NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Federal prosecutors slapped Bank of America with a $1 billion-plus civil mortgage fraud lawsuit Wednesday, October 24, accusing the bank of engineering a scheme that defrauded federally-backed mortgage buyers Fannie Mae […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Having bagged the endorsement of former United States president Bill Clinton, Indian American Democratic Congressional candidate from California, Ami Bera appears to have moved closer to victory. The independent Center for Politics at […]
Supermodel Kate Moss has gone topless for the latest issue of Love magazine. In a typical unorthodox photo shoot, Moss, 38, covered her head with a white Prada jumper, and wore a chiffon veil to […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose September 11, 2001, attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan’s mountainous east even as US and allied forces wind down […]
NEW YORK (TIP): In what can be a serious concern for the image of the community, members of Bangladeshi community rallied in Jackson Heights on October 21, making it clear that they do not condone […]
Christina Aguilera has revealed that she loves going commando, as she finds it librating. “I don’t like to wear underwear,” Contactmusic quoted her as telling chat show host Chelsea Handler . “I like to be […]
NEW YORK (TIP):The Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center (http://keralacenterny.com) will honor five Indian American Malayalees for their outstanding achievements in their field of specialization or for their service to the society and one […]
NEW YORK (TIP): “I like meeting Indians outside India even as I like to meet Indians in India”, said Anil Shastri, a senior Congress leader and a son of the illustrious father late Prime Minister […]
Nicole Kidman has pulled out of a new movie after being told that scenes of real sex are planned. The 45-year-old actress was set for a role in controversial director Lars von Trier’s project Nymphomaniac. […]
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dania Ramirez, Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung Direction: David Koepp Genre: Action Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes STORY: Wilee ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is the best of New York’s daredevil bicycle couriers. However, when […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of state Hillary left the door open on Friday to continuing to serve under President Barack Obama should he win a second term that would begin in January. One of Obama’s […]
How to kick-start your libido when you have fallen out of the sex habit It’s a kind of hell – being stuck between longing for another body’s warmth and cold feet when there’s an opportunity […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An NYPD sergeant shot dead a 22-year-old ex-con Thursday, October 25 night during an attempted prostitution arrest in Brooklyn, police sources said. Tyjuan Hill was one of four men inside a car […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Intelligence officials from several countries say Iran in recent weeks has virtually completed an underground nuclear enrichment plant, racing ahead despite international pressure and heavy economic sanctions in what experts say may be […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Keen to infuse more young blood into Manmohan Singh’s ministerial team, Congress may opt to give party MPs such as Meenakshi Natarajan, Manicka Tagore and Pradip Majhi minister of state ranks. Amid […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two national polls released between October 23 and 24 show that the presidential race remains a dead heat, with GOP nominee Mitt Romney gaining ground in one survey but losing steam in another, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Rajat Gupta, former Goldman Sachs Director, one of the highest ranking Indian Americans, was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday, October 24 for leaking Goldman Sachs boardroom secrets to the […]
Being a mother is a life-altering event. There is no debate on the fact that bringing up a baby is a full time job, one that leaves the mother drained and exhausted, driving her to […]
TAMPA, FL (TP): An Indian-American doctor couple, Drs. Kiran C. and Pallavi Patel have donated $12 million to the University of South Florida in a new endowment aimed at creating the Patel College of Global […]
Karwa Chauth is a ritual of fasting observed by married Hindu women seeking the longevity, wellbeing and prosperity of their husbands. It is popular amongst married women in the northern and western parts of India, […]
On the full moon night following Dusshera / Durga Puja, Goddess Lakshmi is ceremonially worshipped at home to pray for her blessings. Lakshmi is the Goddess of light, beauty, good fortune and wealth who descends […]
LONDON (TIP): Researchers have developed a tiny camera that can be clipped to clothes or worn on a necklace, and takes a picture every 30 seconds, allowing users to record their daily lives. The camera, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): New vaccines being developed by scientists from the School of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway may eliminate the need for needles as they can be delivered via a nasal spray, or as on […]
Insignificant in visible light, halo stars are big in the infrared background. When the known galaxies and stars in the right panel are subtracted, what remains is the cosmic infrared background shown at left. Astronomers […]
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