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Moneylife Digital Team 20 September 2011
With the festive season travel rush now on, several websites and agents are claiming to provide confirmed rail tickets, while the individual passenger finds himself way down the waiting list, or unable to log on to the online booking site of the railways The festive season is round the...

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The prime minister says he has no magic wand to stop corruption; his finance minister announces there is no quick-fix to stop price rise; now the home minister tells us there is no way to prevent terror attacks completely... It’s time to deal with our inner ailments and to ensure that poor...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 September 2011
BEST, the public transport service provider in Mumbai, will operate a bus shuttle from the airport to various parts of the city only if it gets a dedicated lane. But experts have criticised the BEST’s pre-condition as unacceptable Moneylife reported yesterday how the absence of a dedicated...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 September 2011
Taxis are not easily available to travellers arriving at the airport and public buses are inconvenient, underlining the case for a proper bus shuttle service Transport experts in Mumbai agree that there is a desperate need to initiate action to end the harassment of passengers at the domestic...

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Alekh Angre 17 September 2011
Customer complaints about delays and defective products pile up against online group buying sites such as SoSasta and SnapDeal, but these are simply ignored It wasn't long ago that group buying and discount cards promised to become the next big thing to happen to the Indian consumer.

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 16 September 2011
As the demand for home-care workers soars, it is necessary to recognise the huge potential of care-givers as a profession that can create livelihoods for many and provide critical help for people who live to a ripe old age A recent issue of The Economist noted that as more and more people...

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It’s fast, air-conditioned and pelts over some of the biggest, semi-permanent traffic jams in the national capital  At Delhi Airport, eighty rupees travels a long way, or not too far; it depends on you. Eighty rupees is what it costs to enter the airport premises if you wish to receive or...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 September 2011
New visa norms to be implemented from April 2012 has closed the post-study route that allowed students access to jobs, two years after completing their course Natasha Gupta (name changed) is in the last year of her graduation. She plans to pursue her post-graduation in the UK from the...

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The special projects, launched as an integral part of Maharashtra’s housing policy, were permitted FDI and provided infrastructure at concessional rates. But while they appear attractive, the implementation and monitoring leaves much to be desired When special townships with a minimum area...

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Recently a group of ministers proposed three major measures to deal with corruption. But the government missed out on making a noise about this The Manmohan Singh government has lost touch with both types of PR: public relations and political reality, both of which are inextricably...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 September 2011
Special Court sanctions distribution of money from liquidated assets of the scamster to the I-T department, SBI, SBI Caps and Standard Chartered The Custodian has secured another order from the Special Court, Mumbai, allowing him to release a total amount of Rs650 crore against pending...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 September 2011
The popular group buying website that is backed by Groupon , the world’s largest group buying business, delivers items ten days after customer cancels duplicate order. Company directs another customer who received a defective watch to contact the merchant Group buying sites such as SnapDeal,...

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Ravi Srivastava 13 September 2011
Ashok Singh and Ravi Srivastava were sacked for trying to expose alleged wrongdoing by the oil ministry on the direction of the minister and help from oil company officials. Now, the government is delaying action on CBI, CVC inquiries into the entire affair. Mr Srivastava, one of the...

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A lot of the high-fibre fast-food packages sold by major food brands most likely contains “wood cellulose” that’s even used by the plastics industry. And the food safety authority is aware about it Let's start with some first-hand experience, which is very often how curiosity is sparked and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 September 2011
The letter was one among some 22 that the government published on the website of the Department of Personnel and Training. A few days ago, news of a letter published on the website of the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) received much media attention, because it labelled Anna Hazare...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 September 2011
Community groups and political parties flout time restrictions on the use of loudspeakers; police turn a deaf ear Devotees bid a final adieu to Ganpati on Sunday, with loud shouts inviting the deity to visit them early the next time round. The ten-day celebrations were incident free,...

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Anna’s hometown is slowly turning into a centre of learning for people flocking there to hear the Gandhian, who has revived their hopes to build a new India Senior engineers of the Swedish company Hoganas, Michael Johansson and B Bengtsson, took a detour on their way to Pune, from Ahmednagar...

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Proper financing of agriculture must enable and facilitate a wide range of innovative solutions that will strengthen the primary producer that is critical for fighting poverty in Bharat Providing financial services to over 600 million people engaged in agriculture and in the agribusiness in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 September 2011
Higher cost of land on outskirts of cities may hurt low-margin affordable housing projects. Still, there are those who believe acquisition must be made harder not just for the sake of farmers, but also for food security The new Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, which was...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 September 2011
Police release sketches of two persons suspected to have placed the briefcase containing the bomb at the High Court A powerful bomb placed in a briefcase exploded outside the Delhi High Court this morning killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 60, many of them suffering serious...

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