The US Department of Labor has opened up an investigation against TCS and Infosys for possible violations of H-1B visa rules, indicating that there could be tougher regulations ahead for onsite workers. As the campaigning […]
A teacher has been “relieved of her teaching duties” after posting a racist Facebook rant in response to recent events at a McKinney, Texas, pool party, according to a statement from Frenship Independent School District. Karen […]
A $20,000 reward was offered Wednesday for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who shot and killed the owner of a Quiznos sandwich shop during a robbery in San Dimas, sheriff’s officials said. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Reserve Bank on June 11 said Rs 7,940 crore earmarked for recapitalization of PSU banks in the current fiscal is not adequate and has asked finance ministry to increase the quantum […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, in association with DLabs at the Indian School of Business, DS Ventures and the Asian Indian Chamber of Commerce hosted ‘India Demo Day’ on Friday, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Six letters by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee to one of her closest friends could fetch as much as $250,000 at auction. Four of the letters date from before “Mockingbird” […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A 48-year-old Indian-origin man has been killed after he allegedly jumped in front of a train at a railway station in New York’s Hartsdale town. The victim identified as Rakesh Bali, a […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): A deputy with the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office was fired Tuesday, June 9 night and arrested on drug trafficking charges, Sheriff Bill Leeper said. Stuart James Raulerson, 38, was charged with conspiracy […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan ordered international children’s aid agency ‘Save the Children’ to shut down its operations in the country as authorities today said no NGOs “working against the country” will be allowed to continue. The charity’s […]
DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladeshi photojournalist has been arrested over his alleged role in the murder of an “atheist” blogger who was hacked to death last month by masked machete-wielding assailants, police said on June 10. […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will sign the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement in Thimphu on Monday to facilitate transportation of both people and goods among the four Saarc member countries. Minister for Physical Infrastructure […]
KABUL (TIP): They call it the “mini-Pentagon” — a white marble building in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital built with US funds to serve as the headquarters of a modern military more than a decade […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on June 12 attacked the “irresponsible and imprudent” statements from the Indian political leadership and vowed to protect his country’s “vital interests at all costs”. Addressing a conference […]
SACRAMENTO (TIP): Drought-stricken California has ordered the largest cuts on record to farmers holding some of the state’s strongest water rights. State water officials yesterday told more than a hundred senior rights holders in California’s […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of defense Ashton Carter has called on Beijing to stop building artificial islands in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, as he hosted a top Chinese general. The visit to the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A majority of Americans with mixed racial backgrounds have faced racial slurs or jokes, but most of the multi-racial adults feel their racial heritage has made them more open to other cultures, a […]
MIAMI (TIP): A programme that teaches university-age women how to avoid rape has shown some success in reducing the numbers of women in Canada who are sexually assaulted, according to a study. Previous research has […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has spent more than$2.7 billion on the war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since bombings began last August, and the average daily cost is now more than $9 […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): White House reporters were evacuated from the media briefing room in the middle of press conference by the presidential spokesperson Josh Earnest, after law enforcement agencies received a bomb threat call. The reporters […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After burning its fingers with the land bill, the NDA government has signalled it will try to build a wide political consensus instead of rushing through the much-awaited labour reforms that will […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The creator of Chandigarh’s iconic Rock Garden, Nek Chand, breathed his last at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, on June 12. He was 90. PGIMER sources said that […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India is reopening its engagement with Tehran even as a game-changing nuclear deal between Iran and world powers looks potentially around the corner. After Nitin Gadkari’s visit to the Iranian capital in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang, whose controversial vote during the 1999 no-confidence motion had contributed to the fall of Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government after thirteen months in office, on June 12 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): On June 12, as the Delhi transport department grappled with the fallout of the high court order, which quashed the ban on app-based taxi services by the Delhi government, Ola and its […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nestle may have secured a clean chit for Maggi from the Singapore food regulator, but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), considered the world’s strictest regulator, had refused import of the […]
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