India has proposed “constructive talks” on the contentious issue of transit facility through Bangladesh to reach its north-eastern region once a new government takes office in New Delhi after the general elections.
India is particularly keen on railway connectivity between Akhaura in eastern Bangladesh and Agartala, capital of Tripura in India’s north-east, New Age newspaper said.
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THE city seems like a life-size portfolio of outdoor advertising. Hoarding, banners and posters are everywhere, defacing the city with impunity. The posters are pasted on public and private property without any consideration for the law and the environs of the city. And this despite the recent assurances of Municipal Council president Manveer Kaur Gill, [...]
In a significant move that will affect a number of people travelling between Chandigarh and Delhi, Haryana Roadways has decided to convert 20 non-AC deluxe buses into semi deluxe buses. The fares will also be slashed by 50 per cent.
Out of the 20 buses, two will be plied on the Chandigarh-Shimla route and two [...]
Hotmail creator Sabeer Bhatia is all set to develop a knowledge park near Chandigarh.
Addressing an international economic summit in Maryland, US, recently, Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh said, “Sabeer Bhatia will develop Nano City near Chandigarh in collaboration with the government of Haryana.”
In April this year, Bhatia had announced his plans to set up a [...]
The Gurgaon police have arrested three children aged between eight and 12 for theft. The gang was allegedly involved in six cases of theft in Gurgaon and included more children who were arrested earlier. The three have been sent to children’s shelter at Sonepat Jail by a local court.
The three, including the 12-year-old gang leader, [...]
The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) will enter into commercial arrangements with broadcasters like STAR TV, Prasar Bharati, Zee TV, Sony Entertainment, among others, for its soon to be launched Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) services. Its IPTV service “Tri-Band” is currently undergoin trial runs in pockets of Delhi and Mumbai.
IPTV is television service [...]
Ideally , you should have bought a plot or apartment in Gurgaon in the mid or late nineties. If you woke up to Gurgaon’s potential after 2002-03, prices were already rising and soon skyrocketed beyond the affordability level of many buyers.
Now, you might get a second shot at owning a property in Gurgaon. A [...]
Luck has been smiling on six-year-old Prince since the nation watched him being rescued from a 60-feet deep pit last week with Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announcing free education for him and declaring his village a model village.
A week after the country watched the dramatic rescue operation, the Chief Minister [...]
In a bid to establish a communication channel to support all its e-governance initiatives, the State Government of Haryana is planning to deploy a statewide area network that will connect the state head quarter office at Chandigarh to all the district head quarters at the Block/ Sub-Division/ Tehsil/ Sub- Tehsil levels.
In addition to providing [...]
Walk into the third floor corner office of Pramod Bhasin, president and CEO of Genpact, and a partly-hidden framed set of pictures of over 50 colleagues attracts attention. All of them, including the women, have donned fake thick moustaches and a mole on their left cheeks. The frame has telling caption: “I want to [...]