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Now, PM invites Chinese President Xi to India

In a lengthy telephonic conversation Modi expressed his desire to 'work closely' with China

Sitharaman expresses concern over poor manufacturing growth

DIPP to stay with commerce ministry

Bilateral relations: India, Pak to adopt fresh approach

Modi expresses serious concern over the slow progress in the 26/11 trial

Sharif, Karzai come with agenda

While Sharif wants to resume the composite India-Pak dialogue, Karzai wants to push for an arms deal

Govt may tweak manufacturing policy to make it investor friendly

At present, the NMP states a series of fiscal incentives, including tax sops, will be offered but only to small and medium enterprises

Nawaz Sharif to attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony

Pakistan PM to be accompanied by a delegation; all eyes on Tuesday's bilateral talks

Nawaz Sharif to attend Modi's swearing-in

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, Afghanistan president Karzai among other leaders who will attend the ceremony

Saarc leaders to meet Modi individually on Tuesday

Pak continues suspense on attendance

Heads of other Saarc nations, Mauritius to come

Modi may set ball rolling with Teesta water treaty

Tells Bangladesh PM Hasina he will take concrete steps for robust bilateral ties

Govt might push policy for diplomats' domestic help

MEA believes, it will become easier to catch them in such cases where they dupe the government and become fugitives

SMEs need to export more: Yaduvendra Mathur

Interview CMD, Exim Bank

BJP may make retail FDI more investor-friendly

Official sources say Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley have indicated they would look to deepen the FDI policy, albeit in a calibrated manner

FinMin wants review of FDI policy for LLPs, DIPP disagrees

Proposes automatic approval for small investments

Focused export schemes may not be widened

Instead, govt considering non-tariff incentives to push exports

Govt in face-saving mode over own study hailing Gujarat

Anand Sharma says no official sanction to 'report' wherein Gujarat's development model was cited as example for other states to follow

Relaxing hard stance on Modi was not about taking sides: Michael Steiner

Interview with German ambassador to India

Households drive electricity demand

IIP data show industrial demand remains weak

Commerce secy raps US step on IPR issue

Tells Washington to, instead, reactivate bilateral trade review forum

US maintains status quo on India's patent regime

Special 301 Report expresses concern over weak IPR laws, to conduct reviews