Pilot training institute asked to refund fees

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Five days after a fake email notice that purports to come from the Income Tax Department started making the rounds among taxpayers, the government Tuesday cautioned them, saying it had not sent any such emails. Millions of net users received the fake email in the last six days that asked the taxpayers to submit refund form along with their credit card details.

October 2nd, 2009 TD Bank says it will refund fees from glitchCHERRY HILL, N.J. — TD Bank says it will reimburse customers who incur fees because of computer problems that have delayed transaction postings all week.

September 24th, 2009 2 French military jets crash during exercisePARIS — Officials say two French military fighter jets have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea during a training mission and that one pilot is missing. The French Defense Ministry says that one pilot was pulled from the water, but that helicopters and patrol planes are searching for the second pilot.

August 12th, 2009 Hartford will refund $48M in workers' comp profitHARTFORD, Conn. — Insurer Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

June 24th, 2009 Pilot killed in F-16 crash in Utah identifiedHILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — The military has identified the pilot of an F-16 who was killed in a crash at the Utah Test and Training Range in the state's west desert. The 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base says Capt.

June 24th, 2009 Verizon, Alltel to refund mystery charges in Fla.TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Verizon and Alltel have agreed to refund an estimated $30 million to Florida cell phone customers billed for unwanted third-party services including ringtones, music and horoscopes.

June 4th, 2009 Abramoff, gov't disputing $500,000 tax refundWASHINGTON — Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the Justice Department are disputing a tax refund he recently received worth more than $500,000 and whether it should be used to pay court-ordered restitution or his family's massive debts. Abramoff's attorneys say his family, which once lived on Abramoff's lucrative salary, is now just above the poverty line on his wife's income of less than $38,000 and needs the money for living expenses.

May 8th, 2009 RANCHI - The Jharkhand government is considering a vigilance probe to fix responsibility for the decision in which officials selected an institute lacking basic infrastructure for training tribal youth of the state as pilots and air crew. The state's Tribal Welfare Department last year signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyderabad-based Spyka Training centre for providing for pilot and air hostess training to tribal youths of the state.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - Angry fans are demanding a refund from Britney Spears or promoters AEG Live for the money they spent to buy the tickets for her concert in Vancouver, Canada which was abruptly halted. The concert held April 8 had to be stopped in the middle to clear second-hand smoke from the venue.

March 29th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Sunday decided to raise its post-graduate tuition fees for first and second year students by Rs.50,000 annually from the 2010 academic session. Fees for first-year students will be be increased from Rs.5.5 lakh per annum now to Rs.6 lakh, and that for second-year students from Rs.6 lakh to Rs 6.5 lakh, a senior official of the institute told IANS.

March 19th, 2009 KRASNODAR - The pilot of a light L-39 combat trainer aircraft was killed when his plane crashed in the Krasnodar area in southern Russia, an Air Force spokesman said Wednesday. The aircraft crashed near the Kushchevskoye airfield Tuesday evening while on a training flight.

March 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - One of the top B-schools in the country, Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) Monday announced that it will soon hike the fees for its two-year postgraduate programme. 'We have our financial requirements and to justify it we hope to increase the fee,' institute director Devi Singh told reporters here.

March 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Consumer Commission has directed the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) here to refund the fees, along with a compensation of Rs.5,000, to a student who opted out of its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) course. 'We have taken a view that the service provider cannot forfeit the fees or consideration for the services which it has neither provided nor the student has received,' the Commission headed by Justice J.D.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After complaints surfaced from anxious parents that several schools in the capital were sharply hiking fees, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to carry out random checks and audits in the 750 unaided schools that it recognises. 'Under the Delhi School Education Act, schools have no right to raise their fees without informing the MCD.

December 27th, 2008 CHANDIGARH - Panjab University here has been asked by the consumer forum to refund fees of Rs.154,000 to a management student, who opted out of the course in 2007 after he found the university's campus in Ludhiana not up to the mark. The district consumer disputes redressal forum Saturday directed the university to refund the amount to Ankit Gupta, who had enrolled in the MBA course in 2007, but opted out within a few months.