India, Pakistan move closer in trade ties at Attari

India, Pakistan move closer in trade ties at Attari Attari: India and Pakistan have moved a step closer in their trade ties. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday opened the Attari Check post. The first Integrated Check Post was officially opened at Attari, bringing along with it the hope that trade between India and Pakistan trade would grow by leaps and bounds. "It will not only help us economically but our ties with Pakistan will improve considerably," said...
09:55 PM, Apr 13, 2012

India, Pak to open Attari check post for trade today

India, Pak to open Attari check post for trade today New Delhi: India and Pakistan will take another step forward in enhancing trade ties. The two countries will formally open the Attari check post on Friday for trade. The Attari route has hardly been used for trade since 1947. But as the relationship between India and Pakistan improves the Attari check post is expecting big business. The number of trucks crossing the border daily could go up from the present...
06:24 AM, Apr 13, 2012

NASA questions Apollo 13 cmdr's right to sell list

NASA questions Apollo 13 cmdr's right to sell list Miami: NASA is questioning whether Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that includes his handwritten calculations crucial in guiding the damaged spacecraft back to Earth. The document was sold by Heritage Auctions in November for more than USD 388,000, some 15 times its initial list price. The checklist gained great fame as part of a key dramatic scene in the...
08:51 AM, Jan 07, 2012

Boarding passes may soon go 'mobile' in India

Boarding passes may soon go 'mobile' in India New Delhi: Air travellers across the country may soon have their boarding passes sent directly to their cell phones. SITA, an air transport communications and IT solutions provider, is in talks with airlines and other agencies concerned for implementation of their PassengerWeb check-in application that allows people to check-in via electronic boarding passes sent directly to their phones. "We are in talks with airlines and airports for implementation of our...
12:30 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Style check: copying styles and outfits

Style check: copying styles and outfits

Watch the stars who have been wearing similar outfits at parties of late. Lisa Hayden and Neha Dhupia, both wore the same Gaurav Gupta design recently. ...
12:03 PM, Sep 23, 2011
The best dressed stars at film festivals

The best dressed stars at film festivals

Here are the top 5 best dressed stars from the Venice film festival and Toronto film festival. ...
04:29 PM, Sep 15, 2011

Two days on, how safe are Delhi's courts?

Two days on, how safe are Delhi's courts? New Delhi: Two days after the high intensity blast at the Delhi High Court that left 13 dead and close to 90 injured, no lessons have been learnt. A status check of all the other court premises in the capital showed that we do nothing to make the job of a terrorist difficult. Another terror attack, this time the Delhi High Court. What's worse is it was hit barely three...
08:09 AM, Sep 09, 2011
Style check: Who's copying who?

Style check: Who's copying who?

In this episode we check which celebrity wore the same dress and who carried it better. ...
07:33 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Style check: who is Bollywood's best dressed?

Style check: who is Bollywood's best dressed?

On the ramp, off the ramp, here's a look at who was the best dressed Bollywood divas through last week. ...
04:09 PM, Aug 01, 2011

Delhi Metro baggage check-in facility starts

Delhi Metro baggage check-in facility starts New Delhi: After getting delayed for more than three months, the baggage check-in facility at the Delhi Airport Metro Express line finally started on Friday. If you are boarding a flight from the T3 terminal of the Delhi airport you won't really have to go all the way to the airport to check in. You can simply walk up to the New Delhi or Shivaji airport metro stations, get your...
08:37 AM, Jun 11, 2011

Delhi Metro baggage check-in facility starts

Delhi Metro baggage check-in facility starts New Delhi: After getting delayed for more than three months, the baggage check-in facility at the Delhi Airport Metro Express line finally started on Friday. If you are boarding a flight from the T3 terminal of the Delhi airport you won't really have to go all the way to the airport to check in. You can simply walk up to the New Delhi or Shivaji airport metro stations, get your...
08:37 AM, Jun 11, 2011

Visa to launch wallet for phones, online buying

Visa to launch wallet for phones, online buying New York: Visa Inc. is making a virtual "wallet" that can hold people's card account information for faster checkouts at online shopping sites and real-world stores. The "wallets," coming this fall, are one step in the process of updating today's system for credit and debit cards. They'll work with new smartphones equipped with chips that can talk to some credit-card terminals already in stores. Visa doesn't issue cards, despite its...
08:45 AM, May 12, 2011

6-year-old girl patted down at US airport

6-year-old girl patted down at US airport New Orleans: The parents of a 6-year-old American girl who got a pat-down at an airport security checkpoint earlier this month said on Wednesday that there should be different screening procedures for children. Dr Todd and Selena Drexel of Bowling Green, Kentucky, said that daughter Anna was confused by the security procedure at New Orleans airport, a video of which has been widely viewed since the family posted it on...
11:37 AM, Apr 14, 2011

When cops hid a suspect in the station's bathroom

When cops hid a suspect in the station's bathroom Mumbai: The tussle for one-upmanship between the local police and the Crime Branch sleuths is a legendary tale. An incident at the Goregaon police station yesterday added another take to a list of stories shared at the chai tapri. It so happened that the Crime Branch Unit XI heard that a suspect accused of killing Angara Pujari, store-owner in Goregaon, was apprehended by the Goregaon police. A team of sleuths...
07:31 PM, Mar 22, 2011

Budget: tax down; airfare, lab tests costly

Budget: tax down; airfare, lab tests costly New Delhi: A play-safe budget on Monday raised the income tax exemption limit from Rs 1.60 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh, leaving at least an extra Rs 2,000 in the hands of tax paying men across the board and made air travel, hotel accommodation and drinking in AC restaurants costlier. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the 2011-12 budget, which shows a net revenue loss of Rs 200 crore, imposed an...
09:12 PM, Feb 28, 2011
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