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CIDCO cuts Navi Mumbai home prices by 10%, lottery for 17,000 flats in two months

India, Dec. 14 -- There is relief in store for homebuyers in Navi Mumbai, with deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday announcing a flat 10% reduction in the prices of housing units built by t... Read More


Police to act against noise from vehicles, construction work, loudspeakers

Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday said police sergeants and other responsible officers will now be able to take direct action against noise pollution. "Having laws a... Read More


'Pulp Fiction' actor Peter Greene passes away on 60

Washington DC, Dec. 14 -- Peter Greene, a New York character actor who often played villains and criminals, including Zed in Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction,' was found dead in his New York apartmen... Read More


Posing as cops, thieves rob rRs.r2 crore from infra firm employees

India, Dec. 14 -- Two employees of an infrastructure firm, on the way to deliver Rs.2 crore to a client, were looted by a duo pretending to be Crime Branch officers. The thieves, who arrived on a Roya... Read More


Bulogstockpiles riceat Sumatrahubs to speed disaster aid

Jakarta, Dec. 14 -- Indonesia's state food logistics agency Bulog has begun pre-positioning up to 50 tonnes of rice at airports and seaports across Sumatra and at Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport... Read More


Second Mumbai-Pune Expressway soon, says Gadkari

India, Dec. 14 -- A second Mumbai-Pune Expressway parallel to the existing one, a new expressway from Pune to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and a major infrastructure boost for Pune - these were some of ... Read More


Liberty of suspect principle links India-Lanka judiciaries, says Sri Lankan Chief Justice Surasena

India, Dec. 14 -- Sri Lankan Chief Justice Padman Surasena, who was on a three-day official visit to India, spoke to HT on a wide range of issues, including the shared constitutional traditions of Ind... Read More


Indian Army steps up efforts to restore connectivity in Sri Lanka, begins preparatory works at Chilaw and Kilinochchi bridge sites for Bailey bridges

Colombo, Dec. 14 -- The Indian Army has intensified efforts to restore connectivity in Sri Lanka, with its Engineer Task Force working in coordination with the Sri Lankan Army and the Sri Lankan Road ... Read More


Hyderabad: AIMIM will lose kingmaker status with GHMC expansion

Hyderabad, Dec. 14 -- The Congress-led Telangana government's decision to merge 27 municipalities into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits has not gone down with the All India Ma... Read More


New Bay of Pigs

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- "The promise of climate finance remains unfulfilled. Developing countries are being stranded without the funding to adapt, while the clock keeps ticking." - António Gut... Read More