NEW DELHI (TIP): The Election Commission on February 27 issued a set of draft guidelines on funding of political parties, asking them to provide election expenses to their candidates, not exceeding the prescribed ceiling, only […]
VRINDAVAN/MATHURA (TIP): A 210-metrehigh temple is soon going to change the skyline of Vrindavan in Mathura district. The project, whose foundation stone will be laid on March 16, has been conceived by Madhu Pandit Dasa, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Toughening its stand against the US, Indian government has decided not to meet the officials of the USITC, a federal American agency which has initiated a probe against domestic trade and investment […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): An Army soldier on February 27 shot five colleagues dead at point blank range when they were sleeping before committing suicide in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. “A soldier of a Rashtriya Rifles […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The U.S.-India Business Council concluded a highprofile mission comprised of top tax executives from global multinationals who engaged in a dialogue with senior officials from the Government of India as well as […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 27 busted a massive ponzi scam of Rs 45,000 crore by two Delhi-based private companies of a group, raising money from over five crore […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has decided to block investigations by the United States into its trade policies and patent laws, and prepare for a battle at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a move that could […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The FBI placed a source in direct contact with Osama bin Laden in 1993 and ascertained that the al-Qaida leader was looking to finance terror attacks in the US, according to a media […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mintcondition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree. Nearly all […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry on Wednesday called for global attention on North Korea, denouncing the isolated Asian nation as “an evil, evil place.” “North Korea is one of the most closed […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s communications spy agency GCHQ and the US National Security Agency (NSA) intercepted and stored images from webcams used by millions of Yahoo users, the Guardian newspaper reported on Thursday. GCHQ files leaked […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Manhattan attorney Preet Bharara has sent subpoenas to Mt. Gox, other bitcoin exchanges, and businesses that deal in bitcoin to seek information on how they handled recent cyber attacks, a source familiar […]
LOS ANGELES: Two rare copies of “Mein Kampf” signed by the young Nazi leader Adolf Hitler went under the hammer for $64,850 Thursday in Los Angeles, auctioneers said. The two-volume set — a first edition […]
LONDON (TIP): Pakistan is all set to beat India in becoming an associate member at Cern ( European Organization for Nuclear Research), the world’s largest particle physics laboratory that recently found the God Particle. A […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The minority Hindu community in Pakistan is struggling to protect its temples and the land around them from the land mafia, a media report said on Wednesday. Most of the Hindu inhabitants migrated […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Eighty skeletal remains have been dug out of a mass grave in a former LTTE stronghold in Sri Lanka, fuelling speculation that the bodies are of Tamil civilians who disappeared during the war […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh protested on Sunday to India about the “distortion” of historical facts regarding the 1971 Liberation War in the new Indian film ” Gunday” and requested authorities to stop its screening. “The government […]
Devyani Khobragade and her pending motion to dismiss charges based upon UN letter How Devyani was arrested and Richard family was evacuated to United States, with prior pending legal proceedings in India affecting them, remain […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Tech Mahindra, on Thursday, said it had signed an agreement BASF to acquire the IT and consultancy services business of the chemical giant in a bid to strengthen its presence in Western […]
Inconsistencies mark Obama Administration’s approach “… the US is becoming increasingly strident in its economic relations with India on issues ranging from sanctions on sections of our pharmaceutical industry and our civil aviation facilities, while […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Online auction platform eBay is leading yet another round of funding for online marketplace Snapdeal, sparking rumors of a possible buyout. In 2013, eBay lead the first funding round that resulted in […]
In a country where domestic violence is not only widely prevalent but also underreported, the Supreme Court’s observation on marital cruelty assumes great significance. A Bench comprising Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justices Ranjan Gogoi […]
BANGALORE (TIP): Infosys employees received an intranet notification on February 26, informing them that they are due for a 5-7 per cent salary hike in job levels up to project managers and senior project managers. […]
MUMBAI (TIP): India has emerged as the biggest fleet owner of business aircraft in the Asia Pacific surpassing China with business houses and high net worth individuals (HNIs) acquiring aircraft. Even during the economic slowdown […]
While driving back from Long Island on Monday, February 24, I listened to an absolutely fascinating interview of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Julia Angwin, author of Dragnet Nation, on the issue of privacy and cyber […]
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