ECB policy states that centrally contracted players must make themselves available for both ODIs and T20s, or none. ...
02:48 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Toronto: Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief legal officer is retiring from the company after 12 years. RIM said that Karima Bawa had been in discussions about her retirement for some time and plans to stay on to help with the transition once a replacement has been hired. The once-iconic BlackBerry company is facing its most difficult period...
10:06 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Financially stressed Air India has proposed a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for its executive cadre employees to bring down manpower costs. The Air India Board will deliberate on the scheme at a meeting on Monday. "This is the first time that VRS is being proposed for AI employees. It is a big step for cutting manpower in the best possible way," a senior civil aviation ministry official told...
04:38 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: Prime minister Manmohan Singh today hosted a farewell dinner for Army Chief General VK Singh who retires on May 31. The dinner was attended by several senior ministers including Defence Minister AK Antony. Earlier, Antony too had hosted a dinner for General VK Singh and his wife Bharati Singh on May 23. Gen Singh's last major function would be the National Defence Academy passing out parade on May...
09:59 PM, May 26, 2012
Malaga: Ruud van Nistelrooy has announced his decision to hang up his boots this summer after opting not to renew his contract with Malaga. The former Netherlands international had an expiring deal with the Andalusian side, and will not ink a new contract as he feels the time has come to end his active career. "Yesterday I played the last match of my professional career. The time has come to...
05:23 PM, May 14, 2012
The Aussie pacer said if he had not got injured he might have called it quits as he had lost his love for the game. ...
11:03 AM, May 11, 2012
Mumbai: Post-retirement will President Pratibha Patil, the constitutional head of the military forces, live on land that virtually homeless jawans asked to be accommodated on? Activists argue that this controversial piece of land in Khadki, Pune where the President's post-retirement bungalow is being built, could have gone to jawans, who now live in slum like conditions. The President is the last resort for justice in this country. But with the...
09:20 PM, Apr 13, 2012
Motihari: A man in Bihar, Ram Kishore Singh, fought for 31 years to get a job as a teacher at a government school. He finally got it only to retire 20 days later. What is worse is that he cannot even draw a pension as he has not completed a one-year service for his job to have been confirmed. "I got this job after 31 years and got a chance...
10:29 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Sachin Tendulkar takes a dig at his critics, saying he doesn't want to be advised on his retirement. ...
03:19 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala on Monday raised the retirement age of state government employees to 56 years from the existing 55. Finance Minister KM Mani made the announcement in this regard while presenting the state Budget for the current fiscal. The announcement, however, sparked protests from opposition LDF members who alleged that the proposal had already appeared in a section of the press, amounting to leak of...
11:12 AM, Mar 19, 2012
"Play the game in the spirit of the game," exhorted India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru while inaugurating the first Asian Games in Delhi ...
08:49 AM, Mar 17, 2012
It took Rahul Dravid's retirement to force us out of our slumber. Crucial questions like 'who would clinch No.3?' and 'who would be the next ...
08:05 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Rahul Dravid was never my favourite cricketer. To someone who followed cricket for the dominance of Sachin Tendulkar, it was nearly frustrating to watch him ...
02:03 PM, Mar 12, 2012
To begin with, Rahul Sharad Dravid, thank you ever so much for all the memories. When on 9th March 2012 you said, it's time for ...
04:34 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Hi Dravid, First of all, congratulations on a glorious 16-year career in international cricket and thanks for all those brilliant innings on the cricket field. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Rahul Dravid has not merely hang up his boots; a special type of player has returned with him to the pavilion, perhaps never to be ...
12:02 PM, Mar 10, 2012
On June 20, 1996, during a chilly morning at Lord's - the Mecca of cricket - the cricket world witness a classy debut innings from ...
05:29 PM, Mar 09, 2012
I remember it like it was last week. A January evening in Bombay, during the winter holidays from boarding school, my mother trying to get ...
03:21 PM, Mar 09, 2012
We won't see another Rahul Dravid again, for sure. The India batsman said his final goodbye as an international cricketer on Friday. It's been non-stop ...
02:33 PM, Mar 09, 2012
India's greatest No.3 batsman Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket in Bangalore on Friday, bringing an end to a 16-year career. ...
02:15 PM, Mar 09, 2012
