Flying from Chennai to cost more

Flying from Chennai to cost more 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

A costly Easter in Thiruvananthapuram

A costly Easter in Thiruvananthapuram 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

Budget 2012: Pay more for the comforts of life

Budget 2012: Pay more for the comforts of life 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

Hyderabad: Tennis costlier for wannabe Sanias

Hyderabad: Tennis costlier for wannabe Sanias HYDERABAD: When the four clay courts at the Sanjeevaiah Park and the Necklace Road of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) went for an annual auction this year, there was a surprise bid of Rs 9.2 lakh, up from Rs 2.9 lakh. It stunned the few coaches and the old tennis academy run by Nilkanteshwar, who had to distance himself from the courts, for the simple reason that he couldnt...
08:47 AM, Mar 07, 2012

Mobile handsets to become costlier

Mobile handsets to become costlier Chennai: Back from a disastrous tour of England, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday said that the Test series loss had left the India team low in confidence but the side still fought to win every match even more than it had during the World Cup. To be frank, the confidence level was low. But I can say that the team fought to win every match even more than it had...
04:53 PM, Feb 29, 2008

Costly kiss: Art of love may cost girl $2 million

Costly kiss: Art of love may cost girl $2 million French girl sued for $2 million in damages for a passionate kiss. ...
12:11 AM, Oct 10, 2007
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