INDIAN Railways New SMS Ticket Booking

India’s Rail passengers can now book their tickets through SMS, Railway Ministry launched the SMS-based ticketing system. The SMS system is likely to come handy and easy to use for people who do not have access to Internet or smartphones as tickets can be booked from non-Internet-enabled phones too.

Presently Railway’s SMS based ticket booking system launched with two dedicated numbers — 139 and 5676714 as a pilot project by Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), will also help railways overcome the menace of touts who fleece unsuspecting passengers.

The key features of SMS Based Rail ticket booking on mobile phone:

· Ticket can be booked within minutes;

· basic mobile phones are sufficient; no internet connection is required;

· The user will get ticket details on SMS instantly.

· SMS along with valid ID in original can be used for travel, no printout is required.

HOW TO USE IRCTC SMS BASED TICKET BOOKING:

Book your ticket through USSD (as of now for Airtel users) :

USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) based booking for Airtel subscribers*

Registration

• Register for Airtel money by dialing *400#.

• Load cash on this or recharge from any Airtel money outlet.

Booking Flow

• Dial *400# and select book tickets option.

• Select Reservation.

• Enter your IRCTC User ID.

• Enter the details of ticket (station, train no. date of journey, class etc.).

• Enter mPIN for authorizing payment.

• Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC and same can be used during journey along with valid ID proof.

• Fare & IRCTC service charges are debited from your Airtel money account.

• Charges: No PG Charges.

• Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable

Helpline No.: 121

Helpline Email : 121@airtelmoney.in

Book your ticket through SMS:

1. SMS based booking through 139*

Registration

• Register your mobile number with IRCTC as well as with your bank.

• Bank provides MMID (Mobile Money Identifier) & OTP (one time password) for authorization of payment. (More than 25 banks are providing this facility.

Booking Flow

• Send SMS, in the following syntax, to 139

BOOK <M/F>

• You will receive Transaction ID alongwith other details.

• Make payment through sending an SMS, in the following syntax, to 139

PAY <OTP, your one time password received for this transaction> and your ticket is booked.

• Service is available to all mobile subscribers.

• SMSes @ Rs 3/- per SMS (2 SMSes are required for each booking).

• PG charges Rs 5/- for ticket amount Rs 5000/- (as applicable by bank).

• Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable

Helpline No.: 139

2. SMS based booking through 5676714*

Registration

• Register your mobile number with IRCTC as well as with m-wallet

• Send SMS, to 5676717, in the following syntax START for user authentication (first time only)

Booking Flow

• Send an SMS to 5676714 to book a ticket in the following syntax:

BOOK,, , ,,

,,<M/F>

• You will receive the Transaction number.

• Send the 2nd SMS, for payment, in the following syntax.

1. “PAY , MPAY, ” for authorizing payment through MPAY

or

2. “PAY ,,, ,” for authorizing payment through IMPS.

• After payment is made booking confirmation is sent to your mobile.

• Charges: No PG Charges. Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable. SMSes @ Rs 3/- per SMS (2 SMSes are required for each booking).

Helpline No. : 8882001001

Helpline Email : support@saarthii.com

3. SMS based Railway ticket booking through BSNL*

User should have the following:

1. BSNL SIM card installed.

2. Java enabled mobile phone.

3. Andhra Bank Prepaid card.

This is a menu driven application where user has to enter the details asked for in simple step-by-step process to get the ticket.

Registration

• Install the BSNL Prepaid Card Application.

• Select the Register option to get the mPIN.

Booking

• Click the icon BSNL Prepaid Card

• Select Ticketing > Train (IRCTC)

• Fill up the journey details such as From stn, To Stn, Train No, DOJ, Class, Quota, passenger details.

• Enter the mPIN to get the ticket information.

• Charges: No PG Charges. Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable. SMSes without charges.

Get VTU Results through SMS & Email

Get VTU Results through SMS & Email

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum has introduced the new system to provide the exam results through SMS. The students of BE, MBA, M.Tech and MCA courses can check their exam results by SMS and also, is they specify E-mail address, a copy of the result is sent to their mailbox.

The automated system enables a student to check marks via SMS. Students have to Type the USN and then send the SMS to a dedicated number. The results of the latest exam will be sent as an SMS to the student. Revaluation results can also be checked.

Every year around 3.25 lakh candidates will appear their semester exams.






H Maheshappa, vice-chancellor, VTU said, "We realized that this facility is the need of the hour. There are many students in the rural areas, who have no access to internet. Once the results are out, they either have to depend on their friends or their colleges. We want to reach out to them. As a next move, we would also like to send announcements and news updates through SMS."

To receive results results by SMS, send the message:
RESULT USN youEmailID to 5424204.

To receive revaluation results, the format is:
REVAL USN youremailid to 5424204.

If you do not specify your email id, you will get results only via SMS.

