Entertainment
VINOD KHANNA – A MAN OF MANY PARTS
The man with many parts could no more fight against the terrible cancer which had bowed him down for some time now and yielded to the Will of God on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at […]
India
India
‘Modi sir, please help’: Jet Airways passenger’s tweet triggers hijacking scare
JAIPUR (TIP): A Jet Airways passenger tweeted on April 27 that he suspected a Mumbai-Delhi flight had been hijacked, sending security agencies into a tizzy at the Jaipur airport. The Delhi-bound flight 9W355 — carrying […]
India
US reaffirms India’s designation as major defence partner as Modi meets US NSA
NEW DELHI (TIP): US National Security Adviser HR McMaster and Indian NSA held a two-hour long meeting in New Delhi today. According to sources from the government – the issue of terrorism and Indo-US Cooperation […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
10 held for IS link, one from Jalandhar
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nine police teams of five states have arrested four suspected terrorists belonging to the ISIS Khorasan module for plotting a strike and detained six more. They were looking for potential recruits in […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
ARMY ORDERS COURT OF INQUIRY INTO J&K ‘HUMAN SHIELD’ INCIDENT
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Army has ordered a court of inquiry (CoI) into the incident in which a Kashmiri youth was allegedly tied to a jeep to ward off stone-pelters on April 9. A CoI […]
Asia
INDIA REFUSES CHINESE NAMES FOR ARUNACHAL SITES
NEW DELHI (TIP): India on Thursday dismissed China’s recent move to rename six places in Arunachal Pradesh and thus, to tacitly assert its claim on the state. New Delhi reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh was an […]
Americas
Canada to work with India for justice for victims of 1984 riots: Sajjan
AMRITSAR/TORONTO (TIP): As the visit to India by Canada’s defence minister, Harjit Sajjan, has been marred by Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh accusing him of having Khalistani sympathies, the minister now says that he […]
India
PM NARENDRA MODI TO GIVE PEP TALK TO BJP CMS; EYE ON UPCOMING POLLS
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a pep talk to chief ministers of 13 BJP ruled states at the party headquarters here on Sunday. Party president Amit Shah too will join them. […]
India
AFTER TALK OF BETTER DAYS SANS SASIKALA CLAN, AIADMK GROUPS TURN BITTER
? HIGHLIGHTS Two days after AIADMK (Amma) opened doors to its rival faction, the two camps have again hardened their stand. ? The O Pannerselvam-led faction termed the truce call by the EPS faction a […]
India
PRESIDENTIAL POLL ON MIND, BIHAR CM CALLS ON SONIA
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, setting off speculation on the possibility of a united Opposition fielding a joint candidate for the upcoming […]
Featured
Turning India into a land only for Hindus goes against our nation – Perspective
“We are a blended nation. Our long traditions, our languages, our home states, these cultural geographies have blurred and indistinct boundaries, interrelated contexts of meaning. There are many echoes, spirits and voices that inhabit our […]
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The strange case of Kulbhushan Jadhav – As I See It
Perhaps the backdrop explains the dynamics at play more than just details of his incarceration “The fact that despite specific provisions in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, India was denied access to Mr. Jadhav […]
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Script to unlearn Kashmir begins with sad lessons
In the absence of any initiative to begin a dialogue process, separatists hone their skills to influence people There is a lot to unlearn from a recent video clip gone viral on social media. A […]
India
Spy games making peace with India difficult: ex-Pak diplomat
WASHINGTON (TIP): Former Pakistan ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, has criticised the death sentence awarded to retired Indian navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, saying Islamabad’s “spy games” are making it tougher for the two South […]
India
Babri Masjid Demolition: Supreme Court of India indicts BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti for Criminal Conspiracy
Apex Court favors joint trial of the accused to speed up the judicial process NEW DELHI (TIP): In a major judgement handed down on April 19, Supreme Court of India ordered that the co-founder of […]
Business & Economics
Vijay Mallya arrested in London by Scotland Yard
NEW DELHI: Business tycoon Vijay Mallya, the boss of the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines, owes Rs 9,081 crore to a consortium of 17 Indian banks, has been arrested in London and will be produced in […]
India
US, AMNESTY, PAK GROUPS BACK INDIA ON JADHAV
NEW DELHI (TIP): Pakistan Army’s decision to execute alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav seems to have found little support globally. Not only has Amnesty International slammed the decision but also the civil rights groups within […]
India
BJP-Akali joint candidate Sirsa wins Rajouri Garden bypoll, AAP loses deposit
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a huge victory in the Rajouri Garden Assembly bypoll in the national capital on April 13 handing a humiliating defeat to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party […]
India
For 20 paisa each, bank data of 1-cr Indians was up for sale
NEW DELHI (TIP): The bank account data of one crore Indians was up for sale. And it was dirt cheap at 10 or 20 paisa per individual, police investigations have revealed. Probing the case of […]
Europe
India, UK working on latest jet engine
NEW DELHI (TIP): India and the UK are jointly making one of the most powerful engines for fighter jets of the future and the first such engine will be unveiled within a year. The gas […]
Americas
Capt says many Sikh Canadian ministers, MPs Khalistani sympathisers; Canada terms it disappointing, inaccurate
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s statement against Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan terming him a “Khalistani sympathiser” has triggered a diplomatic row with the Canadian high commission on April 13 terming […]
India
Pak army brass discusses Kulbhushan Jadhav case, rules out compromise
New Delhi/Islamabad (TIP): The Pakistan army brass decided after a discussion on April 13 that there would be no compromise on the issue of the death sentence+ awarded to retired Indian Navy commandant Kulbhushan Jadhav, […]
India
INCOME TAX DEPT LAUNCHES ‘OP CLEAN MONEY’-II; TO PROBE 60,000 PEOPLE
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Income Tax department will investigate over 60,000 individuals under the second phase of the ‘Operation Clean Money’ which was launched on Friday with a view to detecting black money generation post […]
India
SUPREME COURT NOTICE TO CENTRE, EC ON EVM ROW
NEW DELHI (TIP): Amid raging controversy over authenticity of electronic voting machines (EVMs), the Supreme Court on April 13 issued notices to the Centre and the Election Commission on petitions alleging that EVMs can be […]
India
DEFIANT JUSTICE KARNAN ‘SUMMONS’ CJI, 6 JUDGES
KOLKATA (TIP): A defiant Calcutta High Court Judge Justice CS Karnan on April 13 asked the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and six judges of the Supreme Court, who have issued a contempt notice to […]