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DLF FACES TOUGH CHOICES AFTER FUND-RAISING BAN
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (TIP): DLF Ltd will be forced to sell assets, even unfinished projects, to meet debt obligations, say bankers, after India’s biggest property firm was banned from the capital markets for three years – […]
Business & Economics
IndiGo to buy 250 Airbus A320neo aircraft
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s largest domestic airline, IndiGo, has placed the single largest order ever for narrowbody aircraft by signing an agreement with Airbus for 250 A-320neo (new engine option) planes. The list price for […]
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4 Indian shuttlers, including Saina, advance in Denmark Open
ODENSE (TIP): On a fruitful day for the Indian shuttlers, Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu stormed into the women’s singles quarterfinals while two men’s players also secured places in the last-eight stage of the […]
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Nobel Peace Prize for Indian Subcontinent: Kailash of India and Malala of Pakistan share the coveted prize
LONDON (TIP): History was made on October 10 when an Indian and a Pakistani jointly shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize […]
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India Takes a Tough Stand
India Takes a Tough Stand on Ceasefire Violations by Pakistan Modi said: “The enemy has realized that times have changed and their old habits will not be tolerated. JAMMU (TIP): India has taken a tough […]
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DEALING WITH THE US ALWAYS TESTS OUR DIPLOMACY
At the end of the day, India and the US have to find common ground that protects their respective interests. The US as a global power should not force India to support it in its […]
Business & Economics
After-effects of the US drawdown on India
New Delhi cannot remain sanguine. A priority of the Obama Administration will be to smoothly take out its military equipment from Afghanistan, through Pakistan. The Taliban will then be viewed more benignly By G Parthasarathy […]
Business & Economics
Strengthening the long arm of the law
One reason for widespread political and bureaucratic corruption is that the punishment for such offences is light and, therefore, it does not serve as a deterrent. Punishment for corruption must include confiscation of all illicit […]
Europe
Bangladesh appoints Syed Muazzem Ali as new envoy to India
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh on October 7 appointed veteran diplomat and former foreign secretary Syed Muazzem Ali as its new high commissioner to India. Ali served as the foreign secretary during the ruling Awami League’s previous […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Professor Wins U.S. National Medal of Science
WASHINGTON (TIP): Thomas Kailath, a Pune-educated Indian American engineering professor at Stanford University, is one of the recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Science, announced by President Barack Obama Oct. 3. Kailath is also […]
United States
U.S. CEOS AND CABINET OFFICIALS REINFORCE COMMITMENT TO INDIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT
USIBC Reaffirms $41 Billion Investment in India WASHINGTON DC (TIP): The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), on October 9, hosted its 39th Anniversary Leadership Summit in the wake of Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s historic visit to […]
India
SUNANDA PUSHKAR DEATH DUE TO POISONING: MEDICAL TEAM
NEW DELHI (TIP): The medical team probing the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor, has concluded that she died of poisoning. The team comprised three doctors from the All India […]
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CEASE FIRE
Both sides need to serve national interest, not pride The Indian Defense Minister has warned Pakistan if it persists with its ‘adventurism, our forces will make the cost… unaffordable’. With a heavier Indian presence along […]
Indian Americans
5 FACTS ABOUT INDIAN AMERICANS
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rapturous reception in New York City on Sunday, speaking to more than 19,000 people – largely Indian Americans, according to The New York Times – at Madison Square […]
Business & Economics
GOVT PLANS DIAMOND HUB IN MUMBAI
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is discussing a plan to set up a special zone with tax benefits for diamond import and trading in Mumbai, to try and develop the country’s financial capital as a […]
Europe
‘Nuclear Pakistan capable of fitting reply to India’
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Nuclear Pakistan was fully capable of responding “befittingly” to Indian aggression on the LoC and the international border, the country’s defence minister, Khwaja Muhammad Asif, said on October 9, responding to an earlier […]
India
BJP poised to create history in Haryana elections: Survey
NEW DELHI (TIP): A new poll shows that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to score an outright win in the upcoming assembly election of Haryana on the back of a Modi wave. If […]
Other News
Mary Kom, Sarita Devi to skip nationals
JAIPUR (TIP): When the senior national women’s boxing championship begins on October 11, after a gap of almost two-and-a-half years, the star quotient will be missing. With the World Championships lined up next month, MC […]
India
Nine airports to have e-visa facility this month
New Delhi (TIP): In a move to boost tourism, nine airports equipped with e-visa facilities will be operational for 13 countries including USA and South Korea and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch […]
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Featured: He CAME, he SPOKE, he CONQUERED
NEW YORK (TIP): Yes, it is Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. All Indian Americans are familiar with that name, for good or for bad, mostly for good, though. Modi was in New York from […]
Europe
Bangladesh appoints Syed Muazzem Ali as new envoy to India
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh on Monday appointed veteran diplomat and former foreign secretary Syed Muazzem Ali as its new high commissioner to India. Ali served as the foreign secretary during the ruling Awami League’s previous 1996-2001 […]
United States
Indians join the wave of investors in condos and homes in US
WASHINGTON (TIP): Arun Kumar owns three apartments in New Delhi, where he has carved out a comfortable life as part of India’s rapidly expanding middle class. Not long ago, he also became a global landlord, […]
Business & Economics
New York needs Preet Bharara
New York needs Preet Bharara to stay on as US attorney and keep fighting corruption Preet Bharara remains New York’s best and only hope for uprooting corruption in politics and business. Yet he’s being touted […]
Business & Economics
INDIA’S FARM SOPS UNDER LENS AT WTO
NEW DELHI (TIP): The United States and Pakistan have questioned several of India’s farm trade policies, including its land holding laws and the subsidy mechanism at the World Trade Organization, which is the latest assault […]