Asia
Month: September 2015
Asia
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United States
USIBC 40th Annual Leadership Summit
WASHINGTON (TIP): Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, India‘s Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, and other high-ranking officials from both governments, along with captains of industry from both countries, will address […]
United States
Washington GOPIO organizes 8th Annual Independence Day Bilingual Poetry Recitation
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)-Metropolitan Washington Chapter, in collaboration with the Aligarh Alumni Association (AAA), Washington, organized 8th Annual Independence Day Mushaira-Kavi Sammelan on Saturday, 22nd August 2015 at […]
United States
Fiorina trumps Trump in GOP debate
WASHINGTON (TIP): Eleven Republican candidates vying for the party nomination on the road to the White House battered each other in a three-hour debate on Sept 15 night at the end of which, the sole […]
United States
Russian prankster claims he called Elton John as Putin
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Legendary musician Elton John’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned out to be a hoax by two TV presenters. Komsomolskaya Pravda, a Russian celebrity prankster known as “Vovan” -whose […]
Asia
US Drone Strike Kills Seven in Pakistan
A US drone strike in Pakistan’s volatile South Waziristan tribal region today killed at least seven militants and injured two others. “A vehicle close to a militant compound was the target of the strike in […]
India
CEO club await Modi in NY
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet CEOs of top global companies with collective worth of nearly $4 trillion — twice the size of India’s GDP — in New York on September 24 […]
India
India
Robert Vadra not to be frisked while with wife Priyanka
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government may have removed his name from the VVIP no-frisking list, but Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra will not be frisked by security personnel at any Indian airport while […]
India
India
SUPREME COURT STAYS HARYANA LAW ON EDUCATIONAL BAR FOR PANCHAYAT POLLS
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a setback for the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the state law providing that a candidate aspiring to contest the panchayat elections should have […]
Other News
India
Can’t force meat ban down someone’s throat, says Supreme Court
NEW DELHI (TIP): Sending a strong message amidst concerns over mounting curbs on individual liberties, the Supreme Court on September 17 said that “a ban cannot be forced down somebody’s throat” and that the “spirit […]
India
Mulayam, NCP form Third Front for Bihar polls
LUCKNOW (TIP): The Samajwadi Party (SP) on September 17 joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and two other outfits and announced the formation of a ‘Third Front’ for the Bihar assembly elections. Party […]
India
POLL EXPENSES FILED BY PARTIES, CANDIDATES, INCLUDING PM, DON’T MATCH
NEW DELHI (TIP): Election expenses of several candidates did not match their party’s expenditure declaration according to an analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Among those whose election expenses were either more or less […]
India
Nehru Memorial Museum accepts director Rangarajan’s resignation
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library executive council accepted its director Mahesh Rangarajan’s resignation on September 17, giving the Modi government a free hand to appoint its nominee to the post. Rangarajan […]
Business & Economics
An Appeal to Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation Board Members
Come September, and we have been used to expecting to come across an announcement of the annual gala of Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation. A much awaited signature event of the Foundation for 31 years, it […]
Europe
Europe
One million evacuated in Chile after 8.3-magnitude earthquake
SANTIAGO, CHILE (TIP): A strong 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile’s coast on Wednesday, shaking buildings in cities around the country and forcing the authorities to evacuate residents along the 2,690-mile coast after tsunami warnings were […]
Europe
Fire at Mecca hotel, 1,000 pilgrims evacuated
MECCA (TIP): About 1,000 Asian pilgrims were evacuated early on Sep 17 from their hotel in the Saudi city of Mecca, hit by a fire that injured two people, the civil defence agency said. Firefighters […]
Europe
Stolen diamond found in woman’s intestine
BANGKOK (TIP): The good news for the Chinese visitor to Bangkok was that a doctor had successfully removed a foreign object from her large intestine that could have damaged her digestive system. The bad news […]
Europe
At least 85 killed in South Sudan oil tanker blast
JUBA (TIP): At least 85 people were killed in South Sudan when a crowd tried to gather fuel from an oil tanker that had veered off the road on its way to a region west […]
Europe
One of 2 Indians abducted in Libya flees from captivity
NEW DELHI (TIP): One of the two Indians, who were abducted in Sirte in war-torn Libya, has managed to flee from captivity. Sources said Pravash Ranjan Samal, hailing from Odisha, escaped from the captors and […]