NEW YORK (TIP): Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition. The world’s biggest social networking company said on Wednesday that […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A US Sikh human rights group has challenged a motion filed by India’s Congress party for dismissing of a human rights violation case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh violence. In a 32-page […]
NEW YORK (TIP): This year, over 1000 people will be screened for surgery at Kirpal Bagh, Kalyan Vihar, Delhi as part of the Free Eye Surgery program sponsored by Science of Spirituality/Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO International) has decided to hold its 25th (Jubilee) Anniversary in Port of Spain in Trinidad& Tobago, with a 2-day gala celebration on 27th […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced February 18, that the Long Beach International Film Festival (LBIFF) will begin on July 31st 2014, and will extend into a four day long festival. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American man in New Jersey has been convicted of sexually assaulting or attempting to assault five women. Hiten Patel, 35, was arrested on Aug 2, 2012, after investigators linked him […]
NEW YORK (TIP): New York City’s secret police surveillance of mosques,Muslim businesses and a Muslim student group in New Jersey did not violate the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, February 20. U.S. […]
Crowley, Rangel, Meng, Meeks, Clarke and Maloney NEW YORK (TIP): Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, along with Reps. Charles B. Rangel, Grace Meng, Gregory […]
All is not well with Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation. Yes, there is no misprint here. You are reading it right. Reports are trickling in that there is a vertical split in the Board of Directors […]
SAN JOSE (TIP): US Congressional election in Silicon Valley this year was being seen as a two-person race between incumbent Congressman Mike Honda (Democrat) and his main challenger Rohit “Ro” Khanna (Democrat) until recently. It […]
One major problem is fitting Afghanistan into an effective regional framework. Neither the SAARC nor the SCO nor the Istanbul Process is willing to assume a leadership role At last count, there were some 1,365 […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Comcast says it has agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion in a deal that would combine the two biggest cable companies in the United States. If the deal is […]
NEW YORK (TIP): India and the US still seem locked in a battle for righteousness over the Khobragade issue as the strategic partners pick up the pieces after the bitter standoff, bringing the bilateral engagement […]
GARDEN CITY, NY (TIP): The Women’s Forum of the India Association of Long Island (IALI) celebrated Valentine’s Day in style at Mint Restaurant in Long Island on Friday, February 7, 2014. The highlight of this […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Queens Borough President Melinda Katz declared on Thursday, February 6, that the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park should not be torn down. “The New York State Pavilion is […]
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, during an event at Queens Borough Hall on Monday, February 10, presented United War Veterans Council (UWVC) executive director Patrick Gualtieri and other UWVC representatives with cards and gifts donated […]
Lakhwinder Singh Lakhi is a household name in the districts of Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala in Punjab. An Akali leader, he has recently been elected President of the Punjab Unit of All India Lobana Samaj. He […]
Dr.Shakir Mukhi President (AFMI) and Founding Member of Nargis Dutt Foundation who was popular among Indian Americans died after a brief illness in New York on Friday, February 7th, 2014. He was a philanthropist who […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The 109th Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, unveiled his administration’s first city budget on Wednesday, February 12th. The $73.7B budget includes no broad base spending cuts, yet more money […]
1 Million Americans affected; Thousands of flights canceled NEW YORK (TIP): A huge snow storm blanketed the densely populated US North-east, after wreaking havoc with ice in the South. Across the typically mild South, about […]
NEW YORK: A group of Indian students at Columbia University here has launched a website focused exclusively on India’s upcoming general elections, promising to provide a comprehensive and “no high-brow and jargon-led” reportage of the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The South Asian American Political Action Committee (SAPAC) organized its First Annual Breakfast at Garden City’s Mint Restaurant & Lounge, February 2. Despite the fact the breakfast took place on a cold […]
“Hysteria and groupthink prevail over professionalism in covering non-western countries”, says the author. The observation that wealth, power and influence are shifting from the West to some key emerging actors among the rest has become […]
MEN LIKE BADSHAH KHAN COME ONLY EVERY 100 YEARS Author of 5 books and director of countless documentaries and films, Teri McLuhan offered to the world some of the most heart-rending stories that are easy […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced, February 6, that a Queens County-based cabinet manufacturer, New York Vanity Manufacturing, will move its entire operation and 25 jobs to the former site of […]
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