MUMBAI (TIP): Maruti Suzuki expects to grow its vehicle sales in double digits in 2014-15 on the back of several initiatives that it had undertaken. Addressing a media round-table, Mayank Pareek, Chief Operating Officer, Marketing […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Adding one more attraction for Mumbai, the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), in partnership with WB International Consultants and AB Hospitality, has announced the launch of a first of its kind dining floating […]
OTTAWA (TIP): Congratulating India’s prime ministerelect over his victory, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is looking forward “to working with Mr. Modi and the new government of India to further strengthen our social […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan Cricket Board fined five of its cricketers $5,000 each Friday for participating in an unauthorized Twenty20 tournament in the United States. The PCB said fast bowler Wahab Riaz, allrounder Abdul Razzaq, […]
By Rajdeep Sardesai Barring a miracle, at some stage on Friday, Narendra Modi will be poised to fulfill his long-cherished ambition of being the next prime minister. Yes, exit polls have a spotty record in […]
First the good news. India’s wholesale inflation rate has moderated, albeit marginally, to 5.20%, in April from 5.70% in the previous month, driven down by a sharp drop in vegetable prices. Now for the bad […]
We are a Democracy and each one of us has the freedom to express our differences without fear, but yet we have to work together in nation building and the common good of every member […]
The bigger news is that “India has won” as Modi has put it. An ordinary person has made it to the top, that is the sign of a true democracy, and it’s a positive motivation […]
From selling tea at a stall his father set up at a small village railway station and at a bus terminal at a tender age to the prime ministerial throne at 63, Narendra Modi’s rise […]
That Narendra Modi, the man who will be India’s next prime minister, enjoys a unique connection with the masses is evident to anyone who has attended one of the man’s election rallies. Modi seems to […]
EDINBURGH (SCOTLAND) (TIP): In a major announcement, Scotland has said that it will re-introduce post study work visa for Indian students if it gains independence from United Kingdom in the referendum scheduled for September. The […]
NAIROBI (TIP): Eight people have been killed and over 70 wounded in two explosions in a busy market area in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials said on May 16.The National Disaster Operation Centre said the […]
LONDON (TIP): Britons can now get a quick HIV test — in 60 seconds flat, when they visit a supermarket. A British sexual health charity has decided to offer HIV tests at a supermarket in […]
LONDON (TIP): A British teenage cancer sufferer who raised more than $5 million for charity after his fundraising campaign went viral on social media has died, his family said on May 14. Stephen Sutton, 19, […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese news agency says the leader of a baby trafficking gang that brought at least 23 boys or pregnant women from Vietnam to China has been sentenced to death. The official Xinhua […]
HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam’s prime minister has sent a text message to millions of Vietnamese urging them to boost their patriotism to “defend the fatherland’s sacred sovereignty” but not to engage in violence. The message that […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): The five top candidates to head the European Commission swapped accusations on Thursday over the impact of Europe’s austerity measures and the role played by banks in sparking the economic and financial crisis. […]
BANGKOK (TIP): A Laos air force plane carrying about 20 people including the country’s defense minister and other senior officials crashed on May 17, Thailand’s Foreign Ministry said. There was no immediate word on casualties, […]
BEIJING (TIP): At least 21 people are feared to have been killed and over 129 injured since anti-China demonstrations led to burning of factories in Vietnam since May 13. There was no confirmation that the […]
QUETTA, PAKISTAN (TIP): A 5.1- magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan on Friday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The epicentre was close to the city of Sibi, in Baluchistan […]
MUNSHIGANJ, BANGLADESH (TIP): Rescuers called off the search for missing passengers of a sunken ferry in central Bangladesh on Saturday after retrieving 40 bodies, causing anger among relatives of those still unaccounted for.. The chief […]
PESHAWAR(TIP) At least 10 militants were reportedly killed and 14 others injured on Wednesday in a US drone strike at a militant compound along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the first such strike after a five-month lull. […]
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan’s election commission announced on Thursday that the country’s presidential election is going into second round, with the two top vote getters to face off on June 14. The race will likely be […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): An Afghan official says a bomb stuck onto a military vehicle exploded in the capital, Kabul, killing one soldier and wounding two civilians. The city’s police chief, Gen. Mohammad Zahir Zahir, says […]
KABUL (TIP): A suicide car bomber attacked an Afghan army vehicle Sunday in southern Afghanistan, killing five civilians and wounding 36, authorities said. The blast also wounded four Afghan army soldiers in the Maywand district […]
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