United States
Year: 2015
Politics
HILLARY CLINTON TO URGE CONGRESS TO LIFT CUBA EMBARGO
MIAMI (TIP): Hillary Clinton will urge US lawmakers on Friday to lift the trade embargo against Cuba, arguing that Republican opposition to normalizing ties reflects the past’s “failed policies,” her campaign said. Clinton, the frontrunner […]
United States
Los Angeles passes law banning large-capacity gun magazines
LOS ANGELES (TIP): The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to ban the possession of large-capacity gun magazines on July 29, following San Francisco to become the second major city in California to take that […]
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United States
Donald Trump’s lawyer apologizes after mistaken claim on marital rape
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY (TIP): An attorney for Republican presidential contender Donald Trump apologized on Tuesday for making the incorrect assertion that “by the very definition, you can’t rape your spouse.” In a story published on Monday night […]
United States
White officer charged with murder in deadly traffic stop of black motorist
CHICAGO (TIP): A white Ohio police officer who shot a black man during a routine traffic stop was charged with murder on Wednesday in what prosecutors called a “senseless” act motivated by anger. The case […]
Asia
Pakistan police kill leader of anti-Shia militant group
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Malik Ishaq, the dreaded chief of banned Sunni sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was gunned down along with his two sons and 11 others early on July 30 morning by police in an alleged exchange […]
India
United States
US opens probe into Cecil the lion killing
WASHINGTON (TIP): US authorities opened a probe on July 31 into the killing of a beloved lion in Zimbabwe, as the American doctor who hunted the big cat remained in hiding amid mounting global outrage. […]
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Asia
Taliban confirm chief’s death, pick successor
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States and other stakeholders in Afghanistan are scrambling to organize a response to the sudden disclosure that Taliban chief Mullah Omar has been dead for sometime and a council of the […]
India
DELHI COURT TO HEAR ANTI-SIKH RIOTSCASE AGAINST TYTLER ON AUGUST 14
NEW DELHI (TIP): A Delhi court on July 30 fixed August 14 for hearing a case in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a closure report giving a clean chit to Congress […]
India
Tender for acquisition of 126 jets cancelled
NEW DELHI (TIP): After eight years, the defence ministry has cancelled the 2007 global tender to buy 126 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force, whose squadron strength nosedived in the last decade. “The Request […]
India
India
14 SC judges dealt with Yakub’s petitions since 2013
NEW DELHI (TIP): Yakub Memon has been executed but he has left behind a litigation record that will be difficult to break – his petitions were dealt with by as many as 14 judges of […]
India
YAKUB FIRST TO BE HANGED IN MAHARASHTRA AFTER KASAB
MUMBAI (TIP): The hanging of Yakub Memon on July 30 in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts in which 257 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured, is the first execution of death sentence […]
India
Embarrassed Cong disowns Digvijaya, Tharoor remarks on Yakub hanging
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress on July 30 scrambled to disown the controversial remarks of its party leaders Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor over the hanging of Yakub Memon. With finance minister Arun Jaitley pouncing on […]
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U.S., Russia: The Case for Bilateral Talks
Phone calls between relatively low-level diplomats are normally not newsworthy. But Monday’s conversation between U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin on the simmering conflict in Ukraine is an […]
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My Horrible Lunch at Haveli
Perhaps, it was one of the worst experiences of my life, if not the worst experience, that I had a horrible lunch at Haveli restaurant on Queens Blvd in Queens, New York. This incident occurred about […]