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Washington, Aug 6 - The eager courtship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Obama Administration continues with a third cabinet-level visitor flying to India this week to whip up a respectable agenda for the September summit.

Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel will follow Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, who went in a storm of lofty rhetoric only to come back chastened with loads of "homework" and a chiding that "friends shouldn't spy on friends" about US surveillance of friendly governments.

London - Superstar Johnny Depp will appear on a new album based on Bob Dylan`s `lost` lyrics. `Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes` is the result of Dylan handing a collection of unused songs over to producer T-Bone Burnett to find a use for, reportedly.

Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons, Elvis Costello, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes will all feature on the album.

Depp, 51, will appear on the record, playing guitar on the track `Kansas City` - something which occurred when Costello was unable to make a recording session due to a show.

Mumbai: Joining the low fare war with rival Etihad, Gulf carrier Emirates announced a limited period special fares offer for its Indian fliers on Tuesday, starting at Rs 21,858 for economy class and Rs 52,312 for business class fliers to the Middle East, Europe, Americas as well as Africa.

Bookings for the special offer, which comes just ahead the wake of India's Independence Day, commenced from yesterday and would remain open until August 10 for travel between September 11 and December 10, Emirates said in a release.

Mumbai - Jet Airways on Tuesday extended its special economy class fare offer by two more days.

The city-headquartered airline had on July 31 launched a pan-India sales scheme, offering fares as low as Rs 1,499 on all its economy class domestic networks. Originally the offer was to end today.

But 2-day special fare offer will now be available for sale from August 6 to August 7, with travel effective from September 1 onwards for flights within India, Jet Airways said in a release here.

Manchester: Having quietly cemented his place as India`s middle-order mainstay, Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday said he has gained a lot from borrowing a trick or two from stylish Hyderabad batsman VVS Laxman.

Coming in at No. 5, Rahane has showed the same bit of maturity that Laxman once displayed during the latter part of his 16-year-long international career.

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he