Marks will be displayed in the format - subject code, external marks, internal marks total marks. The students will be charged for the SMS Rs 1, 2 or 3, for the sms, depending upon the operator.

Also, students can take print out of provisional copy of certificate, which will be emailed to them.

Benefits:
Instantaneous availability of result for students & their parents/ guardians.
SMS-based service ensure a wider reach compared to internet access.
Availability of exam results anytime & anywhere for all the students, 24 x7 throughout the country
Results of regular/ revaluation of BE, MBA, MTech, MCA and PhD can be checked.
Students can take print out of the provisional copy of certificate that is emailed.

Note:
The results have to come within 160 characters to avoid some text missing problem. Therefore the message is trimmed to accommodate the same.

SKYPE TRICK

~~~::: IS SKYPE IS IRRITATING YOU:::~~~

---> We all know that we use skype for video chatting and for international calls.

---> But when ever we switch on our computer, it loads in to the ram, by default.
---> Though we close [X] it manually, it just minimizes the window.

---> Now I would like to share a simple concept with you all to get rid from it.

---> The Skype.exe file will be available in the following location,

" C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone ".

---> Go to that location and just rename the Skype.exe to something else like Skype1.exe or Skypea.exe.

---> Next time the skype will not load in to the computer by default.

---> If you want to use just undo this trick and enjoy skype.

NJOY...

Latest Technologies

Latest Technologies

The development of technologies is very rapid now-a-days. And with such a high pace of development, it is very easy for people like us to miss the new things coming up everyday. Here I'm going to tell you about some technologies which (may be) most of you have not yet heard about.

1) Typescript

It is an open source programming language developed by Microsoft. In simple words it is a super set of JavaScript and gets compiled into JavaScript. It provides rich development time features like 'Auto Completion','Error Checking'. It provides an awesome solution through its implementation of static typing, classes and interfaces, modules and definitions. Using JavaScript to develop large powerful applications was a pain, but Typescript overcomes this problem and provides developers a chance to develop large, powerful and robust application without missing this essence of JavaScript.

2) DLR

The full form of DLR is Dynamic Language Runtime. It is a set of services which adds dynamic programming capabilities to CLR (Common Language Runtime). DLR makes dynamic languages like LISP, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby to run on .NET framework. Dynamically typed languages can identify the object during runtime. DLR helps you to host code written in dynamic languages on top of your CLR.

3) Web Sockets




Web Socket is an awesome Client-Server web technology which provides a complete full-duplex, bi-directional and robust communication between the client and server. A single TCP connection is established between the client and server to keep it robust and can bypass the firewall and proxies without any extra effort. The only drawback is that it is not supported by all browsers.

4) SignalR



Its a new framework/library created especially for ASP.NET developers to create real time web applications. By default, it makes use of Web Sockets to connect the client and server, but it also falls back to other techniques like 'Long Polling', 'Forever frames' or 'Server sent events' for communication.


5) OData 

 

The full form of Odata is Open Data. It is a protocol created by Microsoft. Since data is vital for any application and different kinds of client can access the application, it is important to present the data in appropriate format to the client. The client can be anything like web browser, mobile application, etc. So in order to represent the data to such different clients, it makes use of two data formats - ATOM and JSON. OData can also be used to perform CRUD Operations and makes use of Http Protocol.

6) JSON



(Most of you may be knowing about this but still I'll like to say a few things about it).
The full form of JSON is JavaScript Object Notation. It is a format used to interchange data and is very light weight. Machines can easily parse JSON data and humans can easily read/write it. Its format contains arrays, name-value pairs, objects. The data formatted according to JSON is very light weight and the applications which uses JSON stores the information as text.

7) SOA

The full form of SOA is Service Oriented Architecture. It basically provides a list of principles which is used to develop service oriented applications. Its architecture is robust and principles are implemented in Object Oriented Systems. It defines some strict rules for applications and these rules are called 'SOA Tenets'. Some SOA tenets are:
(i) Boundaries are explicit - Services do not share anything with other services.
(ii) Services are autonomous - Each services is independent and can be deployed and versioned independently.
(iii) Services share schema and contracts but not the classes.
(iv) Service compatibility is based on the policies.

8) Microsoft Enterprise Library

It is a collection of reusable software components (application blocks) to assist .NET software developers with most used components like exception handling, logging, data access, validation, etc. Application blocks are a type of guidance. They are provided as source code, test cases and documentation that can be used as it is, modified or extended by developers to use on complex, enterprise-level line of business development projects.

I hope this article would have helped you. Please leave your valuable suggestions and comments below.

4th Gen Processors..

:::Introducing 4th Generation Processors:::

<>Intel has confirmed the 4th generation Intel Core processor family, codenamed “Haswell”.

<>This is specially fabricated for Ultrabooks and for special tablets.

<>Intel claims that these processors are designed for “all-day battery life”, delivering up to 9 hours battery life.

<>"The 4th generation Core processors are the first Intel chips built from the ground up with the Ultrabook in mind."

