Starting yesterday i.e., 15-feb-2012, the Indian railways made it mandatory to carry photo identity cards if you are travelling in any of the higher classes. Till now it was only mandatory to the Tatkal e-ticket or i-ticket holders and normal i-ticket holders. Indian railways already issued a notice No.2011/TG-I/20/P/Tatkal to all the zonal offices, GMs, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 26, 2012
In my earlier post i covered about a good website which is better alternative to the official railway websites IndianRail or IRCTC to search for all Indian trains at once. Looks like the Indian Government has suppressed/blocked this site from accessing the information from them. Though you can see some functions are working fine, the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 17, 2011
Kerala Police launched Online Darshan Queue Booking System at Sabarimala. The system is currently operational for the Sabarimala pilgrimage season 2011 onwards. Under this system, devotees can make bookings online and ensure their place in a separate queue, which, authorities believe, will help avoid overcrowding and congestion. The new booking website is offered in all south [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 14, 2011
In India most of the small and medium businesses (SMBs) are functioning without having any online presence. With the increased internet connections and activity in the country, it is a good opportunity for the businesses to take their businesses online and grow further. Google India has announced a new initiative called ‘India Get Your Business [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 13, 2011
In the process of eliminating the misuse of Tatkal system, IndianRailway planned to shrink the tatkal booking window from the existing two days in advance to one day, railways minister Dinesh Trivedi said on Friday. The new changes would be in effect with in a week. Mr. Trivedi also mentioned that the said restrictions on agents [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 7, 2011
Indian Railways – A better IRCTC alternative to search available seats using IndiaRailInfo.com Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited – IRCTC has updated their User Interface to use AJAX technology a couple of years ago, but still many users feel difficulty in searching for the trains and seat availability. One of the reason could [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The Govt Of India’s prestigious project Aadhaar (UIDAI), which is headed by the ex CEO of InfoSys Technologies, is not getting any momentum in the citizens of India. The project recently got the financial approvals from the Planning Commission Of India. The government is trying to put pressure on citizens to enroll for Aadhaar and some times [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Finally, IndianRailways are planning to take stringent against the daemons who are misusing the tatkal system for very long time. ‘TATKAL booking’ is a kind of nightmare to almost every railway traveler in India. The railway reservation system would literally inaccessible between 8 am to 8:15 am and by the time you logged-in you will [...]
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
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