Europe
The Indian Panorama Publisher- Editor greets PM Modi
Publisher & editor of The Indian Panorama, Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja was one of the invitees to the dinner reception to PM Modi hosted by Indian Ambassador S. Jaishankar.
Europe
Europe
Ranju and Ravi Batra greet PM Modi at the United Nations
As Indian-Americans and friends of India and Indians, Ravi & Ranju Batra welcome India’s PM Modi to New York and UN on 9/27/14, after he had visited the 9/11 Memorial and just walked off the […]
Europe
Queens Borough President helped kick-off Queens Restaurant Week 2014
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz helped kick-off Queens Restaurant Week 2014 by enjoying a delicious lunch with Assembly member Michael Miller (front l.), City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley (front r.), Queens Economic Development Corporation executive director […]
Europe
OFBJP Global Convener Vijay Jolly gets Modi’s pat
The untiring work of Vijay Jolly, the global convener of OFBJP has been appreciated by PM Modi. Jolly has traveled far and wide to set up organizational wings all over the world. His effort has […]
Europe
WORLD’S LONGEST FRESH FLOWER GARLAND
A new Guinness World Record for the World’s Longest Fresh Flower Garland was set , August 26 afternoon in Queens by New York City Councilman Jimmy Gennaro Ashrita Furman, holder of 206 current Guinness Records, […]
Europe
Pakistan needs to ‘incite’ those ‘fighting’ in Kashmir: MUSHARRAF
ISLAMABAD (TIP): In the wilderness for a long time, former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf made an anti-India rant by saying Pakistan needs to “incite” those “fighting” in Kashmir. “We have source (in Kashmir) besides […]
Europe
Shinzo Abe becomes first Japanese PM to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years
COLOMBO (TIP): Shinzo Abe on October 12 became the first Japanese prime minister to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years, on the second leg of a South Asian tour that sought to assert Tokyo’s interest […]
Europe
Flight MH370 mystery: Still no answers
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Six months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people on board disappeared in the Indian Ocean, aviation experts are still clueless over the world’s greatest aviation mystery. Australia, which is responsible […]
Europe
Afghanistan gang-rape case: Death sentence for 7
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan handed the death penalty to seven men on October 12 for raping and robbing a group of women returning from a wedding in a rare case of sexual assault that has shaken […]
Asia
Myanmar cancels planned parliamentary byelection
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar’s Union Election Commission, on October 13, said that it is cancelling byelections that were scheduled for later this year to fill 35 empty parliamentary seats. Commission chairman Tin Aye made the surprise […]
Europe
Slave girl kept in cellar
awarded $160,000 in UK court LONDON (TIP): A deaf and mute girl smuggled to Britain and kept as a slave for almost a decade must be paid £1,00,000 ($1,60,000) by her captors, a court ruled […]
Europe
China blocks BBC website as Hong Kong tensions rise
SHANGHAI (TIP): Chinese Communist Party censors have blocked the website of Britain’s national broadcaster, the BBC said in a statement, as tensions rise in Hong Kong between pro-democracy protesters and police. broadcaster said that the […]
Europe
John Grisham sorry for child porn remarks
LONDON (TIP): Novelist John Grisham apologized on October 16 for saying in an interview that many men imprisoned for child pornography offences in the US probably just had too much to drink and “pushed the […]
Europe
Two conscripts killed in an explosion in North Sinai
CAIRO (TIP): At least two policemen were killed and 8 others injured in an explosion in Egypt’s restive Sinai peninsula, official said October 17. The explosion occurred in west Al-Arish city in north Sinai October […]
Europe
New Zealand official’s ‘Indian radio’ remark stirs race row
MELBOURNE (TIP): A New Zealand immigration official sparked a race row after rejecting a woman’s visa application for a job, saying New Zealanders are unlikely to hear Indian radio. The case came to light after […]
Europe
Venezuela, New Zealand win UN security council seats but Turkey rebuffed
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats at the UN security council on October 16, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world’s “top […]
Europe
Hong Kong police move in to clear protest zone
HONG KONG (TIP): Riot police moved in on a Hong Kong pro-democracy protest zone in a dawn raid on October 17, taking down barricades, tents and canopies that have blocked key streets for more than […]
Europe
NORTH KOREA’S KIM JONG-UN MAKES SECOND WALKING STICK-AIDED APPEARANCE
SEOUL: North Korea’s state media on Friday reported another public appearance by leader Kim Jong-Un, his second in four days after an extended absence that has seen him re-emerge with a walking stick. The North’s […]
Europe
PAK ENVOY ABDUL BASIT FAILS TO MEASURE UP TO MODI GOVT
NEW DELHI: At a time when Indo-Pak tensions are running high, Pakistan’s man in Delhi, Abdul Basit, is not a favourite with the Modi government. Basit’s stock with this government plummeted in August when he […]
Europe
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa appoints Tamil leader as deputy minister
COLOMBO(TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today on October 10 appointed senior Tamil parliamentarian V S Radhakrishnan as a Deputy Minister, a move aimed at wining the support of the community ahead of his third […]
Europe
5 AFGHAN MEN HANGED FOR GANG RAPE
KABUL (TIP): Five Afghan men were hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women despite the United Nations and human rights groups criticising the trial and calling for new president Ashraf Ghani to […]
Europe
Bangladesh appoints Syed Muazzem Ali as new envoy to India
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh on October 7 appointed veteran diplomat and former foreign secretary Syed Muazzem Ali as its new high commissioner to India. Ali served as the foreign secretary during the ruling Awami League’s previous […]
Europe
Anti-EU UKIP party wins first elected seat in British parliament
CLACTON-ON-SEA, ENGLAND (TIP): Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party won its first elected seat in parliament on October 9 by a wide margin. In the English seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, UKIP candidate Douglas Carswell won 21,113 […]
Europe
Suicide car bomb kills 10 in Iraq’s Baquba
BAQUBA: A suicide car bomb blast at a police checkpoint in the Iraqi city of Baquba Thursday killed at least 10 people and wounded 11, security and medical sources said. “At least 10 people, including […]
Africa
Clashes break out in Central African Republic capital
BANGUI, Central African Republic: Clashes in Central African Republic’s capital have resulted in ”many casualties,” the International Committee for the Red Cross said Thursday, marking the most significant violence in the city since a United […]