m U Win Myint, President of Myanmar inspects Guard of Honour during Ceremonial Welcome at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy:Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m External Affairs Minister calls on U Win Myint, President of Myanmar in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy - Photo Division[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m External Affairs Minister delivers his remarks at Nari Shakti Abhiyan at JNB, New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy - Chandan Kumar[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m Prime Minister attends the Video Conference of SAARC Leaders on combating COVID-19 By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m Prime Minister delivers his remarks during the Video Conference of SAARC Leaders on combating COVID-19 By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m External Affairs Minister meets Barry Faure, Secretary of State of Seychelles in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy - Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m Prime Minister addresses the G20 Virtual Summit, 2020 from New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy-Hemant Joshi[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m Prime Minister's video conference with the Heads of Indian Missions [ph]Photo Courtesy-Hemant Joshi[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m Prime Minister participates at online Summit of NAM Contact Group[ph]Photo Courtesy - Hemant Joshi[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m External Affairs Minister's video conference with the Heads of Indian Missions[ph]Photo courtesy - Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
m Why did Shelter back a squatter in my dad's house? TONY HETHERINGTON investigates By Published On :: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:30:42 +0000 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. Full Article
m TONY HETHERINGTON: I smell a rat in this tale of a criminal tenant By Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:39:43 +0000 I rented out my late mother's house. I chose Howards Estate Agents to find a suitable tenant in full time employment, but it later became apparent they were not and defaulted on the rent. Full Article
m TONY HETHERINGTON: Since your last intervention, Revolut has taken £2,500 from my wife! By Published On :: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 13:29:38 +0000 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? Full Article
m TONY HETHERINGTON: £47k bill for new build with no planning permission By Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:42:13 +0000 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. Full Article
m TONY HETHERINGTON: ScottishPower's billing shambles may bankrupt us By Published On :: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:11:11 +0000 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. Full Article
m It's worth digging...your PPI claim comes to £2,579 By Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:14:01 +0000 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. Full Article
m Basil! I never even use the name...but fraudsters stole it By Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:54:59 +0000 S.A. writes: I think some scammers are operating off the back of Beside Asset Management Limited, which you have written about before. Full Article
m 'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates By Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:28:27 +0000 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. Full Article
m TONY HETHERINGTON: A huge payments scam - and Nationwide and Visa should be ashamed By Published On :: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:03:28 +0100 I fell for a sales pitch from Easytrade.biz, and now am unable to withdraw any money. I have filled in several withdrawal forms, but it never happenes. Full Article
m TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm By Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 09:04:33 +0100 '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.' Full Article
m HETHERINGTON: How can my house be using 'industrial' amounts of power? By Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:32:28 +0100 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. Full Article
m TONY HETHERINGTON: Your debtor's 800 miles away in Shetland By Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 10:55:14 +0100 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. Full Article
m July sees M&A deals worth $4 bn By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 23:51:00 +0530 Year tally hits $20 bn Full Article
m ASK TONY: Scammers stole £3k but Tesco said I was too late to complain By Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:21:01 +0000 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. Full Article
m ASK TONY: TalkTalk won't let me cancel my care home dad's phone bill By Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:27:07 +0000 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. Full Article
m ASK TONY: TSB - The bank that said 'NO' to my frail 86-year-old mother By Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 11:12:21 +0000 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. Full Article
m ASK TONY: I was banking on my Isa to buy a house but Skipton closed it By Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:42:07 +0000 I opened a Lifetime Isa (Lisa) with Skipton on June 27, 2017. I recently tried to pay into it, but discovered Skipton had closed it on September 16 last year. Full Article
m ASK TONY: I was scammed out of £170, so why isn't PayPal paying up? By Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:29:37 +0000 I received two texts from PayPal in the early hours of August 6 about a suspicious transaction. It was for £170.94 to a company called Zalando SE. I replied at 10.21am to say it was unauthorised. Full Article
