January 5, 2014
CHICAGO: Temperatures not seen in years are likely to set records in the coming days across the US Midwest, northeast and south, creating dangerous travel conditions and prompting church and school closures.
January 5, 2014
LONDON: A terrified pilot of a passenger jet has reported a near miss in which a rugby ball-shaped UFO passed within a few feet of his aircraft while flying near Heathrow Airport, baffling aviation authorities here.
January 5, 2014
History never repeats itself, but it sure does rhyme, it has been said. Now an internationally respected historian is warning that today's world bears a number of striking similarities with the build-up to the First World War
An undated file picture shows a hand on the battlefield in the north of France during World War I.
January 5, 2014
NEW DELHI: Premarital sex is "immoral" and against the "tenets of every religion", a Delhi court has said while holding that every act of sexual intercourse between two adults on the promise of marriage does not become rape.
January 5, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Australia 326 (Smith 115, Haddin 75, Stokes 6-99) and 276 (Rogers 119, Borthwick 3-33) beat England 155 (Stokes 47, Siddle 3-23, Johnson 3-33, Harris 3-36) and 166 (Carberry 43, Harris 5-25, Johnson 3-40) by 281 runs
January 5, 2014
NEW DELHI: Those who speak English fluently earn up to 34% more than those who don't speak the language, a recent report has found, confirming the link between an education in English and the scope of employment opportunities.
January 4, 2014
NEW DELHI: BJP questioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday on his claim that a resolution of the Kashmir issue was "almost arrived at" between India and Pakistan, and asked him to divulge details of the failed solution.
What was the possible Kashmir resolution? BJP asks PM
January 4, 2014
Brief Scorecard: India Under-19 314 for 8 (Zol 100, Samson 100) beat Pakistan Under-19 274 for 9 (Ghulam 102, Aslam 87*) by 40 runs
Future is bright: Sanju Samson with Vijay Zol.
January 4, 2014
LONDON: The general view that obesity is a problem associated with relatively richer Western countries has been turned on its head by a new report which states that middle-income countries like India are now at the heart of a "fat explosion".
January 4, 2014
WASHINGTON: The US has dismissed as a hoax a video purportedly showing CCTV footage of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's strip search after her arrest, saying it is a "dangerous and provocative fabrication".
