LONDON: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced for a total of 11 years after being found guilty of laundering 3.5 million pounds of criminal funds. Harkishan Talwar from Southall in west London received two sentences of […]
New York: Indian-American Yashvant Patel, 59, former president of a construction company has been arrested and charged in a USD 1.9 million fraud scheme in which he underpaid dozens of his employees, some of whom were […]
Two Indian-origin women have been accused of stealing 155 razors worth USD 4,500 from a Walmart store in the US. The theft was reported from a Walmart store on the Joe B Jackson Parkway in […]
NEW DELHI: Despite the Free Trade Agreement talks with the European Union being in limbo, India has received an impressive $24 billion in foreign direct investment from the 28-nation bloc over the last three years. […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): As if straight out of the script of the recent tinsel town flick “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, the real life story of a speech and hearing disabled Indian girl Geeta, who got separated from her […]
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (ISGM) in Boston is currently exhibiting artwork titled “Not All Who Wander Are Lost”, which uses Hindu bindis as a signature element. Created by artist-in-residence England-born Bharti Kher for the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistan must take “forceful actions” against the dreaded Haqqani network and the Lashkar- e-Taiba in a manner similar to the way they campaigned against the Pakistani Taliban, a top Obama administration official has […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): An Afghan military helicopter crashed in a remote region of the southern Zabul province on August 6, killing 17 people on board — 12 soldiers and five crew members, officials said. President […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least five people were killed and three others injured in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on Thursday night, media reported. The US pilotless aircraft fired […]
YANGON (TIP): The death toll from severe flooding in Myanmar has risen to 69, with 259,799 people affected by the disaster, the ministry of social welfare said on August 5. The flooding has submerged vast […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s proposed new constitution has sparked fury from women who say their citizenship, property and other rights are being curtailed by the document designed to draw a line under centuries of inequality. Lawmakers […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): New York Sen. Chuck Schumer dealt a blow to President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, announcing during the Republican presidential debate Thursday night that he planned to vote against the agreement now […]
NEVADA (TIP): Hindus are disturbed over distortion of goddess Kali image in Titan Comics and are seeking the withdrawal of all the comics containing such distorted Kali from the stores and online. Distinguished Hindu statesman […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hosts Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace and Brett Baier promised they have a plan to keep Donald Trump in line during debate on August 6 night. But they didn’t stop him from doing what […]
CHICAGO, IL (TIP): A new Executive Committee led by Dr. Seema Jain as President, assumed charge of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) during the 33rd annual convention in Orlando, FL on Saturday, […]
DALLAS (TIP): Being summoned for jury duty at the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building in downtown Dallas was anything but dull for Sheri Coleman. In fact, Coleman and other jurors were in for quite […]
DALLAS (TIP): After a gunman fired more than 40 bullets into Dallas police headquarters in June, Mayor Mike Rawlings pledged to beef up security. Money would be no object. Now city officials have some idea […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American Atul Keshap has been confirmed as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, becoming the second Indian-origin diplomat to be posted to the region after Richard Rahul Verma. Mr. Keshap, 44, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A US federal judge has rejected a fresh appeal by India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta to overturn his insider trading conviction, ruling that the “hard fact remains” he committed a […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced an independent, nonpartisan, blue-ribbon panel charged with objectively reviewing Nassau County’s contracting process -which was revamped in 2000. The panel is chaired by former Nassau […]
FRISCO, TEXAS (TIP): Frisco (Texas) now has a 34,000 square-foot Marakata Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple, reportedly costing over $11 million. This Temple, which opens daily, besides Hanuman as the main deity, also carries the murtis […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Community leaders from the Tri-state area came together to honor the memory of the former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam on Sunday, August 2. The condolence meeting was organized by George Abraham, Lal […]
Sand bags and fortifications have come up again outside the Dinanagar Police Station as an aftermath of the July 27 terrorist attack, which could have led to a bigger disaster if a bus driver and railway […]
What distinguishes Wednesday’s terror attack from the one in Gurdaspur is that this time some brave villagers, at a great risk to their lives, managed to overpower one of the terrorists. That is some achievement though […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Parliament logjam is nowhere in sight, with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, on August 6, leading her party’s sit-in against the suspension of 25 Congress MPs from Parliament for the third day […]
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