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Year: 2015
Asia
Pakistan shuts down ‘Save the Children’ offices
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan ordered international children’s aid agency ‘Save the Children’ to shut down its operations in the country as authorities today said no NGOs “working against the country” will be allowed to continue. The charity’s […]
Asia
Photojournalist arrested over blogger’s murder in Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladeshi photojournalist has been arrested over his alleged role in the murder of an “atheist” blogger who was hacked to death last month by masked machete-wielding assailants, police said on June 10. […]
Asia
Nepal to ink transport deal with India, Bangladesh, Bhutan
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will sign the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement in Thimphu on Monday to facilitate transportation of both people and goods among the four Saarc member countries. Minister for Physical Infrastructure […]
Asia
Afghanistan gets ‘mini-Pentagon’ as troops struggle
KABUL (TIP): They call it the “mini-Pentagon” — a white marble building in the heart of Afghanistan‘s capital built with US funds to serve as the headquarters of a modern military more than a decade […]
Asia
Nawaz Sharif slams remarks by Indian leaders as ‘imprudent’
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on June 12 attacked the “irresponsible and imprudent” statements from the Indian political leadership and vowed to protect his country’s “vital interests at all costs”. Addressing a conference […]
United States
California orders large water cuts for farmers
SACRAMENTO (TIP): Drought-stricken California has ordered the largest cuts on record to farmers holding some of the state’s strongest water rights. State water officials yesterday told more than a hundred senior rights holders in California’s […]
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United States
Majority of Americans with mixed racial roots face slurs: Pew
WASHINGTON (TIP): A majority of Americans with mixed racial backgrounds have faced racial slurs or jokes, but most of the multi-racial adults feel their racial heritage has made them more open to other cultures, a […]
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United States
United States
Reporters evacuated from White House after bomb threat
WASHINGTON (TIP): White House reporters were evacuated from the media briefing room in the middle of press conference by the presidential spokesperson Josh Earnest, after law enforcement agencies received a bomb threat call. The reporters […]
India
Centre keen on evolving political consensus on labour reforms
NEW DELHI (TIP): After burning its fingers with the land bill, the NDA government has signalled it will try to build a wide political consensus instead of rushing through the much-awaited labour reforms that will […]
India
NEK CHAND, CREATOR OF CHANDIGARH’S ROCK GARDEN, DIES AT 90
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The creator of Chandigarh’s iconic Rock Garden, Nek Chand, breathed his last at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, on June 12. He was 90. PGIMER sources said that […]
India
India
Man responsible for Vajpayee govt’s fall set to join BJP
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang, whose controversial vote during the 1999 no-confidence motion had contributed to the fall of Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government after thirteen months in office, on June 12 […]
India
App-based cabs make a comeback
NEW DELHI (TIP): On June 12, as the Delhi transport department grappled with the fallout of the high court order, which quashed the ban on app-based taxi services by the Delhi government, Ola and its […]
India
US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION BLOCKED MAGGI IMPORT IN JANUARY
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nestle may have secured a clean chit for Maggi from the Singapore food regulator, but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), considered the world’s strictest regulator, had refused import of the […]
India
NO AID TO STATES UNDER DEBT RESTRUCTURING PLAN
NEW DELHI (TIP): The NDA government, which is reworking the debt restructuring plan to strengthen the loss-making electricity distribution companies (discoms), is unlikely to extend any financial assistance to states under the new scheme. Instead […]
India
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Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh interacts with community during his maiden visit to New York
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh who assumed his new assignment as Ambassador of India to the United States on April 30, 2015 visited New York June 4-5 on his first visit to […]
United States
The Change of Guard in the Society of Indo-American Engineers and Architects
EDISON, NJ (TIP): The Society of Indo-American Engineers and Architects (SIAEA) held its biennial election last month. The new team headed by its president, Mr. Vikrant Sampat was sworn in at the Oath Ceremony held […]
Entertainment
I DID TWO ACTRESS’ WORK AND GOT PAID FOR ONE: KANGANA
Kangana Ranaut is in high spirits after the success of her latest outing. But the actress believes with this, she is now pushing herself towards more. She says, “I have started expecting more from myself. To […]
Entertainment
SALMAN HAS DONE A LOT FOR ME: JACQUELINE
Actress Jacqueline Fernandez says her Kick co-star Salman Khan has helped her a lot professionally. Jacqueline, 29, who is reportedly no more a part of the 2014 hit film’s sequel, said she would be fine […]