MUMBAI (TIP): After 70 years of Independence power supply has finally reached Elephanta Caves near Mumbai. A 7.5-km long undersea cable has brought electricity to the world-famous Gharapuri Isle, which houses the UNESCO world heritage site. “It’s a […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Kamal Haasan’s telegenic charm was on full display on Feb 21 night when he told a rapturous crowd of supporters in Madurai that his new party would be called the Makkal Needhi Maiam. The Tamil words roughly translate into People’s […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Relative to India, China is a late entrant in the Maldives, a key Indian Ocean nation and the only SAARC member-state Prime Minister Narendra Modi is yet to visit. But China may well have stolen […]
KOHIMA (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed firm resolve that the “Act East Policy” would be made a reality to connect people of the North- East with South East Asian countries to ensure speedy development. He emphasised that the development of the North-East […]
The army chief also defended Shopian firing by forces, saying stone-pelters were hampering military operations NEW DELHI (TIP): Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Indian army will give Pakistan a reply “sooner rather than later” for the February 10 terror attack […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has been ranked 81st on the global corruption perception index for 2017, released by Transparency International, which named the country among the “worst offenders” in terms of graft and press freedom in the Asia Pacific region. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress will not declare its chief ministerial face ahead of the Rajasthan Assembly polls, party general secretary in-charge for the state Avinash Pande said on Thursday, stressing that it has been the party’s “tradition”. He […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Feb 22 arrested Rotomac promoter Vikram Kothari and his son Rahul Kothari on charges of cheating a consortium of seven banks by siphoning off bank loans to the tune Rs 2,919 crore. […]
President Trump seems convinced that more guns in the hands of more people can secure school and community. In his listening session with survivors of Stoneman Douglas High School Parkland, Florida shooting which resulted in death of 17 young students, Trump […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Human Rights Commission of Nassau County organized, February 20th, a vigil for the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida. County Executive Laura Curran, Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, Legislator John […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): At a Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation Board of Directors meeting held last month, the Board elected Andy Mansukhani as President of the Foundation. The Directors called upon their former President to […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Bollywood Actor Abhishek Bachchan was in New Jersey on Feb 15 in connection with Magic Bus Fundraiser held at Albert Palace in Edison, new Jersey. Our photographer Mohammed Jaffer who has known […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Job growth in New York City has outpaced the nation and New York state since the end of the recession, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. […]
DALLAS (TIP): The fight over Texas Central Railway — aka. the Texas Bullet Train — rests on many of the contentious fault lines that shape the Lone Star State. City interests versus rural identity. Urban […]
By Mabel Pais “It was really after the 2016 election, that Beau (Willimon, playwright) went in and changed the political surround. And, what it did because the stakes of the world got higher, it just really […]
India’s biggest lender, State Bank of India has reported 1,069 loan fraud cases in the last five financial years but has not disclosed the amount. That is the magnitude of “accepted failure” in SBI under […]
Billy Graham played multiple roles on the world stage as a spiritual leader. He was the most admired religious leader in the world. He was considered to be America’s pastor and a pastor to US […]
By Arvind Panagariya and B Venkatesh Kumar With approximately one year left before voting for the next Lok Sabha elections begins, you would expect the government to be seized by populism. Not the Modi government. […]
The first videographed discussion took place at a senior center in New York By Mukund Mehta, President, Indo-American Senior Center, New York NEW YORK (TIP): Ashok Vyas, President of Insight for Creativity LLC — dedicated […]
NRA: Guns are the problem, do something SUNRISE, FLORIDA (TIP): Survivors of the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, took center stage, Feb 21, at a town hall hosted by CNN as […]
TALLAHASSEE (TIP): A Marjory Stoneman Douglas school resource officer has been suspended without pay after Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said video shows him taking up a defensive position during the shooting but never entering […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed, February 22, new fraud and money-laundering charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates. In the 37-page indictment, prosecutors describe a “scheme” in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s India visit kicked off with rather a cold reception by government of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has been very warm to visiting heads of state […]
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA (TIP): US Women’s Hockey team gave a shock to the fancied Canadians by winning the Gold in a thrilling penalty shootout 3 to 2. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, the sixth U.S. shooter in a […]
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