WI coach hails Samuels, seniors for maturity
The West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson says he is pleased with the manner in which the senior players have stepped up in order to compensate for the inexperienced members of the unit.
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City vendor to speak at Rio meet
A 26-year-old vegetable vendor, Salma, who fights for the rights of the city’s street vendors and has been jailed many times, has been invited to an international conference in Brazil to speak about I
Experts welcome SIDBI fund for service sector start-ups
The creation by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) of a Rs.500 crore fund for small and medium enterprise (SME) startups in the service and retail sectors would give a major boost
Was at the wrong place at wrong time: Parnell
Pune Warriors' South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell claimed on Monday that he doesn't do drugs and was at the wrong place at the wrong time when the Mumbai police raided a rave party in the Oakwood
Mamata backs Meira, Kalam or Gopal Gandhi as president
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she would ‘be happy’ with Meira Kumar, Gopal Gandhi or A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as president but not Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
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Iran deports 82 Pakistanis
A total of 82 Pakistani nationals have been deported by Iran for living illegally in the country, Daily Times reported on Monday.
The Pakistanis were arrested by Iranian security officials after thei
IIM-Calcutta graduates bag Rs.2 mn in average salary
The fifth batch of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta's (IIM-C) Post-graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX) got placed successfully with the highest salary offered being Rs.2.8 million per
India's defence varsity by 2017
India's first and only defence university, approved by the union cabinet in 2010, will take about seven years to come up and the land acquisition process at Binola in Gurgaon district of Haryana has b
British Cops Kept Body Parts Even After Probe
Police departments in Britain retained at least 492 human body parts, including brains, hearts and limbs, even after investigations were over, without telling the families of victims, an official prob
French PM is Arabic headline problem
It is not France’s new President but Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault who is creating waves in the Arab world. And it is because of his name.