Fearing that slow development of transport infrastructure could become the biggest “game stopper” for India’s economic growth, PM Manmohan Singh has asked for speeding up completion of major railway, road and port projects NEW DELHI […]
NAPERVILLE, IL (TIP): His Holiness Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj returned to the Chicagoland area this month after presiding over the 20th Global Conference on Mysticism in Delhi, India. During his stay in the Chicagoland […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scores of lawmakers from the House and Senate attended a gala organized by an Indian American organization to celebrate the work of the Congressional Caucus for India and Indian Americans. The caucus is […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The government of India has reviewed the provision relating to two months gap between two visits of a foreign national to India on a tourist visa. A Press Release from Indian Consulate […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has criticized foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar for promising to take action against him if India provides evidence, saying the Pakistan government had been unable to resolve outstanding […]
In the aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Narasimha Rao government reworked India’s dysfunctional economic and foreign policies to improve India’s abysmal terms of trade with the rest of the world. The […]
Gets status of non-member observer state India votes for resolution; US, Israel oppose bid UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Palestine overwhelmingly won, November 30, a historic UN General Assembly vote which will upgrade its status to nonmember […]
One must congratulate the Government of India for taking the bold step of joining the 138 nations voting ‘Yes’ for the resolution to upgrade Palestine to a non-member observer state in the United Nations. What […]
The list mostly includes US and European countries but China’s neighbours in South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are missing BEIJING (TIP): China announced a 72-hour visa free stay in Beijing […]
India says it is aware that the sovereignty of many parts of South China Sea is disputed, but it supports freedom of navigation, right of passage and access to resources NEW DELHI/BEIJING (TIP): Unfazed by […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India’s growing soft power has got a brief toehold in the world’s hardball capital. Madame Tussauds, the famed wax gallery, unveiled on Tuesday the moulded likeness of Bollywood’s best in an intensely political […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India’s growing soft power has got a brief toehold in the world’s hardball capital. Madame Tussauds, the famed wax gallery, unveiled on Tuesday the molded likeness of Bollywood’s best in an intensely political […]
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin mother who beat her son “like a dog” for not being able to memorize passages of the Quran, has been found guilty by a British court of murdering him and setting […]
LONDON (TIP): The Indian high commission in London is considering lodging a firm protest with the British foreign office about yet another failure on the part of the London metropolitan police to provide protection to […]
A suave gentleman, Gujral who was easy in every role, was passionately committed to friendship between India and Pakistan Inder Kumar Gujral was a rare breed of political persona who switched roles seamlessly from a […]
Palestine wins historic UN Assembly vote and Gets status of non-member observer state India votes for resolution; US, Israel oppose bid UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Palestine overwhelmingly won, November 30, a historic UN General Assembly vote […]
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral passes away at 92 Govt declares 7-day national mourning Prez, PM, top leaders express grief NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who headed a Congress-supported […]
Afghanistan has both benefited and suffered from the decade-old international intervention. A vast and a diverse section of the Afghan population, nearly a generation of Afghans, have benefited in several ways – right from increased […]
As the Sikhs across the world get ready to celebrate the 543rd birth anniversary of their First Master Guru Nanak Dev Ji, it is pertinent to ask if the Great Master’s message is kept in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India-born Vishakha Desai, a leading expert on Asian art, has been appointed by the Obama administration as member of the National Museum and Library Services Board, a key administrative post. The name of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A full-time engineering professor at Morgan State University was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, November 14 in an alleged scheme to defraud the National Science Foundation of hundreds of thousands of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor and renowned Indian-American actor Manu Narayan hosted the Varli Culinary Awards in Manhattan on November 15. The inaugural awards are a revolutionary concept that honors the best culinary […]
NEW YORK (TIP): ‘Love Towards All, Malice Towards None’ was the theme of the musical concert hosted by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations on the occasion of India’s Presidency of the […]
RICHMOND HILL, NY (TIP): A bright, shining, cherubic Sun and a balmy weather provided a fitting setting to the 12th Guru Nanak Day Parade in Richmond Hill on November 17. The weather god certainly pleased […]
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