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Voting from abroad

Jan 16, 2015 - 8:00 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Given the large NRI community dispersed globally, this move will undoubtedly have an impact on the country’s electoral politics in significant ways.The Union government has agreed, “in letter and spirit”, to implement the Supreme Court […]

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Kiran Bedi joins BJP with Chief Ministerial ambition

Jan 16, 2015 - 7:52 am EST @theindpanorama 1

BJP chief Amit Shah presents a bouquet to Kiran Bedi to welcome her into the party during a press conference in New Delhi. NEW DELHI (TIP): Not unexpectedly, former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on […]

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Charlie Hebdo sells out as 5 million print run is announced

Jan 16, 2015 - 7:49 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Charlie Hebdo is fetching $600 asking prices on eBay as millions hope to get their hands on the commemorative edition, the first to come out after eight staffers and four others were slaughtered. PARIS (TIP): […]

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Delhi to go to polls on February 7, counting on 10th

Jan 16, 2015 - 7:38 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): The national capital will go to the polls on February 7 with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hoping to beat its stunning debut performance a year ago, while the Bharatiya Janata Party […]

Europe

French President Hollande seeks tolerance; Charlie Hebdo buries staff

Jan 16, 2015 - 7:11 am EST @theindpanorama 0

PARIS (TIP): French President Francois Hollande insisted January 15 that any anti-Muslim or anti-Semitic acts must be “severely punished,” as he sought to calm rising religious tensions after his country’s bloodiest terrorist attacks in decades. […]

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Pak bans Hafiz’s JuD, Haqqani network

Jan 16, 2015 - 6:05 am EST @theindpanorama 2

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Within 48 hours of US secretary of state John Kerry leaving Pakistan’s shores, the government here banned 12 organizations, including the Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), a front for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, as well as […]

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PBD 2015 ROUND-UP

Jan 14, 2015 - 8:11 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Chief Ministers beckon overseas Indians to cash in on Investment opportunities in States GANDHINAGAR (GUJARAT) (TIP), January 9, 2015. Chief Ministers of as many as 9 States made a strong pitch for investments by overseas […]

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2014-THE YEAR THAT WAS

Jan 9, 2015 - 7:04 am EST @theindpanorama 1

2014 has not been very different from its predecessors. It has been, like all other years preceding it, a year of mixed events of diverse hues. In India, on the political front, the year proved […]

PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS 2015

Jan 9, 2015 - 6:46 am EST @theindpanorama 1

The 13th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being organized at Gandhinagar, Gujarat from January 7 to 9, 2015. It is the first time that PBD has gone to Gujarat. The PBD 2015 is dedicated […]

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Circumstantial evidence indicates Sunanda poisoned by alprazolam: FIR

Jan 9, 2015 - 6:41 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): Circumstantial evidence points to “alprazolam poisoning” as the reason for Sunanda Pushkar’s death and injuries to her were caused by “blunt force” but did not cause death while her body also bore […]

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Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan marries former BBC journalist

Jan 9, 2015 - 6:39 am EST @theindpanorama 3

ISLMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s most famous former sports star turned politician Imran Khan remarried on Thursday, January 8, in a low-key ceremony attended by a handful of friends. Despite repeated rumors of Imran Khan’s nuptials there […]

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Rajapaksa concedes defeat in Sri Lanka’s historic elections

Jan 9, 2015 - 6:37 am EST @theindpanorama 4

COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday, January 9 morning conceded defeat in presidential elections held on Thursday, even as trends showed a clear victory for united opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena. Sirisena was […]

Europe

Massive manhunt for 2 suspects in attack on Charlie Hebdo

Jan 9, 2015 - 6:36 am EST @theindpanorama 1

PARIS (TIP): Police SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaeda sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of satirical French weekly that spoofed Islam, homingin on a region north of Paris […]

Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan marries former BBC journalist

Obama plan would help many go to Community College free

Jan 9, 2015 - 6:32 am EST @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): President Obama said Thursday,January 8, that he would propose a government program topay the tuition of many community college students, anambitious plan that would expand educational opportunitiesfor millions of Americans, says a New […]

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World Economy Past and future tense

Jan 9, 2015 - 5:04 am EST @theindpanorama 1

A Financial crash in Russia; falling oil prices and a strong dollar; a new gold rush in Silicon Valley and a resurgent American economy; weakness in Germany and Japan; tumbling currencies in emerging markets from […]

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AGAIN, WHITE COP KILLS BLACK MAN IN US

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:49 am EST @theindpanorama 3

WASHINGTON (TIP): The familiar script of a white cop on hair-trigger alert gunning down a black man surfaced again on December 23 night less than five miles from Ferguson, Missouri, where a similar case in […]

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Post-elections, what J &K needs

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:28 am EST @theindpanorama 2

The announcement of the election results has justifiably generated enormous excitement, both in the state as also the rest of the country, since the formation of a coalition government is proving to be a daunting […]

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Pope’s Christmas address focuses on Pakistani school attack victims

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:14 am EST @theindpanorama 2

VATICAN (TIP): A sombre Pope Francis steeped his Christmas message to the world in sadness for those with little cause for joy — abused children, refugees, hostages and others suffering from violence in the Middle […]

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BHARAT RATNA for Vajpayee, Malviya

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:13 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayeeand Madan Mohan Malaviya will be conferred the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, the government announced on December 24 This came on the eve of […]

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Jharkhand gets first non-tribal CM

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:11 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Ranchi (TIP): The Jharkhand BJP Legislature Party (BJPLP) on December 26 elected Raghubar Das as its leader, paving the way for the first non-tribal to become the chief minister of the state. Das’s name was […]

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Honoring Complex Legacies

Dec 27, 2014 - 6:29 am EST @theindpanorama 1

By conferring the highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, on former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, who was president of the Indian National Congress more than once before Independence but was […]

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Pakistan must live in Peshawar

Dec 19, 2014 - 9:35 am EST @theindpanorama 2

“The school was targeted because it was a symbol of everything the Taliban are opposed to: enlightenment and freedom.” By Reem Wasay – The pestilence of extremism must be purged,we must say this freely now, […]

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National counter to terror

Dec 19, 2014 - 9:32 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Bipartisan security policy is of paramount importance The Indian government’s seasoned response to the horrific killing of students in Pakistan has been commendable; it’s not the time to score points or point fingers. Expressing deeply-felt […]

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Bail to Lakhvi: India conveys to Pak strong concerns

Dec 19, 2014 - 9:03 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): India has conveyed toPakistan its “strong concern” on grant ofbail to key Mumbai attack handler ZakiurRehman Lakhvi, saying the release willmake a mockery of Pakistan’s commitmentto fight terror groups without hesitationand without […]

RS LOGJAM CONTINUES AS GOVT, OPPN STICK TO STAND

Dec 19, 2014 - 9:01 am EST @theindpanorama 1

New Delhi (TIP): The deadlock in the Rajya Sabha seems to have no end in sight with both the government and opposition on December 18 unrelenting from their stand on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sreply on […]