[quote_box_center] Here are the top 10 developments: [/quote_box_center] 1 Amid his ongoing standoff with the AAP government, Delhi Lt. Governor on Thursday met Union Home Secretary L.C. Goyal and had a talk over phone with […]
[quote_box_center] After a year in office, Modi’s gestures of conciliation toward Islamabad have gone nowhere. That’s because India’s founding fathers set Pakistan up to fail. “With rabid 24-hour satellite channels seizing upon every cross-border attack […]
An RTI query has revealed that the Maharashtra government does not have any papers on actor Salman Khan’s 2002 hit-and-run case as the files pertaining to it were gutted in a fire at Mantralaya. The […]
India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194 million, surpassing China, according to United Nations annual hunger report. At the global level, the corresponding figure dropped to 795 […]
CHENNAI (TIP): IIT Madras on May 29 defended its decision to derecognize the Ambedkar Periyar Student Circle (APSC) by stating that the student group had violated guidelines issued by the institute. In a statement, IIT-M […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): The killings, in Sopore, of a BSNL employee and a resident who allowed a mobile phone tower on his house premises defying terror threats, has brought the spotlight on Lashkar-e-Islam. In recent days, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Power secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was appointed as the next Cabinet secretary of the government. He will succeed Ajit Seth who has been holding the position for the last four years. Sinha, […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The entry and capture of a white pigeon, apparently from across the border, in a border village of Pathankot in Punjab on May 28 has caused a flutter among intelligence sleuths and Punjab […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Two tremors struck Nepal on May 25, keeping people on the edge as the country struggled to rehabilitate millions of people affected by a devastating earthquake one month ago that killed nearly 9,000 […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The Nepalese government announced on Tuesday that all children travelling in the country will need to be accompanied by their parents or a legal guardian to prevent the trafficking of young people who […]
KABUL (TIP): An all-night siege in an upscale neighborhood of Afghanistan’s capital ended in the early hours of Wednesday morning with the deaths of four heavily armed attackers, though no civilians or security personnel were […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh is moving to set up seven special courts across the country to try people smugglers charged with trafficking desperate migrants to Southeast Asia on rickety boats, a minister said on May 28. […]
KARACHI (TIP): Three Baloch insurgents, who hijacked a PIA plane in 1998 and tried to take it to India, were among eight prisoners who were executed on May 28 in different jails in Pakistan. The […]
ALBANY, NY (TIP): Senator Tony Avella, Chair, Ethics, has applauded the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE). In a statement on May 29, he said, “As Chair of the SenateEthics Committee, and author of the […]
Studies show heart attacks and heart disease are under-diagnosed in women, as their symptoms do not match that of men. To prevent a heart attack from sneaking up on you, watch for these seven little-known signs […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A new human ancestor species which roamed the Afar region of Ethiopia 3.3 to 3.5 million years ago has been discovered by an international team of scientists. Named Australopithecus deyiremeda, this new […]
AUSTIN, TX (TIP): Final tweaks to Texas’ $209 billion budget allowing for $3.8 billion in tax cuts have passed the Legislature and are headed to Gov. Greg Abbott, according to an AP report. On a […]
AUSTIN, TX (TIP): Texas lawmakers on Friday, May 29, approved carrying handguns openly on the streets of the nation’s second most-populous state, sending the bill to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A two-year-old boy died on Wednesday several days after he picked up a loaded handgun lying out in a Virginia home and accidentally shot himself in the head, US media reported. The boy […]
DALLAS (TIP): Flood waters submerged Texas highways and threatened more homes Friday when a squall line stalled over Dallas overnight Thursday, dropping record-setting rainfall and triggering a Flash Flood Emergency in North Texas. The most […]
[quote_box_center] “I’ve covered corrupt regimes all over the world, and I find it ineffably sad to come home and behold institutionalized sleaze in the United States”, says the author.[/quote_box_center] I’ve admired the Clintons’ foundation for years […]
NEW ORLEANS (TIP): A United States appeals court ruled Tuesday, May 26, against the Obama administration, refusing to lift a temporary hold on the president’s executive orders to shield nearly five million illegal immigrants from […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A key US Congressional committee has called for a public hearing on the rights and freedoms of religious minorities in India to be held early next month. The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission […]
The AAP government on Thursday moved the Delhi high court challenging the Union home ministry’s May 21 notification that lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung has discretionary powers for appointments and transfers to key bureaucratic posts in the […]
EAST MEADOW, NY (TIP): “Today, we gather to remember the brave men and women in uniform who served our nation in the United States Armed Forces,” said County Executive Mangano, as he presented a floral […]
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