LAHORE (TIP): Two militants linked to Tehreek-i- Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been arrested here for “facilitating” a suicide bomber, who blew himself up at the Wagah border minutes after the popular flag-lowering ceremony last year, killing […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s deputy Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam has expressed confidence that a new constitution will be promulgated in the country in two months and said the devastating earthquake on April 25 brought the quibbling […]
KABUL (TIP): The Afghan intelligence agency on July 9 said a third top IS commander in Afghanistan was killed in a US drone strike in the country’s east this week. Shahidullah Shahid, a former member […]
DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed on Friday in a stampede during a handout of free clothes at a factory in the northern Bangladeshi city of Mymensingh, police said. The stampede erupted when hundreds […]
JAKARTA (TIP): Four airports in Indonesia were shut on July 10 due to an ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in East Java. According to the country’s flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, Bali’s Denpasar International Airport […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) prime minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed has warned Islamabad against any attempt to convert Gilgit-Baltistan into a federal province. “Gilgit-Baltistan is part and parcel of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A worrying picture emerged on last week as the government released new data which showed that rural India accounted for 73 per cent households and 74 per cent of these survived on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In Vyapam, the Central Bureau of Investigation faces a daunting task of unravelling a corruption scandal that went on for years, leaving a trail of thousands of suspects – including some top […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution July 8 that would have condemned the 1995 massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica during the Bosnian war as a “crime of genocide,” saying that singling out the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The CBI will investigate the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh and more than 40 deaths allegedly linked to the job recruitment scandal, the Supreme Court ruled on July 9. Two days ago, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): ‘Since most of the Diaspora in U.S. shares the ideology, values and principles of the Congress Party, let us recognize the fact that we have a common enemy; it is the right […]
CHICAGO (TIP): A US court has sentenced the former Indian American head of a Chicago investment firm to six years in prison for stealing more than $9 million in a Ponzi scheme, a media report […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian-American has been jailed for more than 14 years and fined USD one million for running a massive extortion ring from India-based call centers in which he and his co-conspirators impersonated […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The news that the United States has finally decided to amend its regulations to allow the dependent spouses of the specialized H-1B visa holders to work was hailed with jubilation by Indian […]
NEW YORK (TIP): In keeping with its theme, “Building a Better Community, One Step at a Time,” the BAPS Charities 16th annual walkathon was held on Sunday, June 28, 2015 in New York City, NY. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): World’s top percussionist and drummer of Jai Ho & Slumdog Millionnaire Anandan Sivamani jams with 2-time Carnegie Hall vocalist Anurag Harsh & India’s #1 Keyboardist Stephen Devassy at NY’s Lincoln Center in […]
MAYLAND (TIP): This is the first time the Sikhs, under the banner of Sikhs for America, participated very enthusiastically in the 4th of July Parade. The participating Sikhs wore the dupattas and turbans of the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): “Education is the gift that keeps on giving. Education empowers the mind and uplifts the soul. It is a powerful equalizer opening door to all to lift themselves out of poverty. Education is […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Nartanrang Dance Academy of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan hosted its annual dance festival on Saturday, June 27th, 2015 at the Hindu Temple Auditorium in Flushing. Titled “Nritya Ranjani 2015: AAJA NACHLE!,” the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): New York City has agreed to pay a total of $332,500 to six Occupy Wall Street protesters who said the police unjustly blasted them with pepper spray four years ago in an episode that […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A New York energy-service company has been zapped for $1.25 million after a state investigation found it made false promises to customers in order to fleece them. HIKO Energy has agreed to […]
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): India Day Parade in Hicksville is scheduled for Sunday, August 9 and Nina Davuluri, the first Miss America (crowned in 2014) of Indian origin, will be the Grand Marshal. This announcement was made by […]
NEW YORK (TIP): During a solemn ceremony, attended by physicians, community leaders and international media personnel, leaders of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic association of medical professionals in […]
THE HAGUE (TIP): The Philippines has appealed to an international tribunal to declare China’s claims to most of the South China Sea illegal, warning the integrity of United Nations’ maritime laws is at stake. In […]
SANTA CRUZ(BOLIVIA) (TIP): Pope Francis on July 9 urged the downtrodden to change the world economic order, denouncing a “new colonialism” by agencies that impose austerity programs and calling for the poor to have the […]
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