Singapore

Indian-origin man charged for soliciting clients for pimp

1:51 pm December 6, 2019

Singapore: A 22-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for one year and a week and fined 30,000 Singapore dollars for soliciting more than 3,000 clients for a pimp in Singapore, according to a media report on Friday. Ashok Kumar Manogaran, 22, who is accused of soliciting 3,360 clients, was jailed on Wednesday. If Manogaran does […]

Vistara starts operating flights on Mumbai-Male route

Vistara introduces Mumbai-Colombo flight

8:38 pm November 25, 2019

New Delhi: Adding Sri Lanka as the fourth country on its network, Vistara airlines on Monday started flight operations from Mumbai to Colombo. The Mumbai-Colombo flight will operate on all days of the week except Wednesdays. The airline inaugurated its international operations in August 2019 with Singapore as its first destination, followed by Dubai, UAE […]

PM Modi favours expansion of ties between India and ASEAN

4:12 pm November 3, 2019

Bangkok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday presented a brief blueprint for further expansion of India’s multi-sectoral engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), one of the most influential groupings for trade and investment globally. In his opening address at the India-ASEAN summit, the prime minister said enhancing surface, air and maritime connectivity […]

India jumps 14 spots to rank 63rd on World Bank’s ease of doing business list

7:48 pm October 24, 2019

Washington: India has jumped 14 places to take the 63rd position on the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking released on Thursday, figuring among the top 10 performers on the list for the third time in a row mainly due to the successful implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The country was 77th […]

Adani Group says being targeted through false propaganda, manufactured online campaign

HC quashes LRs issued in Adani coal import case

11:36 pm October 17, 2019

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed all Letters Rogatory (LRs) sent by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to Singapore and other countries in its probe of Adani group firms for alleged overvaluation of Indonesian coal imports. The court said it did not go into merits of LRs issued by a metropolitan magistrate […]