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 […]
RANCHI (TIP): Anything close to 300-run mark is always tough to chase down but India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni backed his batsmen to overhaul the 296-run target set by Australia in the fourth ODI which […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India and China took a leap towards reducing recurring tensions across the border and promised to strengthen cooperation on trans-border rivers, even as New Delhi delayed a pact for a liberalised visa […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Prime Minister’s Office has denied an RTI plea to access a note written by national security adviser (NSA) Shivshankar Menon reportedly calling for a new strategy to get access to data […]
NEW DELHI/GENEVA (TIP): Indicating a poor state of affairs on gender parity front, India was today ranked at a low 101st position on a global Gender Gap Index despite an improvement by four places since […]
PUNE (TIP): Henkel Adhesive Technologies India, a subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co, has set up its first Innovation Centre in India, marking the German company’s most important investment in the region. The centre will […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): China will be able to sidestep global nuclear commerce rules when it sells its third generation nuclear reactors to Pakistan, making its sale a win-win deal for both countries. China has reverse-engineered Westinghouse’s […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Faced with India’s charges of continued ceasefire violations, Pakistan’s military on October 23 blamed Indian troops of targeting its forward posts in the past two days. “Indian troops have intensified violations and carried […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Obama on October 24 asked the Republican-majority House of Representatives to pass by the year end a stalled immigration bill over which India has expressed concern. “Let’s see if we can […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif trooped into the White House on October 21 for a meeting with President Obama in the face of multiple repudiations from the United States over Islamabad’s pet peeves: […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The Nepal Army was deployed in the country on October 20 to ensure that the November 19 polls happen smoothly. According to army spokesman Brigadier General Jagdish Chandra Pokhrel, the army has been […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Ending an eight-year-old ban on military supplies, India has handed over some of the equipment, including vehicles and arms, it had pledged to provide to Nepal ahead of crucial polls to be held […]
With India’s ascent in global hierarchy and American attempts to carve out a strong partnership with India, China’s need for Pakistan is only likely to grow. A rising India makes Pakistan all the more important […]
The Border Defense Cooperation Agreement signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to China is without doubt a constructive step towards resolving the boundary dispute. The BDCA itself is not a gamechanger: it simply reinforces […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Backing India’s concerns over the slow pace of progress in the 26/11 case in Pakistan, US President Barack Obama, October 24, asked the visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif why the trial of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Thanks to the initiative of bipartisan Congressional Caucus on India and Indian- Americans, US lawmakers are set to have their first-ever Diwali reception to celebrate the Indian festival of lights. An invitation to […]
KENDRAPARA, ODISHA (TIP): An NRI couple has been arrested in Saudi Arabia on charges of practising black magic, official sources said here on October 22. Seikh Nizam and Noor Jehan, originally from Odisha’s Kendrapara township, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Sikhs For Justice, a Human Rights Organization based in New York has claimed that on the occasion of 29th anniversary of 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, a petition signed by around […]
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 […]
JAIPUR (TIP): An inspired India pulled off an incredible nine-wicket victory over Australia in the second cricket onedayer on Wednesday, achieving the second highest ever run chase in ODI history. Chasing an mammoth victory target […]
Among the myriad hamlets of Himachal Pradesh is Naldehra, a town tucked just a little while away from the hustle-bustle of the well renowned hill station, Simla. About an hour’s drive from the main city, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former top bureaucrats have come out in support of ex-Coal Secretary P C Parakh, who has been named by CBI in the coal blocks allocation scam, warning that harassment of honest officers […]
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