NEW DELHI (TIP): Rajnath Singh was on January 23 unanimously elected the new president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), succeeding Nitin Gadkari who decided against a second term till he was cleared of alleged […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Obama’s January 16 plan to curb gun violence in America has met with a mixed reaction, from a cautious endorsement to an outright rejection. Obama is asking Congress to implement mandatory background […]
KOCHI(TIP): An annual jamboree, the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas brings together a thousand to a thousand five hundred persons of Indian origin from across the world together for three days. It is an interactive event which […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Tahawwur Rana, an accomplice of convicted terrorist David Headley, was sentenced January 17 to 14 years in jail followed by five years of supervised release by a US court for providing material support […]
As2012 made its exit, it left two horrific tragedies in its wake: the massacre of 26 students and teachers in my country of residence, the US, and the gang rape of a medical student in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Twelve years after the illegal recruitment of 3,200-odd junior teachers in Haryana, the law caught up with former CM Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and 51 others on January 16 […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Experts are not ruling out the possibility of a military takeover in Pakistan after the country’s top court ordered the arrest of the PM. Antigovernment protesters continue with their sit-in outside parliament. An […]
Inits first major diplomatic engagement of the New Year, India hosted Iran’s supreme national Security Council secretary and chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, last week. Jalili was in Delhi at the invitation of the national […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has put on hold the Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) regime for senior citizens of Pakistan amid tensions on the Line of Control (LoC) over the killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers. The […]
As a patriotic Indian, my first reaction to the beheading of an Indian soldier by the Pakistanis was to shout on top of my voice for a tit for tat. I was simmering with rage […]
SHERNAGAR (TIP): ARMY Chief General Bikram Singh January 16 met the family of slain Lance Naik Hemraj Singh at his native village here, and said that it was “incorrect” to say that Indian troops had […]
Everything is live these days whether a dog barks in the street or a donkey brays in the neighborhood. A cockerel makes an untimely call, while the crows create a public outcry. The monkey plays […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Lance Armstrong finally admitted it. He doped. He was light on the details and didn’t name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. […]
BEIJING (TIP): Describing the last year as among the least problematic in the history of India-China relations, the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) official newspaper has said in an editorial that ties with India had […]
WATCHUNG, NJ (TIP): Sanjay Sethi, 52, of Watchung in Somerset County, New Jersey and who owns SanVision Technology Inc., Jan. 7 admitted to using corporations in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands to […]
Kumbh Mela is a mega event that is organized four times in every twelve years in India. The festivity has truly come into the limelight and acquired fame not just in India, but made its […]
YANGON (TIP): Cronies of Myanmar’s military junta which kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for nearly two decades have reached a milestone in their quest to rehabilitate their image: they’re now […]
GENEVA (TIP): The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in Myanmar to meet with President Thein Sein and other officials, the first-ever visit to the nation by an ICRC president. […]
ALGIERS (TIP)- Thirty hostages and at least 11 Islamist militants were killed on Thursday when Algerian forces stormed a desert gas plant in a bid to free many dozens of Western and local captives, an […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years posting 7.8 per cent year-on-year growth in 2012 amid external jitters and domestic woes. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed […]
ISLAMABAD/NEW YORK (TIP): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who had earlier accused India of engaging in warmongering, has offered to hold “discussion and dialogue” with her Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid to resolve the crisis […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) and Ruias-led Essar Oil are the biggest beneficiaries of the government move to partially deregulate diesel prices as state-owned oil firms were anyway being compensated by the government […]
MUMBAI (TIP): After remaining over the 54 level mark for almost two-and-half months, the rupee on Friday gained by 41 paise quoting 53.98 against the American currency in late morning deals. The rupees surge was […]
TOKYO (TIP): US safety officials and Boeing inspectors joined a Japanese investigation on Friday into the 787 jet at the center of a worldwide grounding of the technologically advanced aircraft. Japanese TV footage showed the […]
Sydney (TIP): The Australian city of Sydney is experiencing its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching nearly 46C. A temperature of 45.8C was recorded at Observatory Hill in the city at 14:55 local time […]
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