Canada has ended with immediate effect the popular fast track study visa programme, SDS, a major policy decision that is likely to impact scores of international students, including from India.......
Bhartiya Janata Party leader and the party's Scam Expose Committee convenerKirit Somaiya has accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati'sbrother of owning a private airline. Somaiya furnished......
In the wake of threat posed by the A (HINI) influenza, the government has authorised a number of hospitals across the country to test and treat cases of swine flu: All India Institute of Medical......
Israeli firm Star Night Technologies Limited's subsidiary, SDS, has won a tender estimated at $30 million to supply night vision equipment to the Indian Army, a media report said. The order will......
Soldiers engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the north-east will soon have a new weapon to help them take on militants -- portable non-lethal laser dazzlers that can......
Divestment-bound Air India is looking to sell securities of its two provident trusts AIEPF and IAEPF, and has sought applications for transaction advisors to help with the proposed sale of the......
To meet the gap of Rs 927 crore (Rs 9.27 billion) in the Employee Provident Fund, the All India Organisation of Employers has written a letter to the labour ministry to increase the interest for......
The government on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that it was unlikely to restore investment of interest on special deposit scheme back into the scheme even as a senior CPI (M) member warned that Left......
Faced with criticism for slashing interest rate on deposits by 1.25 per cent for 2011-12, the retirement fund body EPFO may raise it to 8.6 per cent for this fiscal to benefit about 5 crore (50......
Diamond traders here are floating a company to facilitate direct procurement of rough diamonds from the mining countries. The proposed firm, Surat Diamond Sourcing, was likely to have a corpus of......
Sometimes celebs can give as good as they get. So during a chat with Rediff readers ,whileupcoming pin-up boy Upen Patel had his share of drooling fans, there were also detractors with little faith......
No one even comes close to the impact Anil Kumble has had on Indian cricket, when it comes to winning matches and series, say Aakash Chopra and Impact Index. IMAGE: Captain Anil Kumble is chaired......
Ace Indian shuttlers Chetan Anand and Saina Nehwal made it to the semi-finals of the men's and women's singles respectively in the India Open Grand Prix with contrasting victories in Chennai on......
Sachin Ratti of Railways pipped Nikhil Kanetkar of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board 17-16, 17-16 in a thrilling encounter to enter the quarter-finals of the 68th Senior National badminton......
Defending champion Chetan Anand and national champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta booked places in the semi-finals in the All India Syed Modi badminton championship in Lucknow on Thursday.Top seed Anand was......