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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day official visit to Kuala Lumpur Saturday, marking a significant step in deepening India–Malaysia relations. The visit, at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, aims to review the full spectrum of bilateral ties and...

New Delhi/Washington: India and the United States Saturday announced they have reached a framework for an interim trade agreement under which both sides will reduce import duties on a number of goods to boost two-way trade. US President Donald Trump has removed the 25 per...

Shillong: The death toll in the explosion in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills mounted to 25 on Friday following the recovery of seven more bodies, Director General of Police I Nongrang said. The explosion occurred on Thursday at the mine in...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India Friday proposed to allow banks to lend to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) with certain prudential safeguards to deepen the financing pool for the real estate sector. REITs are investment vehicles that own or operate income-generating real estate, enabling...

Chandigarh: Punjab Aam Aadmi Party leader Lucky Oberoi was shot dead Friday outside a gurdwara in Jalandhar's Model Town by unidentified assailants, police said. The incident took place in the morning, a senior police official from Jalandhar said over the phone, adding that he was...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Friday revised inflation projection for the current fiscal year to 2.1 per cent and for first and second quarters of the next financial year, mainly due increase in prices of precious metals. The central bank projected the consumer price index (CPI)-based...

Mumbai: As part of the move to develop a corporate bond market, the RBI plans to issue a regulatory framework soon to enable the introduction of derivatives on credit indices and total return swaps on corporate bonds. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that an active...

Shillong: Taking a stern view of the continued operation of illegal coal mines in Meghalaya, the High Court has ordered immediate arrests in connection with a deadly explosion at an alleged illegal mining site in East Jaintia Hills district that claimed at least 18 lives,...

Mumbai: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced Friday that the RBI is drawing up fresh rules on compensation for customers of banks in case of small-value fraudulent transactions. The extant instructions on limiting the liability of customers in unauthorised electronic banking transactions were issued in 2017,...

Thiruvananthapuram: Popular Malayalam actor Maniyanpilla Raju, who appeared before the Museum Police  Friday, has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run case in which two men riding a motorcycle sustained serious injuries. Police recorded his arrest and took him for a mandatory medical examination as...