politburo member Sitaram Yechury has demanded the Government's intervention to protect the 53,000 employees of the Satyam Computers after the company's chairman Ramalinga Raju resigned admitting false profits shown over the years... more »

People in Jammu and Kashmir by and large are optimistic about the new coalition government in the state to be headed by Omar Abdullah, chief of National Conference Party, in alliance with Congress party... more »

Motif Inc., a leading provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services here, formally inaugurated its new 450-seat delivery centre in Quezon City in the Philippines Wednesday, the company said here... more »

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), taking a strong stand on the repeated violence by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists led by Raj Thackeray, has issued a notice to the Maharashtra government seeking comment on the recent attack on north Indian aspirants for railway jobs... more »

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Wednesday did not mince words when he attacked a handful of rich countries and speculators for triggering the financial crisis by making the world into 'a gigantic casino.'.. more »

American television network CNN International is expanding its operations in the Middle East with plans to start live daily news programming from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next year... more »

Hindus have asked Hollywood actress Natalie Portman to tender a public apology for partaking in a music video Carmensita, which they say mocks Hindu concepts and symbols... more »

Armed with a $500-million investment outlay, Ford Motors has set early 2010 as the target to launch a small car in India, start its new engine-making unit and double the assembly line capacity, a top official said here... more »

Nokia has been ranked as the most eco-friendly electronic brand, according to Greenpeace's annual Guide to Greener Electronics... more »

If 1991 was India's wake-up call, then today India is out of bed and on its way to office, says senior British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist Daniel Lak... more »

Australian opener Matthew Hayden has said that he had no plans to retire from one-day cricket in the near future, and that he wanted to continue to be a member of Aussie squad at least till the 2011 World Cup... more »

Highly placed sources in Pakistan have said that "foreign" Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters were 'infiltrating' into Bajaur from Afghanistan to join their colleagues in the crucial battle for survival in the face of an all-out military action, because it was beyond the local commandants' capacity to face the Army action... more »

As a mark of solidarity and sympathy towards those killed in Saturday's hotel suicide attack and their families, the Indian High Commission had cancelled an Iftar party scheduled for Sept 25... more »

Burma has launched a ferocious "cyber-war" against dissidents who use the Internet.According to The Times, in the past few days anti-government online magazines run by exiled Burmese have been inundated by massive volumes of artificially generated traffic that have forced the news websites to shut down... more »

In a change of heart, senior batsman Younis Khan has said that he will be available for the National Twenty20 championship and the four-nation tournament in Toronto before joining South Australia for the Sheffield Shield... more »