Travelling in trains will become costlier from Monday as the hike in reservation, tatkal, cancellation fees and some other charges announced in the rail budget will come into effect. ...
03:55 AM, Apr 01, 2013
In the 2013 Union Budget presented on Thursday, Finance Mininter P Chidambaram has proposed an increase in excise duty on mobile phones priced above Rs 2,000 from the existing 1 per cent to 6 per cent. ...
01:07 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Authorities in Mumbai are playing party pooper ahead of the new year's eve. They have come up with a list of new regulations that will make partying costlier. ...
09:54 AM, Dec 26, 2012
New Delhi: The country's capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have been ranked among the least expensive cities around the world by a survey, as prices for many goods and services are lowest in these two metropolises. According to a research by Swiss Banking major UBS, Delhi and Mumbai are at the bottom of the price range in the list of most expensive cities that surveyed 72 places worldwide. "Prices...
09:24 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Mumbai: Soon, it may become laughable to call our ubiquitous vada pav a poor mans burger, thanks to a sudden sharp rise in bread prices, starting on Friday. The price of packaged white bread and laadi pav has been notched up by a good Rs 2 " weight-watchers too have been dealt a body blow, with brown bread becoming dearer by Rs 4. The sudden hike is being attributed to...
02:33 PM, Aug 10, 2012
NEW DELHI: The price for various services at Chennai Airport may see a 90 per cent hike as Airports Authority of India (AAI) has proposed a User Development Fee (UDF) of Rs 160 and Rs 500 on domestic and international passengers, respectively.The proposal for UDF as well as other charges is now with the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA), which is likely to give its final decision in...
11:09 AM, May 07, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a hard blow for those who could not think of celebrations without non-vegetarian items. Fish and meat vendors in the city, anticipating Easter, increased the prices by up to 50 per cent. The prices of fish registered an increase of 50 per cent, on an average, during the past one week. The price of neymeen rose from Rs 250 per kg to Rs 320. The price of...
12:16 PM, Apr 09, 2012
New Delhi: Budget 2012 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, March 16, makes eating out and phone bills and other comforts of life costlier, pinching the common man. Increase in service tax will increase one's mobile bills by 2 per cent every month. Two and four wheelers will get more expensive and so will refrigerators, air conditioners (ACs), washing machines, watches, cosmetics and tobacco products. The FMCG industry...
08:58 AM, Mar 17, 2012
The world's most valuable coin went on display in London on Saturday. It is an American 1933 Double Eagle, worth more than 7 million US dollars. In fact, experts say it is one of the rarest coins of all time. This is the first time that a 1933 Double Eagle has been exhibited in Europe. ...
08:40 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Mumbai: After bidding nearly twice the prevailing market rate for a plot in Ghansoli last year, the successful bidder failed to arrange funds, forcing the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO) to re-auction the plot, revealed sources. In May 2011, plot number 15 in sector 8 fetched Rs 1.28 lakh per square metre in a CIDCO auction. However, when it was re-auctioned this week, the same plot...
12:31 PM, Jan 12, 2012
London: The sale of a 200-year-old bottle of white wine for 75,000 pounds ($121,000) has set a new Guinness World Record for the most valuable bottle of white wine ever sold. The buyer of the 1811 Chteau d'Yquem was private collector Christian Vanneque, former head Sommelier at the Michelin starred La Tour d'Argent restaurant in Paris. Though Chteau d'Yquem is famed for being one of the finest and most expensive...
11:26 AM, Jul 27, 2011
Singapore: Tokyo remains the most expensive city in Asia for expatriates, while Singapore overtook Hong Kong to become the costliest place in the region outside of Japan, according to a survey by human resources consultancy Mercer. Tokyo retained its status as the second most expensive city in the world for expatriates after Luanda in Angola, which topped the list for the second year in a row. Osaka in western Japan...
10:58 AM, Jul 13, 2011
The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29 is expected to be one of the most expensive weddings. ...
08:41 PM, Apr 16, 2011
Abu Dhabi: An Abu Dhabi luxury hotel that boasted an $ 11 million Christmas tree decorated with gold and gems admitted Sunday it may have taken the holiday spirit a bit too far. A statement from the Emirates Palace hotel said it regretted "attempts to overload" the Christmas tree tradition by adorning it with premium bling including gold, rubies, diamonds and other precious stones from a hotel jeweler. The statement...
01:09 PM, Dec 20, 2010
Washington: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani's new 27-storey Mumbai skyscraper likely sets a record as the world's most expensive residential home, according to ‘Forbes’ magazine. "India's richest man, and the fourth-richest man in the world, has eschewed understatement," the magazine said reporting Ambani's plans to move into the 570-foot building, called Antila, this month. Noting that the home is worth 630 million pounds, or $ 1 billion, as reported by...
07:34 PM, Oct 15, 2010
The findings come at a time when cost for food, housing is rising in India. ...
10:42 AM, Aug 25, 2009
