LUCKNOW (TIP): At a time when BJP candidates are busy invoking the party’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi’s name hoping to ride his popular appeal, general secretary Varun Gandhi seems the exception. The young leader, […]
AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI (TIP): Narendra Modi prefers a light Gujarati meal in the evening, Rahul Gandhi gorges on chocolates and diabetic Arvind Kejriwal opts for digestive biscuits — amid a gruelling election campaign, politicians cope with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress on April 3 accused Narendra Modi of communalizing the elections by raking up the issue of meat exports and said Gujarat was among the leading exporters of processed meat. “My […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress and UPA are facing decimation in a wide swathe of states from Delhi and Rajasthan in the north to Bihar and Jharkhand in the east, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): An application moved by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to get a domicile certificate from Amethi, the parliamentary seat he represents, has been turned down, officials said on April 3. The application to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In July 2010, Joe McSpedon, a US government official, flew to Barcelona to put the final touches on a secret plan to build a social media project aimed at undermining Cuba’s communist government. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Supreme Court on April 2 struck down a key pillar of campaign finance law by allowing wealthy donors to give money to as many political candidates, parties and committees as they […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama is warning that the United States may levy sanctions on individuals and entities involved in stoking violence and instability in South Sudan.Obama signed an executive order on Thursday clearing the […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Four more airlines have joined the fare war by offering discounted fares in the domestic sector to counter SpiceJet’s latest offer. While Go Air had started a two-day sale of tickets on Wednesday, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): General Motors recalled 824,000 more cars for possible problems with ignitions that have led to more than 30 accidents and 12 deaths. Last month, GM called back 1.6 million cars amid questions […]
WASHINGTON: China should not doubt the US commitment to defend its Asian allies and the prospect of economic retaliation should also discourage Beijing from using force to pursue territorial claims in Asia in the way […]
DARRINGTON, WASHINGTON (TIP): The number of people missing from a landslide that sent a wall of mud cascading over dozens of homes in Washington state dropped to 30 from 90 on Saturday, but the death […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Texas on April 3 executed a suspected serial killer convicted of stabbing a teenage girl to death, a day after a federal appeals court rejected his challenge over the drugs to be used […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Competition Commission has slapped Rs 2.4 crore penalty on realty major DLF for not complying with its directions to cease and desist from unfair trade practices. Besides, the fair trade watchdog […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate’s intelligence panel voted 11-3 on Thursday to declassify hundreds of pages of its detailed report on the CIA’s controversial Bush-era interrogation program. The move allows Senator Dianne Feinstein, the powerful […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s expresident Pervez Musharraf, 70, survived an assassination bid on April 3 as a powerful bomb went off along the Rawalpindi-Islamabad route which his convoy had taken minutes ago. “The attack raises questions […]
KOLKATA (TIP): Bangladesh is keenly watching the developments in India leading to the Lok Sabha elections. Sources in the neighbouring country said that the Sheikh Hasina government there wants a stable government in India for […]
LONDON (TIP): A 20-yearold Army sniper killed six Taliban fighters with a single bullet when the shot hit the trigger switch of a suicide bomb vest, according to a report. The shot, made at a […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The new banking licences issued to IDFC and Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited and the Reserve Bank’s intention to consider the application of Department of Posts separately in consultation with the Central Government […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon has asked Sri Lanka to engage “constructively” and cooperate with its human rights body to implement a resolution calling for an international inquiry into alleged war crimes committed […]
SITTWE (TIP): Tens of thousands of census-takers fanned out across Myanmar on Sunday to gather data for a rare snapshot of the former junta-ruled nation that is already stoking sectarian tensions. Groups of school teachers […]
LONDON (TIP): An international team of planetary scientists have now calculated the exact age of the Moon. The team of researchers from France, Germany and the US has simulated the growth of the terrestrial planets […]
The author notes that there is no focused debate on real issues. Only cacophony prevails. “Past experience tells us that the so-called “manifestos” of the political parties are hardly ever practically implemented. The consequences of […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (TIP): Scientists have uncovered a vast ocean beneath the icy surface of Saturn’s little moon Enceladus. Italian and American researchers made the discovery using Cassini, a Nasa-European spacecraft still exploring Saturn and […]
LONDON (TIP): Researchers have developed a fist-sized robot surgeon that slides into the body through an incision in the belly button and can help perform surgery on astronauts in deep space. After the robot enters […]
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