Year: 2016
Sedition case: Three other JNU students refuse to surrender
NEW DELHI (TIP): “What about the other three students, will they also surrender?” is a question doing the rounds with three Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students charged with sedition sent to police and judicial custody. […]
SC ISSUES NOTICE TO LAWYERS WHO ASSAULTED JNU’S KANHAIYA KUMAR
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the three lawyers, who allegedly assaulted Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union leader Kanhaiya Kumar, and sought a response on why a contempt proceeding was not initiated […]
WHAT THE COMMON MAN EXPECTS FROM UNION BUDGET 2016
More tax deduction on interest on home loan If you purchase property through the home loan mode, you get a tax deduction of up to Rs 2 lakh for the interest paid, if the loan […]
To post or not to post: Defiant Pakistani teens’ growing dilemma
ISLAMABAD (TIP):: A pretty 15-year-old girl strikes a pose and pouts at the camera on her phone, so far so Generation Z, but unlike her teenage counterparts in the West, she stops short of posting […]
Volume 10 Issue 08 | New York / Dallas
Celebrating 10 Years of The Indian Panorama A New Way to Read This Week’s Print Edition Reimagined for the Web Volume 10 Issue 08 | Desktop Edition | Feb 26 Resolution (PDF) Normal Introducing Home Delivery Subscription: […]
Pakistan province passes law to protect women against violence
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Lawmakers in Pakistan’s largest province on Wednesday gave unprecedented protection to female victims of violence, in a bid to stem a rising tide of gender-related abuse in a country ranked as the world’s […]
Sikhs In US Raise $400,000 To Campaign About Their Religion
WASHINGTON: Sikhs in the US state of California have raised a record USD 400,000 for a national media campaign to generate awareness among Americans about their religion in the backdrop of increasing hate crimes against the […]
Alex Counts is the new president and CEO of American India Foundation
NEW YORK (TIP): Alex Counts has been named as AIF’s next President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 29. Courts worked extensively in microfinance and poverty reduction and will continue to build and scale AIF’s presence by […]
Romney: ‘Bombshell’ in Trump’s Tax Returns
NEW YORK (TIP): Mitt Romney, the GOP’s 2012 nominee for president, has called on all candidates to release their past taxes, but said Wednesday, February 24, he thinks there’s a “bombshell” in front-runner Donald Trump‘s […]
Sedition Arrests in India Inflame Old Free-Speech Tensions
Over the years, the thousand-acre campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University has seen too many protests by its leftist student body to count, most of them petering out without incident. But one staged this month seems to have […]
Prabhu’s gamble | Borrowing money to fund dreams
The bleak state of the economy has cast a shadow on the railways as well. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s presentation of window-dressed accounts barely hid the fact that the railways would have reported a loss had […]
INDIAN AMERICAN HOPEFULS FOR CONGRESS GET KEY ENDORSEMENTS
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two Indian American hopefuls for Congress have received key endorsements, strengthening their position. Kumar Barve, who has served for 24 years in the Maryland General Assembly and as majority leader from 2003 until […]
Justice for Rohith Solidarity Rally and March Against Caste Apartheid, Feb 27
NEW YORK (TIP): The South Asia Solidarity Initiative (SASI) along with prominent Dalit activists and organizations in New York City will march, Feb. 27th, 2013, 2 to 400 p.m. at Union Square, in solidarity with […]
Hindu gods at Santa Barbara Museum
SANTA BARBARA, CA (TIP): The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) in California is showcasing images of Hindu deities in an upcoming exhibition “Puja and Piety”, which will run from April 17 to August 28. […]
Sikh Community Says Construction Unfairly Stopped at Temple: Report
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Members of a Long Island Sikh temple believe construction at their place of worship was unfairly stopped by the local government, Newsday reported. On Feb. 2, the Plainview Town Board stopped construction […]
An Artist’s Long Haul
Anu’s journey started many years ago with some odd strokes, but very soon she found herself glided into the world of colors. Today, she has set up her studio in her house where she spends hours […]
Armchair Musings
In a town where neighbors don’t often talk to each other -a survey found that at least 34 percent of New Yorkers went more than a week without speaking to those living nearby. Now that’s something, […]
