LONDON (TIP): Britain has given up its threat to enter Ecuador’s London embassy to arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuador’s president has said, says an August 26 BBC report. Rafael Correa told reporters “we consider […]
By Maya Mirchandani Tehran (TIP): It could simply be lore now, but if the story Jugal Kishore, the principal of Tehran’s new Kendriya Vidyalaya told us is true, Iran’s province of Zahedan was named for […]
New Delhi (TIP): The Supreme Court on Aug 31 ordered the Sahara conglomerate to refund Rs. 17,400 crore it had raised from millions of small investors, reaffirming an order from market regulator Securities and Exchange […]
AMPA, FL (TIP): Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan has come under fire for alleged inaccuracies during his convention debut in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Ryan attacked the president for making cuts to the Medicare healthcare program, […]
Interests, values, and history all suggest that the natural political home for Indian-Americans is the GOP,” declares Sadanand Dhume in a bold essay on theAmerican Enterprise website. The resident fellow at the conservative think tank […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): While BJP and allies tussle over Narendra Modi’s candidature for the prime minister’s post and the party itself maintains a studied silence, a majority of urban Indians think the Gujarat CM should […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has threatened to disrupt Sur-Kshetra, a music show in which eight vocalists from Pakistan and an equal number of Indian singers are scheduled to participate. The MNS’s film wing, […]
MUMBAI (TIP): A week after the unceremonious exit of police chief Arup Patnaik in the aftermath of the August 11 riots, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday switched positions of joint commissioner (law and order) […]
New Delhi (TIP): A Delhi court August 30 issued summons to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for humiliating people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by calling Chhath Puja a “drama.” Additional Chief Metropolitan […]
IN the first ever mid-air helicopter collision involving the Indian Air Force (IAF), nine defence personnel, including five officers, were killed when two MI-17 choppers crashed into each other minutes after taking off from the […]
India told Pakistan August 30 that expeditiously concluding the trial of the 26/11 Mumbai attack’s perpetrators would be the biggest sub-continental confidence building measure (CBM). Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this message to Pakistani […]
President Pranab Mukherjee is expected to address business leaders and members of the Indian Diaspora at a global meet here next month that will focus on building sustainable growth models for India and issues impacting […]
India’s Supreme Court on August 29 upheld the death sentence of Ajmal Amir Kasab, rejecting a plea by the lone surviving terrorist of the 2008 Mumbai attacks to commute the capital punishment.Observing that the primary […]
Ashrita Furman, holder of the most Guinness records and a team of 20 disciples of Sri Chinmoy constructed the world’s largest (Sri Chinmoy birthday) Tennis Racket within ten days. Furman dedicated the racket to Sri […]
A new high resolution television format has been approved by the UN’s communication standards setting agency. Broadcasts in 8K will offer a resolution of 7,680 by 4,320 pixels – roughly the equivalent of a 32 […]
Prominent members of the Indian American community gathered at the Consulate General of India office in New York City to greet each other on the occasion of Eid, which is celebrated all over the world […]
Jagdish Sewhani, President of The American India Public Affairs Committee met with Congressman Ted Poe at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. and thanked him for his realistic and robust efforts in reducing the financial aid […]
Members and Supporters of Indian American Intellectuals Forum (IAIF) led by Narain Kataria, Arish Sahani;\; and Malayali Hindu Mandalam (MAHIMA), led by Raju Nanoo went to Richmond Hill Gurudwara, Queens, New York and offered their […]
The stage is set for another round of petrol price hike with the Indian basket of crude oil increasing by over $10 to $113 per barrel since the prices were revised last on July 24. […]
Cheteshwar Pujara’s maiden Test hundred carried India to a comfortable 307 for 5 at the end of the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on […]
Vegetarians, are your feeling weak? You may be suffering from protein deficiency because pulses are just not enough. Here’s what you must eat. Dry brittle hair, peeling skin and lack of sleep are common problems, […]
CONTD FROM Vol 7 ISSUE 23 || 1 || Pause || Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I gained perfect control over my senses. Ever since I rid myself of my self-conceit, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The country’s principal anti-terror law – the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) – will now have more teeth. It will now include several unscrupulous acts and illegal economic activities under the definition […]
New Delhi (TIP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on August 23 told party MPs not to be defensive on the CAG report on coal block allocation as the government had not done anything wrong, and to […]
By Lakshmi Sharath I am in Seeyamangalam, a village 80 km from Chennai with a group of friends and our agenda is to visit some of the ancient Pallava Cave Temples, built by the king […]
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