KEDIRI (TIP): A major volcanic eruption in Indonesia shrouded a large swath of the country’s most heavily populated island in ash on Friday, triggering the evacuation of more than 100,000 people and the closure of […]
VIENNA (TIP): Six world powers and Iran appeared to make some progress at a second day of talks in Vienna on Wednesday to hammer out an agenda for reaching an ambitious final settlement to the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Andhra Pradesh is likely to be put under President’s rule amid indications that a decision to this effect may be taken in the next couple of days. The state has been without […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Financial markets went in for the interim budget with little expectation, and rightly so, as finance minister P. Chidambaram was not expected to tinker with the existing tax laws. But he still […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): Republican leaders want to bring the 2016 Republican National Convention to Dallas. The city would need to raise at least $50 million to host the event. At least five other cities are […]
HOUSTON (TIP): Better late than never! A 101-year-old man in the US has launched a bid to enter the House of Representatives and contest the Congressional polls. Joe Newman from Sarasota, Florida, will compete for […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): California’s Indian-American Attorney General Kamala Harris, the first woman as well as the first African American and South Asian to hold the job, has filed her papers for re-election. “So far, so good,” […]
SPOKANE (TIP)): A whistleblower who raised safety concerns at the most polluted nuclear weapons production site in the US was fired on Tuesday from her job at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Donna Busche’s complaints are […]
NAIROBI, KENYA (TIP): Two American security officers have been found dead on a ship made famous when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, according to a statement on Wednesday by Seychelles police. The two Americans, […]
MINNESOTA (TIP): In a significant win for the Sikh American community in Minnesota, Jatinder Singh of Blaine, Minnesota and SALDEF succeeded in challenging the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services’ (DVS) driver’s […]
TOLUCA, Mexico: US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday that news of a truce between Ukraine’s government and opposition would be welcome if it leads to dialogue. The two […]
CHICAGO (TIP): The search for a missing Southern Illinois University student from suburban Morton Grove has ended in heartbreak for family and friends after police said they found him dead in a wooded area Tuesday, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has said that both India and Pakistan are important allies in its endeavour to bring peace and stability in strife-torn Afghanistan. “We appreciate Pakistan’s efforts to further Afghan-led reconciliation. Pakistan […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A three-year-old US girl has entered the geniuses’ club Mensa after scoring an incredible 160 in the IQ test, making her as intelligent as Albert Einstein. Alexis Martin from Arizona, who can […]
KONXVILLE (TENNESSEE) (TIP): An 84-year-old nun was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly three years in prison for breaking into a US nuclear weapons complex and defacing a bunker holding bomb-grade uranium, a demonstration that exposed […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Ex-Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday appeared before a special court constituted to hear the treason case against him for the first time since it was constituted late last year. He had repeatedly […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): All the 18 people on board a missing Nepalese aircraft have been found dead in the remote mountain area on Monday. The incident serves as a reminder of the poor aviation safety record […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP)Barack Obama has unwittingly become the face of contraband Viagra, which is currently seeing booming sales in conservative northern Pakistan. A Peshawar market has pills and gels available emblazoned with the US president’s image […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The United Nations’ human rights chief has recommended an international investigation into war crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the final stages of its Tamil separatist conflict, a report said on Sunday. The […]
“Both India and Pakistan gained from the US military intervention in Afghanistan, albeit in different ways. Both will face problems, though in diverse forms, after the US military exits Afghanistan”, says the author. In the […]
US diplomacy is a cynical mixture of principle and expediency. The world’s foremost power needs to project internationally that its policies are based on certain high principles so that its global hegemony is not seen […]
As a Muslim, I stand with Rajiv Malhotra’s crusade to set the record straight. I understand what the faulty writings do; destroy the cohesiveness of a given society and its world”, says the author On […]
They have once again brought shame to India. What can you do with a member of parliament who sprays pepper in the parliament? What can you do with a member of parliament who snatches papers […]
We have several Indians contesting congressional elections across the United States and two from Silicon Valley – A Republican and a Democrat. I only wish, I could visit each one of them and ask them […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Lions Clubs International President Lion Barry J. Palmer rejuvenated Edison Visionary Leo club on Friday, February 14 by inducting 54 new members. The induction was held at TV Asia Studio in Edison. […]
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