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Train passengers, stop checking the platform board every 10 minutes: This little-known solution shows your coach position and even works without internetThe Where Is My Train app makes train journeys easier by offering real-time train tracking and a range of useful travel tools. It can work ...
Passengers robbed at gunpoint in reserved sleeper coach: NCDRC holds Railways responsible for safety lapse, orders Rs 20,000 compensationThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission found Railways deficient in service. Passengers were robbed at gunpoint inside a reserv...
Customer books Bali tour but it gets cancelled due to Covid; after pandemic, travel agency keeps rescheduling it, court awards him Rs 1.12 lakh payoutA Kerala consumer commission ordered a travel agency to refund Rs 82,500. The agency failed to conduct a Bali tour or return the money for ...
Santa signed the cheque: Trump's $45,000 Christmas gifts to four White House aides draw ethics scrutinyPresident Donald Trump gave substantial cash gifts to four White House aides last year. Three aides received $45,000 each, while a fourth r...
Marry a working & frugal wife: Rs 5000-crore Thyrocare founder Velumani shares a must-do list for entrepreneurs who leave comfortable jobs to solve ‘world’s big problems’Thyrocare founder A Velumani has shared a practical checklist for aspiring entrepreneurs, warning that “negative capital” from EMIs, debt a...
Satya Niketan building collapse: 'I told him not to travel, but he insisted,' says mother of DU student who died in the tragedyA building collapse in southwest Delhi killed seven people, including a Delhi University student named Arpit. Arpit had returned home for R...
Flyers in EU just won big after a 13-year fight over flight rightsEU lawmakers have backed a major overhaul of air passenger rights after 13 years of negotiations, keeping compensation for flight delays of...
Since 2014, US farmers have been deliberately flooding their fields to create habitat for migratory birds; a decade later, 180,000 acres of farmland have become temporary wetlands serving as vital habitat for millions of birdsBirdReturns pays farmers to flood fields, creating vital temporary wetlands for migrating birds. This initiative helps birds and also reple...
Train ticket got cancelled by a stranger, woman with confirmed reservation arrested after boarding; Railways ordered to pay her Rs 2 lakhA woman with a confirmed train reservation was arrested and forced off the train at midnight after a stranger allegedly cancelled her ticke...
Delhi HC dismisses Railway Compensation claim after ticket found to have been bought hours after train's departureThe Delhi High Court has thrown out a compensation claim related to a man's death after he reportedly fell from a moving train en route fro...
Flight refund credited to Goibibo wallet, but passenger didn't get the money: Court orders Rs 1.34 lakh payoutGoibibo has been ordered to pay a total of over Rs 1.34 lakh for failing to refund cancelled flight tickets. This includes a refund of Rs 4...
Rs 15 lakh fraud money credited to senior citizen’s account, police wanted to question him; HC grants anticipatory bail on this groundCriminals deposited Rs 15 lakh in senior citizen’s bank a/c; police wants to question him; HC grants anticipatory bail and observes mere de...
Erin Piacenti’s Times Square stabbing update: BoFA Vice President and new mom had just celebrated her baby’s baptism before stabbed to deathErin Piacenti, a 32-year-old Bank of America vice president and University of Pennsylvania and Fordham Law graduate, was fatally stabbed in...
Nasa scientists grew corn seeds in space and found something strange: How microgravity confused roots & shoots that normally know exactly which way to growNasa scientists grew corn seeds in space: NASA conducted an intriguing experiment on corn seeds grown in the absence of gravity’s guiding f...
Bengaluru techie rejects Rs 20 lakh hike despite bigger role, here’s what made him say noA 31-year-old Bengaluru software developer has reportedly declined a Rs 20 lakh salary increase that would have taken his annual pay from R...
Bengaluru or Delhi-NCR for savings? Techie breaks down what a Rs 1 lakh salary really meansA techie’s Instagram comparison has sparked discussion about whether Bengaluru’s higher salaries necessarily translate into greater savings...
Adopt 'guerrilla strategy', move quietly to Mumbai for bigger protest: Manoj Jarange urges MarathasManoj Jarange has urged Maratha community members to quietly move towards Mumbai. He set a September 12 deadline for the government to meet...
Rs 11 crore corpus at 36, yet they are scared to quit their jobs: Bengaluru couple faces the biggest FIRE dilemmaA Bengaluru couple, both 36, has built a Rs 11 crore liquid corpus after starting their careers in 2009 with a combined Rs 1.9 LPA salary. ...
Rider without driving licence killed in a crash with van; Court puts 25% blame on 19-year-old who died, cuts Rs 25 lakh motor accident compensation by 25%A 19-year-old rider died in a head-on collision with a van in Theni in 2018. The Madras High Court found that the rider also contributed to...
Rs 21 crore awarded to families of 2 HUL managers killed in 2018 Mumbai-Goa highway accidentA Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded twenty-one crore rupees to two families. This compensation was for two Hindustan Unilever managers...