Residents who have not got their Aadhar numbers even after enrolling months in advance can obtain them now with just a click at the Aadhar portal. Nandan Nilekani at a press conference in Mumbai has assured that because there are delays in printing and postage, residents can get their numbers by visiting the portal and feeding in their enrollment ID, name and pincode number as recorded in the e
In a bid to improve governance, the minister of state for personnel, public grievances and pensions V Narayanaswamy has launched a minister’s interface in centralized public grievances redress and monitoring system (CPGRAMS) in Delhi on Thursday. Through the interface, which is a single window application for online receipt of grievances, a citizen can lodge or register a
The Delhi High Court on Thursday exempted Google India and Facebook India officials from personal appearances before a magistrate who had summoned 21 websites, including them, for hosting allegedly objectionable materials on their web pages. A bench of Justice Suresh Kait, however, refused to stay the trial court proceedings and asked the counsel to appear on behalf of the accuse
Just a day before the budget for 2012-13 financial year was to be presented in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, an unidentified hacker broke into the official government website budget.ap.gov.in, sending the state administration into a tizzy. The hacker, apparently from a foreign location, created additional pages dz.htm and x.htm to the budget.ap.gov.in website and named himself as
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has sought Rs 923 crore from the government to develop a "fail-safe" communication network during any calamity. The project, National Disaster Communication Network (NDCN), envisages providing assured multi services such as audio, video, data and knowledge based information to meet the requirements of various stakeholder
In a bid to plug loopholes in the Public Distribution System, the Food and Civil Supply department will computerise the database of about 1.36 crore BPL/Antodaya cardholders over the next three months, Food and Civil Supply minister Shyam Rajak said. Details like number of family members, their age and gender and other related information of each ration card holders would ill be
The website of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal was on Wednesday restored, a day after it was hacked reportedly by a Bangladesh-based group. Party sources said the US-hosted website www.aitmc.org was hacked more than once last evening but was fixed. The party`s website was remodelled before the last assembly election by Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia.
In a bid to maintain complete transparency in the functioning of major departments, the Jammu and Kashmir government is contemplating on making e-tendering mandatory for key projects. "E-tendering is extremely important for transparency, and in order to ensure smooth functioning of government departments we are mulling over making the process mandatory for all key projects,&
Railways have decided to take a slew of steps, including installations of CCTV based surveillance system and construction of boundary wall along with barbed fencing, to strengthen security apparatus at stations and ensure multiple screening of passengers. Besides fencing of walls at major stations, Railways will install automatic vehicle scanners at entry gates. There will also b
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has ordered the transfer of a senior IAS officer, heading the regional office of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) here, following allegations of sexual harassment by a woman Indian Revenue Service officer. The CAT Hyderabad Bench had last week directed the Centre that UIDAI`s Deputy Director General V S Bhaskar be tran
Clearing his stand on censor of social media, Union Telecom and Information Technology Minister,Kapil Sibal has said,“ the government will not censor social media but at the same time we must ensure that everybody obey laws of the country.” He was speaking at the 20th celebrations of NASSCOM India Leadership Forum. “Global technology cannot pr
Passengers failing to show the SMS containing reservation messages with full details of the booked e-ticket will be slapped with a fine of Rs 50, Railways today said. The public transporter has decided to accept SMS also sent by IRCTC containing PNR, train no, date of journey and class on booking e-ticket for undertaking journey, a move likely to be implemented shortly.
Noting that cancellation of 122 2G licences by the Supreme Court came as a "complete bolt from the blue", Adity Birla Group Chairman Kumaramangalam Birla today said it is a little early to comment on whether group firm Idea will participate in the auction or not. "This has come as a complete bolt from the blue -? our licenses being cancelled," he said, talking
The Union Home Ministry would like to work with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) in the area of cyber crime, which is growing very fast, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said here. He gave away NASSCOM Global Leadership Awards at a function here this evening. "In 2009, there were 2,866 reported incidents of cyber crime in
Online activist group Anonymous hacked New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully`s private e-mail account and used it to sent messages mocking him, it was reported today. The group breached McCully`s e-mail account last April after New Zealand passed laws cracking down on illegal file-sharing and threatening to disconnect repeat offenders from the Internet, the Dominion Post re
In order to create single unified information system, the Delhi state civil supplies corporation has launched an electronic public distribution supply chain management (ePDSCM) portal. The portal was inaugurated by the Minister of food, supplies and consumer affairs Haroon Yusuf at ePDS operation centre in Delhi on Tuesday. Through the portal, ration card holders wishing an SMS
Very soon, Delhi Metro commuters can use their `Smart Cards` for travel in DTC and cluster bus services in the city that would eventually be integrated with the national common mobility card. The step would help commuters use all kinds of transport in the city with one single card and make payments through that. To facilitate its implement, a series of high-level meetings have t
The unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated that the security concerns raised by the union home ministry are being looked into and that this introspection is a part of the refresh strategy that the authority is working on. Before entering the next phase of enrolment (scheduled to start from April) the authority has planned to review all aspects for greater precision.
Rejecting the Telecom Ministry`s proposal for fast tracking Rs 20,100 crore National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) by according it the status of a non-Plan scheme, Finance Ministry has advised Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal to obtain the Plan panel`s clearance for the project. "...a new scheme ... with an outlay of Rs 20,100 crore over a period of three years, whether under Pla
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the use of e-governance will reduce chances of malpractices and will bring transparency and efficiency in government departments. "E-governance holds key to transparency and efficiency in government departments and reduce chances of malpractices to greater extent," Omar said while launching an e-procurement p
