KABUL (TIP): In their latest disconnect, Afghan President Hamid Karzai declined an offer to meet Barack Obama when the US President landed at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul on an unannounced visit, American media reported […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A three-year-old boy in the US has shot and killed his 18-month-old brother with a handgun, adding to the spate of such tragic incidents in the country in the past two months. […]
Snapchat’s chief executive and co-founder, Evan Spiegel, has apologised for his “idiotic” behaviour after a series of misogynistic university e-mails with references to oral sex, drug use and peeing on women were leaked online. In […]
KABUL (TIP): Twelve people, including 10 militants, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Afghanistan on May 29, authorities said. In one attack, a district intelligence chief was killed while three intelligence officials were […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A powerful American Senator has proposed “100 days action plan” for the Modi government and the Obama administration to “refresh” the India-US relations. Senator Mark Warner, who is the Democratic co-chair of the […]
KATMANDU (TIP): Hundreds of people in Nepal’s capital have held separate rallies to mark the 61st anniversary of the first conquest of Mount Everest and to remember the 16 Sherpa guides who died in an […]
Ten things to remember about poet and writer Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at age 86: 1. How she got her name “Maya” was a childhood nickname bestowed upon her by her brother. “Angelou” was […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s aviation authority released on Tuesday satellite data used to determine that flight MH370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean following demands from sceptical relatives of those on board. The Department of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): OFBJP Global Convener Vijay Jolly stated, May 28, that the visiting SAARC Presidents & Prime Ministers at the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath taking ceremony, were separately welcomed & greeted with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Vijay Jolly Global Convener OFBJP, May 29, met and welcomed the two visiting Kenya Parliamentarians at BJP central headquarters in New Delhi.Ms. Sunjeev Kaur Birdi & Irshad Sumra, Members of Kenya parliament […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States warned China on Thursday against risking tensions in international airspace after Japan accused Beijing of “dangerous maneuvers” above disputed areas of the East China Sea. State department spokeswoman Jen Psaki […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of State John Kerry, May 29, connected with his Indian counterpart, the new external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, after the two were reportedly finding it hard to zero in on a […]
Pakistan Peace after Meeting Modi NEW DELHI (TIP): Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hailed his meeting with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi as a “historic opportunity” and said he was ready for talks on all topics […]
ITALY (TIP) : A judge suspended a murder trial in an Italian court, after she realised that two members of staff were having sex in an attached office. It is believed that the two staff […]
Anandiben Patel, the new Chief Minister of Gujarat, is a long-time confidante of her predecessor Narendra Modi, and is often described as Gujarat’s “Iron Lady”. The stern-faced Anandiben, regularly seen wearing colorful saris and a […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand’s military summoned the deposed cabinet and rulingparty leaders to report May 23 to a new junta that seized power a day earlier in a coup which has triggered US-led international censure. Claiming […]
KATMANDU: An American climber said he fell into a crevasse on a Himalayan mountain in Nepal but managed to crawl to his tent despite broken ribs and an arm before being rescued the next morning. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A US-based Sikh body has raised $3,30,000 to fund scholarships for bright but poor students to acquire higher education in Punjab. Sikh Human Development Foundation (SHDF) organized a fund raising programme which was […]
LONDON: The notoriously secretive North Korean regime has allowed a brief glimpse into what the Communist country actually looks like, after sanctioning a filmed city tour of Pyongyang captured by a cyclist on his bike. […]
LONDON (TIP): Russia will seek an explanation from British officials on May 22 after reports that Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, likened Russian President Vladimir Putin to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler for […]
BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE (TIP): Three days before Ukraine holds a presidential vote, pro-Russia insurgents attacked a military checkpoint on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 11 troops and wounding at least 33 others in the […]
NEW DELHI: A swathe of ministries — from finance to fertilizer and petroleum — are going to make a case for a reduction in subsidies before Narendra Modi, a move that will push up your […]
PATNA (TIP): Makhdumpur MLA Jitan Ram Manjhi was sworn in on May 20 as Bihar’s 23rd chief minister. Governor D Y Patil administered the oath of office and secrecy to Manjhi and 17 ministers, including […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): “For you, I will always be Narendrabhai, not PM,” PM-designate Narendra Modi told a sea of BJP leaders and supporters who had gathered at the Ahmedabad airport to welcome him after he was […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on May 23 gave the Centre a week’s time to notify a Special Investigation Team to probe black money stashed in foreign banks by Indians. The SIT will be […]
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