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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.




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Tony Hazell: Why I WON'T sell in the coronavirus panic

It's been a sobering week for investors. As someone who has been investing for more than 30 years, I have drawn on all my experience to sit on my hands and do very little.




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ASK TONY: I was banking on my Isa to buy a house but Skipton closed it

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.




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ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund

Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu.




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ASK TONY: I was scammed out of £170, so why isn't PayPal paying up?

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.




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ASK TONY: We waited two weeks for Morrisons order, then RBS blocked it

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.




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ASK TONY: Husband's birthday Beatles treat fell victim to coronavirus

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.




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ASK TONY: Metro bank froze my account and it has £30,000 stuck in it! 

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.




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ASK TONY: Why was hard-up son charged £51 to delay car loan payments

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.




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£186 vanished after my Wayfair account was hacked: ASK TONY

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.




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ASK TONY:I got a £994 bill... years after I left my student digs 

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.




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Chennai floods won't impact our revenues: Cognizant

Reaffirms full-year revenue guidance of $12.41 bn.




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Big B not hosting any political event: Abhishek Bachchan

However, there are reports that R Madhavan, and not Amitabh Bachchan, would be hosting the event




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Report Card: India's Economy after two years of Modi Government

Tracking India's Economic vitals, as Modi Government completes two years




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Piyush Goyal: Work, ideas and targets

An articulate ex-banker and a chartered accountant by training, Goyal is particular about numbers




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Nitin Gadkari: The can-do instructor

This do-spirit of the minister is, however, not matched by more realistic officials, who have a problem keeping pace with Gadkari's grand plans




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Dharmendra Pradhan: Consistent performer

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




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Congress raps Bachchan's presence in celebration

Cong hits out, citing actor's alleged involvement in Panama papers; BJP defends choice




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Suresh Prabhu: Two years of mixed performance

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




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Arun Jaitley: Keeping reform process on

Two years into the government's five-year mandate, Jaitley has proven to be one of its most reformist voices




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Modi Govt @ 2: A roller-coaster ride with civil society, academia and media

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 ...




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Report Card: Modi Government's signature schemes

Tracking the Modi government's signature initiatives and status report




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Pro-business or aam aadmi: Modi government's tough balancing act

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




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Narendra Modi: Governance and that Hindutva image

Modi seems to prefer that Hindu strongman image remain tucked in reserve, to only come when called; life's been more complicated




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Corporate India runs at two speeds

India Inc: Looking forward to a stimulus




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CEO Poll: Modi govt meets expectations of India Inc on reforms

Centre should build consensus on GST Bill. say CEOs




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Modi to address rally in UP; BJP plans outreach programme on two-year rule

The party on Wednesday released seven handouts on the government's achievements in the past two years in various fields




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Two years of Narendra Modi's foreign policy: more misses than hits

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




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Modi government a failure on many fronts, says Shiv Sena on anniversary

Sena also took a dig at the Prime Minister over his frequent foreign trips




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Two years of Modi government: What kind of celebrations are on the cards?

From rallies, press conferences in over 150 cities to holding a star-studded evening, a look at what the fortnight-long celebrations will have




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NDA has failed in key areas like economy: Muniyappa

The former union minister said "only achievement" of NDA govt was changing names of UPA schemes




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Modi govt established new benchmarks for development: Amit Shah

On the second anniversary of the Modi govt, Shah added that the Centre also redefined the idea of governance and delivery




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Two years of Modi government @Facebook

The PM has had 179 million interactions in the last two years; his cabinet ministers too have taken a lot to the social media platform




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FDI in food processing may cross $1 billion in next 2 yrs: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

The government has announced 100% FDI in marketing of food products produced and processed in India in the Budget




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Congress questions the 'achievements' of two years of Modi govt

The political party asks, 'kiska saath, kiska vikaas?'




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Development only way to empower the poor, says Modi

He said the the government was caste- and religion-neutral




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Drought cripples farm sector

The sector is crippled by back-to-back droughts coupled with a record fall in farm prices




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Answering 20 tough questions in 5 minutes can help you meet PM Modi

Centre launches online quiz on government's achievements, the prize for which is a certificate and a chance to meet the PM




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Swachh Bharat, Digital India score poorly, top rating for Railways

Two-part survey by govt gives top ratings to reforms in railways, power and roads. Modi's pet schemes score poorly




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BJP has given 'decisive' govt: Amit Shah

Shah also said the Modi-led govt in the remaining three years will fulfill all the promises made in the run up to Lok Sabha polls




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2 years of Modi govt: Amitabh Bachchan to host segment on girl child campaign

Bachchan said he will host a segment called 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' for the show celebrating second anniversary of NDA govt




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PM Modi-led NDA government has failed on all counts: Raj Babbar

Babbar claimed that crop sowing area has shrunk to less than 120 lakh hectares from 125 lakh hectares in the last two years




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Team Modi talks of a 'new dawn' on second anniversary

Arun Jaitley said India's economy has picked up pace and achieved a growth rate of about 7.5% amid a global slowdown




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Congress terms Modi Govt 'anti-farmer, anti-women and anti-Dalit'

Attacking the Modi rule, the Congress party said that the NDA govt is acting like an event manager




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Avoiding reform

Two years in, major reforms seem off the table




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Amitabh Bachchan proud of hosting girl child segment at govt's second anniversary gala

At the event, celebrating two years of Modi govt, the actor stressed on the importance of protecting the girl child