Chennai: The Chennai airport administration has called for a partial roll-back of the 'exit-within-5-minutes-or-pay-up' rule that was introduced along with the new parking system at the airport on April 1. This relaxation of the entry-exit time to 10 minutes, especially during peak hours, has come after the AAI was flooded with complaints and requests for change. After the six computerised parking check-in bays were introduced, all vehicles had to pick...
10:36 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: In a move that would soon raise air travel costs from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) on Wednesday decided to raise landing, parking and other charges by a whopping 346 per cent for two years. In its latest order, AERA also fixed higher rates of user development fees (UDF) for both incoming and outgoing domestic and international passengers this year, with the...
09:01 PM, Apr 25, 2012
If the government implements TRAI suggestion, mobile tariffs could increase. ...
10:09 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed a base price for auction of 2G spectrum that is higher than the 3G auction price set in 2010, reports CNBC-TV18 quoting sources. For the 900 mega hertz band, the telecom regulator has proposed a base price at Rs 7000 crore, which is twice the base price set for a 3G spectrum. For 700 megahertz band, it has been...
05:44 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Describing the performance of states in operating and maintaining existing sewage treatment plants as "tardy", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said every day 2,900 million litres of sewage is discharged into the Ganga, way above the capacity of the sewage treatment plants. The prime minister, who was chairing the third National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), said urgent steps should be taken to save the river, deemed...
04:47 PM, Apr 17, 2012
The Central electricity authority has sent out a warning, over 55 power stations that supply electricity to Indian metros have coal to last for just 6 days. ...
11:58 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: How do you start a serious discussion on contemporary literature with a Pakistani author who taught Argentine tango to Canadians in Toronto, flipped pizzas and worked at an assembly line to make a living while translating Urdu fantasy fiction to English in his spare time? You don't. You let him regale you with hilarious anecdotes from his tango teaching days as he tries to make light of his...
11:05 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Author and motivational speaker Jack Canfield is in India to promote his book, 'The Principles of Success'. He is also holding seminars in Mumbai and Bangalore. Some prominent names of the corporate world are expected to attend these sessions. CNN-IBN's Kajal Iyer caught up with the author to decode his success mantra. Kajal: We have with us the creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series Mr Jack Canfield. ...
02:29 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Author and motivational speaker Jack Canfield is in India to promote his book, 'The Principles of Success'. He is also holding seminars in Mumbai and Bangalore. Some prominent names of the corporate world are expected to attend these sessions. CNN-IBN's Kajal Iyer caught up with the author to decode his success mantra. Kajal: We have with us the creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series Mr Jack Canfield....
02:29 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Israel has declared Guenter Grass persona non grata, deepening a spat with the Nobel-winning author over a poem that deeply criticises the Jewish state and suggests it is as much a danger as Iran. The dispute with Grass, who only late in life admitted to a Nazi past, has drawn new attention to strains in Germany's complicated relationship with the Jewish state - and also focused unwelcome light on Israel's...
03:43 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Islamabad: While the world continues to raise a toast to contemporary Pakistani authors, the latest author to enter the literary marathon is a genius of sorts who translates Urdu tomes and works on his own tales of fiction with equal ease. Musharraf Ali Farooqi caught everyone's attention with translations of Urdu classics "The Adventures of Amir Hamza" and the first book of a projected 24-volume magical fantasy epic, "Hoshruba". His...
04:59 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Once again a book has been banned. This time the author is American historian Peter Heehs for his book 'The lives Of Sri Aurobindo'. ...
11:51 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: A World Bank report has indicated 'fraudulent and corrupt practices' in highway projects funded by the bank in India. In its report dated March 1, 2012, the bank states that private Indian contractors paid bribes, gifts and gold coins to influence officials and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) consultants. The malpractices are to the tune of over Rs 70 crore according to the World Bank's estimates. The...
11:03 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Berlin: Swiss authorities have issued arrest warrants for three German tax inspectors over the purchase in 2010 of a CD containing data on suspected tax cheats, according to a German newspaper, infuriating a German state governor. The Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported today that the Swiss accused the officials of "economic espionage" in a letter to authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It quoted state governor Hannelore Kraft...
09:35 PM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: While mainstream films have seen mass consumption in the country, a new breed of Indian fiction is seen doing the same. These books speak in a language which is hooking on a lot of first time readers. Indian writing in English has moved far beyond the Amitav Ghoshes, Vikram Seths and Salman Rushdies, even past Chetan Bhagat, who barged into the Indian publishing milieu and revolutionised the market....
01:00 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Airport Authority of India (AAI) has said that they will have to ground Kingfisher Airlines if the company does not give a guarantee, sources said. They also said that the Kingfisher Airlines is in the process of providing an inter corporate guarantee for 256 crores of airport dues pending for over 6 months. But if they are not able to do then we will have to ground their...
02:33 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday is expected to submit a detailed reply regarding writing to Swiss authorities to re-open graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Pakistan Supreme Court had given Gilani time till March 20 when it will decide whether or not to go ahead with a case of contempt against him. Gilani recently said that he would rather quit if that would...
06:46 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Lahore: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said he was prepared to resign if the issue of approaching Swiss authorities for reopening graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari was resolved by his departure. "I will be happy if my quitting the post helps solve this issue," Gilani said while interacting with a group of reporters at his residence in Lahore this evening. Gilani referred to a "third option"...
01:27 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday reiterated that he will not write to the Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, saying he would rather go to prison. Stating that he was the prime minister and "not a peon", Gilani said he was willing to face six-month's imprisonment for contempt of court, Geo News reported. At a rally in Mailsi in Punjab province, the...
09:43 PM, Mar 15, 2012
