The Corporate Affairs Ministry today said that it has submitted its report on Swan Telecom`s alleged connection with Reliance Communication to the Telecom Department. "Registrar of Companies (RoC) has got back to us and that information has also been shared with DoT," Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters when asked whether the MCA has completed the
As many as 23 companies of paramilitary forces have been allotted to Hyderabad and adjacent Cyberabad police commissionarates to meet any eventuality that may arise after the Srikrishna committee on Telangana submits its report on or before December 31 to union home minister, said police today. A K Khan, Hyderabad Police Commissioner said they sought 18 companies of paramilitary
The CPI today claimed that global software companies were being given "undue advantage" in sensitive #IT projects of some key state-run bodies and the Indian Railways by designing tenders to suit them rather than their Indian counterparts. "The current practice of designing tender specifications in large PSUs, defence and government information and communication te
In a move to check sale of spurious liquor and bootlegging, all alcohol bottles sold in the city will soon have two-dimensional modern bar coding with Delhi government today deciding to rope in Tata Consultancy Service for the purpose. Delhi will become the first city in the country to have introduced the 2D bar-coding on liquor bottles which will help authorities check sell of s
Mobile subscribers may have to wait for some more time to get relief from unsolicited calls and SMSes, as telecom regulator Trai is likely to postpone the January deadline to bring an end to such calls to February 1. On December 1, 2010, the Trai had come out with guidelines on unsolicited telemarketing calls and SMSes, to be implemented from January 1, 2011. Accor
A committee of the MCD has asked Municipal Commissioner K S Mehra to make arrangements for collecting e-waste separately. The MCD Works Committee`s demand comes in view of the civic body collecting biodegradable and degradable waste together. Jagdish Mamgain, a member of the committee, said e-waste such as batteries and mobile phones, when dumped with regular house
Nearly 1,200 community health workers in the district will be given mobile phones by the administration to make maternity services more accessible to pregnant women in remote areas, an official said here today. To improve a skewed sex ratio of 856:1000, it was decided to provide provide phones to Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) so that timely help is provided to expecti
India is mulling to launch at least 30 earth observation satellites in the next one decade, a senior official at the Department of Space (DoS) said today. "We expect not less than 30 satellites," Director of the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), under the DoS Dr V Jayaraman said. NRSC is responsible for remote sensing, satellite data
China`s most popular blogger says he`s shutting his freewheeling print magazine after just one issue because government officials appear to have blocked the printing of new editions. Han Han, a novelist and race car driver, has amassed millions of regular readers with his sly online critiques of China`s social problems and hoped to tap that audience with an arts and literature ma
A 33-year-old man is facing up to five years in jail in the US for allegedly hacking his wife`s e-mails, after he suspected her of cheating on him, a media report said. Leon Walker has been charged by prosecutors in Oakland County, Michigan, under the state`s anti-hacking laws aimed at preventing identity theft in the US, for allegedly reading her wife Clara`s e-mails without her
Over 1,000 personnel of Central para-military forces are being deployed here and Cyberabad for protection of infotech companies and their staff in the view of the impending submission of report by Justice Srikrishna Committee on the statehood issue on December 31. Andhra Pradesh Government is focusing on providing foolproof security to IT firms in view of the attacks on some of t
Facing increasing cyber espionage from China, the German Government has decided to set up a national Cyber Defence Centre to combat the menace of hackers. The German intelligence services have received information that cyber attacks on the computers of the government departments grew rapidly this year, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said yesterday. Over 1,60
Disturbed over repeated cyber attacks where security gets compromised, the National Security Council (NSC) under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a meeting and deliberated on various plans to beef up cyber security. During the meeting, the present level of preparedness to deal with cyber security issues and a future plan of action was discussed by the Nationa
In view of the difficulty faced by policemen in operating the newly opened Facebook accounts of police stations here, a workshop would be conducted to make them more computer savy and efficient in handling online services. "Although the police stations have opened Facebook accounts, the station in-charges are not competent enough to operate and update them," DIG, Kanpur
Come January one, Delhi Metro will introduce a new round-the-clock helpline number that will allow commuters to register their complaints and suggestions regarding services. The new helpline number `155363` will replace the existing `128128` from January one and this number can be accessed even from mobile phones. Delhi Metro decided to change the helpline number a
US lawmakers would soon be flashing the modern day electronic gadgets like Ipads, Iphones and Blackberries on the floor of the House of Representatives, if the Republicans had their way. Leaders of the Republican Party, which gained majority in the US House of Representatives in the recent mid-term polls, are planning to open the House floor to these modern-day electronic gadgets
Around 4.5 lakh car owners in West Bengal would be benefitted by paying Motor Vehicle Tax online if their vehicles were registered here, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas and Barrackpore. The e-payment facility currently would be available to the owners having accounts with the State Bank of India with net banking facilities. The SBI payment gateway could be used
Julian Assange, the founder of whistle-blower WikiLeaks website has bagged a 1.1 million pounds deal for his autobiography. 39-year-old Assange whose site has enraged the American government by releasing hundreds of secret embassy cables, said the money would help him defend himself against allegations of sexual assault made by two women in Sweden. "I don`t wa
Banks will ask for an additional password from their credit card customers from the new year for any transactions conducted over phone, subsequent to a Reserve Bank direction for making phone banking more secure. As per the RBI guideline, all the banks will mandatorily decline any telephonic banking transactions, including the automated IVR (Interactive Voice Response) services,
Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai today briefed the Public Accounts Committee about his report in the 2G spectrum allocation. His report on a presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore in 2G spectrum allocation had created a storm in Parliament and outside. The PAC, headed by BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi, is examining the controversial allocation of 2G radio
