A case of sedition has been registered against Amnesty International India in Bangalore after it organized an event to highlight alleged human rights violations in Kashmir. Charges under the very ambiguous Section 124-A of the IPC have […]
In these four years, I also saw with, some disquiet, forces of divisiveness and intolerance trying to raise their ugly head. Attacks on weaker sections that militate against our national ethos are aberrations that need to […]
Donald Trump’s criticism of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Pakistani American parents of the United States Army Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in action in Iraq, has raised red flags in the South Asian community. Trump […]
Hillary will be an extension of Obama Administration a proven anti-India administration. Since April 2015 to March 2016 only Obama gave most sophisticated military hardware worth of $ 1.62 Billion to Pakistan despite strong opposition from […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s minister for planning, reforms and development Ahsan Iqbal has said that those protesting against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor+ (CPEC) will be charged under anti-terrorism laws. Quoting minister Ahsan Iqbal, Gilgit-Baltistan National Congress […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL: An overcrowded bus veered off a mountain highway in Nepal on Monday, killing at least 33 people and injuring 28 others in one of the country’s deadliest bus crashes in recent years. Injured […]
DHAKA (TIP): In a relief to Bangladesh’s former premier and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, a court today granted her bail in nine cases, including one for sedition and others for a deadly transport blockade. Metropolitan […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An artists’ collective took credit for exposing Donald Trump to unflattering scrutiny on August 18, saying it was responsible for a life-sized nude statue of the Republican presidential candidate that turned up […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s central bank has said it is withholding findings of investigations into the cyber theft of$81 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to avoid tipping off the […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan financial crime police arrested the eldest son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on August 15 on suspicion of laundering money, his lawyer said, the latest legal difficulty for the once-powerful family. […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on ICT cooperation between the Sri Lankan Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure and Huawei Sri Lanka during the visit to Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan Taliban has freed the crew of a Pakistani helicopter that crash-landed in Afghanistan’s Logar province on August 4, Pakistani intelligence officials have said. Six Pakistanis and a Russian pilot, who were […]
WASHINGTON M(TIP): The release on websites this week of what appears to be top-secret computer code that the National Security Agency has used to break into the networks of foreign governments and other espionage targets […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched an investigation on August 16 into accusations peacekeepers in South Sudan failed to respond properly to an attack on a Juba hotel by uniformed men who […]
ATLANTA (US) (TIP): A 22-year-old Atlanta man has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life plus five years in prison in connection with the 2014 killing of a man over a PlayStation 4 game […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The United States is looking at whether Russia has violated a UN Security Council resolution on military dealings with Tehran by using an Iranian air base to carry out strikes inside Syria, […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he would personally like to see a woman lead the United Nations for the first time since it was established more than 70 years ago. As he nears […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US is monitoring the movement of ISIS and its affiliated groups in Afghanistan besides helping the latter’s security forces to fight out the terrorist organization which is trying to expand its base […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): We all have appreciated our external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj’s timely interventions and speedy responses on social media. She’s one of the most active foreign ministers in the world on Twitter with […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The 70th Independence Day of India was celebrated with great enthusiasm with parades, flag hoisting and music concerts at a number of places all over the Tri-State area of New York, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In what can be viewed as a significantly aggressive shift in India’s foreign policy, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi attacked Pakistan over alleged human rights abuses in Balochistan, Gilgit and “occupied” Kashmir, probably a […]
SARANGPUR, GUJARAT, INDIA (TIP): Millions of tearful devotees gathered for the cremation rites of His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, one of India’s most commonly known Hindu ascetics revered by millions around the world. The fifth […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A new wildfire spread on August 16 at a staggering pace in every direction through drought parched canyons east of Los Angeles, growing to 14 square miles in a matter of hours […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Hours after Pakistan said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had crossed the ‘red line’ by discussing Balochistan, India hit back by saying Pakistan’s record of cross-border terrorism was central to the current situation […]
UDUPI (TIP): A BJP worker was killed by members of a right-wing vigilante group here on Aug 17, Wednesday night, the first such attack on a member of the saffron party by so-called cow protectors. […]
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