NEW DELHI (TIP): The Modi government’s plan to announce the General Budget in January might get the Congress’ support, even as some small parties remain apprehensive. The government is planning to advance the budget by […]
BEIJING (TIP): China’s defence ministry said on Thursday that it hoped India could put more efforts into regional peace and stability rather than the opposite, in response to Indian plans to put advanced cruise missiles+ […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The race for the next Indian ambassador to the US has started in earnest. Arun Singh, the current Indian envoy to the US, is set to retire by August-end and the government […]
A group of 72 American lawmakers have asked US President Barack Obama to publicly support the right of the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet and call for an immediate and unconditional release of all […]
The ‘racism’ word understandably provokes a fair amount of discomfort since it presents an unattractive picture which stands in sharp contrast to the official “unity in diversity” rhetoric. And yet it is a little ironic […]
LONDON: Three Indian-origin Muslim siblings, including two hijab-clad girls, have claimed that they were hauled off a plane at an airport in London and questioned on the tarmac by British policemen after a passenger accused […]
A revamped scholarship programme for children of NRIs and Persons of Indian Origin to pursue under graduate courses in Indian universities and institutions was on Wednesday announced by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Under the […]
DUBAI: An Indian businessman here has announced a cash prize of Rs. 50 lakh for India’s silver-medalist ace shuttler P V Sindhu and Rs. 25 lakh for wrestler Sakshi Malik for winning the bronze medal […]
WASHINGTON: Calling it a “step in the right direction”, Sikh-Americans have welcomed the Indian government’s decision of removing the names of 225 Sikhs from a blacklist. “This is a step in the right direction and […]
NEW YORK: Top economist and RBI’s former deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has been named senior fellow at the prestigious Yale University’s institute for global affairs. Mr Mohan will join the 2016-2017 class of 15 Senior […]
In these four years, I also saw with, some disquiet, forces of divisiveness and intolerance trying to raise their ugly head. Attacks on weaker sections that militate against our national ethos are aberrations that need to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): We all have appreciated our external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj’s timely interventions and speedy responses on social media. She’s one of the most active foreign ministers in the world on Twitter with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In what can be viewed as a significantly aggressive shift in India’s foreign policy, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi attacked Pakistan over alleged human rights abuses in Balochistan, Gilgit and “occupied” Kashmir, probably a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Hours after Pakistan said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had crossed the ‘red line’ by discussing Balochistan, India hit back by saying Pakistan’s record of cross-border terrorism was central to the current situation […]
UDUPI (TIP): A BJP worker was killed by members of a right-wing vigilante group here on Aug 17, Wednesday night, the first such attack on a member of the saffron party by so-called cow protectors. […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): It’s official now. Chandigarh will not have its own administrator, and the charge will be with the new Punjab governor, BJP veteran VP Singh Badnore, who will take oath on August 22. With […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh has accused former chief of staff Gen (retd) V K Singh, now a Minister of State for External Affairs, of showing “malafide intent” to “arbitrarily punish” him […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): The army ordered a probe on Thursday, Aug 18, into the death of a 30-year-old college lecturer who was allegedly beaten to death in its custody after being picked up from his home […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): On the eve of India’s 70th Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee warned against the rise of divisive and intolerant forces, in what can be seen as a message for the parties in […]
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sought to scotch “rumours” on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s possible induction in Aam Aadmi Party, saying the cricketer- turned-politician has not put any pre-condition and just needs “time […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged on August 18 not to abandon party ideology even if this costs BJP relegation to the opposition in future as he asserted that the saffron outfit has suffered […]
JAIPUR (TIP): Machhli, the tigress who won hearts and became one of the icons of the “Save the Tiger” movement in India, passed away on Thursday at the age of 19. She had reportedly not […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): For the first time after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, a video of the group has surfaced on social media featuring two militants one of whom is likely his successor. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley is unlikely to visit Pakistan to attend the two-day conference of Saarc finance ministers later this month mainly due to “political reasons”. The conference is scheduled on August […]
Amid escalating tension between New Delhi and Islamabad over the ongoing violence in the Kashmir Valley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said Aug. 16 here that going to Pakistan was the same as going to hell. […]
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