Lower petroleum prices hold obvious advantages for Indian consumers, but a bearish global oil market could also hurt several segments of the country’s economy The Oil Ministers of 12 member states of Organization of the […]
Agrand jury’s exoneration of Darren Wilson, the white police officer who on August 9 shot dead an unarmed teenager on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, sent shock waves across the United States this week. The […]
Opportunity to use American money and technology Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic coup in inviting President Barack Obama, and securing his assent, to be the chief guest at next year’s Republic Day parade has obscured […]
WASHINGTON: Shoppers brawled for everything from Barbie dolls to Xboxes and flat screen TVs as Americans indulged in a manic shopping spree known as Black Friday that follows gluttonous feats of over-eating on Thanksgiving on […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Amateur photographers and Hollywood filmmakers turn to them for lush overhead shots. Geologists use them to look above the seas for oil-bearing rocks. Amazon executives are pushing to use them to plop packages […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Missouri police officer who killed an unarmed black teen sparking months of protests in the city of Ferguson will never return to policing, his lawyer said. Darren Wilson is currently in discussions […]
AUSTIN, TEXAS (TIP): Authorities shot and killed a man who they say opened fire on Austin police headquarters early November 28 morning, and a bomb squad was called in to search his vehicle. The man […]
LONDON: Bill Clinton was recently caught in action when his eyes wandered off to take a peek at a woman’s cleavage. Unaware that the stunning brunette Ari’elle Avdali was taking a selfie, the former US […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Russia has expressed interest in production of civil and light transport aircraft in India with their technology, Parliament was informed on November 28. The Indian government has welcomed the Russian interest and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Government on November 28 hinted at taking up pilot projects to impart partial military training to students undergoing graduation degree in border districts. Responding to a private member bill on providing compulsory […]
JAMMU (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 28 praised the record voter turnout in first phase of Jammu & Kashmir polls, calling it a victory for democracy irrespective of the outcome. He said militants […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The much touted “one stop crisis centre” — conceived in the aftermath of the Nirbhaya case and the Justice Verma report — has been scrapped by the NDA government. The project worth […]
CHAIBASA (JHARKHAND) (TIP): Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, saying he had promised employment to people, but instead handed them broomsticks. “Modi had said (in his […]
BAREILLY (TIP): A day after Central Bureau of Investigation claimed to have solved the sensation Badaun case, ruling out rape of the two teenaged girls found hanging from a mango tree on May 27, and […]
MYSURU: To select the best pilots to fly the advanced aircraft being inducted into the armed forces, the Indian Air Force (IAF) inaugurated the Computerized Pilot Selection System (CPSS) at the No. 2 Air Force […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Hyderabad is the second best place in the world that one should see in 2015, according to an international travel publication. The Presidio of San Francisco in the US ranked first on the […]
ANKARA (TIP): Pope Francis on November 28 called for dialogue between faiths to end the Islamist extremism plaguing the Middle East as he visited Turkey on his first trip to the overwhelmingly Muslim but officially […]
KANO, NIGERIA (TIP): At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on November 28 when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque of one […]
LONDON (TIP): The estranged wife of a London financier has been awarded $530 million in one of the biggest divorce settlements seen in a British court. Details of the payment to US-born Jamie Cooper-Hohn, 49, […]
Actress Angelina Jolie says she is now looking to focus on her directing career. “I’ve never been comfortable as an actor — I’ve never loved being in front of the camera. I didn’t ever think […]
Actress Jennifer Lawrence has credited Liam Hemsworth, her co-star in the film ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’, for ‘toughening her up’. The 24-year-old said in an interview to Nylon magazine that she was […]
Cast: [voices] Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon, John Malkovich, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Jeong, Annet Mahendru, Peter Stormare Direction: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith Genre: Animation Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes STORY: Four penguins break […]
CAIRO (TIP): An Egyptian court is to deliver today its verdict in the murder retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, almost four years after he was overthrown in a popular uprising. Mubarak, 86, is accused […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese tycoon made headlines for hiring 30 Rolls-Royce Phantom cars for his son’s wedding and organizing a lavish dinner spending about a lakh of rupees per table amid the Communist nation’s crackdown […]
ALGERIA (TIP): A marathon runner has revealed how he survived in the Sahara desert for over a week by drinking bat blood and his urine. The Marathon des Sables — a six-day, 155-mile race through […]
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