Business & Economics
Year: 2014
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Sikhs want justice, not compensation
It is too late and too little. The Sikh community, seething with anger at not being done justice is further enraged at the government grant of a paltry sum of INR 500,000 as compensation for […]
India
Congress lowest: Times Now poll
NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP could reach its highest tally ever and the Congress its lowest point, giving the NDA the best chance of forming the government after the Lok Sabha polls, though well short […]
India
MAMATA AND ANNA TO CAMPAIGN TOGETHER FOR LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
KOLKATA/PUNE (TIP): Mamata Banerjee’s ambition to play a key role in the national politics is taking shape after plans of sharing the dias with Anna Hazare in a joint campaign for the forthcoming Lok Sabha […]
United States
SENATOR RAND PAUL sues Obama over NSA surveillance
WASHINGTON (TIP): Senator Rand Paul, a possible Republican presidential candidate, sued the Obama administration on February 12 over the National Security Agency’s mass collection of millions of Americans’ phone records. The senator said he and […]
United States
ITALY, US ARREST 24 IN MOB DRUG SMUGGLING CASE
NEW YORK (TIP): Reputed mobsters in New York City and Italy joined forces in a failed conspiracy to smuggle large amounts of heroin and cocaine, with one suspect suggesting that the drugs could be concealed […]
United States
Congress extends US borrowing authority until 2015
WASHINGTON: Lawmakers approved a 13-month extension of US borrowing authority with no strings attached on February 12, shelving a fractious political debate over the nation’s debt ceiling until after November’s mid-term elections. With last-minute help […]
United States
US challenges India’s solar export restrictions
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US on Tuesday, February 11 challenged the domestic content requirement of India’s solar mission, which it alleged is discriminatory and against international norms, including WTO laws, and badly affects the American domestic […]
India
Parliament erupts in chaos, pepper spray used as MPs shame India
NEW DELHI (TIP): Parliament erupted in chaos on February 13 over a bill to create Telangana, with angry MPs coming to blows, pulling out a microphone and pepper spraying the chamber. Waving banners and shouting […]
United States
Obama to tour Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines in April
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama will seek to ease questions over the staying power of his strategic shift to increasingly tense East Asia in April with stops in Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea. […]
United States
India-US talks may resume in March
WASHINGTON (TIP): The India-US dialogue, which was marred by the row over the arrest of diplomat Devyani Khobragade, is likely to get back on track by March. US energy secretary Ernest Moniz will be on […]
India
WEAPONS OF HOUSE DISRUPTIONS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The difference between the street and Parliament blurred on February 13 as pepper spray, shards of broken glass, uprooted microphones and brawls turned Lok Sabha into a battlefield between supporters and rivals […]
United States
US says 3.3 million have enrolled in private Obamacare coverage
WASHINGTON (TIP): About 3.3 million people enrolled in private Obamacare health coverage through new US healthcare marketplaces from October 1 to February 1, the Obama administration said on February 12. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office […]
India
MAHARASHTRA CM AGREES TO SHUT 22 TOLL PLAZAS, RAJ THACKERAY KEEPS UP THREAT
MUMBAI (TIP): MNS chief Raj Thackeray on February 13 wangled a promise from CM Prithviraj Chavan to shut down 22 toll plazas immediately and unveil a new policy before the poll model code of conduct […]
Europe
Afghanistan releases 65 ‘insurgents’ despite US protests: Officials
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan released 65 alleged Taliban fighters from jail on Thursday despite condemnation from the United States, which says the men could return to the battlefield to launch strikes against NATO and Afghan forces. […]
Europe
After floods, 160kmph gales lash Britain
LONDON (TIP): Britain has announced a “red warning” – informing public and emergency responders of “severe or hazardous weather which has the potential to cause danger to life or widespread disruption”. Large sections of the […]
Europe
Nepalese party refuses to join ruling coalition
KATHMANDU (TIP): A day after Nepal got its new democratically elected prime minister, differences between two biggest political parties have surfaced over allocation of ministerial portfolios. The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist- Leninist), the […]
Europe
Cannibal restaurant ‘with roasted human heads on the menu’ shut down by police
CANNIBAL (TIP): Police arrested 11 people and closed a restaurant after two human heads wrapped in cellophane were discovered at a hotel restaurant that had been serving human flesh. A tip-off led police to the […]
Europe
Hamid Karzai will not sign security agreement: US spy chief
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US intelligence chief said on February 11 he does not expect Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a security agreement with the United States that would allow American troops to stay after […]
Europe
Spain migrant drowning toll rises to 11
MADRID (TIP): Police found the body of a migrant on a beach in Ceuta on February 12, bringing to 11 the number of people who drowned trying to swim to the Spanish territory from Morocco, […]
Europe
Militants kill nine anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan
PESHAWAR (TIP): Pakistani police have said that militants have killed nine members of an anti-Taliban militia in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Police official Jamal Khan said some 25 militants attacked the militia chief’s house […]
Europe
Three explosions hit cinema in Peshawar, 11 killed
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 11 people were killed and 25 wounded after three bombs went off in quick succession inside a cinema hall in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on february 11 The attack took […]
Europe
Earthquake of 6.9 magnitude strikes western China
BEIJING (TIP): A strong and shallow 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck China’s far western region of Xinjiang on February 12, but in a sparsely populated area, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor was only 12.5 kilometres […]