Calls for higher minimum wage of $11.50 Proposes small biz economic stimulus plan, elimination of corporate welfare; Outlines innovative educational policies NEW YORK, NY (TIP): New York City Comptroller John C. Liu reported December 20 […]
NEW YORK (TIP): “A Petition has been tabled before Obama Administration urging to recognize the organized violence perpetrated against Sikhs during November 1984 as “Genocide”. With more than 46000 signatures (29,000 online and 17000 on […]
NEW YORK (TIP): If the world is ending Friday, as many earthlings say the ancient Mayans predicted, there were no signs of panic, prophesying or much else out of the ordinary on Thursday on the […]
Indian laws against rape are amongst some of the toughest in the world. Owing to regular interpretation of Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the victim’s word is now considered substantive proof to […]
NEW YORK (TIP): UBS AG became the second bank to settle accusations that it tried to rig benchmark interest rates, agreeing to pay roughly $1.5 billion in a deal with authorities in multiple countries that […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US government legal counsel who advised the Department of Justice to seek immunity for the Pakistani spy agency ISI and two of its former chiefs in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack turns […]
COLOMBO (TIP): A human rights group on Thursday urged Sri Lanka to formally charge or release four university students detained on allegations of terrorism for honoring Tamil Tiger rebels who died during the country’s bloody […]
They are two great musicians who gave India’s divine gift of soulful music to the whole world. Ravi Shankar was the greatest Sitar player in the world who passed away recently. Spiritual master Sri Chinmoy […]
NEW YORK (TIP): “We are in the midst of historic cultural and demographic changes,” Time managing editor Richard Stengel said in announcing its choice. “And Obama is both the symbol and in some ways the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The recent polls for Legislative Assemblies in Gujarat and Himachal have mauled BJP and shown the party’s declining power. While the party managed to retain power in Gujarat, it has been routed […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A large number of women activists and students today marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against the gang rape of a young girl in a moving bus and demand stringent action against […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Ravi Shankar, popularly known as Pandit Ravi Shankar, the revered master of the sitar who introduced Indian music to much of the Western world, died Tuesday, December11 in San Diego. He was […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The eleventh edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being held at Kochi, Kerala from 7th January to 9th January, 2013 in partnership with Kerala State Government, says a press release issued by […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The NYPD pulled a person of interest in for questioning Wednesday, December 12 as the manhunt intensified for the ice-cold killer who gunned down a young father on a busy Manhattan street […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid who had accused him of sexual assault have settled the lawsuit she had filed against him for an undisclosed sum. Justice Douglas McKeon […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian Consulate held a reception to celebrate Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish celebration. Hanukkah also known as Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Farmers and farming policy makers in Andhra Pradesh will benefit from the expertise of American researchers and educators in near future. K. Lakshminarayana, AP’s Minister of Agriculture, recently signed memos of understanding […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Lata Mangeshkar’s voice is a gift from God! What she does with it is her gift to the world. She was born to sing and has always maintained that she will continue […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): On the occasion of India’s Presidency of the UN Security Council, the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York hosted a special event to unveil and launch the world’s […]
NEW YORK (TIP): President Joyce Banda of the Republic of Malawi has appointed a prominent Indian American Bobby K. Kalotee as Malawi’s “Liaison Envoy” to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. President said Bobby will be the […]
New York based businessman and philanthropist Bobby Kalotee has lately been in the news for his appointment by Government of Malawi as Liaison Envoy to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. His charity work in Malawi did […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The government of India has reviewed the provision relating to two months gap between two visits of a foreign national to India on a tourist visa. A Press Release from Indian Consulate […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India’s growing soft power has got a brief toehold in the world’s hardball capital. Madame Tussauds, the famed wax gallery, unveiled on Tuesday the moulded likeness of Bollywood’s best in an intensely political […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India’s growing soft power has got a brief toehold in the world’s hardball capital. Madame Tussauds, the famed wax gallery, unveiled on Tuesday the molded likeness of Bollywood’s best in an intensely political […]
Unlike Rajat Gupta, who worked his way into positions of trust and received material nonpublic information, Mathew Martoma stands accused to being smart enough to target Dr. Sidney Gilman, an 80 year old neurologist chairing […]
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