NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (TIP): Share and Care Foundation (SCF) held its 33rd Annual Gala on Sunday, October 4th at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ. The sold-out show packed 1,800 people into the theatre […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Apparently referring to the Dadri lynching episode, President Pranab Mukherjee on October 7 asserted that the core values of India’s civilisation cannot be given the slip. “We cannot allow core values of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The founder of the global News Corp media empire, Rupert Murdoch, issued an apology on Thursday after he faced social media backlash following his suggestion that President Barack Obama isn’t a “real […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh has crowned a new national champion rat killer after his team eradicated more than 160,000 rodents in the past 12 months, officials said Oon Thursday. Farmer Abdul Khaleq Mirbohor won 20,000 Bangladeshi […]
NEW YORK (TIP): It is come one, come all at the 27th Diwali Mela of Jackson Heights Merchants’ Association on Sunday, October 11th. In a talk I had , October 8th evening, JHMA President Shiv […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos announced, October 5, the appointment of Mr. Dilip Chauhan as Director of South East/Asian Community Affairs. Mr. Chauhan will be responsible for monitoring and enhancing minority and […]
NEW YORK (TIP): U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Wednesday, October 7 defended his efforts to publicize his office’s public-corruption cases, saying it is his “obligation” to discourage public officials from committing similar crimes. Bharara, the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO-New York), South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS) and the Kerala Center organized an immigration seminar looking at the changing rules and updates for 2015 on […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Committee to Protect Journalists, October 8, called on authorities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to thoroughly investigate the shooting death of journalist Hemant Yadav, determine a motive, and bring […]
QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz will hold a regular meeting of the Queens Parent Advisory Board on Wednesday, October 21 at 6:00 PM at Queens Borough Hall (Borough President’s 2nd Floor Conference Room), […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal is mulling airlifting fuel either from Bangladesh or Malaysia and may build a petroleum storage plant near its border with China as the fuel crisis deepened due to continued blockade of land […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Obama administration is exploring a possible civilian nuclear deal with Pakistan ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Washington later this month, a Washington Post columnist has reported, citing a sole […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s military has rejected allegations by Afghanistan’s deputy army chief that Pakistani generals were involved in the Taliban’s brief capture of Kunduz and had escaped the city wearing burqas. Taliban fighters seized control […]
On Sept. 28, in a village less than 60 miles from New Delhi, a Hindu priest announced in a local temple (under threat by some hot heads, he claims) that a Muslim family was consuming beef. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri has claimed that after the 26/11 Mumbai attack in 2008, an American delegation led by Senator John McCain had shared the possibility of India carrying […]
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Vinoba Bhave said, ” We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors so we can see much further than they saw, not be limited by their limitations.” Chaturvedi said the most appealing explanation he found for […]
Writer Nayantara Sahgal has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award she won in 1986 for her novel “Rich Like Us” to protest against the increasing attacks on the right to dissent, which she says are “unmaking India.” […]
India and Germany have signed agreements for furthering cooperation in the field of Science & Technology. The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan and the German Federal Minister for […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): An ultra-light aircraft with two foreigners on board that took off from Pokhara went missing today during a sightseeing flight of the country’s snow-capped peaks. The aircraft, owned by Pokhara ultralight company, had […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The US on Thursday announced an additional USD 1.745 million for demining activities in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated former war zone. The additional fund was announced after a meeting between the US Ambassador in […]
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NEW YORK (TIP): “In a sign of growing number of devotees of Brahmrishi Sri Guruvanand Swami, an estimated 2,000 people packed the Colden Auditorium in Queens College, Flushing on Oct 4 for the Divya Darshan […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced, October 8 that the kindergarten application process will begin earlier in order to make the application process easier for families. Families will be able to apply to kindergarten […]
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is exploring a possible civilian nuclear deal with Pakistan ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Washington later this month, if media reports are to be believed. One of Washington’s well-briefed columnists, David […]
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