NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. Avtar Singh Tinna, a dentist by profession, has added yet another Marathon to his long career in running Marathons. On Sunday, November 3rd, 2013, he ran his 22nd NYC Marathon. Since […]
NEWYORK, NY (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India in New York celebrated Diwali on Tuesday, November 5, with esteemed guests and celebrities. Several senior UN officials and ambassadors attended the event. Honorable Peter Thomson, Ambassador […]
Sant Singh Chatwal Chairman Indian American Democrats was the first one to greet the New Mayor of New York City Bill Blasio at a Victory party held in Brooklyn on 5th Nov 2013. Mr.Chatwal said, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Reports emanating from diplomatic circles here and in New Delhi reveal that publicly, India and the US may appear to be on the same page regarding the situation in Bangladesh but in […]
Bill de Blasio is Mayor – Elect; Letitia James is elected public advocate; Scott Stringer is chosen to be comptroller NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Bill de Blasio crushed his opponent Joe Lhota by a wide […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Edward P Mangano must congratulate himself that he not only retained his position as Nassau County Executive but has further fortified it, as is evident from the big margin of 20% […]
DALLAS (TIP): Launching the Dallas Edition of The Indian Panorama at the sprawling Cotton Bowl Stadium on the occasion of the legendary DFW Diwali Mela, attended by around 40,000 Indians, on November 2, Mike Rawlings, […]
Pakistan is averse to discussing Afghanistan with India, fearing that would legitimize India’s interests in that country. But it would be in the interests of all three to do so, says the author. Two questions […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Eyeing an upper hand in a baroque regional power game after the withdrawal of US troops next year, the Afghan government tried to work with the Pakistan Taliban with the “ultimate” goal […]
Is the US president veering toward isolationism? Or will he proudly carry the banner of exceptionalism? The recent Obama-Putin tiff over American exceptionalism reignited an ongoing debate over the Obama Doctrine: Is the president veering […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Backing India’s concerns over the slow pace of progress in the 26/11 case in Pakistan, US President Barack Obama, October 24, asked the visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif why the trial of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Thanks to the initiative of bipartisan Congressional Caucus on India and Indian- Americans, US lawmakers are set to have their first-ever Diwali reception to celebrate the Indian festival of lights. An invitation to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Three Indian-Americans have been elected members of the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM), including Subra Suresh, who has become the only current university president to be elected to all three US national academies. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A former treasurer of a Gujarati community non-profit association in the US has been charged with stealing $85,844 from its bank accounts. Girishcha Patel, 58, a resident of Franklin Township of Somerset […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): A Newsday report published October 23 gives Bill de Blasio a 3 to 1 ratio in New York City Mayoral election. It says New York City voters are poised to choose […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Sikhs For Justice, a Human Rights Organization based in New York has claimed that on the occasion of 29th anniversary of 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, a petition signed by around […]
Bill Clinton for Tom Suozzi: Rudy Giuliani for Mangano LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive election has reached an all time high feverish pitch. Both Mangano and Suozzi are leaving nothing to chance. If […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Twenty-nineyear- old Delhi-born Simranpreet Lamba, the US army’s only enlisted Sikh soldier, has also now become the first of the community to be promoted to the corporal rank in America in three decades. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): For years, the tech billionaire Pierre M Omidyar has been experimenting with ways to promote serious journalism, searching for the proper media platform to support with the fortune he earned as the […]
The author feels that there are a number of vital issues which are unlikely to be settled within the tenures of either Obama or Singh, leaving a lingering note of ambivalence in the US-India relationship […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A Sikh student in the US was not allowed to board a bus because he was wearing a knife called kirpan, a symbol of his faith, media reported. Harsimran Singh, a student […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Council Member Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst), along with several elected officials and community members, are demanding that the Department of Education designate the Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh holiday of Diwali […]
Ravi and Ranju Batra honored for their services to community NEW YORK (TIP): In an unending stream of Diwali Melas in New York, Jackson Heights Merchants’ Association held its 25th Diwali Mela on Sunday, the […]
With the government having lurched into its first shutdown since the 1990s, many commentators are focusing on the potential ill effects that it might have for Republicans. Almost all of these analyses use the shutdowns […]
It’s not just the canceled trip. Other factors are limiting the ability of the U.S. to focus on the Asia-Pacific. Senior U.S. administration officials have been at pains in recent weeks to demonstrate how Washington’s […]
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