NEW DELHI (TIP): Is the Congress ready to shed its status quoist tag and take hard decisions as it prepares to fight a rampant BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections? The answer may lie in Rahul Gandhi’s choice of candidates for the […]
MADURAI (TIP): Rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on March 15 floated a new political party — Amma MakkalMunnetra Kazhagam — named after late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa. “From today, we will function with a name to retrieve the great movement of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The bickering between India and Pakistan over alleged harassment of each other’s diplomats took a new turn after Islamabad called its High Commissioner home for consultations, which was termed by India as “routine” and “normal”. Pakistan said it has called home its […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): For the first time in its term, the Narendra Modi government may face a no-confidence motion on the floor of the house. Andhra Pradesh’s YSR Congress Party led by Jagan Mohan Reddy, has given a notice to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on March 15 apologized to former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia for making “unfounded” allegations against him over his involvement in the illegal drug trade. Majithia, a senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader, had filed […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): Delivering a major blow to the BJP, the Samajwadi Party won Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh by-election. Samajwadi Party’s Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel defeated BJP’s Kaushlendra Singh Patel by […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court (SC) on March 8 restored the marriage between Akhila aka Hadiya and Shafin Jahan – a couple at the centre of a ‘love jihad’ row – but made it clear that the NIA […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The CBI on March 8 said it has registered a fresh case against diamantaire Nirav Modi for causing a loss of Rs 321 crore to Punjab National Bank (PNB) by availing different credit facilities between 2013 and 2017. […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): Ustad Pyarelal Wadali, younger brother of Ustad Puran Chand Wadali died in Amritsar on March 9 morning. He was 75. He breathed his last at Fortis Escorts Hospital in Amritsar where he was admitted on Thursday. Wadali Brothers, who hail from a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), led by N Chandrababu Naidu, on March 8 pulled out of the Narendra Modi government, with two of its minister in the Union Cabinet tendering their resignations. TDP’s exit from the Narendra […]
NEW DELHI(TIP) : Senior diplomat Vinay Kumar has been appointed as India’s ambassador to strategically key Afghanistan. He will replace Manpreet Vohra in Kabul. Kumar, a 1992 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as Joint Secretary […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Members of Parliament are set to get increased allowances with the Union Cabinet approving a proposal in this regard. The constituency allowance, furniture allowance and communication expenses of the MPs would go up considerably, sources in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 1 (Thursday) said it has attached 41 properties, valued at over Rs 1,200 crore, in connection with its money laundering probe into the PNB scam against Gitanjali Gems and its […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the fight against terrorism and radicalization was not against any religion, but against a mindset that misguides the youth. Speaking at a conference on “Islamic heritage: Promoting understanding and moderation”, Modi said […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday left for Italy to “surprise” his maternal grandmother and spend the Holi weekend with her. Announcing this on Twitter, he also extended Holi greetings to fellow citizens. “My Nani is 93. She’s the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha on March 1 boycotted a meeting of the committee that will select an anti-corruption ombudsman, or Lokpal, in protest against being asked to attend as a “special invitee”. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Karti Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media case, was on March 1 remanded to five days of CBI custody by a Delhi court. Special Judge Sunil Rana extended Karti’s custody till March 6 after the CBI contended that […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Stung by a spate of cases of financial plundering of Indian Financial institutions by unscrupulous people like Vijay Mallya and more recently, Nirav Modi, government of India has decided to tighten noose […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Bollywood diva Sridevi was on February 28 cremated with full state honors, mourned by millions of fans, at the Vile Parle crematorium. Sridevi’s filmmaker husband Boney Kapoor performed the last rites at the […]
Sridevi, one of India’s most celebrated actresses, has died according to multiple reports coming in. The 54-year-old Bollywood icon was attending a family wedding in the Dubai, United Arab Emirates when she suffered a fatal […]
MUMBAI (TIP): After 70 years of Independence power supply has finally reached Elephanta Caves near Mumbai. A 7.5-km long undersea cable has brought electricity to the world-famous Gharapuri Isle, which houses the UNESCO world heritage site. “It’s a […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Kamal Haasan’s telegenic charm was on full display on Feb 21 night when he told a rapturous crowd of supporters in Madurai that his new party would be called the Makkal Needhi Maiam. The Tamil words roughly translate into People’s […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Relative to India, China is a late entrant in the Maldives, a key Indian Ocean nation and the only SAARC member-state Prime Minister Narendra Modi is yet to visit. But China may well have stolen […]
KOHIMA (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed firm resolve that the “Act East Policy” would be made a reality to connect people of the North- East with South East Asian countries to ensure speedy development. He emphasised that the development of the North-East […]
The army chief also defended Shopian firing by forces, saying stone-pelters were hampering military operations NEW DELHI (TIP): Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Indian army will give Pakistan a reply “sooner rather than later” for the February 10 terror attack […]
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