NEW DELHI (TIP): In a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan on October 27 declared Indian high commission official Surjeet Singh as “persona non-grata” and asked him to leave the country in next 48 hours. “The foreign secretary […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): A stone slab that many Christians believe once held the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion has been unveiled for the first time in centuries. National Geographic, which was filming the restoration […]
In a move to woo minorities, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump will celebrate Diwali with Indian-Americans during her visit to the Rajdhani Temple at Chantilly on Wednesday, campaign officials and community leaders […]
Los Angeles: Hate Crime charges have been filed against a 40-year-old man who racially abused a Sikh and threw a drink at him, mistaking him for a Muslim. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office filed misdemeanor […]
NEW DELHI (TIP) – Women devotees will have access up to the sanctum sanctorum of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, the Haji Ali Dargah Trust told the Supreme Court on Monday, October 24. The […]
American chemist Peter Wolynes of Rice University has been elected a foreign fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, an honor bestowed on fewer than 100 scholars worldwide. Wolynes is the Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of […]
This week, high schools across New York City and State are participating in College Application Week from October 17-21, a statewide initiative around college planning and application activities in an effort to increase the number […]
“Sharif’s relations with the army have been no less tumultuous in his third term. Like in the case of his appointment of Musharraf, Sharif erred in this third term by his appointment of Gen Raheel […]
The US democratic machinery entered the home stretch for the Presidential elections slated for November 8 with the two leading candidates ending the three-phase debate on Wednesday, October 19. The third debate was also replete […]
Islamabad, Oct 24 (TIP) : Pakistani authorities have frozen multiple bank accounts of suspects whose names were listed in the Fourth Schedule under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. These accounts carried net amount worth over Rs 400 million, revealed […]
The IIT tag has helped many a student in India bag coveted jobs at Google, but many non-IITians too have made it to the company straight out of college on the back of their skills rather […]
A big change at Tata Sons has sent ripples in the business world. On Monday, October 24, Tata Songs Board replaced Cyrus Mistry as chairman with former chairman Ratan Tata, who will be the interim chairman for four […]
New York: An Indian-origin private equity investor has been convicted of conspiracy and securities fraud in the US for tipping off two friends about a proposed 2013 acquisition of a firm by India-based Apollo Tyres, […]
Washington: A top Indian-American woman academic and president of the University of Houston was today appointed as member of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Academic Advisory Council. The appointment of Renu Khator, Chancellor of […]
NEW YORK: Indian-American hotelier Vikram Chatwal has been charged with criminal mischief for allegedly trying to light two dogs on fire, an allegation his lawyer has denied. Mr Chatwal, 44, had turned himself to the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): After US President Barack Obama said on Oct 20 that Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump should stop “whining”+ , his party colleague Hillary Clinton took Obama’s comment further to say that “every time […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Oct 20 decried North Korea’s latest missile test+ and again vowed an “overwhelming” response if Pyongyang were ever to launch a nuclear weapon. North Korea on Oct 20 […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Four teenage students were shot in the shared parking lot of two San Francisco high schools on Oct 19, and one of the students is in critical condition, authorities said. The shooting […]
Hillary Clinton forcefully accused Donald Trump of favoring Russia’s leader over American military and intelligence experts Oct 19 night, as the Republican nominee pointedly refused to accept the U.S. government’s assertion that Moscow has sought […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Did US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump apologize to his wife after revelations he was involved in sexual assault ? His wife Melania said he did+ . Today, at the third and final […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): France warned Britain at the start of a European Union summit on Oct 20 that it would face a tough, unyielding opponent if it sought too many concessions during its negotiations to leave […]
BEIJING (TIP): China will deploy world’s largest outdoor air purifier designed by a Dutch engineer in its smog- hit capital Beijing, as the thick heavily-polluted haze returned to haunt the city, driving people indoors. The […]
PARIS (TI): Iraqi forces are “advancing faster than expected” in a major offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State jihadists, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Oct 20. “We are advancing faster than we […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia’s defence minister said Oct 20 that Moscow was extending a “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo scheduled to end at 1600 GMT by a further day. On the order of President Vladimir Putin, “a […]
MILAN (TIP): The Milan city council bestowed honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama on Oct 20 over the objections of Chinese Embassy, which said the gesture would have a negative impact on bilateral relations and […]
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