‘New Delhi to resume transit talks with Dhaka after polls’

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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About 64 per cent voters turn up to vote in Haryana

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Around 64 per cent of nearly 1.20 crore voters exercised their franchise as the polling for the ten Lok Sabha seats in Haryana on [...]

Delhi’s first time voters excited to cast the ...

Shrugging their ‘me-no-care’ attitude, Delhi’s first time voters were an excited lot on Thursday as they made it to the nearest polling booths to cast their vote. Diksha Chawla, 18, a student and a first time voter, said: ‘This is the first time I am casting my vote and I am really excited about it. [...]

Fate of 210 in fray for tomorrow’s election i ...

The fate of 210 candidates for 10 seats in Haryana, including former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, will be decided by about 1.20 Crore voters in the state during the fourth phase of countrywide polling for the 15th Lok Sabha tomorrow.
The other key contestants include Union Ministers Selja and Rao Inderjit Singh, both Congress from [...]

RIL to rope in private partner for Haryana SEZ

Project Today reported that Reliance Industries Ltd is planning to rope in a strategic partner for its INR 40,000 crore SEZ project in Haryana.
The private sector partner is likely to provide capital support to the project and will add to the viability of the project, as the global financial meltdown is making it hard for [...]

Will Delhi pass the Pappu test?

As the Capital goes to the polls on Thursday to elect its seven MPs, all eyes will be on the voter turnout. The city’s earlier score for the 2004 Lok Sabha election was 47% but a tally of 59% in the Assembly elections last November has raised expectations. Surely, the Capital will do better than [...]

Municipality says DLF selling flats without sanctio ...

DLF Ltd, India’s largest property developer by market value, has been accused of illegally selling apartments without mandatory sanctions at its maiden project in Bangalore.
The Bangalore municipal authority said in a public notice on 6 May that it has not yet given mandatory sanctions for development of the project, DLF Westend Heights, at New Town, [...]