NEW DELHI (TIP): Rahul Gandhi on Feb 1 signalled plans to carry out drastic and lasting changes in the working of the Congress to make it fighting fit ahead of a series of elections including […]
NEW DELHI (TIP):Differing with AnnaHazare on the amendedLokpal Bill approved by theUnion Cabinet, his teammate and close confidante,the former IPS officerKiran Bedi on February 1,backed the legislationsaying it addressed most oftheir concerns.Bedi also expressedhappiness over […]
Chinese Spring Festival, also called Lunar New Year,has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one ofthe traditional Chinese festivals, it is the grandestand the most important festival for Chinese people. It isalso the time […]
MILWAUKEE (TIP): AnIndian spiritual guru hasbeen found guilty by a federaljury of selling religiousworker visas to Indians forover USD 30,000 each toenable them to enter the USfraudulently.Sagarsen Haldar (31) alsoknown as Gopal Hari Das,identified himself […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Defining the battlelines for 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Sangh Parivar has decided that the BJP will focus on development and decisive leader agenda, while the affiliated groups — such as the […]
OSLO (TIP): Malala Yousafzai, theshot Pakistani schoolgirl-turned-iconof Taliban resistance, and ex-Easternbloc activists are among those knownto be nominated for this year’s NobelPeace Prize, as the deadline expiredon Friday.This year’s award will beannounced in October, butspeculation […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Ten IndianAmerican high school students areamong the 40 finalists in the 2013Intel Science Talent Search.Students will compete March 7-13in Washington, D.C., for $630,000 inawards, with the top winnerreceiving $100,000 from the IntelFoundation.New […]
As the US president, Barack Obama embarks on his second term, New Delhi is once again feeling the chill of a new administration in Washington. Sections of the Indian foreign policy making community are once […]
Two paths to citizenship, based upon differing culpability, can open the door to 11 million new Americans while reforming our immigration regime to welcome talented highly skilled workers and agricultural workers to stimulate our economy. […]
Senate committees will soon be asked to vote on President Obama’s nominees to head the departments of State and Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. Many, if not most, of the senators’ questions will be […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): An explosion in amarket in northwestern Pakistan on Friday,February 1, killed at least 21 people andwounded 33 in what the police described as asuicide bombing.The Pakistani Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack in Hangu, […]
Justice Verma and his two colleagues on the commission set up to examine laws dealing with sexual abuse and terror have served the nation well in making a thorough examination of the subject in its […]
SACRAMENTO (TIP): A recentstudy led by an Indian Americanresearcher Bikul Das, at theStanford University School ofMedicine proved that in times ofstress certain human embryonicstem cells produce molecules thatbenefit themselves along with thehelping the nearby cells […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-Americansmay have the distinction of being thehighest-per capita income group amongethnic communities but they lag far behindtheir European counterparts when it comesto owning a house in the US.According to the ‘HomeownershipAmong the Foreign-Born […]
Cast: Nushrat Bharucha, Kartik Tiwari, Sunny Singh Nijjar Direction: Luv Ranjan Genre: Romance Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes STORY: Should you get married to someone you barely know, just to make your parents happy or […]
WASHINGTON (TIP):Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) this week cosponsored a HouseResolution calling for the U.S.Postal Service to establish a postagestamp to commemorate Diwali, the”festival of lights” marking theHindu New Year. Diwali is observedby Hindus, Christians, Jains, […]
HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian American whoas a former US Treasury official oversawdepartment’s troubled Asset Relief Program atthe height of country’s financial crisis isconsidering a run for public office in Californiaas a Republican.Neel Kashkari, 39, announced […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The ‘Indiaspora 2013 InauguralBall’ organized by the Indian-American community washeld on Saturday, January 19, to celebrate the Secondinauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama. Thiswas the first of its kind event organized and heralded […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A former Indian Americanemployee of Galleon Group, who played a key role inthe conviction of hedge fund billionaire RajRajaratnam for insider trading, has been sentenced toone year in prison.Federal district judge Jed […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Consul General ofIndia in New York Prabhu Dayal hosted areception to celebrate the 64th RepublicDay of India on January 26, 2013.The highlight of the reception was a readout of the address […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Bank of India Chairperson & Managing Director Mrs. V.R. Iyer visited New York on Jan 30 and 31 and met US clients. She also attended an Investors’ Meet. She was accompanied […]
Toyota officially recaptured the title ofworld’s largest automaker Monday, January28 as its final 2012 sales total toppedGeneral Motors, which held the lead in 2011. NEW YORK (TIP): Earlier in January, General Motors(GM, Fortune 500) announced […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Even as HillaryClinton stepped down as Secretary ofState, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, aprotégé of Hillary Clinton, paid richtributes to her in a statement to TheIndian Panorama.Kirsten said, “Hillary Clinton has beena role model […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Lokpal Billcleared by the Cabinet on January 31excludes political parties from itsjurisdiction and also rejects theproposal for the appointment of theCentral Bureau of Investigation chiefby a collegium comprising the PM,leader of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Alarmed over reports suggestingthat China proposed to construct three more dams onriver Brahmaputra in Tibet, India today asked Beijing toensure that the interests of downstream states were notharmed by any activities in […]
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