SEOUL (TIP): South Korea and the United States were set to open talks on Friday on the possible deployment, vehemently opposed by China, of an advanced US missile defence system to counter the growing threat […]
MANILA (TIP): China has stationed several ships near a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, preventing Filipino fishermen from accessing traditional fishing grounds and raising tensions in the volatile region, Philippine officials said on […]
LONDON (TIP): UK is turning to India in an attempt to fill thousands of vacancies for doctors and nurses in its state-funded National Health Service, it emerged today, but “unwise regulations” and changing visa regime […]
ENGLAND (TIP): People who use social media accounts under other names to harass and attack others should be charged, according to the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service. The new rules could allow for the prosecution of […]
After Sidharth Malhotra-Alia Bhatt’s piping hot Vogue magazine’s cover, it’s Parineeti Chopra who has soared up the temperature with her latest sizzling shoot for FHM India’s March issue. On the cover, the 27-year-old actress looked piping […]
STORY: The film is inspired by the real life ordeal of 64-year-old Professor Siras (played by Manoj Bajpayee), who was suspended by the Aligarh University for being homosexual. He was ostracised by the society at […]
Actress Kate Hudson says she prefers being naked as she grew up in a family which was comfortable with being nude. The 36-year-old, whose book ‘Pretty Happy’ is about ways to love yourself, inherited her body […]
Actress Sofia Vergara says she is unlikely to have children ‘naturally’, adding that if she and her husband and actor Joe Manganiello decide to expand their family, they will have to opt for a fertility treatment. […]
With veteran actor Kabir Bedi congratulating Preity Zinta on her marriage, social media was abuzz with reports that the Bollywood actress has already said “I do” to her American beau Gene Goodenough in a hush-hush ceremony […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives Richard Buery and Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Nisha Agarwal hosted a roundtable with ethnic and community media to increase awareness of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): : Nearly half of children in the US live dangerously close to the poverty line and more kids today are likely to live in families barely able to afford their most basic needs, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The widely-expected promotion of Indian American judge Sri Srinivasan to the US supreme court has been complicated by the politics of the day. The Obama administration is proposing another judge for the job […]
STORY: A married and elderly couple – Kate Mercer (Rampling) and Geoff Mercer (Courtenay) – live a comfortably retired life in the British countryside. They are also still very much in love with each other. One […]
NEW YORK (TIP): New York on March 3 opens the most expensive train station in the world, on the site of the World Trade Center destroyed 14 years ago in the 9/11 attacks. Twelve years […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Thank you, Tihar. You took in an “anti-national” and sent out a national treasure. Kanhaiya Kumar on March 3 night exploded on the collective consciousness of India, sending an electrifying spark down the […]
JAMMU (TIP): After two-month suspense, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said that she is not ‘stubborn’ and hinted that the party would be going ahead with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In the wake of death of four Indian women in strife-torn Yemen’s Aden city, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on March 4 appealed to all Indians living in “danger zones” to return home.”I […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The US health regulator has refused entry of 11,664 Indian products, including drugs, into the American market between January 2011 and February 2016, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. “According to refusal report […]
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Indian American Rep. Ami Bera, D-Sacramento received endorsements from the California Democratic Party Feb. 27, during the state convention. Bera won his endorsement, gaining nearly 90 percent of the vote. Fifty people […]
LAHORE (TIP): A Pakistani man was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for allegedly posting religiously offensive material on his Facebook page, lawyers in the case said. Rizwan Haider, 25, was convicted in […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): In an effort to address Nepal’s post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan country’s abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods. On April […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s finance minister on March 3 said that his country will never roll back its nuclear programme despite financial hardship and threat of mounting external debt. Ishaq Dar was briefing the Senate, the […]
JALALABAD (TIP): At least 10 people were killed and over 40 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a market in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar today, officials said. “A suicide bomber riding […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley unveiled what appeared to be a pro-poor budget on February 29, announcing higher spending in the rural economy to fire demand. But the minister also promised to pursue […]
Rs 1,000 crore allocated for new EPF (Employees’ Provident Fund) scheme Rs 38,500 cr allocated for MNREGA in 2016-17, the highest ever if entire amount is spent Rs 2.87 lakh crore will be given as grants-in-aid […]
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