Q. Can you tell us a few high and low points of your career in Foreign Service so far? I joined the Indian Foreign Service 35 years ago. We were young then. We didn’t realize […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In support of the Sikh community’s protests over the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on May 3 joined the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Both houses of parliament were on May 3 adjourned till noon as the BJP persisted with its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian doctor of Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Hospital has been awarded with the prestigious Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence for his innovative efforts in reducing tobacco consumption in India. Dr […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The FBI has put a woman on its most wanted terrorist list for the first time, announcing a reward of USD 1 million for information leading to her arrest. Joanne Chesimard, a member […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani police on May 2 arrested and interrogated beleaguered former president Pervez Musharraf over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation, one of three high-profile cases that have […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Gunmen killed Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali, a court prosecutor working on the murder case of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto early Friday, May 3, casting into turmoil a politically charged case that has […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Five members of an Indian origin family were killed and one was seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into the iron pillar of a signpost on the North-South Expressway […]
LONDON: A drop of Mahatma Gandhi’s blood is now up for sale. The largest collection of memorabilia relating to Gandhi — including his personal prayer beads from which he was inseparable, will, power of attorney […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Death of Sarabjit Singh as a result of injuries inflicted on him in a brutal attack in Kot Lakhpat Rai jail in Pakistan has evoked strong condemnation from the Indian community across […]
BOSTON (TIP): Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday, May 1 of removing a backpack containing fireworks emptied of gunpowder and a laptop from Tsarnaev’s dorm room […]
BANGALORE (TIP): With just 60 hours left for the big day, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on May 2 quickened the pace of campaigning by attacking the BJP for the near-collapse of Karnataka and said her […]
CHENNAI (TIP): More than 6,500 Indians are living an uncertain life in prisons in 80 foreign countries, half of them in three Gulf countries. The Gulf countries have the largest number of Indian prisoners, with […]
PORT WASHINGTON, NY (TIP): “Supervisor Jon Kaiman and the North Hempstead Town Board are proud to host the fourth annual Asian American Festival, a celebration of the growing ethnic diversity within the Town of North […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Walt Disney Company has announced its decision to pull out of Bangladesh, Pakistan and three other countries by April next year, citing safety standards of workers in the supply chain. The decision […]
BEIJING (TIP): Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China’s security forces considered a tactic they’d never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills […]
LEMONT, IL (TIP): Shanmukha Priya and Hari Priya, popularly known as the Priya Sisters gave a stellar performance to a packed hall at Sama Rathi auditorium of the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago (HTGC) at […]
WASHINGTON: The United States is rethinking its opposition to arming the Syrian rebels, President Barack Obama’s defense chief said on May 2, even as Obama himself signaled that no decision to deepen US involvement in […]
While the US and NATO and the Afghan security officials are willing to underline the latter’s ascending capacities, such views have been viewed with considerable skepticism among civil society and women groups, NGO’s and people […]
The 224-member Karnataka assembly will go to polls on May 5 and counting of votes will take place on May 8. Undoubtedly, this will set the tone for the 2014 general elections and will have […]
Even as thousands in Bhikhiwind, Amritsar, the native place of Sarabjit Singh, watched with tearful eyes the cremation of the brave son of India, some thoughts must have crossed their minds. Why did he have […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): At an event organized at the Indian Consulate in New York, April 29th, beauty mogul Shahnaz Husain addressed the press about her new research in using plant stem cells for beauty […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Phulbir Singh, an Indian American settled in the state of Indianapolis has been sentenced to three years in jail for selling drugs, according to available reports published May 2. He will have to […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces are becoming extremely important to the development of next generation entrepreneurs. INC39 (inc39.com) is uniquely positioned to help start-ups grow with our depth of resources, expertise, […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok- Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two stewardesses to operate the plane […]
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