Don’t let social media fan communal flames: PM (Second Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday flagged the use of social media and bulk SMSs to aggravate social tensions as the new challenge before the ... Read more...
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Don’t let social media fan communal flames: PM (Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday flagged the use of social media and bulk SMSs to aggravate social tensions as the new challenge before the ... Read more...
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BJP slams government for intelligence failure
August 19th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) A day after India blamed Pakistan for rumours and SMSes that forced thousands of northeast citizens to flee other states, the BJP Sunday slammed ... Read more...
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16 arrested in Bangalore, northeast exodus subsides (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 18 (IANS) Sixteen people have been arrested in Bangalore, eight for spreading rumours leading to flight of people from the northeast people from here and eight for ... Read more...
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UP sees violence over Myanmar-Assam events, curfew in Allahabad (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) Violent protests were reported Friday from Lucknow, Kanpur and Allahabad cities of Uttar Pradesh where Muslim mobs, protesting the attacks on the community in Assam ... Read more...
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Government disconnects 51,000 telephone connections
August 17th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The government has disconnected over 51,000 telephone numbers of such subscribers who had not registered themselves as a telemarketer but were involved in the activity, ... Read more...
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Defiant MNS asks Mumbai residents not to pay toll tax
July 29th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Defying Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's threat of action, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Sunday called upon the people of Mumbai not to pay ... Read more...
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Court sets aside 200 SMSes cap on personal communications (Lead)
July 13th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday set aside an order of the telecom sector regulator capping SMSes at 200 per day per person for personal communications.The ... Read more...
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No accident at Kudankulam: NPCIL
May 8th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) There was no accident at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) as has been made out in some quarters, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India ... Read more...
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28,000 phones disconnected for making pesky calls
May 6th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Almost 28,000 telephones have been disconnected and over 44,000 notices issued to unregistered telemarketers till April 24 for sending pesky calls and messages, according to ... Read more...
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Team Anna launches SMS cards
April 6th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) Team Anna has launched a pan-India SMS card to spread information about the campaign against corruption. One crore cards, priced at Rs.25, have been issued in ... Read more...
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MTS launches zero paisa plan to retain customers
February 9th, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) In the wake of older players attempting to lure the subscribers of telecom firms affected by the cancellation of 2G licenses, Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited ... Read more...
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For agri help, 20 million farmers to dial in
October 28th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 28 (IANS) Thanks to the mobile phone revolution in India, 20 million farmers will be covered by 2017 through SMSs and the Integrated Voice Response System (IVRS) to ... Read more...
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TRAI imposes 5 paise deterrant for pesky messages
October 25th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Tuesday said it will impose a termination charge of 5 paise per SMS on operators from whose networks ... Read more...
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Relief from unwanted bulk SMSs in six weeks: Sibal
August 19th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) In welcome relief for millions of mobile subscribers from the menace of unwanted bulk SMSs, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Friday said the do not disturb ... Read more...
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Way2SMS delivered over five crore messages on Friendship Day
August 9th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 9 (IANS) City-based web portal Way2SMS, which offers free computer-to-mobile messaging, Tuesday said it delivered over five crore messages across the country on Friendship Day Sunday.According to ... Read more...
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Weather alerts for farmers reap Rs.500 bn dividend!
August 5th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) In a country where close to 60 percent of the 1.21 billion population still depends on agriculture for a living, short and timely alerts to ... Read more...
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Maintain peace: Milind Deora urges Mumbai residents
July 13th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Newly-appointed Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said the union home ministry was in touch with the Maharashtra government following blasts at ... Read more...
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Jilted beau in court for sending 17,000 SMSs to ex-lover
June 10th, 2011 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
London, June 9 (IANS) A jilted lover in Britain faces the possibility of a prison term for bombarding his ex-girlfriend with 17,000 SMSs and phone calls - including 180 ... Read more...
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Will reach out to people on Lokpal Bill: Hazare (Lead)
April 10th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Social crusader Anna Hazare Sunday said he plans to travel across the country and use SMSs to discuss the Lokpal Bill with people, after his ... Read more...
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Hazare’s campaign generates heat in Punjab, Haryana
April 7th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 7 (IANS) Scores of activists in various parts of Punjab, Haryana and the joint capital Chandigarh have come forward in support of veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare's anti-corruption ... Read more...
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Delhi set to turn off lights for Earth Hour
March 26th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Rashtrapati Bhavan will do it, will you? Many Delhiites are set to turn off the lights and observe Earth Hour Saturday evening, with last ... Read more...
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MTS crosses 10 million customers, re-brands itself
March 15th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL), which owns the MTS brand, Tuesday re-branded itself with a new tag "A step ahead" to celebrate the achievement of ... Read more...
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Haryana consumers to get power bill on SMS
March 5th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 5 (IANS) Electricity consumers in Haryana can now get information about their power bills through an SMS, a state power distribution agency spokesman said Saturday."The electricity consumers may ... Read more...
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Sequel fever hits small screen
February 26th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Radhika Bhirani
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Television has been bitten by the sequels bug. Most channels are launching new seasons of popular fiction shows as fewer episodes - as opposed ... Read more...
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West Bengal minister dials, SMSs Mamata for peace talks
January 15th, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) In a fresh peace overture to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, a senior minister of West Bengal's Left Front government Friday made telephone calls and sent SMSs ... Read more...
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This time, mobile phone users hope for real relief from pesky calls
December 5th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Priyanka Sahay
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Dheeraj Kumar, a real esate broker here and frequent traveller, finally hopes he will be spared from the unwanted calls from tele-marketing firms and the ... Read more...
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TRAI rules out compensation for number portability
December 3rd, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The telecom regulator Friday dismissed mobile companies' contention that they should be paid for allowing subscribers to shift from one network to another using mobile number portability. ... Read more...
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TRAI issues unsolicited commercial communications regulations
December 1st, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 1(ANI): The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday issued 'the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010' for curbing unsolicited commercial communications.The regulation covers both commercial calls ... Read more...
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Bulk SMS AND MMS ban hit enterprise messaging solution firms
September 27th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Priyanka Sahay
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Enterprise messaging solution (EMS) companies are incurring losses daily due to the government's ban on bulk short message services (SMS) and multi media ... Read more...
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Government to curb unsolicited commercial calls
August 27th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The government Friday said it will soon curb unsolicited commercial calls and messages which have become an irritant for mobile phone users across the country.
"The government ... Read more...
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BlackBerry dispute leaves Indian users confused
August 16th, 2010 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
By Priyanka Sahay
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Yamini Panth, 24, was hoping to buy a BlackBerry phone with her first salary. A part of computer major Dell's corporate communications team, she saw ... Read more...
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Colombo Boycott:Kamal Haasan-Madhavan Join Hands- Openly Show Solidarity With The Tamil Community In Sri Lanka
June 11th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Madhavan's mammoth Tamil following is in a state of heightened jubilation. In deference to his fans' insistent requests on Twitter and Sms, Maddy ... Read more...
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Telecom companies revive value of the Indian paisa (Comment)
May 18th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanjit Chatterjee
Visiting us during her vacations, Manjari, my teenage niece, asked me if I would help her with a summer project. I agreed. It involved the study of coins. The curious ... Read more...
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Modi’s voluminous reply virtual chargesheet against GC members (Second Lead)
May 15th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Veturi Srivatsa
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Lalit Modi, the suspended chairman and commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), is believed to have put its entire Governing Council (GC) in ... Read more...
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