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PM Modi holds bilateral talks with Hasina, others on CHOGM sidelines

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday had a series of bilateral meetings, including discussions with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina and Seychelles President Danny Faure on the......

Modi to hold bilateral talks with Hasina, 10 others on CHOGM sidelines

No meeting or interaction has been requested or scheduled with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi so far. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings, including......

Bengaluru executive behind IS Twitter ID arrested, confesses

In a major breakthrough, the alleged handler of the most influential pro-Islamic State Twitter account was arrested from an apartment in Bengaluru in the early hours of Saturday. Bengaluru-based......

From Waldheim to Annan

The UN Secretaries General whom I have met, from Kurt Waldheim to Kofi Annan, had one thing in common. They began as the hot favourites of the United States, but at one time or the other, fell out......

NRI sentenced for 5 1/2 years for producing fake V

A UK-based Non-Resident Indian has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of manufacturing fake drugs, including Viagra tablets, in a six-million-pound secret......

Some tax treaties could be overridden by GAAR

GAAR will not override the recently revised double taxation avoidance agreements with Mauritius and Singapore. The finance ministry sent positive signals to foreign portfolio investors on Friday by......

This is how Euro zone plans to counter the Greek crisis

Athens reported a steep 24.6 per cent fall in its revenues in May, including a 50 per cent fall in tax returns Euro zone leaders will hold an emergency summit on Monday to try to avert a......

Economy is in right direction, says Pranab

Informing that the economy is going in the right direction, Pranab Mukherjee, union finance minister, today stated that the economy would meet the target of 8.5 per cent gross domestic productin......

PIX: Germany qualify for 2022 World Cup; Croatia draw

Images from the World Cup qualifying matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Germany, who were eliminated in the first round of the 2018 World Cup and the last 16 at this year's Euros, became the first......

'Make bowlers wear masks to ensure they don't use saliva'

'Even if a player keeps in mind the new restrictions somewhere he might act instinctively.' IMAGE: A man wearing a protective face mask plays cricket near the UN buffer zone in Nicosia, Cyprus, on......

Extras: Brazilian player sent for reacting to racist taunts

IMAGE: Taison, 31, who has featured six times for Brazil and has played in Ukraine since 2011, reacted with disbelief and left the field in tears. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters Shakhtar......

US Open PIX: Sharapova, Venus roll on; Zvarev, Kyrgios, Wozniacki out

IMAGES of the all the action from Day 3 of the US Open played at Flushing Meadows in New York on Wednesday IMAGE: Germany's Alexander Zverev returns a shot against Croatia's Borna Coric during......

Memory of '93 haunts France

Faltering France visit buoyant Israel on Wednesday in a World Cup qualifier that could have enormous ramifications for the two nations at opposite ends of the European pecking order.The......

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