New Delhi: India’s High Commissioner to Britain Navtej Sarna was today appointed as the next Ambassador to the US as that country prepares for a presidential transition. “Navtej Singh Sarna (IFS: 1980) has been appointed […]
London: Over 50 leaders from the world of business and politics in Britain and India have backed a campaign for the UK to extend its new 87-pound two-year visitor visa to Indian nationals. In a letter […]
Former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has reportedly left ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’. Sidhu, who recently created a new party, has decided to jump into politics with both feet. He has already recorded all of his […]
MAY 26, 2014: Narendra Modi first signaled a new approach to Pakistan when he invited his Pak counterpart Nawaz Sharif – and other SAARC leaders – to the swearing in of the new government in […]
WASHINGTON: Replying to Nawaz Sharif’s statement at the General Debate of 71st UNGA, India’s First Secretary Eenam Gambhir (Follow her on Twitter @ Eenam Gambhir @eenamg) directly took on Pakistan calling it a terrorist state and a […]
At least 17 troops were killed in a pre-dawn ambush by militants in Kashmir on Sep 18. An attack of a suicidal nature, sponsored and launched from across the LoC was expected any time before the […]
Sep 18, The United Kingdom in strong words today condemned the terrorist attack on J&K’s Uri which claimed the lives of 20 soldiers and injured 27 and came out in support of India. “I offer […]
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist attack on Uri in Jammu & Kashmir. The response comes in the middle of the 71st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters […]
Chandigarh, Sep 19 (TIP) Punjab traders dealing in import and export of goods with Pakistan today sought a fitting reply in the aftermath of Uri attack, threatening to end Rs 3,000 crore worth of trade […]
Hardening its stance on terrorism in the wake of Sunday’s attack on an Indian Army base in Uri, India is actively considering imposition of material damage on Pakistan. There may even be a punitive strike […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited his mother Hiraba here and took her blessings on his 66th birthday. Modi reached the residence of his brother Pankaj Modi in Raysan area of state capital here, where […]
Amidst the Yadav family feud, Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party President Shivpal Yadav has commented on his nephew Akhilesh Yadav, saying that a Chief Minister should not be arrogant. Akhilesh Yadav, on Friday, restored all the […]
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan is the new victim of the Dengue outbreak. The actress was diagnosed with the disease on Friday. The BMC has sent a notice to actor Shahid Kapoor, who lives close to […]
On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on Saturday, Atul bakery, a Surat-based bakery has created an world’s biggest cake measuring eight feet high! The cake weights up to 3750 kg was made […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on September 15 disposed of a petition by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) over Sehajdhari Sikhs’ right to vote in SGPC elections as the case had become irrelevant following […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): At 5.15pm on Thursday (Sept 15), Chandigarh International Airport actually became international as a flight from Sharjah landed with 128 passengers onboard a 186-seater plane. At 6.35pm, an Air India Express plane carrying […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Budget session of Parliament may be advanced by a month and commence on January 24 and a combined Railway and General Budget may be presented on January 31. The Cabinet is […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Dismissing beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya’s claim that he is unable to travel back as his passport has been suspended+ by the Indian authorities, the government on Thursday (Sept 15) said any citizen […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Senior DMK leader MK Stalin was taken into preventive custody on Friday after staging a rail roko at the Egmore Railway station in Chennai. Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi also courted arrest as the […]
Political scientists write with some regret of how a political movement that had tapped the consciousness of lakhs of Indians through sustained and patient mobilization, dissemination of ideology, and shared understanding of what is wrong […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav quit the government as well as his position as chief of Samajwadi Party’s state unit on Thursday (Sept 15), in what is seen as a blow to […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): As curtains came down on the last assembly session of Punjab ahead of polls, it saw yet another first. After an unprecedented sit-in by Congress MLAs on the floor of the House for […]
Chandigarh: Congress MLA from Banga Tarlochan Singh Soondh would never have imagined how his worn-out pair of shoes would become a “prized” possession. A Canada-based news channel has reportedly offered Soondh Rs 50,000 if he […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): In the first major fallout of over two-month-long unrest in the Kashmir valley that has left over 80 persons dead, PDP’s founding member Tariq Hameed Karra resigned from the party and membership of […]
New York, Sep 13 – Indias top women bankers, SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI head Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma, are among the 50 most powerful women based outside the US, according […]
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