Eight security personnel suspended for Parliament security breach

New Dehi: Eight security personnel have been suspended for the security breach in Parliament, sources said on Thursday. Those suspended belong to various security agencies who were on deputation for Parliament security. Sources identified them as Rampal, Arvind, Vir Das, Ganesh, Anil, Pradeep, Vimitt and Narendra. “Though they are on deputation for Parliament security, their cadre…

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India seeks to settle WTO import duty dispute with EU on ICT goods through free trade talks

New Delhi: India seeks to resolve a WTO import duty dispute with the European Union on certain information and technology products through the proposed free trade agreement, which is under active negotiations, an official said. Following a ruling of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) dispute panel on April 17 that import duties imposed by India on…

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Cash haul in Odisha I-T raids goes past Rs 300 crore

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The cash seizure in the income-tax department’s searches against an Odisha-based distillery company has become the “highest-ever” such haul in a single action conducted by any probe agency in the country and gone past Rs 300 crore, official sources said on Sunday. The marathon raids against Boudh Distillery Private Limited, its promoters and others…

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