NEW DELHI (TIP): Former acting chief justice of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas passed away in Karachi on Monday, the country’s media reported. He was the first Hindu and the second non-Muslim head of the supreme court […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): The number of people killed in a massive avalanche in a mountain-bound valley in northeastern Afghanistan rose on Februayr 26 to 165 as lack of equipment and the sheer depth of snow […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was arrested on terrorism charges on Sunday, almost exactly two years after he had walked into the Indian high commission, seeking refuge and creating an embarrassing situation […]
DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladeshi court on February 25 issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Khaleda Zia for failing to attend hearings on graft cases, amid growing political turmoil in the country. Judge Abu Ahmed, […]
YANGON, MYANMAR (TIP): Kokang ethnic rebels battling Myanmar forces in the country’s north denied several government accusations on february 23, including that they attacked a Red Cross-flagged truck that was carrying refugees fleeing fighting in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Using third veto of his presidency, President Obama on Tuesday, February 24 rejected an attempt by lawmakers to force his hand on the Keystone XL oil pipeline and swept aside one of the first major challenges to his authority by […]
BENGALURU (TIP): Global private equity major TPG Capital Management is buying a ‘significant minority stake’ in Bengaluru-based hospital operator Manipal Health Enterprises (MHEPL) for $146 million, or a little over Rs 900 crore, the companies […]
WASHINGTON: The US and Israel escalated their increasingly public spat on February 25 over Benjamin Netanyahu’s Republican-engineered congressional speech next week, with the Israeli prime minister accusing world powers of rolling over to allow Tehran […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sick and tired of the more than 100 inches of snow that has buried Boston this year, a local entrepreneur is selling the stuff to those in warmer climes in a throwback to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Kusuma’s long hard winters of discontent in America, six of them in fact, are drawing to a close. Spouse of an Indian H1-B visa professional who came with her husband to the United […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Former first lady Hillary Clinton’s presumptive bid for the White House in 2016 has run into rough weather amid allegations that the Clinton Foundation established by her husband and former president Bill Clinton […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A city where the country’s president was once roasted for saying he smoked but“didn’t inhale” has legalized pot, marking a new high in America’s bid to decriminalize marijuana possession and use. Starting on […]
MIAMI (TIP): President Barack Obama is urging immigrants thrown into limbo by legal wrangling to keep planning for eventual relief. He’s professing confidence that his deportation directives won’t be thrown out in court. Obama says […]
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Shiv Chopra, 16, was inducted into the National Honor Society on February 25 at a graceful ceremony at the auditorium of Hicksville High School. He, among other students, was made a member […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): A multifaceted Prachi Makkar is currently a sophomore at Seton Hall University in the Stillman School of Business. She is studying Finance and Economics with a minor in Theatre. She is a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is working to get the contentious land acquisition bill passed in Lok Sabha next week, but is increasingly wary that defiant opponents and procedural road blocks may come in the […]
Cornering the government over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement against Mother Teresa, the Opposition in Rajya Sabha on Feb 26 demanded that PM himself condemn the controversial remarks. The uproar amid the heated exchange of […]
GANDHINAGAR (TIP): BJP-ruled Gujarat may follow Chhattisgarh in al lowing government employees to join the RSS. A senior official of the state general administration department (GAD) said the state government is considering delisting the RSS […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Economic Survey for 2014-15 has projected a growth of 8.1- 8.5 percent for FY16, and said there was scope for big bang reforms. It sees growth rate for the current fiscal […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Election Commission will launch a nationwide drive on March 1 to purify electoral rolls through linking of Aadhaar number with the electors’ database. The rolls authentication and purification mission will strive […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Thursday reiterated that no clause connected to the amount of compensation under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act was waived off in the recent India-US agreement during […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Websites containing jehadi propaganda and other offensive material needed to be blocked in public interest and for protecting the sovereignty and integrity of the country, the Centre told the Supreme Court on […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has called for a 12-hour shutdown in Odisha’s Kandhamal district Saturday to protest the ban on the entry of its top leader Pravin Togadia into the region, a […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Moving ahead with its attachments in the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Feb 26 attached 29 assets worth Rs 232 crore belonging to Bharati Cements, […]
The world faces two existential threats: Climate change and nuclear Armageddon – and the bomb can kill us all a lot sooner and faster. The nuclear peace has held thus far as much because of good […]
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