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IANS 27 February 2019
In a bid to enhance the travel experience and bring greater transparency for rail passengers, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday launched a new feature on the IRCTC website through which the passengers can view the reservation chart and vacant berths online.   Addressing a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 February 2019
The Supreme Court has held that mere failure to repay a loan would not automatically become a criminal offence unless there is criminal intent underlying the same, says a report.   According to a report from Bar & Bench, a bench of justices NV Ramana and MM Shantanagoudar passed an...

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IANS 27 February 2019
Patients and health activists on Tuesday voiced concern over malpractices in private hospitals and urged the Health Ministry to adopt the complete charter of patients' rights without bowing to pressure from private hospitals.   Over 500 patients and health activists from...

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IANS 26 February 2019
Food packets available on Indian Railways' trains will come with a bar code enabling the authorities and passengers to track the kitchen which prepared the food, reducing considerably passengers' complaints about the quality of food delivered.   Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 February 2019
The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has directed Skyline Construction Co, part of the RNA group, to refund Rs1.06 crore, along with an interest of 10.55% to actor Vrajesh Hirjee for failing to hand-over possession and keeping blank the date of possession in the...

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IANS 25 February 2019
In a big relief to the realty sector and homebuyers, the GST council on Sunday lowered tax on under-construction properties to 5 per cent from 12 per cent, and affordable housing projects to 1 per cent from 8 per cent. The council also made changes in the definition of the affordable...

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Anuj Puri 22 February 2019
The keenly-awaited meeting of the goods and services tax (GST) council, which was supposed to deliver a final decision on the differential tax rates on real estate earlier this week, hopes to reach a consensus on 24 February 2109. This is a critical matter and the outcome will have a notable...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 February 2019
A team of officials from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)’s Mumbai office raided a cable manufacturer from Ulhasnagar in Thane district and found the manufacturer using BIS certification mark (ISI mark) without a valid license. The BIS team seized around 155 coils and marking wheels during...

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Anuj Puri 18 February 2019
The recent interim budget announced fresh sops for the Indian real estate sector—which, on closer scrutiny, did not really send clear revival signals to the market at all. Now, the strident demand for lowering goods and services tax (GST) rates on under-construction properties is on the...

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IANS 15 February 2019
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs904 crore of D.S. Kulkarni Developers Ltd (DSKDL) for cheating and siphoning off deposits worth Rs1,084 crore from Maharashtra investors for more than a decade.   Kulkarni Developers had cheated the investors promising...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 14 February 2019
When it comes to streaming service CBS All Access, “all access” doesn’t mean “access to all.”   TINA.org reader Gary W. learned this the hard way. He said he ordered CBS All Access through his Amazon Prime account based on representations that he would have access to all 12 seasons of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 February 2019
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended till 31 March 2019 its deadline for customer to select TV channels. Earlier, the deadline was 1 February 2019.   In a statement, the regulator said existing or old plan of the subscribers will continue till the customer...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 12 February 2019
When dating, there are any number of things that can go wrong — beeping your horn to announce that you’re outside, chewing with your mouth open, disclosing on the first date that you’re in not one, but several, competitive fantasy sports leagues. But in addition to the things that are largely...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 February 2019
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), while refuting reports about possible increase in cable TV and direct-to-home (DTH) bills, had said that its new framework may actually decrease TV bills. The statement came after a research note from CRISIL said that the new norms would...

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IANS 07 February 2019
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a showcause notice to telecom and DTH operator Airtel over recent issues of blackout faced by some viewers of its Direct-to-Home (DTH) services during transition to the new tariff regime, sources said.   The notice was sent...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 February 2019
The network capacity fee (NCF) and channel prices announced by broadcasters and distributors as per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI's) new guidelines could increase the monthly bill of most subscribers of television channels, says a research report.   In the report...

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Railways are the lifeline of our vast country. Apart from ever-increasing number of passengers, they provide livelihood for innumerable hawkers and vendors who cater to passengers’ needs. There are also thieves and crooks that enter the compartments unauthorised and make their living by...

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Shajai Jacob 28 January 2019
Whether the real estate market remains bullish or bearish, non-resident Indians (NRIs) prefer a place back in India - not just for investment returns but also to remain rooted in their country of origin. Previously, NRIs (like most other buyers and investors) had every reason to be leery of...

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Anuj Puri 24 January 2019
Redevelopment is a fact of life in any ageing, land-starved metropolitan city. In India, no city defines this dynamic quite as accurately as Mumbai.   The conventional norm of redevelopment in India involves appointing developers to redevelop old and dilapidated housing projects....

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Chandraprabha Venkatagiri 21 January 2019
My relatives and friends have often taunted me by saying that I have a skewed and negative opinion about business schools. I have also been exhorted to adopt a more positive approach while sharing my experiences with the community at large.   My counter to them is that there is only...

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