BEIJING (TIP): China on Sept 29 warned Japan against “playing with fire” in the contested waters of the South China Sea, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US in the region. China also […]
BEIJING (TIP): China will make countering the Dalai Lama’s influence the “highest priority” in its work on ethnic affairs in Tibet, the region’s Communist Party boss has said, vowing to uproot the monk’s “separatist and […]
Washington (TIP): The US Army issued an apology Wednesday after its official Twitter account posted a tweet saying Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “lies once every 3 minutes, 15 seconds.” The post, which included a […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos announced Thursday, September 29 that he has submitted “this morning to the Nassau County Board of Elections, an application to change my party registration to Democrat”. In […]
The Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public (the Society) announced on September 20 the selection of 30 middle school students as finalists in the 2016 Broadcom MASTERS® competition. At least ten Indian […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The American Academy of Audiology has named Dr. Vinaya Manchaiah, an Indian American associate professor and director of audiology at Lamar University, to the 2016 class of Jerger Future Leaders of Audiology. […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Ministry of Culture, Government of India and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, signed a Memorandum of Agreement on the Indian Conservation Fellowship Program in 2016. A pilot project […]
NEW YORK (TIP): BAPS Pramukh Swami Maharaj was paid rich tributes by dignitaries, devotees, community leaders and well-wishers.in many parts of the world including the US. Tens of thousands of people gathered at the BAPS […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indo American Press Club (IAPC) is showing the Indian community a path to mainstream by holding a debate on October 9 in Connecticut on the upcoming presidential election. At its 3rd […]
As I write these lines, Pakistan has strongly denied that the Indian army carried out surgical strikes across the LoC. It has claimed, indeed asserted, through the official army spokesman that the Indian action was […]
After running through a variety of non-military responses to the September 18 terrorist strike at an Army camp in Uri, the Centre on Thursday announced that Indian forces had carried out “surgical strikes” across the […]
September is a time for new beginnings and a time to build on the progress we’ve made as a community. I am excited to announce that family engagement is on the rise across the city. […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Following Indian claims of “surgical strikes” at the terror launch pads in Pakistani Kashmir, Pakistan opposition party leader Imran Khan said he will show his Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif how to react to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan Army on Sept 29 denied the Indian Army’s claim of surgical strikes across the LoC, saying it forcefully responded to “cross-border fire” in which “two Pakistani soldiers were killed and nine […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bangladesh was the first neighbouring country to accept that India had “all legal and globally accepted right” to respond to any attack on her sovereignty, even as the United Nations urged India […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Apart from India, Bangladesh and Bhutan have also pulled out of the Saarc Summit in Islamabad in November, saying the environment is not right for the successful holding of the meet. The […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has expressed concern over the possibility of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of jihadists, which she said was “a threatening scenario”, according to a media report. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Obama administration on Sept 28 affirmed its support to New Delhi on the issue of cross-border terrorism ahead of India’s surgical strike inside Pakistan occupied Kashmir, while putting Islamabad on notice for […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama will join other world leaders in attending the funeral of Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, the White House said sept 28. Obama, […]
SAN DIEGO (TIP): Defence secretary Ash Carter said on sept 29 the US will “sharpen our military edge” in Asia and the Pacific in order to remain a dominant power in a region feeling the […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Police in a California city fatally shot a black man who had been acting erratically, prompting protesters to quickly gather and accuse officers of an unjustified killing. The shooting on sept 27 […]
CHARLESTON (TIP): A 14-year-old South Carolina boy shot and killed his father then drove to an elementary school playground where he wounded two children and a teacher with a handgun before being tackled by a […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): Panic gripped the border belt of Amritsar district sharing boundaries with Pakistan following the evacuation orders announced through public address system on September 29. KEY NUMBERS 38: Estimated number of terrorists killed in […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is back in the game of hitting sixes. As if political fronts coming up in Punjab are not enough to tie voters in knots, the former BJP MP is […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As a meeting convened by the Centre on the Cauvery issue failed to achieve any breakthrough, Union water resources minister Uma Bharti again appealed to both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for peace […]
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