QUEENS, NY (TIP): Borough President Melinda Katz reacted strongly to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA’s) threat to slash funding for New York City transit projects from the capital plan. Melinda said, “It is astonishing to […]
The demand for OBC status by the Patels of Gujrat has set stage for a review of the reservation policy as such. The RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has already called for such a review. The […]
Two Presidents have rejected the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime Bill, including APJ Abdul Kalam whom the BJP claims to revere. The Union Home Ministry has cleared the Gujarat Bill, which now awaits […]
To merit UN permanent membership India needs to demonstrate that it has the gravitas to play a bigger role. Countering IS through its vast Islamic scholarship, and offering Europe help in dealing with the refugee […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Officials accompanying Prime Minister Narendra Modi have ruled out the possibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif though both leaders are staying in the same hotel […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson & Editorial Director of Hindustan Times Group said that India matters a lot to the US now and media played a vital ‘constructive’ role for that as it […]
Anthea Bhargava, won her first Emmy Award for “Outstanding Reality-Competition Program” for the reality singing competition as part of the production team for ‘The Voice’, at the 67th Annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Hindus are critical of Los Angeles City Council’s recent reported decision of banning yoga, among other things, at public beaches and parks. A Hindu leader Rajan Zed, who strongly criticized the attempts […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Clashes took place between stone pelting mobs and security forces on Friday as authorities enforced an internet blackout across Jammu and Kashmir. The clashes broke out immediately after the Eid prayers at Eidgah […]
MUMBAI (TIP): India is looking to step up the pedal over its ambitious Chabahar port project in Iran by signing an international transit corridor agreement with Iran and Afghanistan. One of the reasons why the […]
KABUL (TIP): A terror attack was foiled in Afghan capital Kabul following tight security measures taken in the city ahead of Eid al-Adha celebrations, the media reported on Sept 20. According to Kabul police Chief […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Terming the Kashmir dispute as the main reason of tension with India, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged New Delhi to hold talks on all issues, including Kashmir. The issue should also […]
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In a first, a team including an Indian-origin astronomer has found evidence for a new intermediate-mass black hole about 5,000 times the mass of the Sun. The discovery, made by Dheeraj Pasham from University of […]
Two Indians living in Middlesex County, New Jersey were arrested and charged with bilking at least 70 people in 32 states out of more than $150,000 by persuading them that they owed back taxes to the […]
Contrary to what media reports in United States; Indian information technology companies invested more than $2 billion, paid $22.5 billion in taxes between 2011 and 2013, and supports 411,000 direct and indirect jobs in the […]
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Hindustan Times Group chairperson Shobhana Bharatia have been presented with the 2015 Global Leadership Award of the US India Business Council, for their commitment to driving a more […]
When Rini Sampath decided to run for student body president at the University of Southern California, some students told her she would never win, she said. She was a young woman and a minority, and […]
Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against nine Chicago liquor store operators after a two-year criminal tax investigation; they were charged Thursday with sales tax evasion. From July 2010 to December 2013, the nine defendants collectively […]
With more and more teenagers giving up books for Facebook and Twitter, an Indian American businesswoman-cum-author has recently launched an app that features short fiction for young readers or what she calls the “Snapchat generation”. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In what could trigger a fresh round of political slugfest in poll bound Bihar, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has disapproved of “special package” becoming political tool saying it leads to “unhealthy […]
Update: Rahul Gandhi found in Aspen: Sep 28, 2015 – Read Now NEW YORK (TIP): Congress party is finding it hard to defend another “holiday” taken by its vice-president Rahul Gandhi, and the question everyone may […]
Mumbai: Swiss banking group Julius Baer has finally set up shop in India, almost three years after acquiring DSP Merrill Lynch’s domestic wealth management business. The launch was deferred on account of a delay in approvals […]
By declaring a ceasefire with effect from 3.30 a.m. on 23 September 1965, did India miss an opportunity to attain decisive victory over Pakistan? Yes, according to the existing narrative, which attributes the ceasefire decision […]
The 36th annual convention of the Association of Kerala Medical Graduates (AKMG) at the Downtown Marriott in Philadelphia, September 5-7, was attended by hundreds of doctors and their family from the US, Canada, England and India. […]
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