Scrap Pay Commission recommendations, say cops

The sixth Pay Commission, in its report, has given little or no credence to internal security management as a critical national-level, state-level and local-level input of governance, allege senior......

Bush seeks support on Iraq in final address

The following is the text of US President George W Bush's final State of the Union address delivered to Congress on Monday: Madam Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, distinguished......

Future threat: Terror from the sea

The first of a three-part series on maritime counter-terrorism. It looks at what India needs to do to protect its eastern and western seaboards. The attack, stated to be by Al Qaeda, on the US......

ISRO to launch mini-satellites

India's space agency Indian Space Research Organisation will next year launch a special platform to put into space miniature satellites catering to the needs of developing countries and the......

India Inc earns 72% of revenue from the domestic market: Morgan Stanley

The remaining 28 per cent is split equally between emerging markets and developed countries with North America and Europe each accounting for 7 per cent and 5 per cent respectively. Illustration:......

Citibank likely to hive off consumer banking business in India

In India, it is not easy to fight it out with the large banks which are nimble-footed and technology-savvy and are continuously innovating on the retail turf with newer products for customer......

CBI case may be GVK chief's biggest test yet

Real estate development on Mumbai airport land and the work on Navi Mumbai airport have been inordinately delayed, which have prompted rating downgrades and raised questions on its financial......

The Ambani Brothers: What Happens Next

'While investors in Reliance have had to play a game of patience for long stretches, for Anil the challenge is to do what used to be his brother's forte -- generating cash by putting assets in the......

SA cricket franchises earn profits for first time in 25 years

IMAGE: South Africa's Jean-Paul Duminy (left) celebrates after taking a wicket. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters . Cricket South Africa's (CSA) franchises have experienced profits for the first time......

Players to be taxed at 15 per cent for IPL in SA

The earnings of the players who took part in the Indian Premier League's (IPL) second edition in April-May this year would be taxed at 15 per cent by the South African Revenue Service, the BCCI......

Tennis not affected by recession

As the credit crunch bites deeper into the global economy, tennis has so far managed to escape the effects of the crisis and it will be business as usual when the Australian Open begins on Monday.......

ICC releases India's World Cup prize money

The International Cricket Council has released over $900,000 the Indian team had earned for reaching the final of the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, Board of Control for Cricket sources said on......