NEW DELHI (TIP): A detailed audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India of some major trusts run by business houses and sports bodies has allegedly revealed misuse of income tax exemptions granted to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on November 20 said that diesel prices will be deregulated in six months with gradual price increases. He said the small monthly increases in rates will continue as […]
HALWARA (TIP): As the Centre moved ahead to complete the formalities of cancelling the controversy- ridden AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne on November 20 said there was […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Wednesday closed contempt of court proceedings against former Army chief General V K Singh after he tendered an unconditional apology and retracted all comments made to the media […]
KABUL/WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States and Afghanistan on November 20 reached a draft agreement on a crucial security pact, a day before thousands of Afghan elders are set to debate whether to allow US troops […]
LONDON (TIP): In a historic first, David Cameron on November 19 became the first British PM to call an Iranian president in more than a decade. Cameron spoke to Hassan Rouhani by telephone on Tuesday […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants a letter written by US President Barack Obama that will acknowledge military mistakes made during 12-year war in his country in return for allowing American counterterrorism raids […]
TOKYO (TIP): The Japanese coast guard and earthquake experts say a volcanic eruption has raised a new island in the seas to the far south of Tokyo. Advisories from the coast guard and the Japan […]
BEIJING (TIP): The US ambassador to China, who oversaw diplomatic dramas and gave refuge to a Chinese activist who escape from house arrest, is to resign, he said in a statement on November 20. Gary […]
BOGOTA (TIP): Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday announced in an address to the nation that he will seek reelection next year. “When you see the light at the end of the tunnel, you […]
GENEVA (TIP): A new round of Iran nuclear talks began in fits and starts November 10, with the two sides ending a first session just minutes after it began amid warnings from Iran’s supreme leader […]
The author finds much untruth in the claims that Modi has provided the best model of development in the State of Gujarat and that Gujarat has made rapid strides in every field. Quoting extensively from […]
It must be the darkest Kaliyug that our Sants and Babas have turned in to common criminals. They are in the news most of the time for all the bad reasons. As a child, I […]
The author sees no end to three decades of mutual hostility and suspicion between Iran and the US. Just after the foreign ministers of the self-styled “international community” (comprising the EU members and the US) […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India has sought Congressional help in addressing its concerns over certain alleged discriminatory provisions of the comprehensive immigration bill, which if passed into law would adversely impact Indian IT companies. “One of the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): As the fifth anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks approaches, US counter-terrorism expert Bruce Riedel says the horrific Lashkar-e- Tayyeba assault, aided and abetted by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Al Qaeda, was […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The population in the world’s 49 poorest countries is projected to double to 1.7 billion by 2050 and job creation will be crucial to prevent increasing poverty, social unrest and mass international […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Three people were fatally shot and two were injured at an apartment complex in the US city of Houston, a media report said. The shooting happened at around 5pm on November 19, Xinhua […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Prominent hedge fund adviser Ezra Zask pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in a New York court on Novmber 19, avoiding jail time for the charges. The founder of hedge fund […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A Sikh man in the United States will receive $50,000 as compensation in an out-of-court settlement of a religious discrimination lawsuit against a car dealership in New Jersey for denying him a […]
NEW YORK: Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants a letter written by US President Barack Obama that will acknowledge military mistakes made during 12-year war in his country in return for allowing American counterterrorism raids on […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A pair of Democratic presidents, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton silently honored John F. Kennedy at the former US leader’s grave November 19, marking the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Obama and Clinton, […]
Republican Party leaders deny inviting Modi to address Congressional leaders Sangh Front in the US, NIAPPI / Shalabh Kumar Reported to the Ethics Committee for fraud WASHINGTON (TIP): Republican leaders have denied extending an invitation […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel, “The Lowland” failed to win the 2013 US National Book Award in fiction losing out to author James McBride. McBride’s “The Good Lord Bird”, […]
LONDON (TIP): Prominent British Sikh hotelier Jasminder Singh, head of Britain’s Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotels group is all set to take on his 86-year-old father in a bitter legal face-off over family wealth worth the […]
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