New York based businessman and philanthropist Bobby Kalotee has lately been in the news for his appointment by Government of Malawi as Liaison Envoy to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. His charity work in Malawi did […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi have been named among the top 20 most powerful persons in the world by Forbes magazine in its annual power rankings which placed US President Barack […]
Govt declares 7-day national mourning | Prez, PM, top leaders express grief NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who headed a Congress-supported coalition government in 1997-98, died at a hospital in Gurgaon […]
GUATEMALA CITY (TIP): Software company founder John McAfee was hospitalized briefly on Thursday after being denied political asylum in Guatemala, and his lawyers said they were making a last-ditch effort to keep him from being […]
Pawar had quit the cabinet in September after his name figured in allegations of irregularities worth Rs 20,000 crore in irrigation projects MUMBAI (TIP): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar was re-inducted as Maharashtra […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scores of lawmakers from the House and Senate attended a gala organized by an Indian American organization to celebrate the work of the Congressional Caucus for India and Indian Americans. The caucus is […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Anna blames Arvind Kejriwal‘s fascination for power for split in anti-graft movement and says his Aam Aadmi Party is also going the same way as others by taking the path of ‘money […]
MONTE SERENO (TIP): Raveesh ‘Ravi’ Kumra, an Indian American multimillionaire venture capitalist was killed in his home in Monte Sereno on Nov 30. The victim’s wife Harinder informed police that their house was attacked by […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan’s Tehrik-e-Tahaffuz Pakistan party has asked the Election Commission to allot a missile as its election symbol. The party sent the request to the Election Commission a week […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least two Pakistani soldiers were killed and four others injured today during an attempt by a pair of suicide bombers in an explosives-laden vehicle to blow up an army camp in the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Four Indian Americans are among the recipients of the prestigious Marshall Scholarships, giving them the opportunity to study at a university of their choice in Britain next autumn. The two-year scholarship is distributed […]
It has fallen to the lot of President Barrack Obama to overhaul a number of sickly systems that include healthcare, education, finance, and immigration, to name a few more important ones. I would not be […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Concerned that national and international recall of the Gujarat riots and pressure to bring its perpetrators to justice is waning, a group of American lawmakers on Tuesday renewed calls to the Obama administration […]
Gets status of non-member observer state India votes for resolution; US, Israel oppose bid UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Palestine overwhelmingly won, November 30, a historic UN General Assembly vote which will upgrade its status to nonmember […]
One must congratulate the Government of India for taking the bold step of joining the 138 nations voting ‘Yes’ for the resolution to upgrade Palestine to a non-member observer state in the United Nations. What […]
STOCKHOLM (TIP): Sweden’s main airport was paralyzed on Wednesday due to a snow storm in the country’s capital, just as winners of this year’s Nobel prizes were to arrive to receive their awards. Around 30 […]
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