Pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines have withdrawn their threat to go on strike from Monday after their union, Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA), held talks with the management on Sunday. “The management has agreed to our legitimate demands and ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: November 2009
IT major Infosys to reduce sub-contractors
IT major Infosys plans to reduce the usage of sub-contractors and perform their work in-house particularly at cheaper offshore locations, a top company official said. “We found during our reviews that a large number of client work had been outsourced ... Read More »
Aamir Khan not to sign new films next year
Aamir Khan, who is currently busy promoting “3 Idiots”, has decided not to take any new acting assignments in 2010 because he wants to concentrate on his three home productions. “Aamir had earlier decided to take one year off. But ... Read More »
Gautam Gambhir named International Cricketer of the Year
In-form Indian opener Gautam Gambhir on Sunday won the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award for his stupendous performance with the bat in the 2008-09 season. Gambhir, who has notched seven hundreds in his last nine Tests including four ... Read More »
CAT chaos continues, Prometric blames virus attack
Problems with the first-ever online Common Admission Test (CAT) for B-schools continued for the second day on Sunday, with as many as 49 labs at 24 centres across the country not holding the test at all. This prevented more than ... Read More »
Black Friday Sales 2009: All deals are available from right now
The entire scenario for shopping this holiday season is changing with new developments. On a Black Friday sale, people would stand in the freezing cold and queue up outside the stores at 4am in the morning to grab the door ... Read More »
Walmart Black Friday Deals 2009
It’s time to grab Walmart hot deals. Black Friday ad for 2009 has been released now. It tends to bring you the most reasonable deal of the season. The deals are applicable from the latest gadgets, HDTVs, Computers, Gaming Consoles, ... Read More »
Bollywood’s beauty Katrina Kaif down with jaundice
Bollywood’s reigning beauty Katrina Kaif is down with jaundice and has been advised complete bed rest for a few days. The actress was supposed to begin promotions of her soon-to-release De Dana Dan where she is paired opposite her lucky ... Read More »
2nd Test: Team India in driver’s seat
Rahul Dravid struck his second consecutive century as India racked up a mammoth total and then made an early dent in the Sri Lankan top order to maintain their iron grip over the second Test on Wednesday. In reply to ... Read More »
National Stock Exchange joins Twitter Club
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has joined the fast-growing ‘Twitterati’ club, and to start with the bourse has begun posting live quotes of its benchmark index Nifty on the micro-blogging website Twitter. With this, NSE has become the first Indian ... Read More »
Wipro Technologies sees BFSI segment improving
Wipro Ltd, India’s No. 3 software services exporter, is seeing an uptick in demand at its key financial services segment, driven by consolidation in the banking industry, a top executive said. “Some of it is driven by the consolidation activities ... Read More »
Bollywood, TV industry to stop shooting for 2 minutes on 26/11 anniversary
The Hindi film and television industry will pay homage to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack on Thursday evening. General secretary of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees has sent out notices to film and producers to ... Read More »
United Nation praises ICC for social responsibility
United Nation have lavished praise on the ICC for its commitment towards social responsibility and said the cricket governing body’s effort to use the game to promote peace, development and understanding has been commendable. “The work of the ICC in ... Read More »
Shilpa Shetty ties the knot with Raj Kundra
Shilpa Shetty married London-based businessman Raj Kundra in a lavish ceremony at Khandala. Earlier Raj had arrived in a chariot decorated with flowers and drawn by two horses from Amrit Villa, located about five minutes away from Bawa Villa, where ... Read More »
Leaked Liberhan Commission report ‘indicts’ Advani, triggers furore in House
Faced with angry protests from the Opposition over leak of the Liberhan Commission report, ‘indicting’ the Sangh Parivar for the demolition of Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, the government will release the panel’s findings on Tuesday. A meeting of ... Read More »