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Two Indians among three arrested in Nepal poll candidate murder

Nov 1, 2013 - 7:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): Two Indian nationals were among three people arrested for the murder of a constituent assembly election candidate in Bara district in southern Nepal in October. Police said on Sunday that Mohamed Alam, a […]

Army deployed for Nepal poll security

Oct 25, 2013 - 6:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 29

KATHMANDU (TIP): The Nepal Army was deployed in the country on October 20 to ensure that the November 19 polls happen smoothly. According to army spokesman Brigadier General Jagdish Chandra Pokhrel, the army has been […]

Europe

OPPOSITION TO REJECT POLLS UNDER HASINA: KHALEDA ZIA

Oct 25, 2013 - 6:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DHAKA (TIP): Rejecting Premier Sheikh Hasina’s proposal for an allparty government to oversee Bangladesh‘s next general election, opposition leader Khaleda Zia said her BNP party would not participate in the poll process without a nonparty […]

Europe

Afghan election candidates warned over phone bombs

Oct 25, 2013 - 6:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan‘s intelligence service on October 21 warned candidates in the 2014 presidential election that mobile phones, computers and cameras given to them as gifts could contain hidden bombs. More than 20 candidates have […]

Europe

India ends eightyear- old ban, starts supplying arms to Nepal

Oct 25, 2013 - 6:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): Ending an eight-year-old ban on military supplies, India has handed over some of the equipment, including vehicles and arms, it had pledged to provide to Nepal ahead of crucial polls to be held […]

Europe

Suicide bomber kills Pak minister, 7 others

Oct 18, 2013 - 6:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PESHAWAR (TIP): A suicide bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan killed at least eight people, including a provincial law minister, and injured 28 others on the first day of Eid-ul-Zuha. The attack happened on Wednesday evening […]

US Senate confirms Nisha Desai Biswal as assistant secretary of state

Oct 18, 2013 - 6:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate has confirmed Indian- American woman administrator Nisha Desai Biswal as the assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, making her the first person from the community to hold […]

Business & Economics

US-India Relations Hit a Rough Patch

Oct 18, 2013 - 6:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The author feels that there are a number of vital issues which are unlikely to be settled within the tenures of either Obama or Singh, leaving a lingering note of ambivalence in the US-India relationship […]

Indian-American Woman is Running for Seattle City Council

Oct 18, 2013 - 6:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

SEATTLE (TIP): Kshama Sawant, trained as a computer engineer in her native India and now a professor of economics, is running for a seat on the City Council of Seattle under an unambiguously far-left banner. […]

United States

Bobby Jindal forms group to win ‘war of ideas’

Oct 18, 2013 - 6:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, plans to create a policy-focused nonprofit group to help Republicans shed their image as “the party of no.” The group called “America […]

India

Rahul-for-PM clamour resurfaces in Congress

Oct 11, 2013 - 7:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress echoed with calls on October 10 that Rahul Gandhi lead the next government, putting back on centrestage the demand that the party vice-president be declared the PM candidate for 2014 elections. […]

India

Low growth, high inflation likely to persist in India

Oct 11, 2013 - 7:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Economic data in coming days will likely offer further evidence of weak growth and high inflation, complicating the Reserve Bank of India‘s mission of cooling prices without worsening the slowdown and adding […]

Business & Economics

THE POLITICS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Oct 11, 2013 - 7:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

With the government having lurched into its first shutdown since the 1990s, many commentators are focusing on the potential ill effects that it might have for Republicans. Almost all of these analyses use the shutdowns […]

IALI Women’s Forum celebrates Navratri

Oct 11, 2013 - 6:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The India Association of Long Island (IALI) recently celebrated through its Women’s Forum its monthly event for October. It was a burst of riotous color and sound as the festive season […]

12 CRORE FIRST-TIME VOTERS HOLD KEY TO 2014 LOK SABHA POLLS

Oct 4, 2013 - 9:19 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHENNAI (TIP): Close to 12 crore youths will be eligible to vote for the first time in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. To put that in perspective, no single party garnered more than 12 crore […]

Featured

Punishment, at last

Oct 4, 2013 - 8:10 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Corruption got a jolt with RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad being sentenced to five years in jail and fined Rs 25 lakh in a fodder case – RC 20 A/96 – […]

Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad jailed for 5 yrs, loses LS seat

Oct 4, 2013 - 7:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CBI court holds Lalu and 44 others guilty; Lalu convicted of corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating NEW DELHI (TIP): RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad has been sentenced to five years in […]

LALIT MODI EXPELLED FROM BCCI

Sep 27, 2013 - 10:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHENNAI (TIP) : The decision to ban Lalit Modi from BCCI for life was taken much ahead of the board’s special general meeting (SGM), which started at 2:05 pm on September 25 and was over […]

India

SC TURNS COALGATE SPOTLIGHT ON STATES

Sep 27, 2013 - 9:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): A year after turning the searchlight on alleged irregular allotment of coal blocks, the Supreme Court on September 26 sought to know the role played by the seven coal producing states in […]

Smriti Irani Inaugurates OFBJP National Convention

Sep 27, 2013 - 9:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Urges Indian Diaspora to Take Active Part in Mission 2014: BJP 272+ TAMPA (TIP): Smt. Smriti Irani, BJP national Vice President, inaugurated the annual national convention of Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) – USA on […]

Muzaffarnagar riots: Arrest warrants against 16 UP leaders

Sep 20, 2013 - 8:12 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI (TIP): A Muzaffarnagar court on September 18 issued non-bailable arrest warrants against a BSP MP, two MLAs each of the BJP and the BSP and 11 other political and community leaders for allegedly […]

Riots threaten Mulayam’s rainbow coalition

Sep 20, 2013 - 8:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Muzaffarnagar riots threaten to bring apart the ambitious social coalition that Mulayam Singh Yadav has been attempting with aggressive polarization politics and anti-quota rhetoric. The post-riot anger among Muslims has raised […]

BJP will emerge as single largest party in LS polls: Survey

Sep 20, 2013 - 8:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): BJP will emerge as the single largest party in the coming parliamentary elections, a survey has claimed. “BJP has emerged as a clear winner across the country, (more so in north and […]

India

NO ONE CAN CONTEST ELECTIONS IF AFFIDAVIT SILENT ON ANTECEDENTS: SC

Sep 14, 2013 - 6:52 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on September 13 ushered in a fresh dose of electoral reforms by ruling that no one can contest elections without making a full and honest disclosure about his/her assets […]

IACC hosts a welcome reception to the Consul General of India

Sep 14, 2013 - 5:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Indian American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) on Thursday, September 12, held a welcome reception and dinner for the Indian Consul General in New York, Ambassador Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay. IACC President […]

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