POLITICS & POLICY
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): In his re-election bid, John Venditto barely managed to trounce his Democratic opponent John Mangelli. In a keenly contested election, the incumbent Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay, John Venditto managed to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Bobby Jindal is a man one cannot ignore. He is one who normally gets noticed for what he does and also for what he does not do. However, his decision to pull out […]
WASHINGTON: A leading Republican presidential candidate has called for suspending the issuance of H-1B visa for six months to investigate abuses against the most sought work visa by Indian IT professionals. “In order to strengthen our […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today personally conveyed his condolence to NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, whose son Angad died a few days ago after falling from his penthouse in central London. Prime Minister Modi, who […]
The debate within the country on the wider implications of the election results on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal image and his ability to pursue his political and economic agenda has also been of interest […]
LONDON (TIP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in London, November 12 on his three-day maiden visit to the United Kingdom. “My visit to UK is the first Prime Ministerial visit in almost a decade. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): n the first major political repercussion from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) debacle in the Bihar assembly election, a quartet of veteran party stalwarts came out openly against the BJP leadership on […]
London is set to play host to one of the most dangerous politicians on the planet this week. Not that you’ll hear any such thing when Narendra Modi arrives. Instead, we’ll be reminded that India’s prime minister […]
It isn’t official yet, but time has started running out for Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, whose term comes up for renewal in January. The attempt to remove him from the party’s top post, which […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In a first, Montesano attorney Vini Samuel was elected mayor of Montesano, Washington by landslide victory making her the first Indian American female mayor in the United States. Samuel received more than 67 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “undignified” language during the Bihar campaign was responsible for the party’s electoral debate, a BJP parliamentarian from the state said on November 10, joining a growing list of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be greeted on his maiden visit to the UK by a peppy new song by popular Bollywood playback singer Kanika Kapoor which will highlight the friendship between the two countries. […]
Dealing a body blow to BJP led alliance NDA, and denting the image of PM Modi as election winner, the Mahagatbandhan of JDU-RJD-Congress scored an unimagined and unprecedented landslide victory with a clear two-thirds majority […]
In a huge setback to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), an opposition grand alliance ( Mahagathbandhan) led by chief minister Nitish Kumar has dealt a shocker to NDA by securing a […]
November 8, 2015: ‘The People of Bihar have spoken loudly and clearly that they thoroughly reject the politics of growing intolerance and polarization by BJP, that has been promoted ever since their ascendance to power. […]
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday, November 3, at two campaign stops in Iowa that she would like to raise the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour from the current $7.25. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The race for Bihar’s top job was too close to call with exit polls divided on November 5 on who will win a fierce battle for one of India’s most politically crucial […]
If Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India does not speak up on the issues that are tearing the nation apart, and if he fails to restore freedom to speak, eat, drink, wear and believe what India’s […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The Gujarat High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order rejecting a petition filed by an AAP worker against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged poll code breach in 2014, saying that […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Notwithstanding a Newsday/News 12/Siena College poll showing the race nearly tied going into Election Day, Democratic Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas won a full term in office Tuesday, November 3 night, winning […]
Rising religious intolerance in India got the world’s attention with Moody’s Analytics’s report — a division of Moody’s Corporation — as it called for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his party members “in check or […]
TORONTO: Navdeep Bains, 38-year-old Indian-origin Canadian Sikh MP who played a key role in prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau’s leadership bid in 2013, is likely to get a ministerial berth, Toronto Star reports. The Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau […]
The Justice and Development Party (AK party) is set to lead Turkey alone once again after a five-month break, easily regaining its parliamentary majority in what Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called a victory for democracy. […]
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday, November 2, met President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and, reportedly, raised concerns about “rising intolerance” in a 40-minute one-on-one meeting. Ironically, the meeting comes hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi taunted the party […]
NEW YORK (TIP): “I am proud to endorse former Councilwoman Rita Kestenbaum for Town of Hempstead Supervisor,” said Senator Schumer. “Rita has been a community activist and civic leader for many years and will be an […]
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