Expressindia.com reports:
A FORTNIGHT after the daughter of Punjab DGP S S Virk’s relative eloped with a youth, the police tracked her down in Bangalore. The couple have been handed over to their parents.

Despite their efforts, the policemen could not trace the couple. Then, about three-four days back, the girl sent an e-mail to her maternal aunt in the USA asking for money.

The UT Police contacted various Internet operators and scanned the source of the email. After finding that the IP number was of Satyam, they procured the address of the cyber cafe from where she had sent the email.

Economic Times  MUMBAI reports : Online commerce is projected to jump more than four times to about Rs 2,300 crore in ‘06-07 as a rapid growth in cyber cafes across the nation spur a craze for internet shopping.

Internet users did online business worth about Rs 570 crore in ‘04-05. The figure is expected to grow to Rs 2,300 crore by ‘06-07, according to a report titled ‘Online activities and e-commerce from cyber cafes’ conducted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India.

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The Govt of India released a draft frame work for roll out of over 100000 common Service centres.

Advances in Information and Communication Technologies have made it possible today to provide a whole range of high-quality and cost-effective services relating to video, voice and data content through a single communication channel using appropriate terminal equipment. This opens up a whole realm of possibilities for provision of e-government, entertainment, education, telemedicine, e-commerce, info-services, etc. ubiquitously. Government of India is committed to leveraging these advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the benefit of the citizens, especially those in rural and remote areas. It is therefore considered necessary to create a network of access points termed Common Services Centres(CSCs) throughout the country as outlets for such services.