NEW DELHI (TIP): Union minority affairs minister Rahman Khan wants the government to form an allpowerful taskforce to monitor and review terror cases against Muslims, arguing that it is needed to ensure justice for “innocent […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In an effort to decongest the growing traffic in the National Capital region (NCR), the Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the setting up of a National Capital Region Transport Corporation […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Relatives and associates of a rape accused have allegedly slit the tongue of the victim in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The incident took place on July 10, just a fortnight before the victim […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ishrat Jahan’s family cites threat to life, seeks securityThe family members of Ishrat Jahan, the 19-year-old college student killed by Gujarat police in a “fake” encounter in 2004, on Thursday have claimed […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Yoga guru, Baba Ramdev and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Ram Jethmalani on Thursday backed Gujarat chief Minister, Narendra Modi for the post of Prime Minister. Speaking to media, after meeting […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court has upheld a 2004 Patna High Court verdict debarring those in lawful police custody and serving jail terms from voting or contesting elections to Parliament and Assemblies even if […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A report published by the British newspaper Guardian on july 11 claimed that Microsoft not only provided users data to National Security Agency (NSA) in the US but also worked with spies […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The federal government on july 11 reported a rare surplus of $116.5 billion in June, the largest for a single month in five years. The gain kept the U.S. on track for its […]
WASHINGTON (TIP) : China said on July 11 that its Tibetan and Uighur minorities enjoyed happiness and “unprecedented” freedom as it hit back at US criticism by urging Washington to examine its own record. “China […]
AKHUN BABA (TIP): When 16-year-old Tahira was murdered in a horrific acid attack last year, her poverty-stricken parents got no justice. Pakistan officials slammed the door on their faces and the police refused to listen. […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s security chief was killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack in the volatile port city of Karachi on July 10 as he stopped his armoured vehicle to buy […]
HIMPHU (TIP): Irrespective of the results in July 13 election, the new Bhutan government will have to go the extra mile to end suspicion and distrust that cloud its relationship with India. New Delhi is […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): At least two people were killed and five others injured july 11 when a powerful motorcycle bomb exploded near a mosque in Pakistan’s north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, police said. The bomb was planted […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama and former President George W Bush are leaping into the immigration debate, but their attempts to add momentum to the search for a possible path to citizenship for millions face […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Hundreds of stunned and bleeding passengers staggered across the debris-strewn tarmac after a Boeing 777 crashed-landed at San Francisco International Airport, some trying to help the critically injured, others desperately making emergency […]
LONDON (TIP): Ireland’s Parliament has passed the historic and ground breaking pro-abortion bill. After 48 hours of negotiations, Irish MPs who spent all of on July 10 and July 11 night jostling over the highly […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is pressing ahead with plans to deliver four F-16 fighters to Egypt despite a military coup against President Mohammed Morsi, a US official said. “It’s still the status quo,” the […]
BOSTON (TIP): Teresa Heinz Kerry has been moved to a rehabilitation hospital in Boston as the condition of the wife of US Secretary of State John Kerry continues to improve. State department spokesman Glen Johnson […]
SANTA ANA, California (TIP): A Saudi princess charged with human trafficking has posted $5 million bail a day after her California arrest. Prosecutors say 42-year-old Meshael Alayban posted bail on Thursday after appearing in court […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Brave or bizarre? A US man found a a novel way to help doctors perform a complex brain surgery on him – by playing his guitar! Actor-musician Brad Carter strummed his one-of-a-kind […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States on July 11 said China agreed to drop certain exceptions before restarting negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty between the two countries. The move is an encouraging sign that the […]
BAY SHORE (TIP): A young New York man caught boarding a plane on his way to Yemen to fight with an al- Qaida affiliate is a teenager who was diagnosed with autism and didn’t understand […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States told China in talks on Thursday it was “very disappointed” that Beijing did not hand over US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong. Deputy secretary of […]
The big question for the Afghans is: what happens in the long term? What will Kabul require to maintain the Afghan form of security and peace after the US/NATO troops leave, or will Afghanistan willy-nilly […]
It is time to see technology as a tool and not an end that defines a new fundamentalist religion through which corporations become the new gods. Technologies are tools for doing or making things They […]
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