WASHINGTON (TIP): Last week’s deadly assault on a US diplomatic mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi was a “terrorist attack” but probably not a pre-planned operation, a senior US official said. The attack, which […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Any hope Pakistan may have nurtured that a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could open the door for a “deal” on Siachen has been dashed, with Army chief Gen Bikram Singh […]
WUKAN (TIP): One of China’s most celebrated experiments in grass-roots democracy showed signs of faltering on September 21, as frustrations with elected officials in the southern fishing village of Wukan triggered a small and angry […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A Queens couple scammed the city out of more than $35,000 by faking attendance records at their publicly funded day-care program, the special schools investigator announced September 18. Nareesa and Saied Mohammed […]
CAIRO (TIP) – Muslims angered by cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad should follow his example of enduring insults without retaliating, Egypt’s highest Islamic legal official said. Western embassies tightened security in Sanaa, fearing the cartoons […]
UPPER DOLPA(Nepal) (TIP):The clansmen and monks of the mystical land of Upper Dolpa first gathered eight centuries ago to pray, feast, fight over property and vie for the title of fastest horseman in the Himalayas. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet of carbon dioxide snowfalls on Mars, based on the data provided by Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This reveals the only known example of carbon dioxide snow […]
LONDON (TIP): There could be many more habitable planets in the universe than previously thought, suggest new computer models. It is believed that for water to exist in its life-giving liquid form, a planet had […]
NEW YORK (TIP): He missed out on a third US Open men’s doubles title but Indian tennis star Leander Paes was far from dejected as he insisted that he and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek […]
Karachi/Islamabad (TIP): Two devastating fires engulfed a garment factory in Karachi and a shoe unit in Lahore killing at least 314 persons, including women and children, in one of the worst industrial accidents in Pakistan. […]
Lahore (TIP): Continuing to exert pressure on Pakistan to act against terror, India has conveyed to Chief Minister of Punjab province in Pakistan that Jamat-ul Dawa Chief Hafiz Saeed, a mastermind behind the Mumbai terror […]
Washington (TIP): “9 Eleven”, a Bollywood-style thriller by Indian American director Manan Singh Katohara, has won the Best Narrative Feature Award at the 2012 Third World Independent Film Festival (TWIFF). The San Francisco festival celebrates […]
DUBAI (TIP): Al-Qaida on September 13 posted an online video of two plane hijackers of the September 11, 2001 suicide attacks, which they said were part of a war to drive US forces out of […]
New Delhi (TIP): A report by industry body Assocham along with independent research firm comScore said that among the Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) nations, India has been the fastest growing market adding over […]
BAGHDAD (TIP): Iraq’s fugitive vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running death squads. The ruling came as at least 92 people were killed and […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Opening up retail and insurance sectors will generate lakhs of additional jobs in India, global human resource consultancy Mercer has said. According to the firm, labour statistics continue to be positive in the […]
KOCHI (TIP): Kerala may get an Indian Institute of Technology during the 12th Plan. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here on Wednesday that the Centre is seriously considering a proposal to set up an IIT […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Biting the bullet, the government Sept 13 hiked diesel prices by a steep Rs 5.62 per litre and restricted the supply of subsidized cooking gas to 6 cylinders per household in a […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Sensex rose more than 2 percent to new seven-month highs on Sept 14 after the government announced a hike in diesel prices and after the Federal Reserve announced a new asset purchase […]
Private equity activity in India witnessed an uptick in August with a combined deal value ofhighlight, accounting for over half the cumulative deal value, according to research and consultancy firm Grant Thornton’s latest ‘Dealtracker’ report. […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Tech Mahindra has set up three laboratories for Long Term Evolution technology, one in Delhi and one each in Pune and Bangalore. The software services provider, in which vehicle manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Aurobindo Pharma Ltd has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Escitalopram Oxalate tablets in dosages of 5mg, 10mg and 20mg. The product is ready […]
PATNA /HYDERABAD/AMRITSAR (TIP): People across the country have expressed outrage following the central government’s decision to hike diesel price by five rupees per litre, and restricted sales of subsidized cooking fuel or Liquefied Petroleum Gas […]
New Delhi (TIP): The inter ministerial group (IMG) on coal blocks allocation has recommended de-allocation of four mines allotted to private firms and encashment of bank guarantee of three others on the ground of non-development […]
Bangalore (TIP): An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket on Sept 9 successfully put into orbit two foreign satellites, making the space agency’s 100th mission a grand success. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was present at […]
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