New Delhi: British Airways has been asked to pay Rs 90,000 as compensation to a passenger for losing his luggage in transit from Delhi to Milan.
The South West District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum noted that due to loss of baggage, the man had to purchase at huge cost articles of daily use for the duration of his and his wife's stay in Milan and is entitled to be compensated.
"We find that the bag was lost and complainant remained without the articles of their use which they had to purchase in a foreign country and thus complainant and his wife were compelled to spend a huge amount on the purchase of such articles.
"Moreover, complainant suffered inconvenience, harassment and mental agony due to loss of the bag for which he is entitled to be reasonably compensated, apart from the loss of his bag," the forum presided by Narendra Kumar said, directing the airline to pay Rs 50,000 to Delhi resident Balraj Taneja towards cost of articles he had to purchase in Milan and another Rs 40,000 as compensation and litigation cost. ...
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05:39 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Colombo: The Talaimannar court has ordered the release of 19 Indian fishermen jailed in Sri Lanka for allegedly crossing into Lankan waters. The decision will be communicated to Indian authorities shortly. On Wednesday, the National Fishworkers' Forum(NFF) had sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the arrest and incarceration of 75 Indian fishermen in a week by the Sri Lankan Navy. Twenty-six fishermen from Karaikal, Puducherry who ventured...
12:40 PM, Apr 11, 2013
The fate of 19 Indian fishermen jailed in Sri Lanka for allegedly crossing into Lankan waters will be decided on Thursday, when the case comes up for hearing in Mannar court. Sri Lankan Minister of Livestock and Upcountry Development Arumugam Thondaman, however, told CNN-IBN that the fishermen were likely to be freed. He said, "The case will come up for hearing at the Mannar court on April 11. We will...
09:05 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Air India has been directed by a consumer forum in New Delhi to pay Rs 30,000 to a retired Vice Admiral as compensation for the airline's "casual attitude" towards in-flight services provided to him on an international flight to New York, USA. ...
05:06 PM, Mar 24, 2013
"Troubled" and "dismayed" at Wharton University withdrawing its invitation to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the varsity's decision to change its mind "under pressure" was "very wrong". ...
09:31 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal will launch an indefinite fast on Saturday to protest against the tariff hikes on electricity and water supply in the capital. The protest, being hailed as a civil disobedience movement by many, will seek to enlist mass support in defying the government by refusing to pay the bills. ...
05:48 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2013 of the World Economic Forum has ranked India 65th out of the 140 countries covered in its study to rank countries on travel and tourism competitiveness. ...
12:37 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs one lakh to the husband of a policy holder for "arbitrarily" rejecting his claim for the assured amount on his wife's death. The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum observed that LIC had "misdirected itself" by not showing any evidence that the deceased was suffering from asthma prior to availing the policy and had...
11:45 AM, Mar 17, 2013
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12:43 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd has been directed by a consumer forum in New Delhi to pay compensation of Rs 10,000 to a man who was sold a bottle of antiseptic liquid Dettol that contained dead insects in it. ...
01:34 PM, Mar 10, 2013
After the Wharton snub, Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi addressed the Indian diaspora in the US via video conference. Modi addressed the Indian diaspora in Edison, New Jersey, Chicago and Illinois on March 9 at 8.00 pm (local time in US). Modi in a his charming manner stated that Gujarat has become a symbol of development. ...
07:16 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Another key sponsor of the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) has pulled out of the prestigious annual meet in the wake of the organiser's decision to cancel a keynote address by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The webpage of WIEF showed Colors' channel, which is Viacom18's flagship brand in the entertainment space in India, being removed from the list of silver sponsors of the annual event. ...
10:39 PM, Mar 07, 2013
"As I said earlier, this is precisely what needs to be contested; during the Emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, many extolled the efficiency of her regime. Many terrible regimes have come to power the world over in the name of economic development." ...
10:35 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Here is the full text of the letter drafted by three University of Pennsylvania professors and signed by hundreds of eminent academics and members of the intelligentsia to protest against Wharton's invite to Narendra Modi. This petition led to cancellation of the invite. ...
11:18 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Expressing disappointment at the decision of Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) on rescinding its invitation to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a US lawmaker has said that for Wharton "to suppress the views of some at the expense of others" is simply not right. "When extending its invite, Wharton knew like the US knows that, more than a decade later, India's Supreme Court has not found any evidence against CM...
08:22 AM, Mar 06, 2013
The controversy generated over the invite extended to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to address the India Economic Forum at The Wharton School of the ...
06:57 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal confirmed on Tuesday that he will be addressing the Wharton India Economic Forum, but only as a guest speaker. He also added that he will not be replacing Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the keynote speaker. ...
12:15 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Ending its silence, Wharton School has backed the organising committee of Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) on cancelling the address of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but regretted the confusion caused as a result of the change in program. ...
04:47 AM, Mar 05, 2013
The Wharton India Economic Forum revoked its decision on Sunday to invite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to deliver a key note address. ...
11:54 PM, Mar 04, 2013
After cancelling Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at its India Business Forum, Wharton has now chosen Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal for its summit. Kejriwal will address the forum on March 23 via videoconference. Meanwhile, the Adani Group withdrew its sponsorship from the programme hours after Modi's address was cancelled. A statement issued by event organising team of Wharton said that the Adani Group would no longer...
11:11 PM, Mar 04, 2013
