Resident Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has warned in several recent interviews that unless peace talks with Pakistan and the Taliban produce results in the next few months, his country may not survive 2016. Afghanistan is barely standing, […]
Dear Editor: Leadership comes in many forms, and when a State Senator stands up for us, we must stand with him. Recently, New York State Senator Leroy Comrie sponsored legislation that would direct the Queens County […]
New information technology has become a great leveler. Just as it allows the jihadis to have their violent message registered across national boundaries, it also enables an Anna Hazare to hobble down political establishment. The […]
Why are we asking this now? On Super Tuesday, Donald Trump took a large stride nearer towards the Republican nomination when he won seven of the eleven states where Republicans were voting. Senator Ted Cruz one […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Upholding the religious freedom rights of Sikhs in the US armed forces, an American court has ruled in favor of a decorated Sikh Army Captain who had demanded that the military accommodate his […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): As part of the National Women’s Heritage Month celebrations, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos presented a Fine Art and Photography Exhibition on 2nd March at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive Legislative Building in […]
Purno Agitok Sangma, that legendary politician from Meghalaya, nay the northeast, who once controlled the proceedings of the Lok Sabha as its Speaker, is no more . It is difficult to associate this vibrant personality, gifted […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): American companies, either those with a foothold or who are planning to set foot in India, are bullish on the latest budget presented by the Modi government, business advocacy group U.S.-India Business Council […]
Sonika Vaid, American Idol contestant and the first Indian-American to reach this far in the national singing competition, Thursday night advanced to the next round of the contest. Vaid has continued to surprise us throughout […]
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have shown that a next-generation cell-based immunotherapy may offer new hope in the fight against the most aggressive form of brain cancer called glioma. Despite improvements in surgical procedures, chemotherapy, […]
Washington has no shortage of politicians struggling to be seen as a maverick. But Tulsi Gabbard isn’t one of them. As one of the first two female combat veterans elected to US Congress and also […]
NEW YORK: Armed with just a hammer, an Indian-American woman store clerk bravely fought and chased away a man who tried to rob her store at gunpoint, according to a media report. Bhumika Patel was […]
How does the leading Republican candidate for the US presidency, Donald Trump, square off with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at the helm of the so-called Islamic State group? For many, shoving the two names in the […]
In the last two days, the rivalry between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi has become more intense and exciting. In Rahul Gandhi’s speech on Thursday, March 3, which received widespread praise, the leader used satire […]
Over 2,500 students and teachers gathered at the admin block of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Thursday to welcome JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar. Kanhaiya, who has been accused of sedition, was granted a six-month […]
The former head of the UN climate change panel (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, has been formally charged in an Indian court in a case of sexual harassment. A female employee at the environmental think-tank The Energy […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his country to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time and to turn its military posture to “pre-emptive attack” mode in the face of growing […]
Earlier this week, Indian media carried reports of an 18-year-old girl from a village in eastern India being selected for NASA’s Goddard Internship Programme — a story that quickly went viral. It was reported that […]
More than 3 years ago Delhi streets witnessed the most gruesome crime of its time when India’s daughter, Nirbhaya Jyoti Singh, an Indian student was brutally tortured and gang-raped by six men and left on […]
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin scientist has developed a new one atom-thick flat material that could upstage the wonder material graphene for having properties allowing it to be used in advance digital technology. Discovered by Madhu […]
WASHINGTON: In an apparent hate crime, a gurudwara in the US state of Washington was vandalised by a “naked” man who desecrated sacred items of the Sikh worship place, drawing condemnation from the community leaders. […]
My Dog Mexi (short for Mexi-can) hated winter the most and was in his usual complaining mood “Can’t wait for this winter to get over, would U pls raise the heat in the house??” “Well, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Seven out of eight Indian-American candidates, who ran for local elections in Lexington city in the state of Kentucky recently, have won. With this, now there are a total of 12 Indian-Americans […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A 39-year-old Indian-American businessman has been charged in Los Angeles with paying a bribe to a city council member in Los Angeles to obtain support for a proposed fee increase for towing […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): An Indian American woman has been arrested in San Francisco, California, five counts of felony fraud — for faking to be a blood cancer patient and raising funds through online fundraising sites […]
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