WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama has described Indian-origin Srikanth Srinivasan, who created history by becoming a top federal judge, as one of his “favourite” persons. “One of my favourite people right now [is], Sri […]
LONDON (TIP): The European Union, on May 30, honored India-born inventor Ajay Bhatt-led team at the US tech-giant Intel that developed the Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology, one of the most important advances in computing […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Maoists had used 27-30 kg of explosives during the recent attack on the Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh, according to media reports. Reportedly, the initial forensic report revealed that Naxals used commonly found […]
BANGKOK (TIP): In a “major boost” to bilateral security cooperation, India and Thailand today signed the muchawaited extradition treaty after 20 years of intense negotiations, with New Delhi eyeing to bring back a key aide […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Mobile phone services were suspended in the Pakistani capital and nearby Rawalpindi for the second day on may 23 as part of extraordinary security measures put in place to ensure an incident-free visit […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Prime Ministerdesignate Nawaz Sharif on Thursday sought civil nuclear technology to overcome Pakistan’s energy crisis during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Sharif called on Li at a hotel here this morning […]
LONDON (TIP): British police have made two further arrests and searched multiple properties as they widened their investigation into May 22 fatal hacking to death of a British soldier in broad daylight on a busy […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL (TIP): A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world’s third highest mountain. The five disappeared on Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue […]
BEIJING (TIP): China on Thursday refused to give any guarantees that its investments in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir would not go up merely out of respect for Indian sensibilities. The signal came from the Chinese foreign […]
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS (TIP): The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks on Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders – a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and […]
SYDNEY (TIP): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that she would look into the issue of allowing Sikhs in her country to wear the turban while at work and also while riding motorcycles. “We […]
BEIJING (TIP): North Korea’s authorities have opened the border town of Sinuiju to Western tourists, Chinesebased travel agencies said, despite international tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear test in February. The move opens up the possibility of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to advance the US beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than […]
Ashok Kumar Yadav, a Haryana Cadre India Administrative Service officer was recently in New York. He was visiting to study the new technologies available for production of fertilizers in Haryana. The Yadav couple stayed with […]
Vijay Goradia of Houston was named by Houston Technology the Honoree of the Year for his entrepreneurial drive that has resulted in his company, Vinmar International Inc, a 34 year-old petrochemicals marketing group, to become […]
Commissioner Terrance Holliday, Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs; Executive Director Patrick Gualtieri, of United War Veterans Council; Lt. Col. Arthur Woods, U.S. Marine Corps; and retired Army Captain James Van Thach (L-R) and his companion, […]
The South Asian American Women’s Alliance (SAAWA) honored talented women at its second annual gala on May 19. The SAAWA President Dr. Anila Midha announced the awards to 5 women for their outstanding services to […]
In March 2009, growing demonstrations led Zardari to agree to restore the chief justice to office; the government also subsequently announced it would appeal the banning of Sharif and his brother from politics. The supreme […]
In March 2007, President Musharraf suspended Chief Justice Iftakar Mohammed Chaudhry, accusing him of abuse of power and nepotism. Supporters of Chaudhry took the streets in protest, claiming the move was politically motivated. In May, […]
Pakistan was one of the two original successor states to British India, which was partitioned along religious lines in 1947. For almost 25 years following independence, it consisted of two separate regions, East and West […]
NAWAZ SHARIF IS PAKISTAN’S NEW CAPTAIN ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is all set to form government in Islamabad as it has acquired majority in the National Assembly after as many as 17 […]
Says tackling terror and economic revival top priorities for the PML-N govt ISLAMABAD (TIP): Nawaz Sharif, poised for a record third term as Pakistan Prime Minister after his party’s emphatic victory in the landmark General […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Six days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in a Jammu jail, Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, 52, died at the PGIMER hospital in Chandigarh on Thursday morning. Doctors said he died […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Six days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in a Jammu jail, Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, 52, died at the PGIMER hospital in Chandigarh on Thursday morning. Doctors said he died […]
Nehal Bhogaita of the United Kingdom won the title of Miss India Worldwide on April 27, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The pageant was organized by Dharmatma Saran of IFC. Nehal made history by being […]
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