AMMAN (TIP): Jordan’s King Abdullah on Thursday dissolved the country’s pro-government rubber stamp parliament, a constitutional move to pave the way for elections expected early next year. The announcement was made on the eve of […]
LONDON (TIP): With an IQ of 162, a 12-year-old schoolgirl in UK has been rated brainier than even Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Olivia Manning, from Liverpool, has been accepted into Mensa, the largest and […]
London (TIP): The Metropolitan Police have arrested four persons, including a 40-year-old woman, in connection with the stabbing of retired Lt Gen K S Brar, who had led Operation Bluestar 28 years ago to flush […]
Kathmandu (TIP): The Maoists have succeeded in preventing the supply of Bollywood films to Nepal after blocking all traffic via Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh. As a result, there is no cinema hall in Nepal showing […]
Presidential elections in the US follow a scripted narrative. As the candidates battle for the highest office, everything is fair game. In a weak economy, that means it is open season on that familiar bogey: […]
Story: Hundred characters, a few losers, mistaken identities and dreams of a happy harvest amidst a friendly feud – all in a Priyadarshan village. Gettit? Movie Review: Bring out your ‘marker pens’ and get ready […]
The number of technology firms in the US co-founded by the Chinese has also gone up to 8.1% compared to 6.9 in 2005 BANGALORE (TIP): At a time when the US has started to see […]
Is among the top three sectors on B2B site in terms of the number of buyers it attracted from developed and developing countries NEW DELHI (TIP): A report by IndiaMART.com, one of India’s largest online […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The HSBC’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)—a measure of factory production—stood at 52.8 in September 2012. The September PMI reading was supported by faster output growth and rising export orders, as per […]
KOLKATA (TIP): Steel AUthority of India Limited (SAIL) recorded a 7% growth in hot metal production in the second quarter between July-September 2012, compared to the corresponding period last year. SAIL produced 3.6 million tonnes […]
LONDON (TIP): JK Rowling’s first foray into adult fiction was bound to be compared to her wildly successful Harry Potter series, and, while ‘The Casual Vacancy’ has earned mixed reviews, for some critics the magic […]
LONDON (TIP): It is a test that all Indian and other non-EU citizens have to pass before becoming UK citizens, but PM David Cameron had a tough time answering some key questions on a widely […]
LONDON (TIP): The British government will go to court against confidential letters written by Prince Charles to government ministers being made public, reflecting his intervention on legislative and other matters. The British royal family is […]
LONDON (TIP): A Sikh US student’s dignified response to a tasteless post making fun of her facial hair has earned her a legion of fans. A man took a photo of Balpreet Kaur and uploaded […]
LONDON (TIP): Slain al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye after an accident during his youth and was a one-time member of the Muslim Brotherhood, his successor has claimed in a new […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Over 300 people were killed in Syria on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in one of the bloodiest days in the 18-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. World leaders meeting […]
GENEVA (TIP): The UN refugee agency warned on Thursday there could be as many as 700,000 Syrian refugees in countries neighbouring the war-torn nation by the end of the year, up from 300,000 now. “There […]
ISLAMABAD (tip): One of Pakistan’s most feared Islamists accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of starting a religious war against Muslims over his handling of a video that mocked the Prophet Mohammad. Hafiz Saeed, accused […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): All 19 people, mostly foreigners, aboard a Dornier aircraft of a private airline were killed today as the plane crashed minutes after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport here. Sixteen passengers and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): To enhance its nuclear capability, Pakistan is developing non-strategic nuclear weapons, and thus joining the ranks of countries like the US and Russia, an American think-tank has said. India, however, not listed among […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese forensic scientist has cast doubt on the official version of the death of a Briton, which triggered a huge political scandal, ending the career of senior Communist Party leader Bo Xilai. […]
STOCKHOLM (TIP): Afghan human rights activist, ex-minister and burqa opponent Sima Samar on Thursday won the Swedish Right Livelihood Award honouring those who work to improve the lives of others. Samar, 55, was honoured “for […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese newspaper baron, acclaimed in the west for trying to make a difference in the highly controlled publishing industry, has been put on the mat by the ruling Communist Party’s investigators. The […]
UNITED NATIONS (tip): Pakistan once again resorted to its old tactics of raking up Kashmir in the United Nations when its President Asif Ali Zardari sought a solution to the issue under UN resolution. He […]
STORY: Mahi Arora has all the trappings of a Bollywood superstar- name, fame and fortune. Unfortunately she’s also a manic depressive and constantly courts a death wish. Will Mahi succumb to her weakness or will […]
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