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Hewlett-Packard to slash 27,000 jobs by 2014

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US computer giant Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday it plans to cut 27,000 jobs, or eight per cent of its global workforce, by 2014 in a major restructuring effort.

The world's biggest personal compu

Global brands can generate jobs in India: Montblanc

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International brands can generate job opportunities if their entry into India is facilitated, says Montblanc, a century-old German company known for its timeless luxury pens, watches, eyewear, leather

India to move WTO against US visa fee hike

India will seek consultations with the US under the aegis of WTO on visa fee hike for professionals, which ‘discriminates’ against Indian software companies that send employees to America on short-ter

US confirms Chen Guangcheng has left China with family

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Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left China for the United States with his family on Saturday, the US State Department said.

"We can confirm that Chen Guangcheng, his wife and two children have

Job shortage: part-timers on rise in Britain

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The number of men taking up part-time work due to being unable to find a full-time job in Britain has more than doubled in the last four years, says a new study.

Nearly 600,000 men were working part-

Chen gets US visa; addresses Congressional hearing over phone

Getting ready to travel to the US on a fellowship, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng spoke to American lawmakers for the second time in a week and gave a detailed account of his alleged persecut

Britons told to work harder and stop complaining

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There is only one way Britons can drag their country out of recession: 'work harder', Foreign Secretary William Hague said in an interview published on Sunday.

Hague said Britain's national work ethi

US mother sends son with gun to school

A woman in the US state of Indiana sent her gay son to school with a stun-gun to counter students bullying him.

Chelisa Grimes did it after administrators apparently didn't do enough to stop the bull

Hillary Clinton wants India to do more to cut Iranian oil purchases

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged India to do ‘even more’ to cut its purchases of oil from sanctions-hit Iran to keep pressure on that country to to prove its nuclear programme is

Want to know Mamata's vision of future: Hillary Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said she wanted to know West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's ‘vision of the future’.

"I want to know from the chief minister of West Bengal her

There are certain immutable laws of military history that repeated attempts at disproving them only end up confirming their veracity.

As a self-confessed hardliner, I must admit that being a part of the team engaged in Indo-Pak Track 2 dialogue has been very interesting.