Now, IRCTC Lets You Book Air Tickets Online

 Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is looking to break free from the Indian railways. Most well-known in the eyes of the public as the company which runs the widely used railways e-ticketing site, the company also acted as caterer for food served on trains. However, under a new catering policy in 2010,IRCTC was stripped of the licence to provide catering services to railways except for a handful of trains and a minimal...

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Why Most people 'not interested' in Windows 8: Poll?

Microsoft bills Windows 8 as a "re-imagining" of the personal computer market's dominant operating system, but the company still has a lot of work to do before the makeover captures the imagination of most consumers, based on the results of a recent poll by The Associated Press and GfK. The phone survey of nearly 1,200 adults in the US found 52 per cent hadn't even heard of Windows 8 leading up to Friday's release of the redesigned software. Among...

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Microsoft opens Windows 8 in india

Global software major Microsoft late on Thursday unveiled its Windows 8 version of the operation system in India as part of its worldwide launch. "Retail and enterprise users worldwide will be able to experience from Friday all that Windows has to offer with a new user interface, a host of applications from its store," Microsoft India chairman Bhaskar Pramanik said in a statement late on Thursday. The bundled version will be available on form...

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Indian Railways sets up train tracking system

One of the largest railway operators, Indian Railways, has set up an interactive train monitoring platform for commuters to track train movements around India almost in real time, which has helped people better plan their trips ahead of time.The service, called RailRader, was jointly developed by the Centre for Railway Information Service (CRIS) and RailYatri.in and can be accessed on Web browsers on both traditional PCs and mobile phones. Sunil...

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Facebook offers Rs 50 talktime for every new user in India from mobile

If you are to sign up to Facebook from your cellphone, you will get Rs.. 50 talk-time. This is yet another Facebook's promotion in India to add more to its 50 million strong user base. FacebookNot just that, Facebook is also offering the same talk time if anyone signs up via your referral.Facebook on mobile (Source: www.freedigitalphotos.netSo if a user registers to Facebook through mobile, his mobile number would get credited by Rs. 50. This offer...

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Facebook users 65M & counting in India, an 8x increase in 2 years

India now has more than 65 million people who are a member of (and are actively using) Facebook. It is also among the top five countries in terms of users for the social networking site. The data was disclosed by Kirthiga Reddy, director, online operations and head of India office at Facebook, while inaugurating the company’s new office in Hyderabad, according to Livemint. As of now, the site is available in the country in around nine Indian languages.When...

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