The government today suspended Santokh Singh, a legal adviser in the Law Ministry who was till recently posted with Department of Telecom (DoT) and was associated with the controversial affidavit filed by the DoT in the Supreme Court. In the affidavit, the DoT had denied the allegations that it ignored advise of Prime Minister, Finance Secretary and Ministry of Law and Justice (M
Corporators in the Improvement Committee of the BMC today demanded that penalty be increased to Rs one lakh from the present Rs 5,000 to ensure strict action against illegal mobile towers in the city. Penalty should be made Rs one lakh from the current Rs 5,000 levied on the network providers while regularising them, they said. "The BMC has taken action agains
Rating agency Fitch Ratings has said mobile number portability (MNP) is unlikely to hit operators, considering the dominant pre-paid nature of the market and high churn rate, and opined that India will not behave too differently from rest of Asia on this matter. "MNP is unlikely to have any significant negative impact on operators, considering the dominant pre-paid nature of
The US had multiple conversations with Indian officials on the release of secret documents pertaining to India by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, according to the State Department. "We have had multiple conversations with officials in India. And like India and other countries, we`ll continue those conversations in the coming days," State Department spokesman P J C
In a move that will give major relief to millions of subscribers, telecom regulator TRAI will tomorrow announce new guidelines to curb the menace of unsolicited calls by imposing hefty penalties on errant telemarketing firms and operators. Besides hefty penalties, the telemarketing firms would be alloted a separate series of numbers beginning with `700` that would allow subscribe
At a time when the country is being rocked by a number of scams, some students of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad have decided to launch a helpline on corruption to curb the menace. A group of six IIM-A students proposed the idea of starting the helpline to former President A P J Abdul Kalam and IIM-A professor Anil Gupta, which was appreciated by them. &q
The e-governance model pioneered by Gujarat government for issuing sales and drug manufacturing licenses online is likely to be replicated in several other states of the country, a top Central government official said. "The initiative of Gujarat`s Food and Drug Control Administration to introduce e-governance for effectively implementing the software for online model of issu
Union Minister of State for Communication Sachin Pilot today said that steps would be taken to restructure Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, the PSU which posted a loss of over Rs 1,800 crore in the last fiscal. "BSNL had posted the loss for the first time and there are certain reasons behind it going into the red. Like postal department BSNL will also be restructured," Pil
US authorities have shut down dozens of websites offering counterfeit goods and pirated music, five months after a crackdown on sites offering movie downloads. A spokeswoman for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, told The New York Times the court-ordered seizure of domain names was part of an "ongoing investigation.&q
With the objective to further strengthen the IT sector in the country, Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion council (ESC), will be hosting `Indiasoft 2011`, the largest IT global networking event, at Pune in Maharashtra on March 25 and 26, 2011. Speaking to mediapersons here today, D K Sareen, Executive Director ESC, said ESC is the rallying point for ICT companies,
China has introduced its first ever electronic passport that contains microchipped information and is designed to foil forgers. The electronic passport features an electronic data storage chip that contains personal data including given name, family name, personal numeric code, the document`s term of validity, the issuing body, and citizenship. "The adoption o
Governments around the world today braced for the release of millions of potentially embarrassing US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks as Washington raced to contain the fallout. The whistle-blower website is expected to put online three million leaked cables covering US dealings and confidential views of countries including Australia, Britain, Canada, Israel, Russia and Turkey.
American cables from the past three years which were procured by WikiLeaks provide an unprecedented look into secret diplomatic episodes and behind- the-stage bargainings like the standoff with Pakistan over nuclear fuel, the New York Times reported. The confidential cache of US cables released to the paper by the whistleblower website, were described by the Times as the one that
A day after whistle blower WikiLeaks made public secret US diplomatic communications, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur today said it is a "very sensitive" issue and the government would like to "wait and work this out". "This is a very sensitive issue. We have good bilateral relations (with the US) and they had already warned us.... So,
Among a quarter million secret US documents released by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, a total of 3,038 classified cables are from the American embassy in New Delhi. The details of the cables related to India were not immediately available, mainly because of inaccessibility to the WikiLeaks website, which was experiencing heavy traffic. But out of the total,
Cutting across party lines, US lawmakers expressed their outrage at what they called "illegal" publication of classified American documents by WikiLeaks, and asked the Obama Administration to use all legal means to shut down this whistleblower website. "The release of classified information under these circumstances is a reckless action which jeopardises live
Beware! Your PC is not safe. Even a routine internet search, especially for a hot topic, might lead your computer into the hands of hackers. Not just dubious online advertisements and leading or attractive download offers, experts feel that usual search queries could expose your system to cyber criminals. According to experts, in a testimony to the rising threat po
Stung by criticism that some big operators were allegedly hoarding spectrum, a leading telecom firm Vodafone today said it was "ridiculous" to imply the incumbent players were resorting to such a measure. Contending that no rules were violated in granting additional airwaves, Vodafone in a statement said no spectrum in excess of what was permissible has been granted to
The three-day strike by BSNL workers from December 1 will not affect the services, but administrative work, including payment of bills, officials said here today. Over three lakh workers under the banner of the Joint Action Committee of BSNL Associations/Unions of executives and non-executives would take part in the nation-wide strike opposing disinvestment, proposal for voluntar
Two foreigners and their Indian accomplice were arrested in south Delhi for allegedly hacking into internet bank accounts of people and buying gadgets like laptops, police said today. Investigators suspect that many gangs of international hackers are involved in similar crime in the country. The gangs operate from Mumbai and Bangalore and make calls to the targets on the pretext
