TORONTO (TIP): Hindus are highly concerned after reports of vandalism of Shri Ram Dham Hindu Temple in Kitchener in Ontario (Canada). There were reports of smashing of windows of Shri Ram Dham Hindu Temple on […]
International students have F1 visas, which allow them to study, but not work in America. International students are limited to on-campus graduate student assistant jobs for a maximum of 20 hours per week. American Bazaar, an […]
Many of the visas are given out through a lottery, and a small number of giant global outsourcing companies had flooded the system with applications, significantly increasing their chances of success. Congress set up the […]
The Islamic State group issued a new 12-minute video Monday, November 16, threatening to attack all nations involved in bombing IS positions in Syria and Iraq. One man in the video threatened to target the United States in the same […]
After militants with AK-47 rifles and suicide explosives vests shattered the peaceful revelry of Paris on Friday night, November 13, killing dozens of civilians in restaurants and at a concert hall, France seemed intent on […]
France’s military launched “massive” retaliatory airstrikes against Islamic State sites in Syria on Sunday night, November 15, saying French aircraft struck a command center and training camp at Raqqa. President François Hollande, who vowed to be […]
MUMBAI: Pakistani actor Fawad Khan has invited Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan to visit Pakistan. Speaking at a charity event, Fawad Khan said that SRK is a good friend of his and that he would […]
LONDON: A man is being held on charges of attempted murder after he pushed a Muslim woman into the path of an oncoming train in London’s Piccadilly Circus station. The video footage of the incident shows […]
TORONTO: Canada’s newly-appointed Sikh Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has allegedly faced racist remarks by a soldier on social media, prompting the Canadian Armed Forces to launch a probe. The military declined to identify the soldier or […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today personally conveyed his condolence to NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, whose son Angad died a few days ago after falling from his penthouse in central London. Prime Minister Modi, who […]
TORONTO: Andhra-born Dipika Damerla, who is the first Indian-origin woman minister in Canada’s biggest province of Ontario, is blazing a trail in community service. If thanks to her efforts Indian-Canadians in the neighbouring Mississauga just enjoyed […]
NEW DELHI: With eyes set on the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls, a delegation of AAP leaders has flown to Canada to woo the NRI Punjabi Indian community settled in the North American country in a bid […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The World Bank has approved a USD 500 million loan to cash-strapped Pakistan for energy sector reform in the country reeling under frequent power cuts. The loan, scheduled to be issued in April, […]
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (TIP): Omi Rahman Pial has changed homes five times in the last three months. He hasn’t seen his young daughter in weeks and is afraid to be seen on the streets of Dhaka, […]
SITTWE, MYANMAR (TIP): Noor Bagum would have liked to have voted for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) but, like the majority of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, she took no part […]
QUETTA (TIP): Pakistan authorities have halted funding to hundreds of “ghost schools” and fired 450 absentee teachers, with officials vowing on Nov 10 to launch a crackdown on the practice in the southwestern province of […]
The debate within the country on the wider implications of the election results on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal image and his ability to pursue his political and economic agenda has also been of interest […]
PARIS (TIP): Terrorists, in the form of masked suicide bombers and gunmen, November 13 evening, launched a series of terror attacks in and around Central Paris which left over 160 people dead across six sites, including at […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The White House condemned the “horrific terrorist” twin bomb blasts claimed by the Islamic State extremist group that killed 41 people in Beirut on Nov 12. “Such acts of terror only reinforce our […]
LONDON (TIP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in London, November 12 on his three-day maiden visit to the United Kingdom. “My visit to UK is the first Prime Ministerial visit in almost a decade. […]
TOKYO (TIP): A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kyushu in southwestern Japan on Nov 14, triggering a minor tsunami in the southern part of Kagoshima prefecture, Xinhua reported. The strong earthquake jolted about […]
BERLIN (TIP): The bodies of seven dead babies have been found in an apartment in the southern German state of Bavaria, police said, adding that they wanted to question a 45-year-old woman who was the […]
LONDON (TIP): The iconic monuments in the British capital bathed in the tricolour of India as a “unique tribute” to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to the country. “A unique tribute to a […]
LONDON (TIP): Kalyani Kaul, a prominent barrister of Indian-origin who has handled high-profile cases, has been sworn in as a Circuit Judge in the UK. 54-year-old Kalyani, who has spent much of the past 32 […]
LONDON: An Indian-origin father who was found hanging here earlier this year strangled his wife and twin teenage daughters before committing suicide following a violent row over his in-laws allegedly “cheating” him out of money, […]
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