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KSRTC has introduced a new A/C Volvo bus service for passengers arriving by Jan Shatabdi at Trivandrum Central railway station. The Jan Shatabdi is scheduled to arrive at 2055. The bus will connect Statue, Palayam, General Hospital, Kannammoola, Medical College, Ulloor, Kesavadasapuram and Pattom

The Department of Telecom has finalized a scheme whereby telecom operators across the country will be given subsidy to roll out wireless broadband network in villages, thereby enabling the people of six lakh remote villages in the country to get high speed broadband services for just Rs 99 a month. Rural folks will not have to pay any upfront cost …

The world is not always a safe place, and a woman alone, can be vulnerable. Especially there are many incidents are reported while travelling alone, irrespective of the place and time. most of us are travelling alone during a trip to office, or back to native, or when we miss a bus/train, or even from office. Many of us are …

Thanks to the tough stance taken by the new District Collector, Mr. Dinesh Arora, consumers in Trivandrum city have now been promised to get delivery of LPG within 21 days of booking for the same (30 days for those residing in rural areas). In case a consumer does not get this, he can complain to the official helplines at (0471) …

Railway police and Railway protection force decided to  publish the helpline numbers in all the trains under trivandrum division. Railway Police Helpline Number : 9846200100 Railway Protection Force Helpline Number: 9995040000 Save this number, and pass it to your friends and relatives.

NoRKA-ROOTS, the field agency of the Non-Resident Keralites Affairs Department, is considering a business centre that will serve as a single window facility to promote investments from non-resident Keralites. It will provide financial and legal consultancy services among others to non-resident Keralites interested in investing in the State. One floor in the upcoming NoRKA centre at Thycaud in Thiruvananthapuram will …

Inaugurating the first phase of Cherthala Infopark, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said that the State had recorded the fastest growth in the IT sector in the country over the last four and a half years, with the number of IT parks growing to ten from two, and the software exports from Kerala rocketing to Rs.3,200 crore this fiscal year from …

Technopark Trivandrum, in association with Akshaya, is setting up a Citizen Service Centre (CSC) on the Technopark campus.State IT Secretary K. Suresh Kumar is scheduled to inaugurate the new centre at the Bhavani building on January 18. This new facility will help in providing a large number of citizen services, including acceptance of electricity and water bills, telephone bills, railway …

In a major relief for Technopark employees and students of the Kerala University Kariavattom campus, the Southern Railway authorities have decided to introduce stoppage for two trains at Kazhakkootam station.  The Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Parasuram Express (Train No: 6349) and Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Express (Train No.2697) will have stops at the Kazhakkootam station. The decision has been taken by Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee …

For the past couple of months, many of the SBI customers receive a spoofed email message claiming a need to update banking information for server upgrade. The email provides a link to a phishing site that attempts to collect personal and account information, the statement said. The Phishing email text is reproduced below: Dear valued SBI Netbanking Customer, SBI’s Internet …

After a delay of more than two years, Mobile Number Portability (which allows subscribers to retain their existing mobile telephone numbers when they switch from one operator to another)  starting from Rohtak in Haryana. Consumers who are not happy with their existing operator can move to another, irrespective of mobile technology or from one technology to another of the same …

Today, November 25th – The UN day for the elimination of violence against women. Women workers are experiencing more violence in the workplace and at home as the global recession continues. UN research shows that one in three women suffer from violence during their lives. 2010 has witnessed an increase in reporting cases of violence against women in  workplaces.Women are …

Most of the IT companies are founded by youngsters, and no doubt they are multi-millionaires today!.  Indian economy will be booming for the next couple of decades, and demand for new technology companies are still increasing. In a study conducted by World Bank, India at 120 among 178 economies,based on ease of doing business,and 111 on starting a business. The …

Better English – The Specialists in the English language training is now providing a Spoken English Training at Kesavadasapuram, Trivandrum. They are equipped with the best course materials to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the English speaking course.  Best trainers are conducting the classes, and they assure that every student can speak english fluently after completing the training. Course Content …

BSNL Kerala Circle brings the best broadband wireless access technology available anywhere in the world to your homes and offices through WiMAX. This technology is a few generations ahead of the present ones like EDGE, EVDO etc. BSNL has launched it’s Broadband wireless services on WiMAX platform for internet access in Ernakulam , Thiruvananthapuram , Calicut , Kannur , Kasergod, …

“Vote for Development and Modernization. Don’t waste your right to Vote. Vote Judiciously. This is right time to select suitable people as your representatives. Don’t curse elected candidates later with words like “Dirty, illiterate and corrupt Politicians. No point in shying away” – A techie says in a forum. Still we don’t know how many techies are really interested to …

The Indian Government and the Unicode Consortium deserves to be praised for getting this through so quickly. The new design for the Rupee currency symbol was approved in July this year and within a span of less than three months, the symbol has been made part of the official Unicode Standard. The Unicode Consortium, the organization that is responsible for maintaining …

You might have started a journey thinking that again I have to fight with these autorickshaw walaas. You might have thought of buying a vehicle as you had enough fighting and donot want to spoil the day. For not spoiling the day you might have given the money asked by the auto wala. You might have waited indefinetely in railway …