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India, B'desh Border Forces ink Pact to Curb Infiltration

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- India and Bangladesh border forces' chiefs on Thursday signed a fresh agreement, pledging to curb infiltration and prevent airspace violations through real-time intelligence-shar... Read More


Top Japan Trade Negotiator CALLS OFF Visit TO U.S.

Tokyo, Aug. 29 -- Japan's top trade negotiator abruptly cancelled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration, as a top government spokesman... Read More


Centre extends duty-free cotton imports till Dec 31

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Centre has extended an exemption on cotton-import duties until the end of the year in a move aimed at making the domestic apparel sector more competitive, especially in the c... Read More


India, Canada Name New High Commissioners as ties improve

New Delhi/Toronto, Aug. 29 -- India and Canada on Thursday named senior diplomats Dinesh K Patnaik and Christopher Cooter as their respective high commissioners in each other's capitals, filling posit... Read More


IndiGo's Turkish B777 damp lease extended

India, Aug. 29 -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved a six-month extension for IndiGo to operate two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on damp lease from Turkish Airlines. The fresh... Read More


1 held in Kolhapur for Baba murder

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The Mumbai police's crime branch has made its 27th arrest in the murder case of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister Baba Siddique. The arrested accused was identified as Amol ... Read More


BMC: Dismantle temporary sheds at Lalbaugcha Raja

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The BMC on Tuesday pasted a notice at the Peru Compound, Lalbaug, to dismantle the three unauthorised temporary sheds where free food was to be served to Ganapati devotees. On Thurs... Read More


Willingdon View residents vacate flats, seek CM's intervention for OC

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- After months of resistance, dejected residents of the top 18 floors of the 34-storey Willingdon View CHS in Tardeo finally vacated their flats on Thursday, a day after the Bombay Hi... Read More


Azad Maidan now sole protest place in SoBo

MUMBAI, Aug. 29 -- The Maharashtra government has designated the historic Azad Maidan as the only place for all sorts of protests and agitations in south Mumbai from now on. While doing so, it has imp... Read More


DRI arrests two in Rs.115-cr export fraud

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The Mumbai unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested two people on Tuesday for their alleged roles in a Rs.114.74-crore fraud involving the availment of export ... Read More