As the nation prepares to celebrate 4th of July I am reminded of the long and grim struggle that American people had to wage to secure their independence. The indomitable spirit of those who led the […]
Perhaps America’s greatest victory today is that its Constitution is seen as a living transformative document. However, this alone does not guarantee the same to such groups at the local level. This disconnect is cause […]
QUEENS, NY (TIP): State Senator Tony Avella, along with the City Club of New York, Queens Civic Congress, members of Willets Point United Inc., and nearby residents/business owners opposed to the “Willets West” mega-mall proposal, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Emerging markets are expected to grow faster than developed economies, and India is likely to become the third largest economy by 2030 in the world after China and the United States, says […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Former President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee H.S. Hanspal, who was instrumental in getting the historic decision taken on inscribing of milestones in Punjabi along with English and Hindi in the […]
GLEN COVE, NY (TIP): The much anticipated Annual Vaisakhi Mela at Gurdwara Glen Cove was held on Sunday June 28th, 2015. It proved to be another landmark event, much to the satisfaction of the organizers, […]
QUEENS, NY (TIP): Over 1,000 New Yorkers have enrolled for the IDNYC municipal ID card at the temporary pop-up enrollment center since it first opened at Queens Borough Hall on June 2. Originally scheduled to be […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): Jehovah’s Witnesses will soon hold their annual 3-day convention to be presented entirely in Hindi at the Turnersville Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They extend an open invitation for all to attend. […]
Continued from Putting India Emphatically on Global Map – Part 1 It defies logic that a country that is considered as our most serious adversary and whose policies in our region has done us incalculable strategic harm should […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Carnegie Corporation has announced the 2015 “Great Immigrant”: The Pride of America” awardees. These are the individuals who have helped advance and enlighten our society, culture, and economy. Preet Bharara, U.S. […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Eisenhower Park was gleaming with decorations and colors from India. Indian music was heard all over the park, commencing the Indian American Night presented by Indian American Forum on Tuesday June […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A week after he announced his 2016 presidential bid, the popularity ratings of Indian-American Republican candidate Bobby Jindal remain abysmally low at two per cent, a latest poll said on Wednesday. 44-year-old Jindal, […]
QUEENS, NY (TIP): Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has announced an allocation of over $5 million of her Fiscal Year 2016 discretionary capital funds to provide SMART Boards, laptop computers and other tech devices to […]
NEW ORLEANS (TIP): A 74-year-old Indian-American motel owner, July 1, pleaded guilty to benefiting financially from sex traffickers who beat women for prostitution in the rooms he rented them at inflated rates. Kanubhai Patel, who […]
RIYADH (TIP): Saudi Arabia on July 2 officially opens a billion-dollar aviation gateway aimed at Muslim pilgrims, in the kingdom’s first airport privatization. Local media said King Salman would inaugurate the Prince Mohammad bin Abdul […]
BEIJING (TIP): Hong Kong is unlikely to follow the US example of allowing gay marriages, its Equal Opportunities Commission has said. The political system in the city, which is witness to pro~democracy agitation, is not […]
PATNA (TIP): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on July 2 began JD(U) campaign for upcoming assembly elections through a programme called “Har Ghar Dastak” to seek feedback about the work done by the state government […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A parliamentary panel has pitched for 100 per cent hike in salary and daily allowances of MPs and 75 per cent raise in the pension of ex-MPs apart from facilities for their […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The White House on Wednesday lifted a 40-year ban on visitors taking photos, and much-prized selfies, on tours of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Tourists to “the People’s House” on Wednesday were greeted with a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Those with undisclosed overseas wealth have another 90 days to come clean with the government opening the compliance window on July 1. Under the one-time officer, the compliance scheme will be open […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): More than 5,000 people were evacuated from their homes after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Tennessee overnight and spectacularly caught fire, firefighters and officials said on July 2. The train derailed […]
LONDON (TIP): Grappling with a 150-million-pound budget deficit, the BBC on Thursday announced it is axing more than 1,000 jobs, as senior management services are sacrificed in a massive drive expected to save 50 million […]
DHAKA (TIP): Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government this year — stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbour. Roughly every […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is expected to limit deposits under the proposed gold deposit scheme at 100 grams to deal with concerns that the plan meant to put brakes on import of the precious metal […]
Indian American Teacher Darshan Jain is one of the 108 teachers named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Mr. Jain currently serves as the director of […]
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