COLOMBO (TIP): The Maldives announced on September 1 it is seeking former president Mohamed Nasheed’s arrest for failing to return to the troubled archipelago to complete a prison sentence after receiving medical treatment in Britain. […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s top court on August 31 rejected a final appeal by the leader of an Islamist party against a death sentence over atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was among eight persons against whom the Sri Lankan graft commission filed a corruption case on for causing a loss of nearly US$ 75 million to […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Malaysia on September 1 reported its first suspected case of Zika, a 58-year-old woman believed to have contracted it in neighbouring Singapore where more than 100 cases have been confirmed. The Malaysian […]
MARYLAND (TIP): Indian American owned health care informatics company CTIS led by its founders Raj and Bharti Shah, have collaborated with the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education and Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical […]
SAN DIEGO, CA (TIP): Physician Naga Raja Thota, 62, a pain specialist with an office in El Cajon, was arrested Wednesday, August 31, morning and charged with distributing oxycodone and other highly addictive drugs without […]
WOODBRIDGE, NJ (TIP): On August 14, at the Annual India Day parade, a member of the Asian Indian community was sworn in to serve the Fourth Ward on the Woodbridge Township Council. Woodbridge is the […]
QUEENS, NEW YORK(TIP): In what apparently is a hate crime, a previous life was lost in Queens. Nazma Khanam, a businesswoman died after she was attacked in Jamaica Hills. Mayor Bill de Blasio condoling her […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Hillary Clinton opened her largest margin on Aug. 9, when she had a 7.6 percentage point advantage over Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls. At the […]
PHOENIX (TIP): Those expecting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to soften his stance on Immigration had better be prepared to hear a harsher and shriller tone from him, notwithstanding his statement a few days ago […]
EDISON (TIP): The meet and greet program organized by Overseas Friends of Bhartiya Janata Party (OFBJP-USA) in honor of Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh was a great success with hundreds of enthusiastic […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US trade deficit increased to the highest point in 10 months, driven up by a big rise in imports of oil and Chinese-made computers, cell phones and clothing. The deficit rose to […]
CALIFORNIA (TIP): A Southern California city has rejected plans for a proposed Hindu cultural center (religious temple) mainly because officials say the large, domed building doesn’t fit in with its Old West-style motif. The decision last month […]
Florida (TIP): Indian-American Mary Thomas, @MaryThomasEsq, a government attorney in Florida, narrowly lost her bid to enter the US House of Representatives in the closely contested Florida Republican Congressional primary. 38-year-old Mary Thomas, lost the party’s […]
HOUSTON: A 46-year-old Indian-origin man in the US who stabbed his ‘overweight’ wife twice in the abdomen has been spared a prison sentence because the judge agreed that his family would face “ostracism” as part of […]
Indian American Ajei Gopal has been named CEO of US-based software firm ANSYS that produces engineering simulation software used for testing product designs across a wide spectrum of industries including rockets and wearable technology. Ajei […]
“Even during the British times, the Congress party would not have faced so much adversity that we, our dedicated workers, have gone through in 50-60 years,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the event of […]
A Modi doctrine on Pakistan is now visible after two years of Pakistan policy vacillations. It basically has old elements which are newly interpreted. First is ‘zero tolerance to terror’, which even the Vajpayee government […]
NEW YORK (TIP): CRY, Child Rights and You America Inc. (CRY America), a 501(c)(3) non- profit that works towards ensuring children their basic rights to live, learn, grow and play will host the 13th CRY […]
ATLANTA (TIP): The World Affairs Council of Atlanta and the American India Foundation [AIF] hosted, August 18, Dr. Rajeev Tayal, Executive Director of the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum [IUSSTF] for a breakfast presentation at […]
WASHINGTON (TIP); President Barack Obama has announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the Canonization of Mother Teresa in Vatican City on September 4. Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is a Convention organized to connect the Government of India and State Governments of India to its Overseas Indian Diasporas. The PBD Convention provides a platform for the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Foreign investors bringing in at least Rs. 10 crore capital will be eligible for residency status, easier visa regime and employment for family members among other benefits under a new policy approved […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): “Singapore is a potential destination. Air India will launch a direct flight between Chandigarh and Singapore,” Air India Express CEO K Shyam Sundar said here, August 25. He, however, did not divulge the […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UNICEF has issued a new data analysis that shows in the 10 countries with the highest out-of-school rates, 40 per cent of children – 18 million – are not accessing primary education. […]
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