January 20, 2014
MUMBAI: Obamacare, as President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul is popularly called, not only covers American citizens but also foreigners working in the US. As a result, Indian migrants in the US will have to adhere to the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which came into effect from January 1.
January 20, 2014
MELBOURNE: Third seed Maria Sharapova was dumped out of the Australian Open on Monday with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 fourth round loss to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova on Rod Laver Arena.
Sharapova took a medical time-out but was unable to halt Cibulkova's momentum.
January 20, 2014
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Narendra Modi on Sunday challenged rival Congress with his "idea of India" that set out an ideological framework of equality and growth but which steers clears of doles, privileges and sectional giveaways.
January 19, 2014
LONDON: A mysterious rock which appeared in front of the Opportunity rover is "like nothing we've ever seen before", according to Mars exploration scientists at Nasa.
January 19, 2014
Strange things without any rational basis can happen in a nation of 128 crore people. Now, Arvind Kejriwal is projected as an “honest and different politician” who fights evil. Only when the electronic media calm down will his real face emerge.
AAP President - Arvind Kejriwal
January 19, 2014
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Sunday rejected a call by the United States to put down their weapons and start peace talks with the Afghan government.
The White House on Saturday urged the insurgent group to lay down its arms. The call was part of a condemnation of a Taliban attack on a Kabul restaurant which claimed the lives of 21 people, including two American professors.
January 19, 2014
MELBOURNE: Veteran Indian star Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek on Sunday sailed into the Australian Open quarter-finals after a straight-set win over the unseeded pair of Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus in the men’s doubles competition in Melbourne.
January 19, 2014
NEW DELHI: Six homeless persons lost their lives to the chill and rain on Friday night. The bodies found one after another on Saturday around Kashmere Gate threw into focus the state's failure to make a shelter plan and a policy for the homeless despite directives from the Supreme Court and the Delhi high court.
January 19, 2014
The attack on the temple was the latest in a string of incidents against Hindus, who make up about 8.4 per cent of Bangladesh’s population of 150 million.
Idols Destroyed In Attack on Hindu Temple in Bangladesh
January 19, 2014
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for "frank" summit talks with China and South Korea to help solve historical and territorial disputes that have soured ties between the neighbours.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
