New Delhi: The government is likely to discuss and approve on Thursday the revised tax information sharing treaty between India and Sri Lanka, in its aggressive bid to hunt black money stashed abroad. "The India-Sri Lanka Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) is listed for tommorow (Thursday). The approval is for revising the terms of existing DTAA," a source said. In 2005, India had signed tax information exchange treaties with other...
10:24 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: India's tech-savvy election management system has caught the fancy of SAARC nations, which have expressed the desire to emulate it in their respective areas. As heads of poll management bodies of SAARC countries got together to evolve solutions to common problems at the ongoing 3rd conference of heads of election management bodies of SAARC nations in New Delhi, India showcased its use of modern technology for strengthening democracy...
06:26 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India is hosting a conference of heads of election management bodies of SAARC countries in New Delhi from April 30 to May 2 when they will focus on giving a final shape to their Forum. The setting up of such a forum of SAARC election management bodies was approved in principle at the conference held in Islamabad in 2011. The three-day conference will be...
08:52 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Male: After two tumultuous sittings marred by protests by the opposition MDP, Maldives' parliament commenced its first session of the year on Monday, indicating that the new government may finally be getting on with work. Almost two months after Maldives' first democratically elected president c was overthrown in what he called was a coup, the parliamentary session was held smoothly and some important bills in the pipeline were debated. The...
04:31 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Lahore: India and Pakistan have the potential to boost bilateral trade to $ 15 billion a year, High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal said on Saturday at the inauguration of the largest ever India-specific trade exhibition in Pakistan. Close to 200 Indian exhibitors are participating in the three-day India Show organised at the Lahore Expo Centre. A wide array of products, ranging from gems to heavy machinery, is being showcased at the...
05:58 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: Shekhar Naik is a man on a mission. His team of visually impaired cricketers are all set for their Pakistan series - the first time since 26/11 that any sports team from India will be playing in Pakistan. And they're very excited. Shekhar Naik Lachma said, "We believe India and Pak are one, we want to prove that." Not only are Naik and his boys confident that they...
08:53 AM, Nov 16, 2011
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa talks to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar on a range of issues from China's growing influence in the country, tourism, fishermen to economy and trade relations with India. ...
05:47 PM, Nov 15, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Sunday struck a positive note on the future of Indo-Pak relations, saying the "trust deficit is zero or it has shrunk to a large extent" after the meeting between two Prime Ministers in Maldives. When Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh met in the Bhutanese capital of Thimpu in April 2010, they set the goals of reducing...
08:41 PM, Nov 13, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that any fresh subsidies for oil marketing companies to bring down fuel prices would only increase the government's budgetary burden, which eventually could aggravate the inflationary pressures even further. "If the (fuel) prices go up, we have to either raise domestic prices or absorb the increased cost in asking the oil marketing companies to subsidise other elements of the petroleum sector, or...
06:35 PM, Nov 13, 2011
This week on The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha brings the funny side to the SAARC Summit and TMC's demand for a roll-back in fuel prices. ...
12:15 PM, Nov 13, 2011
On Board Air India One: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned from Maldives on Saturday night where he attended the SAARC Summit and held a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani. The Prime Minister stood firm on the issue of the petrol hike, saying subsidies are already unsustainable. "One reason why inflation has become a problem, and this is concerning everybody, is the rise in prices of fuel...
07:19 AM, Nov 13, 2011
Manmohan Singh met his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani to give a push to the normalisation of bilateral relations marked by "shrinking" trust deficit. ...
11:29 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Male: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday announced a $ 100 million Standby Credit Facility to Maldives and a number of other key initiatives, including building the capacity of Maldivian security forces, boosting India's ties with this strategic island nation. The crucial decisions, taken during talks between Singh and Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed here, assume significance as these reflect India's growing outreach towards the tiny island nation in the Indian...
04:18 PM, Nov 12, 2011
On Board Air India One: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he has accepted his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani's invitation to visit Pakistan, but stressed that he will go when Islamabad takes "solid" steps against the 26/11 Mumbai terror accused. "Prime Minister Gilani has invited me to visit Pakistan everytime I have met him," Manmohan Singh told reporters on board his special flight while returning from the Maldives...
10:18 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Addu (Maldives): Recent measures to normalise trade between India and Pakistan are encouraging signs towards the realisation of a 'new silk road' connecting south and central Asia, a US official said on Friday. Robert O Blake the Assistant Secretary of State for Southern and Central Asian Affairs said that the concept of making Afghanistan a hub of economic activity will provide an 'alternative to insecurity and extremism'. Blake was speaking...
08:18 AM, Nov 12, 2011
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