m ASK TONY: We waited two weeks for Morrisons order, then RBS blocked it By Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:21:22 +0100 My wife and I received a message from our bank saying there had been an 'unusual' request for payment on our account and it had declined to pay it. The payment was to Morrisons. Full Article
m ASK TONY: Husband's birthday Beatles treat fell victim to coronavirus By Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:25:20 +0100 For my husband's 50th birthday I booked an apartment in Liverpool via Booking.com. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band. Full Article
m ASK TONY: Metro bank froze my account and it has £30,000 stuck in it! By Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:02:30 +0100 Despite my repeated calls and a letter to Metro Bank's chief executive, it was almost a month before it wrote back asking for proof of address and details of my travel for the past 6 months. Full Article
m ASK TONY: Why was hard-up son charged £51 to delay car loan payments By Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:12:18 +0100 My son has been laid off due to the coronavirus, so he contacted Suzuki Finance to arrange a one-month payment holiday. It agreed to this, but said it will charge him £51 for this month. Full Article
m £186 vanished after my Wayfair account was hacked: ASK TONY By Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:15:54 +0100 The homewares website Wayfair emailed to inform me my account details, including had been changed. I tried to check my account but my password had been changed. Full Article
m ASK TONY:I got a £994 bill... years after I left my student digs By Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:26:18 +0100 In June 2014 I moved out of a student house I had been living in for two years while at university. The accounts were in my name. We always paid the full amount of our energy bill on time. Full Article
m Chennai floods won't impact our revenues: Cognizant By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:42:00 +0530 Reaffirms full-year revenue guidance of $12.41 bn. Full Article
m Report Card: India's Economy after two years of Modi Government By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 23:47:00 +0530 Tracking India's Economic vitals, as Modi Government completes two years Full Article
m Dharmendra Pradhan: Consistent performer By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:33:00 +0530 Govt has managed to weed out more than 33 million fake or duplicate LPG connections leading to savings of Rs 21,672 crore in the two financial years Full Article
m Suresh Prabhu: Two years of mixed performance By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:34:00 +0530 Cut to 2016 and the narrative has shifted to high-speed trains, Wi-Fi broadband services at stations and use of social media to improve passenger amenities Full Article
m Arun Jaitley: Keeping reform process on By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:35:00 +0530 Two years into the government's five-year mandate, Jaitley has proven to be one of its most reformist voices Full Article
m Modi Govt @ 2: A roller-coaster ride with civil society, academia and media By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 00:35:00 +0530 These two years have been about the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) civil society versus the others. Entrenching the first in the heart of policy making and atmosphere-building eco-systems has gone hand-in-hand with controlling the dissent of ... Full Article
m Report Card: Modi Government's signature schemes By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 06:23:00 +0530 Tracking the Modi government's signature initiatives and status report Full Article
m Pro-business or aam aadmi: Modi government's tough balancing act By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 06:45:00 +0530 That's one lesson Modi ship's internalised from Vajpayee's exit, that pro-market can proceed if it can be marketed as pro-poor Full Article
m Narendra Modi: Governance and that Hindutva image By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 07:00:00 +0530 Modi seems to prefer that Hindu strongman image remain tucked in reserve, to only come when called; life's been more complicated Full Article
m CEO Poll: Modi govt meets expectations of India Inc on reforms By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 07:19:00 +0530 Centre should build consensus on GST Bill. say CEOs Full Article
m Modi to address rally in UP; BJP plans outreach programme on two-year rule By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 09:45:00 +0530 The party on Wednesday released seven handouts on the government's achievements in the past two years in various fields Full Article
m Two years of Narendra Modi's foreign policy: more misses than hits By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 11:27:00 +0530 Two years of Modi's foreign policy can be best remembered for its flip-flops on Pakistan and the PM's blockbuster speeches to delirious non-resident communities and the grand receptions he has received in several countries Full Article
m Modi government a failure on many fronts, says Shiv Sena on anniversary By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:02:00 +0530 Sena also took a dig at the Prime Minister over his frequent foreign trips Full Article
m Two years of Modi government: What kind of celebrations are on the cards? By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:45:00 +0530 From rallies, press conferences in over 150 cities to holding a star-studded evening, a look at what the fortnight-long celebrations will have Full Article
m NDA has failed in key areas like economy: Muniyappa By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:57:00 +0530 The former union minister said "only achievement" of NDA govt was changing names of UPA schemes Full Article
m Modi govt established new benchmarks for development: Amit Shah By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 14:40:00 +0530 On the second anniversary of the Modi govt, Shah added that the Centre also redefined the idea of governance and delivery Full Article