IRCTC chief talks about bandwidth clogging and steps to improve services

Sunday, February 26, 2012

1.Why is the bandwidth congestion acute during the morning window? The problem is that as the counters open at 8am sharp, the number of concurrent connections peaks. We have seen a maximum peak of up to 8 lakh concurrent connections -- it means there...

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Kingfisher submit fresh flight schedule before DGCA

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Ailing Kingfisher Airlines, whose services remained affected for the sixth day, on Wednesday  submitted a fresh flight schedule with DGCA, scaling down its operations to about 170 daily flights with 28 functional aircraft. Faced with the regulators...

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Kerala fishermen killing: Antony says, Guilty will be punished

Friday, February 17, 2012

India on Friday said the firing by armed guards on-board an Italian merchant ship killing two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala, was “against the laws and norms” and the guilty will be punished.“We are taking this issue very seriously. What happened...

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New initiative to tackle cyber threats

Sunday, January 29, 2012

A new initiative has been launched at the World Economic Forum to strengthen cyber security & efforts to contend rising cyber risks. The initiative 'Partnering for Cyber Resilience' is a set of shared principles, promoted by chief executives of firms...

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Voting Day in Manipur

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Voters lined up before 2,357 polling stations across nine districts of Manipur as elections began in 60 Assembly constituencies in between tight security. An electorate of 17,40,576, including 8,82,236 woman voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise...

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Twitter's censorship plan rouses global furor‎

Friday, January 27, 2012

Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.The additional flexibility announced on Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter’s commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company...

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Delhi on high Security on Republic Day

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Delhi was under a very high and tight security on Republic Day as thousands of armed personnel kept a tight surveillance to prevent any terror strike or any untoward incident during the celebrations.Snipers with sophisticated arms and binoculars...

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Salman Rushdie:Rajasthan Police invented plot to keep me away

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Controversial author Salman Rushdie said that the Rajasthan Police “invented” a plot to keep him away from the Jaipur Literature Festival by claiming that they received a call from Mumbai underworld about him being killed if he visits the event.“Rajasthan...

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MMRDA Ground - Venue for Anna's fast

Friday, December 23, 2011

Anna Hazare Friday threatened to oppose in jail if he was not bestowed a locale for his hastening from Dec 27 for a muscular Lokpal pecker.There are more problems for Team Anna over its dissent venue in Metropolis after the suggest sports division denied...

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Raja accuses CBI of creating ‘false witness’

Friday, December 23, 2011

Former Telecom Diplomat and the key accused in the 2G scam A. Raja on Fri accused the Central Bureau of Investigation in a City retinue of making his ex-aide Aseervatham Achary a "specious witness" to declare against him."He is a created incorrect...

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New Lokpal Bill introduced in Lok-Shabha

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The government on Thursday tabled the anti-graft Lokpal bill in the Lok Sabha. The long discussed bill images on the setting up of an ombudsman to check corruption in the country and bringing the prime minister under its sphe...

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Kalam frisked in US

Sunday, November 13, 2011

In a shocking incident, former President A P J Abdul Kalam was twice subjected to frisking at New York’s JFK Airport with US security officials even taking his jacket and shoes to check for explosive...

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Not possible to cut petro-products price: Pranab

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the two most vexed issues facing the nation are price rise in essential commodities and petro-products.It is not possible for the Centre to decrease the price of petro-products because huge subsidies are...

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Delhi Metro Gets UN Certificate for Reducing Pollution

Sunday, September 25, 2011

The Delhi Metro has been certified by the UN as the first Metro rail in the world that has helped in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, an official statement said Sunday.According to the UN, Delhi Metro has helped in reducing pollution levels in the...

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Plane Crashed In Nepal - 10 Indian Tourists Died

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Today's morning was not good for everyone, as one one aircraft of "Budh Airlines" was suddenly crashed early morning around 7:00 am due to bad whether conditions near Katmandu. A report from local media says that more than 22 peoples were died during this...

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27 Rs.lead to murder In Gurgaon's Toll Plaza

Saturday, September 24, 2011

An attendant named Umesh Kumar Pandey in toll plaza near Kheri Daula, Gurgaon was shot dead Today at 00:30 am. As usual Umesh was performing his duty at booth number 11 when a car reaches his booth, Umesh and the car driver had some issue...

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NASA's Dead Satellite Hits on Earth

Saturday, September 24, 2011

NASA says that their one of the satellite which was not functioning from last some days named UARS  has crashed through atmosphere on Saturday morning around 8:18 am. NASA predicted that their spacecraft has been crashed in between the ocean near North...

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"Sachin scared of my Bowling" - says Akhtar

Friday, September 23, 2011

Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar claimed that Indain cricketer Sachin Tendulkar scared from his bowling attack in is just published biography "Controvertially Yours". He also claimed that Sachin and Dravid are not match winners and even they don't know the...

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PM consoles Mansur Pataudi's death

Friday, September 23, 2011

Prime Minister 'Manmohan Singh' consoled the death of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi on Friday. He says that Pataudi was an iconic figure with full confidence that takes indian cricket to  different lev...

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Strong Earthqauke causes deaths, destruction in India & Nepal

Sunday, September 18, 2011

At least 9 people were killed and about 200 injured on sunday as a 6.8 intensity earthquake  ravaged Sikkim-Nepal border region, shaking large parts of India, Bangladesh and Nepal  and causing widespread panic. Tens of thousands people...

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