Entertainment
ROCK ON 2 – Movie Review
Story: Having retreated into a shell and turned his back on music, Aditya (Akhtar) is now a do-gooder who seeks to spread joy in a quiet corner of Northeast India. But there is little joy […]
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2 killed, 100 wounded in suicide attack on German consulate in northern Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (TIP): A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in Afghanistan’s northern Mazar-i-Sharif city late on Nov 10, killing at least two people and wounding more than 100 in a major militant assault […]
India
Pak army resorts to firing along LoC in Pallanwala sector
JAMMU (TIP): Pakistani troops resorted to firing along the Line of Control (LOC) in the Pallanwala sector of the Jammu district on Nov 17 evening prompting the army to give a “befitting response”. “Pakistan army […]
Asia
Suicide bomber kills 4 in Kabul: Officials
KABUL (TIP): Afghan security officials have confirmed that at least four security forces were killed when their vehicle was attacked by a suicide bomber in the capital Kabul. The security officials, who did not want […]
Asia
Terror-hit Dhaka bakery returned to property owner
DHAKA (TIP): Four-months after Bangladesh’s worst terror attack on an upscale cafe here in the capital’s diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody […]
Asia
Bangladesh arrests killer of secular blogger, publisher
DHAKA: An Islamist militant leader, the prime suspect in the brutal murders of a secular blogger and a publisher in Bangladesh, has been arrested from the national capital, police said today. Khairul Islam alias Fahim, […]
Asia
Bangladesh buys two submarines from China
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh took delivery on Nov 21 of its first submarines, bought from China, as it seeks to boost its naval power in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh paid a reported $203 million for […]
Asia
Strike paralyses normal life in Nepal, 100 arrested
KATHMANDU (TIP): Normal life has been affected in Nepal as a Maoist faction imposed a nationwide strike to pressurise the government to ensure food security and lower the prices of essential goods, with police arresting […]
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Racist Post calls Michelle Obama ‘ape in heels’
The director of a West Virginia development group and a mayor are under scrutiny after a racist post about first lady Michelle Obama attracted a backlash and prompted calls on social media for both women […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Pakistan Must Take More Effective Action Against Terror Groups – Obama
WASHINGTON: Pakistan “can and must” take more effective action against terror groups operating from its soil as no state should allow its territory to be used to launch attacks into another, the White House has […]
United States
Trump’s Meeting With Indian Real Estate Partners creates Conflict of Interest Panic
A top American daily has raised questions over the recent meeting between Donald Trump and his Indian business partners, saying the President-elect could use his position to advance his business interests. “Washington ethics lawyers said […]
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Indian-Origin Sentenced To Prison For Helping ISIS in Chicago
An Indian American man who tried to go to Syria with his teenaged brother and sister to join the ISIS terror organisation has been sentenced in Chicago to 40 months in prison. Mohammed Hazra Khan, […]
Education
US Records Highest Increase in Students from India
A record 165,918 Indians were studying in the US during academic year 2015-16, a rise of 25 per cent over the last year, making it the second leading country of origin among international students in […]
Indian Americans
Indian-American Couple Charged With Human Trafficking In California
An Indian-American couple has been indicted on human trafficking charges related to forced labour of foreign nationals primarily from India, authorities have said. A federal grand jury charged Satish Kartan, 43, and his wife Sharmistha […]
Indian Americans
Indian-American Woman Politician Threatened For Calling Anti-Trump March
An Indian-American woman politician in the US has received hundreds of angry emails and phone calls, some telling her to “go back to India”, after she called for a nation-wide protest against President-elect Donald Trump. […]
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Nikki Haley Elected Vice Chair Of Republican Governors Association
Washington: Indian-American South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been elected Vice Chair of the powerful Republican Governors Association. 44-year-old Haley’s elevation to this position came amid reports that she is being considered for the position […]
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Indian-American Amul Thapar On Donald Trump’s List For Supreme Court Judge Nominees
Washington: Amul Thapar, an Indian-American jurist, may be nominated as a Supreme Court judge by US President-Elect Donald Trump. Mr Thapar’s name figured in Mr Trump’s second list of individuals who would be considered for […]
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Donald Trump Will Build Greater Relations With India: US-India Political Action Committee
Donald Trump should begin work to kick-starting the economy, enforcing immigration laws and tackling terrorism in Asia, a US-India political action committee has said, as it expressed confidence that the US will have “greater relations” […]
Indian Americans
Indian-American Kamala Harris’s rejects Trump’s Racism and xenophobia policies
Washingron: Indian-American Kamala Harris, who scripted history by winning a Senate seat, has said she would open a battlefront against President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies, saying “we must reject racism and xenophobia in our politics”. […]
Featured
Cashless is painful: Address the panic in the street
Post-demonetization, the country is in a state of economic convulsion. To keep it from turning into a social seizure, the government has appealed to patriotic fervor, raising every notion from the soldier’s suffering to the […]
Asia
North Korea slams South’s deal with ‘sworn enemy’ Japan
SEOUL (TIP): North Korea lashed out on Nov 17 at a new South Korea-Japan intelligence-sharing accord, accusing Seoul of a gross act of betrayal with the “sworn enemy” of the Korean people. The deal to […]
Featured
A Day of giving Thanks that changed over time: Food, Festivities, Parade, and Many More
Thanksgiving, one of the biggest festivals in the US and Canada (observed on fourth Thursday of November in US and second Monday of October in Canada), was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks […]
Featured
A test of American Character: Trump insurgency will not melt away
In his masterly study, ‘The American Character’, first published in 1944, Professor D.W. Brogan had spoken of how “the American experience” had bred, among other attitudes, a preference for “the temper of the gambler” in […]
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MARS SURFACE TOO DRY TO BE HABITABLE: SCIENTISTS
LONDON (TIP): Mars is a primary target in the search for life outside Earth, and liquid water is the most important pre-requisite for life. But a team of international researchers has found that Mars is […]
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DRDO SCIENTISTS DEVELOP SURVEILLANCE UAV FOR ARMED FORCES
HYDERABAD (TIP): Heralding a new era in the indigenous development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), DRDO on Wednesday successfully carried out the maiden flight of TAPAS 201 (RUSTOM – II), a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) […]