WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has urged the Indian government that emerges from ongoing elections to follow economic policies that encourage investment, saying Washington would like to see bilateral trade grow to $500 billion a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): IT services firm HCL Technologies on Thursday posted 59 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 1,624 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The Noida-based firm had posted a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned some senior executives of the Aditya Birla Group for examination in connection with a case registered against the group’s chairman, Kumar Mangalam Birla, and former […]
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Parth Bhalerao, Boman Irani, Sanjay Mishra Direction: Nitesh Tiwari Genre: Drama Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes STORY: Our good-hearted ghost with a dost is back. This time he’s all set for some […]
In May 2005, as Indian and Pakistani Track I negotiators were reaching a ‘settlement deal’ on the forbidden Siachen Glacier, the then Chief of the Army Staff Joginder Jaswant Singh made an unexpected public statement. […]
World Punjabi Organization celebrated Baisakhi earlier this month at Akbar in Garden City, Long Island. The large gathering was entertained to a variety cultural program that included instrumental music, songs and folk dances. Nassau County […]
Sant Chatwal (right) chairman of Hampshire Hotels & Resorts, appointed industry veteran Eric Danziger (left) president and CEO of Hampshire group, the New York-based hospitality group, which manages brands like Dream Hotels, Night Hotels and […]
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi addressed meetings in Kareemnager district, Telangana on April 16, where Telangana Congress President Punnala Lakshmaiah & Kareemnager MPs presented mementoes to Mrs. Gandhi
NEW DELHI (TIP): KFC, the Kentucky-based fast-food chain known for its “finger-lickin’ good” range of chicken fillets and burgers, has finally given in to India’s penchant for vegetarianism. In what appears to be a first […]
CHENNAI (TIP): German luxury car maker Audi delivered more cars to customers than ever before in a single month in March — around 170,450 deliveries worldwide, a 15.4% year-on-year increase. This result also made March […]
BEIJING (TIP): China reported an unexpected contraction in exports in March, raising the danger of job losses as Beijing tries to overhaul its slowing economy. Trade data on Thursday showed exports fell 6.6 percent from […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Starting next week, Maruti Suzuki India will start recall of around 1 lakh cars to replace “fuel filler neck”. On Monday, the automobile major submitted to the heavy industry and road transport […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US labor market emerged surprisingly strong from the severe winter, with employers hiring at a brisk pace and the jobless rate holding near a five-year low. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 192,000 jobs […]
Modi’s silence on foreign policy is rather intriguing. “Our most severe external challenges are driven not by economics but politics, relating to territory, terrorism, religious extremism, nuclear blackmail, constraining our strategic options and boxing us […]
Unless the leaders of India, especially from the secular parties show some courage to stand up to fundamentalism that may emanate from any quarters whether it is Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian and stop exploiting […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Four more airlines have joined the fare war by offering discounted fares in the domestic sector to counter SpiceJet’s latest offer. While Go Air had started a two-day sale of tickets on Wednesday, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): General Motors recalled 824,000 more cars for possible problems with ignitions that have led to more than 30 accidents and 12 deaths. Last month, GM called back 1.6 million cars amid questions […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Competition Commission has slapped Rs 2.4 crore penalty on realty major DLF for not complying with its directions to cease and desist from unfair trade practices. Besides, the fair trade watchdog […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The new banking licences issued to IDFC and Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited and the Reserve Bank’s intention to consider the application of Department of Posts separately in consultation with the Central Government […]
The author notes that there is no focused debate on real issues. Only cacophony prevails. “Past experience tells us that the so-called “manifestos” of the political parties are hardly ever practically implemented. The consequences of […]
Earlier this week, General Bikram Singh, Chief of the Army Staff of the Republic of India, arrived in Israel on an official visit. During the course of his visit, General Singh met with the IDF […]
A grand Hindi Kavi Sammelan was organized by Akhil Vishwa Hindi Samiti on Saturday, March 22 at Hindu Center in Flushing,New York. Acclaimed poets from Tri State area regaled the 200 strong audience with their […]
Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan was in New York to give a performance at the UN. Present among others at the concert were Nirmal K. Mattoo and his wife Augustina. The Mattoos who have known […]
India Association of Long Island (IALI), four decades old and going strong is one of the oldest and largest Associations representing Indians on Long Island. The association recently celebrated the Festival of Colors – Holi […]
Modi has made some stray remarks on foreign affairs, but they should be seen more as obiter dicta rather than a considered judgment. Little interest has been shown domestically about possible new orientations in foreign […]
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