The world is concerned about the dangers to peace in view of the insistence of the United States to intervene militarily in Syria which is fraught with catastrophic results, the author says. UNSecretary-General Ban Kimoon […]
“The author foresees tremendous tectonic changes in the wake of Arab Spring et al. He says, “There will be following major discernible evolutionary geo-political trends underlying the so-called Arab spring. The despotic regimes headed by […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The White House announced the 2013-1014 class of White House Fellows August 27, a group of professionals, academics and entrepreneurs who will now use their considerable skills to help shape policy on the […]
IOWA (TIP) : Indian-American Swati Dandekar of Democratic Party has announced her candidacy for the 1st Congressional District of Iowa. Ms. Dandekar is a former Iowa legislator representing the Marion area in the Iowa House […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (TIP): US private employers added 176,000 jobs in August and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, which could bolster expectations the US Federal Reserve will begin winding down a bondbuying stimulus […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Queens DA Richard A. Brown recently announced that, according to the City’s Summer 2013 Criminal Justice Indicator Report released by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York City Criminal Justice Coordinator John Feinblatt, […]
Airline installed a video camera in a baggage hold from April 1 to August 28 after customers complained about missing items. NEW YORK (TIP): An Associated Press report published September 3 says that seven men […]
“Egypt was a state that emerged quickly – over that time one has immense social change.” Dr Michael Dee University of Oxford Anew timeline for the origin of ancient Egypt has been established by scientists. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has said that there is room for improvement in Pakistan’s nuclear weapons security apparatus but exuded confidence that Pakistani government is well aware of its responsibilities and has secured its nuke […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): Pakistan intelligence officials say a pair of missiles launched by a US drone hit a militant hideout near the Afghan border and killed six suspected militants. The officials say the missile hit a […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has issued a legislative decree that gives minority Hindus and Sikhs a seat in the country’s next parliamentarian election. A statement on September 4 from the presidency said […]
KABUL (TIP): Afghan authorities say police killed two militants in an early morning shootout at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Kabul. Details were sketchy in the immediate hours after the clash on September 5, but […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A Sri Lankan ruling coalition party, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), has called for a thorough check of all imports from Pakistan to the island nation after 250 kg of heroin was seized […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The All India Radio (AIR) has handed over to Pakistan the recordings of two important speeches by the country’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is planning to broadcast these speeches, […]
NEW DELHI: Government and opposition in Rajya Sabha on September 5 presented a joint front in cornering judiciary on all fronts – ranging from corruption, favouritism and nepotism to compromises due to lust of post-retirement […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The courtmonitored investigation into alleged irregularities in coal block allocations expanded beyond the corridors of the coal ministry with the Centre, under pressure from the Supreme Court, issuing notification permitting CBI to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister P Chidambaram on September 5 expressed disappointment at the decline in economic growth but assured the Lok Sabha that the rupee will correct itself. Conceding that the economy was going […]
CHENNAI/MUMBAI (TIP): As the slugfest in the passenger vehicle market gets bloody, banks are now offering loans at below the RBImandated base rate. Termed a “grey area”, these special schemes are on offer for luxury […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reliance Industries Ltd on September 5 assured the Supreme Court that it would drill no more wells in KG basin despite the Centre’s recent decision to hike the price of gas, which […]
KOLKATA (TIP): Consumer electronics major Sony India on Thursday said it will soon increase the prices of its products across categories to offset the impact of rupee’s depreciation. “With the weakening of the rupee, the […]
KOLKATA/KABUL (TIP): Indian author Sushmita Banerjee was executed by the Taliban late on September 4. While the reason for the barbaric act was not given, Banerjee had possibly attracted the ire of the fundamentalist outfit […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Both houses of parliament on September 5 saw noisy protests by members demanding a statement from Defence Minister A.K. Antony over media reports claiming that Chinese troops have intruded into Indian territory. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his associate were flown to Delhi by a special plane on September 6 afternoon. The special plane with Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar and NIA […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As the first woman chief information commissioner, Deepak Sandhu, who has been media advisor to the PM and spokesperson for the government, on September 5 said the RT Act had altered the […]
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