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Prime Minister departs for Vladivostok on his 3-day visit to Russia [ph]Photo Courtesy : Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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Prime Minister arrives in Vladivostok on his 3-day visit to Russia [ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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President and Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, President of Iceland witness signing of agreements in Reykjavik [ph]Photo courtesy : RB Photo[/ph]




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President and Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, President of Iceland hold Delegation Level Talk at Presidential Residence in Reykjavik [ph]Photo courtesy : RB Photo[/ph]




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President meets Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, President of Iceland at Presidential Residence in Reykjavik [ph]Photo courtesy : RB Photo[/ph]




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President arrives in Zurich on 2nd leg of his 3-Nation Visit to Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia [ph]Photo Courtesy : PHOTO RB[/ph]




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President arrives in Ljubljana on last leg of his 3-nation visit to Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia [ph]Photo Courtesy : PHOTO RB[/ph]




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External Affairs Minister meets Marcel Amon-Tanoh, Foreign Minister of Cote d'Ivoire on the sidelines of 74th session of UNGA in New York




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INDIA-CARICOM Leaders' Meeting takes place in New York on the margins of 74th session of UNGA Summit [ph]Photo Courtesy - Naveen Jora[/ph]





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External Affairs Minister meets Tomáš Petříček, Foreign Minister of Czech on the sidelines of 74th session of UNGA in New York





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Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh signs Visitor's Book at Hyderabad House during her Official Visit to India [ph]Photo Courtesy - Lalit Kumar[/ph]




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Don Pramudwinai , Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand arrives in Delhi for his 3-day visit to India





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Prime Minister meets Xi Jinping, President of China at 'Arjuna's Penance' in Mamallapuram





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Vice President is conferred 'The Order of the Green Crescent', the highest Civilian Honour of Comoros, by Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros in Moroni





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Vice President meets Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of Cuba on the sidelines of NAM Summit 2019 in Baku[ph]Photo Courtesy: Gajendra Singh, Photo Division[/ph]





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External Affairs Minister meets Delcy Rodríguez, Vice President of Venezuela in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy: Hemant Joshi[/ph]




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Prime Minister arrives in Bangkok on his 3-day visit to Thailand [ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen Jora[/ph]





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Prime Minister departs for Bangkok on his 3-day visit to Thailand [ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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Group photo of Heads of State / Heads of Government at 3rd RCEP Summit in Bangkok [ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph]




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Prime Minister meets Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia on the sidelines of 35th ASEAN Summit 2019 in Bangkok [ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen Jora[/ph]




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Prime Minister meets Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam on the sidelines of 35th ASEAN Summit 2019 in Bangkok[ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen Jora[/ph]





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Prime Minister meets Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan on the sidelines of 35th ASEAN Summit 2019 in Bangkok[ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen Jora[/ph]




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India-Australia 2 Plus 2 Foreign and Defence Secretaries' Meeting takes place at Hyderabad House, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal arrives in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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Prime Minister's video conference with the Heads of Indian Missions [ph]Photo Courtesy-Hemant Joshi[/ph]





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External Affairs Minister's video conference with the Heads of Indian Missions[ph]Photo courtesy - Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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Why did Shelter back a squatter in my dad's house? TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

My father bought a house in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in 1971. Several years ago, a tenant tried to seize ownership by claiming squatter's rights.




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'Why would a luxury hotel in Tokyo buy wine I never owned?' TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I invested in wine through the Bordeaux Wine Company which has collapsed. I have now been contacted by Empire Investment Capital Limited, which says it has a buyer for my wine.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Since your last intervention, Revolut has taken £2,500 from my wife!

I had hoped that after your probe into Revolut, we could move on. But it has messaged my wife, saying that her account has been closed and funds returned 'to source'. Well, I was that source. Where's the cash?




