New Delhi: Seeking to boost entrepreneurship at the grassroots level, the Action Plan of the ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ will be unveiled on January 16 said Prime Minister Narendra Modi through his last radio address for 2015. He […]
India has paid over ₹400 crore in the last four years as commitment charges to the Asian Development Bank, Japan, Germany and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for unutilised external loans taken […]
December 26: Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore as a significant development in the ties between India and Pakistan, mainstream American media today said it was likely to add momentum to a […]
NEW DELHI: The news of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise stopover in Pakistan on Friday took everyone by surprise. A move that is seen to have reset the relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, paving the way for […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his ministerial colleagues to have confidence about the “good works” being done by the government and not to worry about the opposition’s propaganda. Speaking at a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The war which began after Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted that the CBI is raiding his office, quickly spilled over to name calling & #politicaljihad. Kejriwal continued with the tweets and then a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has agreed to buy a high-speed bullet train from Japan, in an attempt to transform its creaking rail system. Japan will build India’s first bullet train and provide a $12bn package […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to $4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas popular among Indian IT companies to fund a 9/11 healthcare act and biometric tracking system. […]
As the governments of India and Pakistan work towards normalizing ties between the two countries, anti-humanity groups (JuD) start with their rants in hopes of destabilizing future talks. Hafiz Saeed questions India on 26/11, says no concrete proof in 26/11 attacks […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Global food and beverages major PepsiCo Chairperson and CEO Indra Nooyi called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, December 10. The meeting was a courtesy call, sources said although PepsiCo […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on December 10 became instrumental in bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the same dais for the first time in […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): As External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj walked past the Pakistani media waiting in the Foreign Office corridor on Dec 9 evening, she was asked, “Ma’am, koi breakthrough hai.” Standing behind a lectern, she didn’t […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives on a three day visit to India on December 11. He comes with the conviction that Japan and India have “a bilateral relationship with the greatest potential in […]
After years of being in the political wilderness, Congress made a spectacular comeback in Gujarat, taking control of the rural local bodies in a stunning blow to the BJP in an election seen as a […]
LAHORE (TIP): A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court asking the government to bring back Kohinoor diamond, the world famous precious stone which India has been trying to get from the UK. Barrister […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): EcoSikh has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to commit to reducing carbon emissions and to work towards a meaningful agreement at the UN Climate Summit in Paris this week on behalf of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The increasing incidents of ‘intolerance’ that have created an atmosphere of fear amongst the Muslim minority community and the rise of Hindu nationalist fringe elements dominating the headlines in recent times, have […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A soft-spoken but tough judge, Justice Tirath Singh Thakur on December 3 assumed office as Chief Justice of India after being sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee. Justice Thakur’s term as 43 […]
CHENNAI (TIP): After days of chaos, there was finally some relief for the flood-battered people of Chennai, as a break in rain overnight helped reduce water levels of the Adyar and Kumbh rivers, thus easing […]
CHICAGO, IL (TIP): Vishwa Gujarati Samaj (VGS), USA celebrated the 6th Annual Gala Banquet in the memory of late Narendrabhai Patel, Founder, Medstar Laboratories at Meadows Club, 2950 Golf Rd., Rolling Meadows, IL. The event […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Emerging markets guru Mark Mobius said India could overtake China in the Templeton Emerging Markets group’s equity investments over the next five years, given the strong growth prospects of Asia’s third-largest economy and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian-American techie has been appointed as advisor to the ‘Accessible India’ campaign to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week to make transport, public spaces and information and communication technology […]
India is awash with Islamophobia and there could not be a more dangerous time for this pernicious slant in our national politics. Hateful vitriol was spewed upon actor Aamir Khan recently, for expressing concern over the […]
Towards the end of September 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to the Indian media narrative, was out there conquering the West, engaging and earning applause from the most un-Indian Indians, the Silicon Valley NRI crowd. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Nov 27 “India first” was the government’s only religion and the Constitution was its scripture, but refrained from making a direct reference to the ‘intolerance’ issue […]
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