London, July 30: At a time when one in five 16-24 year olds in Britain are unemployed, the government has decided to scrap the default retirement age of 65 years from October. This means employers can

Washington, July 30: Noting that 12 percent of India's over 1.2 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, the US has asked donors to make targeted investments in India's water and sanit

Toronto, July 30: With Apple's iPhone 4 threatening to topple it from its top perch in North America and even President Barrack Obama admitting on a TV show Thursday that using BlackBerry is "no fun"

Colombo, July 30: Sri Lanka were 19 for no loss in the second innings at lunch, after bowling out India for 707 in the first innings, on the final day of the second cricket Test here Friday.

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Mumbai, July 29: The Tata Group Thursday appointed Noel N. Tata the managing director (MD) of Tata International. He will be based in Mumbai.

Noel Tata has stepped down as the MD of retail chain Tren

Colombo, July 29: Suresh Raina scored a century on debut as India avoided a follow on and scored 477 for four in the first innings, in reply to Sri Lanka's 642 for four declared, at lunch on the fourt

Srinagar, July 29: The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by its president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday staged a sit in outside the civil secretariat in summer capital Srinagar demanding a judi

New Delhi, July 29: The central government has not received any request from Kerala on banning radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Thursday.

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New Delhi, July 29: The India-European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be finalised by the end of this year, commerce minister Anand Sharma said here Thursday.

"I am very optimis

Chelsea Clinton’s marriage on Saturday is the hottest ticket in town, but US President Barack Obama would have to give a miss to what is being called the Wedding of the Decade and of the Century as he hasn’t been invited.