UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon has asked Sri Lanka to engage “constructively” and cooperate with its human rights body to implement a resolution calling for an international inquiry into alleged war crimes committed […]
The author notes that there is no focused debate on real issues. Only cacophony prevails. “Past experience tells us that the so-called “manifestos” of the political parties are hardly ever practically implemented. The consequences of […]
The world is watching the goings on in the largest democracy of the world which goes to polls this month and the following. It is widely believed that successive governments in India have not lived […]
America’s decisive action speaks volumes as to the importance of this bilateral relationship. Ambassador Nancy Jo Powell, following Ambassador April Glaspie’s catastrophic green-lighting Saddam Hussain’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, green-lighted minor American functionaries to […]
By His Divine Grace B. S. Tirtha Maharaj The fear of death haunts many people. So they want to escape death and avoid facing it or even thinking about it. Unless and until one develops […]
NEW YORK (TIP): As general elections draw closer in India, global financial major Goldman Sachs has said 40 million new manufacturing jobs can be created in a decade if states follow flexible labor laws like […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Indian American Forum presented, Thursday March 27, the Third Annual Outstanding Women’s Achievements gala as part of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day Celebrations. First Lady of Nassau County Linda […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Two days after a British court rejected extradition of Ravi Shankaran, key accused in the naval war room leak case, CBI’s lawyers in United Kingdom have advised against appeal as “it wouldn’t […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India ranks 102nd among the 132 countries on the Social Progress Index, a measure of human wellbeing that goes beyond traditional economic measures such as GDP or per capita income. Of the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A three-day International Regional Conference on Hindi is being organized by the Consulate General of India in New York is on April 25-27, 2014. Making this announcement at a press Conference held […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Mumbai Police has received counter-terror equipment from the United States. Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell handed over the explosive incident counter-measure equipment worth USD 300,000 to Mumbai Police to aid […]
DHAKA (TIP): India will look to capitalize on South Africa’s two perennial problems — a weakness against spin and inability to win knockout matches in ICC events — as they go head to head in […]
Chaitra Navaratri (March 31st to April 7th 2014), or the nine (nava-) nights (- ratri) of Durga, are celebrated in the first nine days of the bright half of the month of Chaitra (starting from […]
Advani, P V Narasimha Rao knew of plot: Cobrapost sting NEW DELHI (TIP): An elaborate sting operation, conducted on 23 key people of the Ram Janambhoomi movement, claims that the demolition of the Babri Masjid […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court of India, on March 28, removed N. Srinivasan as BCCI chief and asked Sunil Gavaskar to take charge as an interim president for the duration of IPL 7. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Even though the entire known leadership of Indian Mujahideen in India is in police net with the recent arrest of Tehsin Akhtar and Waqas, intelligence agencies are not patting their back as […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Haryana governor, Jagan Nath Pahadia had a miraculous escape on March 27 morning, when state government’s plane with governor on board caught fire while taking-off on the runaway at the Chandigarh airport. […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile from a military base in Odisha on March 28, a senior official said. The indigenouslydeveloped ballistic missile with a maximum range of 350 km was […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, along with the UN Academic Impact (an initiative of the Department of Public Information of the UN) organized a Special Musical Concert […]
Earlier this week, General Bikram Singh, Chief of the Army Staff of the Republic of India, arrived in Israel on an official visit. During the course of his visit, General Singh met with the IDF […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a brave decision marking the reclamation of foreign policy from narrow political interests, India abstained from voting on a USsponsored resolution on human rights situation in Sri Lanka. While India had […]
Modi has made some stray remarks on foreign affairs, but they should be seen more as obiter dicta rather than a considered judgment. Little interest has been shown domestically about possible new orientations in foreign […]
According to Credit Suisse, there can be four scenarios post elections, Narendra Modi led NDA government with 2-3 allies; Narendra Modi led NDA government with 5-6 allies; other leader led NDA government with 8-10 allies […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): India centre of Sikh American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) has started inviting applications from young entrepreneurs to develop digital apps for social development and make a difference in the lives of people, said […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With the Supreme Court proposing the suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from IPL 7 over the spot-fixing and betting scandal, India’s biggest and hottest sports property and BCCI’s most […]
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