Things are getting murkier for suspended Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi as his link to an alleged payoff to the World Sports Group (WSG), a Mauritius-based company, as facilitation fee is being investigated by Income Tax officials. The officials are investigating Modi’s link to an aircraft purchase, which was used by the former IPL [...]
The Union Cabinet on Monday further increased allowances of MPs by Rs. 10,000 per month, comprising a hike of Rs.5,000 each in constituency and office expense allowances for parliamentarians. However, the three-fold salary hike raise remained unaltered. The panel met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconsider and bring amendments to the [...]
Lok Sabha was adjourned on Friday over the issue of salary given to members of Parliament despite the Cabinet’s nod to a 300 per cent hike. Leaders of Opposition parties like Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Janata Dal-United chief Sharad Yadav created ruckus in the House demanding higher pay for MPs. [...]
Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie who had appealed for donations to the flood relief effort in Pakistan is leading by example and has donated $100,000 to the cause. The Academy award winning actor, who is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, called for her fans to help raise funds for the people whose lives have [...]
New Delhi and Mumbai occupy 45th and 46th position while Kolkata is placed at 63rd spot in a list of rankings of the top 65 global cities. New York, London and Tokyo are the top three cities in the list, a survey has said. Karachi, the only Pakistani metropolis was ranked 60, Dhaka was placed [...]
A ban on the use of Blackberry phones to send and receive messages is due to come into effect in Saudi Arabia. The country is one of a number concerned that such communications are encrypted and can not be monitored. The United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, India and Algeria have all announced or are contemplating bans [...]
The second Test between Sri Lanka and India ended in a tame draw on Friday after 1,478 runs and just 17 wickets over five days of cricket. Sri Lanka declared its second innings at 129-3 and both captains decided to end the match just 13 overs after tea on the final day with no hope [...]
Indira Gandhi International Airport’s Terminal 3, sixth largest in the world, will start commercial operations on July 28. International flights will start taking off and landing at T3 instead of the old international terminal. But what few are prepared for are problems that could well be a recipe for chaos, like lost passengers. Most of [...]
In a move to streamline the cable TV fee structure, broadcast regulator TRAI on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it plans to cap the monthly charges at Rs 250 across the country, except for pockets where conditional access system (CAS) is implemented. In an affidavit filed before the Apex Court, the Telecom Regulatory Authority [...]
Students lured into taking admission through false advertisements by unrecognised and non-affiliated colleges should be compensated heavily by these institutions, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. “Why not pay Rs 2 lakh to each student duped by such institutions? It’s quite like railway accidents where the government compensates the victims. Here the students are the [...]
