NEW DELHI (TIP): A 50-year-old man, Mohammad Akhlaq, was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son severely injured earlier this week in UP’s Dadri, allegedly by residents of Bisara village, after rumours spread in the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a first of its kind in the history of Indian judicial system, a petition in the Supreme Court has been moved on behalf of three infants aged between 6 and 14 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Midday meal has become a right of students in elementary schools, run by the government or aided by it, with the Centre notifying rules for implementation of the scheme, including payment of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Barring an unpleasant last-minute surprise, India could be accepted as a member in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) next week. One of the world’s top four non-proliferation regimes, the MTCR plenary […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was kept in the “dark” by then Coal Secretary H C Gupta who had prima facie violated the law and the trust imposed on him on the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a stern warning to lethargic bureaucrats, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday asked them not to become obstacles in developing infrastructure by sitting on files. Sources said as the […]
LONDON (TIP): A teenager from Cardiff, Wales has been added to a UN banned list of the world’s most wanted terrorists at the request of Prime Minister David Cameron. Aseel Muthana, who was 17 when […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Israel’s prime minister went to the United Nations on Oct 1 to call for an immediate resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians and to savage the international community’s nuclear deal with […]
LONDON (TIP): A landmark rule will come into effect from Sept 30 to lift all restrictions on wearing turbans to work across the UK. Turban-wearing Sikhs will now have the right to choose not to […]
ZAKANY, HUNGARY (TIP): A small gap in coils of newly laid razor wire is all that remains of the Zakany-Botovo border crossing between Hungary and fellow European Union member Croatia, as Budapest prepares to close […]
BEIJING (TIP): An explosion damaged a six-storey building on Thursday in southern China, less than a day after more than a dozen blasts triggered by explosive devices delivered in mail packages killed at least seven […]
BEIJING (TIP): At least 50 people were knifed to death last month inside a coal mine in the restive Xinjiang province, reported US-based Radio Free Asia on Thursday – an attack suspected to have been […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Global growth will be likely weaker this year than last with only a modest acceleration expected in 2016, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday, and reiterated that India remains […]
Massive levels of pollution are being emitted by diesel vehicles built by a wide range of carmakers, according to tests carried out by one of the world’s biggest independent motoring organizations. The findings are a further […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Maruti Suzuki India, country’s largest carmaker, on Thursday reported 3.7 per cent rise in total sales in September at 1,13,759 units as against 1,09,742 units sold in the same month last year. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s manufacturing sector output slipped to a seven-month low of 51.2 in September, as order flow turned sluggish amid “difficult economic climate”, a Nikkei survey said. The Nikkei India Manufacturing PMI — […]
A lot of Indians running Gurudwaras/temples/mosques or being in detention centers, either owing to deportation or based on criminal convictions, are not aware of a big federal relief provided to them. And that is Religious Land Use […]
LONDON (TIP): Leading Indian industrialist Ratan Tata has been felicitated by the city of Coventry with its highest award in recognition of his contributions to the West Midlands region of central England. The Tata Group […]
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as ‘Mahatma’ (meaning ‘Great Soul’) was born in Porbandar, Gujarat, in North West India, on 2nd October 1869, into a Hindu Modh family. Gandhi Jayanti is a gazetted holiday in India […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College on Thursday, Oct 02, forcing the nation to face yet another mass shooting. The shooter is dead, Douglas County […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ethnic groups’ protests have erupted in Nepal after the Himalayan nation adopted its first democratic constitution in Sep, 2015. Nepal saw an end to a decade-long Maoist insurgency in 2006 and abolished […]
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LONDON (TIP): Ancient Britons may have mummified their dead during the Bronze Age, claims a study that is the first to show that mummification may have been a common funerary practise in the UK. Building […]
BEIJING (TIP): An hour before the Forbidden City opened to visitors one recent morning, the stone courtyard just south of the ancient imperial palace was abuzz. Within the vermilion walls, the usual mix of uniformed […]
A man who claims to be 110 years old has applied for asylum in Germany after spending eight months travelling 3,000 miles from Afghanistan. Abdul Qadir Azizi, arrived in Germany with his 60-yearold daughter and eight other family […]
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