MADRID (TIP): Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy demanded on Wednesday that the Catalan leader clarify whether he has declared independence, issuing a veiled threat that the central government could limit or rescind the province’s autonomy if he has. He said the Catalan […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Brexit talks have made little progress, the European Union’s negotiator said on Thursday, meaning he cannot yet recommend broadening the negotiations beyond the focus on the terms of Britain’s exit to include key issues such as future trade relations. Michel […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Seasoned diplomat Gautam Bambawale, India’s high commissioner to Pakistan, was on Thursday appointed as the country’s next envoy to China. This was announced tonight by the external affairs ministry. A 1984 India Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Bambawale is expected to take up the […]
HIGHLIGHTS ? India was ranked 97th last year. ? China ranks the highest at 29 ? Nepal has been ranked 72 ? Myanmar 77 ? Sri Lanka 84 ? Bangladesh 88, ? Pakistan 106 ? […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A creaky Wagon R, used by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till the 2015 assembly election and which helped cement his position as the “aam aadmi”, was on Thursday stolen from outside the Delhi Secretariat, police […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Oct 11 held that sexual intercourse by a man with his wife, who is below 18 years of age, is rape. A girl child below the age of 18 cannot be treated […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has to reply to the defence evidence before November 3 in the Vijay Mallya extradition case, the hearing for which is scheduled to begin in a UK court on December 4. MEA spokesperson, Raveesh […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The poll-bound state of Gujarat on Tuesday saw a high pitched battle as Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP government in the state and the Centre stating that the saffron party had duped the people of the state […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has categorically dismissed reports that it was considering entry of women in “shakhas”—its daily meetings. In a series of tweets from its official handle, the BJP’s ideological fountainhead termed reports quoting […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections will be conducted in a single phase on November 9 while the counting of votes will take place on December 18, the Election Commission announced today. The commission, however, chose to defer the […]
Diwali, the festival of lights, is the best known of Hindu festivals in the United States. The legends connected to the festival are different for different religions. According to Ramayana, one of the most important […]
QUEENS, NY (TIP): House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Trump said he plans to abandon the people of Puerto Rico as the island rebuilds following recent hurricanes: “President […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In a letter, led by Indian American Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) along with Ruben Kihuen (NV-04) members of Congress are demanding that the Trump administration terminate efforts to surveil […]
“I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don’t know why he chose to write it, but I’m glad he did. He wrote that you can go to live in […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York is hosting “Ragas Live Festival—24 hours of sacred sound” on October 21-22, where guests with a $280 ticket get handpicked gallery sleeping spot […]
PRAKASH M SWAMY NEW YORK (TIP): Doha Bank hosted a knowledge sharing session on “Qatar- US Bilateral Opportunities” at Hotel Metropolitan, New York on Oct.10.The event was well attended by leading Corporates who were keen […]
Kajol Bishnoi EDISON, NJ (TIP) – Edison hosted the first US premier of Cheer Haran, a 90-minute Hindi documentary based on Jaat reservation agitation that claimed many lives, paralyzed Haryana and shamed India across the […]
By Dr. VK Raju It was a dream come true when I finally go to see the great historian. I recalled the comment of Indira Majumder on Romila. “It was a breath of fresh air! […]
Padma Vibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan does not need an introduction. The whole world knows him as “Sarod Samrat” Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. All his life, he spread the message of love, peace and harmony […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the laboratory of Indian American Neville Sanjana, an assistant professor in NYU’s Department of Biology and an assistant professor of neuroscience and physiology at […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that Nisha Desai Biswal has been appointed President of the U.S.-India Business Council. “We are thrilled to welcome Nisha Biswal to the U.S.-India Business Council and to […]
DALLAS (TIP): The Dallas/Fort Worth South Asian Film Festival (DFW SAFF), created by New York and Dallas-based arts and entertainment company JINGO Media, was honored at the Texas Governor’s Small Business Forum with the “Most […]
CAMBRIDGE CITY (TIP): Hari I. Pillai an Indian American announced his candidacy for the Cambridge City Council’s elections on November 7. The engineer lived in Cambridge for the last 5 years, and currently lives at […]
“If the PM raised a finger at Vadra’s wealth having increased due to the suspicion that his mother-in-law is Congress President, shouldn’t he question if Jay Shah’s sudden rise in fortune is connected to his […]
“The Saudis and Emiratis are finally seriously looking to invest in India. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is the third-biggest sovereign fund in the world, behind the trillion-dollar Norwegian and $900-billion Chinese funds. It has […]
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