PUNE (TIP): “Metro Man” E Sreedharan has emphasised integrity, punctuality and professional competence are vital factors for undertaking any major infrastructure project to avoid cost overruns. Sreedharan, who was conferred the ‘Lokmanya Tilak Award’ for […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Early this week, the Delhi police filed a charge sheet that stated Dawood Ibrahim masterminded the IPL match-fixing scam. This seems a civil effort on the part of the Delhi police when […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry told Pakistanis on August 1 that Washington planned to end drone strikes in their country soon – a message aimed at removing a major source of anti-American […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Glossing over strained bilateral ties for over two years, the United States and Pakistan on August 1 agreed to resume the stalled strategic dialogue while Washington played down Islamabad’s concerns over continuing American […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The spread of bird flu over the past 15 days has forced the Nepalese government to ban the movement of poultry products in the Kathmandu valley. The ban, which came into effect on […]
TOKYO (TIP): Japan’s deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he has no intention of resigning over comments he made, but were later retracted, that were interpreted as praise for Germany’s Nazi regime and […]
COLOMBO (TIP): One person was killed and about 15 were wounded when Sri Lanka’s military shot at a protest demanding clean drinking water. At least 4,000 protesters had gathered on Thursday in Weliweriya, some 12 […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): India-born Mamnoon Hussain, a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was on August 1 elected as the 12th President of Pakistan and will replace incumbent Asif Ali Zardari in September. Hussain emerged […]
LONDON (TIP): The controversial cash bonds for Indians could soon end up in the European Court of Human Rights with a top London lawyer Sarosh Zaiwalla saying the visa bonds “amount to discrimination against Indians” […]
DUBAI (TIP): An Indian cancer patient, who campaigned against smoking in unusual ways such as confronting strangers in public places and pleading with them to quit smoking, succumbed to lung cancer in a Dubai hospital. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The British government on August 1 appointed Kumar Iyer, an Indian-origin official, as director general for UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) in India. This is a new top level post and has […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate easily confirmed President Barack Obama’s selection for ambassador to the United Nations on August 1. The Irish-born Samantha Power, a former Obama foreign policy adviser and outspoken human rights advocate, […]
SAN DIEGO (TIP): A 25-year old college student has reached a $4.1 million settlement with the US government after he was abandoned in a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) cell for more than four days […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A former security worker for Michael Jackson says he was concerned the singer would overdose on prescription medications in the early 2000s. Michael La Perruque told jurors Thursday that he occasionally went […]
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting: OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN (TIP): Gurvinder Singh approached his father’s open coffin with one thought: “Please, god, it’s not my dad.” As he stepped closer, he realized the man was indeed the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on this week’s resumption of the final status negotiation of the peace talks, the White House said. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US embassies that would normally be open this Sunday – including those in Abu Dhabi, Baghdad and Cairo – will be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns, the US State Department […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian Americans have been finally noticed by the Republican Party which has decided to field at least 10 Indian Americans in 2014 elections. As part of its effort to change the face of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The influential Indian American doctor’s community on Tuesday, July 30th, announced to hold their “Global Healthcare Summit” in Ahmedabad next January for bringing affordable world class healthcare for Indians. “The Association of American […]
CAIRO (TIP): Supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi urged fresh rallies on August 2, raising fears of renewed violence as police prepared to disperse them amid international appeals for restraint. The call came as […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Ghazal singer Anup Jalota recently performed at Edison Hotel in Edison, NJ to help raise funds for the benefit of the victims of Uttarakhand Floods. An amount of $7,500 was raised during […]
With its disproportionate economic gains, the US model is not for India. Industrialization at the cost of environment is not sustainable. Inclusive social growth will be elusive if natural resources are viewed from the prism […]
Those opposing Justice Katju’s suggestion of minimum qualifications for journalists are out of touch with reality, argues the author. Some years ago, the journalism entrance test at a career development institute in Mumbai had this […]
Every year the number of India Day Parades being organized in NY & NJ is increasing. The oldest organizer is FIA followed by IBA and then OTIBA. The latest entrant to this Band wagon is […]
Keep economy above politics Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has emphasized the need for a political consensus on reforms. “Reforms”, he says, “don’t happen just because there is a professional consensus. They happen when the political […]
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