Business & Economics
Delhi’s AAP government presents RS. 41,129 crore budget
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United States
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Sheryl WuDunn and Dr. Ranjana Kumari Honored by Asia Foundation
New York (TIP):The Asia Foundation and the Lotus Circle, a community of individuals, foundations and corporations working together to advance the rights and opportunities of women in Asia, honored Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author Sheryl WuDunn as well as […]
Indian Americans
Indian-Americans Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley React to Charleston Church Shooting
Indian-American governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley has asked people of her state to stay calm and maintain peace, a day after the deadly shootout inside a historic black church in Charleston claimed nine lives. […]
Europe
Visa-Free Facility for Indians to continue in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong government has reportedly dropped plans to scrap visa-free entry for Indians after representations from Indian officials and businessmen said such a move could seriously jeopardise businesses and tourism. Recent media reports quoting […]
Europe
Indian Canadian Steve Rai Becomes Vancouver Police Deputy Chief
India-born Steve Rai has been appointed the new deputy chief constable of Canada’s Vancouver Police Department. Vancouver Police chief Adam Palmer announced yesterday that Mr Rai has joined the department’s executive team as the new […]
Featured
Indian PM & World Stretches Together: 10 Best Pics of Yoga Day from India
Delhi’s India Gate all decked up for Yoga Day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who practices Yoga daily, launches the celebrations to mark the International Yoga Day. PM Modi made Yoga Day a key initiative of […]
United States
Nikki Haley Demands Death Penalty for Gunman In Church Shootout
WASHINGTON: Indian-American governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley today said the 21-year-old gunman who killed nine persons inside a historic black church in a hate crime should get the death penalty. “We will absolutely want […]
Europe
ALL SET FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA CELEBRATIONS AT THE UN
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Massive preparations are underway to commemorate the first International Day of Yoga on Sunday, June 21 at the United Nations and other locations in New York. Giving out details of the […]
India
‘Investors are certainly looking forward to making large amount of investments in India’: Arun Jaitley
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sounded optimistic that foreign investors are going to make a large amount of investments in India,. The reason- they are highly satisfied with the reform process […]
India
BJP BLEEDS: Lalitgate and now Advani Emergency Remark
NEW DELHI (TIP): As if the pain of Lalitgate involving Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje Scindia was not enough , Advani chose to inject a little more of it with his emergency remarks. Already in […]
Indian Americans
India Association of Long Island honors 6 outstanding Indian Americans at Annual Gala
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): India Association of Long Island (IALI), one of the oldest and largest Organizations serving the Indian community of Long Island celebrated, June 14, its 36th Annual Award and Fund-Raising Gala at […]
United States
Friends of Good Health – Champion awards given away
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Friends for Good Health and Bobby Kumar honored a couple of politicians with Champion awards. The recipients of Champions for people in the government included Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Town of Hempstead […]
United States
GOPIO holds 26th Annual General Meeting
NEW YORK (TIP): The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO International) held its 26th annual general meeting and commemorative dinner from June 5- 6, 2015 in New York with delegates representing several countries […]
United States
AT&T fined $100 million for misleading customers about ‘unlimited’ data plans
NEW YORK (TIP): The FCC said that it is fining AT&T $100 million for misleading mobile customers about its “unlimited” data plans. AT&T (T, Tech30) subjected its unlimited data plan customers to significantly slower speeds after they used more than […]
United States
Cars to be kept out of large parts of Central Park and Prospect Park
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday, June 18, that he will close large parts of New York City’s two most celebrated parks to car traffic on weekdays. The closings in […]
United States
Avella/ Brennan Bill establishing non-profit incorporation for Hindu, Sikh and Islamic groups passes both Houses
ALBANY, NY (TIP): State Senator Tony Avella and Assembly Member James Brennan announced, June 17, that their bill to provide a means of nonprofit incorporation for organized groups affiliated with the Hindu, Sikh, and Islamic […]
United States
Hindus commend Pope’s plea for environmental protection in 1st Encyclical
NEW UORK (TIP): Hindus have commended His Holiness Pope Francis for his call to respect and protect environment in his 192-page first Encyclical “Laudato Si (Praise Be): on the Care of our Common Home” released […]
United States
4 hurt when gun goes off at New York’s Waldorf Astoria
NEW YORK (TIP): A police source said that a wedding guest’s gun went off accidentally at New York’s swanky Waldorf Astoria Hotel and four people suffered minor injuries from debris. The incident happened last week […]
Business & Economics
Putting India Emphatically on Global Map – Part 1
Prime Minister Modi has surprised his own people and, no doubt, external observers, by his foreign policy activism since he took office. In his year in power he has travelled abroad 16 times- and 19 if […]
Asia
Militants blow up primary school in Pakistan
PESHAWAR (TIP): Militants blew up a primary school for boys early this morning in Pakistan’s volatile Bajaur Agency bordering Afghanistan. No casualty was reported as no one was inside the building when the explosion took […]
Asia
Bangladesh upholds death sentence of top Islamist
DHAKA (TIP): A top Bangladesh Islamist leader could be executed within months after the Supreme Court on June 17 upheld his death sentence for war crimes during the country’s 1971 battle for independence against Pakistan. […]
Asia
4 moderate tremors jolt Nepal
KATHMANDU (TIP): Four moderate earthquakes with magnitudes between 4 and 5.2 jolted Nepal early on June 17, taking the total number of aftershocks to 320 after the devastating earthquake struck the country on April 25. […]
Asia
ISI held Osama prisoner for 6 years: Report
LAHORE (TIP): : Pakistan’s ISI had held Osama bin Laden prisoner for nearly six years in Abbottabad and handed him over to the US in a staged raid, a media report said on Wednesday in […]
United States
Facing backlash, US Muslims counter with new advertising campaign
SACRAMENTO (TIP): In California’s capital city of Sacramento this month, stark black billboards loomed over highways and faded commercial strips, offering solace to the troubled: “Looking for the answers in life?” one asked. “Discover Muhammad.” […]
United States
$9BN-MAN DONALD TRUMP JOINS WHITE HOUSE RUN
WASHINGTON (TIP): “In America, anybody can be president. That’s one of the risks you take,” joked American politician Adlai Stevenson, sometimes described as the greatest president US never had. An already packed field of White […]