February 1, 2013
PreetiDua had her Eureka moment when she took her daughter to preschool in Mumbai in 2004. Dua, then 30, had been toying with the idea of starting her own venture but did not know where to begin.
February 1, 2013
Washington — As Hillary Clinton made her final speech as America's top diplomat, she suggested US had encouraged India's "Look East" policy as an exercise in 'smart power' in its pivot to Asia Pacific.
"There are limits to what soft power on its own can achieve," said Secretary of State Clinton Thursday emphasising American leadership, and the need to reshape diplomacy to meet the changing landscape of the world.
February 1, 2013
NEW DELHI: Walmart and the US government have conveyed their concern over the Centre's move to let states decide on the entry of global supermarkets, in what is being seen as an indication of the world's largest supermarket chain's reluctance to enter the Indian market immediately.
Februray 1, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India Women 284 for 6 (Kamini 100, Raut 72, Dottin 3-32) beat West Indies Women 179 (Dottin 39, Niranjana 3-52) by 105 runs
India's openers Thirush Kamini and Poonam Raut put on 175
January 31, 2013
LONDON: A piece of legislation that permits US agencies to snoop on foreign nationals by hacking into cloud servers of Google and Apple, has sent alarm bells ringing among privacy campaigners, a British media report says.
January 31, 2013
An Indian worker pays his respects to Mahatma Gandhi in Amritsar on January 30, 2013.
January 30, 2013
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was caught in a verbal slugfest between India and Pakistan after he wrote an article that led to heated exchanges between the rival nations.
Shah Rukh Khan waves during the unveiling of TOIFA Bollywood awards in Mumbai, India on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.
January 30, 2013
ATLANTA, Georgia: A daughter describes her battle against the disease that is stealing her mother’s memory -- and the federal and state regulations that make it hard for her immigrant mother to get help.
"It's really hard to see it destroy someone," said Jenny Dávila, referring to her mother, Ana Caballero, who has Alzheimer's disease.
January 30, 2013
Washington — Seizing an emerging consensus on immigration reform, President Barack Obama asked the US Congress to act fast to offer a "pathway to citizenship" for over 11 million illegal immigrants, including 240,000 from India.
January 29, 2013
The father of the gang-rape victime has called for changes in the law to allow a teenage suspect to be tried as an adult. The father added he was shocked that a court ruled that the sixth suspect in the gang-rape case would be tried as a juvenile, facing a maximum prison term of three years.
