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Reynolds Tobacco Co. said today that it plans to reduce its manufacturing work force by an undisclosed number as part of a continuing effort to lower expenses. The company said it was informing about 1,800 production employees at its Tobaccoville...

Srinivas to take the initiative and call on the party chief Sonia Gandhi to apprise her of the prevailing situation. A delegation of Ministers, who earlier in the day had a detailed meeting with Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, later visited...

The British boxer Amir Khan believes he is not fully accepted in this country because of his Asian Muslim background and insists he would be regarded as a "superstar" if he were white. Speaking before the defence of his WBA...

People and divers engaged in rescuing passengers from the trawler which sank in Daira river at Mithamoin Upazila of Kishoreganj on Friday. Focus Bangla Kishoreganj Correspondent At least 70 people died and scores remained missing in a trawler capsize in...

Justice TH Khan, Chairman of the Election Commission of BNP Chairperson Election 2009, formally declared Khaleda Zia the party Chairperson-elect at a press conference at the Naya Paltan central office yesterday, the last date for withdrawal of nomination paper.

While Karzai may be agreeable to talks with the Taliban the Taliban leadership has been consistent all along that negotiations are possible only with the withdrawal of foreign troops. Now that Obama has set a date to begin withdrawal talks...

The Cabinet cleared the Bill on Thursday and it is likely to be introduced during the ongoing Session of Parliament. But the BJP says it is against the spirit of federalism and outside the Centre's purview. Leader of the opposition...

New Delhi, Dec 4 :Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said he was happy that the process to auction third generation (3G) spectrum was on track after the defence ministry agreed to vacate 10 MHz of radio waves held by the...

Newton’s third law of motion is quite applicable in our social lives. Every action has reactions and every reaction is caused by an action. Every thing which goes up has to come back to original position. Any student of history...