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TONY HETHERINGTON: It's your call... but I'd take offer to scrap £1,238 Vodafone debt

My son has experienced no end of problems since upgrading his contract. His phone has been cut off, debt collectors have demanded money, and now he's being threatened by bailiffs.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: I bought wine with Global Wine Exchange for £6,000

Global Wine Exchange sold me two cases of wine on the promise that they would be sold at a profit. They haven't been sold. GWE then told me that if I bought two more cases, they would sell all four.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: We're watching you 

Two South London men awaiting trial on fraud charges have been ordered to hand over £8.6 million.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: £47k bill for new build with no planning permission

In January 2018, my son Michael paid a deposit on an off-plan new build apartment in Smithfield Square, Birmingham. Last year, we discovered that there was still no planning permission.




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I owe £2,232 in tax but the new Chancellor isn't too bothered: TONY HETHERINGTON investigates 

I closed my company in March last year. Final corporation tax due stood at £2,232 and I have tried repeatedly to pay this, but now the company is closed, the Revenue just does not accept it.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: ScottishPower's billing shambles may bankrupt us

P.S. writes: I am secretary of a not-for-profit charity. ScottishPower for some reason reduced the utility payments for our premises from £748 a month to just £1.




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It's worth digging...your PPI claim comes to £2,579 

Ms B.M. writes: I had a Barclaycard, and I believe there was PPI automatically included, so I asked a claims company to look into this for me.




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'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I was contacted by Xtraderfx and told that it would transfer my frozen credit balance of £680 to my NatWest credit card. I agreed and gave my card details.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Financial Conduct Authority is a disgrace and your £20k loss is proof

I looked for a safe investment and came across Wellesley & Co. I received a call, apparently from Wellesley but which turned out to be from a scammer. And I instructed my bank to transfer cash.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm

'Going through my 91-year-old uncle's paperwork for him, I found he had signed up for Equitable Lifecare funeral plan in 2016, and has been paying £41 a month - £492 a year - since then.'




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TONY HETHERINGTON: 'Please help...we just want to stop living in fear of Scottish Power'

My account with Scottish Power has been under review by the energy supplier for more than 18 months, as it insists we owe more than £7,000. The company claims we have not paid since 2013




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HETHERINGTON: How can my house be using 'industrial' amounts of power?

I joined ScottishPower for my electricity in March 2017, paying £190 a month. In March last year, they asked for weekly readings and said I was not paying enough.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: Your debtor's 800 miles away in Shetland

I have received a letter from Lowell Portfolio, claiming an alleged debt of £599 which it says I owe to PayPal. But I rang PayPal and was told that in fact no money is owed on my account.




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Ten financial experts give their New Year's resolutions

Sir Steve Webb, Director of policy at Royal London:' Check my credit card statement properly. It's so easy to sign up for things on trial, then forget to cancel.




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ASK TONY: We caught car theft on CCTV but insurer still wouldn't pay out

Our leased Range Rover Velar was stolen in October. The police never recovered it because the thieves ripped out its tracker, which was later found thrown in a ditch.




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ASK TONY: Santander and PayPal refused to refund stolen £450

Someone has fraudulently opened an account with PayPal using my name. PayPal withdrew £450 from my Santander account. It refunded this, but took it back the following week.




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ASK TONY: Water torture of our £1,300 bowls club bill

I am the treasurer of a 300-year-old bowling club. In October, I received a water bill for £1,335.29 (£1,220.72 actual plus £114.57 estimated). Bills had previously been about £30 per quarter.




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ASK TONY: STILL waiting for £800 refund after Corsica crash in 2017

My son rented a vehicle in Corsica in July 2017 and was involved in a minor accident which was not his fault. Enterprise Corsica, the car hire firm, has not repaid his €950 excess.




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ASK TONY: Scammers stole £3k but Tesco said I was too late to complain

I was contacted regarding potential fraudulent activity on my Tesco Mastercard in early October 2019. In total, £3,700.20 of illicit transactions were refunded.




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ASK TONY: TalkTalk won't let me cancel my care home dad's phone bill

My father, 92, was admitted to a dementia care home last September. I have Lasting Power of Attorney. I rang TalkTalk to cancel his account but they refused because I wasn't the account holder.




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ASK TONY: TSB - The bank that said 'NO' to my frail 86-year-old mother

I took my mother to a TSB branch to open an account because she has been told she can no longer receive her state pension via the Post Office. We took several documents showing her address.