LONDON (TIP): A British minister has sought action against scientists in India and China who are allegedly producing dangerous new medicines called “legal highs” to be sold on UK streets. Norman Baker, a UK Home […]
HAVANA (TIP): Cuban musician Juan Formell, who for more than four decades was the driving force behind the big band salsa orchestra Los Van Van, died May 1. He was 71. An anchor on Cuban […]
BEIJING (TIP): Two of the three people killed in a bomb explosion at a railway station in China’s Xinjiang province were terrorists who triggered the blast, officials said indicating they may have been suicide bombers. […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Beijing man is seeking to divorce his wife after she took their son to a tropical island province to escape the capital’s notorious smog, saying the long-distance relationship had destroyed their marriage, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A row erupted over reports that Doordarshan had “censored” Narendra Modi’s interview, with BJP alleging that it was due to government “pressure” even as the public broadcaster insisted that there was no […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): A day after polling for Lok Sabha elections, outgoing Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu reached the Holy City on Thursday for installation of Guru Granth Sahib and Shivalingam at his newly-built house. Sidhu […]
AMETHI/LUCKNOW (TIP): Priyanka Gandhi, while campaigning for her brother Rahul Gandhi in Amethi on May 1, broke away from her SPG cordon and decided to walk towards Tiloi area of the district. The Congress’s star […]
FAIZABAD (TIP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on May 1 dubbed Narendra Modi “powerhungry”, saying the Gujarat CM is behaving as if he is the Prime Minister of the country even before the election process is […]
DONETSK (UKRAINE) (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 1 that Ukraine should withdraw its military from the eastern and southern regions of the country, a statement that could bolster antigovernment insurgents who are […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nearly 66% of the electorate exercised its franchise on Wednesday in the seventh phase of the 16th general election, in line with the heavy turnout that marked the earlier rounds of voting. […]
LONDON (TIP): UK has seized two large consignments of mangoes from India in April containing the deadly tobacco whitefly which carries over 100 harmful viruses with it. In an exclusive interview to TOI, UK’s department […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary, enjoys tremendous goodwill in Bharuch which sent him to the Lok Sabha in 1977, 1980 and 1984. That he last won 30 years ago hasn’t stopped people […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who has been banned by the Election Commission from campaigning in Uttar Pradesh for his allegedly controversial speeches made at the start of the elections, on Thursday said […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): BJP on May 1 termed as “hasty” EC’s order to register an FIR against its PM nominee Narendra Modi, saying the poll watchdog appeared to have lost sight of the fact that […]
VARANASI (TIP): The Aam Admi Party will develop Varanasi as the spiritual capital of the world and accord it the status of a “Holy City,” the party’s manifesto for Varanasi constituency released on May 1, […]
GUNTUR/BHIMAVARAM/NELLORE (TIP): In an attempt to woo Seemandhra farmers, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday said he would complete the Polavaram irrigation project without delay if voted to power. He also promised to […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Clearly our politicians representing poor citizens are not into social service anymore and are instead amassing huge wealth for themselves. And when it comes to candidates from the YSRCP, no one comes close […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): With several Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies in both regions expected to see a photo finish, candidates of all parties are scrambling to increase their tally by buying the 4.75 lakh postal ballots […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): Samajwadi Party state president and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav tried to dilute the ongoing war of words between his party and the BSP on May 1 by referring to Mayawati as his […]
KIEV (TIP): US President Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the escalating Ukraine crisis on May 2 after Kiev brought back military conscription and a pro-Russian rebellion in the east threatened the […]
WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): The U.S.- India Business Council (USIBC), on April 30, called for constructive dialogue on the issue of intellectual property rights (IPR) between industry and the Governments of the United States and India. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Top US expert on South Asia Stephen Cohen believes that Washington may have to “reconsider its attitude” towards India if Narendra Modi goes on to become the country’s next Prime Minister. As Cohen […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Reported sexual assaults in the US military jumped 50 percent last year, the Pentagon said on Thursday, and officials welcomed the spike as a sign that a high-level crackdown has made victims more […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has ruled out any mediation on the Kashmir issue as long as India rejects such a proposal and asked Pakistan to avoid employing militancy as an instrument of state policy. “As […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The desire of the Obama Administration to start its relationship with the new Indian government after the general elections on a positive note is believed to have been one of the major reasons […]
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