After a long debate that spanned for years, the government has finally given its approval for the introduction of the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2008. At the same time, however, the government has also conceded that the bill may not be passed by the present Lok Sabha owing to lack of time.

The Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, told news reporters on Friday that the decision of the approval of the bill was taken on the basis of the recommendation of a Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to study the issue.

Though the hearing of his appeal against the one-Test ban is pending, cricketer Gautam Gambhir may still get a chance to play the fourth and final Test against Australia, in Nagpur.

The Test starts from November 6, and if a decision does not arrive by then, Gambhir would be eligible to play in the final match. This news came after the International Cricket Council said that Gambhir could continue playing under Code of Conduct regulations.

On her thirty-fifth birthday on Saturday, November 1, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been sent warm wishes from family and friends. Big B the superstar and Aishwarya's father-in-law, has specially expressed his heart-warming wishes on the occasion.

The blue-eyed beauty is happily married to the handsome Abhishek Bachchan since early 2007. In fact, right from schooling to modeling to stardom and marriage, she has always made the right decisions and is always in the news!

While stumping for Republican presidential nominee John McCain in Ohio, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a former bodybuilder, also had some fun at the expense of McCain's rival, Barack Obama, and Obama's slight frame.

During his 2006 re-election campaign, Schwarzenegger had styled himself as a post-partisan centrist eager to shed party labels and rise above partisan differences. This time around, he tossed aside his rhetoric about bringing Democrats and Republicans together.

Obama holds handsome lead over McCain; that’s what the recent Obama vs McCain Wisconsin polls show.

Wisconsin has been the Democratic state — the state was won by Democrats in 2000 and 2004 respectively. Obama is currently leading in WI opinion polls. Let’s check out what McCain vs Obama Wisconsin polls show.

Strategic Vision’s Obama vs McCain WI poll, conducted from October 24 to October 26, shows Obama leading McCain by 9 % points — 50 % to 41 % among the likely voters of Wisconsin.

UW Badger Poll’s Obama vs McCain Wisconsin poll, conducted from October 21 to October 28, shows Obama leading McCain by 10 % points — 52 % to 42 % among the likely voters of Wisconsin.