YANGON (TIP): Myanmar has no military ties with North Korea, a Myanmar official said on Monday, as a US diplomat responsible for North Korea arrived for talks in which he is likely to seek assurances on efforts to […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka’s cabinet has cleared a revised agreement for its Chinese-built southern port of Hambantota on July 24, the government said, after terms of the first pact sparked widespread public anger in the island nation. The […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani police have arrested 25 members of an informal village council accused of ordering the rape of a 16-year-old girl as revenge for her brother’s alleged sexual assault of another girl. The Supreme Court also requested a report on […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s Supreme Court is pronouncing its verdict on Nawaz Sharif in the Panamagate case in which he and his family are accused of corruption. Stay with us for latest updates. Meanwhile, interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali […]
BEIJING (TIP): In the first official meeting between top Indian and Chinese officials since the Doklam stand-off+ became public, national security adviser Ajit Doval met state councillor Yang Jiechi here on July 27, offering the possibility of serious diplomatic efforts to deescalate […]
BEIJING (TIP): China stepped up its warning to Botswana on July 27 over a planned visit by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama next month, demanding the African nation respect China’s core interests. The Dalai Lama, reviled […]
MARSEILLE (TIP): Firefighters evacuated thousands of campers and local residents after a wildfire broke out on France’s tourist-thronged Riviera coast overnight. The blaze was the latest of several wind-whipped fires that are ravaging forest and scrubland on […]
MOSCOW (TIP): President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to keep its air base in Syria for almost half a century, official documents show. The original deal, signed in […]
MOSCOW (TIP): The Kremlin on july 28 warned that new US sanctions on Russia would hit the interests of both sides as Congress gears up to approved fresh punitive measures. “We consider such a continuation of the rhetoric of sanctions […]
WHAT MAKES PRANAB MUKHERJEE’S TENURE AS PRESIDENT UNIQUE As Pranab Mukherjee exits the Rashtrapati Bhavan to hand over the reins to Ram Nath Kovind – India’s 14th president, it is an appropriate time to look back to steps and actions that […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Maharashtra Government told the Bombay High Court that the state did not have any objection if the latter ordered actor Sanjay Dutt back to jail. Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told a HC Bench comprising RM Savant […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In an important verdict, the Supreme Court today put an end to automatic arrests in cruelty and dowry-related cases under Section 498A of IPC that has often been misused to harass innocent family members […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): The Odisha Government formally named the Outer Wheeler island in Bhadrak district as APJ Abdul Kalam Island as a tribute to the former President on his second death anniversary. The Revenue and Disaster Management Department yesterday issued […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Opposition Congress on July 28 created uproar in the Rajya Sabha, forcing four adjournments in quick succession, alleging that Gujarat Police had kidnapped its MLA in the state with a view to influencing the upcoming elections to the […]
Talks include bilateral relations, international and regional issues and multilateral affairs BEIJING/ NEW DELHI (TIP): National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi discussed “major problems” in bilateral ties, the Foreign Ministry here said after […]
POLITICAL DRAMA IN BIHAR PATNA(TIP) : The decision to part ways with the RJD and join hands with the BJP was taken in the interest of Bihar and will ensure development and justice for the state, Nitish Kumar on July […]
CANBERRA (TIP): The US Pacific Fleet commander said on July 27 he would launch a nuclear strike against China next week if President Donald Trump ordered it, and warned against the military ever shifting its allegiance from its commander […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Amazon’s founder CEO Jeff Bezos may have ended Microsoft badshah Bill Gates’ long reign since 1995 as the world’s richest individual – a position interrupted only briefly by the likes of Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and Mexican […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The bitter in fighting among top staffers at White House turned ugly as Anthony Scaramucci, President Donald Trump’s new communications director, launched a foul-mouthed attack on his rival Reince Priebus, calling him a “paranoid schizophrenic”, a news website has claimed. Scaramucci, […]
AUSTIN (TIP): Fifteen people were arrested in Austin on Wednesday, July 26 during a protest Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s threat to sue the federal government over a program that shields from deportation unauthorized immigrants […]
PATNA (TIP): Bihar’s murky politics witnessed another turn of the events, July 27. Fewer than 24 hours after resigning from the post of chief minister, Nitish Kumar was again in the position after he was […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ram Nath Kovind on July 25 took oath at the 14th President of India, the first BJP leader to occupy the Rashtrapati Bhawan, and said India’s unity in diversity was the key […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday, July 28, disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office in the Panamagate graft case. The court had recently resumed the hearing of the high-profile case against Sharif […]
PATNA (TIP): Nitish Kumar on July 28 won the trust vote in the Bihar Assembly a day after he took oath as Chief Minister to head the JD-U-BJP government after dumping the Grand Alliance. In […]
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