President Obama win in 2008 was a truly historic occasion as the election of a non-white to the presidency represented the far reaching social change that had occurred relatively undetected in the American society over […]
India is a country of festivals and festivities. Our forefathers made sure that we have occasions to come together and celebrate. I do not think any other country in the world can match India’s number […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans in Congress said Thursday, November 8 that they want to consider broad changes to immigration laws next year, after an election in which Hispanic voters turned […]
The pre-election polls suggested that the 2012 US Presidential Election is a cliff hanger, too close to call. In fact, on percentages it was so, but a look at the final electoral college votes tally […]
ISLAMABAD (tip): Authorities have agreed to allowmobile phone services between Pakistan and India though certain issues remain to be settled, a Pakistani parliamentary panel has been informed by officials. The standing committee on commerce of […]
On November 5, 2008, Barack Obama, an African-American, made history when he was elected the 44th president of the United States. The world’s oldest democracy had finally broken the race ceiling and a ‘man of […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): Two mobile jammers have been installed on Golden Temple’s first floor to curb cell phone usage in the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine. SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar told TOI on Friday that […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday stayed all proceedings before the Delhi High Court relating to 20 petitions by 2G spectrum scam accused, including former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Legendary film actor late Rajesh Khanna, reputed director of Sholay fame Ramesh Sippy and singer Kailash Kher may get next year’s Padma awards – the country’s prestigious civilian awards – that will […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on November 9 formally put the party in a battle preparedness mode, while Rahul Gandhi – widely expected to lead the campaign for the next Lok Sabha elections […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on November 9 absolved former railway minister C K Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges by ruling that a minister commits no criminal offence by taking excess staff with him […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Theatre personality and actor Girish Karnad’s statement that Rabindranath Tagore was a ‘second-rate playwright’ has not only created ripples in the literary world but also angered Twitterati. After his recent criticism of […]
BANGALORE/MUMBAI (TIP): “I feel sorry for him” or “he has my sympathies” are not the phrases you would ordinarily associate with as flamboyant a person as Vijay Mallya. But, indeed, they cropped up often when […]
New Delhi (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s imprint on the October 28 reshuffle in the Council of Ministers is evident with several leaders who are in favor of more economic reforms now a part of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In his latest round of allegations, Arvind Kejriwal today targeted multinational HSBC Bank accusing it of indulging in money laundering and claimed Ambani brothers,Naresh Goyal and Congress MP Annu Tandonhad parked their […]
GUWAHATI (TIP): Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar had an affair with Bhupen Hazarika. His estranged wife Priyamvada Patel Hazarika told a local TV channel ahead of the Assamese balladeer’s first death anniversary on November 5. “Lata […]
nahin…,”(Only girls and women from affluent class can go forward…remember this..you (rural women) will not get a chance…Our rural women did not have that much attraction).” At a meeting in Barabanki, Yadav had opposed the […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on November 9 landed himself in a controversy when he remarked that rural women will not benefit from the Women Reservation Bill because they are not […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The patriarch of Rajasthan Association of North America Haridas Kotahwala must be a sad man after taking a decision to cancel the much hyped annual Deepavali Gala scheduled to be held on […]
New Delhi (TIP): State-owned explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will sell 26 per cent stake in its KG Basin exploration block, KG-DWN-2004/6, to Japanese oil and gas explorer Inpex Corporation, a company statement […]
Ahmedabad (TIP): Stating that the Indian pharmaceutical industry is on a “good growth path’, a CII-PwC report on Monday said it is likely to be among the top-10 global markets in value terms by 2020. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, currently in space and floating around in zero-gravity, voted for US Presidential polls by absentee ballot. Sunita, along with flight engineer Kevin Ford, exercised her franchise in July […]
Mangalore (TIP): Manipal University has signed agreements with Shanghai’s Tongji and Tianjin universities for mutual, comprehensive partnerships. Quoting the Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University, K. Ramnarayan, a press release said here on Monday that the MoUs […]
BEIJING (tip): She sports Tibetan costume or military uniform and regales Chinese audiences with folk and patriotic songs. Until recently,Peng Liyuan, a star singer, was a lot more popular than her politician husband, Xi Jinping, […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): NJ Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula has created a sort of history by breaking a 100 year old record of losing margin. He lost by over 51,000 votes in Congressional District 7 of New […]
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