
New Delhi: Foreign direct investment in fast-growing retail sector will "significantly" boost hiring activities and has the potential to create about 80 lakh jobs in the country, feel experts. "Retail industry had been waiting for FDI clearance from the government for a long time. The decision to raise FDI limits (in single brand retail) will act as a life saving drug and is a big boost to the industry," executive...

10:55 AM, Dec 04, 2011

Islamabad: Desperate to show that Pakistan is safe for international teams, the country's Cricket Board has asked the government to provide hightened security for the visiting Afghanistan side. After a television channel showed the Afghanistan team travelling in a bus in Rawalpindi with only a police mobile escorting it with three officers on board, the PCB has requested that security be increased for the visiting team. In March 2009, militants...

11:31 AM, Jan 30, 2008