January 12, 2014
PANAJI: Accusing Congress of playing vote-bank politics, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked home minister Sushilkumar Shinde over his proposal to state governments to review terror cases against members of the minority community.
Law should be uniform for everyone, irrespective of their religion: Modi
January 12, 2014
Stating that Bollywood actors are popular only amongst the Indian diaspora in Britain, Indian-origin British author and scriptwriter Farrukh Dhondy says that the formula films churned out by the Hindi film industry "don't work in the West".
January 12, 2014
BOSTON/WASHINGTON: Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only US retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season late last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other merchants that have yet to be publicly disclosed.
US Retailers data breach
January 12, 2014
Mumbai: Market regulator SEBI on Saturday said it will soon come out with detail framework on corporate governance structure that could also include a number of directorship a person can hold as an independent director.
SEBI head office in Mumbai.
January 12, 2014
While the planet's surface temperatures over the past century have risen to unprecedented levels, records have shown a slowdown in the pace of warming over the past 15 years.
A NASA satellit image snapped Nov. 13, 2013, shows open water between Pine Island Glacier and its massive iceberg.
January 11, 2014
Devyani Khobragade’s maid was refused sick days and holidays and she worked for a salary of little over $1 an hour in New York
January 11, 2014
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 189 for 5 (B McCullum 60*, Ronchi 45*, Best 3-40) beat West Indies 108 for 8 (N McCullum 4-24, Neesham 3-16) by 81 runs
January 11, 2014
NEW DELHI: Scam-tainted Lalit Bhanot's presence as the chief guest during the India-New Zealand match of the Hero Hockey World League Final on Saturday raised eyebrows, especially after the suspended IOA secretary-general is facing serious corruption charges related to the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
January 11, 2014
ISRAEL: Comatose for the last eight years after a stroke, former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon has died. His career stretched across most of Israel's 65-year history.
January 10, 2014
NEW YORK: An Indian-American physician will pay $400,000 to resolve allegations that he and his clinics violated federal laws by billing a government insurance programme for vein injections and physician office visits performed by unqualified personnel.
