CAIRO (TIP): Polls across Egypt closed on Wednesday evening, state media reported, after a second and final day of voting on a draft constitution that could pave the way for a presidential bid by army […]
DHAKA (TIP): Sheikh Hasina was sworn in on Sunday for her second straight term as Bangladesh’s prime minister and third overall, following one of the most violent elections in the country’s history. Hasina took the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Army Chief General Bikram Singh warned against revoking or diluting the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir and said he was positive that recent talks with Pakistan and […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The US on Sunday pressed Sri Lanka to probe alleged rights abuses by its army through independent and credible investigations after a top American diplomat recorded eyewitness accounts of serious “abuses” during the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi High Court restrained the media from publishing and telecasting the sexual harassment allegations levelled against National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairman Swatanter Kumar by a woman lawyer. The alleged harassment took […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A small fire on Wednesday broke out at a military hospital in Rawalpindi, where former Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf is under treatment. The cause of the blaze, which broke out at […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh’s statement on ceasefire violations was provocative and regrettable. In a clear warning to Pakistan, General Bikram Singh said on Monday any militant who crosses the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) extended the special industrial package for Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand till 2017, a move that will boost industrialisation and create more employment in the two […]
KABUL (TIP): At least seven militants were killed in separate military operations in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said in a statement on January 14. The Afghan police, army and the National Directorate for Security (NDS) […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP) : Police say a suicide attacker has struck a bus carrying police recruits in eastern Kabul, wounding at least six police. Kabul Police Chief General Mohammad Zahir Zahir says three civilians were […]
BATHINDA (TIP): The court of Additional Sessions Judge today sentenced eight policemen, who were found guilty of killing a city resident 22 years ago, to life imprisonment. The body has not been recovered till date. […]
TEXAS (TIP): The judge overseeing a lawsuit seeking to force a Texas hospital to remove a braindead pregnant woman from life support abruptly recused herself from the case January 16. In a oneparagraph order issued […]
TEXAS TIP): Four members of a Texas family face drug charges after neighbors reported suspicious activity at their home to police using a crimeprevention smartphone app. Parents Raymond and Stephanie Wood were arrested last January […]
HOUSTON (TIP): Greg Snider was in a Houston, Texas parking lot, on the phone making a business call. While in the lot, a homeless man approached his car and asked for change. Snider gave him […]
DALLAS (TIP): Think before you leave your car idling to warm up. You may soon develop cold feet. Leaving an unwatched car idling on a Dallas street is like wrapping a steak in bacon, throwing […]
TEXAS (TIP): A new study has found that children are less to believe a mean person than a nice person, even if the pleasant person was described as having no knowledge on the topic. Researchers […]
TEXAS (TIP): Jet lag, shift work or any late night might be the reason behind you getting sick, a new study has revealed. That’s because the body’s internal clock is set for two 12-hour periods […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Decision not to make Rahul PM candidate is final: SoniaNEW DELHI: The decision of the Congress party not to project Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate in the forthcoming general elections […]
GHAZIABAD (TIP): The Aam Aadmi Party on January 16 refuted the allegations levelled by its MLA Vinod Kumar Binny and said disciplinary action would be initiated against the legislator for “baseless accusations” against the party. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The largely unmarked 4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China has peace at hand after both sides accused each other of scores of border transgressions last year.What could make […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): To commemorate contribution of Sikhs in Canada’s development, the country has named a new park in the city of Calgary after the legendary farmer Harnam Singh Hari, the first Sikh to tame the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American businesswoman Shamina Singh to a key administration post. Singh has been nominated as the member of the board of directors of the Corporation for National and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Subra Suresh, Chennaiborn Indian-American president of Carnegie Mellon University, has been elected a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a rare and highly coveted distinction within the academic fraternity. The […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): New York City is to pay $17.9 million to rest the case of civil rights claims of those arrested during the Republican Convention protests of 2004 that nominated George W. Bush […]
AUS study has suggested drinking two cups of hot chocolate a day may help elderly people to keep their brains healthy. The study, published online in the American Academy of Neurology journal Neurology, involved 60 […]
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