POLITICS & POLICY
AMRAVATI (TIP): BSP chief Mayawati on March 27 took on BJP prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi, warning voters he would plunge the country into communal and caste strife. “As chief minister of Gujarat in 2002, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress on March 27 lodged a protest with the Election Commission against the use of “Har Har Modi” slogan in Varanasi, from where the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Vowing to give Narendra Modi a tough fight in Varanasi, Congress on Tuesday said it will put up a formidable candidate against the BJP PM nominee and urged all like minded parties […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Putting speculations to rest, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 15 announced its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would contest the Varanasi seat in Uttar Pradesh after sitting parliamentarian Murli Manohar […]
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE (TIP): Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, March 16, said he was ready to contest the Lok Sabha polls against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, but would take a decision […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The new Indian ambassador to the US, Dr. S Jaishankar formally presented his credentials to President Barack Obama at his oval office at the White House on March 10. Jaishankar was second of […]
PATNA (TIP): Now the tele-image of BJP’s poster boy cum PM pick Narendra Modi (NaMo) would begin to stalk anytime soon all the 40 parliamentary seats in Bihar over the next 50 days, as 250 […]
New Delhi (TIP): The NDA is likely to get between 212 and 232 seats if the Lok Sabha elections were held today, with BJP alone winning between 193 and 213, according to an opinion poll […]
The Clinton Presidential Library is making available about 5,000 pages of previously unreleased documents involving former President Bill Clinton’s administration WASHINGTON (TIP): The documents being made public Friday, February 28, part of a larger set […]
NEW DELHI: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday indirectly rapped External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for calling Narendra Modi ‘impotent’, saying he doesn’t appreciate the use of such language. Khurshid at a rally on February […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on February 27 stressed on the importance of using technology to boost commercial activities in the country, and to overcome the fear of […]
US diplomacy is a cynical mixture of principle and expediency. The world’s foremost power needs to project internationally that its policies are based on certain high principles so that its global hegemony is not seen […]
GANDHINAGAR (TIP): The United States ended a decade-long boycott on February 13 of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over deadly religious riots as a top diplomat held talks with the man who could be the […]
GANDHINAGAR (TIP): The United States ended a decade-long boycott on February 13 of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over deadly religious riots as a top diplomat held talks with the man who could be the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress is concerned that Rahul Gandhi has inserted anti-Sikh riots into the political discourse, shrinking its elbow room to attack Narendra Modi on the issue of anti-Muslim carnage. Rising protests from Sikh […]
India must resist the unilateral US control of internet governance India’s long-term interests lie in advancing the cause of democratizing global internet governance. We need to free ourselves from the existing situation where advocates for […]
Obama promised a ‘year of action’ during which he would raise the minimum wage and tackle economic inequality. US President Barack Obama also used his State-of-the-Union Address to bring in a dash of reality into […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was not yet sure if he would run for president but that his decision would not be directly influenced by prohibitive Democratic favorite Hillary Clinton. The US […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Washington Post and ABC News, January 30 morning, bring an early look at the leader board for the 2016 presidential nominations. The fact that Hillary Clinton is the front-runner for the […]
JABALPUR (TIP): The 86-year-old Shankaracharya of Dwarka, Swaroopanand Saraswati, known for his antipathy for Narendra Modi and immediacy with the Gandhi family, leaned across and slapped a reporter before the latter had the time to […]
The year also marked the rise of controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi as the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate for PM in next year’s general elections. The Gujarat chief minister, accused of not […]
The tenure of Hillary Clinton, wife of former US President Bill Clinton, as the US Secretary of State came to an end on February 1. She was succeeded by John Kerry. Clinton, sources said, is […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): In a major relief to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a metropolitan court on December 26 rejected the protest petition filed by Zakia Jafri, wife of a former Congress MP, against the clean chit […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Narendra Modi will remain the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, irrespective of how many seats the party gets in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, BJP president Rajnath Singh said on December 4. “It […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Questioning the timing of bringing the Communal Violence Bill, Narendra Modi on December 5 wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, describing the proposed legislation as “illconceived, poorly drafted and a recipe for disaster”. […]
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