NEW DELHI (TIP): Voter turnouts higher than the 2009 poll figures marked the fifth and biggest round of Lok Sabha elections covering 121 seats across 12 states amidst largely peaceful balloting on April 17. A […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): BJP on aPRIL 18 night denied that its prime ministerial candidate Narendera Modi had sent emissaries to meet Kashmir’s separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to create a “soft corner” by making […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Harsharanjit Singh flew to India last December for a month-long vacation after having launched a software company in Belgium. But within days, he was campaigning for the Aam Aadmi Party. The software consultant […]
In May 2005, as Indian and Pakistani Track I negotiators were reaching a ‘settlement deal’ on the forbidden Siachen Glacier, the then Chief of the Army Staff Joginder Jaswant Singh made an unexpected public statement. […]
“With BJP declaring Modi as its prime ministerial candidate and the nation turning in his favor; US is trying to find an escape route”, says the author. There has been a buzz in the diplomatic […]
Rarely is found a person in the history of mankind who has left such a deep imprint on the life and character of people within a brief span of 42 years. More than three hundred […]
Dear Editor, In my view because of India’s non-alliance policy towards America the US India relationship always at neutral level. During the past 45 years since 1968, many times Americans from the mainstream have asked […]
“Vaisakhi is a celebration made holy and special by Guru Gobind Singh. He exemplified to the max the characteristics of courage, sacrifice, selflessness, and shedding blood in the service and protection of others. Guru Gobind […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): Gov. Chris Christie has appointed Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, a reputed allergist in the Tristate area, to the state Board of Medical Examiners. This will be the second time Dr. Parikh will […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was conferred India’s Global Icon of the Year award at the NRI of the Year awards here. The 71-year-old, who has been ruling the film industry for over four decades […]
Sant Chatwal (right) chairman of Hampshire Hotels & Resorts, appointed industry veteran Eric Danziger (left) president and CEO of Hampshire group, the New York-based hospitality group, which manages brands like Dream Hotels, Night Hotels and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): KFC, the Kentucky-based fast-food chain known for its “finger-lickin’ good” range of chicken fillets and burgers, has finally given in to India’s penchant for vegetarianism. In what appears to be a first […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Starting next week, Maruti Suzuki India will start recall of around 1 lakh cars to replace “fuel filler neck”. On Monday, the automobile major submitted to the heavy industry and road transport […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress party stirred a controversy by putting Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s photo on its official website. The photo was published with a caption that […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Marking a considerably high voter turnout as compared to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, India voted for 91 constituencies in 14 states and Union Territories which went to polls in the third […]
CHENNAI (TIP): US President Barack Obama was not too far off the mark when he told students at Maryland recently that Americans would have to compete against Indians and Chinese for good jobs in the […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The National Freedom Front (NFF), a key ally of President Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed doubts over India’s motives in abstaining at the UNHRC vote against Sri Lanka.”We have to closely examine why India abstained,” […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): An Indian Police Service officer, Devendra Kumar Pathak, took over as the Director General of the Border Security Force. Pathak is the 23rd DG of the BSF, the world’s largest border guarding […]
Unless the leaders of India, especially from the secular parties show some courage to stand up to fundamentalism that may emanate from any quarters whether it is Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian and stop exploiting […]
After entering a green light mode, India-US relations have slipped into an amber mode. How soon we can get back into smooth circulation will depend largely on the US, as the responsibility for the malaise […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): Beating the drums for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, yoga guru Baba Ramdev has again promised to bring back Indian currency stashed away in foreign banks within 100 days […]
Ask for heavens and Indian politicians will give you. I marvel the ingenuity of Indian politicians who have found the easiest way to woo the voters. Promise them moon and stars. Tell them again and […]
The name has a musical ring. Saurashtra, literally a region of one hundred kingdoms. Undoubtedly, the past of this princely area is rich in antiquity and history, as it is in lores and legends. One […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (TIP): Xoom Corporation (NASDAQ: XOOM), a leading digital money transfer provider, announced, March 31, a partnership with HDFC Bank Limited (NYSE: HDB), by offering instant deposits to INR denominated HDFC Bank accounts […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Even as a fourth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the U.S. and European Union was concluded recently, experts from developing countries as well as within the U.S. […]
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