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PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS 2015
The 13th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being organized at Gandhinagar, Gujarat from January 7 to 9, 2015. It is the first time that PBD has gone to Gujarat. The PBD 2015 is dedicated […]
Year: 2015
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Circumstantial evidence indicates Sunanda poisoned by alprazolam: FIR
NEW DELHI (TIP): Circumstantial evidence points to “alprazolam poisoning” as the reason for Sunanda Pushkar’s death and injuries to her were caused by “blunt force” but did not cause death while her body also bore […]
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Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan marries former BBC journalist
ISLMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s most famous former sports star turned politician Imran Khan remarried on Thursday, January 8, in a low-key ceremony attended by a handful of friends. Despite repeated rumors of Imran Khan’s nuptials there […]
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Rajapaksa concedes defeat in Sri Lanka’s historic elections
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday, January 9 morning conceded defeat in presidential elections held on Thursday, even as trends showed a clear victory for united opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena. Sirisena was […]
Europe
Massive manhunt for 2 suspects in attack on Charlie Hebdo
PARIS (TIP): Police SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaeda sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of satirical French weekly that spoofed Islam, homingin on a region north of Paris […]
India
GOVERNOR’S RULE IMMINENT IN J&K
NEW DELHI (TIP): Jammu & Kashmir governor N N Vohra has sent a report to the Centre conveying a “political deadlock” in the state in the wake of failure of any party or political formation […]
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Obama plan would help many go to Community College free
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Obama said Thursday,January 8, that he would propose a government program topay the tuition of many community college students, anambitious plan that would expand educational opportunitiesfor millions of Americans, says a New […]
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Leander Paes wins the Bhupathi battle in Chennai
CHENNAI (TIP): Chest thumps are back. This time though, it’s with partner No. 99, South Africa’s Raven Klaasen. Leander Paes and Klaasen enjoyed a good chemistry as they sent Mahesh Bhupathi and Saketh Myneni packing […]
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World Economy Past and future tense
A Financial crash in Russia; falling oil prices and a strong dollar; a new gold rush in Silicon Valley and a resurgent American economy; weakness in Germany and Japan; tumbling currencies in emerging markets from […]
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Nishikori leads generation next into Brisbane semis
BRISBANE (TIP): Japanese sensation Kei Nishikori led a trio of tennis young guns into the semifinals of the Brisbane International on Friday, sending out another message that the next generation are getting ready to challenge […]
Europe
BILL GATES FOUNDATION TO TURN HUMAN FAECES INTO POTABLE WATER
HOUSTON (TIP): With an aim to prevent diseases caused by contaminated water supply, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has joined hands with a US firm to develop a plant which can turn human faeces into potable […]
United States
Mangano sets Special Election for February 24th
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, in compliance with the Charter of the County of Nassau, ordered and proclaimed that an election be held on 24th day of February in the year […]
India
Sukhbir seeks release of 13 Sikh terror convicts serving life
NEW DELHI (TIP): Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on January 8 sought Union home minister Rajnath Singh’s intervention to facilitate the release of more than a dozen Sikh terror convicts serving life terms. […]
India
Video clip shows Naxals training to gun down choppers
RAIPUR (TIP): A rare video footage of Maoists purportedly showing the rebels conducting a ‘commando-style’ training to gun down helicopters, used to ferry security personnel and VIPs in Chhattisgarh’s worst insurgency-hit Bastar region, has been […]
United States
Brooklyn Sikh missing in Mexico is found dead
NEW YORK (TIP): The Brooklyn man Hari Simran Singh Khalsa, 25, who had gone missing Tuesday, December 30 while hiking in the mountains outside Tepoztlan was found dead. His body was found Friday, January 2 […]
United States
Mangano invites residents to donate blood on January 27th
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): In recognition of National Volunteer Blood Donor Month, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano is partnering with the Nassau County Department of Health, United Healthcare and NuHealth is supporting a blood drive […]
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Australian Open prize money hits record $32 million
MELBOURNE (TIP): Australian Open organisers said Friday they had raised the prize money for the year’s first Grand Slam to a record Aus$40 million (US$32 million), with the singles winners taking home Aus$3.1 million each. […]
India
GOVT REFUSES TO DECLASSIFY NETAJI FILES, SAYS WILL HIT INTERNATIONAL TIES
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government has refused to declassify at least 87 top secret files containing information about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, essentially on grounds that they are of “sensitive nature” that could be a […]
India
Armed forces women to march on for first time
NEW DELHI (TIP): The armed forces for the first time will have all-women marching contingents, apart from their regular ones, in the Republic Day parade on the majestic Rajpath this year, which will have US […]
United States
Needles, Birth Control go missing from NYC school health centers: Comptroller’s audit
ALBANY (TIP): New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said , January 8, that an audit of the New York State Department of Health (DOH) found that medications and potentially hazardous medical supplies were unaccounted […]
India
Daughter of senior AI executive travels in bunk
MUMBAI (TIP): In an alleged violation of aviation safety norms, a daughter of a senior Air India executive traveled in the bunk which is only meant for resting of flight crew members as per the […]