COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka’s Parliament on September 3 recognized an ethnic Tamil lawmaker as the opposition leader for the first time in decades in what is seen a positive step toward postwar reconciliation with the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Four murder convicts were hanged to death on September 3 in separate jails in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the media reported. Three of the convicts – Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Boota, and Faqeer Muhammad – […]
The UPA government was rightly thrown out for its poor performance on the economic front (among other fronts). The NDA government was voted in with a massive mandate which – despite its insistence to the contrary […]
On both sides of the India-Pakistan border, columns were written after the aborted National Security Advisers’ meeting. Most retired Indian diplomats and analysts argued that flip-flops on Pakistan betrayed the absence of coherence and strategy. Journalist-apologists […]
ALBANY, NY (TIP): Staff from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office will attend community events around the state this month to help residents search for lost and forgotten money, also known as unclaimed […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Dr. L. Subramaniam, India’s acclaimed violinist, composer and conductor and Sri Chinmoy Centre International together offered a free Manhattan concert in tribute to Sri Chinmoy on August 29 at the Baruch […]
LONG BEACH, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced, September 3, that the 2015 Long Beach International Film Festival (LBIFF) will be celebrating its 4th Anniversary with a new line up of exciting […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The 20th Hindu Unity Day (Hindu Sangathan Divas) was celebrated with enthusiasm and grandeur in New York on August 30th. Hindu Unity Day, a gift to community from Narain Kataria and Arish […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): ZEE TV, along with 1947 media is bringing the biggest Ganesh celebration in America, spanning for 5 days, with over 150,000 people in attendance from all over North America. For the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): On sept 2 afternoon, Van Hecht-Nielsen had just finished painting the elbow of a 180-foot-tall Pope Francis overlooking Madison Square Garden, when he took a break for lunch. Standing near Penn Plaza Park, […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Young people from DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving and Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), September 3, kicked off a rally with chants of “There is No Excuse, for […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Ravi Batra, chair, National Advisory Council on South Asian Affairs has welcomed September 8 SNIE. In a statement released to The Indian panorama, Batra said, ” Unlike the Dick Chaney-solicited discredited […]
GENEVA (TIP): The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called Friday on the European Union to admit up to 200,000 refugees as part of a “mass relocation programme” that would be binding on EU states. “People […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): On the second day of the three-day RSS-BJP coordination meeting Kashmir and how to deal with Pakistan-sponsored terror dominated the discussion here on Thursday, September 3, even as increase in the population […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): It is all but assured the international agreement, which took years to craft, will play out at least for the rest of Obama’s presidency. When the Senate returns from its August recess after […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, has “confessed” to her role in it, while her former live-in partner Siddharth Das joined the investigation in the sensational […]
NEW YORK (TIP): “Not only Ambassador Mulay or Ambassador Mukerji but you all are India’s ambassadors”, Mrs. Mahajan said to a gathering of Indian Americans. She was speaking at a dinner reception she hosted to […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Sheena Bora (born Sheena Das-Bora) was an executive working for Mumbai Metro One based in Mumbai. She was daughter of media executive Indrani Mukerjea and Siddhartha Das, a Kolkata-based executive (unconfirmed reports). Indrani […]
LONDON (TIP): Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012 had plans to escape his asylum with the help of a fancy dress, it has been revealed. Leaked documents have […]
INDIANAPOLIS (TIP): The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis (CMI), said to be world’s largest children’s museum, in partnership with National Geographic, is displaying a statue of Hindu Lord Ganesh in its current Sacred Journeys exhibition. This […]
CANBERRA: A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 40 kilograms (89 pounds) of wool — the equivalent of 30 sweaters — and shedding almost […]
NEW YORK (TIP): More than a century after first-class passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic ate grilled mutton chops and custard pudding in an elaborate dining room, the ship’s last luncheon menu is expected to fetch […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Meeting the long pending demand of native Americans in Alaska, US President Barack Obama has decided to rename the highest mountain in North America as ‘Denali’ instead of its existing name of ‘Mt […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory over ferocious opposition from Republicans and the government of Israel when Democratic Sen Barbara Mikulski became the 34th vote in favor of the Iran […]
WEST JAVA (TIP): Dating just got harder for Indonesian teenagers in West Java, with a local leader on September 3 threatening to ban late-night trysts and marry off young couples caught out after dark. If […]
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