On the efforts for a complete alliance among the United Progressive Alliance partners in Bihar, Lalu said there was no UPA in Bihar.
The far-reaching Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement serves a number of national interests on both sides.
State-run gas firm Gas Authority of India Ltd on Tuesday signed an agreement with Spectra International Ltd of Bangladesh to identify possibilities of joint cooperation in compressed natural gas infrastructure development projects and gas retailing i
Air India passenger flights were barred from landing in Hong Kong between August 18 and August 31 after 14 passengers on its Delhi-Hong Kong flight of August 14 tested positive for COVID-19 post arrival.
PM Modi and Rouhani inked nine pacts including a lease contract for a part of Chabahar port's operation for 18 months.
The defence minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had an informal summit meeting at Wuhan where it was decided that peace and tranquillity will be maintained at the border.
The joint venture will participate in exploration and production of gas and oil globally. It will also develop natural gas infrastructure projects.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna is expected to travel to Kolkata to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other leaders of ruling Trinamool Congress to discuss the proposed Teesta water-sharing accord with Bangladesh.
The agreement was one among the several agreements signed during the visit of President Barack Obama.
Hero Motors on Thursday announced an agreement with the Austria-based Bombardier-Rotax, which will provide 125-175cc engines for the upcoming Hero Aprilia range of scooters entailing an initial investment of Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion).
Tikait said the minister's son was seen by many people at the spot on the fateful day.
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved signing of an agreement with Slovak Republic for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax evasion.
Singapore-based eSys Distribution has signed an agreement with global chip giant Intel for distribution of the latter's microprocessors and other computing products through its Indian subsidiary.
'The Delhi-Washington stalemate can end only if India's concern over trans-border terrorism is addressed.' 'The Indian security establishment expects a spike in terrorist attacks in the months ahead.' 'And there is every likelihood that India may retaliate against Pakistan at some point,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Tuesday said its animal health division has entered into a marketing tie-up with the United States-based Alltech Biotechnology for YeaSacc1026 Bolus, an animal feed additive.
'Afghanistan is a beautiful country but has no luck as far as lasting peace is concerned'
Starting today, November 8, the US has lifted all restrictions for fully vaccinated international travellers, including from India, but they will have to show proof of a negative coronavirus test before boarding a flight to the country.
Amazon has asked Sebi to suspend its review of the Rs 24,713 crore Future-Reliance deal and not grant a no objection certification on the ground that its challenge to the agreement was before the Delhi high court. E-commerce major Amazon has written to Sebi again, this time apprising it about the admission of its appeal before the division of the Delhi high court and urged the market regulator to suspend the review of the Future-Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) deal. This is the eighth letter by Amazon to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman Ajay Tyagi since late October. Amazon has been opposing Future group's pact with billionaire Mukesh Ambani's RIL that was signed in August last year.
Differences, however, remain and more meetings will be required.
The agreement paves the way for the creation of a Bodoland Territorial Council.
In a bid to liberalise foreign technology agreement policy further, the government on Wednesday decided to allow all companies to make royalty payments without any restriction on the duration, on the automatic approval route.\n\n\n\n
India and Singapore are expected to sign a comprehensive economic agreement in April this year when Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong visits New Delhi, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said on Wednesday.
Govt files case alleging telco breached directive not to get new customers in areas where it did not have 3G spectrum licence.
India and Russia are expected to sign the first of a series of agreements for the development of fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) to meet futuristic requirements of the Indian Air Force during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi later this week.
Clearing the decks for the $7-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, the Pakistan government on Tuesday approved the gas sharing arrangement with New Delhi.
India and Mexico have decided to explore the possibility of entering into a Preferential Trade Agreement to improve the bilateral trade, which stood at $1.6 billion at the end of 2006.
The two-plus-two dialogue will be held on Tuesday. A host of crucial bilateral, regional and global issues including China's efforts to expand influence in the Indo-Pacific region as well as its aggressive behaviour in eastern Ladakh is likely to figure in the talks.
According to the final draft of the negotiating texts, seen by Business Standard, there are a few binding commitments in the chapter on TFA, under Article 13, which talks of Customs cooperation.
Sources said Wang is primarily visiting India to hold boundary talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said the state must concentrate on real issues that concern every Punjabi even as MP Manish Tewari said he never saw "such chaos and anarchy" being played out in the party's state unit.
Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail Ltd (FRL) on Monday said it is "reviewing" the Delhi high court order that has rejected its plea to restrain Amazon from writing to regulatory authorities about the SIAC arbitral order against its asset sale under a Rs 24,713 crore deal with Reliance. FRL, in a regulatory filing, said it would submit a brief summary after consultation with legal advisors.
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said in New York on Friday that New Delhi is trying to negotiate for an agreement with the Bush Administration under which temporary Indian workers in the US would not have to pay social security taxes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and its two Assam allies -- the Asom Gana Parishad and the United People's Party Liberal -- on Wednesday 'almost finalised' their seat-sharing pact for the Assam assembly polls and a formal announcement will be made in a day or two, sources said.
Addressing a party rally at Irutty near Kannur, Karat said a convention of the Left parties and their farm outfits would be held in New Delhi on August 26 to discuss the implications of the agreement and would work out the course of campaign. Karat said the government was now finding it convenient to go full steam ahead with its 'liberal' agenda which it could not do while it survived on the outside support of the Left.
The talks between Singh and Esper came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump.
India cannot be expected to ignore its genuine interests in Afghanistan just to keep Pakistan in good humour. While for Afghanistan, the pact is a way of trying to deal with an increasingly more menacing Pakistan, says Harsh V Pant.
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