British PM May vows energy price cap if re-elected LONDON (TIP): British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed on May 9 to introduce a cap on domestic energy prices that would cut tariffs for around 17 […]
KREMLIN SAYS ‘TOO EARLY’ TO SPEAK OF THAW IN RUSSIA-US TIES MOSCOW (TIP): The Kremlin said on Thursday it was too early to speak of a thaw in ties with Washington, a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met […]
THREE OF BRITAIN’S FOUR WEALTHIEST ARE INDIANS LONDON (TIP): The wealthiest persons in Britain are India-born, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2017 which places the Hinduja brothers Srichand and Gopichand+ at the top of 134 billionaires. The brothers’ […]
ROBOT PERFORMS DELICATE EYE SURGERY ON SIX PATIENTS LONDON (TIP): A robot has been used to successfully perform a delicate eye surgery on six patients in a world- first trial which shows that robotic procedures can be more accurate than […]
‘Obama warned Trump against Flynn as national security adviser’ WASHINGTON (TIP): Former U.S. President Barack Obama warned then- President-elect Donald Trump not to give the post of national security adviser in his administration to Michael Flynn who was eventually fired […]
US TEACHER RIPS OFF 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL’S HIJAB, FIRED NEW YORK (TIP): A teacher at a US school has been fired after he allegedly ripped the hijab off an 8-year-old girl’s head for “misbehaving” in class. Oghenetega Edah, 31, demanded […]
Running for US President ‘a real possibility’, says Priyanka Chopra’s Baywatch co-star ‘The Rock’ WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian actor Priyanka Chopra may one day be able to say she acted with a US Presidential candidate. That’s because her Baywatch co-star Dwayne ‘The […]
Trump asked FBI director three times if he was target of investigations WASHINGTON (TIP): Donald Trump said May 11 he asked his now-fired FBI director on three occasions whether he was the target of ongoing investigations, stoking allegations of presidential interference. […]
Donald Trump: Not against legal immigration WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump has said that he wants to stop illegal immigration into the US and called for a merit-based immigration system that could benefit high-tech professionals from countries like India. “I want to […]
Anti-immigrant rhetoric to hit US universities financially WASHINGTON (TIP): Some of the popular US universities may be hit by “Trump effect” —the antiimmigrant rhetoric that is building in the country. According to DrEducation, a US-based research and consulting firm […]
Nawaz Sharif briefs General Bajwa about Jindal visit: Report ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s civilian leadership informed the military top brass that the recent meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian steel magnate Sajjan Jindal was part of back-channel diplomacy, BBC’s Urdu service […]
Six killed as Bangladesh police raid militant hideout DHAKA (TIP): Police in Bangladesh raided a militant hideout on Thursday sparking a clash in which five suspected militants and a fire fighter were killed in blasts that the militants set […]
Sri Lanka refuses permission for Chinese submarine to dock at Colombo port: Sources COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has rejected China’s request to dock one of its submarines in Colombo this month, two senior government officials said on Thursday as Prime Minister […]
BSF nabs 6 Pakistani fishermen from Sir Creek in Kutch BHUJ (TIP): Six Pakistani fishermen were on Thursday apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from the Indian side of the Nal Creek on the Indo-Pak border in […]
Trump’s Nixon moment? U.S. President Donald Trump’s dramatic decision to sack Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief James Comey hardly escapes comparisons with the 1973 “Saturday Night Massacre”. On October 20 that year, Richard Nixon fired Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor investigating […]
Emmanuel Macron’s win, a triumph for French liberalism “To say that this was a victory by default would be grossly unfair. In the space of a few years, Mr. Macron has gone from a rather bland […]
Why Did Trump Fire Comey? President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, May 10, raises one hugely important question: Did the president dump Comey for mishandling the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email, as Trump and his […]
Trump dumps FBI chief: A shadow cast over US Presidency Just when the world was getting used to the idea that perhaps the weight and responsibility of the Oval Office had sobered up Donald Trump, the American President has defied […]
Indian-American children wrongfully retained by mother in Singapore, court rules NEW DELHI (TIP): The apex court has ruled that two Indian-American children were wrongfully retained in Singapore by their mother who had found work here, according to a report by […]
George Maragos, Democrat for County Executive Announces Plan to Root out Corruption with Contract, Term Limit and Election Reforms MINEOLA, NY (TIP): George Maragos, Democratic candidate for County Executive at a press conference in front of the Theodore Roosevelt […]
US spymaster says Pak terror groups plan to attack India, Afghanistan NEW DELHI (TIP):Pakistan-based terrorist groups are planning to attack both India and Afghanistan, a top US spymaster has said. “Islamabad has failed to curb militants and terrorists in Pakistan,” Daniel Coats, director of […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan was committed to resolve all outstanding issues, including the Kashmir dispute, with India through talks, foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua said on Thursday. Janjua made the remarks during a delegation-level meeting with Japanese […]
ATLANTA (TIP): “The US Hindu Alliance (USHA), representing 3 million Hindus in America, strongly denounces Turkey’s desire to intervene in the internal affairs of India. We also ask the Government of India to strongly reject […]
TORONTO (TIP): The announcement of the 2018 Parliament was made in Toronto on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 and was attended by Dr. Satpal Singh (Trustee of SCIR), Ajit Singh Sahota (World Sikh Organization -Canada), Manjit […]
NEW DELHI/ TORONTO (TIP): While vitriolic attacks on Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh at the annual nagar kirtan in Vancouver riled the Indian government, there is consternation over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s presence […]
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