<>Intel expects the tremendous advancements with these Lower-Power Core processors.

<>Very Soon it ll available in market.

GOOGLE WALLET

INTRODUCING THE GOOGLE WALLET

1- In general wallet means "a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money".

2-In this digital world, this is also replaced by the technology, its is non other than Google Wallet.

3- This is a concept of transferring money with one gmail account to the other gmail account.
4-With this services, we can transfer our funds as easier as we are sending the mails.
4-The steps in this transaction will be just select the payee and select amount and hit send.
5- The requirements to use this service are a bank account with sufficient balance, a gmail account.
6- Limitation for this service is the user should not be below 18 years old.

To activate this service follow :http://www.google.co.in/wallet/

 Enjoy Google Services :)
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101 Timeless Lessons Life Teaches

101 Timeless Lessons Life Teaches

Take everything you’ve ever learned – all the crazy experiences and lessons – and place it all in a box labeled “Thank you.”

• What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.
• In life, you usually get what you ask for, but it rarely comes in the package you think it’s supposed to come in.
• Never let one bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.
• Just because today is a terrible day doesn’t mean tomorrow won’t be the best day of your life. You just got to get there.
• Tell the truth, or eventually someone will tell it for you. Read The Four Agreements.
• A mistake is an accident. Cheating and lying are not mistakes. They are intentional choices.
• Sometimes the person you want most is the person you’re better off without.
• Some people cannot stand that you’re moving on with your life, and so they will try to drag your past to catch up with you. Do not help them by acknowledging their behavior. Keep moving forward.
• Surround yourself with positive people who are going to push you toward greatness. Eliminate those who are trying to keep you from it.
• Don’t let something that doesn’t matter cause you to lose something thatdoes.
• Sometimes people aren’t who they seem to be, and sometimes people are so much more than you originally thought.
• Loving someone isn’t just about saying it every day, it’s showing it every day in every way.
• Maturity is not when we start speaking about big things, it’s when we start understanding the small things.
• Of all the things that can be stolen from you – your possessions, your youth, your health, your words, your rights – what no one can ever take from you is your freedom to choose what you will believe in, and who and what your heart will love.
• When you can forgive yourself and others and stop the imprisonment, you’re creating the love of your life.
• Not forgiving is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
• Age wrinkles the body. Quitting on your dreams wrinkles the soul.
• The past can’t hurt you anymore – not unless you let it.
• Holding on to the unchangeable past is a waste of energy, and serves no purpose in creating a better future.
• Sometimes you’ve got to emotionally let go of the things that once meant a lot to you, so you can move beyond the past and the pain it brings you, and open the next chapter in your life.
• The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong one, we get lost, and we turn back. But maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.
• It doesn’t matter if you’ve failed or if you’ve been beaten. All that matters is that you learn something, get back up, and try again. Because winning is a good feeling, but winning when nobody else thought you could is an awesome feeling.
• Knowing yourself is one thing, but truly believing and living as yourself is another. With so much social conditioning in our society, we sometimes forget who we are.
• The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
• You can grow stronger from the pain if you don’t let it destroy you.
• Tell the negativity committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.
• The worst person to be around is the one who complains about everything and appreciates nothing. Avoid these people at all costs.
• Live in such a way that if someone decided to speak badly of you, no one would believe it.
• If you love someone, tell them. For hearts are often broken by words left unspoken.
• Life is shorter than it often seems. Sometimes we are only given a few minutes to be with the ones we love, and hundreds of hours to spend thinking of them. Cherish the moments you have with your friends and family, because in one single second they can be taken away from you forever.
• Things change, but the sun always rises the next day. The bad news: nothing is permanent. The good news: nothing is permanent.
• It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
• We often accept the love we think we deserve.
• If someone can’t accept you at your worst, they don’t deserve you at your best.
• Without communication there is no relationship; without respect there is no love; without trust there’s no reason to continue.
• If you leave someone at least tell them why, because knowing you’re not worth an explanation is even more painful than being abandoned.
• Speak when you are very angry, and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret.
• Choose your words carefully – they can’t be taken back once you give them away. Harsh words are like bullets – they can leave deep wounds. And most of the time saying “sorry” is not enough to heal the wounds you leave.
• Never make a big decision when you’re angry, and never make a big promise when you’re overjoyed.
• It makes no sense to be second in someone’s life when you know you’re good enough to be first in someone else’s.
• Take all the time you need to heal emotionally. Moving on doesn’t take a day; it takes lots of little steps to be able to break free of your broken self.
• There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough.
• Sometimes a break from your routine is the very thing you need.
• When you find yourself cocooned in isolation and despair and cannot find your way out of the darkness, remember that this is similar to the place where caterpillars go to grow their wings.
• Don’t count the number of friends you have; count the number of friends you can count on.
