MUMBAI (TIP): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister on Friday, October 31 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. The mega ceremony is likely to be attended by Prime […]
NEW DELHI/BERNE (TIP): In a fresh threat to the flow of information about Indians holding accounts in foreign banks, Switzerland on Thursday, October 30, said that information exchanged with India under its tax treaty can’t […]
How to Illuminate Your Inner Self Deepavali or Diwali means “a row of lights”. It falls on the last two days of the dark half of the Hindu month of Kartik. Mythical Origins of Diwali […]
Diwali is also celebrated outside of India mainly in Guyana, Fiji, Malaysia,Nepal,Mauritius, Myanmar,Singapore,Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago,Britain, Indonesia,Japan,Thailand, Africa,Australia and the US among the Hindus across the world. Diwali celebrations in Britain The Indians are […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, held on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at the Consulate’s Ballroom, a private screening of Daryl Hawk’s photo-essay on his travels from Leh to Ladakh […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Diwali was celebrated for the first time at Queens Borough Hall in New York under the leadership of the Queens Borough President Melinda Katz on October 14, 2014. American Hindus, Muslim, Sikhs, […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): County Executive Mangano joined with prominent manufacturing company leaders and members of Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) who celebrated the growth of manufacturing jobs. LIFT is a non-for-profit economic development organization […]
By Dr. Amrik Singh NEW YORK (TIP): A few months after her speech in University of Kerala accusing Mahatma Gandhi for propagating and rationalizing caste violence, Booker Prizewinning author Arundhati Roy joined in a Panel […]
India was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the term 2015-2017 in a keenly contested election held today (21 October, 2014) in the UN General Assembly in New York. Other countries […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Punjabi community is glad that a man with Punajbi origin-Bobby Kalotee- is seeking election for New York State Lt. Governor’s position. The Punjabi community already feels a lot proud that Punjab has […]
Right environment to turn the heat on Islamabad Pakistan’s military adventurism on three fronts across its borders with India, Afghanistan and Iran has created just the right environment to turn the heat on Islamabad and […]
Prof I.S.Saluja India is a country of festivals and festivities. Our forefathers made sure that we have occasions to come together and celebrate. I do not think any other country in the world can match […]
It can be considered the biggest strategic failure of Indian diplomacy that even after more than six decades, India has not found a way to neutralize the malevolence of a neighbor one-eighth its size”, says […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, hosted its Eighth Media-India Lecture Series 2014 – 2015 on the Civilizational Message of Indian Art by art historian, photographer and film-maker Benoy K […]
NEW YORK (TIP): South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS) kicked off its 15th anniversary falling next year with a reception on the evening of Saturday, October 11 at the Jackson Heights Jewish Center in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The likelihood of a significant outbreak of Ebola in the US is remote, in the view of a top Health and Human Services official who is assuring lawmakers that government agencies are preparing […]
DENVER (TIP): The case of three teenage girls being investigated for trying to join Islamic State militants poses vexing questions for US officials about the use of social media by terror groups to recruit people […]
DENVER (TIP): Hillary Clinton is used to being introduced as the “next” US president. But lacking any pre- 2016 announcement, the Democratic icon is busy putting her popularity to work for others in the party. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US and Canadian air defenses were put on heightened alert on October 23 following a shooting in Canada’s parliament, and the American embassy in Ottawa was placed on lockdown, officials said. The North […]
NEW YORK (TIP): George Abraham, Chairman of the Indian National Overseas Congress,USA met with Mr. Rahul Gandhi,Vice-President of the All India Congress Committee in New Delhi and briefed him on the perspectives from the Diaspora […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the Ebola virus on October 23, becoming the city’s first diagnosed case. The doctor, […]
Announces Rs 745 crore for flood-hit Kashmir NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent his Diwali morning on October 23 at the Siachen glacier, lauding India’s armed forces and saying “125 crore Indians can […]
BANGALORE (TIP): When little Maya, 4, came home on October 21 afternoon, after Diwali celebrations, she was wearing her favourite ethnic outfit, and had tears in her eyes. She was feverish too. After lunch and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that e-postal ballot and proxy voting options can be provided to nonresident Indian (NRIs). A committee set up by the poll panel to examine […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After the recent crash near Pune, India has grounded its entire fleet of Sukhoi-30 and each aircraft is undergoing a thorough technical check. Indian Air Force’s Wing Commander Simranpal Singh Birdi said: […]
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