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Bank of Baroda to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore via green infra bonds on March 4

India, Feb. 28 -- State-owned lender Bank of Baroda plans to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore through issuance of green infrastructure bonds on March 4. The base issue size is Rs 5,000 crore, with a green ... Read More


Bangladesh High Commissioner calls on Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Thomas A Sangma

India, Feb. 28 -- The High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, HE M Riaz Hamidullah, on Thursday paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, Thomas A Sangma. The High C... Read More


Nightlong deadlock between Delhi, Himachal Police ends with parting shot over tea

India, Feb. 28 -- Would a cup of tea have eased the impasse any sooner between the Delhi Police and its Himachal Pradesh counterpart in Shimla last week? No one knows. But the drink was on an officer... Read More


Indian envoy meets Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng

India, Feb. 28 -- Indian Consul General in Shanghai Pratik Mathur on Friday met with Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng, an influential official in the Chinese political hierarchy. "Happy to meet Shanghai Mayo... Read More


Israel's Supreme court allows aid groups to keep working in Gaza

India, Feb. 28 -- Israel's top court on Friday moved to allow international aid groups to keep operating in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian territories as Israeli strikes killed at least four peo... Read More


Russia urges Afghanistan, Pakistan to talk

India, Feb. 28 -- Amid an escalation of armed clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Russia on Friday urged both countries to end the conflict and resolve their differences through diplomatic means... Read More


Nepal election: 3 rivals vie for power

India, Feb. 28 -- A former rapper who ran Kathmandu as a mayor. The young leader of Nepal's oldest political party. And a communist veteran politician hoping to return to power after being ousted in y... Read More


Indian-Origin Malaysian man jailed for rape in Singapore

India, Feb. 28 -- An Indian-origin Malaysian man was sentenced in Singapore to 12 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a domestic worker outside a train station after tricking her into th... Read More


PM sets bar high for Cabinet colleagues

India, Feb. 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid out an ambitious agenda for reforms and asked his Cabinet colleagues to prepare a detailed note about the initiatives to be taken in their respe... Read More


Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict escalates

India, Feb. 28 -- Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have intensified dramatically following a new wave of cross-border strikes, raising fears of a prolonged and potentially wider conflict in t... Read More