MUMBAI (TIP): Home and auto loans are set to get more expensive with State Bank of India and HDFC Bank raising their benchmark rates by 20 basis points on Wednesday. Both the banks raised their […]
SOMERSET, NJ (TIP): On November 1st of 2013, the Kerala Piravi day, the Malayali Pravasis of USA witnessed the grant inauguration of the three day National conference of IPCNA [India Press Club of North America]. […]
‘Sikh Genocide Petition’ Submitted to UN GENEVA (TIP): The Justice Rally held in front of the UN office in Geneva was attended by thousands of Sikhs from across Europe, the US and Canada. The rally […]
NEWYORK (TIP): In an impressive ceremony at the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee office in Chandigarh, the Chief Minister of Haryana Ch. Bhupinder Singh Hooda inaugurated the Haryana Chapter of Indian National Overseas Congress (I) The […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Bollywood fans in America will now get to see the muchtalked- about new film BULLETT RAJA starring Saif Ali Khan and Sonakshi Sinha before audiences in India will. Directed by National Award […]
KOLKATA (TIP): West Indies finally dismissed India but not before Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin stretched the lead past 200 on the third morning. Their seventh-wicket partnership of 280 was the highest for their country, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. Avtar Singh Tinna, a dentist by profession, has added yet another Marathon to his long career in running Marathons. On Sunday, November 3rd, 2013, he ran his 22nd NYC Marathon. Since […]
NEWYORK, NY (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India in New York celebrated Diwali on Tuesday, November 5, with esteemed guests and celebrities. Several senior UN officials and ambassadors attended the event. Honorable Peter Thomson, Ambassador […]
KOLKATA (TIP): In less than a week, Rohit Sharma has joined most of India’s batting elite. In Bangalore, he said hello to Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in the ODI double-century club, hitting 16 sixes […]
India Association of Long Island (IALI) Women’s Forum recently celebrated the Festival of Lights – Deepavali – heartily and eloquently with a colorful and unique Fashion Show done by the women and geared for the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Reports emanating from diplomatic circles here and in New Delhi reveal that publicly, India and the US may appear to be on the same page regarding the situation in Bangladesh but in […]
DALLAS (TIP): Dallas based Indian American entrepreneurs Satish and Yasmin Gupta have made a $ 12 million donation to University of Dallas. The gift, the single largest in the 57 year old history of the […]
Push the boundaries, shift the goalposts, change vocabularies. Three hundred and fifty no longer inspires awe. Not when Indian batsmen are batting on flat Indian pitches surrounded by quick outfields with only four fielders outside […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Rohit Sharma, who is yet to make his Test debut, has made a comeback to the squad selected for the two Tests against West Indies. Ravindra Jadeja missed out because of a shoulder […]
The DFW Indian Cultural Society’s mega event-the Diwali Mela- is being organized on November 2 at Cotton Bowl. It will be the 8th super mela in a row. As our tribute to the grand event, […]
DALLAS (TIP): It was an incredibly lovely session of Urdu and Hindi poetry at Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas on October 25, with a galaxy of poets locally and from India and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India has slipped three positions to 134th spot in the latest ‘ease of doing business’ list, which is topped by Singapore, according to the World Bank. In the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking […]
The Sikh celebration of the return of the sixth Nanak from detention in the Gwalior Fort coincides with Hindu festival of Diwali. This coincidence has resulted in similarity of celebration amongst Sikhs and Hindus. The […]
India is a country of festivals and festivities. Our forefathers made sure that we have occasions to come together and celebrate. I do not think any other country in the world can match India’s number […]
With simple ideas that do not require big bang reforms, India can weather the storm caused by global and domestic economic factors, believes the author. There are ways of looking at India’s present economic woes […]
Diwali is also celebrated outside of India mainly in Guyana, Fiji, Malaysia, Nepal, Mauritius, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Britain, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Africa, Australia and the US among the Hindus across the […]
Pakistan is averse to discussing Afghanistan with India, fearing that would legitimize India’s interests in that country. But it would be in the interests of all three to do so, says the author. Two questions […]
There are various alleged origins attributed to this festival. Some hold that they celebrate the marriage of Lakshmi with Lord Vishnu. In Bengal the festival is dedicated to the worship of Kali. It also commemorates […]
Deepawali or Diwali is certainly the biggest and the brightest of all Hindu festivals. It’s the festival of lights (deep = light and avali = a row i.e., a row of lights) that’s marked by […]
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