Bihar village bans women from using mobiles
byPatna: A village panchayat in Bihar has prohibited women from using mobile phones and imposed heavy fines on them if they violated the diktat, an…
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Digital store Flipkart offers e-books online
byBangalore: India’s leading e-commerce brand Flipkart.com’s digital store Flyte has forayed into selling e-books online to change reading habits of book lovers. “Readers can buy…
Cyber crime workshop organized in Shimla
byShimla: A workshop was organized here in Shimla today that focused on the threats associated with the Cyber World. The major focus of the…
Kapil Sibal’s website hacked
byNew Delhi: Kapil Sibal’s website was hacked by the ‘Anonymous India’ hacking group today. Kapil Sibal currently holds the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology…
A unique funding initiative by IIT Roorkee alumnus
byAn alumnus of IIT Roorkee has launched a unique funding initiative for the students of its alma mater. The initiative, known as Student Alumni…
Indian telecom sector: hostage in policymakers and auditors slugfest
byThe debacle witnessed in the latest round of auctions of precious airwaves for India’s telecom sector where close to half the spectrum on offer…
E-governance pays dividends in Kerala
byThiruvananthapuram: The union government launched e-governance as a pilot project in 35 districts across the country, but only in Kerala has it seen such…
Unauthorized mobile towers scar hill landscpaes
byShimla: Crowding the hill townships skyline in larger numbers each year, the government has failed to regulate mushrooming of mobile towers across the urban…
Narendra Modi first political leader to chat live on the net, hangs out on Google+
byAhmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, an avid tweeter with almost 900,000 followers on the social networking site, Friday went a step further –…
Cap raised from 5 to 20 on bulk SMSes
byNew Delhi: The government Thursday increased the cap on SMSes to 20 from five announced last week for 15 days with immediate effect. According…