LONDON (TIP): With Islamic State executioner Jihadi John reportedly killed in a drone strike, UK’s leader of opposition Jeremy Corbyn today said it would have been “far better” if he had been held to account in […]
LONDON (TIP): Prince William and his wife Kate will undertake their maiden visit to India next year, Kensington Palace announced on Nov 13. “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit #India in the spring […]
GUNEVA(TIP): Using torture techniques to extract confessions from suspects is still “entrenched” in pre-trial detention in China, a report has warned. Additionally, when lawyers have attempted to protest, defend or raise the issue of the […]
SINJAR(IRAQ) (TIP): Iraqi Kurdish militias battling to take back Sinjar from Islamic State militants raised a Kurdish flag and fired off celebratory gunfire in the center of town Nov 13, though US and Kurdish officials […]
London is set to play host to one of the most dangerous politicians on the planet this week. Not that you’ll hear any such thing when Narendra Modi arrives. Instead, we’ll be reminded that India’s prime minister […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin woman director of a Singapore company was on Nov 12 charged with making false declarations of foreign employees’ salaries to the government to obtain Employment Passes (EPs). Parmjit Kaur, a former […]
Members of the Global Organization People of Indian Origin-Metro Washington (GOPIO) condemn recent savage and despicable attacks on civilians today in Paris, France. More than 150 people are reported to have been killed. We deprecate these […]
Scopus Consulting Group and Orian Engineers, two companies based in Silicon Valley and owned by an Indian-American Kishore Kumar have been ordered to pay fines of $103,000 to the federal government. Along with this, the […]
LONDON: A 46-year-old Indian-origin community campaigner in the UK has been named “Point of Light” by British Prime Minister David Cameron for her “fantastic” charity work and empowering young people, including women. Muna Chauhan was recognised […]
WOODBRIDGE. NJ (TIP): A New Jersey software entrepreneur has launched a global initiative to train high-school students in Microsoft technologies that can help them jumpstart a career in information technology. “The biggest challenge currently facing […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be greeted on his maiden visit to the UK by a peppy new song by popular Bollywood playback singer Kanika Kapoor which will highlight the friendship between the two countries. […]
GLOUCESTER (TIP): A Subway employee who was trapped in a chiller in Gloucester for eight hours wrote ‘help me’ messages in ketchup on pieces of cardboard in a desperate attempt to be let out. Karlee Daubeney, […]
MOSS (NORWAY) (TIP): Like many Europeans, Marianne Haaland Bogdanoff, a travel agency manager in this southern Norwegian town, does not go to church, except maybe at Christmas, and is doubtful about the existence of God. […]
BUCHAREST (TIP): Romania’s President on Nov 5 appointed Education Minister Sorin Campeanu as interim Prime Minister to replace Victor Ponta, who quit following mass anti-government protests sparked by a deadly nightclub fire. Klaus Iohannis named […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): A dam burst at a mining waste site in Brazil, unleashing a deluge of thick, red toxic mud that engulfed a village and killed at least 17 people, an official said. […]
HANOI (TIP): China and Vietnam are good socialist neighbours with a long-shared history of revolutionary friendship and should be able to dispel and survive any “disruptions” in their relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Vietnam’s parliament on […]
LONDON (TIP): Egypt’s leader has defended anti-terror legislation enacted in August, arguing that the country needs stability and time to achieve a democratic future for his nation. In a BBC interview before his first official […]
LONDON (TIP): British politicians love Dracula but Frankenstein has ended up becoming more popular. Mickey Mouse isn’t far behind or for that matter Sherlock Holmes or James Bond. Their obsession with the word “sex” is […]
OSLO (TIP): Afghans have overtaken Syrians as the biggest group of asylum seekers crossing Norway’s remote Arctic frontier from Russia, even though many risk being sent back to Kabul, Norway’s top immigration official said on […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP) : Pakistan on Friday said that it was concerned over “rise of extremism” in India and targeting of prominent Pakistani personalities and artists in the country. “Pakistan is concerned at the recent rise […]
Rising religious intolerance in India got the world’s attention with Moody’s Analytics’s report — a division of Moody’s Corporation — as it called for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his party members “in check or […]
China Reacts to US Ships in South China Seas Tuesday Oct 27: China reacted more harshly than expected to the passage last week of the warship USS Lassen that skirted within 12 miles of one […]
OTTAWA Nov 4: The Punjabi community in Canada made history when two turbaned Sikhs, among four Indo-Canadians, were sworn in as cabinet ministers, as 42-year-old Justin Trudeau took oath as the country’s 23rd prime minister […]
TORONTO: Navdeep Bains, 38-year-old Indian-origin Canadian Sikh MP who played a key role in prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau’s leadership bid in 2013, is likely to get a ministerial berth, Toronto Star reports. The Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau […]
LAHORE: Pakistan’s Punjab province government has enhanced the security of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed following a home department alert that a “foreign intelligence agency” may make an attempt on JuD chief’s life. “We have […]
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