Deepavali or Diwali means “a row of lights”. It falls on the last two days of the dark half of the Hindu month of Kartik. Mythical Origins of Diwali There are various alleged origins attributed to this […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Justice T S Thakur will take over as the next Chief Justice of India on December 2. He will succeed Justice H L Dattu, who will demit office next month. Justice Thakur, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Long-absconding underworld don Chhota Rajan was brought to Delhi early on Nov 6 morning from Indonesia by a joint team headed by CBI officials for facing trial in various criminal cases registered […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves, Long Island Association President & CEO Kevin Law, Nassau-Suffolk Building Construction Trades Council President Dick O’Kane and other elected officials joined Nassau […]
After responding to the scene of a car crash on Halloween, Oct 30, a young Georgia state trooper realized the couple killed in the crash had left behind four young children — who were home […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Lindsay Lohan and her brother, Michael Lohan Jr. got some good news in a Manhattan court on Wednesday, November 4, despite Michael’s arrest a week ago in a separate case, says a […]
The recent killings of Mohammad Akhlaq, Noman and Zahid Ahmad Bhatt on the claim that they were slaughtering cows is not only an attack on the right to life, livelihood and diverse food cultures but an […]
GLOUCESTER (TIP): A Subway employee who was trapped in a chiller in Gloucester for eight hours wrote ‘help me’ messages in ketchup on pieces of cardboard in a desperate attempt to be let out. Karlee Daubeney, […]
MOSS (NORWAY) (TIP): Like many Europeans, Marianne Haaland Bogdanoff, a travel agency manager in this southern Norwegian town, does not go to church, except maybe at Christmas, and is doubtful about the existence of God. […]
BUCHAREST (TIP): Romania’s President on Nov 5 appointed Education Minister Sorin Campeanu as interim Prime Minister to replace Victor Ponta, who quit following mass anti-government protests sparked by a deadly nightclub fire. Klaus Iohannis named […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian government became the first non-US based brand to have a Twitter emoji –#MakeInIndia — which aims to promote the country as a global manufacturing hub. “As a key highlight of […]
Facebook is preparing to launch a new standalone news app called Notify next week, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the plans. The app will feature content from dozens of media partners including Vogue, […]
WASHINGTON: Astronomers have discovered a giant cluster of galaxies in a very remote part of the universe that is touted as the most massive structure yet found at such great distance. The galaxy cluster, located […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In preparation for a manned mission to Mars and returning the human spaceflight launches to the US soil, the space agency will soon begin accepting applications for the next class of future astronauts. […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The Gujarat High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order rejecting a petition filed by an AAP worker against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged poll code breach in 2014, saying that […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): President Pranab Mukherjee on Nov 5 launched Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) India’, a joint initiative of country’s top educational institutes, aimed at developing a roadmap for research to solve major […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): A dam burst at a mining waste site in Brazil, unleashing a deluge of thick, red toxic mud that engulfed a village and killed at least 17 people, an official said. […]
HANOI (TIP): China and Vietnam are good socialist neighbours with a long-shared history of revolutionary friendship and should be able to dispel and survive any “disruptions” in their relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Vietnam’s parliament on […]
LONDON (TIP): Egypt’s leader has defended anti-terror legislation enacted in August, arguing that the country needs stability and time to achieve a democratic future for his nation. In a BBC interview before his first official […]
LONDON (TIP): British politicians love Dracula but Frankenstein has ended up becoming more popular. Mickey Mouse isn’t far behind or for that matter Sherlock Holmes or James Bond. Their obsession with the word “sex” is […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The Gujarat high court on Nov 5 made a strong pitch for a uniform civil code and called for the abolition of polygamy in Muslim society in India as it’s a “heinously patriarchal” […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): A group of Sikh historians, intellectuals, teachers, religious leaders and veteran Akali leaders has appealed to all Panthic organisations to show “due respect to Sikh tenets and traditions” before terming the November 10 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court of India on November 5 decided to seek the views of the general public, academicians and lawyers across the country on how to reform the ‘opaque’ judges-selecting-judges collegium system, […]
OSLO (TIP): Afghans have overtaken Syrians as the biggest group of asylum seekers crossing Norway’s remote Arctic frontier from Russia, even though many risk being sent back to Kabul, Norway’s top immigration official said on […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP) : Pakistan on Friday said that it was concerned over “rise of extremism” in India and targeting of prominent Pakistani personalities and artists in the country. “Pakistan is concerned at the recent rise […]
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