[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]NEW YORK (TIP): Lilly Singh, who has more than 6 million subscribers on YouTube and nearly 800 million total views, is an Indo-Canadian comedian and rapper making her on of the biggest star of Indian […]
MARSEILLE: McDonald’s France was forced to apologize on August 12 following the emergence of an internal note reportedly ordering staff not to hand out food to “tramps” at a restaurant on the swish Cote d’Azur. […]
An Indian-origin man and his accomplice have charged by the City police after officers located and seized drugs, weapons, cash and a stolen motorcycle from inside a northeast apartment unit. Following a two-week investigation stemming from […]
OTTAWA: An Indo-Canadian journalist has been felicitated in Ottawa by the community members for her outstanding achievements in the media. Adrienne Batra, Toronto Sun newspaper’s editor-in-chief, received the “Best Journalist Award” on Friday at ‘Parvasi Awards’ […]
LONDON: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced for a total of 11 years after being found guilty of laundering 3.5 million pounds of criminal funds. Harkishan Talwar from Southall in west London received two sentences of […]
OTTAWA: An Indian-origin budding independent film producer, whose recent film attracted millions of dollars, is being seen as the next famous person to come out of Canada, media reports said. Komal Minhas has produced “Dream, Girl” […]
LONDON (TIP): Prime Minister David Cameron faced heavy criticism on July 31 for saying a “swarm” of migrants was trying to come to Britain, as authorities in France struggle to stop them crossing the Channel. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Oxford English Dictionary has launched a search to find the first recorded use in English of the word ’email’. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), which began tracking the English language in 1857, […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Turning the tables on Islamic State online recruiters, three Chechen girls allegedly swindled over $3,000 by conning them into giving money on the pretence that they would use it to travel to Syria […]
LONDON (TIP): London is the third most expensive city to live in, coming just behind super-wealthy cities in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland. According to figures from Expatistan, which uses crowdfunded data to create a […]
BEIJING (TIP): The system of electronic visas for Chinese citizens, which was promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Beijing last May has come into effect on Thursday. This will help Chinese, who are not […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): Indian nationals living in New Zealand are being targeted by callers posing as immigration officials demanding money, prompting authorities to warn Indians not to fall into their trap. The scammers have been using […]
TORONTO: In a possible “targeted attack”, a 20-year-old Indian-Canadian has been shot dead inside a car in Canada’s Calgary city, media reports said. Steven Sharda was discovered with fatal gunshots in a car on July 11 […]
BEIJING (TIP): The Chinese authorities informed the Indian embassy on July 16 that the Indian detainee held for “links to terror group” along with eight others was being charged for violating criminal laws that could […]
ATHENS (TIP): Greece got a triple dose of good news on Thursday, when creditors agreed to open talks on a third bailout package, to give the country an interim loan to cover its debts, and […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Islamic State militants have punished at least 94 people including five teenagers, accusing them of violations during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on July […]
HRABOVE, UKRAINE (TIP): Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago began a procession to the crash site on Friday, while the Australian prime […]
LONDON (TIP): An eccentric American showman wanted to buy the 16th Century Stratford-upon-Avon house where British playwright William Shakespeare was born and have it shipped, brick by brick, to New York in the 1800s. Showman […]
ATHENS (TIP) : After all the brinkmanship, including holding of a referendum, Greece has finally agreed to the conditional bailout package offered to it, thus averting an exit from the eurozone and setting a precedent […]
Weddings are very special and this Christian wedding has gone viral on social media for a very different reason. Frank Gregoire, The Groom, a Canadian, struck a special note –by singing the popular Hindi song […]
Iran and six world powers sealed a historic accord to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme in return for ending sanctions, capping two years of tough diplomacy with the biggest breakthrough in decades. Diplomats reached […]
A man was beheaded and several others injured on Friday in a suspected Islamist attack on a gas factory in Isere, in the Rhone-Alps region of France, which was declared a “terrorist” act by President […]
A summit of all European Union members planned for Sunday has been cancelled as “very difficult” talks over a third bailout deal for Greece continue. All 28 leaders, including David Cameron, had been expected to […]
ATHENS/FRANKFURT (TIP): The Greek government sent a package of reform proposals to its euro zone creditors on July 9 in a race to win new funds to avert bankruptcy and will seek a parliamentary vote […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution July 8 that would have condemned the 1995 massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica during the Bosnian war as a “crime of genocide,” saying that singling out the […]
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