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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A Brooklyn judge is suing the borough’s Democratic Party and its judicial screening committee, which did not endorse her for reelection to the bench, claiming that members of the committee defamed her […]
The military agreement signed with the US (LEMOA) has stolen all the thunder in two recent high-level interactions with the US. The spin seems to make the agreement the epitome of Indo-US ties because of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): People who hope to drive New York City’s famous yellow cabs must pass tests on such details as driving rules and where they can pick up passengers. But gone are the days […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Voluntary recalls are becoming quite common in the Indian automobile market particularly as more and more car companies are aligning their recall systems with global recalls. The Takata airbag problem has led to […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka’s new draft Constitution could be presented in Parliament before the next budget which would be announced by mid-November this year, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said while hoping that it will […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Companies building a multi-billion dollar bridge to link the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea, a project close to the heart President Vladimir Putin, were targeted by the United States in an updated sanctions […]
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