• Sometimes, the people who are thousands of miles away from you, can make you feel better than people right beside you. That’s a sign of love and true friendship.
• There are times when family are like strangers, and strangers are like family.
• Life is not about making others happy. Life is about sharing your happiness with others.
• When someone tells you, “You’ve changed,” it might simply be because you’ve stopped living your life their way.
• If you’re lucky enough to have something that makes you different from everybody else, don’t ever change.
• Know you worth! When you give yourself to someone who doesn’t respect you, you surrender pieces of your soul that you’ll never get back.
• Imperfections are important, and so are mistakes. You get to be good by learning from your mistakes and you get to be real by being imperfect.
• The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.
• The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
• The difference between who you are and who you want to be, is what you do.
• If you really want to know where your destiny lies, look at where you apply your time.
• You are where you are right now because of the actions you’ve taken, or maybe the inaction you’ve taken.
• Be sure to taste your own words before you spit them out.
• Let the constant growth and improvement in your own life keep you so busy that you have no time left to criticize others.
• When you try to control everything, you enjoy nothing. Go for long walks. Indulge in great conversations. Question your assumptions. Love yourself. Pay attention to the moment. Be a little crazy. Count your blessings. Let go for a little while and just be.
• Just as we cannot see that a seed has taken root until it breaks through the surface, we cannot always see our own growth happening until it does the same.
• Don’t ever change just to impress someone. Change because it makes you a better person and leads you to a better future.
• Feelings are like waves in the ocean; we can’t stop them from coming, but we can choose which ones to surf.
• Being happy doesn’t always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.
• Smile every chance you get; not because life has been easy, perfect, or exactly as you had anticipated, but because you choose to be happy and grateful for all the good things you do have and all the problems you know you don’t have.
• It’s nice to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s also important to make sure you haven’t lost track of the things that money can’t buy.
• If you’re finding it hard to be grateful for anything, sit down close your eyes and take a long slow breath and be grateful for oxygen. Every breath you take is in sync with someone’s last.
• Life is like a rainbow, you need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear.
• It’s better to be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires you to sacrifice your self-respect.
• Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
• Moving on can mean that you’re making a choice to be happy rather than hurt. It doesn’t mean that you’re giving up. Read Stumbling on Happiness.
• Decide to smile and make the best of it; it’s good for your health.
• Don’t let loneliness drive you back into the arms of someone you know you don’t belong with.
• Love is not about sex, going on fancy dates, or showing off. It’s about being with a person who makes you happy in a way nobody else can.
• You don’t need a perfect one. You just need someone who you can trust – who shows you that you’re the only one.
• There are people in your life whom you knowingly inspire simply by being you.
• Everyone says love hurts, but that’s not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love; but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the one thing in this world that does not hurt.
• Real friendship is a promise made in the heart. Silent. Unwritten. Unbreakable by distance. Unchangeable by time.
• Good relationships are not just about the good times you share; it’s also about the obstacles you go through together, and the fact that you still say “I love you” in the end.
• Do small things with huge amounts of love. You’ll see why.
• Sometimes people don’t notice the things others do for them until they stop doing them.
• Sometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much for them.
• Look at yourself and remember, people in far worse situations have done far more difficult things than this.
• The best thing that you can do in life is follow your intuition. Take risks. Don’t just make the safe and easy choices because you’re afraid of what might happen. If you do, nothing will ever happen.
• Most of the time happiness doesn’t come from money or fame or power; it comes from good friends and family, and from the quiet nobility of leading a good life.
• Lying is done with both words and silence.
• When something bad happens you can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.
• Don’t waste your time being upset about something you can’t change. Start again right now and do it better this time.
• No relationship is ever a waste of time. If it didn’t bring you what you want, it taught you what you do NOT want.
• You can’t always be agreeable. That’s how people take advantage of you. Sometimes you have to set boundaries.
• The road to success is always under construction.
• Not trying is failing.
• Don’t be afraid of going slowly; be afraid of standing still forever.
• The only time you should look back is to see how far you’ve come.
• Stop wasting time regretting what you did a year ago. Start doing what you have to do now, so that in a year’s time you won’t regret what you did today. Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
• It’s not how many times you get knocked down, it how many times you get back up.
• Follow your heart regardless of what others tell you to do. At the end of the day it’s you that has to live with your decisions, not them.
• One of the greatest freedoms is truly not caring what everyone else thinks of you.
• The hardest part about growing is letting go of what you were used to, and moving on with something you’re not.
• The best things happen when you least expect it. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
• Sometimes you have to stop worrying, wondering, and doubting. Have faith that things will work out, maybe not how you planned, but just how it’s meant to be.