LAHORE/NEW DELHI (TIP): Mumbai attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has been released from Paksitan’s Adiala jail. Lakhvi was released from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, a day after Lahore high court (LHC) suspended his detention and […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met Pakistan’s powerful military chief Thursday, as the Pakistan government wrestled with a dilemma over how to respond to a request from Saudi Arabia for Pakistani troops […]
KABUL (TIP): An Afghan soldier shot and killed a US soldier and wounded several others Wednesday before being shot dead, the first so-called “insider attack” to target NATO troops since they ended their combat mission […]
DHAKA (TIP): At least 24 people were killed on April 9 when a bus veered off the road and rammed into a number of trees in central Bangladesh’s Faridpur district. “The accident took place around […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia has revived detention without trial after its lower house passed an anti-terror law that rights groups say is a giant step backward for human rights. The government says the measures were […]
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan) (TIP): At least 10 people died today when Taliban insurgents wearing military uniforms mounted a six-hour gun and grenade siege on a court complex in northern Afghanistan, in an assault highlighting the country’s […]
RSS’ Hindutva baggage is once again haunting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this time criticism against it has come from an unlikely quarter: the India Inc. According to a report in the Times of India, corporate […]
The White House asked Texas Judge Hanen to stop blocking Obama’s executive orders on immigration. The judge refused, but that might not matter for long, as the appeals court will most likely overturn the ruling. For […]
Pakistan’s parliament on Friday voted against joining the Saudi-led coalition of Sunni-majority Arab states launching airstrikes against Iranian-backed Shia rebels in Yemen, dashing Riyadh’s hopes for support from outside the region in its fight to […]
The attackers managed to gain access to individual passenger accounts on company’s website LH.com,German flag carrier Lufthansa confirmed Friday. The airline has taken prompt countermeasures, but it “had not been able to prevent illicit access […]
Max Schrems, the Austrian law graduate spearheading a class action lawsuit against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches, said ahead oft he preliminary hearing in Vienna on Thursday said he hoped to send a message to […]
ANAND: The family of a 39-year-old man from Anand district in Gujarat, who was shot dead in the USA in an attack, sought the Indian government’s help on Tuesday to get his body back. “We request […]
LONDON: A 15-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy in the UK has been awarded the Institute of Physics Prize for conducting an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity. Pratap Singh, a student at […]
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers have lauded Indian-origin American physicians for their role in passage of a bill by the Congress that reformulates the way physicians are reimbursed for a government health insurance for seniors. Several US lawmakers […]
(Washington, DC: March 30th, 2015) While Physicians Shortage, J-1 Visa Waiver Program, Immigration Reform, Delaying the Implementation of ICD-10, and Medical Liability Reform were part of the Legislative Agenda for 2015 for the annual Legislative […]
SHANGHAI (TIP): US drugmaker Pfizer Inc said it would cease its vaccines sales operations in China after an import licence for one of its top-selling treatments, the only vaccine it sold in the country, was […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Banks operating out of India will now be able to fund takeovers in dollars. They will also be able to allow customers to place bets on exchange and interest rate movements in addition […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): City-based textile conglomerate Arvind on Monday said its subsidiary Arvind Lifestyle Brands (ALBL) and US Polo Association (USPA), USA will jointly pay $3.2 million (Rs 20 crore approx) to Ralph Lauren Corporation (RLC) USA […]
SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell in Asia on Tuesday as dealers monitored last-ditch efforts between global powers and Iran to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme and ease sanctions imposed on the crude producer. US […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): In the run up to general elections in the UK scheduled for early May, the 7.5-lakh strong Sikh community there has got a gift in the shape of a new law that allows […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian-American professor who uses a game called “Baffa Baffa” to teach culture’s role in business and how it can affect transactions and relationships has won the prestigious Peltier Award for innovation in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A judge in America’s conservative heartland has sentenced an Indian-American woman to at least 20 years in prison on charges of feticide and child neglect in a case that goes to the heart […]
GARISSA, KENYA (TIP): Al Shabaab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing 147 people in the group’s deadliest attack in the East African country. Four militants were slain by security […]
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY (TIP): The co-pilot at the controls of the Germanwings airliner that crashed into the French Alps last week had been searching the Internet in the days leading up to the crash for information […]
MEXICO CITY (TIP): Mexican authorities have launched an investigation into what caused an explosion and fire on an oil platform operated by state firm Pemex that killed four workers and injured several others. The attorney […]
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