DALLAS (TIP): For the first time, members of the public are getting to listen to presentations and ask questions about the DISD Home Rule initiative March 20 night. The face of the Home Rule initiative […]
Alightning fast re-indictment on March 14th, within 2 days of a judge’s dismissal, speaks to the Prosecutor’s rebuke of those who misunderstand law and chose to personalize their disrespect, while continuing to seek to hold […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): If you thought only candidates are logging on to various social networking sites, hold on. The election commission has logged on to social networking site Facebook to appeal to voters to cast their […]
CAIRO (TIP): A raid by Egyptian police, military and special forces on a suspected bomb factory outside of Cairo turned into an hourslong gun battle with insurgents who detonated car bombs, fighting that killed two […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The death of fashion designer L’Wren Scott, the longtime girlfriend of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, was suicide, the New York City medical examiner’s office said on Wednesday. An autopsy completed on […]
Alightning fast re-indictment on March 14th, within 2 days of a judge’s dismissal, speaks to the Prosecutor’s rebuke of those who misunderstand law and chose to personalize their disrespect, while continuing to seek to hold […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Facebook is taking aim at people who are using the social network or Instagram photo-sharing platform to sell guns. Under pressure from gun safety advocates, the social network will block members under […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Even as search continues for an Indian-American nursing student who went missing in New York 10 days ago another India native has mysteriously vanished on a spring break trip to Florida. Reny […]
Yangon (TIP): Myanmar security forces arrested on Thursday one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule after ramming him with a car as he led a motorbike protest rally, friends and colleagues […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): The World Muslim Congress, a think tank of Muslims in Dallas has announced a poetry session known as Naatia Mushaera to honor Prophet Muhammad. “This is a purposeful event with three clear […]
SAN JOSE (TIP): US Congressional election in Silicon Valley this year was being seen as a two-person race between incumbent Congressman Mike Honda (Democrat) and his main challenger Rohit “Ro” Khanna (Democrat) until recently. It […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition. The world’s biggest social networking company said on Wednesday that […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced February 18, that the Long Beach International Film Festival (LBIFF) will begin on July 31st 2014, and will extend into a four day long festival. […]
SAN JOSE (TIP): US Congressional election in Silicon Valley this year was being seen as a two-person race between incumbent Congressman Mike Honda (Democrat) and his main challenger Rohit “Ro” Khanna (Democrat) until recently. It […]
SAN ANTONIO, TX (TIP): Two same-sex couples, including one from Plano, asked a federal judge Wednesday, February 12 to stay Texas’ constitutional ban on gay marriage so one can wed and the other can have […]
HOUSTON (TIP): After spending nearly two years criss-crossing the world, Leanne Hecht Bearden’s adventures — and life — ended abruptly in woods near a home in central Texas. Authorities announced Thursday, February 13 that a […]
NEW YORK: A group of Indian students at Columbia University here has launched a website focused exclusively on India’s upcoming general elections, promising to provide a comprehensive and “no high-brow and jargon-led” reportage of the […]
For some young professionals in East Dallas, networking is not just about the people they can meet, it’s about the people they help. Over the past couple of years, the area has seen several new […]
BENGALURU (TIP): After Facebook’s acquisition of Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs earlier this month, it’s Google that has now bought a three-year-old startup that had two Indians — Vish Ramarao and Naveen Jamal — as co-founders […]
VATICAN (TIP): It may sometimes be a breeding ground for pornographers, bullies and hateful extremists, but the Internet received an official blessing Thursday, January 23 from Pope Francis, who called it a “gift from God.” […]
MENLO PARK, CA (TIP): Facebook is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it monitors users’ private messages. The lawsuit claims that when users share a link to another website via a private message, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Conceding that both India and the US were leading targets of transnational terror groups, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday sought enhanced cooperation between the two countries to “secure our cities […]
BOSTON (TIP): Security experts have uncovered a trove of some 2 million stolen passwords to websites including Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo from internet users across the globe. Researchers with Trustwave’s SpiderLabs said they discovered […]
LAHORE (TIP): A young man in Pakistan’s Punjab Province has been arrested for sharing blasphemous content on Facebook, as the government launched a crackdown on the spread of such content on social media. Authorities arrested […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): An American news satire website’s play of words and comment on the security of women in India, and particularly in Assam, has evoked sharp criticism from netizens. Social media is abuzz with […]
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