City Councilmembers Jumaane Williams and Steven Levin Call for Action NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Vowing to continue their campaign to end illegal lockouts and evictions, tenants of threequarter houses spoke out about landlords’ abusive practices […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): At a press conference in Harlem, October 14, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer unveiled findings of a new audit showing widespread deficiencies in the Department of Health and Mental […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): When she was barely into her mid-20s and just couple years out of law school (NYU), Vanita Gupta represented 46 African- Americans who had been convicted by an all-white jury in Texas in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Iraqi capital Baghdad is not facing immediate danger from Islamic State jihadists despite battlefield gains by the group in the country’s west and recent car bombings in the city, the US military […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry on October 16 called for a resumption of the Israel- Palestinian peace process, saying the talks were vital in the fight against extremism. “It is imperative that […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Secretary general Ban Kimoon said that a trust fund he launched to provide fast and flexible funding for the fight against Ebola has only $100,000 in the bank. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama authorized calling up military reservists for the US fight against Ebola in west Africa on October 16, as lawmakers criticized his administration’s efforts to contain the disease at home. Obama’s […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Award-winning US stage and screen actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the next Oscars show, organizers announced. The star, who has hosted both Broadway’s Tony and TV’s Emmy awards shows in the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US FBI director James Comey on October 16 made his strongest comments yet about encryption features built into new cell phones by Google Inc and Apple Inc, warning they could hurt law enforcement […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday he and his wife were donating $25 million to help US efforts to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic. “The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): A New Zealand immigration official sparked a race row after rejecting a woman’s visa application for a job, saying New Zealanders are unlikely to hear Indian radio. The case came to light after […]
IS militants entered U.S. via Mexico, Claimed a spokesman for Rep Duncan Hunter DALLAS (TIP): U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter said Wednesday, October 8, he has information that more than 10 militants with ties to the […]
ASSOCIATION OF INDIANS IN AMERICA CELEBRATES 27TH DIWALI AT SOUTH STREET SEAPORT NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Association of Indians in America, NY Chapter (AIA-NY) organized the 27th Annual Deepavali Festival at the South Street […]
‘Time to Deliver Begins Now’: Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, in collaboration with the India-America Chamber of Commerce, held an […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A series of provocative anti-Islam advertisements has embroiled New York City’s transportation authority in a free speech legal battle this week after a pro-Israel political group filed a federal lawsuit to force […]
Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano Backs Democratic Cuomo for Governor ALBANY (TIP): Shell shocking Rob Astorino, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, the Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano has decided to back Democratic Gov. Andrew […]
WELLS FARGO LIGHTS UP DIWALI BY HELPING GIVE CHILDREN A LIFETIME OF SMILES SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW YORK (TIP): Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is lighting up Diwali with community celebrations and partnerships throughout the […]
Indian American Doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud, illegal prescriptions CHICAGO (TIP): An Indian American physician, Sathish Narayanappa Babu, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently billing Medicare and prescribing drugs to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Thomas Kailath, a Pune-educated Indian American engineering professor at Stanford University, is one of the recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Science, announced by President Barack Obama Oct. 3. Kailath is also […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A joint US-Turkish military team will meet next week in Ankara to discuss the fight against Islamic militants after Washington October 9 pressed Turkey to join a US-led coalition. Two top US envoys […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The UN management chief says member states owe the world body about USD 3.5 billion for its regular operating budget and far-flung peacekeeping operations. Yukio Takasu told reporters after briefing the General […]
USIBC Reaffirms $41 Billion Investment in India WASHINGTON DC (TIP): The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), on October 9, hosted its 39th Anniversary Leadership Summit in the wake of Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s historic visit to […]
ST LOUIS (TIP): A white off-duty policeman shot and killed a black teenager in St Louis on October 8, officers said, triggering a night of protests just miles from the site of another police shooting […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistani spy agency ISI having close ties with terror groups is an open secret and this was the reason why the US did not share the intelligence about the raid on Osama bin […]
DALLAS (TIP): Subscribers of The Dallas Morning News are being targeted in a scam that asks readers to send hundreds of dollars to an out-of-state address to renew their subscription to the paper. The scam […]
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