New Delhi — Commerce Minister Kamal Nath Wednesday called the mega-deal struck by the Tatas to acquire Anglo-Dutch steel-maker Corus for some $12 billion as the coming of age of India Inc while industry leaders termed it a pioneering development.…
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Rio de Janeiro — The Brazilian Police have smashed an international drug trafficking ring which smuggled cocaine from South America to the US, European Union and Africa
The police said 19 alleged members of the ring run by Lebanese citizens …
... Read MoreKolkata — If you are a primary teacher in West Bengal, be prepared to double up as a nanny. Or so it seems from a recent circular sent to schools along with nail clippers and soaps by the administration in …
... Read MoreUnited Nation — In a historic first for the United Nations, an all-female police unit from India has arrived in Liberia to join the world body’s peacekeeping operations in the West African country.
The officers are “very confident, they are …
... Read MoreThiruvananthapuram — Kerala’s Devasom Minister K. Sudhakaran Wednesday demanded a probe against a senior bureaucrat, a former secretary in his department, after the official criticised him in public.
“Bhushan was the Devasom secretary till recently. He is supported by the …
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