On 17 July 2009, a Mumbai tabloid, MiD DAY, reported that the police had arrested one R Venkatraman, a promoter and executive director of India Infoline, a leading brokerage firm, after Aarti Gunjikar, an investor, complained about having been duped of Rs13 lakh. His was the third arrest in the case on charges of cheating and conspiracy. Immediately after the arrest, the case was settled with...

Even the government is clueless about the tax levied on our roads and highways

Believe it or not, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the government authority overseeing all roads and highways, does not have the faintest clue on  the real picture, on an all-India basis, about collection of various charges in the form of tolls, entry taxes, user charges and other money-grabbing...

Western India Automobile Association has joined hands with Europ Assistance India (EAI), a global travel assistance network, to provide round-the-clock car breakdown services across the country. WIAA currently operates a breakdown service catering only to customers in Mumbai between 8.00am and 12 midnight.

With this tie-up, service will be provided round the clock and any WIAA member can...