Cabinet clears India-B'desh Land Boundary Agreement Bill

The Bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh was on Tuesday cleared by the Union Cabinet and now includes territories in Assam along with those in West Bengal, Tripura and......

Land Boundary Agreement, weather figure on Swaraj's talks with Bangladeshi counterpart

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday held talks with her Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on key bilateral issues, including Land Boundary Agreement and proposed......

India-Bangladesh land boundary bill gets Rajya Sabha nod

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday unanimously passed a historic bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh that provides for exchange of territories to settle the 41-year border......

Still time to pass bill over land boundary with B'desh: PM

Regretting that the Land Boundary Bill for exchange of territories with Bangladesh could not be passed in the last session of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said there was still time to......

Modi's Bangla agenda: Connectivity, security to be key focus

Enhancing rail, road and water connectivity, boosting economic engagement and expanding security cooperation are likely to be major focus areas during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day maiden......

Modi to charm Dhaka with visa on arrival, $2-bn line of credit and Tagore poetry

Bangladesh, along with India, had identified 15 projects to promote connectivity among South Asian neighbours   Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to use the smattering of Bengali he had......

Why returning land in Singur might be tough

Hours after taking charge as CM, Mamata had announced returning 400 acres to 'unwilling' land-losers Salboni, the site for JSW Steel's proposed mega steel plant, and Singur, the erstwhile site for......

Salboni land losers will settle for nothing less than steel plant

It’s been months since Jindal returned the private land to the state government, free of cost, but not a cottah has been distributed It’s been nine months since West Bengal Industry and......