NEW DELHI: Indian batting maestro Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar on Sunday became the first batsman to score a monumental 50 centuries in the 133-year history of Test cricket. No other batsman has scored more than 39 Test centuries. Scorecard | Pics: Sachin's 50th Test ton The little master reached the

A group of six telecommunications companies from across the region has agreed to invest US$500 million (Dh1.83 billion) in a vast fibre-optic network.The move is designed to put an end to internet outages and to make the region's digital network more reliable.The network, which the companies intend

Etisalat is to cut at least 300 jobs in the UAE as it looks to reduce its Dh4 billion (US$1.08bn) staff bill amid greater competition in the domestic market.The telecommunications operator says about 3 per cent of its 10,460 UAE employees will lose their jobs, in what will be Etisalat's first major

Bangalore - The much awaited World Urdu Conference and World Urdu Mushaira, the first-of-its kind in the history of KARNATAKA will be held Insha Allah on the 29th and 30th December 2010 respectively. CONFERENCE: The Conference will be attended by a galaxy of eminent scholars, writers, poets, social

Varanasi, 7 Dec 2010 (PTI) - An explosion rocked the holy town of Varanasi here this evening leaving at least 20 including some foreign tourists injured. ADG Brij Lal said seven persons were injured of which four have been hospitalised. However, eyewitnesses said at least 20 people were injured, whi

Zurich, Dec 2 (DPA) :Russia won Thursday the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup while Qatar will stage the 2022 tournament.he decisions were announced here by Joseph Blatter, the president of football's world governing body FIFA, following a secret ballot by 22 members of its executive committee.

Bloc has failed to come up with a clear-cut solution to rising unemployment rate Dubai: GCC policy makers in the region have been faced with a two-fold labour problem for close to 30 years now - growing unemployment among young nationals and an increasing number of foreign workers in the region. Th

Guangzhou, November 25 (IANS): Ashwini Chidananda Akkunje Shetty won a surprise gold in the women's 400 metres hurdles while her compatriot Juana Murmu missed the bronze by a whisker at the Asian Games here on Thursday. With a personal best timing of 56.15 seconds, Ashwini clinched the third gold m

S M Syed Khalil has been ranked 65 in Indian Power List. Yusuff Ali MA, the managing director of Abu Dhabi-based retail giant the Emke Group, has taken the top spot in the first ever Arabian Business Power List featuring the most influential Indians in the Gulf. The retail mogul sits atop a busine

TORONTO - With the BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) launching the PlayBook early next year, the tablet is set to become the next big device in the new year.With the roaring success of Apple's iPad which has sold in millions since its launch in April, the BlackBerry maker Research In Motion

Lucknow: The three siblings were no less than "little angels" for Ikram, a shopkeeper in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district, when they handed over his box containing around Rs.15,000 which was given to them by mistake on their purchase.The siblings had Thursday night purchased a clay pot for Rs.30 from

NEW DELHI: An inflow of over Rs 7,300 crore into 26 companies, most of them registered at two Delhi addresses, from companies registered in Mauritius and Cyprus has caught the attention of tax sleuths. Sensing that this could be a case of ''round-tripping'' - money that was clandestinely salted awa

Panaji -A chartered plane to Moscow with 250 passengers on board had a narrow escape early Thursday when it suffered a bird hit at the runway of Goa's Dabolim international airport. Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials said that immediately after the bird hit, the pilot of the Moscow-bound Ae

Bhatkal - In a bid to equip teachers with modern methods of teaching and to inspire and empower them to bring about a distinct change in behavior and practices of teaching, Anjuman has conducted 'Touchstone Teacher's Training Program - 2010' here at Islamia Anglo Urdu High School, Bhatkal.This train

Dubai: Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380 fleet yesterday after engine failure triggered an emergency landing in Singapore, one of the most serious incidents for the world's largest passenger plane in three years of commercial flight. One of the Airbus A380's four engines failed mi

Bangalore: Commonwealth Games medal winners, industry captains and a record number of 15 journalists are among the 162 people who have been accorded with the Rajyotsava Award by the Karnataka government for the year 2010. Announcing the list, Kannada and Culture Minister Govind M Karjol told report

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