NEW DELHI (TIP): Political parties which issue directions to their members to vote in a particular manner in presidential elections can face penal action, the Election Commission said today. It, however, said parties were free to canvas or […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): It was the Election Commission’s integrity and image and not his personal reputation that he cared about during the entire EVM controversy, former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Nasim Zaidi has said. “I was neither angry […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Achal Kumar Joti today took over as the 21st Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). After taking over, he said his focus would be to “vigorously pursue the mandate of holding free, fair, inclusive and credible polls. He said the poll panel’s mission […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Even as the party attacks Nitish Kumar for not acting against RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family in alleged graft cases, BJP sees the Bihar CM’s support to NDA presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind as a serious […]
CBI on July 7 (Friday) carried out searches at the premises of family members of former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with a fresh case of alleged irregularities in awarding the tender for maintenance of hotels. A case has been registered against […]
The G20 (or G-20 or Group of Twenty) is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies founded in 1999. The G20 aims to discuss policy issues pertaining to the promotion of international financial […]
ACAPULCO (TIP): At least 28 inmates were killed when a brutal fight broke out in a prison in the Mexican Pacific resort of Acapulco on July 6, one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s troubled […]
DALLAS (TIP): More than a dozen Indian American executives nationwide have been named as regional winners in the 31st annual Ernst and Young U.S. Entrepreneur of the Year competition. The winners were selected from countless entrepreneurs, including […]
DALLAS (TIP): Indian American actor Nik Dodani will star in the Netflix film, “Alex Strangelove,” written and directed by Craig Johnson. The comedy, according to Deadline, follows high school senior Alex Strangelove’s quest to lose […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Air India Delhi – Washington Inaugural Flight arrives at Dulles Airport few minutes before time as expected on Friday, July 7. Air India’s inaugural flight is the first nonstop route between the National […]
DALLAS (TIP): The University of North Texas June 20 named Narendra Dahotre its interim associate vice president of research and innovation. Dahotre, who serves as a distinguished research professor in materials science and engineering at […]
PHARR, TX (TIP): Texas based athletic clothing company “Miami Fitwear” apologized and removed leggings carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha from its website after Hindus objected, calling it “highly inappropriate”. Raquel Ponce, founder of […]
LONDON (TIP): A 67-year-old Sikh postmaster in the UK was stabbed in the neck and head and his turban ripped off by a robber during a violent knife attack. Tarsem Singh Thethy was left with […]
KINGSTON (TIP): India skipper Virat Kohli has broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most centuries in One-day Internationals while chasing. Kohli led from the front with a fluent century as India yesterday wrapped up the five-match […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 3 announced the expansion of Global Entry eligibility to citizens of India. Global Entry, a CBP Trusted Traveler Program, allows for expedited clearance of pre-approved, […]
New York Attorney-General probing if company misled investors on impact of climate change when Secretary of State was its chief executive NEW YORK (TIP): Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, may be questioned as New York […]
CEOs hope to take bilateral trade to $20 billion in 5 years NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up a three-day visit to Israel with a meeting with CEOs of various companies […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The MTA has finalized one of the last pieces of its plan to transport displaced Long Island Rail Road commuters this summer, and on Wednesday, July 5 announced the names of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): ‘The government of India appears to be failing big time from its constitutional and solemn duty of protecting the lives and property of its citizens.’ ‘The mob rule and vigilante justice currently […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch pledged Thursday, July 6, to cooperate with a Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into whether she assured the Hillary Clinton campaign last year that the FBI probe into Clinton’s […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on July 5, appointed Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for a second term as Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN […]
METUCHEN, NJ (TIP): Continuing its quest for the best speller in the community, the 2017 South Asian Spelling Bee (www.SouthAsianSpellingBee.com) traveled to Massachusetts and New Jersey this past weekend with stops in the Boston and […]
The celebrity Indian American chef says the president would rather tweet www videos “than read a security briefing or actual health care bill.” NEW YORK (TIP): In fact, even that would be a charitable description […]
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): House Democratic Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) have introduced legislation to require that all newly sworn-in U.S. citizens be uniformly provided voter registration forms at naturalization ceremonies, […]
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