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Bin Laden’s son-in-law captured, charged in US with conspiring to kill Americans

Mar 8, 2013 - 5:23 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): A top Al Qaeda spokesman who is the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has been captured overseas and charged in the United States with conspiracy to kill Americans, according to an indictment […]

Raja Bhaiya faces arrest

Mar 8, 2013 - 5:17 am EST @theindpanorama 1

CBI LODGES FIR AGAINST HIM IN DSP MURDER CASE LUCKNOW (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation on March 7 lodged four FIRs in connection with Pratapgarh violence in which three persons including deputy superintendent of […]

Ambassador Nirupama Rao And Congressman Ted Poe Discuss Positive Developments In India-U.S. Relations

Mar 2, 2013 - 5:20 am EST @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): Ambassador Nirupama Rao met Congressman Ted Poe from Texas on February 28, 2013 at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Congressman Ted Poe is serving his 5th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, […]

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Comment : Sequester Goes In To Effect

Mar 2, 2013 - 5:15 am EST @theindpanorama 1

While sequester that goes in to effect Friday, March 1 night, will not immediately hurt the Americans at large, it will have a devastating effect on some sections and departments of administration. It will also […]

As I See It : Emerging US Policies

Mar 2, 2013 - 5:12 am EST @theindpanorama 2

One of the key policy initiatives during President Obama’s first term was what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described in her article published in October 2011, titled “America’s Pacific Century”, as a “pivot” the “Indo-Pacific”” […]

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Plea For Restoration Of Ferozepur-Amritsar Rail Line

Mar 2, 2013 - 5:07 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Prior to 1947, Ferozepore in Punjab was a thriving transportation town with great rail and road connectivity with the provincial capital of Lahore and the industrial and commercial capital of Amritsar. Both links were via […]

President Signs Order For “Sequester” Budget Cuts

Mar 2, 2013 - 4:51 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama on Friday, March 1, signed an order that starts putting into effect across-the-board budget cuts known as the “sequester” after he and congressional leaders failed to find an alternative budget […]

Finance Minister P Chidambaram Boldly Votes For Growth Over Politics

Mar 2, 2013 - 4:49 am EST @theindpanorama 3

NEW DELHI (TIP): Never before has a finance minister rejected populist giveaways so decisively in an election year. Never before has a finance minister sought to win the next elections not through tax breaks and […]

Ambassador Hardeep S. Puri And Consul General Prabhu Dayal Retire

Mar 2, 2013 - 4:46 am EST I. S. Saluja 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Two senior Indian diplomats posted in New York retired on February 28. Ambassador Hardeep S. Puri, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations retired after a brilliant diplomatic career spanning 39 years. […]

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Britain’s Hat-Tip Towards Honest History

Feb 22, 2013 - 6:02 am EST @theindpanorama 2

PM Cameron’s admission of colonialshame, while short of an apology orreparations to the heirs of thoseslaughtered, is welcome by all who insistthat history must be honest and not a tool ofadded insult to those who […]

As I See It : The Origin Of Wars

Feb 22, 2013 - 5:59 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Just as Herodotus is the father ofhistory, Thucydides is the father ofrealism. To understand thegeopolitical conflict zones of the 21stcentury, you must begin with the ancientGreeks. Among the many importantlessons Thucydides teaches in his Historyof […]

Terror Revisits Hyderabad

Feb 22, 2013 - 5:52 am EST @theindpanorama 1

HYDERABAD (TIP): At least 18people were killed and more than 60injured in two powerful bomb blastswithin a gap of less than five minutesgap in thickly populated Dilsukhnagararea on Thursday (February 21)evening. The police recovered fiveunexploded […]

Japan’s New PM Arrives In US For Obama Meeting

Feb 22, 2013 - 5:46 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe has arrived in the United States for a WhiteHouse meeting with President Barack Obama.Abe, who was elected in December, is seeking toreinforce the longstanding U.S.-Japan alliance at a timeof […]

