NEW DELHI (TIP): The Tata Group is set to ink an agreement with the government to sell 1,200 trucks to the defence forces in a deal valued at close to Rs 1,000 crore. In addition, […]
MANILA (TIP): Philippine troops have killed at least 40 Islamic fighters and captured a rebel stronghold with a bomb-making facility in a two-day offensive against insurgents opposed to a new peace deal, military officials said […]
TORONTO (TIP): Canadian police charged Justin Bieber on January 29 with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto in December, the latest in a string of legal troubles for the young pop star. The incident happened […]
LONDON (TIP): British PM David Cameron’s ancestry has been traced to India, specifically Kolkata. This comes just months after Prince William was found to have Indian blood in him and a direct descendent of an […]
The Shock of the Fall – the story of two brothers dealing with schizophrenia by first time author and mental health nurse Nathan Filer has edged past some of the established names in modern day […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Declaring that 2014 can be the “breakthrough year” for America and the US is “better-positioned for the 21st century than any other nation on Earth”, US President Barack Obama warned the country’s lawmakers […]
JUBA (TIP): South Sudan released seven rebel detainees January 30 but vowed to put on trial key leaders accused of launching weeks of fighting, a move likely to threaten a fragile ceasefire. The sides implemented […]
KIEV, UKRAINE (TIP): Ukraine’s Parliament has passed a measure offering amnesty to arrested protesters, but only if demonstrators vacate most of the buildings they occupy. The measure, passed on January 29 after nearly 12 hours […]
Chinese nationals have been banned from flying on the commercial space flights operated by Virgin Galactic over fears that the rocket technology being implemented will be stolen. This is due to the fact that the […]
TRIPOLI (TIP): Libya’s interior minister escaped unscathed from an assassination attempt in Tripoli on January 29, the LANA news agency reported. Seddik Abdelkarim, who is also deputy prime minister, was in his car when “unknown […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf’s treason trial was on January 29 adjourned for a day after his lawyers sought time to go through prosecution’s objections to his medical report. Musharraf’s counsel Anwar Mansoor […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A ceremony to launch teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai’s book at a Pakistan university has been scrapped on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government’s intervention on the grounds that it could not provide security for the […]
COLOMBO: Thousands of protesters from opposition parties, human rights groups, trade unions and media groups marched on Monday in Sri Lanka’s capital in a rare show of dissent against the government. They held separate marches […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Despite a wave of deadly attacks unleashed by the Taliban across the country in recent months, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 29 announced the formation of a four-member committee to pursue peace […]
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan said on January 28 it expects to release within two weeks a first batch of alleged Taliban prisoners, who the US says are responsible for dozens of NATO and Afghan deaths. Kabul […]
KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala January 28 became the favourite to be Nepal’s new prime minister after he was elected the leader of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party defeating his competitor Sher Bahadur Deuba, […]
INDIA MUST PLAY A PROACTIVE ROLE FOR LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY It would be in India’s interest to readily join cooperative efforts aimed at maintaining stability. India has acquired robust military intervention capabilities and is […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has said that it is confident that Pakistan is well aware of its responsibilities regarding its nuclear weapons. “The United States is confident that Pakistan is well aware of its responsibilities […]
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD (TIP): The former interim chief of the Pakistani Taliban was among 50 militants, including 36 foreign fighters, killed in heavy air strikes in the lawless North Waziristan region, military sources said on January 24. […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Afghanistan’s president demanded on January 21 that the United States no longer carry out military operations or air strikes and must jump-start peace talks with the Taliban before his country signs a […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): At least six Pakistani tribal policemen, escorting a Spanish cyclist, were on January 24 killed and the tourist critically injured as militants tried to abduct him in the highly volatile southwest Balochistan province. […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Strike by doctors in Nepal to push for reforms in medical education entered the third day on January 22 despite the Supreme Court ordering them to resume services in hospitals across the country. […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Rattled by the December 8 riots in Little India, the Singapore government now plans a nationwide restriction on consumption of liquor in public places. Deputy PM Teo Chee Hean, who also handles home […]
KIEV (UKRAINE) (TIP): Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on January 22 to call early elections within 24 hours or face more popular rage, after at least two protesters were […]
BANGUI (TIP): Seven people died in inter-religious attacks and reprisal killings in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on January 22, a human rights campaigner said, underlining the challenge the new interim president faces in restoring […]
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