LYON, FRANCE (TIP): Internationally-renowned Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been roped in as an ambassador for Interpol’s “Turn Back Crime” campaign to promote awareness on how everyone can play a role in preventing crime. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India is hoping to win Japanese backing for a nuclear energy pact during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and lure investment into its $85 billion market while addressing Japan’s concern […]
LONDON (TIP): Manchester United great Paul Scholes has said he is scared about the club’s future and believes they could spiral into decline in the same way rivals Liverpool did in the 1990s. Scholes, who […]
THE events narrated in this Book occupy scarcely two days. The description of Rama’s princely virtues and the rejoicings at his proposed coronation, with which the Book begins, contrast with much dramatic force and effect […]
The Sikh Gurus never believed in the exclusivity of their teachings. The Gurus undertook travels to spread their message to peoples of different cultures in their own native languages. The Gurus did not believe in […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani ministers and opposition politicians met antigovernment protesters on August 20 but talks ended for the day with the sides appearing no closer to resolving a weeklong political crisis that has rattled the […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN secretary general Ban Ki- moon on August 20 strongly condemned the killing of American journalist James Foley by extremist Islamist militants, calling it “an abominable crime”. “The secretary-general condemns in the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Shaken by the booing of their Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda on August 19, Congress chief ministers are wary of sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in election-bound states, fearing […]
Report & photos by Zia Khan DALLAS (TX): The rain and the muddy ground failed to dampen the spirit of Indian Americans in Dallas to celebrate the 68th Independence Day of India on Saturday, August […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The protest in Pakistan appears to have reached a crossroads. Late August 20th evening, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan addressed his supporters at a massive rally in Islamabad, hours after his deadline […]
LONDON: The first recorded case of an Indian travelling to Switzerland for “suicide tourism” has now been confirmed. In a first of its kind study, researchers in UK have confirmed tremendous spike in a worrying […]
KIEV, UKRAINE (TIP): A Ukrainian official said nine troops were killed in overnight fighting in the streets of the town of Ilovaysk, which lies just east of the rebel stronghold Donetsk. Anton Herashchenko, an adviser […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese authorities have arrested “nearly a thousand” members of a banned religious group. The crackdown comes after members of Quannengshen, or the Church of Almighty God, thrashed a woman to death inside a […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand’s coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed prime minister on August 21 by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a veneer of legitimacy even while the military presses on with […]
Kashmiri separatists are stakeholders: Pakistan envoy NEW DELHI (TIP): Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit has justified his meetings with Kashmiri separatists, describing them as “stakeholders”, and indicated that his country will not budge from its […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven others, chargesheeted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a 2G scam-related money laundering case, were on Aug 20 granted bail by a […]
PUNE (TIP): World-renowned yoga guru and founder of the Iyengar School of Yoga B K S Iyengar passed away here early on August 20 morning following illness. 96-year-old Iyengar had been ailing since some time […]
New Delhi (TIP): India and Japan will seek to end impasse over the supply of Japanese US-2 amphibian aircraft to the Indian Navy during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tokyo from August 31 to […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): US President Barack Obama’s congratulatory telephone call to Narendra Modi after the Lok Sabha results brought about a thaw in the frosty relationship between the US and the Prime Minister, interim US Ambassador […]
After Hooda, jeers for Jharkhand CM at PM function * Prithviraj Chavan skips Modi event NEW DELHI (TIP): Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on August 21 boycotted both the government functions in Nagpur and refused […]
MADURAI (TIP): Three men allegedly severed the hand of a 17-year-old teenager in Virudhunagar district on August 19 because he disrespected one of them — the husband of a village panchayat president. Police said Karthik, […]
GUWAHATI (TIP): Two people were killed and at least seven were injured in Golaghat town in Assam on Wednesday after police fired to stop an armed mob of thousands from attacking a police station. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on August 20 slammed the Narendra Modi government for peddling the schemes and policies of UPA as its own, saying the rival which came to power by selling […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Gurdwaras across the country convened in Washington D.C. August 16-17for an unprecedented grassroots meeting called by the newly formed National Sikh Campaign (NSC) to shape the Sikh image in America. Over 100 Representatives […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): OFBJP Global Convenor Vijay Jolly arrived here August 20th, from Vancouver to a rousing welcome at LA Int’l Airport. OFBJP US President Chandra Kant Patel, LA Convenor P. K. Nayak along with […]
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