Kirk Thompson lost a leg, but found his niche. His meteoric rise to become a top-rate mechanic in St Thomas is nothing short of miraculous, especially as he was never formally taught the complex skills needed to repair motor vehicles...

Members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday were stunned after being told by an executive of the Tax Administration Services Department (TASD) that an employee worked 22 hours each day, consecutively for nearly two weeks...

Thanks to the Citizens Security for Justice Programme (CSJP), 28 women from inner-city communities in the Corporate Area can now look towards a brighter future. The women were all successful in passing level one of the programme...

Career diplomat and former ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, Elinor Sherlock, has been appointed chief of state protocol in the Office of the Prime Minister. Ambassador Sherlock has been mandated to coordinate all areas of protocol in the government...

Despite United States media reports that a threat originating from a Jamaican cellphone was responsible for the lockdown of a community in Millvale, Pennsylvania, local authorities said yesterday they were unaware of the incident...

The sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange regained the 15,000 level in morning trade on Wednesday, after a gap of nine months, on increased capital inflow by funds after a positive infrastructure data for April fuelled hopes of an

Faced with slump in demand in key markets such as the US and Europe, India's exports plunged by 30 per cent in May as per the quick estimates, given by commerce secretary G K Pillai. The final figures will be

British telecom major Vodafone's former chief executive Arun Sarin received 500,000 pounds (Rs 3.87 crore) to relocate to the US following his departure from the company.

Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Wednesday said Anand Mahindra has ceased to be a promoter of the bank but will continue to be associated with the lender as a non-executive director.

Announcing measures to tackle the impact of the global recession in his country, South African President Jacob Zuma pledged on Wednesday to create 500,000 jobs by the end of this year. Acknowledging that the economic crisis had hit the nation

China's reigning party killed thousands of its own children on Tiananmen Square at dawn on June 4, 1989. Today, the regime in Beijing is not ready to admit to any wrong doing or consider changes in its policies.

Brown's govt is in shambles and his own survival is at stake.

The Rs 240-crore worth Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF) will become a reality in Bangalore by 2010.

The release of Jamaat -ud-Dawaa chief Hafiz Mohammad Sayeed is probably one of the worst thing that could have happened to India. Although the Lashkar-e-Tayiba continued to operate despite its chief being detained, Saeed's release will only motivate more youth

In the month of June lifeline of Northern India and the most worshipped river, the Ganges, descent on earth is celebrated.