Foreign currency and gold coins worth Rs. 5.5 lakhs have gone missing in mysterious circumstances from the premier business process and IT services company Keane India Limited in Gurgaon, India. The police officials who are investigating the case are perplexed about the theft as all the access-controlled doors and locks of the safe where the currency and coins were safely stored have been found to be intact. More...

Copyrights? Yes! Patents? No! The Free Software Users Group in India emphatically protested against a back door attempt to create patents out of what is considered at par with an art form in the field of IT, viz. software. They held a candle light vigil attended by more than a 100 people in Bangalore, on the 23rd August 2008 in front of the Town Hall in India’s Silicon City. More...

“Abandon Ship - All on your own” is a very well known sailor’s distress call. The cry comes when a ship is sinking, so everyone can save themselves the very best they can. Something similar seems to be happening at Gurgaon based BPO Saffron. Our recent story few days ago detailed how 250 agents logged out for a few hours to protest their salaries not being paid on time. More...

A HR executive of a Gurgaon-based KPO firm was beaten black and blue by his drunken landlords following an altercation over the trivial issue of rent charges of the apartment in which he was living with his wife. The victim, Samir Dev, employed with EMR Technologies in Udyog Vihar suffered serious head injuries and bone fractures. Recuperating in a government-run hospital, Samir is reported to be stable and out of danger. More...

A number of successful bloggers are alleging physical threats, stalking, theft and abuse by popular Malayalam portal Kerals.com that runs matrimonial sites, classifieds, gift shops and even an adult site.  The bloggers are alleging threats of physical harm and abuse by the portal after they complained that Kerals was stealing their pictures and articles. Kerals.com is reported to be a part of Anashwara Group. More...

Abhinav Bindra, India’s ‘Man with the Golden Bullet’, is the epitome of taciturnity in front of the media.  His lack of dramatics and extremely calm temperament was eulogised as the result of nerves of steel and immense concentration. Abhinav played down the huge hype that followed his historic achievement saying that he was ‘just a normal guy’, but declined to play to the audience except while holding his rifle. Abhinav prefers blogging to press conferences. More...

August 13, 2008 at BPO Saffron was a momentous day.  The shop floor witnessed an unprecedented form of protest. Not one happy face among 250 agents working for Saffron at 113 Udyog Vihar, Phase 1, Gurgaon. This was the third month in a row when the company had failed to give salaries on time. And the agents had enough. They reported to work but something was wrong on the Shop floor and their Team Leaders could feel it. Everyone had decided that that the delayed salaries could not be ignored. More...

The net is one of the top technological advances to improve communications and our quality of life.  While some oldies still hesitate with laptops, the youngsters have taken to it like ducks to water. Like everything in life, there is a dark side to the net.  Perhaps the most evil are predators using the net to attack our children. More...

HCL BPO, Noida is in mourning after the deaths of two of their Agents and their cab driver in Delhi on the weekend.  The HCL teams had just finished their 3.30 am shift on Saturday and were in a convoy of 5 taxis to get back home, when a speeding truck with bad headlights crossed over to the wrong side of the road and smashed into the HCL Qualis taxi. The force of the smash left the taxi a mangled wreck. More...

India has umpteen commerce sites that we take for granted. I shop for books at one and look for bargains on clothes at another website.  And when come birthdays, even if you forget the occasion, you just need to go online and order a bouquet of flowers, no stammered apologies or hiding behind the newspaper anymore. Then there is eBay, where one can sell or buy ‘anything’ including your ex-boyfriend’s shoddy clothes. More...