Car Bomb Hits Heart Of Damascus, 53 Killed

Feb 22, 2013 - 5:44 am EST @theindpanorama 1

BEIRUT (TIP): A car bomb killed 53people and wounded 200 in centralDamascus on Thursday when it blewup on a busy highway close to rulingBaath Party offices and the Russianembassy, Syrian TV said.Television footage showed charredand […]

Navigating The Tricky Passage To India

Feb 22, 2013 - 5:30 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP):Underscoring India’simportance in Britain’sevolving foreign policypriorities, British PrimeMinister David Cameron wasin India this week for asecond time since assumingoffice in 2010.Though his visit toJallianwala Bagh has evokedmixed reactions in India, hebecame the first […]

As I See It : Hindu Terrorism

Feb 15, 2013 - 4:43 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Is there such a thing as ‘Hinduterrorism’, as Home MinisterShinde is heavily hinting at?Well, I am one of that rare breed offoreign correspondents – a lover ofHindus! A born Frenchman, Catholiceducatedand non-Hindu, I do hope […]

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Narendra Modi is an Icon of Resurgent India

Feb 15, 2013 - 4:40 am EST @theindpanorama 1

After playing a hat trick in Gujarat elections,Narendra Modi’s stock has considerably gone upand he has emerged as the most dominant,dynamic and charismatic national leader. His election asChief Minister of Gujarat has also exposed the […]

Antony Took No Action On Bribery Charges

Feb 15, 2013 - 4:15 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Rs 3,546-crore contract for 12 AW-101helicopters, inked in February 2010,has emerged as a test case for defenceminister A K Antony, who has builthis entire political career on areputation for honesty, governmentcircles […]

Mukerji To Succeed Puri As India’s Ambassador To UN

Feb 15, 2013 - 4:12 am EST @theindpanorama 2

NEW DELHI / NEWYORK (TIP): Asoke KumarMukerji has been appointedas the next PermanentRepresentative of India tothe United Nations at NewYork. The announcementwas made in New DelhiFebruary 13. Mukerji replacesHardeep Singh Puri, whoretires this month after […]

Anand Jon Admits To Molesting Would-Be Model In NYC

Feb 15, 2013 - 4:01 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American celebrity fashiondesigner Anand Jon Alexander pleaded guilty in a NewYork City court Thursday, February 15 to one count of acriminal sexual act. He admitted to molesting a woman hebaited with the […]

Obama State Of The Union Speech Demands Vote On Gun Control Bills

Feb 15, 2013 - 3:58 am EST @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama on February 12 called for Congress to vote on a variety of gun control proposals that are currently up for debate, and heoffered a heartfelt, but not sharply political, endorsement […]

As I See It : When The Us Fails, Others Suffer

Feb 8, 2013 - 6:41 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Nuclear’ Iran is getting to be a bigger botherfor the US and the rest of the world thanmany had assumed in the earlier stages. It isfallacious to argue that Tehran will become a stablepartner in […]

Modi ‘A State Leader’ For Congress

Feb 8, 2013 - 6:36 am EST @theindpanorama 1

RSS drops hints of backing him NEW DELHI (TIP): Despite a section ofthe BJP seeing him as the PM candidate,the Congress has sought to project Gujaratchief minister Narendra Modi as a stateleader and dismissed suggestion […]

India’s Economic Growth Seen At 5%: Is The Worst Over?

Feb 8, 2013 - 6:34 am EST @theindpanorama 1

New Delhi (TIP): In an unpleasant shock,India’s economy is projected to grow 5% inthe current fiscal year, the lowest in adecade and substantially lower than the5.7% projected earlier by the financeministry.Worse, the economy, presently estimatedat […]

U.S. Reps. Maloney And Meng, Leaders Of South Asian Communities Rally Support

Feb 8, 2013 - 6:32 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK, NY (TIP): CongresswomanCarolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan andQueens) joined Congresswoman GraceMeng (D-Queens) and South Asiancommunity leaders led by Ranju Batra,President of the Association of Indians in America-NY to rally grass-roots supportto press the Citizens Stamp […]