategy to use information technology to promote its products, Kerala tourism has come out with a fresh set of mobile-based services and IT-based projects to make the passage to `God`s Own Country` hassle-free and make the stay pleasant. The new services like mobile website, WAP guide, applications and Bluetooth Kiosks will be launched by state tourism minister A P Anil
The North Delhi municipal corporation will soon begin assigning numbers to the properties under its jurisdiction in an effort to create their database and increase collection of revenue. "This year the North corporation managed to earn just Rs 110 crore in property taxes compared to Rs 300 crore last year. In order to improve the financial condition it is imperative that all proper
