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Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to roughly 7% of its US workforce—about 8,750 people out of 125,000 American employees. It’s the first time in the company’s 51-year history it has done anything like this. In previous years, when Microsoft needed to cut costs, it reached for layoffs: more than 15,000 jobs went last summer alone....

Deloitte is planning to reduce several employee benefits for a section of its US workforce starting January 1, 2027, according to a Business Insider report. According to internal documents cited in the report, paid family leave, including parental leave, will be reduced from 16 weeks to eight weeks for affected employees. In addition, annual paid...

NEW DELHI: When AAP announced its Rajya Sabha nominees from Punjab in 2022, the spotlight was not on Lovely Professional University founder Ashok Mittal or cricketer Harbhajan Singh, but on the relatively unknown Sandeep Pathak. Having stayed away from public visibility since joining the party in 2016, Pathak’s low profile contrasted sharply with his growing...

Mohammad Kaif and Virat Kohli (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India international cricketer Mohammad Kaif heaped praise on Virat Kohli after the RCB star crossed 300 IPL sixes, highlighting how his growth as a T20 batter reflects adaptability rather than natural power-hitting. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Kaif wrote, “Virat Kohli taking his IPL 6s...

‘Their operational influence already diminished’: AAP’s 2022 strategists who cracked ‘Punjab code’ out CHANDIGARH: The exit of seven Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MPs has dealt the party a symbolic blow in Punjab, with two of its backroom strategists – Sandeep Pathak and Raghav Chadha – quitting the party ahead of the 2027 assembly elections,...

KOLKATA: The Election Commission on Friday ordered the immediate suspension of five police officers in Diamond Harbour Police District for alleged misconduct and failure to maintain neutrality in course of the Bengal assembly elections.The suspended officers are Sandip Garai, Additional SP, Sajal Mondal, SDPO, Mausam Chakraborty, IC, Diamond Harbour Police Station; Ajay Bag, IC of...

Suyash Sharma taunts Shubman Gill after his dismissal (IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: In the IPL 2026 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) at Bengaluru on Friday, things got a bit spicy between spinner Suyash Sharma and Shubman Gill. After getting Gill out, Suyash didn’t just celebrate normally, he cheekily copied Gill’s...

Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma Former Mumbai Indians batting coach Robin Singh has come out in support of MI captain Hardik Pandya after they suffered a 103-run loss to Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 on Thursday.Mumbai were outplayed as Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 101 off 54 balls, hitting 10 fours and six sixes at...

Mamata Banerjee slams PM over Ganga ride, cites polluted Yamuna KOLKATA: “Our Ganga is clean. That is why the PM could enjoy the boat ride. Can he do the same in (Delhi’s) Yamuna?” CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday, referring to PM Narendra Modi‘s early morning boat ride on the Hooghly.Dubbing it a photo-op, the...

NEW DELHI: Former New Zealand and Essex all-rounder Doug Bracewell has been handed a two-year suspension after testing positive for cocaine during an English County Championship match last year.Bracewell’s positive test came on September 25, 2025, while he was playing for Essex County Cricket Club against Somerset County Cricket Club at Chelmsford. After being notified...