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: […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The NDA government has started filing charges against individuals having illicit accounts in overseas banks, clearing the way for disclosure of names of those who have stashed black money abroad, and triggering […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked officials to ensure as much freedom as possible for the states in the implementation of the Swacch Bharat mission he recently launched to make India clean […]
NAGPUR (TIP): A potential crisis in Maharashtra BJP over the choice of leader for the post of chief minister seems to have blown over with Union minister Nitin Gadkari saying he has no differences with […]
KARACHI (TIP): At least 16 cabin crew members of Pakistan’s national carrier have disappeared in the last five months in Canada after going there on international flights. Four cabin crew of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) […]
KABUL (TIP): Afghan security forces said on Thursday they have captured two senior leaders of the feared Haqqani network, a hardline group behind sophisticated attacks on Afghan and Nato forces. Anas Haqqani, the son of […]
KATMANDU (NEPAL) (TIP): Nepalese officials closed a section of a popular Himalayan trekking route on October 20 after rescuers, overwhelmed with last week’s snowstorms that killed 38 hikers, had to bring to safety new climbers […]
KARACHI (TIP): Queen of Pop Madonna’s school in Karachi has opened its gates to students. The 56-year-old “Material Girl” singer took to Twitter to announce that the Dream Model Street School has so far admitted […]
KARACHI (TIP): Armed robbers have raided one of Pakistan’s leading charities and stolen $400,000 in cash as well as five kilos of gold, police said on Monday. At least eight robbers struck at the Edhi […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan military has identified 2,377 “legitimate claimants” to handback a considerable stock of gold and jewellery it seized in the final battle against the LTTE more than five years ago. Rejecting accusations levelled […]
LONDON (TIP): Prince William’s wife Kate attended her first official royal engagement here on October 22 to greet the president of Singapore since it was announced that she is pregnant with her and the Duke […]
OTTAWA (TIP) : Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged more surveillance and detention powers for security forces in Canada on october 23 after a gunman killed a soldier and rampaged through parliament before being shot […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russian investigators detained four more staff members on Thursday at the Moscow airport where the CEO of French oil giant Total died when his plane collided with a snow plough. Those detained include […]
BEIJING (TIP): The United States is damaging stability in the Asia-Pacific region by positioning a missile defence radar in Japan, China said on Thursday. Japan, an ally of the United States, has voiced growing anxiety […]
BEIJING (TIP): Afghanistan’s newly-elected President Ashraf Ghani has chosen China as his first destination abroad after taking over office, signifying Beijing’s influence in the war-torn country where the US troops are battling to control Taliban […]
LONDON: Britain has warned its citizens against the proverbial Delhi belly this Diwali. In an advice issued for travellers going to India to stay healthy during Diwali, Public Health England (PHE) and the National Travel […]
LONDON (TIP): Air traffic in Britain was sent into a tizzy with UK’s largest airport cancelling over 100 flights due to stormy weather. The tail end of Hurricane Gonzalo, which caused damage in Bermuda this […]
Tirlok Malik is a film maker, to put it simply. “I am a student of cinema and I hope to continue telling immigrant stories”, said Malik speaking with me the other day. Let me be […]
Deepavali or Diwali period is celebrated universally by Indians residing globally. It has significance to all major religions of India. Lord Rama’s return to Ayodhya from 14 years exile along with wife Sita, brother Lakshman, […]
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