RABAT (TIP): At least 33 people were killed, most of them children, when a bus burst into flames after colliding with a gas tanker in Morocco on Friday, a local official and a rights group […]
LONDON (TIP): A 31-year-old Sikh politician will be the first Indian-origin candidate to contest in the UK General Elections from Northern Ireland on May 7. Amandeep Singh Bhogal, who was born in Jalandhar, is already […]
FRANCE (TIP): Liberal Catholics’ hope for a more progressive Church under Pope Francis have taken another knock with claims that the Pontiff has refused to accept France’s new choice of ambassador to the Vatican because […]
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): In a bizarre incident, a 64-year-old Indian-origin man took his four -year-old grandson to a car and set it ablaze with them both in it in South Africa in a murder-suicide that has […]
LONDON (TIP): The University of Wolverhampton, which saw 152 Indian students enrol in 2014/15, has received a£1 million (Rupees 10 crores) donation from Lord Swaraj Paul – the largest in the university’s history. The philanthropic […]
LONDON (TIP): A British energy company says there is oil, and lots of it, near London’s Gatwick Airport. The question is how much of it can be pumped from the ground. UK Oil & Gas […]
BEIJING (TIP): China is planning to build a tunnel under Mount Everest, called Qomolangma in Tibetan, as part of its plan to extend its rail link to Nepal, the state run China Daily said on […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Satyam scandal prime accused B Ramalinga Raju, once the poster boy of the ITeS industry, and his brother B Rama Raju were sentenced Thursday to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 5.5 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 10 announced that India has requested France to give 36 Rafale fighter jets in ‘fly-away condition’ as quickly as possible. The decision on Rafale jets was […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Various groups of extremists in India possess about 6 million smuggled weapons. According to a study by Indian Institute for Peace, Disarmament and Environmental Protection (IIPDEP), illegal guns produced in ‘cottage industries’ in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The father-son duo of Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhushan on April 10 made a high-voltage corruption charge against a former Supreme Court judge and his advocate son while repeatedly pleading with the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A 32-year-old woman who hired a cab from a Delhi Metro station was allegedly raped at a secluded spot by the driver, who was arrested after a brief chase, police said on […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The answer to the ”Run, Hillary, Run” exhortation from the Clintonistas will be available this weekend. To no one’s great surprise, Hillary Clinton is expected to formally announce that she will run for […]
NEW YORK TIP: A 39-year-old Indian man has been shot dead by two masked men during an apparent robbery attempt at a gas station in the US state of Connecticut where he worked. Sanjay Patel, […]
LAHORE/NEW DELHI (TIP): Mumbai attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has been released from Paksitan’s Adiala jail. Lakhvi was released from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, a day after Lahore high court (LHC) suspended his detention and […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met Pakistan’s powerful military chief Thursday, as the Pakistan government wrestled with a dilemma over how to respond to a request from Saudi Arabia for Pakistani troops […]
KABUL (TIP): An Afghan soldier shot and killed a US soldier and wounded several others Wednesday before being shot dead, the first so-called “insider attack” to target NATO troops since they ended their combat mission […]
DHAKA (TIP): At least 24 people were killed on April 9 when a bus veered off the road and rammed into a number of trees in central Bangladesh’s Faridpur district. “The accident took place around […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia has revived detention without trial after its lower house passed an anti-terror law that rights groups say is a giant step backward for human rights. The government says the measures were […]
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan) (TIP): At least 10 people died today when Taliban insurgents wearing military uniforms mounted a six-hour gun and grenade siege on a court complex in northern Afghanistan, in an assault highlighting the country’s […]
RSS’ Hindutva baggage is once again haunting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this time criticism against it has come from an unlikely quarter: the India Inc. According to a report in the Times of India, corporate […]
The White House asked Texas Judge Hanen to stop blocking Obama’s executive orders on immigration. The judge refused, but that might not matter for long, as the appeals court will most likely overturn the ruling. For […]
The civil war in Yemen, exacerbated by the intervention of outside powers, is poised at a delicate stage which could impinge on the larger picture of the Middle East’s future trajectory. The truth is that the poorest […]
Chandni Trivedi : NEWYORK (TIP): Swami Chinmayananda is one of the world’s most renowned and revered exponents of Vedanta, the foundation of Hindu religion and culture. His life is a story of an unconventional seeker – […]
NEW YORK (TIP): This is the 1 simple truth your car insurance company doesn’t want you to know. If you are currently insured, drive less than 50 miles/day and live in a qualified zip code […]
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