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Sri Lanka President meets Mukherjee, Manmohan Singh
NEW DELHI (TIP): Visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September 20 evening. Official sources said the meetings consisted of discussions in a restricted format, followed […]
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Bharat Bandh: UPA a minority after Mulayam courting arrest, says BJP
PATNA (TIP): Describing the nationwide bandh as an “unprecedented” success, the BJP on September 20 claimed the UPA government has been reduced to minority after the Samajwadi Party, an outside supporter of Congress-led coalition, joined […]
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Modi challenges ‘scared’ Rahul to come and campaign in Gujarat
VALSAD (TIP): Amid growing speculation of a Narendra Modi versus Rahul Gandhi electoral battle in 2014, the Gujarat chief minister indirectly challenged Rahul to come and campaign in the state. “Now Congress says Rahul is […]
India
Third front will take shape after ‘14 polls: Mulayam
KOLKATA (TIP): Indicating that he is keeping all his options open for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday announced that his party would go to polls alone and […]
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As I See It: PHASING OUT CANADIAN STUDIES PROGRAM
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has lately announced that it will phase out the funding for the International Canadian Studies program, which lasted for about forty years. I received this announcement […]
United States
Renita Bakshi receives the “Best President” Award
Renita was presented the award by the world acclaimed innovator, Sam Pitroda NEW YORK (TIP): New York based Renita Bakshi, the Co-President of Network of Indian Professionals New York 2012 (NetIP-NY) was recognized as the […]
United States
Democratic convention calls for Obama re-election
CHARLOTTE, NC (TIP): The US Democratic Party launched its National Convention September 4 as it seeks to convince voters that President Barack Obama deserves a second term. The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie […]
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Guest Comments: Modi’s claim shattered Ex-minister convicted in worst riot case
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been describing the large-scale killings of members of the principal minority community in 2002 under the very nose of his government as a “spontaneous reaction” of a people whose […]