India’s space agency ISRO has launched a rocket from its facility north of Chennai carrying an experimental spacecraft it hopes will mark an important step towards the country’s first re-usable space shuttle. “We have successfully […]
India Inc today welcomed the government’s approval to the country’s first-ever policy for the capital goods sector, terming it is the “need of the hour” and said the thrust on demand creation, technology depth and […]
It will be mandatory for public transport buses to install emergency buttons, CCTV cameras and vehicle tracking devices to ensure safety of women commuters and the government will issue notification on these norms on June […]
BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was today appointed as Lt Governor of Puducherry, a post which was under the additional charge of Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island for nearly two […]
President Barack Obama confirmed Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US air strike, hailing his death as an “important milestone” in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan — but the strike was also an illustration of […]
The first thing that comes to your mind after being diagnosed as a diabetic is, ” What do i eat ? ” ” What is carbohydrate?” and ” what is low glycemic index food ? […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Rahul Gandhi made no effort to suppress his glee when he strolled out to meet the media after BJP lost the Bihar election by a mile to the Nitish-Lalu-Congress grand alliance last […]
More often than not Mr. Maragos has been caught in controversies, much because of the nature of his job. Recently, he was embroiled in a running argument with Nassau County Police Chief over his audit report […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif May 20 broke ground for the USD 44 million Pakistan-China Optical Fibre Cable project in PoK’s Gilgit-Baltistan region which will provide an alternate telecommunication route between the two countries. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has for the first time edged out his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a latest poll even as majority of respondents have an high unfavorable opinion of […]
HOUSTON (TIP): A “wanted” Osama bin Laden poster, signed by US Navy SEAL Team 6 which carried out the raid in Pakistan to kill the then al-Qaeda chief, has been auctioned for a whopping $100,000 […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders split primary wins in Kentucky and Oregon respectively on May 15 as they continued an internecine electoral slugfest that is driving Democratic Party grandees to despair. Party stalwarts […]
BOSTON (TIP): Police on May 16 morning evacuated several buildings at Harvard Business School’s campus following a bomb threat, local media reported. Harvard authorities too tweeted an alert, saying, “Alert: Police are evacuating multiple buildings […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two Chinese tactical aircraft carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a US military aircraft on May 17, the Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday. The incident took place in “international airspace” as […]
New Delhi (TIP): President Pranab Mukherjee, who will visit Beijing and Guangzhou next week, is likely to do his bit to nudge China to stop shielding terrorists based in Pakistan from United Nations sanctions. “India […]
New Delhi: Interpol has said Enforcement Directorate’s request to issue a red corner notice (RCN) against businessman Vijay Mallya is under review. In response to TOI’s query on the RCN request against Mallya, made last […]
JAIPUR (TIP): The BJP government in Rajasthan changed “old and boring” school curriculum to evoke nationalism, education minister Vasudev Devnani said on Thursday amid a raging controversy over alleged attempts to black out Congress leaders from […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP’s big win in Assam will not immediately benefit the party in increasing its tally in the Rajya Sabha as there will not be any vacancy in the Upper House from […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a fresh salvo at RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate sacking of the former IMF Chief Economist while alleging he […]
Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das took over as India’s Consul General in New York on March 7, 2016. A little over two months later, in her first ever exclusive interview to a publication in the United […]
LONDON (TIP): A woman who said she wanted to marry the terrorist known as “Jihadi John” has been jailed for four and a half years for spreading Isis propaganda. Zafreen Khadam was jailed at Sheffield […]
ISTANBUL (TIP): Turkey’s governing party on Thursday formally tapped Binali Yildirim as its candidate to lead the party and become the country’s next premier. The spokesman of the ruling Justice and Development Party , Omer […]
CARACAS: Called “mad as a goat” by Uruguay’s Jose Mujica this week, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro retorted laughingly on Thursday that the former president was right – but he was only crazy with love for […]
TAIPEI (TIP): Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in as Taiwan’s first woman president on Friday, with the export-driven economy on the ropes and wary Communist Party rulers in China watching for any move towards independence by […]
LONDON (TIP): London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan has invited US presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to visit the UK and meet his family in a bid to end their ongoing feud about his plan […]
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