United States
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
27 deaths, including 20 children, six adults and the shooter ” The shooter, 24 year old Ryan Lanza was carrying 4 weapons and wore a bulletproof vest. He shot dead his mother who was a […]
India
Business & Economics
RAPE – OUTRAGE – RAPE: This Vicious Cycle Must End
The outrage that the Delhi gangrape has triggered across the country seems to be unprecedented.We haven’t seen such a display of truthful emotions in the Indian parliament for a long time,while people are spontaneously coming […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Convenience Store Owners to Unite
TAMPA, FL (TIP): Meeting against the backdrop of national economic uncertainty that has significantly brought down their sales, convenience stores and gas stations owners at the seventh annual convention of the Asian American Convenience Store […]
United States
Three Members of Santa Clara-based Indian Family Killed in Freeway Crash
REDWOOD CITY, CA(TIP): Three members of an Indian American family were killed Dec. 14 when their stranded Lexus was struck from behind by another vehicle on a California freeway, authorities said. According to the Associated […]
United States
Guru Nanak Birth Anniversary Celebrated In White House
WASHINGTON (TIP) : Members of the American Sikh community from across the country turned up in large numbers as the White House celebrated the 544th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the first Guru of […]
Europe
Rita Singh elected Federation of Indian Associations president
CHICAGO (TIP): Rita Singh, an Indian American businesswoman from Bihar with close connections to Bollywood, has been elected the first woman president of Chicago-based Federation of Indian Associations (FIA). A native of Saharsa district of […]
United States
US Counsel Who Advised Immunity For ISI Backed Drone Strikes
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US government legal counsel who advised the Department of Justice to seek immunity for the Pakistani spy agency ISI and two of its former chiefs in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack turns […]
Featured
Sri Chinmoy And Ravi Shankar
They are two great musicians who gave India’s divine gift of soulful music to the whole world. Ravi Shankar was the greatest Sitar player in the world who passed away recently. Spiritual master Sri Chinmoy […]
Featured
DELHI GANG RAPE: Protests outside Rashtrapati Bhavan
NEW DELHI (TIP): A large number of women activists and students today marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against the gang rape of a young girl in a moving bus and demand stringent action against […]
Business & Economics
India-Asean Trade to Reach $100 Billion Mark by 2015, Says Anand Sharma
NEW DELHI (TIP): Inaugurating the 2nd India- ASEAN Business Fair- 2012 in New Delhi today, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma expressed confidence that the two-way trade between India and […]
Business & Economics
Banking Bill paves way for new banks, foreign investment
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Tuesday cleared the decks for the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) to initiate the process to issue new banking licences and widened the window for infusion of capital […]
Business & Economics
Real estate & housing finance cos allowed to raise $1bn from abroad
MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India has allowed real estate developers and housing finance companies to raise funds overseas for low-cost housing projects. Developers and housing finance companies will be permitted to borrow $1 […]
Business & Economics
Mahindra to buy US partner’s stakes in truck JVs
MUMBAI (TIP): Utility and tractor manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has decided to buy the stake held by its US-based partner, Navistar International Corporation, in the truck and engine making joint ventures (JV) — Mahindra […]
Other News
World Kabaddi Cup a Step in the Right Direction
The ancient game of Kabaddi is enshrined permanently in the mind of every son of the soil Punjabi. In olden times, it used to be played on the dusty grounds of village common land. There […]
Featured
Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar dies at 92: World Pays Tribute
NEW YORK (TIP): Ravi Shankar, popularly known as Pandit Ravi Shankar, the revered master of the sitar who introduced Indian music to much of the Western world, died Tuesday, December11 in San Diego. He was […]
Featured
Wal-Mart Gets Notice From India Agency
BANGALORE (TIP): Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s WMT +0.15% India unit said Thursday it has received a notice from a federal government agency as part of an investigation into allegations that the U.S. retailer violated the South […]
United States
PBD 2013 at Kochi
NEW YORK (TIP): The eleventh edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being held at Kochi, Kerala from 7th January to 9th January, 2013 in partnership with Kerala State Government, says a press release issued by […]
United States
Islamist Terrorism may end by 2030
WASHINGTON (TIP): A landmark US intelligence report released on Dec 10 says the “current Islamist phase of terrorism” might end by 2030, but violent terrorism itself is unlikely to die completely and might evolve into […]
United States
Hanukkah Celebrated at the Indian Consulate
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian Consulate held a reception to celebrate Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish celebration. Hanukkah also known as Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, […]
United States
INOC AP Chapter Accords Warm Reception To Visiting Andhra Pradesh Minister K. Lakshaminarayana
NEW YORK (TIP): Farmers and farming policy makers in Andhra Pradesh will benefit from the expertise of American researchers and educators in near future. K. Lakshminarayana, AP’s Minister of Agriculture, recently signed memos of understanding […]
United States
Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar Adds Another Jewel To Her Crown!
NEW YORK (TIP): Lata Mangeshkar’s voice is a gift from God! What she does with it is her gift to the world. She was born to sing and has always maintained that she will continue […]
Business & Economics
Three countries, one center of gravity
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Australia’s Defense Minister Stephen Smith, India’s National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai have all spoken of the “Indo-Pacific” – a region spanning the Indian […]
Europe
Nasa Photo Error Puts Mount Everest In India
KATHMANDU (TIP): The world’s highest mountain should not be hard to spot but American space agency Nasa has admitted it mistook a summit in India for Mount Everest, which straddles the border of Nepal and […]
Business & Economics
An Indian grammar for International Studies
A little over three years ago I wrote in The Hindu that at a time when interest in India and India’s interest in the world are arguably at their highest, Indian scholarship on global issues […]
India
Taliban Leaders Send Their Girl Children To School : UN
NEW DELHI (TIP): A top UN official today claimed that some Taliban leaders, who issued fatwa against girls’ education during their rule in Afghanistan, have themselves sent their female children to schools run with the […]