Free BSNL Numbers for Immediate Information!

	Dial the following numbers in case of Assistance/ Help without paying for it (from BSNL telephones) :
	Some of the services are available in select cities only. Please check the availability in your city. Services written in blue color are available on STD also.
	Services <>BSNL Number PSTN Call Center (for any queries related to landline telephone, ISDN etc. Also accessible from CellOne, Excel & Tarang phones) 1500 Kisan Call Center (for any queries related to agriculture) 1551 Police 100 Fire 101 Ambulance 102 Billing complaint center 166 / 1660-69 Trunk booking 1580 Trunk assistance 1581 STD complaints 1582 National Directory Enquiry (NDQ) Service 1583 International trunk booking 1586 International trunk enquiry 1587 International Trunk delay information 1588 Telex complaints 1589 Directory enquiry service 197 Telephone Complaint Booking 198 Emergency Relief Centre on National Highways 1033 Relief Commissioners of Central/State/Union territory 1070 Control room of District Collector/Magistrate 1077 Public Grievance Cell Telecom Circle HQs 1094 Public Grievance Cell Kolkata/Chennai 1095 Crime stopper cell of police in Kerala, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh & Mumbai 1090 Women crisis response 1091 Earth-quake Help line service 1092 Natural disaster control room 1096 AIDS help line service 1097 Children in difficulty/ Child Distress Service 1098 Catastrophe & Trauma service 1099 Free Phone Enquiry 1600 India Telephone Card Enquiry 1602 Billing Complaint Center (Interactive Voice Response System) 1671-73 Maritime Search and Rescue control room of coastal guard 1718 Blood bank information Service 1910 Dial a doctor 1911 Leased Circuits Fault Booking 1918 Eye bank information service 1919 Change number announcement (Hindi) 1951 Changed number announcement (English) 1952 Changed number announcement (Regional language) 1953 Changed number announcement (in case of shift) 1954 Sancharnet Internet Help desk service 1957 Leased Circuit Fault Booking (WTR) 1958

Indian Railway Ticket Reservation Through SMS

Indian Railway offers online railway reservation through www.irctc.co.in (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited) web site. IRCTC also offers rail reservation through mobiles using Speech recognition, GPRS and CDMA technologies available on various mobile Operators. IRCTC also introduced the simplest way to book your Railway ticket using just two SMS messages (Short Messaging Service). This service is introduced with the following mobile operators across the India.

1. IDEA Cellular - Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi & NCR
2. MTNL /Delhi - Delhi & NCR
3. Reliance Infocomm - All circles
4. Other operators like BSNL, Hutch,MTNL-Mumbai and Tata Indicom will soon integration with Indian Railway for SMS booking.

How to Book Tickets using SMS

In order to book rail tickets using SMS, the following are a must:

• The user needs to be registered with www.irctc.co.in and opted to use the mobile reservation services.
• User should have created at least one "Passenger List" in his profile registered with IRCTC. This list will be used for the SMS booking process.
• The customer has to be registered for the Mobile Banking services of ICICI Bank (Other banks will be integrated soon)
• The user must have a mobile connection with any one of the operators listed above (more operators are also being added.)
• The entire process of "book ticket" can be done through two SMS messages, using IRCTC’s short code 7245

How to Register?

You need to sign up in www.irctc.co.in in order to avail this service. The User has to select "mobile booking" option in the profile / registration page to avail all types of Mobile Booking facilities including SMS booking. The user needs to input mobile number, mobile operator, and preferred payment option (At present ICICI Bank only). ICICI Bank will be charging Rs 10 for this service for each booking. You will need to be registered to the "Mobile Shopping Service" provided by ICICI Bank and enter the 'mShop Name' through SMS.

For more details please visit IRCTC Mobile Booking web page.

Service Provided Operators

RELIANCE

• PNR Alert Service on 7245
• Ticket Reservation through R-World( Payment through Credit Cards)
• SMS Booking on 7245

IDEA

• PNR Alert Service on 7245
• Voice Based Ticket Reservation on 456( Payment through Credit Cards)
• SMS Booking on 7245

MTNL Delhi

• PNR Alert Service on 7245
• SMS Booking on 7245

MTNL Mumbai

• PNR Alert Service on 7245

HUTCH

• PNR Alert Service on 7245
• Voice Based Ticket Reservation on 123( Payment through Credit Cards)
• GPRS Based Ticket Reservation( Payment through Credit Cards)

TATA INDICOM

• PNR Alert Service on 7245
• Voice Based Ticket Reservation on 12900( Payment through Credit Cards)

AIRTEL

• PNR Alert Service on 7245

Already registered users of www.irctc.co.in can use their existing user id and password to log in and transact through Hutch / Idea/ Tata Indicom / Reliance handsets

First time users can avail the registration facility offered by the mobile operator or visit www.irctc.co.in and use the normal registration form.

• Booking through Voice Based Process- Hutch, Idea and Tata Indicom
• Booking through CDMA phones - Reliance
• IRCTC Mobile Booking web page

How to Identify the Indian State / Union Territory / Metro a BSNL cellphone belong to?

I came across this table below to identify the home state (Indian) to which a a BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) cellphone belong to. For example, if the cell phone number is 9447100100, its first 4 digits are 9447, which belong to Kerala state as per the lookup table given below.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N)	9479, 9432
Andhra Pradesh (AP)	9473 , 9440, 9441
Assam	9478
Bihar	9475, 9431
Chennai	9470, 9444
Kolkata	9481
Gujrat	9457,9426
Haryana	9450, 9416
Himachal Pradesh (HP)	9451,9418
Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)	9452,9419
Karnataka	9471, 9448
Kerala	9472, 9447
Madhya Pradesh (MP)	9458,9425
Maharastra	9456, 9422
North East (NE) states	9477
Orissa	9476, 9437
Punjab	9453, 9417
Rajasthan	9459, 9414
Tamil Nadu (TN)	9480, 9443
Utter Pradesh (UP) East	9455, 9415
Utter Pradesh (UP( West	9454, 9412
West Begnal (WB)	9474, 9434

As of now, I do not have the similar kind of information for other mobile providers in India. I will publish it as soon as I get the information.

Hope this helps. Please post more BSNL numbers if I am missing any in this list.