MUMBAI (TIP): The Shiv Sena on JUne 19 anointed Uddhav Thackeray as the saffron combine’s CM pick. The Sena president later told journalists he had to honour Shiv Sainiks’ collective wish. “The CM issue can […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The BJP has cleared the decks for deceased leader Gopinath Munde’s daughter Pankaja’s induction in the party’s core committee. This was decided at a meeting of the party’s core committee in Mumbai on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Home minister Rajnath Singh will sit next to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, occupying the seat left conspicuously vacant, when Parliament meets for the budget session on July 7. The seat allocation seems […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The new government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, June 19 scrambled to secure the release of 40 Indians being held in war-torn Iraq but asserted it was doing its […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Japan next month has been deferred till after the Budget session of Parliament ends in early August. The decision has been taken in view of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): As President Barack Obama announced plans for Afghanistan after ending US combat mission by year end, the US hoped India, Pakistan and Afghanistan would help provide greater stability and security in the region. […]
Narmada Dam height to be raised by 17 metres; lakhs will lose their homes, activists say NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD (TIP): The government has decided to raise the height of the Narmada Dam by 17 metres — […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The ponderous elephant will now try to catch up with the fleet-footed dragon. The Narendra Modi government has decided to fast-track clearances for roads and other military infrastructure projects along the 4,057-km […]
NAGPUR (TIP): The BJP’s ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or the RSS, reiterated that the organisation does not act like a ‘remote control’ to the ruling party. Addressing cadres for the first time since […]
Will treat Sutlej on par with Ganga: Centre New Delhi (TIP): The Centre has decided to treat the Sutlej river on par with the Ganga. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who on June 12 […]
PANAJI (TIP): Football fever is running high and the BJP government in Goa has scripted a controversy by sanctioning a Rs. 90 lakh junket for six MLAs, including the sports minister, to Brazil, where the […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Mrs. Ranjana Kumar, former Chairperson and CEO of Indian Bank, and Ambassador Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay, Consul General of India, participated in an interactive discussion, June 12, on – “What Should India […]
New Delhi (TIP): Shaken by the untimely death of union rural development minister Gopinath Munde in a road accident on Tuesday, the Centre today said it will amend the Indian Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress MP and spokesman Shashi Tharoor says he should not be called a “Modi fan” after his recent praise for India’s new Prime Minister, but also that it would be churlish not […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to neighbouring Bhutan later this month in his first foreign visit after assuming power. PM Modi will be travelling to Bhutan and will hold talks on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Central government offices across the capital were on high alert on June 5, with secretaries and other top officials scanning corridors and parking lots. The heightened activity was not part of a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): When former deputy prime minister LK Advani reached his office in Parliament during the lunch-break, he was confronted with a humiliating situation. The plaque with his name at the door of the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): PM Narendra Modi’s pet Ganga cleanup programme and his mission for clean water has attracted interest from foreign nations. Israel and Denmark, global leaders in water technology and water management, say they […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is looking forward to welcoming the new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, but refrained from making any announcement on the possible trip in September. “We look forward to […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka on Thursday reacted strongly against the genocide remarks made by Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa against the country over the Tamil issue and said it will make formal objections to […]
An inner cry of a Dalit from the heartland of India Why I am asked about my caste when I go to the police? Am I not a citizen of India?” The father of one […]
GANDHI NAGAR (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has sent a white sari for the mother of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Obviously, it is a return gift from Pakistan Prime Minister whom Modi had […]
LATUR, MAHARASHTRA (TIP): The body of Union minister Gopinath Munde was flown here from Mumbai en route to his native place in Beed district of Marathwada for cremation later on June 4. The body was […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Hailed as a troubleshooting “James Bond” of central bankers amid India’s currency crisis last year, Raghuram Rajan was given a licence to kill inflation with higher interest rates and drive a programme of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Stressing on “sushasan” or good governance as the cornerstone of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 29 gave “advice” to Cabinet colleagues — from asking them to frame priority areas […]
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