“Rather than debating a new conceptual framework for our foreign policy – more “nationalistic” or resting on an “India first” foundation – we could look at how some concrete issues should be addressed by a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a setback for the West Bengal government, the Supreme court on May 9 handed over investigation into Saradha chit fund scam to the CBI. The court also asked the CBI to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nearly 66% of the electorate exercised its franchise on Wednesday in the seventh phase of the 16th general election, in line with the heavy turnout that marked the earlier rounds of voting. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has ruled out any mediation on the Kashmir issue as long as India rejects such a proposal and asked Pakistan to avoid employing militancy as an instrument of state policy. “As […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): A Major and an army jawan were killed in a six-hour gun-battle with three militants holed up in a house in Shopian district of south Kashmir, an army spokesman said. The house in […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The war of words between BJP and AAP escalated on March 27 with the saffron party accusing Arvind Kejriwal of being an expert in “dumping issues halfway” while AAP retaliated with jeers […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister P Chidambaram has opted out of the Lok Sabha contest, with Congress announcing his son Karthi as the candidate from Sivaganga constituency in Tamil Nadu. Kirit Patel will take on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has proposed to Pakistan a bus service between Kargil and Skardu and a “multiple entry booklet” to facilitate movement of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The two countries have also […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday announced its first list of 54 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and fielded former party president Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur. The list was announced after […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): An Army soldier on February 27 shot five colleagues dead at point blank range when they were sleeping before committing suicide in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. “A soldier of a Rashtriya Rifles […]
Maha Shivratri, the night of the worship of Lord Shiva, occurs on the 14th night of the new moon during the dark half of the month of Phalguna. It falls on a moonless February night, […]
BANGALORE (TIP): A total of 154 players sold, including 50 overseas players, as the two-day IPL auction ended in Bangalore on February 13, with Yuvraj Singh ending up as the top-earner, bought by Royal Challengers […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Running for California governor election with the promise of creating jobs and providing good education, Neel Tushar Keshkari feels it is time that Indian Americans, who have made their presence felt in almost […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Jammu & Kashmir minister of state for health department Shabir Khan has been charged for sexually assaulting a lady doctor inside the civil secretariat in Srinagar. The alleged assault took place on January […]
India’s politics is in disarray at a time when Delhi needs to connect the various dots and come up with a policy matrix of incredible complexity involving several interlocking templates – security situation within Afghanistan; […]
JAMMU (TIP): The ruling National Conference (NC)- Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is in big trouble, with credible reports that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah may step down following sharp differences over the creation of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): When Neel Kashkari was drafted by the Bush administration in 2008 to oversee the massive bailout program following the mortgage meltdown, an online wiseacre quipped: “Seriously? The guy overseeing the $700 billion is […]
India has formal diplomatic relations with most nations; it is the world’s second most populous country, the world’s mostpopulous democracy and one of the fastest growing major economies. With the world’s seventh largest military expenditure, […]
Asalute of 21 guns and the unfurling of the Indian National flag by Dr. Rajendra Prasad heralded the historic birth of the Indian Republic on January 26, 1950; 894 days after our country became a […]
JAMMU (TIP): The Army on January 23 gave a clean chit to five of its officers allegedly involved in the Pathribal encounter that took place in Anantnag district of Kashmir in March 2000. Following the […]
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