NEW DELHI (TIP): Government on August 14 imposed a minimum export price (MEP) of $650 per tonne on onion to curb shipments and control rising prices. In May last year, the government had scrapped fixing […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for setting up of the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC). Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in his Budget Speech 2013-14 had announced a proposal to set up […]
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (TIP): Naval divers on Friday found bodies of three naval personnel from ill-fated submarine INS Sindhurakshak which exploded and sank at the Mumbai dockyard early on august 14. “Three bodies have been recovered […]
New Delhi (TIP) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 15 called for political stabilityand strong secular values as he made his last Independence Day speech ahead of the much awaited Battle 2014. Addressing the nation […]
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (TIP): The death of five Indian soldiers in Kashmir this week is being connected in Pakistan to the resumption of ties between Islamabad and New Delhi. “Every time someone talks of peace, we […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh has made it clear to his commanders along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan that they should retaliate to Pakistani firing and events across the LoC […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): A 15-year-old girl, who was set on fire by two youths 12 days ago in a village in Odisha, succumbed to her injuries on Aug 8 night after a failed attempt to shift […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjeet Singh GK was asked to take off his turban during a security check at the Rome International Airport in Italy on Aug 6. When he […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008 is believed to have visited the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan occupied Kashmir a couple […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A trial court has remanded Rajesh Agarwal, co-founder and director of mobile company Micromax Technologies Pvt Ltd, and six others, including four public servants, to CBI custody for seven days in a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister P Chidambaram indicated that the government may increase customs duty on luxury goods as well as those that can be manufactured locally as part of a fresh assault against non-essential […]
How sand mafia framed IAS officer Durga NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian Administrative Service office Durga Shakti Nagpal was suspended for demolishing a mosque, thereby “disturbing” communal harmony “Arrey, Madamji, who gives their own land to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP) Visitors to Rashtrapati Bhavan will have to pay a fee from September 1 to enjoy the tour. The President’s office has introduced a “registration charge” of Rs 25 per person per visit […]
NEW DELHI: The CBI has given a clean chit to former UP Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya in the murder of Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq as it has not found any anomaly in the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court pulled up the Income Tax department and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not taking action in the last five years on information gathered from tapped phone conversations of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after the historical decision to carve out Telangana as a separate state from Andhra Pradesh, National Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel said his party supported the formation of Vidarbha […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Early this week, the Delhi police filed a charge sheet that stated Dawood Ibrahim masterminded the IPL match-fixing scam. This seems a civil effort on the part of the Delhi police when […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The British government on August 1 appointed Kumar Iyer, an Indian-origin official, as director general for UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) in India. This is a new top level post and has […]
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting: OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN (TIP): Gurvinder Singh approached his father’s open coffin with one thought: “Please, god, it’s not my dad.” As he stepped closer, he realized the man was indeed the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Salman Khan’s alleged involvement in a hit-andrun case seems to be taking toll on his professional front. The 47-year -old star was reportedly unable to leave for London for the shooting of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The timing is near-perfect. After dragging its feet on the issue for years, the Congress’ highest decisionmaking body, Congress working committee (CWC) on Tuesday approved the carving out of Telangana from Andhra […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will participate in the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) in New York in the month of September but the highlight of his visit will be his bilateral meeting with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ignoring concerns raised by civil rights activists the Union Cabinet on August 1 gave its nod for amending the Right to Information (RTI) Act to exclude political parties from its purview. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Government will soon unveil guidelines for financially supporting start-ups in the field of electronics. It may chip in with 15-25 per cent of the total investment for such projects through fund […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian auto components industry may invest around Rs 70 billion over the next three years on new projects, according to a study by ICRA. Automobile manufacturers such as Hero MotoCorp, Maruti […]
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