April 26, 2017
The number of applications submitted for correction of names in Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards have seen a significant jump in recent weeks. This is because the government has set a deadline of July 1, 2017, to link one's PAN with his/her Aadhaar number.
April 26, 2017
With the stakes running high over job creation and protection in the information technology sector serving corporations amid the ongoing developments on the H-1B visa issue, both sides have elevated the pitch on value created by Indian workers in the US, and abuse of the system by Indian companies to send more employees abroad.
April 26, 2017
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday was all set to retain Delhi’s three civic bodies for the third time in a row, dealing a body blow to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which blamed Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for its poor show in the municipal elections.
Delhi Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) President Manoj Tiwari (C)
April 25, 2017
China has banned Islamic names for babies in Muslim-majority Xinjiang region, home to the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.
The Xinjiang government claims the names were banned because of their religious connotation, which can "exaggerate religious fervour". (File Photo) - IANS
April 25, 2017
Barack Obama has reportedly agreed to speak at a Wall Street conference for almost half a million dollars.
The former President, who left the White House almost 100 days ago, is said to be appearing at Cantor Fitzgeralds LP’s healthcare conference as a keynote speaker in September.
April 25, 2017
Celebs, ranging from TV stars to National Film Award winners, abuse maids verbally, physically and financially; sometimes they even threaten murder to agency owners who try to take up a complaint.
April 25, 2017
A Houston businesswoman who was detained in China two years ago as she accompanied city officials on a routine business trip was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on spying charges Tuesday.
April 25, 2017
With President Donald Trump expressing support of school-choice programs, parents may soon have more options for where they send their teens to high school.
April 24, 2017
The White House sought Monday to calm a jittery Washington ahead of a showdown with Congress over spending, and President Trump softened his demand that a deal to keep the federal government open include money to begin construction on his long-promised border wall.
April 24, 2017
It's expensive to live in San Francisco — even if you make six figures.
In an article published earlier this year, The Guardian reported on an anonymous Twitter employee in his 40s who says that, even on a $160,000 annual salary, he's barely scraping by in Silicon Valley.
