DHAKA (TIP): The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on May 10, while the list of the dead from a […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ruling out establishing a military base or having permanent boots on the ground in Maldives, a top Obama administration official has said that the US has consulted India on the Status of Forces […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Over 600,000 army and paramilitary forces have been deployed across Pakistan amid Taliban threats to disrupt the polls on Saturday. The Taliban on Friday warned voters to boycott polling to save their lives […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As Pakistan takes baby steps into democracy, India is looking on with apprehension at the plethora of violence that may prevent the new government after Saturday’s election from being the kind that […]
LAHORE (TIP): All was quiet on the streets of Lahore on Friday as people geared up for the elections. The provincial government announced a holiday across Punjab around noon on Thursday, shutting down local businesses […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh battled a fresh outbreak of street violence on Thursday after senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was sentenced to death for mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war. Clashes […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Despite a bloody campaign marred by Taliban attacks, Pakistan was holding historic elections on Saturday pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister once exiled by the army and an incumbent […]
TORONTO (TIP): Hindus comprise 1.5 per cent, Sikhs 1.4 per cent and Muslims 3.2 per cent of Canada’s population of around 35 million, according to the 2011 National Household Survey conducted by Statistics Canada. Of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has honoured 15 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women, including two Indian-Americans, as “champions of change” in recognition of their significant contribution to the community. The two Indian American women […]
LONDON (TIP): Global banking major HSBC has said it may face “significant” penalties from the US authorities with regard to an ongoing probe into suspected tax evasion by the US-based clients of its Indian unit, […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani police on May 2 arrested and interrogated beleaguered former president Pervez Musharraf over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation, one of three high-profile cases that have […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Gunmen killed Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali, a court prosecutor working on the murder case of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto early Friday, May 3, casting into turmoil a politically charged case that has […]
PORT WASHINGTON, NY (TIP): “Supervisor Jon Kaiman and the North Hempstead Town Board are proud to host the fourth annual Asian American Festival, a celebration of the growing ethnic diversity within the Town of North […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Walt Disney Company has announced its decision to pull out of Bangladesh, Pakistan and three other countries by April next year, citing safety standards of workers in the supply chain. The decision […]
BEIJING (TIP): Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China’s security forces considered a tactic they’d never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills […]
BEIJING (TIP): While there is no official announcement, officials say Li has has expressed wish to make New Delhi first halt of his maiden foreign tour and it is expected to take place in May. […]
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and colleagues (L-R): Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz take calls during visit, Thursday, April 25th to Daily News/CUNY Citizenship […]
Sikh organizations representatives presented a memorandum to the German Consulate On 18th April 2013 seeking Germany’s intervention in saving the life of Prof. Bhullar who is in death row in India
On April 18th, nearly 500 Sikh men and women demonstrated near the Indian Consulate in Manhattan to demand that Prof. Bhullar who has been sentenced to death be freed. The demonstrators shouted slogans against government […]
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall (C) joined, Sunday, April 21st elected officials and friends of late civic activist and parks advocate Pat Dolan to officially rename Willow Lake Trail as Pat Dolan Trail in memory […]
DHAKA (TIP): The search for survivors from Bangladesh’s worst industrial accident stretched into a third day with the death toll rising to 273 after the collapse of a building housing factories that made lowcost garments […]
COLOMBO (TIP): India has said that the recent attacks on Sri Lankan Buddhist monks in Tamil Nadu were isolated incidents and did not reflect the strong people-to-people bonds. “These were isolated incidents and did not […]
JALALABAD (TIP): Seven people were killed, dozens injured and many homes destroyed when a powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. The quake, measured at a magnitude of 5.6 by the US Geological […]
RAWALPINDI (TIP): The sight of children, the disabled and disadvantaged begging at all hours of the day and night in Pakistan is a grim, constant reminder of the millions who live in abject poverty. Yet […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Thirty-eight people, mostly psychiatric patients, were killed on April 26 in a fire that ravaged a hospital in the Moscow region, suffocating the victims as they slept behind barred windows. The deadly blaze […]
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