TORONTO (TIP): BlackBerry founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are weighing taking over the distressed smartphone company as it searches for a savior. Lazaridis said on Thursday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange […]
50 PER CENT OF PEAK FEE FOR CLIMBING EXPEDITIONS TO BE MET BY THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM NEW DELHI (TIP): The Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Adventure Tour Operators Association of India has launched […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The White House said it is pleased that Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan is again a free man after his abduction at gunpoint earlier on October 10. Spokesman Jay Carney said the US […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The UN security council voted unanimously on October 10 to extend the mandate of the Nato-led force in Afghanistan for the last time before it hands over total responsibility for security to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan Taliban on October 9 claimed their former deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has not been freed by authorities, prompting a denial from Pakistani officials who said he was free to […]
DHAKA (TIP): A fire on October 08, at a garment factory outside Bangladesh’s capital has killed at least nine people, an official said. Fire official Zafar Ahmed said nine bodies were found inside the fourstorey […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): A Nepalese constituent assembly election contestant died on Thursday a week after he was shot at in southern Nepal district of Bara adjoining Bihar. A pillion rider on a motorcycle with an Indian […]
DHAKA (TIP): A special Bangladesh tribunal has found a senior member of the opposition guilty of crimes against humanity stemming from the nation’s 1971 independence war and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The prosecution says […]
MALE (TIP): The Maldives will hold a new presidential election on October 19, the election commission announced on October 09, after the Supreme Court annulled a September 7 poll citing voter fraud. International election observers, […]
CLEVELAND (TIP): People Educating Society (PES) in Karnataka, an educational conglomerate with universities, colleges and high schools has chosen USA Cleveland-based Club VA Social Enterprise Platform to implement outcome-based learning methodology and also to link […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter, known for his deep knowledge of US defense spending and the defense industry, said on Thursday he was stepping down in December after four years in top Pentagon […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Edward Snowden who had not been in news for quite some time, burst back into the limelight Thursday, October 10 after four whistleblowing advocates from the United States reported meeting him to give […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): As the Government shutdown in the US enters its second week, the country is just 8 days away from default, and the country’s main creditor China has urged Washington to take decisive steps […]
BEIJING (TIP): A 26-year-old mistress has put up videos and photographs of her paramour, a senior Chinese official, now sacked and facing official investigation. This is part of a rising trend of official probes spurred […]
BEIRUT (TIP): International inspectors have so far visited three sites linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program, a spokesman said on Thursday, as the team races to destroy the country’s stockpile and delivery systems amid a […]
BEIJING (TIP): About 250,000 Chinese journalists will be given on-the-job training under a specially designed program by the government’s media agency, which also implements laws on censoring and “guiding” the media. The move suggests greater […]
Britain has decided to revive the bridge of diplomacy with Iran. The foreign secretaries of Britain and Iran have reached a consensus to appoint their respective non-resident charge d’affaires tasked with implementing the building of […]
With the government having lurched into its first shutdown since the 1990s, many commentators are focusing on the potential ill effects that it might have for Republicans. Almost all of these analyses use the shutdowns […]
It’s not just the canceled trip. Other factors are limiting the ability of the U.S. to focus on the Asia-Pacific. Senior U.S. administration officials have been at pains in recent weeks to demonstrate how Washington’s […]
The arrest of “Sant Sri Asaram Ji Bapu” on charges of rape has provoked strong reactions. The majority has condemned the conduct of Asaram and his son, Narayan Sain. But then there are Baba’s devotees […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistan has appointed as its ambassador to the United States an envoy who was once expelled from New Delhi for “indulging in activities incompatible with his official status.” Typically, that’s officialese for spying, […]
DENVER (TIP): Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth US astronaut in space and second American to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday in Colorado at age 88 of complications from a stroke, his […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Republicans offered a plan to President Barack Obama on Thursday that would postpone a possible US default in a sign the two sides may be moving to end the standoff that has shuttered […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The India Association of Long Island (IALI) recently celebrated through its Women’s Forum its monthly event for October. It was a burst of riotous color and sound as the festive season […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Hindu Center, Flushing organized a wonderful musical evening, mesmerizing performance by a great artist Falguni Shah and her husband Dr. Gaurav Shah, on September 29th, 2013 at Hindu Temple auditorium in Flushing. […]
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